Grand Finale LMV 2 - ¡Madrid Best Players for a Lotus!

[CHaPuZaS]

Here are the Top 8 results of the Final Only-invitation Tournament of the LMV 2.

You can find the complete coverage of the tournament here, and the photographic report here.

New Deck Techs?: Compulsive Research, Mindbreak Trap, Quicken and Three Wishes..., Look for them and Enjoy!

Campeón – Pablo David Díaz – Tezzeret

1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Island
3 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Spell Snare
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst of Knowledge
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Repeal
1 Rebuild
1 Mind Twist
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Fire/Ice
1 Ponder
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Time Vault
1 Tezzeret The Seeker
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wing

SB

4 Ingot Chewer
2 Pyroclasm
4 Duress
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Yilix Jailer
1 Trinisphere
1 Tormod´s Crypt
1 Ravenous Trap


Finalista – Iván Zancada – Aggro MUD

4 Mishra´s Workshop
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra´s Factory
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
2 Myr Enforcer
4 Frogmite
4 Juggernaut
1 Trinisphere
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Ametist
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sculpting Steel
2 Orb of Dreams
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Null Rod

SB

1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Wasteland
2 Powder Keg
2 Tormod´s Crypt
3 Jester´s Cap
3 Duplicant
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Gaea´s Blessing


Semifinalista - Jose Luis Herranz – Tezzeret

4 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea.
2 Islla
1 Badlands
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Duress
1 Misdirection
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Yawgmoth´s Will
3 Night’s Whisper
1 Thirst of Knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mistical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Fire/Ice
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tezzeret
1 Tinker
1 Hurkyl´s Recall
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind

SB

3 Ingot Chewer
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Hurkyl´s Recall
1 Ravenous Trap
2 Pyroclasm
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
2 Pithing Neddle
1 Dures
2 Jilix Jailer


Semifinalista - César Fernandez – Tezzcast (Wishin´Cast)

4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Thoughtcast
2 Three Wishes
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
2 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Transmute Artifact
1 Tinker
1 Regrowth
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
4 Seat of the Synod

SB

4 Ingot Chewer
1 Tormod's Crypt
3 Duress
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
4 Pyroclasm


Cuartofinalista - Jaime Cano – Remora Trap

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Mindbreak trap
4 Repeal
4 Mystic remora
4 Meditate
1 Mistical Tutor
1 Ancestral recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl´s Recall
1 Tinker
2 Vendillion Clique
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Flooded Strand
4 Mystic Rainforest
7 Island

SB

1 Forest
1 Tormod´s Crypt
3 Ravenous Trap
1 Jilix Jailer
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Sower of Temptation
2 Hurkyl´s Recall


Cuartofinalista - Darío Gónzalez – “A Chapu Deck”

4 Tarmogoyf
4 Qasaly Pridemage
4 Gaddock Tegg
4 Dark Confidant
3 Elvish Spirit Guide
3 Aven Mindcensor
3 Diabolic Edict
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
4 Null Rod
4 Windswept Heat
3 Verdant Catacomb
2 Bayou
2 Savannah
2 Scrubland
1 Forest
1 Plain
1 Swamp
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
4 Thoughtseize

SB

4 Planar Void
2 Seal of Cleasing
2 Krosan Grip
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Darkblast
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Umezawa´s Jitte


Cuartofinalista - Antonio Navarro – Quicken Control

3 polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Library Of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Volcanic Island
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
3 Compulsive Research
1 Thirst of Knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
3 Quicken
1 Time Walk
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Misdirection
2 Duress
1 Mind Twist
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mistical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
1 Hurkyl´s Recall
1 Rushing River
1 Regrowth
1 Yawgmoth´s Will
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Empty the Warrens

SB

4 Oath of Druids
2 Tormod´s Crypt
2 Mind Twist
2 Krosan Grip
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Gaea´s Blessing
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind


Cuartofinalista - Santiago Hoyas – Red Aggro Stax

4 Mishra´s Workshop
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
7 Mountain
1 Solem Simulacrum
2 Triskelion
1 Sundering Titan
4 Juggernaut
4 Magus of the Moon
3 Gorilla Shaman
4 Goblin Welder
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Vault
4 Thorn of Amethist
1 Trinisphere
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Sword of Fire and Ice
2 Powder Keg

SB

3 Razormane Masticore
3 Duplicant
3 Pithing Needle
3 Ingot Chewer
3 Red Elemental Blast

Deck Breakdown (24 players)

Control (9)
1 Remora [1 (UBG)]
6 Tezzeret [2 TezzCast , 4 (UBR)]
1 Drain Tendrills (UB)
1 Quicken (UBRG)

Aggrocontrol (4)
4 Fish [1 (UB), 1 (UR), 2 (UW)]

Aggro (2)
1 Goblins [1 (Monored)]
1 Fish (BGW)

Workshop (4)
2 Aggro MUD
2 Red Stax

Combo (5)
1 TPS 1(UB)
2 Oath (UBG)
1 Ichorid
1 Necro–Vault-Key

[Disburden]

I wonder how good Three wishes was in the Tezz deck. It seems like a good card advantage, but is it better than Dark Confidant? The quicken deck really seems odd too, I love seeing top 8s like this that have good experimentation in deck techs.

[CHaPuZaS]

I can tell you about the Three Wishes, as I was the one playing it.

The problem with Tezzcast now that we don't have access to TfK, this explosive deck run out of gas in the mid or late game. I have been trying to find something good enough to fit its space since then. Three Wishes appeared to be good in theory. A very strong top deck in the mid game, and almost as definitive as Ancestral Recall in the late game.

In Tezzcast it can be played even in the first few turns, as you play many cheap spells, lands, acceleration, etc...

I have just played it in a tournament, but the results are very positive. If you are in a hurry lookin for counters, it can be played as an instant. Definitely, good enough to be played again, much better than the results with Accumulated Knowledge. Anyway, I have find a new tech, and it may replace 3wishes in the next tournament.

[Smmenen]

Wow!  That quarterfinalist was playing Meandeck Beats card for card!  Sweet!

@ Cesar: I don't understand how you can play Three Wishes, but not Gifts Ungiven :p

[CHaPuZaS]

Well, there's a reason in fact. Gifts Ungiven is obviously strong, you can just look for Vault/Key/Regrowth/Yawgmoth's Will and win. It can be played in the first few turns, and so on... So I knew it was good.

On the other side, I wanted to test a new draw engine of the two that I did have, GU was in the deck just 1 hour before I went to sleep, but then I have to take out two cards to leave two spots for Three Wishes, and I think it was the only reason to not use GU this time. I'm almost sure that next time I'll pack GU in the maindeck.

[LotusHead]

Quicken Control

3 polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Library Of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Volcanic Island
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
3 Compulsive Research
1 Thirst of Knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
3 Quicken
1 Time Walk
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Misdirection
2 Duress
1 Mind Twist
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mistical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
1 Hurkyl´s Recall
1 Rushing River
1 Regrowth
1 Yawgmoth´s Will
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Empty the Warrens

SB

4 Oath of Druids
2 Tormod´s Crypt
2 Mind Twist
2 Krosan Grip
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Gaea´s Blessing
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind

as much as I wanted this deck to work, in my MWS testing it has been awful.  Any chance the pilot could chime in on how it works or what meta considerations were taken?

[CHaPuZaS]

The deck was played in a heavy Drain meta (Top8ing in a 140 people event, winning a mox) and then top8ing in a very heavy drain meta, with very good players.

You'd better try Tezzcast, it rules! 

[Tobi]

Quicken could be nice in Tezzcast, as Thoughtcast could be played instantly. Build some more around it and maybe this can work. Worth a try 

[CHaPuZaS]

Already tested them, and they are not as stronger as in the other deck, Thoughtcast already resolves most times, so there's no need to take them. That's what testing proved, at least.