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Vazdru

23.09.2014: Vol. LXVIII
07.10.2014: Vol. LXIX

new rule:

all but 2 boosters of price-pool will be opened after the event
then winner chooses

a) to open this 2 boosters and to pick in order of final ranking (same procedure as usual) or
b) to take this 2 packs and to pick in third place (apart form that in order of final ranking)
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.

Vazdru

#106
Vol. LXVIII / 10 players / 4 rounds

nice group of players with 3 HL GP-Winners (hauckster, TaZi + goblinpiledriver) + 2 HL GP Top-8-players (MaQi, hitman) + Pro Tour participants (Stephan Black + kenshin + hauckster + TaZi)

1. Stephan 9 pts / Burn (loss vs TaZi)
2. Sebastian / TaZi 9 pts / BUG-Midrange (loss vs. kenshin)
3. Jochen / goblinpiledriver 9 pts / Izzet-Midrange (loss vs. MaQi)
4. Thomas / kenshin 7 pts / Esper-Control (loss vs. Stephan)
5. Thomas / MaQi 7 pts / 4C-Blood (loss vs. hitman)
6. Christian / hauckster 6 pts / 4C-Blood
7. Ronald / hitmanm 6 pts / BRW-Midrange
8. Guiseppe 3 pts / G-Hulk
9. Luis 1 pt / Artifact-Aggro
10. Gerry / Vazdru 1 pt / UBg-AggroControl
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.

tonytahiti

more interesting than all these pro tour/grand prix stats: 4c blood was apparently a fluke. it wins every other week but is not oppressive. in berlin its not even a viable deck, hardly tier 2.
Winner - Pro HL Cup, Prague 2002
Winner - Highlander Regional Masters, Phuket 2006
Winner - Sunrise Trophy Run, Hawaii 2006
Winner - North Dakota HL Championships 2007
Winner - Tahiti "One And Only"-Cup #3, 2009
Winner - Gio di Gio Seria, Florenz, 2016
Winner - Jail or be Jailed, Berlin, 2017

Kenshin

As far as I understood it:
4c-Blood just was the first truly teched out deck after the mulligan changed. It was there before but not overly present, the numbers were right and it was just the deck that coped best with not being able to spoil into the perfect curve. And as people said when it was "the deck everyone talks about", it does not do anything inherently unfair. It "just" pumps out good cards.
So almost a year later, we have other decks that have their numbers right, quite the diverse meta (with 4c blood going down in numbers the UR deck has a harder time sneaking wins, which opened up the possible deck choices a bit) and playing the best cards without much synergy just is not broken in itself. It is still a good deck, but never was unfair and is not overpowered now. Also people of course understood how to play against it.

Vazdru

Vol. LXIX / 4 players / 3 rounds

1. Jochen / goblinpiledriver 7 pts / Ubg-Midrange
2. Gerry / Vazdru 4 pt / UBw-Buried-Alive-ComboControl
3. Ronald / hitman 3 pts / Rock (Mardu)
4. Sebastian / TaZi 2 pts / BUG-Midrange
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.

Vazdru

#110
Vol. 70! will be a HL Cup Trial

Date: 11.11.
Location: Pfannestiel
Fee: 7,00 €
Registration: 19.00
Start: 19:30
max. 16 players
plz preregister

* for each participant I will add 1 Theros Booster / 1 Khans of Thakir Booster / 1 Dark Ascension Booster to price pool
* no proxies allowed this time
* instead of paying starting fee you can add 3 Khans of Thakir Boosters

in the end all but 1 Theros / 1 Khans / 1 Dark Ascension Booster will be opened
everyone has three picks in order of final ranking (unopened Booster can be picked)
additionally winner receives first-round-bye at HL Cup Hanau

preregistered:

1. Ronald / hitman
2. Gerry / Vazdru
3. Thomas / MaQi
4. Sebastian / TaZi
5. Jochen / goblinpiledriver
6. Tobi
7. Sven
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.

Vazdru

#111
HL CUP TRIAL (TNM Vol. 70), 10 players, 4 rounds

1. Christian / hauckster - 12 pts (4C Blood) - http://mtgpulse.com/event/18375#259291
2. Fabian - 9 pts (Izzet-Midrange) - follows
3. Daniel - 7 pts (4C Blood) - http://mtgpulse.com/event/18375#259290
4. Jochen / goblinpiledriver - 6 pts (Izzet-Midrange)
5. Sebastian / TaZi - 6 pts (BUG)
6. Sven / cheiud - 6 pts (Pattern-Rector feat. Melira)
7. Gerry / Vazdru - 5 pts (UBw-Buried-Alive-Combo)
8. Tobi / Araknot - 3 pts (Esper-Helm-Combo-Control)
9. Thomas / MaQi - 2 pts (4C Blood)
10. Ronald / hitman - 1 pts (Burn)
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.

Vazdru

TNM Vol. 72, 5 players, 4 rounds

hitman played Creatureless-Oath-Fastbond-Combo because the rest of the field are convinced Fastbond is a safe unban ...quod erat demonstrandum

1. Sebastian / TaZi 12 pts (Moyschewitz Izzet-Control http://mtgpulse.com/event/18746#263923)
2. Jochen / goblinpiledriver 9 pts (4C Blood)
3. Gerry / Vazdru 6 pts (4C Blood)
4. Ronald / hitman 3 pts (Creatureless-Oath-Fastbond-Combo)
5. Sven / cheuid 0 pts (Jeskai)
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.

Vazdru

TNM Vol. 73, 7 players, 4 rounds

1. Sebastian / TaZi 10 pts (UGr-Scapeshift)
2. Sven / cheuid 9 pts (Jeskai)
3. Gerry / Vazdru 7 pts (Jund-Ramp)
4. Jochen / goblinpiledriver 6 pts (Jeskai)
5. Thomas / kenshin 4 pts (Esper-Control)
6. Jan / Ekop 4 pts (4C-Blood)
7. Ronald / hitman 0 pts (Planeswalker-Control)

we haven't had better price-pools that often:
3 Fetchlands
1 Siege Rhino
1 Mystic Rare
2 Foil Rare
+ 2 unopened Booster
out of 14 boosters in price-pool
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.

Tabris

#114
Do you have the list from Tazi? I am interested to see a 3c version of scapeshift.

Vazdru

Quote from: Tabris on 11-02-2015, 07:17:51 PM
Do you have the list from Tazi? I am interested to see an 3c version of scapeshift.

I don't have it...yet.
I'm pretty sure we will see it on mtg-pulse soon.
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.

Vazdru

TNM Vol. 74, 7 players, 4 rounds

1. Sebastian / TaZi 9 pts (UGr-Scapeshift / loss vs goblinpiledriver)
2. Gerry / Vazdru 9 pts (4C Blood / loss vs TaZi)
3. Jochen / goblinpiledriver 7 pts (Jeskai / loss vs Vazdru)
4. Ronald / hitman 6 pts (BUG)
5. Jan / Ekop 6 pts (4C Blood)
6. Sven / cheiud 6 pts (Jeskai)
7. Thomas / kenshin 4 pts (Esper-Control)
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.

Vazdru

TNM Vol. 75, 6 players, 4 rounds

1. Tobias K. 10 pts (Moyschewitz Izzet-Control http://mtgpulse.com/event/18746#263923)
2. Sebastian / TaZi 7 pts (UGr-Scapeshift / loss vs goblinpiledriver http://mtgpulse.com/event/19651#278275)
3. Gerry / Vazdru 6 pts (Berlin-Jeskai http://mtgpulse.com/event/19676#278298)
4. Jochen / goblinpiledriver 6 pts (4C Blood http://mtgpulse.com/event/19652#277751)
5. Sven / cheiud 3 pts (Jeskai)
6. Ronald / hitman 3 pts (BUG)

i played Jörn Franke's list

r1: vs hitman 0:2
screw / flood

r2: vs cheiud 2:0
works

r3: vs Tobias 0:2
B2B and Blood Moon made the difference, i wonder how Dennis Dölle lost in the finals / imo the matchup is clearly pro Izzet

r4: vs goblinpiledriver 2:1
deck feels good against 4C Blood
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.

Tabris

#118
I wouldnt call it Berlin Jeskai, Jörn is from Halle and his version is very controlish while berlin jeskai lists are usually a bit more midrangy.
I will post my coverage soon so you can see for yourself how it was possible to beat UR ;) (it evolves around UR vs Jeskai not being a 90/10 matchup (we are speaking about 3 in 100 cards)

Vazdru

#119
Quote from: Tabris on 16-04-2015, 02:09:18 PM
(it evolves around UR vs Jeskai not being a 90/10 matchup (we are speaking about 3 in 100 cards)

that is obviously true

Jörn's list has many coloured-mana-symbols and many unbasic lands
when you play vs. Izzet-Control and you tap out later than t3 you have to pray ... i don't like that feeling
g1 i stuck on 4 lands with ajani among other 7-cards in hand and island + 3 nonbasics in play - I decided not to discard and so I tapped out for ajani on an empty board which resolves, he dropped b2b and gg - i never had the chance to play another spell
g2 in midgame he resolves a Blood Moon - I got some fetchies, Brimaz, Elspeth w/o having the chance to find a white mana source not to mention a second one

i guess I could maybe win 3 or 4 out of 10 games against izzet maybe (if I'm lucky) but that bad feeling when tapping out vs Izzet won't disappear

4C Blood has at least some answers against a resolved B2B or Blood Moon (Golgari Charm, Abrupt Decay, Vindicate, Maelstrom Pulse, Reclamation Sage, Pridemage among others) but i can't see any chance for that Jeskai-list to handle it (ok - Venser, Repeal come into my mind but that isn't much).

but I have to confess that Jörn's Jeskai felt pretty good playing against piledrivers 4C Blood


but all games were / are unique - so I need to play more than 8 games to give a vote
i have to confess furthermore that playing (only) 8 basics in a Jeskai-Built is far away from being greedy and is more or less "state-of-the-art"
Far below the earth
Where the demons hunt the souls of those that sleep
In the city of the Vazdru and the Drin
Where the black flame burns inside the palace fountain.