 | Date Posted: 3/31/2009
Posted By: Matthew Ratz
Member Since: 2/29/2008
Number of Replies: 7
Last Post: 3/31/2009 |
| | So..... how'd it go in Indiana? | Yeah
Playing to Win is Playing for Fun - Matthew Ratz |
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 | Date Posted: 3/31/2009
Posted By: Ben Warren
Member Since: 3/18/2008
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| I went 6-4 in the Standard 5K. Mike went 4-3. Overall, I probably should have went 7-3. I made a few mistakes. There were really only 2 matchups that I should have lost. I played 5CC 3 times, Jund Ramp 2 times, 2 versions of Bant, 1 Grixis Control, and 2 R/W Lark decks. I beat the 5CC all three matches, lost to both of the Jund Ramps, went 1-1 against the Bant decks, beat the Grixis Control, and went 1-1 against the R/W Larks. I was playing 5C Planeswalkers. I should have only lost to the 2 Jund Ramp decks. I had the ability to beat the R/W Lark and Bant decks that I also lost to, but play mistakes made me an unhappy camper. I also failed to put Swerve or Wild Ricochet in my board, so Banefire made me a sad panda. I definitely suggest to anyone that plays a Standard constructed tournament to run at least 2 of those cards in your 75 somewhere. Banefire is big. Really big. You have to have a plan against it or you lose. The thing that I really liked however, was that the format is so diverse now. It used to be about 3-5 decks that always won. Now it's about 10 decks that have the ability to win.
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| Date Posted: 3/31/2009
Posted By: Ben Warren
Member Since: 3/18/2008
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| We didn't play in the PTQ because we wanted extra sleep, so we did a side draft and sucked it up. I lost in the draft because I forgot to pay for Wild Leotau's upkeep. Suck!
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 | Date Posted: 3/31/2009
Posted By: Martin Stanley
Member Since: 2/29/2008
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| Do you have any idea which deck won the Standard 5k?
Terry Hoitz: I'm like a peacock, you gotta let me fly! |
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| Date Posted: 3/31/2009
Posted By: Ben Warren
Member Since: 3/18/2008
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| It's on starcitygames.com
It also has the top 16.
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| Date Posted: 3/31/2009
Posted By: Ben Warren
Member Since: 3/18/2008
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| BTW, there were 432 people at the Standard 5k. I believe I broke the top 75. Woot!
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| How about that G/W Overrun deck? Martial Coup & Overrun in the deck.
"True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read." - Pliny the Elder |
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| Date Posted: 3/31/2009
Posted By: Ben Warren
Member Since: 3/18/2008
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| I don't believe I ever saw that deck run, but it seemed pretty awesome!
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