Hey guys! Are you ready for some new Post-Shards Standard? I am! So this weekend we were treated to a ton of new decklists from both the Game in the Gulf qualifier event that took place at Roanoke, VA and a ton of Magic-League Standard tournament results! So without further ado, let's look at some of the things that were played!
First, we're going to examine the October 2nd Magic-League Standard trial. The top three decks were:
- Kithkin WW
- UB Faeries
- UB Faeries
Hm. Okay. Looks like the Block metagame to me. Let's look at the decklist for Kithkin:
Kithkin WW, 1st Place @ Magic-League Standard Trial 10/02/2008 [Xth-Lorwyn-Shards]
Nothing too special here. The only Shards addition is the sideboarded Knight of the White Orchid. Not an update whatsoever. Absolutely boring... next! Let's look at UB Faeries.
UB Faeries, 2nd Place @ Magic-League Standard Trial 10/02/2008 [Xth-Lorwyn-Shards]
That's it? Shards of Alara comes out and you decide to just go +4 Agony Warp? Next! I'm skipping the third-place Faeries list since it literally rocks the same archetype. The only difference in that list? Three
Infest in the Sideboard.
Okay, let's look at the Magic-League Standard Trial.
Wow! Four Toast decks, one Rock, one Doran, one Reveillark, and one Kithkin? I have a feeling none of these decks added anything more than Bant/Esper Charm in Toast, Infest in the Rock/Doran decks, Knight of the White Orchid in the Kithkin list, and for Reveillark... well, it actually added Knight-Captain of Eos in the mainboard while siding Infest as well, along with Gather Specimens.
Let's look at the Game in the Gulf Top 16! This should be exciting.
| Faeries | 1st place | Tim Furrow | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Cruel Control | 2nd place | Chris Woltereck | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Cruel Control | 3rd place | Joseph Keaveny | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Merfolk | 4th place | Justin Perdue | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Kithkin Backlash | 5th place | Marsh Usary | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Reveillark | 6th place | Randy Williams | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Justice Toast | 7th place | Ali Aintrazi | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Red Deck Wins | 8th place | Joshua Drum | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Cruel Control | 9th place | Josh Cope | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Vengeant Control | 10th place | Ken Adams | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Faeries | 11th place | Christopher Barfield | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Bant Control | 12th place | Joshua Owens | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Blightning Aggro | 13th place | Richard Lovern | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Faeries | 14th place | Troy Doyle | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Cruel Control | 15th place | Chris Wallace | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
| Quillspike Combo | 16th place | Matthew Thornton | Miscellaneous | 2008-10-12 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
Wow, look at that! Let's just get some stuff out of the way:
Cruel Control"is essentially a Quick and Toast update rocking Cruel Ultimatum, Nucklavee (great for recursion), and still plays the Bant/Esper charms, Cryptic Commands, and five-color manabase that we've come to expect.
Bant Control is a very cool gem here. It rocks a brand-new three color archetype with Chameleon Colossus, Kitchen Finks, Rhox War Monk, and Stoic Angel. It also plays a singleton Elspeth, Knight-errant. Ponder is in here as well, a card that is seeing a lot of play.
Vengeant Control is also your new five-color Ajani Vengeant-oriented control deck that looks pretty cool as well. Merfolk are now running Firespout.
The Kithkin Backlash list is a very original, new take on Kithkin: Painter's Servant, Oversoul of Dusk, and Mr. Win-Condition Chaotic Backlash. Very original, very fun. I'd love to have a crack at playtesting that list.
Mr. #1 Faeries is playing Esper Charm, nothing more to really report on. Justice Toast is a Quick and Toast variant running Archon of Justice. As for Blightning Aggro? Red/Black (with Blightning!). Looks solid to me.
And at 16th place, something that caught my eye: Quillspike Combo. Why, how could you pull such a thing off? Rite of Consumption with Persist! That's how! This deck is amazing.
That's all for right now. Later.
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