UW Control Lessons from America and Europe

Where did the traditional blue-white control decks go in America? With the advent of the Counter-top combo and the printing of Tarmogoyf, it seemed that Counter-top Goyf became the face of the new control. The recent emergence of Blue Lands seemed to have squeezed the remaining UW control decks out of the Top 16 in the Star City Games Open Series. In the possible 144 top-16 slots in the previous 9 SCG Legacy events, there were only 6 copies of Landstill and Thopter-Swords, the same number as Blue Lands. Moreover, the most recent copy of Landstill to make Top 16 sought out the dark side for cards like Innocent Blood, Ghastly Demise, and most importantly, Pernicious Deed. It seems that traditional UW control is more or less dead in America.

18th June 2010 Banned & Restricted Announcement and Analysis

For those who do not know it, the following changes are made to the banned and restricted list the previous week:

Extended:
4 years of Magic are out, leaving only Time Spiral block and 9th ed onwards. Hypergenesis and Sword of the Meek are banned.

Legacy
Mystical Tutor is banned. Grim Monolith and Illusionary Mask are unbanned.

[Tourney Report] 2nd place at Library of Alexandria Tournament

On the 2nd day of GP Manila, there was a small number of legacy enthusiasts who turned up for the mox pearl tournament held at Katong HobbySG. However, as there were only 11 people who participated in the tourney, the prize was changed to a Library of Alexandria instead. Still, it's a P10! Not bad at all.

For me, this is my first tournament. The nervousness that accompanied a tingling excitement was mixed with hesitation and fear of failure. Although our team have prepared for it for some 2 to 3 weeks beforehand, I've focused on Reanimator and ANT. Changing the deck just a couple of days before the tourney, coupled with the extreme weak aggro matchup made me feel that the expected value of the tourney doesn't justify entering it. $30 entry in exchange for a Rise of the Eldrazu booster pack? Doesn't seem to be worth it. Even the 3rd and 4th placings would get only 9 boosters, breaking even. Would an inexperience player break even?

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