[Results - Top 8] LCV7 - January

[xouman]

Top 8 Decks:

1st - Pau Cantero - Almost Blue
Maindeck:
1 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
2 Brain Freeze
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Fastbond
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Gush
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
3 Mana Drain
1 Mana Vault
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mind's Desire
1 Misdirection
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Ponder
1 Rebuild
1 Regrowth
1 Sol Ring
3 Spell Pierce
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
1 Forest
1 Inkwell Leviathan
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Darkblast
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Nature's Claim
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Pithing Needle
1 Tinker

2nd - Rubén González - Gush Tendrils
Maindeck:
2 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Trygon Predator
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Duress
1 Fastbond
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Gush
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Imperial Seal
1 Mana Crypt
3 Mana Drain
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Preordain
1 Regrowth
1 Sol Ring
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
2 Sower of Temptation
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Darkblast
2 Dispel
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Nature's Claim
2 Nihil Spellbomb

Top 4 - Juan José Vegas - Gush Tendrils
Maindeck:
1 Island
1 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Empty the Warrens
1 Fastbond
2 Fire // Ice
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Gush
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
2 Mana Drain
1 Mana Vault
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Rebuild
1 Sol Ring
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
1 Mountain
3 Ingot Chewer
3 Duress
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Lightning Bolt
4 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Pyroblast

Top 4 (1st budget) - Omar Nieto - Wizards
Maindeck:
4 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Plains
2 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
2 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
3 Wasteland
4 Dark Confidant
4 Meddling Mage
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Voidmage Prodigy
4 Æther Vial
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
3 Spell Pierce
3 Stifle
3 Swords to Plowshares
Sideboard:
1 Balance
2 Engineered Explosives
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Path to Exile
1 Perish
1 Serenity
3 Trickbind

Top 8 - Rubén Xicota - Gush Tinker
Maindeck:
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Duress
1 Echoing Truth
1 Fastbond
4 Force of Will
3 Frantic Search
1 Future Sight
4 Gush
1 Hurkyl's Recall
3 Mana Drain
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Regrowth
1 Sol Ring
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
1 Mountain
4 Ingot Chewer
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Empty the Warrens
2 Fire // Ice
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast

Top 8 - Joan Castaño - Dredge
Maindeck:
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
2 City of Brass
3 Dakmor Salvage
4 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Angel of Despair
4 Bloodghast
4 Fatestitcher
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
2 Golgari Thug
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
3 Sun Titan
1 Black Lotus
4 Bridge from Below
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Dread Return
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Serum Powder
Sideboard:
2 City of Brass
2 Ancient Grudge
3 Darkblast
4 Nature's Claim
4 Ravenous Trap

Top 8 - Miquel Alcoriza - Gush Tendrils
Maindeck:
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Duress
1 Echoing Truth
1 Fastbond
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Gush
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Mana Drain
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Misdirection
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Preordain
1 Regrowth
1 Sol Ring
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
1 Mountain
4 Ingot Chewer
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Nature's Claim
3 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pyroclasm

Top 8 - Adam Subirana - UBGW Fish
Maindeck:
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Strip Mine
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
4 Wasteland
4 Cursecatcher
4 Dark Confidant
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Gaddock Teeg
2 Kataki, War's Wage
4 Leonin Arbiter
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Lotus Petal
4 Null Rod
4 Spell Pierce
3 Swords to Plowshares
Sideboard:
3 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Yixlid Jailer
4 Nature's Claim
2 Serenity
3 Umezawa's Jitte



Thanks to Roger Riera for the lists!

[A.-1.]

Holy freaking Gush.  What did the rest of the field look like that enabled five Gush decks to make top eight?

[RisingWater]

Thats what I was thinking too lol, No Workshops?

[PeAcH]

Budget decks (a little less than 25% of the field still waiting for the official statistics to confirm this) frigthened them away. There were 15 out of 65 players who were playing budget. Remember, no proxys on LCV tournaments

2 Budget decks top8 and the top Budget prizes (Jace and Tarmo) were contested almost until the end.

Some regular MUD players were playing other archetypes on that opening tournament of the LCV 2011 season.

Gush was not all over the place...Indeed aggro and Ichorid were coping the top tables all day long.

[Qube]

And what exactly is the reason that you're not in the t8?

[PeAcH]

Well, I was not really close to here is my report:

http://manainfinito.com/articulos/se-avecina-tormenta-report-lcv2011-1er-torneo-enero-badalona-29012011

It´s in Spanish though...

I went 4-3 ending up 18th losing to two Gush teammates (Ruben and Xicota who both top8) and to a BUG fish. Won versus 3 Bant Fish and 1 UBR Painters.

The deck proved itself really good

[Smmenen]

Holy Gush bond batman!   I think it's cool how all of the top decks used DIFFERENT storm based win conditions: Brian Freeze, Tendrils, and ETW were each there. 

[Shax]

If I had a question on the storm mechanics listed by steve there. It would be what is the advantage of using a Brain Freeze over say, the best storm kill in Tendrils? I can see that it pitches to blue cards, can beat Ichorid easier. Cost less. It can't be useful like a mini tendrils would be to save yourself from being overcome by whatever. The storm count required is on up there to get the job done. And if they're running Blightsteel like I think more players will start to take advantage of, doesn't this kind've blank out your Brain Freeze? It gives them a free turn to draw Blightsteel and then go ham' on you if they can.