El pasado fin de semana tuvo lugar en USA el primer GP de extendido del año. Parece mentira pero volvió a ganar Luis Scott-Vargas (el mismo que ganó el Pro Tour de Berlín, el mismo también que hizo 6-0 en extendido en el Mundial). Esta vez el mazo que eligió fue TEPS, y su versión es la siguiente:
1º Luis Scott-Vargas - TEPS
Esta versión es muy parecida a las que se vienen jugando en montones de torneos. Eso sí el finisher será los Zarcillos en lugar de Metralla. De base rescata los Electrolizar como forma de matar elfos molestos de 2 en 2, y por supuesto para quitarse de en medio criaturas muy molestas como puedan ser la Canonista o el Gaddock. Por lo demás el mazo es bastante convencional: manipuladores de biblioteca, aceleradores, hechizos cantrip y Anhelo, todo esto para pegarte unos Zarcillos con tormenta suficiente como para acabar con el rival.
De banquillo incluye una alternativa para ganar como son las Congelación de Cerebro, aparte de varias cartas para hacer frente a barajas que pueden ser molestas. Los gigadormecer molestan bastante a control, las verdad reflejada son buenas casi siempre, pues nos dan tiempo para combar cómodamente, en especial son buenas contra cualquier mazo que juegue fichas ya que las elimina a todas (como pueden ser los zombis de la Dredge o los insectos de Elfos). Los pactos ayudan en el enfrentamiento contra Control y los Shattering Spree son muy buenos contra affinity y también contra cálices, triniesferas, canonistas... De banquillo se guarda también un par de copias de Ad Nauseam para combar más fácilmente en los casos en los que la vida no peligre demasiado.
Aparte del mazo ganador os dejo el resto del Top:
2º Bret Piazza - Affinity
// Lands
2 [DS] Blinkmoth Nexus
4 [MR] Great Furnace
4 [MR] Seat of the Synod
4 [MR] Tree of Tales
4 [MR] Vault of Whispers
// Creatures
4 [DS] Arcbound Ravager
4 [DS] Arcbound Worker
2 [MR] Atog
4 [MR] Frogmite
4 [ALA] Master of Etherium
3 [MR] Myr Enforcer
4 [10E] Ornithopter
// Spells
4 [10E] Chromatic Star
4 [FD] Cranial Plating
2 [PLC] Fatal Frenzy
4 [LRW] Springleaf Drum
3 [MR] Thoughtcast
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [TSP] Ancient Grudge
SB: 4 [MR] Krark-Clan Shaman
SB: 3 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
SB: 3 [10E] Terror
SB: 4 [LRW] Thoughtseize
2 [DS] Blinkmoth Nexus
4 [MR] Great Furnace
4 [MR] Seat of the Synod
4 [MR] Tree of Tales
4 [MR] Vault of Whispers
// Creatures
4 [DS] Arcbound Ravager
4 [DS] Arcbound Worker
2 [MR] Atog
4 [MR] Frogmite
4 [ALA] Master of Etherium
3 [MR] Myr Enforcer
4 [10E] Ornithopter
// Spells
4 [10E] Chromatic Star
4 [FD] Cranial Plating
2 [PLC] Fatal Frenzy
4 [LRW] Springleaf Drum
3 [MR] Thoughtcast
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [TSP] Ancient Grudge
SB: 4 [MR] Krark-Clan Shaman
SB: 3 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
SB: 3 [10E] Terror
SB: 4 [LRW] Thoughtseize
3º Saul Alvarado - Some Level Blue
// Lands
1 [GP] Steam Vents
7 [CS] Snow-Covered Island
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
1 [SOK] Miren, the Moaning Well
1 [DIS] Hallowed Fountain
4 [ON] Flooded Strand
2 [EVE] Flooded Grove
3 [DIS] Breeding Pool
1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
// Creatures
4 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
// Spells
2 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
4 [DIS] Spell Snare
1 [FD] Rude Awakening
2 [GP] Repeal
4 [9E] Mana Leak
1 [SHM] Firespout
3 [FD] Engineered Explosives
4 [LRW] Cryptic Command
4 [TSP] Ancestral Vision
3 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [SHM] Firespout
SB: 1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
SB: 3 [TSP] Ancient Grudge
SB: 3 [SOK] Arashi, the Sky Asunder
SB: 3 [DS] Echoing Truth
SB: 4 [SHM] Kitchen Finks
1 [GP] Steam Vents
7 [CS] Snow-Covered Island
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
1 [SOK] Miren, the Moaning Well
1 [DIS] Hallowed Fountain
4 [ON] Flooded Strand
2 [EVE] Flooded Grove
3 [DIS] Breeding Pool
1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
// Creatures
4 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
// Spells
2 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
4 [DIS] Spell Snare
1 [FD] Rude Awakening
2 [GP] Repeal
4 [9E] Mana Leak
1 [SHM] Firespout
3 [FD] Engineered Explosives
4 [LRW] Cryptic Command
4 [TSP] Ancestral Vision
3 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [SHM] Firespout
SB: 1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
SB: 3 [TSP] Ancient Grudge
SB: 3 [SOK] Arashi, the Sky Asunder
SB: 3 [DS] Echoing Truth
SB: 4 [SHM] Kitchen Finks
4º Mat Marr - Hadas
// Lands
2 [GP] Steam Vents
6 [CS] Snow-Covered Island
3 [ON] Riptide Laboratory
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
4 [MOR] Mutavault
3 [ON] Flooded Strand
1 [DIS] Breeding Pool
1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
// Creatures
2 [FUT] Venser, Shaper Savant
3 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
4 [LRW] Spellstutter Sprite
3 [EVE] Glen Elendra Archmage
// Spells
1 [MR] Thirst for Knowledge
4 [DIS] Spell Snare
4 [CS] Rune Snag
1 [SHM] Firespout
3 [FD] Engineered Explosives
1 [MR] Chrome Mox
4 [TSP] Ancestral Vision
3 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
3 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
// Sideboard
SB: 2 [SHM] Firespout
SB: 3 [TSP] Ancient Grudge
SB: 1 [10E] Flashfreeze
SB: 2 [ON] Goblin Sharpshooter
SB: 1 [MOR] Negate
SB: 3 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
SB: 3 [SC] Stifle
2 [GP] Steam Vents
6 [CS] Snow-Covered Island
3 [ON] Riptide Laboratory
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
4 [MOR] Mutavault
3 [ON] Flooded Strand
1 [DIS] Breeding Pool
1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
// Creatures
2 [FUT] Venser, Shaper Savant
3 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
4 [LRW] Spellstutter Sprite
3 [EVE] Glen Elendra Archmage
// Spells
1 [MR] Thirst for Knowledge
4 [DIS] Spell Snare
4 [CS] Rune Snag
1 [SHM] Firespout
3 [FD] Engineered Explosives
1 [MR] Chrome Mox
4 [TSP] Ancestral Vision
3 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
3 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
// Sideboard
SB: 2 [SHM] Firespout
SB: 3 [TSP] Ancient Grudge
SB: 1 [10E] Flashfreeze
SB: 2 [ON] Goblin Sharpshooter
SB: 1 [MOR] Negate
SB: 3 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
SB: 3 [SC] Stifle
5º Michael Jacob - BitterLoam
// Lands
3 [ON] Windswept Heath
2 [EVE] Twilight Mire
2 [EVG] Tranquil Thicket
3 [ALA] Swamp (1)
2 [ON] Polluted Delta
2 [RAV] Overgrown Tomb
1 [MOR] Mutavault
1 [RAV] Golgari Rot Farm
2 [DIS] Ghost Quarter
2 [ALA] Forest (1)
2 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
4 [ON] Barren Moor
// Creatures
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
4 [SHM] Kitchen Finks
// Spells
3 [LRW] Thoughtseize
2 [FUT] Slaughter Pact
3 [EVE] Raven's Crime
3 [RAV] Putrefy
4 [RAV] Life from the Loam
4 [RAV] Darkblast
3 [MOR] Bitterblossom
3 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
1 [EVE] Worm Harvest
// Sideboard
SB: 3 [8E] Choke
SB: 3 [PLC] Damnation
SB: 1 [FD] Engineered Explosives
SB: 3 [PLC] Extirpate
SB: 1 [10E] Pithing Needle
SB: 2 [ON] Ravenous Baloth
SB: 2 [PLC] Seal of Primordium
3 [ON] Windswept Heath
2 [EVE] Twilight Mire
2 [EVG] Tranquil Thicket
3 [ALA] Swamp (1)
2 [ON] Polluted Delta
2 [RAV] Overgrown Tomb
1 [MOR] Mutavault
1 [RAV] Golgari Rot Farm
2 [DIS] Ghost Quarter
2 [ALA] Forest (1)
2 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
4 [ON] Barren Moor
// Creatures
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
4 [SHM] Kitchen Finks
// Spells
3 [LRW] Thoughtseize
2 [FUT] Slaughter Pact
3 [EVE] Raven's Crime
3 [RAV] Putrefy
4 [RAV] Life from the Loam
4 [RAV] Darkblast
3 [MOR] Bitterblossom
3 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
1 [EVE] Worm Harvest
// Sideboard
SB: 3 [8E] Choke
SB: 3 [PLC] Damnation
SB: 1 [FD] Engineered Explosives
SB: 3 [PLC] Extirpate
SB: 1 [10E] Pithing Needle
SB: 2 [ON] Ravenous Baloth
SB: 2 [PLC] Seal of Primordium
6º Carl Hendrix - Affinity
// Lands
4 [MR] Vault of Whispers
4 [MR] Seat of the Synod
4 [MR] Great Furnace
2 [DS] Blinkmoth Nexus
4 [MR] Ancient Den
// Creatures
4 [10E] Ornithopter
4 [MR] Myr Enforcer
3 [ALA] Master of Etherium
4 [MR] Frogmite
4 [DS] Arcbound Worker
4 [DS] Arcbound Ravager
// Spells
4 [LRW] Springleaf Drum
1 [ALA] Soul's Fire
2 [PLC] Fatal Frenzy
4 [FD] Cranial Plating
4 [10E] Chromatic Star
4 [MR] Thoughtcast
// Sideboard
SB: 4 [RAV] Darkblast
SB: 4 [FUT] Delay
SB: 3 [ALA] Ethersworn Canonist
SB: 4 [LRW] Thoughtseize
4 [MR] Vault of Whispers
4 [MR] Seat of the Synod
4 [MR] Great Furnace
2 [DS] Blinkmoth Nexus
4 [MR] Ancient Den
// Creatures
4 [10E] Ornithopter
4 [MR] Myr Enforcer
3 [ALA] Master of Etherium
4 [MR] Frogmite
4 [DS] Arcbound Worker
4 [DS] Arcbound Ravager
// Spells
4 [LRW] Springleaf Drum
1 [ALA] Soul's Fire
2 [PLC] Fatal Frenzy
4 [FD] Cranial Plating
4 [10E] Chromatic Star
4 [MR] Thoughtcast
// Sideboard
SB: 4 [RAV] Darkblast
SB: 4 [FUT] Delay
SB: 3 [ALA] Ethersworn Canonist
SB: 4 [LRW] Thoughtseize
7º Mark Herberholz - Wizards
// Lands
1 [GP] Steam Vents
2 [MR] Seat of the Synod
1 [FUT] River of Tears
4 [ON] Riptide Laboratory
4 [MOR] Mutavault
1 [GP] Izzet Boilerworks
8 [ALA] Island (1)
1 [DIS] Hallowed Fountain
1 [DIS] Breeding Pool
// Creatures
2 [FUT] Venser, Shaper Savant
3 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
2 [FD] Trinket Mage
4 [LRW] Spellstutter Sprite
2 [EVE] Glen Elendra Archmage
// Spells
2 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
3 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
1 [BOK] Threads of Disloyalty
4 [MR] Thirst for Knowledge
4 [DIS] Spell Snare
1 [GP] Repeal
4 [9E] Mana Leak
2 [FD] Engineered Explosives
3 [MR] Chrome Mox
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
SB: 2 [BOK] Threads of Disloyalty
SB: 1 [EVE] Glen Elendra Archmage
SB: 1 [MR] Annul
SB: 1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
SB: 2 [10E] Flashfreeze
SB: 2 [MOR] Negate
SB: 2 [LRW] Sower of Temptation
SB: 1 [DS] Sword of Fire and Ice
SB: 1 [TSB] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 [MR] AEther Spellbomb
1 [GP] Steam Vents
2 [MR] Seat of the Synod
1 [FUT] River of Tears
4 [ON] Riptide Laboratory
4 [MOR] Mutavault
1 [GP] Izzet Boilerworks
8 [ALA] Island (1)
1 [DIS] Hallowed Fountain
1 [DIS] Breeding Pool
// Creatures
2 [FUT] Venser, Shaper Savant
3 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
2 [FD] Trinket Mage
4 [LRW] Spellstutter Sprite
2 [EVE] Glen Elendra Archmage
// Spells
2 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
3 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
1 [BOK] Threads of Disloyalty
4 [MR] Thirst for Knowledge
4 [DIS] Spell Snare
1 [GP] Repeal
4 [9E] Mana Leak
2 [FD] Engineered Explosives
3 [MR] Chrome Mox
// Sideboard
SB: 1 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
SB: 2 [BOK] Threads of Disloyalty
SB: 1 [EVE] Glen Elendra Archmage
SB: 1 [MR] Annul
SB: 1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
SB: 2 [10E] Flashfreeze
SB: 2 [MOR] Negate
SB: 2 [LRW] Sower of Temptation
SB: 1 [DS] Sword of Fire and Ice
SB: 1 [TSB] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 [MR] AEther Spellbomb
8º Asher Hecht - TEPS
// Lands
1 [ON] Wooded Foothills
4 [GP] Steam Vents
1 [ON] Polluted Delta
1 [ALA] Mountain (1)
2 [ALA] Island (1)
2 [ON] Flooded Strand
3 [TSP] Dreadship Reef
3 [EVE] Cascade Bluffs
1 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
// Spells
4 [9E] Seething Song
4 [CS] Rite of Flame
4 [RAV] Remand
2 [FUT] Pyromancer's Swath
4 [LRW] Ponder
4 [CHK] Peer Through Depths
4 [SC] Mind's Desire
4 [SHM] Manamorphose
4 [TSP] Lotus Bloom
3 [TSP] Grapeshot
1 [GP] Gigadrowse
4 [CHK] Desperate Ritual
// Sideboard
SB: 3 [GP] Gigadrowse
SB: 2 [SC] Brain Freeze
SB: 2 [ON] Chain of Vapor
SB: 2 [DS] Echoing Truth
SB: 1 [FUT] Pact of Negation
SB: 3 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
SB: 2 [TSP] Trickbind
1 [ON] Wooded Foothills
4 [GP] Steam Vents
1 [ON] Polluted Delta
1 [ALA] Mountain (1)
2 [ALA] Island (1)
2 [ON] Flooded Strand
3 [TSP] Dreadship Reef
3 [EVE] Cascade Bluffs
1 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
// Spells
4 [9E] Seething Song
4 [CS] Rite of Flame
4 [RAV] Remand
2 [FUT] Pyromancer's Swath
4 [LRW] Ponder
4 [CHK] Peer Through Depths
4 [SC] Mind's Desire
4 [SHM] Manamorphose
4 [TSP] Lotus Bloom
3 [TSP] Grapeshot
1 [GP] Gigadrowse
4 [CHK] Desperate Ritual
// Sideboard
SB: 3 [GP] Gigadrowse
SB: 2 [SC] Brain Freeze
SB: 2 [ON] Chain of Vapor
SB: 2 [DS] Echoing Truth
SB: 1 [FUT] Pact of Negation
SB: 3 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
SB: 2 [TSP] Trickbind
Un Top variado, donde destacan 2 Affinitys y 2 TEPS. Es lo que pasa cuando todos los mazos van centrados en combatir a los 3 mazos más populares: Zoo, Hadas y Elfos. Me llama la atención el BitterLoam, una especie de Rock que aprovecha la base de la DeathCloud con Vida desde el Barro y modifica el mazo para mejorar el pairing contra hadas incluyendo Bitterblossom, Darkblast y el engine de la vida desde el barro.
Pues esto es más o menos lo que vamos a ver en los próximos meses. Eso sí, no hay que olvidarse de Zoo y Elfos, ya que aunque no hayan subido en este caso al Top siempre estarán ahí por calidad y cantidad.
Nos vemos!
3 [GP] Steam Vents
3 [ON] Polluted Delta
2 [ALA] Island (1)
3 [ON] Flooded Strand
4 [TSP] Dreadship Reef
3 [EVE] Cascade Bluffs
//Spells
2 [SC] Tendrils of Agony
2 [9E] Sleight of Hand
4 [9E] Seething Song
4 [CS] Rite of Flame
4 [RAV] Remand
4 [LRW] Ponder
4 [CHK] Peer Through Depths
4 [SC] Mind's Desire
4 [SHM] Manamorphose
4 [TSP] Lotus Bloom
2 [GP] Electrolyze
4 [CHK] Desperate Ritual
//Sideboard
SB: 2 [ALA] Ad Nauseam
SB: 3 [SC] Brain Freeze
SB: 3 [DS] Echoing Truth
SB: 2 [GP] Gigadrowse
SB: 3 [FUT] Pact of Negation
SB: 2 [GP] Shattering Spree