Comments on: Running The Numbers #33

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:25:58 +0000

Poly: yes, the Metas for the two Classic events have differed for quite a long time now. I think its is somewhat due to the players that attend, but then it is something that perpetuates itself because even if a few players create a shift others must react to it and thus the field in its entirety can become different.
Calathan: thx for the updated board. I think the problem with entering the faithful is possibly how you are entering it. Are you by chance leaving out the apostrophe “s” in the entry. Gatherling has to have card names be exact to register.
Shard: I feel Dragonaughts, while capable of pulling of stunning wins, is really a deck that can not (in the present card pool) consistently win. the fact is that having a deck centered around a small amount of creatures that needs to attack to win is ultimately safe enough to handle the disruption of that strategy. Classic decks don’t have to specifically tune towards beating it because answers to that strategy are already widely played by other decks. Further, the record it has put up in Metas largely devoid of removal right now is only fair (the best CPDC finish for the deck has been 3-2 IIRC and both of those entrants got Byes. Given that it isn’t dominating in a field where few decks have designed answers for it, I think that its chances once expected and planned for are decidely diminished.

By: ShardFenix

ShardFenix — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:30:25 +0000

U/R draginauts is a good deck my newest addition to it comes from shadowmoor. Using crimson wisps to be able to give a creature haste is amazing in matchups like MBC where sticking one of 12-14 creatures is crucial. U/R Dragonauts is an archetype which may be fringe now but come eventide i would definitely plan to face it at least once per tourney.

By: Calathan

Calathan — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:39:54 +0000

I changed the sideboard for the GRw deck since the last time I played it. The actual sideboard I used in CPDC 8.12 is:
3 Ancient Grudge
3 Mystic Zealot
4 Orim’s Thunder
2 Pyroblast
3 Swirling Sandstorm
Mystic Zealot is really good, and I previously played it in the maindeck, but it has been removed in favor of ledgewalker. I think the Mystic Zealots are a lot better than Teroh’s Faithful against everything but mono-red burn, and they also go well with Swirling Sandstorm. I actually think the zealots are better than ledgewalker in most matchups, but there are just a few matchups where I really think I need ledgewalker while none where I really must have the zealots.
Also, 4 Teroh’s Faithful are missing from the sideboard of my U/R control deck there. Checking now, they seem to be missing from all of my decklists for that deck in Gatherling. I don’t know if it is a Gatherling bug or something, since I can’t believe I would have forgotten to enter them 5 times. Anyway, the white cards in the sideboard are for mono-red burn, but I haven’t faced it since adding them, so I don’t know how well they work.

By: Polyjak

Polyjak — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:43:50 +0000

“So little removal based control as well as few overall Control decks (9 in 4 weeks) continues to help Aggressive strategies succeed.”
I was going to question you there, since the last two TPDC winners have been Mono-Black Control. But then I remembered that this article is only about Saturday’s event…
Interesting the difference between the metagames. A lot of it has to do with the players?
Also, glad to see some love for Gatherling. =)
Nice job sir, as always!