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Author Topic: Xtreme Games May 2015 Decklists & Metagame Breakdown  (Read 2062 times)
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« on: May 25, 2015, 10:36:57 am »

Xtreme Games (Lindenhurst, IL, USA) hosted their monthly Vintage tournament on 05/23/2015, and below you can find the Top 8 decklists, as well as a brief metagame breakdown of all decks played.

There were a very good spread of decks that showed up this month, including all of the usual suspects, a return of Oath to the Top 8, as well as new back to back Xtreme Games Vintage winner Tommy Kolowith's new 4C Control variant, utilizing Deathrite Shaman and zero basic lands. Check it out below:

http://www.eternalcentral.com/xtreme-games-may-2015-decklists-metagame-breakdown/


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« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2015, 06:58:54 am »

Interesting to see the UWR Mentor decks edge towards a more "big blue" configuration, in one case ditching hush altogether. Food for thought! 
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« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2015, 01:16:05 pm »

Interesting to see the UWR Mentor decks edge towards a more "big blue" configuration, in one case ditching hush altogether. Food for thought! 

I have played variations on this list for the last four months at these Xtreme Games tournaments with a good amount of success (Feb 1st place, Mar 3rd place, April 8th place, May 3rd place). When Monastery Mentor was first printed it looked like a great card to pair with Mystic Remora. Kevin Cron was the first to bring it to a tournament that I saw (which he won), but I believe his played Gush.

The list I was working on specifically didn't play Gush because it has no real synergy with Mystic Remora. One thing you do not want to be doing with Remora in play in returning lands to your hand, as paying for Remora's cumulative upkeep becomes tricky. I wouldn't really call this a "Mentor deck" because it runs very light on Monastery Mentors. It's largely a control deck that wins most often with a Tinker into Blightsteel Colossus finish. I would say 50% of wins are with BSC, 30% with Mentor, and 20% with JTMS/Snapcaster beats.
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« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2015, 04:45:13 pm »

Wow, Tommy is playing The Deck 2K15.
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« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2015, 07:50:53 pm »

@JACO Those maindeck Homeward Paths are such an amazing idea!  Such an awesome middle finger to Dack Fayden
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