Does anyone think having this on Mothers Day weekend will effect the attendance and the meta?
I think MOST of the players you would lose may be made up by the foreign players coming in for the PT the next weekend.
As for decks to watch, I think the Bazaar of Moxen event yesterday may be at least a semi good indicator of what to expect. Hatebears took it down, with three twin decks making the T8. Also included was a GR tron (Pyroclasm not All is dust as the sweeper,) Scapeshift, Blue Moon, and Mono Green Stompy.
As for meta numbers, the top 5 decks in a field of 300+ were Twin(35), UWR control(29), Affinity(27), Pod(24) and a tie between Scapeshift and Jund(14).
Does anyone think having this on Mothers Day weekend will effect the attendance and the meta?
I think MOST of the players you would lose may be made up by the foreign players coming in for the PT the next weekend.
I don't think so. Wizards of the Coast will pay for your plane fare to the Pro Tour. Any foreign players who come to the Grand Prix will be doing it on their own dime, because it's the weak before and Wizards of the Coast won't be paying for it.
I know some will come anyway--Patrick Dickmann is planning to--but I don't think that going to the PT will mean going to the GP.
As for decks to watch, I think the Bazaar of Moxen event yesterday may be at least a semi good indicator of what to expect. Hatebears took it down, with three twin decks making the T8. Also included was a GR tron (Pyroclasm not All is dust as the sweeper,) Scapeshift, Blue Moon, and Mono Green Stompy.
As for meta numbers, the top 5 decks in a field of 300+ were Twin(35), UWR control(29), Affinity(27), Pod(24) and a tie between Scapeshift and Jund(14).
Do you have the decklist for 2nd place? I'm looking here but it skips straight from 1st to 3rd.
No, decklist sadly. I know know it is Blue Moon from watching the coverage.
Also, I get what you are saying, but quite a few of the Europeans will pay to come to the GP. You have to remember that at this point, most will likely either be with a team or have some sort of sponsorship which will help them get there.
Does anyone think having this on Mothers Day weekend will effect the attendance and the meta?
I think MOST of the players you would lose may be made up by the foreign players coming in for the PT the next weekend.
As for decks to watch, I think the Bazaar of Moxen event yesterday may be at least a semi good indicator of what to expect. Hatebears took it down, with three twin decks making the T8. Also included was a GR tron (Pyroclasm not All is dust as the sweeper,) Scapeshift, Blue Moon, and Mono Green Stompy.
As for meta numbers, the top 5 decks in a field of 300+ were Twin(35), UWR control(29), Affinity(27), Pod(24) and a tie between Scapeshift and Jund(14).
What I find odd is that Dickmann has stopped playing Tarmo-Twin and has reverted to Tempo Twin.
Living End had a good game against both Pods (Melira much easier than Kiki), a very close and tight game against Affinity, and a slight edge on Twin. We don't roll over any of the top three, but I'm perfectly happy with the predicted metagame. If there's a deck that's heavily favored against all of the top three I don't know what it is.
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I will be playing, but don't know what to play yet. I attended the BoM for some competitive practice and had friends/teammates of mine (also all of the Top 8 competitors) play my Tarmo and Tempo Twin variants. Tempo finished 22-4-4 while Tarmo did 22-5-1. Given talented players, both decks seem about evenly matched.
I will be playing, but don't know what to play yet. I attended the BoM for some competitive practice and had friends/teammates of mine (also all of the Top 8 competitors) play my Tarmo and Tempo Twin variants. Tempo finished 22-4-4 while Tarmo did 22-5-1. Given talented players, both decks seem about evenly matched.
Have you ever considered WUR Twin?
I am most likely never going to play UWR Twin. I've been playing it a few times and didn't like it at all. :-x
It has good enough control and combo matchups that it's possible it can get there with some lucky matchups. Seems a longshot when Affinity and Melira Pod are so big though. It's my #2 deck though and I'll cheer if it does well.
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I will be playing, but don't know what to play yet. I attended the BoM for some competitive practice and had friends/teammates of mine (also all of the Top 8 competitors) play my Tarmo and Tempo Twin variants. Tempo finished 22-4-4 while Tarmo did 22-5-1. Given talented players, both decks seem about evenly matched.
Play 7 land belcher.
...Yeah, that was a joke. I'm going to assume there will be more jund there man, making tarmo twin better. But hey, you know the deck better than I do. I just have a feeling well see jund back in numbers this round.
...Yeah, that was a joke. I'm going to assume there will be more jund there man, making tarmo twin better. But hey, you know the deck better than I do. I just have a feeling well see jund back in numbers this round.
7LB is so fun to play as long as the opponent doesn't have any counterspells. Definitely just a casual fun deck (for now, anyway) though.
I'd LOVE it if Jund came back. In playtesting I usually got a concession on turn two for game one and win game two fairly easily as well. Probably my best matchup by a fair margin.
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Would be nice if Jund shows up in huge numbers again. I mean look at Karn Liberated. He is ready to smash things and he is just waiting for the right moment.
I will be playing, but don't know what to play yet. I attended the BoM for some competitive practice and had friends/teammates of mine (also all of the Top 8 competitors) play my Tarmo and Tempo Twin variants. Tempo finished 22-4-4 while Tarmo did 22-5-1. Given talented players, both decks seem about evenly matched.
Have you ever considered WUR Twin?
I am most likely never going to play UWR Twin. I've been playing it a few times and didn't like it at all. :-x
What didn't you like about it?
These are just my £0.02 and I'm obviously not the player that Patrick is, but, I've played about 100 games or so in MTGO with UWR Twin and just could not make it work. It lacked the speed of the tempo decks, it lacked the control elements of a control shell, it usually felt as a jack-of-all-trades master of none. You had a ton of different answers but they did not seem to fit together. It seemed far better if you're playing against zoo. But how much zoo do you see these days? Ended up selling the entire thing.
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Red should be burn, Goblins, Dragons, draw/discard, and Standard-unplayable 5CMC cards with insane, lengthy effects that take 10 minutes to figure out what they do and another 20 to actually make their effects work on the field.
Pfft, like Wear//Tear-Bait.dek will ever do that good.
Ok in all seriousness I'm occasionally impressed by just how diverse the format is once you peel away the cover of the top 8 regular crowd. Hitting T8 is overrated anyway when you remember how much of a sideboard format Modern is.
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Modern GB Rock U Flooding Merfolk RUG Delver Midrange WU Monks UW Tempo Geist GW Bogle GW Liege UR Tron B Vampires
Affinity Legacy
Fish
Goblins
Burn
Reanimator
Dredge
Affinity EDH W Akroma GBW Ghave BRU Thrax GR Ruric I advocate for the elimination of the combo archetype in Modern. I believe it is degenerate and unfun by its very nature and will always limit design space and cause unnecessary bans.
These are just my £0.02 and I'm obviously not the player that Patrick is, but, I've played about 100 games or so in MTGO with UWR Twin and just could not make it work. It lacked the speed of the tempo decks, it lacked the control elements of a control shell, it usually felt as a jack-of-all-trades master of none. You had a ton of different answers but they did not seem to fit together. It seemed far better if you're playing against zoo. But how much zoo do you see these days? Ended up selling the entire thing.
Its got a better matchup against aggro decks (All the fat butt blockers.) But aggro isnt what people should be worried about, its probably Pod, twin and jund. Sure, affinity too, but its not hard to side against.
I'd say WRU twin isnt really going to be better until the top decks are more like Jund, Affinity, Mono green shrine/infect and zoo.
But that does say millions about the Twin engine... it can be tempo, control, or midrange very easily.
I think MOST of the players you would lose may be made up by the foreign players coming in for the PT the next weekend.
As for decks to watch, I think the Bazaar of Moxen event yesterday may be at least a semi good indicator of what to expect. Hatebears took it down, with three twin decks making the T8. Also included was a GR tron (Pyroclasm not All is dust as the sweeper,) Scapeshift, Blue Moon, and Mono Green Stompy.
As for meta numbers, the top 5 decks in a field of 300+ were Twin(35), UWR control(29), Affinity(27), Pod(24) and a tie between Scapeshift and Jund(14).
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I know some will come anyway--Patrick Dickmann is planning to--but I don't think that going to the PT will mean going to the GP.
Do you have the decklist for 2nd place? I'm looking here but it skips straight from 1st to 3rd.
Also, I get what you are saying, but quite a few of the Europeans will pay to come to the GP. You have to remember that at this point, most will likely either be with a team or have some sort of sponsorship which will help them get there.
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Edit: That's essentially the same link you posted. Looks like they fixed it?
What I find odd is that Dickmann has stopped playing Tarmo-Twin and has reverted to Tempo Twin.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
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I wonder what he'll playing at Minneapolis.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
This is my first GP in, I think, 15 years so just going to have fun.
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I've been brewing a deck that is good against both Pod and Affinity while having a decent game against Twin.
http://www.mtgvault.com/soulofmirrodin/decks/breaking-bad/
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
Modern:
BR Control
Grixis Bloo
EDH:
Food Chain Prossh
Land Wipe Maelstrom Wanderer
Selvala, Hearth of the Wilds Eldrazi
Unfortunately, that doesn't seem likely. Doesn't 8-Rack have bad Affinity and Melira Pod matchups?
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
Yeah... a 8 rack fan can dream though :c
Modern:
BR Control
Grixis Bloo
EDH:
Food Chain Prossh
Land Wipe Maelstrom Wanderer
Selvala, Hearth of the Wilds Eldrazi
Have you ever considered WUR Twin?
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
What didn't you like about it?
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
It has good enough control and combo matchups that it's possible it can get there with some lucky matchups. Seems a longshot when Affinity and Melira Pod are so big though. It's my #2 deck though and I'll cheer if it does well.
Play 7 land belcher.
...Yeah, that was a joke. I'm going to assume there will be more jund there man, making tarmo twin better. But hey, you know the deck better than I do. I just have a feeling well see jund back in numbers this round.
7LB is so fun to play as long as the opponent doesn't have any counterspells. Definitely just a casual fun deck (for now, anyway) though.
I'd LOVE it if Jund came back. In playtesting I usually got a concession on turn two for game one and win game two fairly easily as well. Probably my best matchup by a fair margin.
These are just my £0.02 and I'm obviously not the player that Patrick is, but, I've played about 100 games or so in MTGO with UWR Twin and just could not make it work. It lacked the speed of the tempo decks, it lacked the control elements of a control shell, it usually felt as a jack-of-all-trades master of none. You had a ton of different answers but they did not seem to fit together. It seemed far better if you're playing against zoo. But how much zoo do you see these days? Ended up selling the entire thing.
Pfft, like Wear//Tear-Bait.dek will ever do that good.
Ok in all seriousness I'm occasionally impressed by just how diverse the format is once you peel away the cover of the top 8 regular crowd. Hitting T8 is overrated anyway when you remember how much of a sideboard format Modern is.
GB Rock
U Flooding Merfolk
RUG Delver Midrange
WU Monks
UW Tempo Geist
GW Bogle
GW Liege
UR Tron
B Vampires
Affinity
Legacy
Fish
Goblins
Burn
Reanimator
Dredge
Affinity
EDH
W Akroma
GBW Ghave
BRU Thrax
GR Ruric
I advocate for the elimination of the combo archetype in Modern. I believe it is degenerate and unfun by its very nature and will always limit design space and cause unnecessary bans.
Its got a better matchup against aggro decks (All the fat butt blockers.) But aggro isnt what people should be worried about, its probably Pod, twin and jund. Sure, affinity too, but its not hard to side against.
I'd say WRU twin isnt really going to be better until the top decks are more like Jund, Affinity, Mono green shrine/infect and zoo.
But that does say millions about the Twin engine... it can be tempo, control, or midrange very easily.
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