Final Standings after 8 rounds, 164 players battled to become the Highlander of the largest GP ever
PLACE | NAME | POINTS | OPP-Score | COUNTRY |
1 | Matthias Frauenschläger | 20 | 74,40% | Germany |
2 | Konstantin Lorenz | 20 | 64,54% | Germany |
3 | Patrick Richter | 19 | 64,88% | Germany |
4 | Jochen Korbel | 19 | 64,06% | Germany |
5 | Sven Fischer | 19 | 61,98% | Austria |
6 | Sven Fischer | 19 | 61,25% | Germany |
7 | Christian Grosmayer | 19 | 56,04% | Germany |
8 | Alban Lauter | 19 | 55,20% | Germany |
9 | Gunnar Geißler | 19 | 50,69% | Germany |
10 | Oliver Salten | 18 | 65,20% | Germany |
11 | Sven Vonderberg | 18 | 57,74% | Germany |
12 | Sebastian Haines | 18 | 56,94% | Germany |
13 | Daniel Tzscheuschner | 18 | 55,72% | Germany |
14 | Claus Diefenbach | 18 | 54,16% | Germany |
15 | Timo Alex | 18 | 53,12% | Germany |
16 | Dalibor Szegho | 18 | 50,16% | Slovakia |
17 | Rene Schumann | 18 | 46,20% | Germany |
Top 8:
Quarterfinals
Matthias Frauenschläger - Alban Lauter
Jochen Korbel - Sven Fischer -AUT-
Patrick Richter - Sven Fischer -GER-
Konstantin Lorenz - Christian Grosmayer
Semifinals
Jochen Korbel - Alban Lauter
Konstantin Lorenz - Sven Fischer
Finals
Konstantin Lorenz - Jochen Korbel
i'm excited about the decks that made top 8
164 player! wow wow wow
1. Konstantin Lorenz (RDW)
2. Jochen Korbel (5C Aggro)
3. Sven Fischer -GER- (Bant)
4. Alban Lauter (5C Aggro)
5. Matthias Frauenschläger (Naya-Midrange)
6. Partick Richter (4C Goodstuff -no black-)
7. Sven Fischer -AUT- (5C Goodstuff)
8. Christian Grosmayer (RG Beats)
9. Gunnar Geißler (UB Reanimator)
10. Oliver Salten (UG Planeswalker Control)
11. Sven Vonderberg (-?-)
12. Sebastian Haines (5C Goodstuff)
13. Daniel Tzscheuschner (Naya Aggro)
14. Claus Diefenbach (RDW)
15. Timo Alex (UR Control)
16. Dalibor Szegho (UG Aggrocontrol)
17. Rene Schumann (Pattern Rector)
RDW 1st place! really!? incredible!!!!
First 2 Decklists are online
Tier 1 Archetype "5C Aggro", probably the most successful deck of the last GP
Goblinpiledriver played an updated version of his 5C Alara Aggro Deck, which already saved him the title of GP VIII
Alban Lauter played an older version of goblinpiledriver's deck with just a few minor changes.
Both decks already met in Semifinals, otherwise we could have had a mirror-match final.
http://mtgpulse.com/event/4985#65644
fixed the decklists
here the comparision of both top 8 decks - altogether 17 different card choices:
most of them "last-minute"-changes of goblinpiledriver (e. g. Azorius Herald, Parallax Wave, Putrefy, Thrun)
Goblinpiledriver | Alban Lauter |
| |
Mana Base (-6-) | |
1 Copperline Gorge | 1 Breeding Pool |
1 Creeping Tar Pit | 1 Hallowed Fountain |
1 Horizon Canopy | 1 Mox Diamond |
1 Razorverge Thicket | 1 Plains |
1 Seachrome Coast | 1 Tectonic Edge |
1 Stirring Wildwood | 1 Treetop Village |
| |
Critters (-7-) | |
1 Aven Mimeomancer | 1 Doran, the Siege Tower |
1 Azorius Herald | 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest |
1 Granger Guildmage | 1 Kird Ape |
1 Hero of Bladehold | 1 Llanowar Elves |
1 Skinshifter | 1 Pestermite |
1 Soltari Trooper | 1 Rhox Warmonk |
1 Thrun, the Last Troll | 1 Serendib Efreet |
| |
Other (-4-) | |
1 Birthing Pod | 1 Fire / Ice |
1 Magma Jet | 1 Fire Covenant |
1 Parallax Wave | 1 Oblivion Ring |
1 Putrefy | 1 Rancor |
RDW Decklist is online now
http://mtgpulse.com/event/4985#66036
Konstantin Lorenz (1st) played exactly the same list as Claus Diefenbach (14th) who made Top 8 in the last GP with RDW too.
Konstantin won the finals 2:1. While he lost the first game he would have been defeated in g2 if Goblinpiledriver activates his Aether Vial eot for Aven Mimeomancer. But that's the point. Goblinpiledriver has forgotten to do this, then in his upkeep - when he was removing a counter of Tangle Wire he suddenly recognized his blunder - but it was obv. too late, so he lost g2. In g3 piledriver had a decent start but Smash to Smithereens which destroyed his Sword of Feast and Famine which could have equiped to Thrun and a strong finish of Konstantin were crossing piledrivers plans to get his second title back-to-back.
sidenote
Konstantin's deck is definatly the cheapeast deck in T8, worth not even 150 USD (rated by mtgpulse, regular cards, no foils), while Piledriver's and Alban Lauter's Deck both worth bout 1450 USD each (probably more, because of foils and BB cards). That's the proof you don't need any Duals, Workshop and expensive cards to win the biggest HL Event you can imagine ;)
Tabris added Sven Fischer's Bant (3rd) and Christian Grosmayer's RG Beats (8th)
Sad but true:
Grosmayer's deck has been stolen right before T8 has started >:(
It could have been a hard way for Konstantin's RDW to pass the RG beaters - we will never know.
http://blog.magicplayer.org/2012/01/10/highlander-grand-prix-9-2/ (http://blog.magicplayer.org/2012/01/10/highlander-grand-prix-9-2/)
The question we have to ask is...where are the control decks in this T16 ?
And the pure combo decks :p
All decklists of the Top 8 players are online now.
Could you please post the rest of the Top16-decklists?
I've added the UB reanimator list of Gunnar Geißler who reached 9th place. He missed Top 8 because of worst opp-score of the 7 guys with 19 pts in the end.
I think the Top16 lists in a 164 player tournament would all be interesting. Would you mind posting them?
Thanx a lot!
I've added 10th placed UG Planeswalker Control by Oliver Salten today.
http://mtgpulse.com/event/4985#73234