everything related to the recent HL Cup (e. g. reports, decklist, player profiles T8) is welcome
i start adding final standings after swiss, Top 8 bracket and maybe some deckslists on mtgpulse today
stay tuned :-)
Standings after 7 rounds Swiss / Archetypes Top 20
PLACE | NAME | POINTS | OPP-Score | Archetype |
1 | Alexander Rosenberger | 18 | 60,81% | Jeskai Midrange |
2 | Fabian Moyschewitz | 18 | 56,41% | Izzet Control |
3 | Guiseppe Iacono | 17 | 63,94% | High Tide |
4 | Gerry Stahl | 17 | 62,85% | 4C Blood |
5 | Thomas Stier | 17 | 60,10% | 4C Blood |
6 | Tomas Varga | 16 | 65,39% | Creatureless UWb-Control |
7 | Maximilian Stief | 16 | 65,30% | Reanimator |
8 | Marcus Freier | 16 | 63,35% | UWb-Control |
9 | Christian Hauck | 16 | 60,26% | 4C Blood |
10 | Tobias Müller | 16 | 53,69% | 4C Blood |
11 | Jaroslav Chmelik | 16 | 49,20% | Creatureless UWb-Contro |
12 | Matthias Knelangen | 15 | 61,56% | White Weenie |
13 | Daniel Scherer | 15 | 60,49% | 4C Blood |
14 | Fabian Mielke | 15 | 60,49% | Jeskai Midrange |
15 | Sascha Stein | 15 | 58,45% | Jeskai Control |
16 | Matthias Hittel | 15 | 57,77% | Esper Blink |
17 | Marc Di Pancrazio | 15 | 57,09% | RDW |
18 | Martin Glöss | 15 | 55,71% | Creatureless Esper (feat. Snapcaster) |
19 | Philipp Stein | 15 | 54,76% | Classic Bant |
20 | Tobias Bruch | 15 | 53,74% | 4C Oath |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Highlander |
Alexander Rosenberger | Marcus, | | |
Marcus Freier | | Marcus, 2:0 | |
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Gerry Stahl | Thomas, 2:1 | | Marcus, 2:1 |
Thomas Stier | | | |
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Fabian Moyschewitz | Maxi, 2:1 | | |
Maximilian Stief | | Maxi, 2:1 | |
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Guiseppe Iacono | Guiseppe, | | |
Tomas Varga | | | |
added an event on mtgpulse:
http://mtgpulse.com/event/18746#263923
feel free to add your decklists
less work for us to record your lists manually
thx in advance!
top 10 decklists are online:
http://mtgpulse.com/event/18746#263935
Runner-Up
NAME / NICKNAME: Maximilian Stief
Age: 26
Hometown: Mannheim
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Wizard's Well Mannheim
Your deck archetype:
"Grüße aus der Gruft" - Reanimator
Why did you choose your deck?
pet deck
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
~ 5
Number of HL Top 8s:
first one
What was your record today?
5-1-1
How often do you play Highlander?
haven't played for the last two years
Which Magic formats do you play?
only HL
Do you play Magic online (MTGO, cockatrice) in general? Do you play HL online?
not really
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
the format is pretty balanced
Anything else you would like to say?
nice event, nice people - but next time choose another location than a fridge
Semifinalist
NAME / NICKNAME: Thomas Stier / MaQi
Age: 30+
Hometown: Mannheim
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Wizard's Well Mannheim
Your deck archetype:
4c Blood
Why did you choose your deck?
most consistent / most powerful deck
no bad matchups
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
4 or 5
Number of HL Top 8s:
3
Other previous Magic accomplishments:
PTQ level success
nothing spectacular
What was your record today?
5-0-2
How often do you play Highlander?
once or twice a week
Which Magic formats do you play?
all of them
Do you play Magic online (MTGO, cockatrice) in general? Do you play HL online?
seldomly
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
unban Fastbond
Semifinalist
NAME / NICKNAME: Giuseppe Iacono/Giacono
Age: 26
Hometown: Mannheim
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Wizard's Well Mannheim
Your deck archetype:
High Tide
Why did you choose your deck?
good matchup against 4c Blood
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
4 or 5
Number of HL Top 8s:
2
Other previous Magic accomplishments:
None
What was your record today?
5-0-2
How often do you play Highlander?
several times a week
Which Magic formats do you play?
all of them
Do you play Magic online (MTGO, cockatrice) in general? Do you play HL online?
barely
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
unban Fastbond
short report of my way to Top 8:
Round 1 Alex from Braunschweig (GY-shenanigans) 1-0-0 02:00
close second game, was on 4 LP after he has beaten with worm tokens for a while (Worm harvest)
Round 2 Tom from Leipzig (4c Blood) 2-0-0 04:00
different lists, had the better one ;) and better draws while he mulligans
Round 3 Tobi from Pforzheim (4c Blood) 3-0-0 06:00
(almost) same lists, he was screwed twice, T4 or 5 concede after Wasteland, Witness, Wasteland
Round 4 Alex from Leipzig (Reanimator) 4-0-0 08:01
g1 he starts: faithless looting, discard Grave Titan + Griselbrand, turn 2: duress me + reanimate Griselbrand, Turn 3 or 4: Exhume Grave Titan
g2, i free mulligan to T1 Discard: took brainstorm
his remaining 6: Toxic Deluge, Bogardan Hellkite, 4 Lands
g3, T1 Discard: Stitch Together
his remaning 5: Inkwell Leviathan, Sneak Attack, Makeshift, 2 Lands
g2+g3 = safe wins
Round 5 Alexander from Mannheim (Jeskai-Midrange) 5-0-0 10:01
he had to mulligan, my forces were overwhelming
Round 6 ID Guiseppe from Mannheim 5-0-1 10:01
Round 7 ID Maximilian from Mannheim 5-0-2 10:01
Quartelfinals Thomas from Mannheim (4c Blood) 5-1-2 11:03
g1: he won the roll and after free-mulligan i've kept: Savannah, Reflecting Pool, Garruk Wildspeaker, Mana Elf, Loxodon Smiter, Obzedat + random CC4-spell
i missed 1-2 landdrops, his FtK kills my Smiter, Removal for 3/3 beast and FtK kills Garruk too, he Wastlands my Badlands and leaving me with Savannah + Refecting Pool in the end
g2: works well for me, again T1 Elf, T2 Smiter and enough lands to support my nice draws so I win on 18 LP
g3: long and intensiv game, i "gave away" my Demonic Tutor T3 by fetching FtK (instead of Council's Judgment, BB Elf already in hands)
he GSZ for Thrun next turn and protects his Domri Rade as my BB Elf haven't revealed any solution he added Doran and demonic tutored Restoration Angel which got killed by FtK
crucial turns: he sacrified Horizon Canopy and finds Thundermaw Hellkite + Thoughtseize in his turn, i failed to play Obzedat (7 mana but second Swamp missing)
which got discarded by Thoughtseize the turns before i draw Bloodstained Mire and Scrubland which seals my loss
Quarterfinalist
NAME / NICKNAME: Fabian Moyschewitz
Age: 26
Hometown: Heidelberg
Occupation: Nurse/Palliative Care
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Wizard's Well Mannheim / Kolosseum Heidelberg
Your deck archetype:
UR Control
Why did you choose your deck?
very good in the metagame, especially vs 4c Blood
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
4 or 5
Number of HL Top 8s:
several
Other previous Magic accomplishments:
Bazaar of Moxen Winner, D-Day Winner, GP Top 16s, Ovinogeddon Finalist
What was your record today?
6-1
How often do you play Highlander?
once a week
Which Magic formats do you play?
every competitive format (Modern, Legacy, Standard, Limited)
Do you play Magic online (MTGO, cockatrice) in general? Do you play HL online?
nope, not really my thing. Gonna try MTGO in the next month
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
banning True-Name Nemesis or Oath of Druids would be nice
Anything else you would like to say?
Thanks for the great organisation of the HL Cup
Quarterfinalist
NAME / NICKNAME: Tomáš Varga
Age: 25
Hometown: Bratislava, Slovakia
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Bratislava - Cloudpost / Trnava - Fénix
Your deck archetype:
UWb Control
Why did you choose your deck?
fits my style
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
1
Number of HL Top 8s:
first
Other previous Magic accomplishments:
GP Amsterdam 2011 Top 64 (Legacy), 2x Top 16 Slovak Nationals
What was your record today?
5-1-1
How often do you play Highlander?
once a week
Which Magic formats do you play?
all constructed
Do you play Magic online (MTGO, cockatrice) in general? Do you play HL online?
no
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
not to ban Mystical Tutor!
QuarterfinalistNAME / NICKNAME: Gerry Stahl / Vazdru
Age: 39
Hometown: Marxzell
Occupation: tax consultant
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
TNM Pfannestiel Karlsruhe
Your deck archetype:
4c Blood - Mannheim style
Why did you choose your deck?
at previous HL GPs I was playing self-constructed decks - but always with mediocre results (several price finishes but no Top 8 ) - this time i followed a different approach: I've just started to record every testmatch in the 4 weeks before tournament with the aim to take the one with the best performance, therefor i netdecked some decks on mtgpulse - and that was the results:
Archetype | WINS | LOSSES | GAME % |
4C-Blood | 35 | 21 | 62,50% |
4C-Scapeshift | 25 | 19 | 56,82% |
4C-Goodstuff (no white) | 15 | 12 | 55,56% |
Gruul | 12 | 10 | 54,55% |
Dark-Bant | 11 | 10 | 52,38% |
Pattern-Rector | 10 | 10 | 50,00% |
RUGTwin | 6 | 6 | 50,00% |
UBW-Buried Alive | 9 | 9 | 50,00% |
UWR-Twin | 9 | 10 | 47,37% |
UB-Tempo | 5 | 6 | 45,45% |
RDW | 4 | 6 | 40,00% |
Izzet | 3 | 6 | 33,33% |
4C-Goodstuff (no green) | 2 | 5 | 28,57% |
Grixis-Reanimator | 0 | 2 | 0,00% |
High Tide | 0 | 2 | 0,00% |
BUG-Oath | 0 | 4 | 0,00% |
RB-Gobbos | 0 | 2 | 0,00% |
Enchantress-Consellation | 0 | 2 | 0,00% |
Uwb-Control | 0 | 4 | 0,00% |
some decks i've just rejected because I didn't like to play it (eg High Tide = too difficult for me, UWb = too slow for me, Reanimator = too inconsistent for me) // although 4C Blood seems a bit too "mainstream" I decided to take it because it just felt that strong in most matchups
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
all of them
Number of HL Top 8s:
first
Other previous Magic accomplishments:
loosing 1-2 vs Kai Budde at last German Nationals, winning featured-match in round 9 GP Vienna
What was your record today?
match record 5-0-2 / game record: 10-1 after Swiss
How often do you play Highlander?
once per month and Online Leagues + Tournaments
Which Magic formats do you play?
Highlander and Limited
Do you play Magic online (MTGO, cockatrice) in general? Do you play HL online?
yes, a lot (MTGO, cockatrice)- MTGO is nice for family men like me
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
ban Mystical / unban Fastbond
Anything else you would like to say?
Thank you for supporting our format! Keep Highlander alive!
| GP XIV | GP XIV | GP XIV | GP XIII | GP XIII | GP XIII | GP XII | GP XII | GP XII |
ARCHETYPE | Appearance | TOP 8 | TOP 16 | Appearance | TOP 8 | TOP 16 | Appearance | TOP 8 | TOP 16 |
4c Blood | 18 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
UWR / Jeskai | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | 4 | | 1 |
UW(b)-Control | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Izzet | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Reanimator | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
RDW | 6 | | | 10 | | 1 | 5 | | |
WW | 4 | | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | |
Naya | 4 | | | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | | |
Dark-Bant / Goodstuff (no red) | 4 | | | 9 | | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
Bant-Midrange | 4 | | | 3 | | | 9 | | 1 |
Esper-Control / -Midrange | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | | | 3 | | 1 |
Abzan & Friends | 3 | | | 7 | | | | | |
BUG-Aggro / -Midrange | 3 | | | 2 | | | 1 | | |
RG-Beatz / RG-Landdestruction | 3 | | | 2 | | | 1 | | |
RUG(b) | 3 | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | |
ComboControl (XIV: High Tide / Combo-Oath) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | 4 | | 1 |
Artifacts | 2 | | | 5 | | | 1 | | |
UG-AggroControl | 2 | | | 4 | | | | | |
Jund | 2 | | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 1 |
Grixis-Control / -Midrange | 2 | | | 2 | | | | | |
Oath | 2 | | | 1 | | | 4 | 1 | 1 |
4C Goodstuff (no black) | 2 | | | | | | | | |
MBC | 1 | | | 3 | | | 1 | | |
WG-Maverick | 1 | | | 3 | | | | | |
Scapeshift | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | |
Infect | 1 | | | | | | | | |
Mono-Green | 1 | | | | | | | | |
4C Goodstuff (no green) | 1 | | | | | | | | |
4C- / 5C-Control | | | | 2 | | | 4 | | |
Pattern Rector | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | |
Other / Missing | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | |
Mono-Blue-Control | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | |
Boros | | | | 1 | | | 5 | | |
Goblins | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 |
YingYang (OrzhovAggro) | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
WBR-Control | | | | 1 | | | | | |
5C-Aggro | | | | | | | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Elves | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Bant-Aggro | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Hermit-Combo | | | | | | | 2 | | |
Total | 107 | 8 | 16 | 131 | 8 | 16 | 101 | 8 | 16 |
concerning meta breakdown:
UW(b) and Esper often look quite similar - personally I would call the winner's deck "UW(b)" instead of "Esper" http://mtgpulse.com/event/18746#263935 but it's listed in Esper-Control / -Midrange above
This is in response to vazdru's testing method: I am used to playing 4c blood a lot. Basically I'm playing the archetype for about 3 years as of now. But I always dabble into different archetypes. This time, just like vazdru, I decided to write down all the outcomes of my testmatches. 1 month of testing resulted in a 69% winrate with 4c blood. There was no other deck that came close to this percentage for me. So I was locked in.
Are you sure, your Meta Analysis of the GP is right? I'm pretty sure, there was one guy in my car playing Storm (ComboOath), who went 3-3-drop...
Quote from: SirGalahad on 06-01-2015, 01:35:19 AM
Are you sure, your Meta Analysis of the GP is right? I'm pretty sure, there was one guy in my car playing Storm (ComboOath), who went 3-3-drop...
??? maybe you misread the stats above? ComboControl -> 2 appearance (High Tide, ComboOath) 1time top 16 (high tide), 1time top 8 (high tide) ? the other one is ComboOath with 3-3-drop
but maybe I misread your post?! anyhow - meta analysis is correct as far you can analysis a deck within 10 seconds
Seems i misread the stats. So there were four people playing Combo?
Quote from: SirGalahad on 07-01-2015, 05:44:10 PM
Seems i misread the stats. So there were four people playing Combo?
Seems so ;) ... just for you in German:
Es waren 2 Combo(Control)-Spieler am Start (appearance = 2); einmal das High-Tide-Deck von Giacono, das dann in der Top 8 (und damit logischerweise auch in der Top 16) landete und ein ComboOath / Storm-Deck, das es nicht in die Top 16 geschafft hat. :)
Falls was unklar sein sollte, bitte um PM - Danke!
my Top 5 cards of the Cup
5. Helm of Obedience
part of successful non-creature decks of the Slovakian players (2x Top 16 results) like Payron already played it in the finals of Metagame Masters Berlin
4. Treasure Cruise
received its title as format staple as part of 6 top 8 decks
3. Birds of Paradise
represents acceleration of 4C Blood which often lead to a T2 three-drop like Anafenza, Lili, Doran, Courser, Knight or Domri
2. Mystical Tutor
6 copies in top 8 and some gamebreaking actions
1. Maze of Ith
Maze was the deciding factor in the finals when it took care of the reanmiated fattie of Maxi while Swan Token did its job in g2 and gave Marcus enough time to take control g3