Úvodem bych se rád omluvil za delší pauzu, která byla způsobená velkou pracovní vytížeností. Měl jsem připravený článek s podrobnou metagame a různýmý zajímavými brew, ale nějak nebyl čas na to, abych ho tzv. dotáhnul do konce...
Alespoň si dnes stručně zrekapitulujeme, co se odehrálo na standardu od releasu Dominaria až do PT Richmond, o kterém bude samozřejmě řeč v dalších FN.
1. Online PTQ
Úplně první zajímavější turnaj s Dominarií bylo Online PTQ poslední dubnový víkend. Zúčastnilo se ho 231 hráčů a už na první pohled bylo jasné, že Dominarie zcela změnila standard.
Ve finále byly dva úplně nové decky - GW Midrange a BW Vehicly. V obou decích byl Karn podpořený kartami jako Walking Ballista, Aethetsphere Harvester, nebo dokonce Treasure Map. Vítězný "Team5c" s GW Midrangem se dokonce nebál hrát v mainu Trashing Brontodony, kteří velmi stoupli na hodnotě, a to nejen kvůli Karnovi, ale i díky kartám jako History of Benalia a Seal Away.
Ve zbytku top8 jsme mohli vidět Monogreen Aggro (Llanowar Elves + Steel Leaf Champion), UW Flash (Raff + Lyra), Bant Midrange (GW se splashí pro Teferiho), GB Constrictora, další Monogreen Aggro a UW Control.
Decklisty Standard
GW Midrange
Team5c
Online PTQ
Llanowar Elves
Tap to add green mana to your mana pool. This tap can be played as an interrupt.
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Thrashing Brontodon
{1}, Sacrifice Thrashing Brontodon: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Decklisty Standard
WB Vehicles
myyamagat
Online PTQ
Isolated Chapel
Isolated Chapel enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Decklisty Standard
Monogreen Aggro
WrzoBuSeks
Online PTQ
Sideboard
1 Arborback Stomper
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2 Deathgorge Scavenger |
1 Heroic Intervention |
2 Lifecrafter's Bestiary |
1 Nissa, Vital Force |
1 Plummet |
2 Prey Upon |
1 Silent Gravestone |
1 The Immortal Sun |
3 Thrashing Brontodon
|
Llanowar Elves
Tap to add green mana to your mana pool. This tap can be played as an interrupt.
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.
Trample
Jadelight Ranger
When Jadelight Ranger enters the battlefield, it explores, then it explores again. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard. Then repeat this process.)
Thrashing Brontodon
{1}, Sacrifice Thrashing Brontodon: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Decklisty Standard
UW Flash
Michai
Online PTQ
Sideboard
2 Negate
|
3 Authority of the Consuls |
2 Essence Scatter |
2 Forsake the Worldly |
1 Fumigate |
1 Gideon of the Trials |
2 Silent Gravestone |
2 Urza's Ruinous Blast
|
Memorial to Genius
Memorial to Genius enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {4}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice Memorial to Genius: Draw two cards.
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Syncopate
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Urza's Ruinous Blast
(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.) Exile all nonland permanents that aren't legendary.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Field of Ruin
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles their library.
Decklisty Standard
Bant Midrange
lleaf33
Online PTQ
Sideboard
2 Baffling End
|
4 Negate |
2 Nissa, Vital Force |
2 Settle the Wreckage |
2 Thopter Arrest |
3 Treasure Map |
Llanowar Elves
Tap to add green mana to your mana pool. This tap can be played as an interrupt.
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Thrashing Brontodon
{1}, Sacrifice Thrashing Brontodon: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Decklisty Standard
GB Constrictor
Eazzy
Online PTQ
Woodland Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest. {T}: Add {B} or {G} to your mana pool.
Llanowar Elves
Tap to add green mana to your mana pool. This tap can be played as an interrupt.
Ravenous Chupacabra
When Ravenous Chupacabra enters the battlefield, destroy target creature an opponent controls.
Jadelight Ranger
When Jadelight Ranger enters the battlefield, it explores, then it explores again. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard. Then repeat this process.)
Thrashing Brontodon
{1}, Sacrifice Thrashing Brontodon: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Adventurous Impulse
Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Decklisty Standard
UW Control
Autumnlily
Online PTQ
Sideboard
1 Field of Ruin
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1 Fumigate |
1 Admiral's Order |
3 Authority of the Consuls |
2 Karn, Scion of Urza |
3 Lyra Dawnbringer |
4 Negate
|
Hieroglyphic Illumination
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Syncopate
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Field of Ruin
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles their library.
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
2. SCG Open Atlanta & Baltimore
Další dění na standardu ovlivňovaly hlavně SCG, i když pouze prostřednictvím týmových turnajů a nedělních klasik (přijde mi škoda, že ani po banech nevrátili standard do pozice maineventu).
V prvním Open bylo ve druhém dni 28 týmů, mezi kterými byly k vidění tyto decky:
- 6× Monored Aggro
- 4× BR Aggro (Vehicles)
- 3× UW Control
- 3× Hadana Constrictor
- 2× UW Flash
- 1× BUG Midrange
- 1× UR Gift
- 1× GW Midrange
- 1× BG Constrictor
- 1× BUG Enegry
- 1× WB Vehicles
- 1× RW Aggro
- 1× GW Approach
- 1× Monoblack Control
- 1× Goblin Gift
Z výhry se radoval tým ve složení Rudy Briksza, Brian Basoco a Jonathan Job, jejichž standardovou volnou byl UW Control. Ve finále s ním Rudy Briksza hrál proti RB Aggru.
V top8 byl dále k vidění BUG Constrictor, další dvě RB Aggra, dvakrát Monored a UW Control.
Opět nezklamal Todd Stevens, když hrál zajímavý BUG Midrange s playsety Karnů a Treasure Map. Originální byla taky GW Rampa s Approachem či Monoblack Midrange.
Decklisty Standard
UW Control
Rudy Briksza
SCG Open Atlanta
Blink of an Eye
Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Field of Ruin
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles their library.
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Decklisty Standard
BUG Midrange
Todd Stevens
SCG Open Atlanta
Hinterland Harbor
Hinterland Harbor enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U} to your mana pool.
Woodland Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest. {T}: Add {B} or {G} to your mana pool.
Golden Demise
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If you have the city's blessing, instead only creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Naturalize
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Field of Ruin
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles their library.
Decklisty Standard
GW Approach
Joseph Pressley
SCG Open Atlanta
Approach of the Second Sun
Desert of the Indomitable
Grow from the Ashes
Kicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell.) Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. If this spell was kicked, instead search your library for two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Baffling End
When Baffling End enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls with converted mana cost 3 or less.
When Baffling End leaves the battlefield, target opponent creates a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token with trample.
Arch of Orazca
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
{T}: Add {C}.
{5}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate this ability only if you have the city's blessing.
Gift of Paradise
Enchant land
When Gift of Paradise enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.
Enchanted land has "{T}: Add two mana of any one color."
Thrashing Brontodon
{1}, Sacrifice Thrashing Brontodon: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Decklisty Standard
Monoblack Midrange
Phillip Werner
SCG Open Atlanta
Maindeck
Land
4 Cabal Stronghold
2 Field of Ruin
Other
4 Dread Shade
2 Josu Vess, Lich Knight
20 Swamp
2 Cast Down
2 Arguel's Blood Fast
Cabal Stronghold
{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Add {B} for each basic Swamp you control.
Divest
Target player reveals their hand. You choose an artifact or creature card from it. That player discards that card.
Golden Demise
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If you have the city's blessing, instead only creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Field of Ruin
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles their library.
Decklisty Standard
RB Aggro
Kwame Gunn
SCG Open Atlanta
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Unlicensed Disintegration
Rekindling Phoenix
Flying
When Rekindling Phoenix dies, create a 0/1 red Elemental creature token with "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature and return target card named Rekindling Phoenix from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste until end of turn."
Sorcerous Spyglass
As Sorcerous Spyglass enters the battlefield, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Nedělního standard se zúčastnilo 153 hráčů, mezi kterými se nejvíce dařilo Charlesu Porgesovi, který hrál GB Constrictora s Karny v mainu. Jinak byl ale nejúspěšnější archetyp turnaje UW Control, který měl v top8 hned čtyři zástupce - dvakrát verze s Gearhulky, jednou s Approachem a jeden Flash s Raffem Capashenem.
Nejzajímavější deck v top16 byl BW Control s Approachem, se kterým skončil na desátém místě David Jones.
Decklisty Standard
GB Constrictor
Charles Porges
SCG Classic Atlanta
Woodland Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest. {T}: Add {B} or {G} to your mana pool.
Moment of Craving
Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.
Tetzimoc, Primal Death
Deathtouch
{B}, Reveal Tetzimoc, Primal Death from your hand: Put a prey counter on target creature. Activate this ability only during your turn.
When Tetzimoc enters the battlefield, destroy each creature your opponents control with a prey counter on it.
Jadelight Ranger
When Jadelight Ranger enters the battlefield, it explores, then it explores again. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard. Then repeat this process.)
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Thrashing Brontodon
{1}, Sacrifice Thrashing Brontodon: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Adventurous Impulse
Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Decklisty Standard
BW Control
David Jones
SCG Classic Atlanta
Approach of the Second Sun
Isolated Chapel
Isolated Chapel enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Mastermind's Acquisition
Choose one —
• Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
• Choose a card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand.
Moment of Craving
Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.
The Immortal Sun
Players can't activate planeswalkers' loyalty abilities.
At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card.
Spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
Orazca Relic
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice Orazca Relic: You gain 3 life and draw a card. Activate this ability only if you have the city's blessing.
Arch of Orazca
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
{T}: Add {C}.
{5}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate this ability only if you have the city's blessing.
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Sorcerous Spyglass
As Sorcerous Spyglass enters the battlefield, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Field of Ruin
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles their library.
O týden později byla velmi podobná návštěvnost a shodou okolností znovu postoupilo do druhého dne 28 týmů. Opět byla velmi populární červená aggra, kterým ale zdatně konkurovaly WB Vehicly:
- 7× WB Vehicles
- 4× UW Control
- 4× Monored Aggro
- 3× RB Aggro
- 2× GW Midrange
- 2× UW Flash
- 1× Monogreen Aggro
- 1× RGu Dinosaurs
- 1× GB Constrictor
- 1× Hadana Constrictor
- 1× BUG Midrange
Z vítězství se radovala poměrně exoticky znějící trojice Alexander Ferzola, James Lu a Roshen Eapen, která ignorovala rozložení metagame, když její standardovou volbou byl GB Constrictor (klasická verze s Impulsy a Chupacabrami).
Zajímavý deck byl na druhém místě - šlo o agresivně laděný UW Midrange s Heart of Kiran, který hrál Brennan DeCandio. Dle jeho slov byl deck stavěný do metagame, kde je nejhranější deck UW Control a celý turnaj prohrával na to, že neměl dost odpovědí na Heart of Kiran...
Ve zbytku top8 bylo rovnou čtyřikrát WB Aggro/Vehicly, UW Flash a Monogreen Aggro s minimální černou splashí na Scroungera.
Decklisty Standard
UW Midrange
Brennan DeCandio
SCG Open Baltimore
Maindeck
4 Irrigated Farmland
Other
3 Lyra Dawnbringer
2 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
2 Gideon of the Trials
4 Karn, Scion of Urza
3 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
3 Cast Out
4 History of Benalia
3 Seal Away
3 Heart of Kiran
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Field of Ruin
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles their library.
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Další den hrálo klasiku 139 hráčů. Z výhry se radoval Zan Syed, který hrál stock verzi WB Aggra.
Na předních příčkách nebylo k vidění nic extra zajímavého - v top8 Zana doplnila dvojice BR Agger, dva UW Flashe, dva Monogreeny (oba s černou splashí) a UW Control.
3. GP Birmingham
Trvalo tři týdny, než se standard s Dominarií dostal na program GP. Hrálo se v Birminghamu, což bylo dvojité GP, kde se hrála taky legačka. Na tu sice přišlo o trochu víc hráčů, ale 1 169 není žádný propadák.
Bohužel, z hlediska rozmanitosti formátu to propadák byl. GP jednoznačně ovládlo BR Aggro, které mělo šest zástupců v top8 a dokonce devatenáct v top32!
S deckem se premiérové výhry na GP dočkal Simon Nielsen, když ve finále porazil Leo Lahonena s nejzajímavějším deckem v top8, což byl UW Control "bez winkondice". Vyhrát šlo jenom jedním Gideonem a jinak byla jediná cesta k výhře emblém Teferiho a dolízání soupeře.
S BR Aggrem s velmi dařilo naší dvojici Martin Jůza a Petr Sochůrek. Martin byl dokonce na krásném čtvrtém místě (vyrovnal opět Shuheie - oba teď mají neuvěřitelných 29 top8). Petrovi chyběl do top8 malý kousek - desáté místo je ale taky skvělý výsledek.
Celkově to ve top32 vypadalo takhle:
- 19× BR Aggro
- 4× UW Control
- 3× BW Aggro
- 2× GB Constrictor
- 2× Monored Aggro
- 2× Grixis Energy
- 1× Gb Aggro
- 1× UB Midrange
- 1× UW Gift
Kromě zmiňovaného UW Controlu mi jako jediný zajímavější deck přišla zvláštní verze Grixis Energy, který měla pozměněnou manabase k tomu, aby mohla hrát playset Chainwhirlerů.
Decklisty Standard
RB Aggro
Simon Nielsen
GP Birmingham
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Unlicensed Disintegration
Rekindling Phoenix
Flying
When Rekindling Phoenix dies, create a 0/1 red Elemental creature token with "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature and return target card named Rekindling Phoenix from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste until end of turn."
Angrath, the Flame-Chained
+1: Each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life.
−3: Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step if it has converted mana cost 3 or less.
−8: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of cards in their graveyard.
Cinder Barrens
Cinder Barrens enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Decklisty Standard
UW Control
Leo Lahonen
GP Birmingham
Blink of an Eye
Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.
Memorial to Genius
Memorial to Genius enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {4}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice Memorial to Genius: Draw two cards.
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Syncopate
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Sorcerous Spyglass
As Sorcerous Spyglass enters the battlefield, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Field of Ruin
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles their library.
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Decklisty Standard
Grixis Energy
Sascha Schwarz
GP Birmingham
Sideboard
2 Abrade
|
2 Arguel's Blood Fast |
1 Cut // Ribbons |
3 Doomfall |
2 Duress |
1 Hour of Devastation |
1 Jace's Defeat |
2 Negate |
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
|
Sulfur Falls
Sulfur Falls enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R} to your mana pool.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Sorcerous Spyglass
As Sorcerous Spyglass enters the battlefield, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
4. Online PTQ #2
Souběžně s GP se hrálo i další online PTQ, které již ale bylo výsledky GP z části ovlivněno. Zúčastnilo se ho velmi pěkných 354 hráčů a na první pohled přináši velmi zajímavé výsledky s celkem rozmanitou top8.
Z vítězství se tu radoval "Tirentu" s WB Aggrem, se kterým uhrál perfektní skóre 13:0.
Za ním se seřadil BG Constrictor, UW Control, RB Aggro, Monored, další BR Aggro, velmi zajímavý Boros s Path of Mettle a History of Benalia a konečně UW Approach s playsetem Secrets of the Golden City.
Když se ale podíváme na všechny hráče (28), kteří dosáhli na skóre 7:3 a lépe, tak opět zjistíme, že mezi nimi byl suverénně nejhranější deck RB Aggro:
- 12× BR Aggro
- 2× GB Constrictor
- 2× UW Control
- 2× Monored Aggro
- 1× WB Aggro
- 1× RW Aggro
- 1× Esper Midrange
- 1× UB Midrange
- 1× BUG Midrange
- 1× Gb Aggro
- 1× Monogreen Aggro
- 1× Big Red
- 1× UG Midrange
- 1× Esper Control
Z těchto decků mne zcela určitě nejvíce zaujal UG Midrange s artefaktovou tématikou, kterému vévodil playset Karnů.
Decklisty Standard
WB Aggro
Tirentu
Online PTQ
Maindeck
3 Swamp
Other
3 Knight of Malice
2 Lyra Dawnbringer
4 INSTANTS and SORC.
2 Cast Out
2 Gideon of the Trials
4 Heart of Kiran
4 History of Benalia
4 Karn, Scion of Urza
Isolated Chapel
Isolated Chapel enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Decklisty Standard
Boros Aggro
musyaaaashi2
Online PTQ
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Clifftop Retreat
Clifftop Retreat enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.
Fanatical Firebrand
Haste
{T}, Sacrifice Fanatical Firebrand: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Decklisty Standard
UG Midrange
yoman5
Online PTQ
Sideboard
2 Aether Meltdown
|
1 Aethersphere Harvester |
2 Crushing Canopy |
1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary |
3 Negate |
1 Nissa, Steward of Elements |
1 River's Rebuke |
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship |
3 Thrashing Brontodon
|
Hinterland Harbor
Hinterland Harbor enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U} to your mana pool.
Llanowar Elves
Tap to add green mana to your mana pool. This tap can be played as an interrupt.
Thrashing Brontodon
{1}, Sacrifice Thrashing Brontodon: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Adventurous Impulse
Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
5. Monthly MOCS (+ GP Vancouver & SCG Louisville)
O týden později bylo hlavní událostí z pohledu dvojky online championship, ačkoli se ale hrálo i na GP a SCG, tam šlo ale pouze o týmový turnaj, potažmo nedělní sideevent.
MOCS se zúčastnilo 264 hráčů, z nichž šest výher (z osmi kol) potřebných k postupu do čtvrtletního finále získalo hned šestatřicet hráčů. Z turnaje ale pochopitelně bylo zveřejněno jenom prvních 32 decklistů, mezi kterými to vypadalo takhle:
- 9× RB Aggro
- 3× Monored Aggro
- 3× GB Constrictor
- 2× Gb Aggro
- 2× UW Control
- 2× UB Midrange
- 2× Esper Control
- 2× UW Gift
- 1× Esper Midrange (UB splash Teferi)
- 1× Paradoxical Reservoir
- 1× UB Control
- 1× Monogreen Aggro
- 1× WB Aggro
- 1× UW Benalia
- 1× GB Midrange
Na RB Aggro stále nidko nenašel účinný recept, ale metagame zůstává relativně rozmanitá. Novinkou je UB Control, který hraje jenom minimální bílou splash na Teferiho, a speciální zmínku si určitě zaslouží monoblue kombo s Paradoxical Outcomem a Aetherflux Reservoirem, kde byl skutečně zajímavě využit Mox Amber (v mainu nebyly žádné legendy, ale i přesto šlo o fajn enabler)
Zbývá ještě dodat, že jediným hráčem se skóre 8:0 byl "FestiFan", který hrál agresivnější verzi RBčka s Earthshaker Khenrou a Hazoret.
Decklisty Standard
BR Aggro
FestiFan
Monthly MOCS
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Unlicensed Disintegration
Rekindling Phoenix
Flying
When Rekindling Phoenix dies, create a 0/1 red Elemental creature token with "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature and return target card named Rekindling Phoenix from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste until end of turn."
Angrath, the Flame-Chained
+1: Each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life.
−3: Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step if it has converted mana cost 3 or less.
−8: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of cards in their graveyard.
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Decklisty Standard
Esper Control
Dazai
Monthly MOCS
Isolated Chapel
Isolated Chapel enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.
Syncopate
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Field of Ruin
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles their library.
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Evolving Wilds
{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
Decklisty Standard
Paradoxical Reservoir
Diabloxsc
Monthly MOCS
Padeem, Consul of Innovation
Baral, Chief of Compliance
Mox Amber
{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.
Silent Gravestone
Cards in graveyards can't be the targets of spells or abilities.
{4}, {T}: Exile Silent Gravestone and all cards from all graveyards. Draw a card.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Sorcerous Spyglass
As Sorcerous Spyglass enters the battlefield, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Traveler's Amulet
{1}, Sacrifice Traveler's Amulet: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
Z GP Vancouver máme jenom velmi málo informací. Účastnilo se 389 týmů, z nichž padesát postoupilo do druhého dne. Ve standardu metagame víceméně kopírovala výsledky MOCS:
- 15× RB Aggro
- 7× WB Aggro
- 7× BG Constrictor
- 7× Monored Aggro
- 3× Monogreen Aggro
- 3× UW Control
- 2× UB Midrange
- 7× ostatní
Decklisty byly zveřejněny pouze u prvních čtyř týmů, kde jsme mohli vidět dva UW Controly, WB Aggro a RB Aggro. Z vítězství se radovala domácí trojice ve složení Morgan McLaughlins, Chris Harabas a Lucas Siow, která na standardu hrála WB Aggro.
V SCG se hrálo pouze v rámci modernového Open v Louisville, což znamenalo trochu menší účast se 112 hráči. Z výhry se radoval Ben Wienburg s UW Controlem po vzoru Leo Lahonena.
V top8 bylo idět i zajímavé brew v podobě UB Improvisu, který s Karnem a The Antiquities War vypadá konečně celkem hratelně.
Decklisty Standard
UB Improvise
Benjamin Smith
SCG Classic Louisville
Navigator's Compass
When Navigator's Compass enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life. {T}: Until end of turn, target land you control becomes the basic land type of your choice in addition to its other types.
Golden Demise
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If you have the city's blessing, instead only creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Sorcerous Spyglass
As Sorcerous Spyglass enters the battlefield, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Celá top16 pak vypadala takto:
- 4× UW Control
- 3× WB Aggro
- 3× RB Aggro
- 2× Monored Aggro
- 1× UW Gift
- 1× Gb Aggro
- 1× UB Improvise
- 1× GB Constrictor
6. Online PTQ #3
V posledním víkendu před PT bylo největší dvojkovou akcí opět Online PTQ s účastí 317 hráčů. To mimo jiné znamená devět kol základní části a nutnost uhrát 8:1 k postupu do top8 (jeden šťastlivec postoupil i se 7:2).
Z vítězství se tu radoval "Romani" s UW Controlem, když ve finále porazil BG Constrictora. V top8 byl dále ještě jeden BG Constrictor, dvakrát RB Aggro (verze s Earthshaker Khenrou a Hazoret), Monored Aggro a dvojice zajímavých brew v podobě UR Wizardů a New Perspectives komba (s minimalistickou winkondicí v podobě one-of Faith of the Devoted).
Decklisty Standard
UW Control
Romani
Online PTQ
Blink of an Eye
Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.
Gideon's Reproach
Gideon's Reproach deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Memorial to Genius
Memorial to Genius enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {4}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice Memorial to Genius: Draw two cards.
Seal Away
Flash When Seal Away enters the battlefield, exile target tapped creature an opponent controls until Seal Away leaves the battlefield.
Syncopate
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Arch of Orazca
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
{T}: Add {C}.
{5}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate this ability only if you have the city's blessing.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Field of Ruin
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles their library.
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Decklisty Standard
UR Wizards
contrap
Online PTQ
Maindeck
9 Mountain
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Sulfur Falls
Other
4 Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
4 Ghitu Lavarunner
3 Reduce / Rubble
3 Warlord's Fury
4 Wizard's Lightning
Sulfur Falls
Sulfur Falls enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R} to your mana pool.
Admiral's Order
Raid — If you attacked with a creature this turn, you may pay {U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Shock
Shock deals 2 damage to any target.
Opt
Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)
Draw a card.
Decklisty Standard
New Perspectives
ihugiu
Online PTQ
Hinterland Harbor
Hinterland Harbor enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U} to your mana pool.
New Horizons
Enchant land
When New Horizons enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Enchanted land has "{T}: Add two mana of any one color."
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Gift of Paradise
Enchant land
When Gift of Paradise enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.
Enchanted land has "{T}: Add two mana of any one color."
Celkem dosáhlo šestadvacet hráčů na skóre 7:2 a lépe, a k vidění mezi nimi byly následující decky:
- 7× RB Aggro
- 4× GB Constrictor
- 4× Monored Aggro
- 3× Gb Aggro
- 2× UW Control
- 1× UR Wizards
- 1× New Perspectives
- 1× UB Midrange
- 1× Esper Control
- 1× UB Improvise
- 1× BUG Midrange
Opět se konala i další dvojice zajímavých standardů a to v rámci japonského God of Standard a SCG Open Minneapolis.
God of Standard se zúčastnilo 247 hráčů a zvítězil tu Motoaki Itou s WB Aggrem. Na japonské poměry tu byla velmi málo neobvyklých decků - v top16 bychom takto mohli počastovat maximálně tak dvojici Giftů (UB a UR) a BUG Energy bez Winding Constrictora. Jinak to byla víceméně klasika:
- 7× RB Aggro
- 3× Gb Aggro
- 2× UR Gift
- 1× WB Aggro
- 1× Esper Control
- 1× Monored Aggro
- 1× BUG Midrange
Decklisty Standard
UB Gift
Tetsuhiro Takahashi
God of Standard Finals
Ravenous Chupacabra
When Ravenous Chupacabra enters the battlefield, destroy target creature an opponent controls.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Decklisty Standard
BUG Midrange
Matsumoto Keiichirou
God of Standard Finals
Hinterland Harbor
Hinterland Harbor enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U} to your mana pool.
Woodland Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest. {T}: Add {B} or {G} to your mana pool.
Ravenous Chupacabra
When Ravenous Chupacabra enters the battlefield, destroy target creature an opponent controls.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Thrashing Brontodon
{1}, Sacrifice Thrashing Brontodon: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Decklisty Standard
UR Gift
Makihito Mihara
God of Standard Finals
Sulfur Falls
Sulfur Falls enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R} to your mana pool.
Skirk Prospector
Sacrifice a Goblin: Add {R} to your mana pool.
Siege-Gang Commander
When Siege-Gang Commander comes into play, put three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens into play. {1}{R}, Sacrifice a Goblin: Siege-Gang Commander deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
Padeem, Consul of Innovation
Warkite Marauder
Flying
Whenever Warkite Marauder attacks, target creature defending player controls loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 0/1 until end of turn.
Silent Gravestone
Cards in graveyards can't be the targets of spells or abilities.
{4}, {T}: Exile Silent Gravestone and all cards from all graveyards. Draw a card.
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Poslednmí turnaj, na který se dnes podíváme, byla SCG Klasika, opět v rámci modernové open (tentokráte v Minneapolis).
Zúčastnilo se jí 84 hráčů, z nichž se nejlépe dařilo Joshuovi Eganovi s Monored Aggrem.
Po dlouhé době jsme na předních příčkách mohli vidět RG Monstra a ze zajímavějších decků tu shodou okolností stejně jako v Japonsku byl UR Gift a BUG Midrange. Jinak se ale metagame celkem vyrovnala a RB Aggro tu dokonce ani nebylo nejúspěšnějším deckem...
- 4× UW Control
- 3× GB Constrictor
- 2× WB Aggro
- 2× RB Aggro
- 1× Monored Aggro
- 1× RG Monsters
- 1× UR Gift
- 1× UW Flash
- 1× BUG Midrange
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