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Author Topic: ToC Round 1 Summary  (Read 1757 times)
Matt The Great
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« on: August 08, 2002, 12:31:11 pm »

Prologue: I am considering Void, Gro, ABM, and Reanimator 'aggro' decks for this analysis. The Pox deck goes under Control, and I am also lumping all Mishra's Workshop decks together.

WHO WON?

Aggro:combo matchups went 5:2 in aggro's favor.
Control:combo matchup went 1:0 in control's favor.
Aggro:control matchups went 5:3, in aggro's favor.

There were ten aggro:aggro matchups.
There were zero combo:combo matchups.
There was one control:control matchup.


Another way of looking at it:

Aggro had 10 wins, 5 losses, ten 'mirrors'.
Combo had 2 wins, 6 losses, zero 'mirrors'.
Control had 4 wins, 5 losses, one 'mirror'.



Specific Decktypes

(win-loss-mirror match)

Workshop Decks: 5-1-1
Suicide: 3-2-1
Sligh: 2-2-0
Gro: 2-2-0
Enchantress: 2-1-0
Keeper: 2-3-0
Non-Keeper, blue-based Control: 4-0-0

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What do the numbers suggest?

Combo decks are losing out in a big way, in a field of aggro - is this entirely due to Apprentice's shuffler, or is there some other weakness?

Non-Keeper control decks are winning BIG - can we blame this on Keeper hate, or better skill at choosing a deck?

Any predictions about the rest of the tournament?
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Green Knight
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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2002, 01:26:52 pm »

That's neat to see. Thanks for posting the breakdown MTG (not to be confused w/ M:TG Surprised)). I say it is too early for predictions, I wonder what the Vegas odds are? lol
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SpikeyMikey
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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2002, 08:12:29 pm »

I was the only Sligh deck to win first round?  I mean, I know this is a Stacker heavy field, but 3 Sligh decks lost?!?!?  I know Kaplan played ABM, what were the other Sligh matchups?
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riverboa11
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« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2002, 09:09:05 pm »

About combo losing, I think it has a large part of being paired up against SuiBlack.
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Often Lost
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« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2002, 09:32:39 pm »

No, combo should be able to fair well aginst sui. My first round opponent was Sui, which I won 2-0 (playing Twisted Dreams mind you). You just have to go off before the Null Rod, and MD abeyance realy help on this match-up
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riverboa11
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« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2002, 09:49:53 pm »

Not Turboland....That is it's only real weakness (as in getting continually beaten weakness).  I know that I lost to SuiBlack, and another combo player lost to SuiBlack (not sure who though).\n\n

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Zharradan
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« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2002, 11:13:35 pm »

Quote from: Often Lost+Aug. 09 2002,12:32
Quote (Often Lost @ Aug. 09 2002,12:32)You just have to go off before the Null Rod, and MD abeyance realy help on this match-up
Damn Abeyance.... Wink

Often Lost's combo deck seemed to walk all over me. (but then, I may not be the best person to base results on, heh)
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Often Lost
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« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2002, 02:02:26 am »

Well, i lost round 2 1-2. Aginst Urphidian, I would of won the round if he didn draw time walk into blood moon. My deck almost beat urphidian! Good luck NargoT
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Matt The Great
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« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2002, 09:12:03 am »

Whoops, Sligh went 2-2. I had SpikeyMikey as a loss, sorry about that.

Sligh won vs. Enchantress and U/B/W aggro-control, lost vs. Nether Void and ABM.

Wow, of the three Enchantress decks, only the G/W 'old school' deck won.
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