Starcity games tourney in DC standard open is having its final day one games by this time and a lot new decks and ideas have sprung to give us food for thought.And playtesting!
The main target deck for most people has been the current powerhouse of standard Caw!blade.Most people seem to have targeted the specific match up as they expected a lot of people to show up with the current list,which indeed has shown up quite a LOT.
We have seen a lot of variances of the caw blade deck too, their target was also the mirror and of cource boros.A dominant list appeared piloted by the well known american mtg grinder and pro Gerry Thompson.
His list?
He has added red for lightning bolt (i kill your boros hero) , a stable (as it appeared so far ) option in the spot removal section of the deck.
His sideboard contains basilisk collar and of Cunning sparkmage which i am sure stopped a lot of hawks,guides,heros or even fatties (via basilisk collar deathtouch) tonight.
Inferno titan has also made an appearance in the deck, this was a surprise i believe as the red titan makes the deck a bit more mana dependent on red mana.I do wish to see GerryT's analysis on this one and how this titan helped him or not..
The white titan is bringing almost everything back, swords creatures and lands.A very clear selection for this list.
Another list tha appeared in the tourney and is certain to be taking a spot in the current metagame and deck discussion is this one.
The games i saw played by this list were dominated by a creature that is played a little even in limited, Thumming bird!!!
It was an amazing synergy thummingbird proliferating chalices , magnets,cryptologists, ratchet bombs ,jace and best of all POISON counters!
All Ali had to do was a mere swing with his nexus for one(some times 2 due to grand architect effect) and then proliferating via means of thumming bird and Contagion engine!This deck was giving caw blade a hard time on the board mindslaving them games away or after sb Blightsteel colossus making them poisoned in no time!
Treasure mage was a sweat tutor effect,cryptologist a huge card advantage and mystifying maze a silent force nullifying sword swings all night ,and could do so all the time!
As far as for aggro?Platinum emperion can come down in no time thanks to grand architect!
Great archetype, a cheap one and there is sure a lot discussion going around this one in the near future.
Those two lists made a great impact in the tourney along with bonehoard getting main or side in many caw blade decks as predicted by almost everyone!
While watching games i even came across a furnace celebration - awakening zone list that seemed to simple but really abusing sylvok lifestaff and celebration synergy.
I will publish that list tommorow as it seemed quite intriguing!Taking 3 life and dealing 2 damage by sacrificing a token and paying two mana is indeed something valuable!
Till then good luck at the modo queues for mirrodin besieged release events!!!
The main target deck for most people has been the current powerhouse of standard Caw!blade.Most people seem to have targeted the specific match up as they expected a lot of people to show up with the current list,which indeed has shown up quite a LOT.
We have seen a lot of variances of the caw blade deck too, their target was also the mirror and of cource boros.A dominant list appeared piloted by the well known american mtg grinder and pro Gerry Thompson.
His list?
| W/U/R Caw-Blade Featured by Gerry Thompson on 2011-02-27 (Standard) | ||
Artifacts 1 Sword of Body and Mind 1 Sword of Feast and Famine Creatures 4 Squadron Hawk 4 Stoneforge Mystic Instants 3 Lightning Bolt 2 Mana Leak 3 Spell Pierce | Planeswalkers 3 Gideon Jura 4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor Sorceries 4 Day of Judgment 4 Preordain Basic Lands 3 Island 3 Mountain 4 Plains Lands 4 Arid Mesa 3 Celestial Colonnade 2 Evolving Wilds 2 Glacial Fortress 3 Scalding Tarn 3 Seachrome Coast | 1 Basilisk Collar 4 Cunning Sparkmage 1 Inferno Titan 1 Sun Titan 1 Dispel 3 Divine Offering 4 Flashfreeze |
He has added red for lightning bolt (i kill your boros hero) , a stable (as it appeared so far ) option in the spot removal section of the deck.
His sideboard contains basilisk collar and of Cunning sparkmage which i am sure stopped a lot of hawks,guides,heros or even fatties (via basilisk collar deathtouch) tonight.
Inferno titan has also made an appearance in the deck, this was a surprise i believe as the red titan makes the deck a bit more mana dependent on red mana.I do wish to see GerryT's analysis on this one and how this titan helped him or not..
The white titan is bringing almost everything back, swords creatures and lands.A very clear selection for this list.
Another list tha appeared in the tourney and is certain to be taking a spot in the current metagame and deck discussion is this one.
| Monoblue Architect Featured by Ali Aintrazi on 2011-02-27 (Standard) | ||
Artifacts 1 Contagion Engine 4 Everflowing Chalice 2 Ratchet Bomb 3 Tumble Magnet Artifact Creatures 1 Steel Hellkite 2 Wurmcoil Engine Creatures 4 Enclave Cryptologist 4 Grand Architect 4 Thrummingbird 3 Treasure Mage Instants 1 Stoic Rebuttal | Legendary Artifacts 2 Mindslaver Planeswalkers 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor Sorceries 4 Preordain Basic Lands 17 Island Lands 4 Inkmoth Nexus 2 Mystifying Maze | 2 Ratchet Bomb 1 Tumble Magnet 1 Blightsteel Colossus 4 Perilous Myr 1 Platinum Emperion 4 Flashfreeze 2 Negate |
The games i saw played by this list were dominated by a creature that is played a little even in limited, Thumming bird!!!
It was an amazing synergy thummingbird proliferating chalices , magnets,cryptologists, ratchet bombs ,jace and best of all POISON counters!
All Ali had to do was a mere swing with his nexus for one(some times 2 due to grand architect effect) and then proliferating via means of thumming bird and Contagion engine!This deck was giving caw blade a hard time on the board mindslaving them games away or after sb Blightsteel colossus making them poisoned in no time!
Treasure mage was a sweat tutor effect,cryptologist a huge card advantage and mystifying maze a silent force nullifying sword swings all night ,and could do so all the time!
As far as for aggro?Platinum emperion can come down in no time thanks to grand architect!
Great archetype, a cheap one and there is sure a lot discussion going around this one in the near future.
Those two lists made a great impact in the tourney along with bonehoard getting main or side in many caw blade decks as predicted by almost everyone!
While watching games i even came across a furnace celebration - awakening zone list that seemed to simple but really abusing sylvok lifestaff and celebration synergy.
I will publish that list tommorow as it seemed quite intriguing!Taking 3 life and dealing 2 damage by sacrificing a token and paying two mana is indeed something valuable!
Till then good luck at the modo queues for mirrodin besieged release events!!!
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