Krosanbeast Wins SPDC 4.05! (And new power ratings) |
 The big guns were out last Thursday night for an all-out war between aggro and blinkdrifter. Blinkdrifter was the most played deck (5), but it's the 12 aggressive decks that filled most of the metagame with nearly half the field of 26 players playing aggro. White Winnies deck is on fire. It won both events this week and it just keeps on beating blinkdrifter. I think it's fair to say that the new deck to beat is WW, and like the rest of the field, blinkdrifter backers will have to make adjustments. In last week's event (SPDC 4.04) krosanbeast went undefeated in the swiss (3-0), but a pairing mistake cut him off the playoff rounds. He took it exceptionally well, despite being very frustrated, and took his rage out on his opponents this week at SPDC 4.05. He again went undefeated in the whole event, but this time all the way up to the finals, beating a whooping 3 blinkdrifter decks in the process. Is this the end of blinkdrifter? WW is quite popular and is gaining in popularity. If the tendency continues, blinkdrifter will have a hard time beating the odds. Perhaps we will start seeing more control decks focused on WW. It is usually the case when an aggro deck dominates a format. The metagame
Midrange (9) Bulldog333 -> Blinkdrifter RobE -> Grimdrifter Hurriboy -> Stick N' Stones - Evu -> Black madness Aggro (12) Krosanbeast9359 -> WW - jtamaro -> RW Aggro GravespwnGoddess -> RDW Carinon -> Buffeting Boggarts (BR Goblins) - Dubious Honor -> Blue winnies w/white Shadezz0fHades -> UR Aggro hokusai22 -> GWu Slivers Control (3) HWolverine83 -> Dreamspore Rock boin -> New Tricks (Bru Control) - Iberian Wolf -> Uber Teachings Aggro-Combo (2)
pyro420deadman -> UR Storm
Playoffs
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-------------------------------- Final: -------------------------------- Metagame BreakdownYou can always access the standard Top 8 metagame at the PoP's Forums. Includes all Standard (SPDC and MPDC) events to date.
The fact of the matter is that not only is WW at an advantage vs Blinkdrifter, it also doesn't have bad match ups. The extremely low mana curve combined with the big number of evasive threats it can lay down quickly makes it a very tough deck to stop.
Power Rankings
Each event, players gain points depending on the final standings: 1st - 10 points The power rating of a player is the point average for the current season. (By adding all points accumulated and dividing it by the number of event participations, we get the average/power rating) Players who play in less than 40% (2/5) of the events will suffer a small penalty. --- There are 30 ranked players out of 73 players. To be ranked, you need a power rating above 0. The number of events played serve as first tie breakers, followed by the best finishes. Format: Rank. Player name (Power Rating) - (Last week's Rank) Thanks to Eegag for the top 5 Icons
06. Kingritz (3.33) - (08) - 11. Evu
Decklist
19 Plains Sideboard --- There is a lot of hype for this deck lately, and the optimal build is still being debated. What's noticeable in the beast's WW is the 2 blade of the sixth pride, which some consider ineffective due to its lack of evasion, and the 2 fortify that some consider a bit slow. Seeing fortify in action is always quite exciting, however, and it gives WW the reach it needs to end up games quickly. Some even use 4 of them. Another quite notable difference is the use of 2 Augur Il-vec. It's quite inefficient, beating for 1 for 2 mana. But it trades with blinkdrifter's infiltrator Il-kor and might save you from RDW pre-sideboard. There is also 4 martyr of sands in the sideboard, which many consider a must-have in a meta with lots of RDW decks.
18 Mountain 1 Flamekin brawler Sideboard: --- It's basically RDW with the possibility to "go off". It's a concept that's been done lots of times before, and here's the first Lorwyn season's version. The thing I like most about this deck is that it really does have a lot of ways to combo, but almost all the cards are playable on their own as a straight up aggro deck. The card disadvantage of rite of flame hurts when it doesn't boost storm, but otherwise the deck fits quite nicely together even without storm cards.
4 Facevaulter Sideboard: --- Now, this is my 2 thumbs up for this week. What a great deck! It beat both WW and Blinkdrifter in the swiss, giving the deck lots of credibility, but it's not until you actually see it played out that you realize how cool a deck it is. At first glance, it looks like a bunch of janky goblins. But in reality, it's a perfectly well crafted gem. I think it could use a few tune ups, as with any deck, but this deck has some real potential. It can be aggressive or controllish and it has a hell lot of reach.  MPDC 1.01If anyone would like to write for MPDC, please contact Polyjak. If you would like to have any data I have gathered or my article templates, contact me. (You can PM us in the forums) Last Monday was MPDC 1.06 and RaiserUK won with White Winnies Here's the Metagame And the Event Thread Will WW keep its streak running? Will Blinkdrifter make a comeback? Will we see innovating new ideas? We'll see next week! Kehm. 7 CommentsLeave a comment |
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Subliminal man (4.75) - (04) - 
Krosanbeast (4.40) - (12) - 
Cecilia Jupe (4.17) - (01) - 
Eegag (4.17) - (01) - 
Karakusk (4.17) - (01) -
7:16 AM, 15 December 2007
lol yeah p-jak go the name breakdown right. the treefolk hold the ground and provide some beats. the LD/mannaaccel put me several "turns" ahead of my opponent, making the cows and ladybugs wicked hard to deal with. WW isa pain, but i went 3-4 in games vs them this week, so its far from a hopeless battle.
10:56 PM, 14 December 2007
I think it uses the treefolk to deal damage to the opponent while using the land destruction spells to stop the enemy from casting any spells that can stop the treefolk assault.
8:50 PM, 14 December 2007
I get the name, I don't get the deck :)
6:37 PM, 14 December 2007
I think Sticks = Treefolk, and Stones = Land Destruction (in honor of the late Stone Rain).
5:25 PM, 14 December 2007
To be honest, I don't really "get" stick n' stones.
4:29 PM, 14 December 2007
no love for sticks-n-stones? i see how it is. good article even if your a hater. :) nice win krosan, after the slip up last time you deserved it man.
12:18 PM, 14 December 2007
Great article, kehmesis! Its always refreshing to see some new decks in action. That boggart deck piloted by Carinon looks especially scary for white weenie. I'll have to do some testing against it. Keep up the good work! =)