Two of my friends and I made top 8 in Iowa. 148 people in attendance.
The final match wasn't played. One guy took the plaque, the other the event prizes. So I don't know who technically got 1st/2nd, but it really doesn't matter.
1st/2nd: Solar Flare
1st/2nd: UW Blade
3rd/4th: Fluttershy (Bant Aggro Geist)
3rd/4th: Mono Black Infect
5th-8th: Fluttershy (Bant Aggro Geist)
5th-8th: Wolf Run
5th-8th: UBRG Burning Vengance
5th-8th: U/B Infect
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Just to clarify again. Yes I saw the ones on TCG Player.
I still need:
Alaska
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Hawaii (last deck)
Idaho (Remaining Decks)
Kentucky
Mass
Michigan
Mississippi (Last Deck)
North Carolina
New Jersey
New York (Standings)
Oklahoma (Standings)
Pennsylvania (Standings)
Tennessee
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Prince Edward Island (Standings)
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Just to clarify again. Yes I saw the ones on TCG Player.
I still need:
Alaska
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Hawaii (last deck)
Idaho (Remaining Decks)
Kentucky
Mass
Michigan
Mississippi (Last Deck)
North Carolina
New Jersey
New York (Standings)
Oklahoma (Standings)
Pennsylvania (Standings)
Tennessee
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New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island (Standings)
Good luck getting the lists from arkansas lol. I still haven't seen last years lists. Even PTQ lists takes months to surface.
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That's because they are so behind on things that this year's Top 8 was Jund mirrors...
lol... let's be nice guys. Maybe if we're lucky we'll hear from someone who was there and knows the top-8. I'm not really concerned with finding lists at this point.
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lol... let's be nice guys. Maybe if we're lucky we'll hear from someone who was there and knows the top-8. I'm not really concerned with finding lists at this point.
Odds are you are not gonna get MA's lists. Needless to say the TO there is not the most reputable. I an see what I can do on CT though.
lol... let's be nice guys. Maybe if we're lucky we'll hear from someone who was there and knows the top-8. I'm not really concerned with finding lists at this point.
That's about the only hope lol. I gave up on seeing what even wins here after the last several years.
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In life all we can do is try to make things better. Sitting lost in old ways and fearing change only makes us outdated and ignorant.
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
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I'm not sure that it's correct to classify Wauer's deck as 'U/W Blade'. Yes, it ran a couple of swords, but it didn't have a slew of guys to attach them to.
Besides, now that WRR and UB are going to be so incredibly popular, I think you are going to have to run Ghost Quarter MD, which means giving up inkmoth nexus. At which point, you probably need to stop running Sword anyway.
On second review, he was running Inkmoth and GQ MD already, so maybe you can get away with running 6 MD colorless lands. I would rather have 3 GQ though, as the card is really a must have now.
lol... let's be nice guys. Maybe if we're lucky we'll hear from someone who was there and knows the top-8. I'm not really concerned with finding lists at this point.
What am I, chopped liver? I posted the seven lists I knew on page 2 (or 3).
1. Wolf Run Ramp
2. Mono Red
3. Wolf Run Ramp
4. RUG
5. Tempered Steel
6. Solar Flare
7. Bant Pod
8. ???
Good luck getting the lists from arkansas lol. I still haven't seen last years lists. Even PTQ lists takes months to surface.
Yeah, still upset about that one, considering I won
That's because they are so behind on things that this year's Top 8 was Jund mirrors...
Hey now, why I oughta...ok that was a good one
Edit: If anyone wants to see my second place Mono Red decklist, it's in the Mono Red thread in competitive.
I can't remember where, but I read that some teenager won California States with Wolf Ramp. My friend gave him a draw in the final round so that the kid would make it in and it turns out my friend barely made it as 8th (6-0-3).
I know there was my friend's Solar Flare and the Black Infect that he lost to.
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Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
From the results posted so far I compiled raw numbers on finishes. The order that the numbers are presented are Top 8's, Top 4's (percentage of top 8 making top 4), First place (percent of top 8 getting first)
Wolf Run Ramp - 139, 71 (51%), 23 (16.5%)
Solar Flare - 60, 23 (38%), 5 (8%)
RDW - 39, 18 (46%), 2 (5%)
UB Control - 25, 16 (64%), 5 (20%)
Tokens - 21, 13 (62%), 5 (24%)
UW Blade - 19, 11 (58%), 1 (5%)
UW Aggro - 18, 10 (55.5%), 1 (5.5%)
Pod - 18, 10 (55.5%), 0
Mono Black Infect - 12, 6 (50%), 3 (25%)
Hawkward - 11, 5 (45.5%), 1 (9%)
UW Control - 9, 6 (66.6%), 3 (33.3%)
RUG - 9, 9 (100%), 1 (11%)
Esper - 9, 4 (44.4%), 0
Humans - 8, 3 (37.5%), 0
Tezzeret - 6, 2 (33.3%), 0
Tempered Steel - 5, 4 (80%), 2 (40%)
Grixis - 5, 2 (40%), 0
Puresteel - 4, 1 (25%), 1 (25%)
Bant Geist - 4, 1 (25%), 0
UB infect - 4, 1 (25%), 0
UR - 4, 1 (25%), 0
Burning Vengeance - 3, 1 (33.3%), 0
Moorland Aggro - 2, 2 (100%), 1 (50%)
BUG - 2, 0, 0
Decks with one top 8 that won - UG control, WW
Decks with one top 8 that top 4'd - UW infect, GW control, Bant control
Decks with one top 8 - Junk Vat, UW Shape Anew, Illusions, Mono-U tempo, Vampires, Mono B control
It is hard to get a lot out of the top 8 numbers as either Wolf Run Ramp is the very best deck or played the most (or both). The percentage of decks going on to top 4 and winning is interesting. It appears that UB Control, Tokens, UW Control and Mono-black Infect appear to have good match-ups vs. other top decks. Tempered Steel and Moorland Aggro might also have good match-ups but I think the sample size is a little too small to tell.
An aside that is of personal interest to me (based on what I play) is that RDW numbers are an obvious result of the abysmal match-up that it has vs. Wolf Run Ramp.
EDIT: It is interesting to note that Wolf Run Ramp has more than 2x the number of top 8's as the next deck, more than 3x the number of top 4's and more than 4x the number of wins! It has as many wins as the rest of the top 10 (by top 8 numbers) combined!
Because conservative bias is a far, far worse thing. Liberal bias doesn't, statistically speaking, make people stupid. Conservative bias (or at least Fox's version of it) does.
The only results I want to see are Rhode Island, for the rogue UG deck and it still isn't posted :/
I thought the decklists (and the PW points results) would have been posted by now. I asked the staff @ the store about it last night and the hold-up is due to the TO being a notorious slacker - apparently this is the second year in a row with this problem. I'm gonna drop an email to the head judge & see if he can get things moving. I'll probably also see Kevin (the 2011 champ) on Friday so I'll see if I can get the decklist from him directly.
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The final match wasn't played. One guy took the plaque, the other the event prizes. So I don't know who technically got 1st/2nd, but it really doesn't matter.
1st/2nd: Solar Flare
1st/2nd: UW Blade
3rd/4th: Fluttershy (Bant Aggro Geist)
3rd/4th: Mono Black Infect
5th-8th: Fluttershy (Bant Aggro Geist)
5th-8th: Wolf Run
5th-8th: UBRG Burning Vengance
5th-8th: U/B Infect
EDIT: Posted remaining three deck
Commmander - Eight-and-a-Half Tails; Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker; Prime Speaker Zegana; Alesha, Who Smiles at Death; Daxos the Returned; Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest; Patron of the Moonfolk; Animar, Soul of Elements
Looking at TCGPlayer, New York's Second Place is Solar Flare. Confirm or Deny? Source?
Side Note: tcgplayer has a lot of states results posted if you have not yet checked there.
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I still need:
Alaska
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Hawaii (last deck)
Idaho (Remaining Decks)
Kentucky
Mass
Michigan
Mississippi (Last Deck)
North Carolina
New Jersey
New York (Standings)
Oklahoma (Standings)
Pennsylvania (Standings)
Tennessee
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New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island (Standings)
If you hate the deck, I'm probably playing it!
Thanks, I must have missed it my last time through. Do you know what the last deck was?
If you hate the deck, I'm probably playing it!
*EDIT* Haven't seen a decklist yet, but heard that UW Control won...
Good luck getting the lists from arkansas lol. I still haven't seen last years lists. Even PTQ lists takes months to surface.
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That's because they are so behind on things that this year's Top 8 was Jund mirrors...
lol... let's be nice guys. Maybe if we're lucky we'll hear from someone who was there and knows the top-8. I'm not really concerned with finding lists at this point.
If you hate the deck, I'm probably playing it!
Odds are you are not gonna get MA's lists. Needless to say the TO there is not the most reputable. I an see what I can do on CT though.
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That's about the only hope lol. I gave up on seeing what even wins here after the last several years.
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lol two U/x blade decks lol.
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I don't get it.. since when is U/X blade not a top deck?
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I'm not sure that it's correct to classify Wauer's deck as 'U/W Blade'. Yes, it ran a couple of swords, but it didn't have a slew of guys to attach them to.
Besides, now that WRR and UB are going to be so incredibly popular, I think you are going to have to run Ghost Quarter MD, which means giving up inkmoth nexus. At which point, you probably need to stop running Sword anyway.
On second review, he was running Inkmoth and GQ MD already, so maybe you can get away with running 6 MD colorless lands. I would rather have 3 GQ though, as the card is really a must have now.
What am I, chopped liver? I posted the seven lists I knew on page 2 (or 3).
1. Wolf Run Ramp
2. Mono Red
3. Wolf Run Ramp
4. RUG
5. Tempered Steel
6. Solar Flare
7. Bant Pod
8. ???
Yeah, still upset about that one, considering I won
Hey now, why I oughta...ok that was a good one
Edit: If anyone wants to see my second place Mono Red decklist, it's in the Mono Red thread in competitive.
http://www.the2011s.com/Oklahoma_Decklists.html
I know there was my friend's Solar Flare and the Black Infect that he lost to.
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)Wolf Run Ramp - 139, 71 (51%), 23 (16.5%)
Solar Flare - 60, 23 (38%), 5 (8%)
RDW - 39, 18 (46%), 2 (5%)
UB Control - 25, 16 (64%), 5 (20%)
Tokens - 21, 13 (62%), 5 (24%)
UW Blade - 19, 11 (58%), 1 (5%)
UW Aggro - 18, 10 (55.5%), 1 (5.5%)
Pod - 18, 10 (55.5%), 0
Mono Black Infect - 12, 6 (50%), 3 (25%)
Hawkward - 11, 5 (45.5%), 1 (9%)
UW Control - 9, 6 (66.6%), 3 (33.3%)
RUG - 9, 9 (100%), 1 (11%)
Esper - 9, 4 (44.4%), 0
Humans - 8, 3 (37.5%), 0
Tezzeret - 6, 2 (33.3%), 0
Tempered Steel - 5, 4 (80%), 2 (40%)
Grixis - 5, 2 (40%), 0
Puresteel - 4, 1 (25%), 1 (25%)
Bant Geist - 4, 1 (25%), 0
UB infect - 4, 1 (25%), 0
UR - 4, 1 (25%), 0
Burning Vengeance - 3, 1 (33.3%), 0
Moorland Aggro - 2, 2 (100%), 1 (50%)
BUG - 2, 0, 0
Decks with one top 8 that won - UG control, WW
Decks with one top 8 that top 4'd - UW infect, GW control, Bant control
Decks with one top 8 - Junk Vat, UW Shape Anew, Illusions, Mono-U tempo, Vampires, Mono B control
It is hard to get a lot out of the top 8 numbers as either Wolf Run Ramp is the very best deck or played the most (or both). The percentage of decks going on to top 4 and winning is interesting. It appears that UB Control, Tokens, UW Control and Mono-black Infect appear to have good match-ups vs. other top decks. Tempered Steel and Moorland Aggro might also have good match-ups but I think the sample size is a little too small to tell.
An aside that is of personal interest to me (based on what I play) is that RDW numbers are an obvious result of the abysmal match-up that it has vs. Wolf Run Ramp.
EDIT: It is interesting to note that Wolf Run Ramp has more than 2x the number of top 8's as the next deck, more than 3x the number of top 4's and more than 4x the number of wins! It has as many wins as the rest of the top 10 (by top 8 numbers) combined!
Standard: UWR
Modern: RDW, Twin
Legacy: I am 3 Candelabra of Tawnos from being able to build almost any tier 1 or 1.5 deck. Here are the ones I care about right now:
-Aggro: UWR/RUB/WUB/RUG/UR Delver; Affinity; Burn
-Control: Stoneblade; UWr Miracles; UB Tezzeret
-Combo: Hive Mind; Combo Elves; Omni Tell; T.E.S.
Vintage: Grixis Painter
EDH: Rith, the Awakener
I thought the decklists (and the PW points results) would have been posted by now. I asked the staff @ the store about it last night and the hold-up is due to the TO being a notorious slacker - apparently this is the second year in a row with this problem. I'm gonna drop an email to the head judge & see if he can get things moving. I'll probably also see Kevin (the 2011 champ) on Friday so I'll see if I can get the decklist from him directly.