Top 8s this weekend: Insane diversity!
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Posted on June 4, 2017, 11:12 a.m. by clayperce
Top 8s for GP Manila and GP Amsterdam are up, and just look at all those different Archetpyes:
- Esper Vehicles
- UW Flash
- Mardu Blue
- Mono-B Zombies
- Temur Marvel
- RG Pummeler
- BG Constrictor
- Mardu Vehicles
- BG Delirium
- BG Delirium
- BG Energy
- BG Energy
- Temur Marvel
- Esper Vehicles
- RG Pummeler
- UR Control
Thank you Wizards, for making Standard fun again!
theravagezz says... #3
Although nothing has a Amonkhet card in the name most definitely doesn't mean there aren't Amonkhet cards in the deck list.
June 4, 2017 5:10 p.m.
McSleuthburger says... #4
then you look at GP Omaha and their top 8 was basically temur Marvel
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June 4, 2017 7:48 p.m.
McSleuthburger,
Yeah Omaha was not exactly the paragon of diversity. Ah well, it's still soooooooo nice to see a variety of decks at the top of (most of) the charts!
June 4, 2017 9:09 p.m.
Boza,
And your point is ... ?
I mean UW Flyers and UR Control have been archetypes since Alpha. That doesn't detract from the fact that we may finally have a diverse Standard again.
June 4, 2017 9:13 p.m. Edited.
My point is that Wizards have designed a set with so far near 0 impact on standard. There are a few Dissenter's Deliverance and Dispossess in the lists, but that is about the extent of Amonkhet on standard this weekend. Two points arise from this:
1/ bans > good design
2/ kaladesh block has too high of a power level.3/ They may be banning more from it.
June 6, 2017 7:34 a.m.
Boza,
If you're saying that Amonkhet has had zero impact on Standard, that's simply wrong. 16% of the cards in Standard right now are from Amonkeht. and 14% of the cards in the Top 8s of last weekend's GPs are from Amonkhet. That's almost exactly what we'd hope to see form a well-balanced set.
I totally agree with you though that the power level of Kaladesh was too high. Kaladesh is also 16% of the cards in Standard, but it was 43% of the cards in the Top 8s last weekend. But AKH isn't under-represented (OGW, SOI, and EMN are).
The details are here if you're interested.
Boza says... #2
However, none of these archetypes are from Amonkhet, except maybe zombies. So yay for bans I guess
June 4, 2017 12:52 p.m.