Expected meta for GP Chicago
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Posted on June 15, 2014, 3:53 p.m. by Lord007
So I'm just throwing this out there since I'll be looking to attend said GP and want to tune my sideboard (but no link to the list, since that's illegal on this forum ;) ) and I was curious what you guys all think the meta will look like. For reference, day two of GP Moscow had 25% of people running Jund monsters, but Burn just did really well so what do people expect will be the counter to burn?
Mono Blue Devotion has the potencial to show up again, after what happend at SCGPROV. Also, to answer the question, it's quite effective against monsters and burn.
MUD an embarrassingly easy deck to beat, but only if you have the right tools in your sideboard. Typically, await Mono Black Devotion in all splashes (because this deck will never go away completely), Monsters (Gruul/Naya/Jund) and probably Orzhov Midrange.
Also, Black players, don't go all in with Abrupt Decay , just in chase the detentionsphere-less version of W/B Control shows up in big numbers.
June 15, 2014 4:35 p.m.
@TexasDice Do you have any specific sideboard tools that hose MUD? Thats a match I've not playtested against.
June 17, 2014 1:54 p.m.
A deck that relies on having a board presence at all times, dies to timed removal very easily. If you can deal with Thassa, God of the Sea and Master of Waves , you basically win the game, because all other creatures are underwhelming and comparably weak. If you can't do that, MUD wins.
Anger of the Gods is good against almost all creatures, if cast on curve. ((Frostburn Weird and the Master being the exeptions).
Ratchet Bomb is okay.
Last Breath /Dimir Charm hit every creature in the deck.
Deicide can remove the most endurable of their wincons.
Gainsay is backbreaking.
The bomb of course, is Mistcutter Hydra . Their only way to stop it, is to overload Cyclonic Rift .
A secret card I like to play out of nowhere, is Rakdos Charm . It deals with Bident of Thassa and can even kill the MUD Player, if you let him resolve a gigantic Master of Waves.
Mono Black doesn't need a lot of help, sideboarding a few Doom Blades should be enough, especially since MUD is pretty vunerable to Pack Rat and Bile Blight already.
Sphinx's Revelation Players shouldn't worry about anything, it basically a buy. Unless you're running the detention sphere-less version of the deck, then I recommend putting some Spheres in the board.
Concerning red aggro players/burn decks... I've got nothing. It's your worst matchup and near hopeless. Splash white for Chained to the Rocks and Warleader's Helix maybe...?
June 17, 2014 3:54 p.m.
Orzhov Midrange or what? If so, I wouldn't think that much about it.
Last Breath would be okay, so would Orzhov Charm and Deicide ...
Honestly, Banishing Light and a few copies of Doom Blade are more than enough. If you're running Pack Rat , that's a game plan by itself.
You could also try to leave Blood Baron at home and run Archangel of Thune instead. It blocks more stuff and can pump up Mutavaults by a lot. That however would hurt your Mirror, Esper and MBD Matchups.
June 18, 2014 9:54 a.m.
Sorry, I'm running Orzhov Weenies :/
currently Bile Blight seems to hit everything except Thassa, God of the Sea
June 18, 2014 12:53 p.m.
Just thought I'd update you guys after the tournament, I played in day one, went 5-4, and then did the SSS Standard on Sunday and went 6-4. I played R/w Burn 5 times between day one and 2, played MUD once, some form of MBD 4 times, G/W aggro twice (same guy, day one then in the SSS) RDW once, a form of monsters 3 times, and some form of control 2 times
Servo_Token says... #2
Expect Mono Blue in higher proportions. It recently took down a SCG Open, and it's apparently back on the map so more people are trying for it. Adjust your sideboard accordingly.
Other than that, Black devotion is on a slight down swing, Jund monsters is a huge thing, burn is on a downswing, and UW control may or may not have detention spheres anymore.
June 15, 2014 4:23 p.m.