Magic game day results

[Gary Lynch]

Any one go to this? How did you do? What did you Learn about the fiormat? What about your deck?? Would you make any changes or play differently??

I will make my post later when I'm not at work.

[Louis Mackie]

It was only 5 rounds cut to T8 (17 players), which mean 3-2-0 got in with decent breakers, and 3-1-1 got me 5th place in the Swiss. The T8 was:

Vampire Homebrew (Splashing Red)
2 U/W Control
4 Jund
Runeflare Trap (Go me)

I need to test a ton against Jund as it seems I have to get a Time Warp either T5 or T6 to win, or I get my face smashed in.

[Philip Dickinson]

i went 1-3! wooooooot

[Dan Barrett]

I played Chapin control and went 2-3 (one was a bye).

I'll probably not play it again, at least not the stock list.

[Gary Lynch]

What deck? Was it the deck? Bad match ups or bad luck?

Philip Dickinson said:

i went 1-3! wooooooot

[Louis Mackie]

It was a 4 colour Ziggurat Allies build - it seemed to goldfish well but not do anything in reality.

[Gary Lynch]

Why not? What did yo have problems with? What would you change?

Dan Barrett said:

I played Chapin control and went 2-3 (one was a bye). I'll probably not play it again, at least not the stock list.

[Amar Dattani]

It was a jund - jund final. Wei won it with his build including rampant growths. Jason will prob be putting up the Top8 lists on the website soon.

[Kieran Symington]

This is the deck I ran to a pretty poor 2-3 (losing twice to Jund and once to B/R) Check out the DT card tags - I hope it's still working:

3 Sunspring Expedition
4 Ior Ruin Expedition
4 Journey to Nowhere
3 Courier’s Capsule
4 Crystallization
4 Oblivion Ring
3 Day of Judgment
2 Vapor Snare
3 Sigil of the Empty Throne
4 Open the Vaults
4 Halimar Depths
1 Kabira Crossroads
2 Celestial Colonnade
4 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Marsh Flats
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Tectonic Edge
5 Plains
4 Island

Not bothering posting the sideboard, but most of it turned out to be unnecessary. As it was, I learned a few things from my defeats - namely that I lose to the new manlands (should have seen that coming) and burn - the combination of which was responsible for all my defeats. Plus, if the game went long at all I would win without needing to get stupid card advantage from Open the Vaults. The new deck, then, will look like this for the upcoming nats qualifier:

4 Sunspring Expedition (Added the fourth to combat burn)
4 Ior Ruin Expedition
4 Journey to Nowhere
4 Crystallization
4 Spreading Seas (Answers Manlands)
4 Oblivion Ring
4 Wargate (Tutors things directly into play - including lands)
3 Day of Judgment
3 Sigil of the Empty Throne
4 Halimar Depths
4 Seaside Citadel
4 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Marsh Flats
2 Misty Rainforest
5 Plains
4 Island
1 Forest

Plus there's a new sideboard
4 Cancel
4 Luminarch Ascension
1 Quest for Ancient Secrets
3 Refraction Trap
3 Ice Cage (Needed to stop Malakir Bloodwitch)

Will probably lose horribly, but it's fun to try things out....

[Dan Barrett]

I had problems with EVERYTHING.

Just couldn't keep up with Jund (lost to it twice), and even if i managed to go one-for-one for the first 4/5 turns of the game, they ended up pulling ahead - even with wraths, or drawing lots more cards with treasure hunt etc, it was never enough.

Bant is probably a much better deck for me to play, or just suck it up and go Bernstein (jund)

Gary Lynch said:

Why not? What did yo have problems with? What would you change?

Dan Barrett said:

I played Chapin control and went 2-3 (one was a bye). I'll probably not play it again, at least not the stock list.

[Gary Lynch]

Why open the vaults? Looks like all you can return is couriers capsule. Did you not consider the deck that top 8'ed the pro tour?

Kieran Symington said:

This is the deck I ran to a pretty poor 2-3 (losing twice to Jund and once to B/R) Check out the DT card tags - I hope it's still working: 3 Sunspring Expedition
4 Ior Ruin Expedition
4 Journey to Nowhere
3 Courier’s Capsule
4 Crystallization
4 Oblivion Ring
3 Day of Judgment
2 Vapor Snare
3 Sigil of the Empty Throne
4 Open the Vaults
4 Halimar Depths
1 Kabira Crossroads
2 Celestial Colonnade
4 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Marsh Flats
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Tectonic Edge
5 Plains
4 Island

Not bothering posting the sideboard, but most of it turned out to be unnecessary. As it was, I learned a few things from my defeats - namely that I lose to the new manlands (should have seen that coming) and burn - the combination of which was responsible for all my defeats. Plus, if the game went long at all I would win without needing to get stupid card advantage from Open the Vaults. The new deck, then, will look like this for the upcoming nats qualifier:

4 Sunspring Expedition (Added the fourth to combat burn)
4 Ior Ruin Expedition
4 Journey to Nowhere
4 Crystallization
4 Spreading Seas (Answers Manlands)
4 Oblivion Ring
4 Wargate (Tutors things directly into play - including lands)
3 Day of Judgment
3 Sigil of the Empty Throne
4 Halimar Depths
4 Seaside Citadel
4 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Marsh Flats
2 Misty Rainforest
5 Plains
4 Island
1 Forest

Plus there's a new sideboard
4 Cancel
4 Luminarch Ascension
1 Quest for Ancient Secrets
3 Refraction Trap
3 Ice Cage (Needed to stop Malakir Bloodwitch)

Will probably lose horribly, but it's fun to try things out....

[Louis Mackie]

OtV returns Enchantments as well as Artifacts. It effectively Wraths the board with O-Ring and Journey and throws your wincons on the table.

[The Games Club]

Final Standings & Top 8 Decklists
http://www.thegamesclub.org/mtg/results/game_day/worldwake.htm