Magic-League Coverage: 12/8 Standard Master Top 8 Interviews

Written by Eliminator on December 08, 2007

Lennin
Name: Justin Bryce
Age: 17
Record: 5-0-2
What deck did you run today?: snow rg mana ramp
Do you think Swath Storm will be a force in T2 or a flash in the pan? Why?: not sure if swath storm is good mayb if heezy and chapin both make it to finals
What is your favorite "Other" format and why?: i dont rly play casual formats so not sure mayb byot2

Mtgfanatic
Name: Jace Contos
Age: 17
Record: 5-1-1
What deck did you run today?: Today I ran black blue mannequin because i thought it was a decent deck that can also support the hate for storm.
Do you think Swath Storm will be a force in T2 or a flash in the pan? Why?: Personally i don't think swath storm will be that insane, it will be popular for a while until decks start to adjust to it than i think that it will just be another deck that you see randomly.
What is your favorite "Other" format and why?: Hmm, i dont really play any formats outside of the "standard formats" but if i had to say it would probably be extended highlander, Or EDH highlander.

Sandmann1
Name: Jan Sudmann
Age: 17
Record: 5-0-2
What deck did you run today?: UB Faeries,created by Holzi aka: Cloud Sprite > Tarmogoyf
Do you think Swath Storm will be a force in T2 or a flash in the pan? Why?: I think it won`t get a tier1 deck because if people know that there is a combo deck, they can handle it. There are enough Hate cards. The Deck just doesn`t have the strenght of the old DS with Remand and Gigadrowse.
What is your favorite "Other" format and why?: I only Legacy,Extended and Standard.

xzero
Name: Omar Sanjur
Age: 19
Record: 5-0-2
What deck did you run today?: Sonic Boom
Do you think Swath Storm will be a force in T2 or a flash in the pan? Why?: and swath storm : i dont think it will b tier 1 because i dont like it and i think is easy to stop the combo if you are good, with discard or counters
What is your favorite "Other" format and why?: I think tribal because you must do a good job and use your creativity.

Tao
Name: Arne Bruno Fricke
Age: 26
Record: 5-0-2
What deck did you run today?: An UGw Blink Homebrew with many CiP-Creatures and 28 lands and 12 2-drops; MVP's in the swiss were Epochrasite and Mystic Snake
Do you think Swath Storm will be a force in T2 or a flash in the pan? Why?: Swath Storm will always be a good deck in T2, but it won't warp the meta; f the opponents are prepared, it will become very hard for the deck to win through Trickbind or other Combo hate the player's will find
What is your favorite "Other" format and why?: 100 card Highlander with Magicplayer.org rules; I like to play good cards that are only slightly too bad for Constructed play; it is also not as random as people think because you can play many similar cards and thus create a deck that is as consistent as a construced with many 4-offs

Holzi[PR]
Name: Thomas Holzinger
Age: 15
Record: 5-1-1
What deck did you run today?: UB Faery, cuz mufl0n told me to play it, but didnt gave me his list, so i built my own ....
Do you think Swath Storm will be a force in T2 or a flash in the pan? Why?: No, it is too easy to hate
What is your favorite "Other" format and why?: BYOT2

Burton911
Name: Stefan Böswarth
Age: 17
Record: 5-1-1
What deck did you run today?: Ramp because its fun to play and it was developed by some austrians
Do you think Swath Storm will be a force in T2 or a flash in the pan? Why?: At least i hope it, cause i think metas without any combodecks are unhealthy so the have to be there as long as the are not broken
What is your favorite "Other" format and why?: Minimasters cause their is no better way to waste some boosters

Fabio
Name: Fábio Mota
Age: 20
Record: 6-1-0
What deck did you run today?: White Ramp (Designed by BDTeam, the Top One!
Do you think Swath Storm will be a force in T2 or a flash in the pan? Why?: Yes, it'll be a good deck. Thinking about it, we put white in our deck, to beat this stupid storm pile. It may sound funny, but I haven't faced a single storm deck today.
What is your favorite "Other" format and why?: I never played this crazy formats in here, but Vanguard extended seems very nice.

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by Pit42 on 2007-12-08 20:12 MST

gj fabio! I also played White Ramp =[.... I was the retarded who defeated him on swiss ROFL

Spanish Speaker of the Day:

<Fabio> El_Cuervito, vamos a tomar Cueca Cuela?

jajajaja

by Eliminator on 2007-12-08 21:09 MST

Thank you niknight for changing the wording of the final question. I had some problems interviewing people, and I'd imagine the people reading this now understand it better.

by Mtgfanatic01 on 2007-12-08 22:20 MST

Hmm that gwu decks seems decent for the meta and it's almost impossible for mannequin to win. He was my only loss in the swiss and low/behold i lose in the semi's. Mannequin i thought was a bad deck but it seems really good Ramp is a really good matchup same with elves, and gb rock. Ironically i did not see any storm in swiss either. Good job top 2. P.s. Third in trial AND posts :P

Oh and Ykpon sucks as usually!!!

by Mtgfanatic01 on 2007-12-08 22:20 MST

by Pekken on 2007-12-09 03:10 MST

If Heezy makes it to the finals, I'll eat my hat.

by Holzi on 2007-12-09 03:25 MST

Yep, he isnt even Top 8?

by Sandmann1 on 2007-12-09 03:37 MST

I didn`t played against any D-Storm too.

by MilanG[GER] on 2007-12-09 05:34 MST

heezy making it into the finals not even being in the t8 would be a blast

but aslong as there is hope , there is a chance

gz n4p sandchez du sucker

by on 2007-12-09 08:00 MST

i meant nassif i got confused and i was tired

by Mtgfanatic01 on 2007-12-09 21:58 MST

Wtf a 26 year old in top 8 lol.......

by DESTRUCTOR on 2007-12-09 22:09 MST

everybody was ready to beat storm decks, but were they very popular? is a good deck to use when people is not ready for it, but after worlds would be hated and has Chapin said "would be a solid tier 2 deck"