by CMA-Flippi on 2007-06-06 05:07 MDT

97 players, 6 rounds
metagame:
2 GW Aggro
12 UB Control/Dralnu
3 Dredge
7 Dragonstorm
2 Perilous Storm
4 UG Scryb % Force
3 UR Tron
1 Satanic Sligh
5 Project X
7 Zoo
9 Gruul
1 UR Aggro
1 Boros
6 BW Aggro
4 Angelfire
3 UBr Tron
1 BW Control
1 GB Aggro
4 Solar Flare
1 UW Tron
1 RB Gargadon
6 Mono Black Control/Discard
3 RG LD
1 MRA
1 RWB Control
2 Beach House
1 Goblins
1 MGA
1 UWR Blink
1 UR Control

1 Illegal Deck

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by devilzone on 2007-06-06 05:20 MDT

congrats cj ....

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by Eldariel on 2007-06-06 05:46 MDT

Well, I'll be, GW Aggro actually doing well. Congrats. Avoiding Dragonstorm FTW? 'cause it looks to me like you're pretty boned in that MU, save for the games stolen with Krosan Grip on Lotus Bloom when they're manalight.

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by Brodie on 2007-06-06 06:04 MDT

lol@ 1 illegal deck


I definitely made a GW Aggro build yesterday and tested it. It wasn't as good as that one.

I blow.

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by RichardDWade on 2007-06-06 06:23 MDT

Can someone explain 1 boreal druid??

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by BombermanxD on 2007-06-06 06:26 MDT

lol

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by bgalb on 2007-06-06 07:15 MDT

by RichardDWade on 2007-06-06 07:23 CDT

Can someone explain 1 boreal druid??


its 1/1 for 1 that can produce mana... what the problem?

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by TugaChampion on 2007-06-06 07:16 MDT

GO mehhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by seb_ on 2007-06-06 07:27 MDT

Its onedrop #9

No Worship? Is Gruul hosered enough via Hierach+Saffi lifegain and big beats?

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by Daveslusher- on 2007-06-06 08:12 MDT

wow.....what an odd string of trials.
Yesterday:
Most Prominent Deck: S&F
Least Played: Dralnu
Today:
Most Prominent: Dralnu

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by uberman on 2007-06-06 08:13 MDT

Credit to the 1st place deck for simultaneously abusing canopy, stonewood, and griffin guide, and having a solid SB. Don't expect another 1st from it though,if this deck gets popular people will quickly remember that this format has 2 wraths and plenty of pyroclasm esque cards.

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by DESTRUCTOR on 2007-06-06 08:31 MDT

GW should use worship at least on sb to have something to do against DS because it looks like that's an awfull Matchup for you

uberman he use griffin guide and saffi soo Wrath's should not be such a problem

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by Eldariel on 2007-06-06 09:21 MDT

Pyroclasm doesn't frighten a deck with half of the creatures clocking at 3/3 or higher and one being able to save another when it dies. Wrath ain't very effective either due to Griffin Guide, Giant Solifuge and Saffi. All in all, the deck is positioned to absolutely destroy any control and has a nice-looking aggro MU with lots of creatures (no wasted slots on burn) and the Big Hierc (along with Saffi, who allows for lots of very profittable trades). The only real dent in its formidable armor is the same as all WG decks, combo.

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by uberman on 2007-06-06 09:50 MDT

I'm not saying it folds to wrath, I am just predicting that it won't hit number 1 again. Even with that SB... I still see DS and dredge overcoming it. Dralnu doesn't have a prayer against it and there were 12, thats why it won.

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by str8 on 2007-06-06 10:43 MDT

GZ to cj and our sexy team.

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by sc4rs on 2007-06-06 11:19 MDT

@ Uberman and everyone that says Dralnu doesn't have a prayer against GW or other agro - I did beat it G1 before losing twice. Granted, it's a hard matchup, but its not entirely unwinnable. As long as you know they're playing Stonewood Invocation (which cost me game 2 because I played Repeal on his turn instead of my own) and play around it correctly, it's a winnable matchup, just like Gruul (which I beat round 2).

BTW, lots of the UB control wasn't Dralnu control - I played against UBr Korlash in round 4 and it wasn't playing Tron, so I'm assuming its lumped in with the other UB control decks.

I think the reason everyone is playing UB control (and why I'm bringing this list with minor tweaks to regionals) is because it has a winnable matchup against every deck in the format. Granted, agro is difficult and U/R tron can be tricky, but the ability to just walk straight through Dragonstorm and conventional control decks is really helpful.

Congrats to CJ, his deck was very original and tough to play against, and he apparently did very well. Grats to the rest of the top 4 as well.

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by Duodax on 2007-06-06 11:45 MDT

Just play Aven Mincensor in Sideboard vs Dragonstorm

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by therooster on 2007-06-06 12:17 MDT

I imagine with a little tinkering, the GW sideboard could be much better suited for the meta of Dstorm and Gruul...

His board:
1 Stonewood Invocation
2 Jotun Grunt
4 Krosan Grip
4 Tormod's Crypt
4 Spectral Force

I think you can probably take out the grunts and 1 spectral force for 3 Worship. I would also probably remove the grips for 4 aven mindcensors. This will give you 7 cards vs Dstorm and 3 vs gruul (the worships). You seem to already do well against control. Dredge... well, you can board 4 crypts, but still will need a lot of luck. Be on the lookout to sac hierarch/saffi to try and remove bridges :P

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by Rath on 2007-06-06 12:31 MDT

I know pretty much all Dralnu decks are running Sieze the soul as a silver bullet to tutor for, but is running Slaughter Pact over it any good? It seems to be just as good against gruul, and it deals with Hierarch, Lightning Angel, and any random white creature that sieze cannot touch...

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by Volrath89 on 2007-06-06 13:08 MDT

"by sc4rs on 2007-06-06 13:19 EDT

BTW, lots of the UB control wasn't Dralnu control - I played against UBr Korlash in round 4 and it wasn't playing Tron, so I'm assuming its lumped in with the other UB control decks."

It is actually Bur Korlash Control, and sc4rs I was so unlucky against you =/ ... congrats for 2nd place!

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by Ffancrzy on 2007-06-06 13:22 MDT

I played Cj first round w/ Glittering Wish Control. Absolutly Raped Him (Persecute on green) Game 2 he wins with Griffin Guide...Game 3 He wins with a Griffin Guide again but he way over extended when he didnt need to and Had I drawn a Black mana in 5 turns...the results would be very different...

Damn Evin Erwins Crappy Mana bases...

But enough about this n00b's bad beats its a solid deck and plain and simple Griffin Guide is some hot cheesey tech...Grats on First place

Hmmm this is the second time out of 3 trials that the person who beat me R1 won the whole thing...better pray to be paired against me tonight :)

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by kby on 2007-06-06 13:40 MDT

Look at everyone stealing my tech(worship) :)

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by mikeyk159 on 2007-06-06 14:15 MDT

wow, im glad to see G/W gettining some progress done, how it beat u/b control though!, im not even going to begin to ask

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by ringman on 2007-06-06 14:47 MDT

go meeeehhhhhh!!!

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by onecleanceli on 2007-06-06 14:58 MDT

since when is worship 'tech'? it used to be played all the time, then people stopped using it for some reason... its really solid, period

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by pnk on 2007-06-06 15:20 MDT

mehhhh gj, nice deck...ofc dredge deck requires a good player and mehhhh is one of the best pt players around...nice one!

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by TugaChampion on 2007-06-06 15:26 MDT

lol! well done mehhhhh but let me tell u. I know him and he is a lucksacker! At least in real life he always dredges the nuts!

But pnk is an even bigger lucksacker. I've seen him combo on turn 1 with DS irl TWICE in the same tourney against Dralnu!

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by Brodie on 2007-06-06 16:40 MDT

And I don't know how related it is to some of the comments being said recently, but excluding the actual game of Magic itself, it's really great to see everyone talking strat, comparing tech and giving tons of kudos to one another instead of the usual "Player X sucks. How the hell did they get Deck Y in the top 4? Jank Jank Jank,etc."

Makes me a little prouder to be in this community than I used to be.

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by Vedrfolner on 2007-06-06 17:22 MDT

The GW deck wins because it runs Call of the Herd, Loxodon Hierarch, Saffi, Giant Solifuge, Stonewood Invocation and Griffin Guide. All of them are cards that in some way either gives or is as good as card advantage (hierarch b/c of size). The beats this deck produce is fast and hard to stop. Apart from Jotun Grunt, the sideboard is quite good.

Temporal Isolation or Aven Mindsencor could make it even better, I think.

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by sc4rs on 2007-06-06 17:48 MDT

"wow, im glad to see G/W gettining some progress done, how it beat u/b control though!, im not even going to begin to ask"



I played Repeal on his turn instead of my own game 2, walking into Stonewood that I wasn't expecting, and mana flood game 3.

But regardless, any agro is good against u/b control.

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by pwnz on 2007-06-06 18:29 MDT

Nice win CJ :)
FightClub>all

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by DESTRUCTOR on 2007-06-06 19:27 MDT

by Brodie on 2007-06-06 18:40 EDT

Makes me a little prouder to be in this community than I used to be.

Yes it's true but it's sad that people waited until Nico decided to go to start being nice and not flame each other every change they get :(

I wonder how many people will use that GW deck tonigth's trial

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by oceanboyjm on 2007-06-06 20:00 MDT

well im glad mehhhhhhhh came in top 4 because he beat me 2nd round...good job

also to the people who are wondering why GW aggro can beat DS, think about speed. first turn lions, second turn watchwolf, 3rd turn call, 4th turn lox..that wins vs DS because of the fact that you can gain life and you have major creature control. Also DS doesnt always go off on turn 4 or 5...and this does

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by Dodgethis on 2007-06-06 22:54 MDT

How does the GW deck beat project X or martyr variations? Other than that it looks really solid.

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by Tidus- on 2007-06-07 04:01 MDT

Crypts are hate for both decks mentioned i believe

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by DESTRUCTOR on 2007-06-07 06:05 MDT

i think that serrated arrows or sunlance should be included on GW's SB because thyey need something to kill creatures like fortune thief

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by Lantero on 2007-06-17 16:16 MDT

Worship good vs Dragonstorm??? 4 hellkite kills all your creatures easily and kill u next turn

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by DESTRUCTOR on 2007-06-27 08:29 MDT

if they kill all your dudes with hellkite you jusr drop a guy in your next turn and that's about it

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