24 of the best players in Magic have gathered in Nice, France to duke it out to crown an MTG world champion! The event will have a few rounds of Modern action (back by popular demand after initially being excluded!), and this is the place to discuss the event. Feel free to also discuss the event more generally, especially while waiting for the Modern coverage to start; Vintage Masters draft is awesome.
As I'm posting this now, it looks like the Modern coverage has already started with Chapin on UR Delver and Shaun McLaren on (what looks like) his trademark UWR Kiki Control.
(11) Sam Black Birthing Pod
(19) Patrick Chapin Blue-Red Delver
(13) Stanislav Cifka Blue-Red Delver
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Jeskai Ascendancy
Lars Dam Jeskai Ascendancy
(2) Jeremy Dezani Scapeshift
(3) Reid Duke Pyromancer Ascension
Willy Edel Abzan
(5) Ivan Floch Jeskai Delver
(25) Yuuki Ichikawa Temur Delver
(7) William Jensen Pyromancer Ascension
Raphael Levy Scapeshift
(17) Tom Martell Jeskai Ascendancy
(4) Shaun McLaren Jeskai
Raymond Perez, Jr. Birthing Pod
(16) Paul Pietzl Blue-Red Delver
(14) Shahar Shenhar Burn
(10) Lee Shi Tian Scapeshift
Nam Sung-Wook Burn
(1) Owen Turtenwald Pyromancer Ascension
(20 Josh Utter-Leyton Jeskai Ascendancy
(9) Yuuya Watanabe Temur Delver
(12) Jacob Wilson Birthing Pod
Kentarou Yamamoto Blue-Red Delver
There are people actually playing Jeskai Ascendancy and Pyromancer Ascension (Storm).
The JA players are using Fatestitcher and a Gifts SB.
Storm has Treasure Cruise.
edit: I wanna see that JA deck, from their description it sounds like they just lose to any grave hate. They're not playing green creatures. Fatestitcher, TC and Gifts all use the graveyard.
Went straight to my LGS after the Jeskai Ascendancy match (fortunately I live a block or so away) and bought a set of Fatestitchers before they got scarce.
Special thanks to Hakai Studios and SushiOtter for the sig!
Legacy:UR Sneak and Show IUBG Team America IX Metalworker MUD Modern:UBR Blue Jund IWBX Eldrazi Processors IX Affinity IWRG Nacatl Burn IGR Tron IUBR Grishoalbrand
JA Storm should perform much better at Worlds than it did at GP Madrid. With fewer rounds to go through and a more insular metagame, it is much better positioned. It's like the Bogles effect that we have seen in the past.
I'll mark this as the day that cruise got banned. Not that its broken, just because how much of it is being played in the above, and how good it is against those same decks, and how everyone will freak upon seeing that.
I'll mark this as the day that cruise got banned. Not that its broken, just because how much of it is being played in the above, and how good it is against those same decks, and how everyone will freak upon seeing that.
I disagree. The Worlds metagame is just too insular for Wizards to make decisions based on it. The next two GPs will have to follow the Worlds trends for anything to get banned.
So jeskai ascendancy is only a $2 card right now... With all these players playing jeskai at worlds what you guys think is going to happen to its price?
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Just saw this. Heres the thread. Go for it.
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As I'm posting this now, it looks like the Modern coverage has already started with Chapin on UR Delver and Shaun McLaren on (what looks like) his trademark UWR Kiki Control.
UB Fae
TES
Pox
2 wear / tear
2 skullcrack
2 searing blaze
3 smash to smithereens
2 ?
he did a deck tech
EDIT: Okay he fixed it. Close one.
Edit: But 5 Cruises from Chapin was insane btw.
Greetings,
Kathal
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)
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Yeah Ktken. Get on my level man.
You're post is better. haha.
http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2014WC/modernmetagame
(11) Sam Black Birthing Pod
(19) Patrick Chapin Blue-Red Delver
(13) Stanislav Cifka Blue-Red Delver
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Jeskai Ascendancy
Lars Dam Jeskai Ascendancy
(2) Jeremy Dezani Scapeshift
(3) Reid Duke Pyromancer Ascension
Willy Edel Abzan
(5) Ivan Floch Jeskai Delver
(25) Yuuki Ichikawa Temur Delver
(7) William Jensen Pyromancer Ascension
Raphael Levy Scapeshift
(17) Tom Martell Jeskai Ascendancy
(4) Shaun McLaren Jeskai
Raymond Perez, Jr. Birthing Pod
(16) Paul Pietzl Blue-Red Delver
(14) Shahar Shenhar Burn
(10) Lee Shi Tian Scapeshift
Nam Sung-Wook Burn
(1) Owen Turtenwald Pyromancer Ascension
(20 Josh Utter-Leyton Jeskai Ascendancy
(9) Yuuya Watanabe Temur Delver
(12) Jacob Wilson Birthing Pod
Kentarou Yamamoto Blue-Red Delver
There are people actually playing Jeskai Ascendancy and Pyromancer Ascension (Storm).
The JA players are using Fatestitcher and a Gifts SB.
Storm has Treasure Cruise.
edit: I wanna see that JA deck, from their description it sounds like they just lose to any grave hate. They're not playing green creatures. Fatestitcher, TC and Gifts all use the graveyard.
| Ad Nauseam
| Infect
Big Johnny.
1 Twilight Mire
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Godless Shrine
1 Temple Garden
2 Tectonic Edge
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Stirring Wildwoods
1 Treetop Village
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Marsh Flats
1 Windswept Heath
1 Swamp
1 Forest
1 Plains
4 Siege Rhino
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Scavenging Ooze
2 Fulminator Mage
Spells:
4 Liliana of the Veil
4 Thoughtseize
1 Duress
3 Inquisiton of Kozilek
4 Abrupt Decay
2 Dismember
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Darkblast
1 Lingering Souls
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Duress
1 Golgari Charm
1 Fulminator Mage
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 Drown in Sorrow
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Lingering Souls
2 Shadow of Doubt
4 Timely Reinforcements
Seems like a ton of Scalding Tarn decks.
Special thanks to Hakai Studios and SushiOtter for the sig!
Legacy: UR Sneak and Show I UBG Team America I X Metalworker MUD
Modern: UBR Blue Jund I WBX Eldrazi Processors I X Affinity I WRG Nacatl Burn I GR Tron I UBR Grishoalbrand
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TES
Pox
Greetings,
Kathal
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)
Thanks. I'm hyped for this Worlds. Some nice tech all around.
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I disagree. The Worlds metagame is just too insular for Wizards to make decisions based on it. The next two GPs will have to follow the Worlds trends for anything to get banned.
3 Treasure Cruise
2 Grapeshot
3 Past in Flames
4 Sleight of Hand
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Serum Visions
4 Manamorphose
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Pyretic Ritual
4 Thought Scour
2 Shivan Reef
1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Steam Vents
1 Mountain
3 Island
1 Hallowed Fountain
3 Empty the Warrens
3 Wear & Tear
2 Dispel
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Shatterstorm
1 Meddling Mage
Gonna have to update the Storm primer.
| Ad Nauseam
| Infect
Big Johnny.
Greetings,
Kathal
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)
UB Fae
TES
Pox
Greetings,
Kathal
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)
Greetings,
Kathal
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)
JA Storm, most broken deck in the HISTORY OF EVAR, loses to UR Storm, a deck that has been "dead" since 2013.
I will say that the Gifts sideboard plan in JA Storm is awesome.