Hello!
Here are the final standings of our last tournament:
24 players
5 rounds of swiss
1_____Thiemann, Kai________15 pts___4C-Blood Rock
2_____Stier, Thomas________13 pts___4C-Blood PatternRector
3_____Iacono, Giuseppe_____12 pts___BGW PatternRector
4_____Hauck, Christian_____12 pts___4C-Blood Aggro
5_____Nötzel, Sebastian____10 pts___Bant Control
6_____Korbel, Jochen________9 pts___5C Aggro
7_____Ehrle, Philip_________9 pts___Bant Control
8_____Lauck, Marc___________9 pts___4C-DarkBant Control
9_____Guenzel, Achim________8 pts___Bant Control
10____Lehmann, Ronald_______7 pts___UR CounterStax
11____Portleroy, Jan________6 pts___BGW-Junk Aggro
12____Czolk, Stefan_________6 pts___4C-HotBant Control
13____Möske, Michael________6 pts___4C-DarkBant Control
14____Hoischen. Boris_______6 pts___5C-Goodstuff Control
15____Gerber, Christoph_____6 pts___UBRG-PesterTwin-Combo
16____Hauck, Manuel_________6 pts___Black Deck Wins (MBC)
17____Grosmayer. Christian__6 pts___RG-Beatz Aggro
18____Meister, Yannick______6 pts___Reanimator
19____Wolf, Tobias__________4 pts___4C-DarkBant Control
20____Adam, Matthias________3 pts___RW-Boros Aggro
21____Pino, Marco___________3 pts___4C-Blood Aggro
22____Stief, Maximilian_____3 pts___5C Aggro
23____Hirschpek, Felix______3 pts___[no list available]
24____Schmidt, Steffen______0 pts___Grixis Control
Decklists can be found here: http://highlanderforum.kilu.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=176&start=0
Hope you like it! Bye!
thx
Top 3 decklists added to mtgpulse.com already
Quote from: Vazdru on 09-10-2011, 10:53:46 AM
thx
Top 3 decklists added to mtgpulse.com already
Why are the decks called "blood" ?
Quote from: LasH on 09-10-2011, 01:06:10 PM
Why are the decks called "blood" ?
Because of the red-splash.
Hope the rest of the T8 will be added, too.
Quote from: Orkpopper on 09-10-2011, 01:58:51 PM
Quote from: LasH on 09-10-2011, 01:06:10 PM
Why are the decks called "blood" ?
Because of the red-splash.
Hope the rest of the T8 will be added, too.
Yes. "Blood" refers to the color combination GWbr. Usually those lists have Green as their primary color, White as their strong secondary color and splash for Black and Red. Of course there are exceptions to the rule. My list for example sports Black as its secondary color and splashes Red only for Imperial Recruiter.
I think goblinpiledriver first came up with the term "Blood". I find it useful because it helps to differentiate between the common 4C-Goodstuff decks DarkBant (GWUb), HotBant (GWUr) and Blood (GWbr).
And yes, the rest of the t8 will follow soon. Hopefully today.
IIRC, the term originated back in Lorwyn-Shards Standard when people played 4-colour aggressive abominations that packed Bloodbraid Elf and splashed blue for Cryptic Command.
Quote from: Dreamer on 09-10-2011, 08:12:50 PM
IIRC, the term originated back in Lorwyn-Shards Standard when people played 4-colour aggressive abominations that packed Bloodbraid Elf and splashed blue for Cryptic Command.
I paused playing Magic during that time. That would be a different color combination whatsoever. But Bloodbraid Elves + Cryptic Commands together in the same deck sounds sweet! ;)
I've written up the complete t8 lists by now.
http://highlanderforum.kilu.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=644#p644
I don't like it when i see a t8 with 8 birthing pods, 8 stoneforge mystic and no deck with less then 3 colors.
here some other facts:
3 out of the Top8 Decks contained Gifts Ungiven
7 out of the Top8 Decks contained Green Sun's Zenith
8 out of the Top8 Decks contained Eladamri's Call
6 out of the Top8 Decks contained Elspeth Knight Errant
5 out of the Top8 Decks contained Natural Order
5 out of the Top8 Decks contained Demonic Tutor
5 out of the Top8 Decks contained Sensei's Divining Top
3 out of the Top8 Decks contained Jace, the Mind Sculptor
i agree with hitman.
Quote from: hitman on 10-10-2011, 08:52:24 AM
I don't like it when i see a t8 with 8 birthing pods, 8 stoneforge mystic
Noone likes this. That's why those cards are on the watchlist. With mtgpulse we have a nice tool to analyse the top-decks of recent events too, be sure we will do so.
On the other hand Mannheim's Meta is quite specific - have a look at the results of Erfurt, Berlin and Iserlohn too and you'll get some other results maybe.
If the results of Highlander Grand Prix IX look similar, there will be a reaction of the HL council for sure.
Quote from: hitman on 10-10-2011, 08:52:24 AM
I don't like it when i see a t8 with 8 birthing pods, 8 stoneforge mystic and no deck with less then 3 colors.
Sure they are strong cards, but I do not think they are unfair, because your opponent can handle them with nearly every removelspell. A stupid naturalize oder doom blade is enough to get rid of the problem.
In addition it is no banning reason that a card is played very often. An example: 8 out of top8 decks contain also birds of paradise. Should birds be banned because of that fact?
I think multicolored decks are often played, because they are most fun to the players, not because they are so much stronger than monocolored decks. If you run a mono-red deck containing cards like price of progress, blood moon and ruination you will beat every 3+ colored deck. White weenie was also a top deck on german hl-gp. You see, monocolored decks are still powerful...
3-colour doesn't lose to monored unless you're greedy. 4c+ may fold to Blood Moon especially if they don't play red, but 3c is stable enough.