[Tourney Report] Top 4 Split with Merfolk!

After the ban on Survival, Legacy is in a state of flux. As you can see from the previous SCG events, Goblins and Merfolk, Counter-top and Junk, and even Deadguy Ale and Green & Taxes (Death & Taxes with green fatties) made top-8.

Now guess what I'd bring to a tourney without a best deck?

[Tourney Report] Top 4 Split with Merfolk!

Merfolk is such a dumb deck. Seriously!

Merfolk - Top 4 Games Heaven Legacy Tournament 10th October 2010

Mana (20)
12 Island
4 Wasteland
4 Mutavault

Threats (22)
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Coralhelm Commander
4 Merrow Reejerey
2 Merfolk Sovereign

Disruption (12)
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
2 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare

Others (6)
4 Aether Vial
2 Psionic Blast

Sideboard (15)
4 Mind Harness
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Hydroblast
1 Blue Elemental Blast
3 Null Rod
2 Annul

[Tourney Report] Merfolk Mistakes

Despite the immense luck I had on 24th July, I played sub-optimally and ended up taking 12th in the tournament. Prior to the tourney, I've been messing around with a Counter-top Thopters list that was powerful, defeating Kaiser's Counter-top Goyf in 3 pre-sideboard friendly games at the M11 pre-release. However, I felt uneasy piloting the deck, and switched to my tried and tested Merfolk list.

[Legacy 101] Introduction to Merfolk

This is the first of a series of articles introducing standard players to established legacy decks that have been performing well. Every week, I'll be writing an article on a deck that has consistently top-8-ed the Star City Games Open Series Legacy Events. I'll start with Merfolk, a deck that I piloted to a 2nd place finish in a small 11-person tournament (here).

[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?