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Week 3 - Tier 1 Decks - January 31, 2000
GP Madrid in Faroff Spain has just been completed and once again another metagame is in place. This time however, you do not see the slower controlish decks that have done well in the the previous few weeks, this metagame is defined by the combination decks of Necro-Donate and Necro-Pebbles (Both of which has double top-8 representation).
NECRO-DONATE
4 Demonic Consultation
4 Brainstorm
4 Duress
4 Force of Will
4 Necropotence
4 Illusions of Grandeur
3 Donate
3 Vampiric Tutor
1 Hoodwink
4 Mana Vault
4 Dark Ritual
3 Peat Bog
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Underground River
4 Underground Sea
6 Swamp
Sideboard
4 Phyrexian Negator
4 Hydroblast
3 Contagion
2 Mana Short
1 Hoodwink
1 Kaervek's Spite
NECRO-PEBBLES
4 Necropotence
4 Dark Ritual
4 Demonic Consultation
4 Duress
2 Vampiric Tutor
4 Academy Rector
3 Enduring Renewal
1 Aura of Silence
4 Goblin Bombardment
4 Shield Sphere
1 Phyrexian Walker
3 Mox Diamond
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Badlands
4 Scrubland
3 Peat Bog
3 Phyrexian Tower
Sideboard
4 Pyroblast
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Null Rod
1 City of Solitude
1 Dystopia
2 Disenchant
2 Phyrexian Walker
2 Pyroclasm
1 Kaervek's Spite
This is pretty much the same deck that made top 8 in PT Chicago and as you can still see it is still the dominate force that it was there. |
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Week 2 - Tier 1 Decks - Janurary 17, 2000
GP Seattle has come and gone and a new set of top 8 decks have created a new meta game of top tier decks.
With heavy representation of Mono-Red, Counter-Oath and Counter-Sliver, these three now represent the top tier of Extended deck construction.
MONO-RED
4 Incinerate
3 Price of Progress
4 Hammer of Bogardan
4 Monk Fanatic
3 Viashino Sandstalker
4 Jackal Pup
4 Shock
4 Fireblast
3 Ball Lightning
4 Cursed Scroll
1 Final Fortune
19 Mountain
4 Wasteland
Sideboard
3 Spellshock
3 Anarchy
4 Pyroblast
1 Price of Progress
4 Pyrokenisis
Good Lord, every Season a new incarnation of this thing rears its ugly head. What can I say? It still wins.
COUNTER-SLIVER
3 Demonic Consultation
3 Swords to Plowshares
3 Disenchant
4 Muscle Sliver
4 Winged Sliver
4 Acidic Sliver
4 Crystalline Sliver
4 Hibernation Sliver
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
4 Flood Plains
2 Undiscovered Paradise
2 Gemstone Mine
3 City of Brass
1 Scrubland
1 Volcanic Island
2 Tropic Island
1 Savannah
3 Tundra
4 Underground Sea
Sideboard
3 Ebony Charm
1 Disenchant
1 Worship
1 Squee Goblin Nabob
3 Null Rod
3 Pyroblast
3 Survival of the Fittest
This is what I played at PTQ Toronto. It routinely beats the crap out of Necro and isn't terrible against anything. The mana, however, is truly ugly.
COUNTER-OATH
4 Brainstorm
3 Impulse
4 Force of Will
4 Counterspell
1 Forbid
1 Disrupt
2 Gaea's Blessing
1 Morphling
1 Spike Weaver
1 Spike Feeder
4 Enlightened Tutor
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Oath of Druids
1 Aura of Silence
1 Null Rod
1 Abundance
1 Trade Routes
1 Ivory Mask
2 Sylvan Library
4 Tundra
4 Tropical Island
3 Treetop Village
1 Faerie Conclave
4 Wasteland
3 Flood Plain
1 Savannah
1 Adarkar Wastes
2 Islands
Sideboard
2 Powder Keg
1 Phyrexian Furnace
1 Compost
2 Oath of Druids
1 Crater Hellion
1 Aura of Silence
1 Circle of Protection : Red
1 Sacred Ground
2 Mana Short
3 Annul
This is the version that Bob Maher won GP Seattle with. Similar to the version of week 1, this version has cut back on the red for Spike Weaver. making the mana a little better. However, which version is actually better, remains to be seen.
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Week 1 -Tier 1 decks - January 9, 2000
NECRO-PEBBLES
4 Academy Rector
2 Phyrexian Walker
4 Shield Sphere
1 Aura of Silence
4 Dark Ritual
4 Demonic Consultation
4 Duress
3 Enduring Renewal
4 Goblin Bombardment
1 Mana Vault
3 Mox Diamond
4 Necropotence
4 Badlands
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
3 Peat Bog
3 Phyrexian Tower
4 Scrubland
SIDEBOARD
1 Abeyance
3 Aura of Silence
1 Defense of the Heart
2 Mana Short
2 Peacekeeper
4 Pyroblast
2 Wasteland
COUNTER-OATH
1 Morphling
1 Shard Phoenix
1 Spike Feeder
1 Abundance
1 Aura of Silence
4 Brainstorm
4 Counterspell
1 Disrupt
4 Enlightened Tutor
1 Forbid
4 Force of Will
2 Gaea's Blessing
3 Impulse
1 Ivory Mask
1 Null Rod
2 Oath of Druids
1 Powder Keg
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Sylvan Library
1 Trade Routes
1 Faerie Conclave
3 Flood Plain
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Savannah
3 Treetop Village
4 Tropical Island
4 Tundra
2 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
SIDEBOARD
1 Aura of Silence
1 Circle of Protection: Red
1 Compost
1 Crater Hellion
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Light of Day
2 Mana Short
2 Oath of Druids
1 Peacekeeper
1 Phyrexian Furnace
1 Powder Keg
1 Sacred Ground
1 Swords to Plowshares
I was always had a soft spot for Counter-Oath. I designed an early version that I played in the last round of Extended PTQ's, however, that version wasn't half as good as this one (Bob Maher's/Ben Pun's-1st PT Chicago). This is definately one of the best decks available now and of tier 1 quality.
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