GRAND PRIX: CHICAGO!!! - Live Coverage

[nastynate]

I just tried to make a post comparing Nassif's board to Probasco's but the forums make it look ugly so I stopped. Anyway if you compare the functionality of the cards they are very very similar. Both have 3 cheap graveyard hating cards, both have 2 Blasts, both have 1 KGrip (and 2 more cards specifically hating on Affinity) and both have about the same amount of hate for tribal decks and creatures in general. The Duresses are the only big difference but I think Nassif just wanted to tune his deck more against creatures (and maybe focus more on controling the opponents creatures in the mirror instead of controling the stack)

Seriously? Brassman plays Legacy all the time; his board was planned. Nassif plays Legacy...never; his board was random good stuff. That's not a planned side-board, nor did he have a side-board strategy. Nassif is just good enough at MTG that it didn't prevent him from reaching the top 8.

[Xeen]

That's not a planned side-board, nor did he have a side-board strategy.

LSV handed Nassif the list ... LSV plays lots of Legacy .. not a planned board, sure?

[Pulp_Fiction]

This is a serious question because I have never seen it happen, if you miss a Dark Confidant trigger its a game loss?????????

[Bardo]

My money is on Nassif to win the whole thing, he's one of the top 5 greatest players alive and on a roll. Though I'd be thrilled if Brassman won. Too bad WotC's isn't streaming the matches. Hitting the refresh button on my browser every 3-4 minutes will have to do. :(

[nastynate]

LSV handed Nassif the list ... LSV plays lots of Legacy .. not a planned board, sure?

LSV builds his side-boards specifically for the expected metagame provided that he actually plans to play the deck. I bet he handed the deck-list to Nassif without a side-board.

[Ectoplasm]

This is a serious question because I have never seen it happen, if you miss a Dark Confidant trigger its a game loss?????????

Professional REL is serious business

[Artowis]

So yeah, top 4 matches will be:

Mink (DS) vs. Nassif (NLU)
Andy (NLU) vs. Rietzl (BG Sui)

Rietzl beat Andy in the swiss, so this may be the unfortunate end to his insane run.

[Pulp_Fiction]

I would have put my money on either suicide variant, IMOP best lists in the top 8 (except for Rietzl's Sb of course). And I really love that ANT/TES Hybrid list.

[Silverdragon]

Nassif said that he got his deck from LSV so we can assume that he didn't have a strategy when the event started. However what I wanted to say was that these "random good stuff" cards are in ratios that are very similar to those of people who play Legacy all the time so either LSV or Nassif has to have a slight clue about Legacy.

edit: btw

1 Telemin Performance

awesome tech!

[Eldariel]

LSV plays quite a bit of Eternal. He isn't totally clueless.

[KillemallCFH]

Top 4 is:

Andrew Probasco (cb/top.dec) v Paul Rietz (Eva Green)
Nassif (cb/top.dec) v James Mink (Dragon Stompy)

EDIT: Ninja'd by about 4 posts.

[klaus]

I'm aware Kowal is out already, but 4 Mesmeric Fiends in a deck that's got enough White to support Tidehollow Sculler?!?
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[Nihil Credo]

So Nassif is up with 4C CounterTop against Dragon Stompy with 4 BOILS in the sideboard? He'll need both his proven skill and the favour of Satan to pull it off.

At least his match will be best of three rather than best of five - this gives him much better odds against an unreliable deck with a killer sideboard.

[bruno_tiete]

Professional REL is serious business

In fact, Missed Trigger is Warning at Professional REL. Either he was repeating an earlier error or it must have been Failure to Reveal.

[Eldariel]

So Nassif is up with 4C CounterTop against Dragon Stompy with 4 BOILS in the sideboard? He'll need both his proven skill and the favour of Satan to pull it off.

At least his match will be best of three rather than best of five - this gives him much better odds against an unreliable deck with a killer sideboard.

His claim to fame is the "luckiest player on the planet". He, if anyone, can.

[Bardo]

So Nassif is up with 4C CounterTop against Dragon Stompy with 4 BOILS in the sideboard? He'll need both his proven skill and the favour of Satan to pull it off.

Agreed. That is an awful match-up. Those two basic Islands in Nassif's deck are going to need to work overtime. I dunno what the right odds are here, but I wouldn't bet on Nassif if they were 1-1.

[Zach Tartell]

I'm aware Kowal is out already, but 4 Mesmeric Fiends in a deck that's got enough White to support Tidehollow Sculler?!?
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He plays Dark Ritual. The two don't mix.

[conboy31]

How should he board with -
1 Blood Moon
4 Boil
1 Pithing Needle
3 Powder Keg
4 Pyroclasm
2 Umezawa's Jitte

vs ctop?

[Fuzzy]

I'm aware Kowal is out already, but 4 Mesmeric Fiends in a deck that's got enough White to support Tidehollow Sculler?!?
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Dark Ritual. ^^

[Ectoplasm]

So Nassif is up with 4C CounterTop against Dragon Stompy with 4 BOILS in the sideboard? He'll need both his proven skill and the favour of Satan to pull it off.

At least his match will be best of three rather than best of five - this gives him much better odds against an unreliable deck with a killer sideboard.

Dragon Stompy going #1 in a high-profile event such as this will be amazing.