Sleep and Time Warp were some nice additions to the deck and gives the deck even more options than just trying to fog for time or cascade into potentially non-lethal Grindings. The most unique deck of the weekend probably falls under Nicastri’s Mannequin control deck or Albertus Law’s take on the formerly deceased Sanity Grinding deck. Instead the weekend largely saw Kithkin show up and do reasonably well for being the big target coming in, 5cc perhaps had some dirt thrown on it a little early and Elffinity basically lived up to it’s full potential with the addition of Elvish Archdruid. However unlike previous times when I’ve collected data and sighed at the Fae dominance, you’ll note the critical 0 in the win column. Surprisingly enough, Faeries once again reigned supreme in regards to the number of Top 8 appearances. Some data points from the Aussie, Jpn, Singapore and Spanish Nationals. Multiple high level players made it work though and it’s a good starting point for future endeavors with the deck. 5cc was probably the biggest surprise for me, since without a clear metagame to work against and the loss of Wrath of God it seemed to be in a tenuous position in Standard. So the metagame looks to consist largely of Combo Elves, Kithkin, Faeries and 5cc with Jund and Red being around to wreck unprepared players. So we now have four major Nationals results in for post-M10 standard, what the results have borne out aren’t entirely surprising, but quite a bit more varied than I expected. While the biggest fighting game tournament was going on, a number of other champions were crowned around the world as a multitude of Nationals took place along with a couple of other high profile money events. Right this is a Magic site, my bad, still getting hype after watching the finals and making plans to attend and play in the 2010 Evo. Evolution 2k9 has come and gone and Diago ‘The Beast’ Umehara is once again champion after besting Justin Wong in Street Fighter 4, oh wait.
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