So, it's Day 2 of the PT. Kibler is at the top at 8-0, and is 5-0 with a Naya Zoo deck rocking Knight of the Reliquary and Baneslayer Angel. Ben Rubin is 5-0 with the same deck, and apparently, the deck is 16-4 in the PT so far with a couple losses to the mirror. This looks like the best version of Zoo.
Dredge is also apparently doing fairly well, with a 55% win percentage. But, being a Zoo fan, I can't WAIT for Kibler/Rubin's list to come out.
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I am sure there will be a tech deck on it, and if not you can sign in tomorrow and ask buehler/David-Marshall for the list or a link to the list on the live webcast thread.
What about Hunter Burton's Zoo deck? He also went 5-0 with it day one...
I know its got Steppe Lynx and Plated Geopedes.... along with Molten Rains in it.. Seems way better than Kiblers version, which would get blown out by Molten Rain...
What about Hunter Burton's Zoo deck? He also went 5-0 with it day one...
I know its got Steppe Lynx and Plated Geopedes.... along with Molten Rains in it.. Seems way better than Kiblers version, which would get blown out by Molten Rain...
There were 4 other people playing Kibler's deck. Him and Ben Rubin (who designed it) were both 5-0. The deck itself was 16-4 in day 1, and 2 of the losses came in a mirror apparently.
It's probably the best Zoo deck.
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Right, except that Hunter Burton played zero games of Extended, and didn't network...
So the fact that he went 5-0 with a deck that had no testing, and no network... makes me think that saying theirs is the best Zoo deck is ignorance speaking... I mean, just because they are pro's doesn't make them perfect
that's not even zoo anymore. it's naya grove control.
Noble Hierarch, Tarmogoyf, Knight of the Reliquary, Wild Nacatl are not control cards. They are beat your brains in cards. And it runs the Punishing Fire engine for inevitabilty against control, and a deadly burn package against other zoo decks.
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Will there ever be a day when all the feature matches will be webcasted live as well... with dech tech segments in between rounds etc... Heck I'd pay for that even.
No, too much work/money. They don't even give you a write up for every round anymore, and we only got 1 draft viewer the entire PT.
And those "podcast" match coverage was the worst thing I ever heard. I made it 2 minutes. One of the most boring things ever is listening to a play by play of a Magic game. When it's streaming video it's much easier to visualize board position, while an article can summarize it much better and more quickly.
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It's understandable blue control players would be shocked and in denial at the notion of this card, since their decks have been dominating multiple formats for an eternity yet they've curiously never once had to deal with any counter-hosers that weren't ineffectual, narrow CRAP.
Paulo's decklist isn't any different from LSV's. they are in the same deckbuilding, playtesting group.
If you watch the video on lsv's deck tech, then you will know what it looks like.
but anyway, some decklists were posted on the day 1 column not too long ago.
EDIT: top 8 decklist is up. glimpse the unthinkable. when i see that card, i roflmao. a bad card like this has became tournament playable is astounding.
Dredge is also apparently doing fairly well, with a 55% win percentage. But, being a Zoo fan, I can't WAIT for Kibler/Rubin's list to come out.
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After day 1 Scott-Vargas is 181th with 12 points... playing Hexmage Depths....
When will decklist be published? Before or after T8?
There's a video deck tech on the Austin page at http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/ptaus09/welcome with LSV explaining the UB Hexmage deck.
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Yeah, I sorta closed the video when I saw that he wasn't playing a single Thirst for Knowledge.
You have to be pretty stupid not to run the thirst in a deck playing BLUE, I shouldn't have to explain why.
I like the gifts version a lot better. Lucas Siow went 5-0, after all. He's even got the thirst it's certainly my favorite deck in the tournament.
My old nickname was lockheart87.
I can't wait for Kibler/Rubin's list. It sounds so sick.
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I know its got Steppe Lynx and Plated Geopedes.... along with Molten Rains in it.. Seems way better than Kiblers version, which would get blown out by Molten Rain...
There were 4 other people playing Kibler's deck. Him and Ben Rubin (who designed it) were both 5-0. The deck itself was 16-4 in day 1, and 2 of the losses came in a mirror apparently.
It's probably the best Zoo deck.
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So the fact that he went 5-0 with a deck that had no testing, and no network... makes me think that saying theirs is the best Zoo deck is ignorance speaking... I mean, just because they are pro's doesn't make them perfect
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Thirst does NOT belong in every deck playing Blue.
And since you seem to think you're smarter/better than people for not playing a certain card, where are your GP and PT top 8's?
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that's not even zoo anymore. it's naya grove control.
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Noble Hierarch, Tarmogoyf, Knight of the Reliquary, Wild Nacatl are not control cards. They are beat your brains in cards. And it runs the Punishing Fire engine for inevitabilty against control, and a deadly burn package against other zoo decks.
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And those "podcast" match coverage was the worst thing I ever heard. I made it 2 minutes. One of the most boring things ever is listening to a play by play of a Magic game. When it's streaming video it's much easier to visualize board position, while an article can summarize it much better and more quickly.
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Looks like they're starting to think about putting up lists. FFS.
4x Zoo (Ikeda, Burton, Kibler, Juza)
2x Dredge (Watanabe, Shimizu)
1x Hypergenesis (Papatsarouchas)
1x Dark Depths/Hexmage combo (da Rosa)
Undecided
Extended/Standard+
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Paulo's decklist isn't any different from LSV's. they are in the same deckbuilding, playtesting group.
If you watch the video on lsv's deck tech, then you will know what it looks like.
but anyway, some decklists were posted on the day 1 column not too long ago.
EDIT: top 8 decklist is up. glimpse the unthinkable. when i see that card, i roflmao. a bad card like this has became tournament playable is astounding.
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