thought i start a topic for anybody who has any info/standings/coverage/player attendance on the hl grand prix that is going on in hanau TODAY
maybe someone has some info since there does not seem to be any coverage (unlike last year)
Quote from: tonytahiti on 28-12-2012, 04:50:18 PM
thought i start a topic for anybody who has any info/standings/coverage/player attendance on the hl grand prix that is going on in hanau TODAY
maybe someone has some info since there does not seem to be any coverage (unlike last year)
Hi i dont have much infos but according to a friend: 119 players and he's facing only aggro decks.
Top 8 was in some order 4c goodstuff aggro vs jund aggro, ww vs oath, storm vs ur control ja 4c aggro vs monored. Didn't stay to watch it though.
4c goodstuff aggro won vs Jund aggro 2:1
WW won vs BUG-Oath 2:1
Storm won vs UR-Control 2:0
RDW won vs 4C-BloodAggro 2:0
22 years old Christoph Alsheimer from Fürth won with a quite innovative TPS.dec in his first Highlander Cup (GP)
he was faster than aggro and control decks were prepared to deal with creatures - so they often had some dead cards while playing vs TPS
i faced him round 4
g1: felt good having daze, force of will, Mystic Snake, Venser, Mana-Dude / after counter-war (probe, 2x fow, pact, counterspell, Mystic Snake) he played Mox, Dark Ritual for 9 copies of Tendrils (me at 17 lps) - i didn't know which deck he plays and killed myself by starting that counter-war (wanted to get Snake resolve to have a clock)
g2: had again venser, snapcaster, force of Will and was able to put some pressure on the board, T3 he transmutes Tolaria West for Pact of Negation, a turn before i can kill him he plays angel's grace + ad nauseam with counter-backup and draws his libary for tendrils win
thank you for the input, do you know who has the decklists ?
Quote from: Tabris on 29-12-2012, 01:13:27 PM
thank you for the input, do you know who has the decklists ?
one of the judges has the decklists
they will be given to Tobi of planet-mtg together with some photos of the Top 8
Highlander Cup
1 17 Hering, Florian [DEU] 19 65,2381 78,4314 62,9527 7/6/1/0
2 75 Hauck, Christian [DEU] 19 61,5646 78,4314 57,2973 7/6/1/0
3 93 Riedel, Tim [DEU] 18 53,0612 68,4211 54,2571 7/6/0/0
4 24 Gerber, Matthias [DEU] 17 62,2449 70,8333 58,5552 7/5/2/0
5 57 Alsheimer, Christoph [DEU] 16 66,6667 71,4286 61,3601 7/5/1/0
6 58 Richter, Patrick [DEU] 16 65,3061 70,8333 56,6441 7/5/1/0
7 40 Lorenz, Konstantin [DEU] 16 64,6259 68,7500 59,8519 7/5/1/0
8 56 niznansky, milan [SVK] 16 62,2449 64,7059 60,1384 7/5/1/0
9 80 Lehmann, Ronald [DEU] 16 59,5238 66,6667 57,6279 7/5/1/0
10 1 Wiesen, Ardijan [DEU] 16 58,1633 68,5185 55,2114 7/5/1/0
11 110 Eich, Vincent [DEU] 16 55,1020 62,7451 51,7037 7/5/1/0
12 31 Eichenauer, Markus [DEU] 15 61,2245 63,1579 55,2253 7/5/0/0
13 100 Huber, Stefan [DEU] 15 58,5488 57,8947 56,4681 7/5/0/0
14 113 Iacono, Giuseppe [DEU] 15 57,1429 61,1111 56,2908 7/5/0/0
15 64 Schwarz, Wolff [DEU] 15 56,8027 57,8947 55,3289 7/5/0/0
16 6 Ohlrogge, Christoph [DEU] 15 53,0612 57,8947 51,4485 7/5/0/0
17 55 Szegho, Dalibor [SVK] 15 51,7007 66,6667 51,7091 7/5/0/0
18 85 Aithaj-Kaddour, Benjam [DEU] 15 51,0204 55,5556 53,4181 7/5/0/0
19 81 Tischer, Christian [DEU] 15 50,2721 66,6667 48,6144 7/5/0/0
20 3 Reimche, Wadim [DEU] 15 48,0159 66,6667 49,1534 6/4/0/1
21 30 Pyyhtiä, Tuomas [FIN] 15 44,8299 62,5000 44,7756 7/5/0/0
22 41 Ortmann, Bjoern [DEU] 14 61,2245 61,4035 55,7037 7/4/2/0
23 92 Deutscher, Markus [DEU] 13 56,4626 49,1228 53,7902 7/4/1/0
24 2 Gehring, Peter [DEU] 13 51,5646 61,1111 51,1195 7/4/1/0
25 9 Hittel, Matthias [DEU] 13 41,8367 58,3333 46,2251 7/4/1/0
26 38 Grosmayer, Christian [DEU] 12 68,0272 52,6316 62,2068 7/4/0/0
27 94 Bayer, Johannes [DEU] 12 60,2041 57,8947 54,1239 7/4/0/0
28 27 Wörner, Tobias [DEU] 12 58,5034 58,8235 54,6997 7/4/0/0
29 42 Streubel, Alexander [DEU] 12 56,4626 56,2500 52,5627 7/4/0/0
30 54 Laubscher, Manuel [DEU] 12 56,1224 44,4444 53,8184 7/4/0/0
31 48 Hauck, Manuel [DEU] 12 55,1020 61,1111 51,8439 7/4/0/0
32 88 Zanotti, Danilo [DEU] 12 55,0340 52,9412 55,0016 7/4/0/0
33 116 Korbel, Jochen [DEU] 12 53,0612 55,5556 50,7686 7/4/0/0
34 72 Hirtz, Thomas [DEU] 12 52,5850 56,2500 53,5313 7/4/0/0
35 112 Sinner, Denis [DEU] 12 52,3810 52,9412 50,0192 7/4/0/0
36 118 Thiemann, Kai [CHE] 12 51,6327 50,0000 51,9674 7/4/0/0
37 102 Lanigra, Marc [DEU] 12 50,0000 71,4286 46,7147 6/4/0/0
38 99 roy, julien [FRA] 12 50,0000 50,0000 50,6853 7/4/0/0
39 39 Diefenbach, Claus [DEU] 12 48,2993 55,5556 47,4593 7/4/0/0
40 103 Thalheim, Martin [DEU] 12 46,5986 55,5556 47,2077 7/3/3/0
41 108 Langensiepen, Sven [DEU] 12 45,3061 52,6316 47,1787 7/4/0/0
42 8 Boehnke, Christian [DEU] 12 44,5578 50,0000 45,2381 7/4/0/0
43 50 Stamer, Nils [DEU] 12 41,8367 52,9412 41,4768 7/4/0/0
44 74 Thomas, Alexander [DEU] 11 61,1565 50,9804 56,9559 7/3/2/0
45 44 Dang, Karl [DEU] 11 56,0544 56,1404 53,2872 7/3/2/0
46 16 Schumann, Timo [DEU] 11 51,8141 52,9412 50,6476 7/3/2/0
47 66 Fritsch, Bernd [DEU] 11 49,6599 52,0833 47,8984 7/3/2/0
48 90 Ucar, Ethem [DEU] 11 49,5918 50,8772 51,0204 7/3/2/0
49 51 Heid, Axel [DEU] 11 38,2086 53,7037 40,4702 7/3/2/0
50 114 Vey, Alexander [DEU] 10 51,7007 46,6667 49,1062 7/3/1/0
51 107 Klein, Bernhard [DEU] 10 50,7937 46,6667 50,2910 6/2/1/1
52 76 Balikci, Hüseyin [DEU] 10 48,2993 48,8889 47,8155 7/3/1/0
53 53 Stahl, Gerry [DEU] 9 66,6667 46,6667 62,1778 7/3/0/0
54 23 Öhman, Janne [FIN] 9 63,8889 57,1429 57,8182 6/3/0/0
55 10 zahedinour, kewan [DEU] 9 62,9630 57,1429 52,9365 6/3/0/0
56 25 Luckhaupt, Lars [DEU] 9 62,2222 53,8462 58,4249 6/3/0/0
57 29 Ihonen, Juha V [FIN] 9 62,0370 53,3333 55,5983 6/3/0/0
58 22 Viuha, Mikko [FIN] 9 62,0370 50,0000 54,7281 6/3/0/0
59 4 Hergenröder, Jonathan [DEU] 9 60,2041 47,0588 54,8214 7/3/0/0
60 96 Mönkmöller, Ruben [DEU] 9 51,7007 47,6190 51,1696 7/3/0/0
61 15 Knabe-Paulsen, Hannes [DEU] 9 51,7007 47,0588 50,5427 7/2/3/0
62 36 Übelacker, Lukas [DEU] 9 51,0204 50,0000 48,7448 7/3/0/0
63 79 Platz, Jens [DEU] 9 49,9320 45,0000 49,1106 7/3/0/0
64 26 Flimkert, Sven [DEU] 9 49,3197 43,7500 47,2969 7/3/0/0
65 18 Kesseler, Marco [DEU] 9 47,8912 45,0000 46,6820 7/2/3/0
66 78 Platz, Max [DEU] 9 47,6190 42,1053 47,8175 7/3/0/0
67 45 Menz, Gregor [DEU] 9 46,2585 47,6190 50,5347 7/3/0/0
68 69 Lambrich, Benjamin [DEU] 9 44,4444 53,3333 44,9939 6/3/0/0
69 13 Claus, Falco [DEU] 9 42,5170 53,3333 41,9841 7/3/0/0
70 83 Guenzel, Achim [DEU] 9 41,3333 66,6667 40,5641 5/3/0/0
71 37 Leuck, Marc [DEU] 9 41,1565 50,0000 42,7843 7/3/0/0
72 5 Schubring, Tim [DEU] 8 47,4830 42,1053 48,4990 7/2/2/0
73 49 Schwarz, Stephan [DEU] 7 49,3333 58,3333 49,3218 5/2/1/0
74 70 Kraft, Rene [DEU] 7 46,6667 45,2381 47,3214 6/2/1/0
75 62 Kühn, Alexander [DEU] 6 62,6667 46,1538 57,4212 5/2/0/0
76 84 Von Der Heyde, Mathias [DEU] 6 60,4167 50,0000 58,3333 4/2/0/0
77 65 Dohnal, Christian [DEU] 6 58,3333 40,0000 57,5000 4/2/0/0
78 12 Huchthausen, Björn [DEU] 6 56,2500 55,5556 53,7037 4/2/0/0
79 117 Gölz, Markus [DEU] 6 53,3333 42,8571 52,8205 5/2/0/0
80 71 Schramm, Markus [DEU] 6 52,7778 42,8571 49,7062 6/2/0/0
81 73 Luff, Andre [DEU] 6 52,0000 41,6667 47,5325 5/2/0/0
82 52 Koenigstein, Markus [DEU] 6 51,7007 26,6667 53,6988 7/2/0/0
83 109 Dubbernell, Robin [DEU] 6 50,0000 40,0000 49,0390 6/2/0/0
84 82 Zarges, Felix [DEU] 6 49,0741 35,7143 48,9886 6/2/0/0
85 86 Vinmans, Mario [DEU] 6 48,0000 41,6667 48,5556 5/2/0/0
86 77 Lavaud-Canonne, Olivie [DEU] 6 47,6190 33,3333 49,8810 7/2/0/0
87 21 Schwarz, Jens-Oliver [DEU] 6 47,6190 33,3333 47,3607 7/2/0/0
88 119 Dechant, Lukas [DEU] 6 46,0317 44,4444 45,6489 6/1/0/1
89 28 Kryszat, Guido [DEU] 6 43,7415 38,8889 45,4708 7/2/0/0
90 60 Breitenbücher, Fabian [DEU] 6 43,3107 31,2500 43,8227 7/2/0/0
91 104 Rosengren, Lars [DEU] 6 40,9259 46,6667 42,8388 6/2/0/0
92 101 Burkart, Daniel [DEU] 4 40,7407 25,6410 42,8274 6/1/1/0
93 59 Stührmann, Stefan [DEU] 4 40,1361 27,0833 42,9365 7/1/1/0
94 87 Müller, Sven [DEU] 3 66,6667 33,3333 61,9048 3/1/0/0
95 98 Bailly Maitre, Gael [FRA] 3 58,3333 40,0000 57,6178 4/1/0/0
96 89 Stier, Thomas [DEU] 3 58,3333 40,0000 52,6515 4/1/0/0
97 106 Frankl, Daniel [DEU] 3 58,3333 40,0000 52,2475 4/1/0/0
98 61 Nauer, Gerry [CHE] 3 58,3333 30,0000 54,1414 4/1/0/0
99 35 Wolf, Tobias [DEU] 3 58,3333 25,0000 58,1818 3/0/0/1
100 11 Pisch, Andreas [DEU] 3 56,2500 40,0000 52,5000 4/1/0/0
101 46 Köhnlechner, Tobias [DEU] 3 52,0833 16,6667 52,7778 4/1/0/0
102 91 Hoischen, Boris [DEU] 3 50,6667 27,2727 48,0932 5/1/0/0
103 111 Cernikel, Olga [DEU] 3 50,6667 18,1818 50,5195 5/1/0/0
104 33 Kropf, Maco [DEU] 3 45,8333 30,0000 44,4697 4/1/0/0
105 34 Süss, Dominik [DEU] 3 41,6667 33,3333 44,1667 4/1/0/0
106 32 Kandert, Patrick [DEU] 3 41,6667 33,3333 42,5926 4/1/0/0
107 115 Manz, Daniel [DEU] 1 47,9167 23,3333 48,9815 4/0/1/0
108 67 Rauh, Christoph [DEU] 1 39,5833 20,8333 42,1086 4/0/1/0
109 97 Lauter, Alban [DEU] 0 75,0000 33,3333 60,0000 2/0/0/0
110 14 Bueschgens, Manuel P [DEU] 0 75,0000 25,0000 58,3333 2/0/0/0
111 20 Müller, Carlo [DEU] 0 75,0000 20,0000 70,0000 2/0/0/0
112 7 Klocker, Mario [DEU] 0 75,0000 20,0000 58,3333 2/0/0/0
113 95 Wagner, Daniel [DEU] 0 58,3333 20,0000 58,3333 2/0/0/0
114 63 Kälin, Arwed [CHE] 0 54,1667 27,2727 52,3359 4/0/0/0
115 105 Steinecke, Michael [DEU] 0 50,0000 33,3333 45,0000 2/0/0/0
116 68 Squirewell, Sascha [DEU] 0 44,4444 25,0000 47,2222 3/0/0/0
117 19 Goeller, Steffen [DEU] 0 44,4444 0,0000 50,0000 3/0/0/0
118 47 Neumann, Nico [DEU] 0 41,6667 20,0000 43,0556 4/0/0/0
119 43 Landsberg, Hannes [DEU] 0 41,6667 20,0000 43,0303 4/0/0/0
Playoff:
Hering, Florian - Niznansky, Milan
Alsheimer, Christoph - Gerber, Matthias
Riedel, Tim - Richter, Patrick
Lorenz, Konstantin - Hauck, Christian
Niznansky, Milan - Alsheimer, Christoph
Richter, Patrick - Lorenz, Konstantin
Alsheimer, Christoph - Richter, Patrick
i played midrange Bant
my match-ups:
round 1 vs Wadim Reimche (20) / Naya-Aggro 2:0
1:0 / 2:0
round 2 vs Alex / RGw-Aggro 2:0
2:0 / 4:0
round 3 vs Thomas Hirtz (34) / Bant 2:0
3:0 / 6:0
round 4 vs Christoph Alsheimer (Winner) / Storm 0:2
3:1 / 6:2
round 5 vs Tim Riedel (Quarter-Finalist) / Jund-Aggro 0:2
3:2 / 6:4
round 6 vs Johannes Bayer (27) / Jund-Aggro 1:2
3:3 / 7:6
round 7 vs Matthias Hittel (25) / Tokenmania 0:2
3:4 / 7:8
HIGHLANDER TOURNAMENT HANAU Dec. 28th, 2012 - TOP 8
WINNER
NAME / NICKNAME: Christoph Alsheimer
Age: 22
Hometown: Fürth
Occupation: Storming a Town near you
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Funtainment Nürnberg + local in Ansbach
Your deck archetype:
Tendrils-Oath
Why did you choose your deck?
Includes all the "cool" cards: Necro, Will, Bargain, Doomsday
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
1
Number of HL Top 8s:
1
Other previous Magic Accomplishments:
GP Amsterdam Top 32
http://sales.starcitygames.com/deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=41845
What was your record today?
5-1-1
How often do you play Highlander?
Once per month
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
Mystical Tutor unban
Anything else you would like to say?
HIGHLANDER TOURNAMENT HANAU Dec. 28th, 2012 - TOP 8
RUNNER-UP
NAME / NICKNAME: Patrick / Firestarter
Age: 30
Hometown: Ascheberg / Münsterland
Occupation: teacher
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Cockatrice / rarely in Münster
Your deck archetype:
BUG(w) Aggrocontrol
Why did you choose your deck?
As I have just a little time to play magic I wanted to choose a deck which makes a lot of fun & rewards good playing.
Furthermore I wanted to have a deck which defeats midrange- and combo-decks.
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
11
Number of HL Top 8s:
9
Other previous Magic Accomplishments:
German HL-Champion 2011, some HL-, Legacy and Vintage-Tournaments in Iserlohn
What was your record today?
5-1-1
How often do you play Highlander?
~ 8 times a month basically via cockatrice
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
banned-list is tight/short, the right cards are banned
Anything else you would like to say?
I went 4-1-2 with aggroish Bant (list below) and finished 22nd which is the first place without prices :'(. I wanted to play another deck but did not find time to finetune an test it enough, so I choose a deck which - I thought - I could pilot best. However, I played horrible during the tournament, so 4-1-2 is a complimentary result for me this time. I have to accept that you need to play more often to be good. Playing once a month is insufficient to keep a certain level of play.
I lost against WW and drawed against 4C aggro and UWR Midrange. Wins against RDW, Jund Aggro, ?Big Naya? and Ub Staxx.
WW is a tough matchup (when WW curves, which he did) but I had the chance to win as I had board control in the 3rd game but lost against a topdecked Restoration Angel which also untapped a Shadow creature which was down from Dungeon Geists. The draw against 4C aggro was unnecessary as I made several bad decisions during the match. The draw against UWR was acceptable as we both made some smaller mistakes.
The metagame was full of 3-5C aggro and goodstuff, but at least the Top 8 paints another picture.
Best play of the day: Mana Drain something, Vial in GoST eot. Playing Elpeth with the mana and attack for 9 flying for the win.
Worst play of the day: not using Karakas against a card drawing Edric
Coolest game situation: Sower of Temptation for Wurmcoil Engine ftw, while getting mindslavered two times in a row in the meantime.
Here is my list:
Lands
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Arid Mesa
1 Breeding Pool
1 Brushland
1 Celestial Colonade
1 Flooded Grove
1 Flooded Strand
2 Forest
1 Hallowed Fountain
2 Islands
1 Karakas
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mystic Gate
2 Plains
1 Polluted Delta
1 Razorverge Thicket
1 Savannah
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Seachrome Coast
1 Temple Garden
1 Treetop Village
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Yavimaya Hollow
34
Creatures
1 Arbor Elf
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Aven Mimeomancer
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Blade Splicer
1 Dungeon Geists
1 Edric, Spmaster of Trest
1 Eternal Witness
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Mother of Runes
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Restoration Angel
1 Rhox War Monk
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Silverblade Paladin
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Spellskite
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Thragtusk
1 Vendillion Clique
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
35
Spells
1 Aether Vial
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Bant Charm
1 Batterskull
1 Brainstorm
1 Bribery
1 Counterspell
1 Daze
1 Detention Sphere
1 Dismember
1 Eladamri´s Call
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant
1 Force of Will
1 Force Spike
1 Green Sun´s Zenith
1 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Leak
1 Mana Tithe
1 Mental Misstep
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Parallax Wave
1 Path to Exile
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Sensei Divining Top
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Sylvan Library
1 Worldly Tutor
I used the list of Sebastian Ziesche from Karlsruhe with just a few minor changes:
http://mtgpulse.com/event/7351#101162
He won last GP with that list and also some smaller TNM-Tournaments in Karlsruhe.
It wasn't the first pick but as all my testdecks (Esper-ComboControl, RDW, Naya, Grixis-AggroControl) weren't able to deal with that Bant i decided just to play it.
It worked well in the beginning, Briberies and Natural Orders gave me an army of Primeval Titans, 6 games and 6 straight wins.
Then i faced Storm which was unstoppable that day, crucial match 5 vs Quarterfinalist Tim Riedel. Had worse draws (flooded) and didn't played my best magic so i wasn't able to beat him. As it was almost over in game 2 I topdecked Primeeval Titan to hardcast and gave him a little fight in the end, but Sylvan Library + Dark Confidant on his side for many turns were too good. He had 6 lp and I gambled to kill him next turn and refused to block his 5/5 dragon with Celestial Cannonade so Blightning finished me off to zero in g2.
Best board situation of the day: Aether Vial on 3, Crystal Shards, Eternal Witness in play and Mana Drain in gy
Worst situation: Keep one land and spoils for 6 -> no land, Mulligan to 6 for one-land-hand, Brainstorm (-> 3 nonlands) and concede (1 min of play)
HIGHLANDER TOURNAMENT HANAU Dec. 28th, 2012 - TOP 8
SEMI-FINALIST
NAME / NICKNAME: Milan Niznansky
Age: 19
Hometown: Bratislava
Occupation: homeless
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Bratislava
Your deck archetype:
Mono White
Why did you choose your deck?
Because I was lazy to search for good cards and mate had complete deck to borrow.
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
1
Number of HL Top 8s:
1
Other previous Magic Accomplishments:
GP Bochum Top 16
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1070615
What was your record today?
5-1-1
How often do you play Highlander?
Once in a month
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
Sensei the Slowing Game -> Ban Forever please
Anything else you would like to say?
I don't like playmats.
HIGHLANDER TOURNAMENT HANAU Dec. 28th, 2012 - TOP 8
SEMI-FINALIST
NAME / NICKNAME: Konstantin Lorenz
Age: 25
Hometown: Frankfurt a. M.
Occupation: Student
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
JK Store
Your deck archetype:
RDW
Why did you choose your deck?
Because it plays that much nonbasic-hate and it is a very strong deck.
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
4
Number of HL Top 8s:
2
Other previous Magic Accomplishments:
GP Wien Top 20
http://www.planetmtg.de/articles/artikel.html?id=3771 (RDW)
What was your record today?
5-1-1
How often do you play Highlander?
1-2 per month
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
Anything else you would like to say?
HIGHLANDER TOURNAMENT HANAU Dec. 28th, 2012 - TOP 8
QUARTER-FINALIST
NAME / NICKNAME: Matthias Gerber / Hamster, Hamsert
Age: 23
Hometown: Mainz
Occupation: IT-Specialist
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Orcish Outpost Mainz
Your deck archetype:
Ur-Control
Why did you choose your deck?
It's fun & wins ;)
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
4
Number of HL Top 8s:
1
Other previous Magic Accomplishments:
HL GP Top 16
What was your record today?
5-0-2
How often do you play Highlander?
~ 2 times a week
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
Ban: Stoneforge Mystic, Demonic Tutor, Natural Order
Anything else you would like to say?
I snatched the last 15 point standing with prizes (sorry Bjoern!) with this:
Lands (31):
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Arid Mesa
1 Windswept Heath
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Marsh Flats
1 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
1 Scrubland
1 Underground Sea
1 Tundra
1 Volcanic Island
1 Savannah
1 Taiga
1 Badlands
1 Darkslick Shores
1 Underground River
1 Watery Grave
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Breeding Pool
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Swamp
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Shelldock Isle (Doomsday, Emrakul)
More fast mana (9):
1 Lotus Petal
1 Lotus Bloom
1 Chrome Mox
1 Mox Diamond (?, hell to mulligan with but need fast mana)
1 Dark Ritual
1 Utopia Sprawl (?, because *then* wasteland is gg)
1 Manamorphose (Helps also with initiating the Doomsday combo)
1 Pentad Prism
1 Squandered Resources (!)
Counters & Disrupt (22):
1 Mental Misstep
1 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
1 Daze
1 Dispel
1 Spell Snare
1 Disrupt
1 Flusterstorm (!)
1 Force Spike
1 Spell Pierce
1 Cabal Therapy (gets oathed gamekeeper too)
1 Duress
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Thoughtseize
1 Addle
1 Castigate
1 Negate
1 Miscalculation
1 Mana Leak
1 Evasive Action
1 Remand
1 Mana Drain
Draw/Tutor/Cantrips (26):
1 Gitaxian Probe (Cabal Therapy, to combo or not to)
1 Chromatic Star
1 Chromatic Sphere
1 Darkwater Egg (all of these eggs enable same turn Doomsday kill, smoothens mana and draw too)
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Enlightened Tutor (Oath)
1 Demonic Consultation (Only worth tutoring with this if Emrakul already in hands. Risk dying mitigated by deck size and being multiple two parts. Definitely wins more than causes losses). (!)
1 Gamble
1 Sylvan Tutor
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Personal Tutor
1 Time of Need
1 Eladamri's Call (Due to these 5 creature tutor, finding Emrakul always easier than finding outlet)
1 Lim Dul's Vault (bad with Channel route)
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tainted Pact (only stop and take is Emrakul)
1 Worldly Counsel
1 Peer Through Depths (lots of targets, makes Demonic Consultation and Shelldock Isle better)
1 Impulse
1 Intuition
1 Cruel Tutor (Pending. Life loss)
1 Rhystic Tutor
1 Grim Tutor (Pending. Life loss, double black)
Utility (6):
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Noxious Revival (Intuition piles, doomsday-kills)
1 Dream's Grip (Doomsday, if opponent has life 15 > 30, also eot hoses opponent's counter mana, buys time against random critters)
1 Devastation Tide
1 Vindicate (Karakas, Maze of Ith)
1 Supreme Verdict (pending)
Combo counterparts (in order of importance) (6):
1 Channel
1 Show and Tell
1 Oath of Druids
1 Doomsday
1 Gamekeeper (Cabal Therapy)
1 Sneak Attack
Win (1):
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Thorn
I managed to pull out couple of times 2nd. turn emrakul's (from play) but mostly combo kills happened on turn 4 or five. I won zoo, couple of bants, bw discard and something I didn't get to see properly. Lost to curved zoo and bug-oath-control.
I have now knowledge how to improve the build, so until next time.
thanks to florian from planetmtg for posting
I've added the list to mtgpulse
http://mtgpulse.com/event/11692#162873
Highlander Top8 Decklisten
1. Christoph Alsheimer
1 Chrome Mox
1 Cloud Key
1 Coalition Relic
1 Dimir Signet
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Grim Monolith
1 Helm of Awakening
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Bloom
1 Lotus Petal
1 Memory Jar
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Opal
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Future Sight
1 Necropotence
1 Oath of Druids
1 Phyrexian Unlife
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Abeyance
1 Ad Nauseam
1 Angel's Grace
1 Beacon of Destruction
1 Brainstorm
1 Cabal Ritual
1 Dark Ritual
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Intuition
1 Mana Drain
1 Manamorphose
1 Memory's Journey
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Noxious Revival
1 Pact of Negation
1 Quicken
1 Rain of Filth
1 Remand
1 Repeal
1 Seething Song
1 Shred Memory
1 Arid Mesa
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Blood Crypt
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 City of Brass
1 Darkslick Shores
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Flooded Strand
1 Forbidden Orchard
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Karakas
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 River of Tears
1 Savannah
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scrubland
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Steam Vents
1 Sunken Ruins
1 Tolaria West
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Vault of Whispers
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Volcanic Island
1 Watery Grave
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Beseech the Queen
1 Deep Analysis
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Grim Tutor
1 Idyllic Tutor
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Mind's Desire
1 Overmaster
1 Past in Flames
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Thoughtseize
1 Time Spiral
1 Timetwister
1 Transmute Artifact
1 Wargate
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Windfall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
2. Patrick Richter
1 AEther Vial
1 Mox Diamond
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Dark Confidant
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Delver of Secrets
1 Doran, the Siege Tower
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Man-o'-War
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Putrid Leech
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Restoration Angel
1 Rhox War Monk
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Thragtusk
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Tombstalker
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Bitterblossom
1 Sylvan Library
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Brainstorm
1 Daze
1 Delay
1 Dismember
1 Eladamri's Call
1 Force Spike
1 Force of Will
1 Into the Roil
1 Intuition
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Leak
1 Memory Lapse
1 Mental Misstep
1 Path to Exile
1 Remand
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Snuff Out
1 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tainted Pact
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Bayou
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Breeding Pool
1 City of Brass
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Flooded Strand
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Karakas
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Plains
1 Polluted Delta
1 Savannah
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scrubland
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Swamp
1 Treetop Village
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wasteland
1 Watery Grave
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Life from the Loam
1 Lingering Souls
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Thoughtseize
1 Timely Reinforcements
1 Vindicate
3. Konstantin Lorenz
1 Ankh of Mishra
1 Shrine of Burning Rage
1 Ash Zealot
1 Ball Lightning
1 Blistering Firecat
1 Boggart Ram-Gang
1 Chandra's Phoenix
1 Ember Hauler
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Frenzied Goblin
1 Giant Solifuge
1 Goblin Guide
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Guttersnipe
1 Hell's Thunder
1 Hellrider
1 Hellspark Elemental
1 Kargan Dragonlord
1 Keldon Champion
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Rakdos Cackler
1 Scorched Rusalka
1 Spark Elemental
1 Stormblood Berserker
1 Stromkirk Noble
1 Tattermunge Maniac
1 Torch Fiend
1 Vexing Devil
1 Blood Moon
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Brimstone Volley
1 Burst Lightning
1 Char
1 Fireblast
1 Flame Javelin
1 Flames of the Blood Hand
1 Incinerate
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Magma Jet
1 Price of Progress
1 Pulse of the Forge
1 Rhystic Lightning
1 Searing Blaze
1 Searing Spear
1 Shard Volley
1 Smash to Smithereens
1 Sonic Burst
1 Staggershock
1 Sudden Shock
1 Thunderous Wrath
1 Volcanic Fallout
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Ghitu Encampment
1 Mishra's Factory
27 Mountain
1 Mutavault
1 Teetering Peaks
1 Wasteland
1 Koth of the Hammer
1 Arc Trail
1 Breath of Darigaaz
1 Chain Lightning
1 Cryoclasm
1 Fire Ambush
1 Firebolt
1 Flame Rift
1 Forked Bolt
1 Lava Spike
1 Molten Rain
1 Rift Bolt
1 Ruination
1 Volcanic Hammer
4. Milan Niznansky
1 Chrome Mox
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Mortarpod
1 Mox Diamond
1 Sword of War and Peace
1 Akrasan Squire
1 Angel of Jubilation
1 Blade Splicer
1 Dryad Militant
1 Elite Vanguard
1 Emancipation Angel
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Flickerwisp
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Icatian Javelineers
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Knight of the Holy Nimbus
1 Knight of the White Orchid
1 Kor Sanctifiers
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Leonin Relic-Warder
1 Loyal Cathar
1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Mother of Runes
1 Pianna, Nomad Captain
1 Precinct Captain
1 Restoration Angel
1 Safehold Elite
1 Samurai of the Pale Curtain
1 Savannah Lions
1 Serra Avenger
1 Sigiled Paladin
1 Silverblade Paladin
1 Soltari Champion
1 Soltari Monk
1 Soltari Priest
1 Soltari Trooper
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Student of Warfare
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Veteran Armorer
1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
1 Glorious Anthem
1 Honor of the Pure
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Parallax Wave
1 Brave the Elements
1 Disenchant
1 Dismember
1 Faith's Shield
1 Harm's Way
1 Humble
1 Mana Tithe
1 Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Blinkmoth Nexus
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Karakas
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Mutavault
24 Plains
1 Rishadan Port
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Wasteland
1 Windbrisk Heights
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Armageddon
1 Cataclysm
1 Ravages of War
1 Spectral Procession
5. Florian Hering
1 Batterskull
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Gamekeeper
1 Griselbrand
1 Rune-Scarred Demon
1 Animate Dead
1 Back to Basics
1 Necromancy
1 Oath of Druids
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Sylvan Library
1 Treachery
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Beast Within
1 Brainstorm
1 Counterspell
1 Cryptic Command
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Dispel
1 Doom Blade
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Force of Will
1 Ghastly Demise
1 Go for the Throat
1 Intuition
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Leak
1 Mental Misstep
1 Misdirection
1 Moment's Peace
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Shred Memory
1 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
1 Barren Moor
1 Bayou
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Breeding Pool
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Flooded Strand
1 Forbidden Orchard
1 Forest
6 Island
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Marsh Flats
1 Maze of Ith
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Sunken Ruins
4 Swamp
1 Tropical Island
1 Underground Sea
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wasteland
1 Watery Grave
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Sorin Markov
1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
1 Vraska the Unseen
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Bribery
1 Compulsive Research
1 Damnation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Despise
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Innocent Blood
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Life from the Loam
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Massacre
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Regrowth
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasured Find
6. Christian Hauck
1 AEther Vial
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Acidic Slime
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Dark Confidant
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Eternal Witness
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Loxodon Smiter
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Mother of Runes
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Primeval Titan
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Restoration Angel
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Shriekmaw
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Thragtusk
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Vithian Renegades
1 Animate Dead
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Parallax Wave
1 Sylvan Library
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Eladamri's Call
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Lightning Helix
1 Path to Exile
1 Putrefy
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tainted Pact
1 Arid Mesa
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Copperline Gorge
1 Flooded Strand
1 Forest
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Karakas
1 Marsh Flats
1 Maze of Ith
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
1 Plateau
1 Polluted Delta
1 Raging Ravine
1 Razorverge Thicket
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Savannah
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scrubland
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Stomping Ground
1 Swamp
1 Taiga
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Temple Garden
1 Treetop Village
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Garruk Relentless
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 Vraska the Unseen
1 Arc Trail
1 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dreadbore
1 Forked Bolt
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Lingering Souls
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Natural Order
1 Tribal Flames
1 Vindicate
7. Tim Riedel
1 Arbor Elf
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Boggart Ram-Gang
1 Burning-Tree Shaman
1 Dark Confidant
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Dreg Mangler
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Elves of Deep Shadow
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Flinthoof Boar
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Glissa, the Traitor
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Kird Ape
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Primeval Titan
1 Putrid Leech
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Shriekmaw
1 Skyshroud Elite
1 Sprouting Thrinax
1 Strangleroot Geist
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Thragtusk
1 Thundermaw Hellkite
1 Ulvenwald Tracker
1 Vengevine
1 Vithian Renegades
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Wolfir Silverheart
1 Necromancy
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Rancor
1 Sylvan Library
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Burst Lightning
1 Fire Covenant
1 Incinerate
1 Jund Charm
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Punishing Fire
1 Putrefy
1 Searing Spear
1 Terminate
1 Arid Mesa
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Blood Crypt
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Dragonskull Summit
1 Forest
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Marsh Flats
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Polluted Delta
1 Raging Ravine
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Stomping Ground
1 Swamp
1 Taiga
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Treetop Village
1 Twilight Mire
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Garruk Relentless
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Arc Trail
1 Blightning
1 Chain Lightning
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dreadbore
1 Duress
1 Firebolt
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Natural Order
1 Rakdos's Return
1 Thoughtseize
8. Matthias Gerber
1 Pithing Needle
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of War and Peace
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Augur of Bolas
1 Azure Mage
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Dungeon Geists
1 Faerie Harbinger
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Spellskite
1 Thundermaw Hellkite
1 Trinket Mage
1 Vedalken AEthermage
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Voidmage Prodigy
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Back to Basics
1 Blood Moon
1 Control Magic
1 Treachery
1 Brainstorm
1 Burst Lightning
1 Condescend
1 Counterspell
1 Cryptic Command
1 Daze
1 Electrolyze
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Fire // Ice
1 Force of Will
1 Incinerate
1 Izzet Charm
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Magma Jet
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Leak
1 Mental Misstep
1 Misdirection
1 Price of Progress
1 Searing Spear
1 Smash to Smithereens
1 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
1 Stifle
1 Arid Mesa
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Flooded Strand
13 Island
1 Karakas
1 Maze of Ith
1 Misty Rainforest
6 Mountain
1 Polluted Delta
1 Riptide Laboratory
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Shivan Reef
1 Steam Vents
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Volcanic Island
1 Wasteland
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Jace Beleren
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Arc Trail
1 Bribery
1 Flame Slash
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Ruination
Thanks for the work! Admitted it's a pretty mixed T8, yet a little creature heavy though. But the deck diversity is great.
I like to see all the nonbasic land hate there since it shows that B2B / Moon / Ruination + PoP etc. are still quite effective which provides some food for thoughts for the fetchland ban discussion (some people are of the opinion that fetchlands render nonbasic hate somewhat 'useless').
thx.
HIGHLANDER TOURNAMENT HANAU Dec. 28th, 2012 - TOP 8
QUARTER-FINALIST
NAME / NICKNAME: Christian Hauck
Age: 28
Hometown: Mutterstadt
Occupation: Student
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Wizard's Well Mannheim
Your deck archetype:
RBGW-Goodstuff
Why did you choose your deck?
Played it for years
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
4
Number of HL Top 8s:
3
Other previous Magic Accomplishments:
National Team Member 2010, Several GP Money Finishes and PT competitor 2010
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=661020
What was your record today?
6-0-1
How often do you play Highlander?
Once a week
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
Ban Mana Drain
Anything else you would like to say?
HIGHLANDER TOURNAMENT HANAU Dec. 28th, 2012 - TOP 8
QUARTER-FINALIST
NAME / NICKNAME: Tim Riedel
Age: 23
Hometown: Würzburg
Occupation:
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Funtainment Nürnberg
Your deck archetype:
Jund
Why did you choose your deck?
Jund is wicked (o-ton: "Jund ist geil" ;))
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
1
Number of HL Top 8s:
1
Other previous Magic Accomplishments:
What was your record today?
6-1
How often do you play Highlander?
I've played Highlander the first time 3 days before.
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
Anything else you would like to say?
HIGHLANDER TOURNAMENT HANAU Dec. 28th, 2012 - TOP 8
QUARTER-FINALIST
NAME / NICKNAME: Florian Hering
Age: 28
Hometown: Würzburg
Occupation: PhD Student (Chemistry)
Shop and/or community where you usually play Magic:
Your deck archetype:
BUG Oath
Why did you choose your deck?
it was just laying around
Number of Times Playing on Highlander GPs:
6
Number of HL Top 8s:
1
Other previous Magic Accomplishments:
What was your record today?
6-0-1
How often do you play Highlander?
~ once per month (casual)
Is there any card you would like to nominate for Ban / Unban in Highlander?
Ban: Natural Oder, Stoneforge Mystic
Anything else you would like to say?
Small Tournament report from myself:
After talking with Tabris about deck options a couple of days before christmas I proceeded to build a creatureless staxx deck in Esper colors and asked Lash as my favourite Staxx player for some input on card choices/missed options. After arriving at our rented flat near Hanau I decided to also add green for crop rotation and Wargate. The deck was build around Tabernacle/Mana Denial and screwing everybodies Metagame expectations by playing no creatures but instead including allstars such as Torpor Orb etc.
R1: 4/5c Staxx
G1:
He has a quicker start and supplies quite some pressure with Tamiyo/Tanglewire lockdown and applies beats with sundering Titan. I make some bad choices but finally find Cyclonic Rift in a Memory Jar activation ;D My opponent has to destroy his last two permanents staying on the battlefield with his sundering Titan triggers and discards his complete board at the end of my turn due to Jar trigger.
G2:
My opponent starts with Workshop + Trinisphere. I curse the council for allowing both cards at the same time and have to discard two times before finally finding my third land to escape the lock to start wrathing away a Grave Titan. My opponent follows up with a Inferno Titan and I colne it with phyrexian Metamorph (my only creature which my freinds convinced me to play). Obvoiusly my opponent then tries to Bribery into a solution for the dilemma which does not work out so well for him... . After he attacks with his Titan and we trade I gain control of the game with a Tezz.v1 and win shortly afterwards.
R2/R3:
I have no memory for one of those games. I believe I played a typical 4c midrange deck.
Other round:
I play against a 4c base green deck.
G1:
He resolves a Primeval titan and fetches quite a few land (I belive 6 in total), However he taps out for a Twonship activation in his turn. I play Sphinx revelation and draw Tabernacle plus Rising Waters. I take one more Titan hit and then wrath. I gain control of the game at two life and start to inch back up with pristine talisman. I find a Rishadan Port to lock down his mana development and when I can resolve The Abyss my opponent sccops since he is annoyed and does not believe to have outs. This game lasted a long time.
G2:
My opponent Natural orders into Terrastodon on T3 and kills my board. He then pulses my token next turn and kills me quickly.
G3:
My opponent Natural orders into Terrastion on T3 and goes for my board again. Luckily I already have 2 signets this time amd am on the play. Since time is being called I use my Metamorph after plying grim monolith and everflowing chalice for x = 0 to blow up my board some more with a copied Terrastodon. All the sudden I have 27 points of Power on board. My opponent takes 6 dmg from the first wave and dies in my next attack step.
R4:
I play against Christian Hauck which I know from some PTQ and Highlander tournaments before.
G1:
He has a very quick start and even tough I had put him on 4c Blood aggro I can not establish control.
G2:
This game is much more drawn out because I have both Tabernacle and Maze really slowing him down. I Ponder, Brainstorm, and Brqainstorm with Jace while using shuffle effects but can not find any wrath effect over 10. turns. I finally die to Acidic slime and Fyndhorn elf damage. I am somewhat annoyed about my unlucky draw but Christian played tight, yet still friendly and I believe I could have maybe done better decisions in one or two cases. I really missed Cursed totem in both games.
R5:
I play against Janne? from the finnish delegation here.
I remember that we finished 3 games in about 15 minutes. One game I get goldfished on turn 4 or 5 I think. One game I wrath t4, on t5 he has to tap all his (non basic) lands to play two new threats and I skillfully cantrip into Back to Basics plus Tabernacle on my turn... . In the third game I mana drain a Garrk on T3 or 4 and use the extra mana to play and activate Helm while casting Rest in Peace with my lands...
R6:
G1:
My opponent starts with T1 Mox plus Fetch into Volcanic. On t3 he plays cabal therapy naming Mana drain. I realize he is on Angry Hermit at this point but can not stop the casting of Hermit on t4 and the kill on T5... .
G2:
I find a hand with Enlightened Tutor. I find and resolve Rest in Peace. My opponent curses and I really enjoy myself. I continue with Back to Basics. When I tutor for Humility he scoops.
G3:
My opponent announces that he wishes to keep his seven cards... I imagine Hemit Druid in hand with FoW backup and lands to cast and activate Hermit. I mull to 6 since my hands neither includes hate or lands. I mull 5 cards in my 6 card hand keeping Anceint tomb and get a hand that is capable to generate 4 Mana on T2. My opponent Probes on his T2 to see no hate and casts Hermit Druid. My hope flares up that he might not have Force of Will. I rip a Wrath that obviously gets Force of Willed. I die on T3. My opponent relly enjoys himself and shows me the Pact of Negation he still had in hand.
R7:
I play against UW Midrange
G1:
I loose against Simulacrum and some Dude with Sword of Feast and Famine which both vant be killed by The Abyss.
G2:
I resolve early planeswalkers and win with a scoop to Winter Orb/Tamiyo lock.
G3:
We fight a somewhat longer battle for attrition but I resolve a Torpor Orb just in time to turn an otherwise killer Fact or Fiction into a less seroius matter (flip was Stoneforge Mystic, Image, Suspend bounce guy, Reveilark, Knight of the white orchid. My opponent chosses knight plus lark. I use icy manipulator effects etc. to make good wrath situations and can protect my self for a long time. When he finally finds a non creatrue threat in Jace, i topdeck into the missing piece for the Helm combo and win before the board sitution goes out of control.
I finish in 16th place with a 5-2 record. My opponents cast Bribery against me 3 times missing every time ;-)
This was (roughly) my decklist - it might be off by about 4 cards or so:
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Idyllic Tutor
1 Humility
1 Moat
1 Back to Basics
1 Rest in Peace
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Catastrophe
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
1 Counterspell
1 Mana Drain
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Day of Judgment
1 Wrath of God
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Gideon Jura
1 Sphinx's Revelation
1 Talisman of Progress
1 Azorius Signet
1 Brainstorm
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Maze of Ith
1 Expedition Map
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Mox Opal
1 Land Tax
1 Academy Ruins
1 Grim Monolith
1 Thopter Foundry
1 Sword of the Meek
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Rising Waters
1 Winter Orb
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Mind Stone
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Fabricate
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Thoughtcast
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Vindicate
1 Zuran Orb
1 Tolaria West
1 Ponder
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Arid Mesa
1 Tundra
1 Scrubland
1 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave
1 Hallowed Fountain
5 Island
2 Plains
1 Swamp
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Future Sight
1 Staff of Nin
1 Dimir Signet
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Coalition Relic
1 Torpor Orb
1 Mistvein Borderpost
1 Fieldmist Borderpost
1 Karn Liberated
1 Talisman of Unity
1 Pristine Talisman
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 The Abyss
1 Forest
1 Rishadan Port
1 Dust Bowl
1 Crop Rotation
1 Wargate
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Karakas
1 Upheaval
1 Scepter of Dominance
1 Wildfield Borderpost
1 Cursed Totem
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Faith's Fetters
i would like to see the top 16 decklists, hitman (9th place) has already added his deck
http://mtgpulse.com/event/11692#162873
if you have access to any of those lists feel free to add it - thx in advance
I'm working on longer report in Finnish for the whole trip, but here's for the tournament. The list is from so_not and was chosen for excepted field of midrange and aggro.
RUG Jaceshift
Artifact: 5
1 Batterskull
1 Coalition Relic
1 Scroll Rack
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Worn Powerstone
Creature: 28
1 Acidic Slime
1 Arc-Slogger
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Coiling Oracle
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Eternal Witness
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Frost Titan
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Inferno Titan
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Primeval Titan
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Shardless Agent
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Thragtusk
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Roots
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Yavimaya Elder
Enchantment:
1 Sylvan Library
Instant: 6
1 Brainstorm
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Intuition
1 Mana Drain
1 Punishing Fire
1 Worldly Tutor
Land: 35 + Maze
1 Arid Mesa
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Breeding Pool
1 Desolate Lighthouse
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Flooded Strand
4 Forest
1 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Island
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Maze of Ith
1 Misty Rainforest
6 Mountain
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Taiga
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Treetop Village
1 Tropical Island
1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Volcanic Island
1 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
Planeswalker: 5
1 Garruk Relentless
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Karn Liberated
Sorcery: 19
1 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Bribery
1 Compulsive Research
1 Explore
1 Farseek
1 Firespout
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Life from the Loam
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Natural Order
1 Nature's Lore
1 Personal Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Rampant Growth
1 Scapeshift
1 Search for Tomorrow
1 Slagstorm
1 Three Visits
1: Fabian Junk
Fabian played some bears until I drew Firespout. He got Loll Troll and Rancor for some damage until he decided to tapout for something stupid and there went his team again.
1-0
Kierros 2: Danilo Naya
I had Scapeshift in my opening, so I just ramped and chumped until I dealt 21 at once. In 2nd game we played this and that until I drew Scapeshift and that was 21 again.
2-0
3: Matthias Ur control
I got Loam going 1st game and his Blood Moon did not really disrupt. I mulliganed to 6 in the 2nd one and was annihilated by Clique wearing WR sword and not finding 2nd green source. 3rd game looked good when I drew Natural Order from his Clique, but he had Control Magic for it with Spellskite backup.
2-1
4: Felix 4c Landstill
Felix started with classical Landstill, miss a land drop. I hit him for some with Dryad Arborilla until he broke Landstillin with his Humilityllaan. Garruk the Relentless took it home for me with his tokens.
I was met with fast Moat in the 2nd game and was forced to burn him down from 16. I started with setupping Bonfire for 8, and after a fetchland and a red titan he was at 4. I played sandbagged Siege-Gang Commanderin with mana up. Felix tried Crop Rotation and found Cabal Pitin, which was used in response to ETB-trigger so that I could not sacrifice goblin tokens. Then he killed me off in his turn.
In 3rd game I had Cobra and suspended Search, whish got Mana Drained. He went Intuition Loam but no land drop as I gave him cycling land. Then I topdecked a land to Acidic Slime his and that was it.
3-1
5: Adrian BUG Oath
Adrian played Gamekeeper and killed it, getting Rune-Scarred Demonin. Then he killed and reanimated it and all that nonsense. I got to Bribery him next game, but had no good tutor targets in my deck except maybe 6th land so I took Emrakul. I forgot he had Vraska in his deck and thus hand as I hadn't seen it. Couple of turn later he hard casted Griselbrand, also hiding in his hand.
3-2
6: Dennis UW Blink
I lost 2-1, nothing really interesting happened.
3-3
I was not satisfied with the results, though playing against 4 blue-based control decks in a row might just qualify as a tough luck in pairings. But my opponents were great, friendly and sportsmanlike, and I got to meet some great people from here, like Magi, MMD and CristophO (Vazdru and Firestarter I had already met before).