Everyone who is saying Baneslayer isn't worth it or Baneslayer doesn't see play in enough competitive decks is clearly delusional. If you're playing white in standard and your not playing Baneslayer somewhere in your 75, your deck is most likely not optimal.
This is my list. I went with Escort and Honor was simply because I didn't have Elspeths, but after playing with the above list I prefer Escort and Honor much more. I played a set of 11 game 1's with Jund last night and I won 8. Honor and Escort played a big part because they prevented Jund from easily removing threats with lightning bolt and prevented them from gaining a huge advantage with bituminous blast. Oh you blast my angel and hit pulse for the tokens? I think I will sac my escort thank you. Emeria Angel is also insanely good with Honor of the Pure as you would figure. a 4/4 flyer for 4 that makes 2/2 flyers when you play a land; yes please.
Nobody cares about top 16, if elves didn't make three top eights, nobody would be talking about it.
Yes, people do care about the top 16, it allows for more data gathering and a better picture of what did well. Many articles that analyze an event will go beyond the top 8. If nobody cared about the top 16, why would places like star city even bother posting more than first 8?
I find it hilarious how almost no one is talking about the 2nd place deck being hilarious 5 Color Cascade..
Proxied up the deck, absolutely hilarious to play. Enigma into Enlisted Wurm into Bituminous into Bloodbraid into Blightning ftw.
While that cascade chain is possible, its not very probable. You will most likely not hit every cost perfectly. Although going, say, wurm into elf into blightning/esper charm is going to be profitable still.
So...in reality, no one playing that elf deck with red in it placed.
And that Emeria deck looks rather interesting, to me.
Which is suprising, because I was told that Todd Anderson was running Gr when, in fact, he and his wife played the same 75. Which I guess makes more sense.
boros bushwaker sux imo -- it did well due to surprise, now that everyone is ready for it it loses it's effectiveness. it will never be top tier. seriously, don't play this deck unless you want to lose. Day of Judgement tho is a good card for this deck, you should at least sb it.
This statement is 100% utterly wrong. I have played this deck at FNM last friday and went 6-0-1 and only losing a single game all night, and thats playing against 5 color control twice, Jund once, Vampires, with two random FNM decks thrown in the mix. Did not have a problem at all with the so called best deck in the format aka Jund and also didn't have a problem with all the mass removal that 5CC threw at me. Also, many pros have said they believe this is currently the best deck or one of the best.
4 Sunpetal Grove
4 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs
5 Plains
5 Forest
1 Swamp
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Steward of Valeron
3 Borderland Ranger
2 Dauntless Escort
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Emeria Angel
4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Path to Exile
3 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Honor of the Pure
2 Behemoth Sledge
This is my list. I went with Escort and Honor was simply because I didn't have Elspeths, but after playing with the above list I prefer Escort and Honor much more. I played a set of 11 game 1's with Jund last night and I won 8. Honor and Escort played a big part because they prevented Jund from easily removing threats with lightning bolt and prevented them from gaining a huge advantage with bituminous blast. Oh you blast my angel and hit pulse for the tokens? I think I will sac my escort thank you. Emeria Angel is also insanely good with Honor of the Pure as you would figure. a 4/4 flyer for 4 that makes 2/2 flyers when you play a land; yes please.
Unless you know some people that live in the future, we won't know the top 8 until the remaining 12 rounds of swiss are completed.
Perhaps their jealous that he was a runner-up in the WSOP main event.
Yes, people do care about the top 16, it allows for more data gathering and a better picture of what did well. Many articles that analyze an event will go beyond the top 8. If nobody cared about the top 16, why would places like star city even bother posting more than first 8?
Perhaps you didn't see that there were three Boros Bushwacker decks in the top 16?
While that cascade chain is possible, its not very probable. You will most likely not hit every cost perfectly. Although going, say, wurm into elf into blightning/esper charm is going to be profitable still.
Which is suprising, because I was told that Todd Anderson was running Gr when, in fact, he and his wife played the same 75. Which I guess makes more sense.
Yes, she indeed is his wife.
This statement is 100% utterly wrong. I have played this deck at FNM last friday and went 6-0-1 and only losing a single game all night, and thats playing against 5 color control twice, Jund once, Vampires, with two random FNM decks thrown in the mix. Did not have a problem at all with the so called best deck in the format aka Jund and also didn't have a problem with all the mass removal that 5CC threw at me. Also, many pros have said they believe this is currently the best deck or one of the best.