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3 months ago ::
Feb 16, 2013 - 2:32AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 27, 2003
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Any thoughts on the metagame shape based on what we've seen so far?
It looks like there's way less Aggro than expected, but I think that's because the Pros all anticipated an Aggro-heavy metagame and wanted to dodge it.
That being said, it looks like my early fears were correct - All of the proposed new Control variants, like Esper etc. are all still singly inferior to the Thragtusk-blinking Bant builds.
Ho-hum.
Manabases are looking way greedier than I expected too - Paulo has noted that a whole bunch of times Ghost Quarter has been a Strip Mine.
It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.
It should be about giving black cards to Niche.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 16, 2013 - 5:15AM
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Date Joined:
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I haven't been able to watch this weekend but this post only surprises me about one thing: That Bant is beating Esper. I think that's simply because the Esper decks are tooled more to beat Aggro.
Edit: Oh right, I told you so. Looking at some of the coverage this morning (Man, WOTCS does a terrible job of post game coverage) and Conley built mono-black with Crypt Ghast/Griselbrand
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"still a better Commander card than Emmara Tandris"
-On the topic of Squire
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3 months ago ::
Feb 16, 2013 - 2:12PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 27, 2003
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I haven't been able to watch this weekend but this post only surprises me about one thing: That Bant is beating Esper. I think that's simply because the Esper decks are tooled more to beat Aggro.
Edit: Oh right, I told you so. Looking at some of the coverage this morning (Man, WOTCS does a terrible job of post game coverage) and Conley built mono-black with Crypt Ghast/Griselbrand
I don't know if Bant is "beating" Esper in the sense of the head-to-head matchup; in fact, I'd wager the Esper deck probably has the edge with Drownyard superiority.
No, my point was that Bant is outperforming Esper against the field, suggesting Farseek and spamming Thragtusks into Revelations is still the most successful way to play "Control".
Also, Conley's Gonna Conley.
It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.
It should be about giving black cards to Niche.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 16, 2013 - 2:30PM
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Not gonna lie, that deck-tech on conley got my nipples hard.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 16, 2013 - 2:51PM
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Date Joined:
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Yeah, I'm not sure who wouldn't have Ghost Quarter protection. Pretty hilarious to not run any basics.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 16, 2013 - 3:06PM
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Farseek and hitting land drops is more relevant than ever in these midrange matchups. Still haven't seen much Control, outside of Esper. Loved watching Wafo-Tapa a few rounds ago.
Seemed like the field prepared very well for the Aggro matchup.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 16, 2013 - 5:24PM
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I need that damn E-FRO list...it looks AMAAAZZZINNNGG.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 16, 2013 - 7:47PM
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Date Joined:
Jul 15, 2012
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Bant Control splashing Wolf Run looks like the deck to beat right now. It is good against anything not Esper Control.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 16, 2013 - 7:50PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 27, 2003
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12 out of a possible 32 Reckoners.
That sound you just heard was the bubble bursting.
It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.
It should be about giving black cards to Niche.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 16, 2013 - 8:16PM
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12 out of a possible 32 Reckoners. That sound you just heard was the bubble bursting.
I counted sixteen.
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