[analysis of results] Catalan Vintage League

We have a player that has take some time to extract some stats about the 3rd catalan vintage league and I thought it could be interesting for you to know a little bit more about our meta. Ir is just a melting pot of numbers but maybe you can extract some interesting conclusions. I hope you enjoy it:

12 regular tournaments + the final here you have the results:

Month Place Winner players winner decks

* January 2007, Badalona: Eugeni Sánchez with Bomberman
* Febrero 2007, Badalona: Xavier Hurtado with MUD Domination
* March 2007, Igualada: Sergio Pérez with U/W Fish
* April 2007, Badalona: Txetxu Herrero with Repeal Gifts
* May 2007, Badalona: Eduardo Iglesias with Rector Flash
* Juny 2007, Ripoll: Francisco Fernández with U/W Fish
* July 2007, Badalona: Miguel Ángel Díaz with Jedi Mind Twist
* August 2007, Mollet del Vallès: Miquel Alcoriza with Bomberman
* September 2007, Badalona: David Pla with GAT
* October 2007, Badalona: Rubén González with SuperGro
* November 2007, Lloret de Mar: Víctor Giménez with U/R Landstill
* Help Playing (december) 2007, Barcelona: Israel Muñoz with Mono Red Shop Aggro
* Final LCV 2007 (december), Badalona: David Pla with GAT

Participants

* Participants in the LCV3: 195. Participants in the LCV2 r 221 jugadors (-11,8%).
* Number of decks played: LCV3 844 LCV2 959.
* 8 players have participated in all tournament, obviously all them were classified for the final)
* unpowered decks: 181 from 786 decks (58 decklists were lost so we don't have the info).That's a 23,0% of the total of decks, LCV2: 21'3% of the decks were unpowered.
* 106 participants of the LCV2 haven't played any LCV3 tournament. 77 new players have shown, non of them has reached the 32 in the regular league so they were not in the final.

Finalists:

* 36 players had place for the finals,the same that last year. From this 36, 22 have repeated the classification while 14 were new finalists.
* 63 diferent players have played at least 1 of the 3 finals of the LCV. From thid 63, 14 have played the 3 finals. And from this 14, one (David Pla, actual champion) have reached the top 8 the 3 times.

Decks

* Top 10 most played decks:
1- U/W Fish, 74 times, 10,2 average points, 10 Top 8s (2 wins)
2- Bomberman, 39 times, 12,8 punts average points, 12 Top 8s (2 wins)
3- MUD Domination, 36 times, 12,4 average points, 7 Top 8s (1 wins)
4- Oath, 30 times, 10,4 average points, 2 Top 8s
5- TPS, 27 times, 10,0 average points, 3 Top 8s
6- Manaless Ichorid, 23 times, 10,6 averaeg points, 2 Top 8s
7- Tyrant Oath, 21 times, 9,1 averaeg points, 1 Top 8
8- Hulk Flash, 16 times, 11,3 average points, 2 Top 8s
8- Pitch Long, 16 times, 10,6 average points, 2 Top 8s
8- U/B/W Fish, 16 times, 6,4 average points

* Most "efficient" deck: Jedi Mind Twist, played 9 times, 14,6 average points, 3 Top 8s (1 win)
* "Worse" deck : Monoblack, played 12 times, 5,4 average points
(we only consider decks that have been played more than 5 times)

* Top 5 of the deck that have reached Top 8:
1- Bomberman, 12 times
2- U/W Fish, 10 times
3- MUD Domination, 7 times
4- Repeal Gifts, 5 times
5- GAT, 4 times
5- Control Slaver, 4 times

* Top 5 most played (unpowered decks) :
1- U/W Fish, 37 times, 8,5 average points, 1 Top 8 (1 win))
2- Manaless Ichorid, 23 times, 10,6 average points, 2 Top 8s
3- Monoblack, 12 times, 5,4 av. points
4- U/B/W Fish, 8 times, 5,8 av. points
5- The Mountains Win Again, 7 times, 9,6 av. points

(All this info is a little bit conditionated by the restriction of gifts and the unrestriction of gush in the middle of the league)

Cards

(Lecture: Name of the card, nº of copies in maindeck,nº of copies in sideboard, nº of decks were is played)
* Top 5 all cards
1- Force of Will, 2061, 4, 519
2- Brainstorm, 1959, 4, 504
3- Island, 1434, 14, 529
4- Polluted Delta, 1403, 2, 530
5- Wasteland, 1316, 7, 369

* Top 5 white cards
1- Swords to Plowshares, 294, 179, 148
2- Jötun Grunt, 241, 1, 95
3- Auriok Salvagers, 170, 0, 56
4- Kataki, War’s Wage, 155, 37, 82
5- Aven Mindcensor, 96, 11, 36

* Top 5 blue cards
1- Force of Will, 2061, 4, 519
2- Brainstorm, 1959, 4, 504
3- Mana Drain, 871, 2, 233
4- Merchant Scroll, 595, 1, 218
5- Ancestral Recall, 476, 0, 476

* Top 5 black cards
1- Duress, 929, 274, 355
2- Dark Ritual, 510, 0, 149
3- Dark Confidant, 459, 52, 137
4- Demonic Tutor, 409, 0, 409
5- Vampiric Tutor, 351, 8, 359

* Top 5 red cards
1- Goblin Welder, 307, 10, 98
2- Goblin Piledriver, 148, 0, 98
3- Goblin Lackey, 132, 0, 33
4- Mogg Fanatic, 106, 1, 28
5- Goblin Warchief, 105, 0, 28

* Top 5 green cards
1- Oath of Druids, 247, 21, 67
2- Quirion Dryad, 97, 28, 65
3- Golgari Grave-Troll, 96, 0, 24
4- Protean Hulk, 64, 0, 16
5- Elvish Spirit Guide, 59, 12, 30

* Top 5 multicolors/split cards
1- Meddling Mage, 396, 96, 132
2- Dimir Cutpurse, 79, 0, 28
3- Fire/Ice, 70, 38, 59
4- Razia, Boros Archangel, 32, 1, 33
5- Psychatog, 28, 0, 22

* Top 5 basic lands
1- Island, 1434, 14, 529
2- Swamp, 493, 9, 187
3- Mountain, 463, 3, 92
4- Plains, 168, 0, 137
5- Forest, 97, 9, 34

* Top 5 nonbasic lands
1- Polluted Delta, 1403, 2, 530
2- Wasteland, 1316, 7, 369
3- Flooded Strand, 1269, 0, 488
4- Underground Sea, 938, 0, 356
5- Tundra, 600, 5, 184

* Top 5 creatures
1- Dark Confidant, 459, 52, 137
2- Meddling Mage, 396, 96, 132
3- Ninja of the Deep Hours, 317, 0, 93
4- Goblin Welder, 307, 10, 98
5- Jötun Grunt, 241, 1, 95

* Top 5 artifacts
1- Chalice of the Void, 809, 104, 246
2- Mox Sapphire, 545, 0, 545
3- Black Lotus, 540, 0, 540
4- Mox Jet, 511, 0, 511
5- Mox Emerald i Mox Ruby, 491, 0, 491

* Top 5 enchantments
1- Oath of Druids, 247, 21, 67
2- Leyline of the Void, 96, 474, 149
3- Standstill, 85, 0, 24
4- Bridge From Below, 80, 0, 20
5- Yawgmoth’s Bargain, 76, 0, 76

* Top 5 sorceries
1- Duress, 929, 274, 355
2- Merchant Scroll, 595, 1, 218
3- Time Walk, 414, 1, 415
4- Demonic Tutor, 409, 0, 409
5- Yawgmoth’s Will, 271, 1, 272

* Top 5 instants
1- Force of Will, 2061, 4, 519
2- Brainstorm, 1959, 4, 504
3- Mana Drain, 871, 2, 233
4- Dark Ritual, 510, 0, 149
5- Ancestral Recall, 476, 0, 476

* Top 5 sideboards
1- Tormod’s Crypt, 93, 822, 401
2- Energy Flux, 2, 549, 228
3- Pithing Needle, 39, 479, 246
4- Leyline of the Void, 96, 474, 149
5- Red Elemental Blast, 52, 395, 225

* Top 5 used in more decks
1- Mox Sapphire, 545, 0, 545
2- Black Lotus, 540, 0, 540
3- Polluted Delta, 1403, 2, 530
4- Island, 1434, 14, 529
5- Force of Will, 2061, 4, 519