Top 8 from SCG Columbus (plus three)

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Posted on Jan. 22, 2017, 11:05 p.m. by clayperce

Sure it's just Week 1, but here's our first glimpse at the top decks of AER Standard:

And for those who are interested, here are the top-performing Izzet, Dimir, and Gruul decks from the weekend:

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Jim Davis' U/B Control (Top 16 SCG Columbus)

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Bronson Gervasi's G/R Energy (Top 64 SCG Columbus)

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SCORE: 2 | 1 COMMENT | 44 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

Zaueski says... #2

B/G counters got top 3 and Saheeli shows herself to be a real contender. Its about where I thought it would be although I'm surprised about the two oddballs, wouldn't have picked them for coming back.

January 23, 2017 12:39 a.m.

EmblemMan says... #3

Saheeli, BG delirium, and GW tokens I all kind of guessed. I tested some GW token builds and it was pretty obvious the deck is still very powerful and with walking ballista they have a lot more resiliency against the combo which is the biggest problems with decks starting out is just "How do I not lose to this straight up". I also expected a UB deck to potentially top 8 but jim davis still did well with his so thats something I suppose.

January 23, 2017 9:08 a.m.

clayperce says... #4

EmblemMan,
I was expecting more UB or Grixis as well.
By the way, I went ahead and added Jim's deck to the OP.

January 23, 2017 9:55 a.m.

pumpkinwavy says... #5

Interesting. Not surprised that Rishkar, Peema Renegade is in almost every green deck, but I think I underestimated Walking Ballista. I expected Daniel Fournier's type saheeli combo to be more popular than the 4 colour version but maybe building around Felidar Guardian more than just as a infinite combo piece but also a value creature is better. I'm excited to see how this shakes up!

I think the pros are hiding some insane improvise decks, though. I'm considering buying a bunch of Herald of Anguish.

January 23, 2017 5 p.m.

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