SCG's Top Decks
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Posted on Oct. 21, 2012, 10:02 p.m. by rckclimber777
Welcome everyone to this week's issue of top decks at the SCG. For your viewing and playtesting pleasure I have put up the top 8 decks from the most recent SCG Standard Open. As always, feel free to use them to test your decks and see how your deck stacks up or for inspiration with that deck that you've been struggling with.
The top 8 this time were littered with midrange decks. Since the variety was a little low in the top 8 I added a few other decks that placed well in different archetypes. So without further ado here are the top decks from this week's standard open.
Frites Decks:
Jund Midrange Decks:
American Midrange
G/W Aggro
Some notable archetypes not in the top 8 were:
G/W Humans
Jund Agro
Bant Control
Hope that this helps as you work to build better decks. If you find that you have a deck that handles these moderately well. Feel free to post it so that we can give feedback. If your deck is struggling post that too so we can help fine tune it to deal with some of the decks your struggling against.
rckclimber777 says... #3
I've personally found it beneficial to play these decks as its helpful to know what decks are currently popular in standard. By playing them, you can get a better appreciation for both their strengths and weaknesses. I know my FNM typically has plenty of people running decks like this as most go to play at tournaments like SCG often. I'm not suggesting you design your deck solely based on these, however if your deck loses to these often, then you may want to tweak the deck. I find that any quality deck available to playtest against is a worthy endeavor. By knowing the weaknesses and strengths of these decks, you can begin to figure out how your deck needs to be in order to get better. As you said, the place where the next big decks start with a deck that defeats the top decks. By using these to playtest one can determine if their deck really is able to handle them pretty easily.
October 21, 2012 11:42 p.m.
DeletedNow4ever says... #6
Even though I look it up on my own because my meta is pretty good and runs a lot of the best decks, I find this useful. I like being able to test against the decks.
October 23, 2012 11:59 p.m.
Just curious how much trouble in playtesting people are having against the number 1 deck on this list?
October 27, 2012 6:38 a.m.
rckclimber777 says... #9
Well Angel of Serenity is pretty beast in that deck. I've found that my 4 color reanimator deck actually can go toe to toe with it. As long as you have the right removal for it, you're fine. Siding in Restoration angel and obviously card:Tormod's Crypt and the deck should flounder for the most part. Blinking one of the creatures being targeted.
The game I just played against it was tough and took a while since both decks were dumping cards into the graveyard quickly and then bringing them back. Everytime the angel showed up, I would have to find a way to kill it, but since I"m running blue, I always had an answer (snapcaster into a tribute or board wipe). It just ended up slowing me down in the end. Its a solid deck and has a lot of strengths particularly against tempo and aggro.
zandl says... #2
Not sure if building a deck based solely on these decks is appropriate unless you're going to a huge tournament like the decks these ones are from.
Most FNM metas are vastly different from competitive-level tournament meta. I know plenty of people who just take on of the Top 4 deck from the last big tourney, sleeve it up, and lose horrendously to my rogue decks each week.
The decks that make Top 8 at these tournaments are specifically designed to beat the same 5 decks over and over. If you want to do well at a tournament like SCG, you either have to get astronomically lucky in your match-ups (I've seen identical lists at both 1st place and 401st place) or build a deck that can take down the top decks but doesn't share the common flaws of those decks. And that's the place where the next big decks are born.
October 21, 2012 11:25 p.m.