Top8 Decklists and Metagame Breakdown of the LCV6 – July 2010

Thanks to the excellent work done by Roger Riera (aka gRR!!) we can enjoy, again, of this excellent metagame breakdown and decklists from the July’s LCV tournament.

The winner’s deck, named Storm City Bond by Rubén González, brings a new ray of light in this metagame filled with MUD/Fish/VaultKey/Oath/Dredge. If you haven’t had the chance to see the videos of Rubén playing SCB you can enjoy them at our Eternal Central TV.

1st

[Maindeck]2 City of Brass (58)
Island
Scalding Tarn
Polluted delta
Misty Rainforest
Flooded Strand
Tolarian Academy
Tropical Island
Underground Sea
Volcanic Island
Black Lotus
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Sol Ring
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault
Senseis Divining Top
Ancestral Recall
Time Walk
Timetwister
Brainstorm
Merchant Scroll
Mystical Tutor
Gush
Gifts Ungiven
Fact or Fiction
Repeal
Hurkyls Recall
Force of Will
Mana Drain
Misdirection
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Ancient Grudge
Empty the Warrens
Wheel of Fortune
Demonic Tutor
Vampiric Tutor
Yawgmoths Will
Tendrils od Agony
Regrowth
Fastbond[/Maindeck]
[Sideboard]3 Ingot Chewer (12)
Tarmogoyf
Duress
Relic of Progenitus
Tormods Crypt
Yixlid Jailer
Pyroclam
Massacre[/Sideboard]

The rest of the decklists, metagame breakdown, etc… after the break!



2nd

[Maindeck]4 Forbidden Orchard (56)
Forest
Island
Library of Alexandria
Misty Rainforest
Snow Covered Island
Tolarian Academy
Tropical Island
Underground Sea
Darksteel Colossus
Iona, Shield of Emeria
Terastodon
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Tezzeret the Seeker
Ancestral Recall
Black Lotus
Brainstorm
Demonic Tutor
Force of Will
Gifts Ungiven
Mana Crypt
Mana Drain
Merchant Scroll
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mystical Tutor
Oath of Druids
Rebuild
Regrowth
Senseis Divining Top
Sol Ring
Spell Pierce
Thirst for Knowledge
Time Vault
Time Walk
Tinker
Vampiric Tutor
Voltaic Key
Yawgmoths Will[/Maindeck]
[Sideboard]1 Blazing Archon (14)
Yixlid Jailer
Deathmark
Dispel
Massacre
Natures Claim
Perish
Pithing Needle[/Sideboard]

Top

[Maindeck]1 Flooded Strand (59)
Island
Misty Rainforest
Polluted Delta
Tolarian Academy
Underground Sea
Volcanic Island
Ancestral Recall
Black Lotus
Brainstorm
Demonic Tutor
Empty the Warrens
Fact or Fiction
Fire Ice
Force of Will
Gifts Ungiven
Gush
Hurkyls Recall
Lotus Petal
Mana Crypt
Mana Drain
Mana Vault
Merchant Scroll
Minds Desire
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mystical Tutor
Rebuild
Repeal
Senseis Divining Top
Sol Ring
Tendrils of Agony
Time Walk
Timetwister
Vampiric Tutor
Yawgmoths Will[/Maindeck]
[Sideboard]2 Ingot Chewer (13)
Yixlid Jailer
Hurkyls Recall
Pithing Needle
Pyroblast
Red Elemental Blast
Relic of Progenitus
Thoughtseize[/Sideboard]

Top

[Maindeck] (60)
Flooded Strand
Island
Library of Alexandria
Polluted Delta
Swamp
Tolarian Academy
Underground Sea
Dark Confidant
Inkwell Leviathan
Tezzeret the Seeker
Ancestral Recall
Black Lotus
Brainstorm
Demonic Tutor
Echoing Truth
Fact or Fiction
Force of Will
Gifts Ungiven
Hurkyls Recall
Mana Crypt
Mana Drain
Merchant Scroll
Misdirection
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mystical Tutor
Senseis Divining Top
Sol Ring
Spell Snare
Thirst for Knowledge
Thoughtseize
Time Vault
Time Walk
Tinker
Vampiric Tutor
Voltaic Key
Yawgmoth’s Will[/Maindeck]
[Sideboard]2 Sower of Temptation (13)
Annul
Claws of Gix
Darkblast
Extirpate
Hurkyls Recall
Leyline of the Void
Massacre
Rebuild[/Sideboard]

Top

[Maindeck]2 Flooded Strand (58)
Island
Library of Alexandria
Polluted Delta
Scalding Tarn
Tolarian Academy
Underground Sea
Volcanic Island
Dark Confidant
Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Tezzeret the Seeker
Ancestral Recall
Black Lotus
Brainstorm
Demonic Tutor
Echoing Truth
Fact or Fiction
Fire Ice
Force of Will
Gifts Ungiven
Mana Crypt
Mana Drain
Merchant Scroll
Misdirection
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mystical Tutor
Ponder
Rebuild
Senseis Divining Top
Sol Ring
Spell Pierce
Thirst for Knowledge
Time Vault
Time Walk
Tinker
Vampiric Tutor
Voltaic Key
Yawgmoth’s Will[/Maindeck]
[Sideboard]1 Greater Gargadon (14)
Ingot Chewer
Yixlid Jailer
Extirpate
Hurkyls Recall
Mindbreak Trap
Pithing Needle
Pyroblast
Pyroclasm
Red Elemental Blast
Tormods Crypt[/Sideboard]

Top

[Maindeck]1 Bloodstained Mire (59)
Flooded Strand
Island
Polluted Delta
Swamp
Tolarian Academy
Underground Sea
Volcanic Island
Ancestral Recall
Black Lotus
Brainstorm
Cabal Ritual
Chain of Vapor
Dark Ritual
Demonic Tutor
Duress
Force of Will
Gifts Ungiven
Gush
Hurkyls Recall
Lotus Petal
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault
Memory Jar
Merchant Scroll
Minds Desire
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Ponder
Rebuild
Sol Ring
Tendrils of Agony
Time Walk
Timetwister
Tinker
Vampiric Tutor
Yawgmoths Bargain
Yawgmoths Will[/Maindeck]
[Sideboard]1 Badlands (14)
Island
Inkwell Leviathan
Yixlid Jailer
Empty the Warrens
Hurkyls Recall
Massacre
Ravenous Trap
Sadistic Sacrament
Thoughtseize
Tormods Crypt[/Sideboard]

Top

[Maindeck]3 Flooded Strand (57)
Island
Misty Rainforest
Polluted Delta
Strip Mine
Tropical Island
Tundra
Wasteland
Cold Eyed Selkie
Noble Hierarch
Qasali Pridemage
Tarmogoyf
Trygon Predator
Ancestral Recall
Black Lotus
Brainstorm
Daze
Force of Will
Hurkyls Recall
Mox Emerald
Mox Pearl
Mox Sapphire
Mystical Tutor
Natures Claim
Negate
Null Rod
Regrowth
Spell Pierce
Swords to Plowshares
Time Walk[/Maindeck]
[Sideboard]3 Meddling Mage (12)
Tarmogoyf
Mindbreak Trap
Natures Claim
Ravenous Trap
Swords to Plowshares
Tariff
Wheel of Sun and Moon[/Sideboard]

Top

[Maindeck]2 Island (58)
Polluted Delta
Scalding Tarn
Tolarian Academy
Underground Sea
Volcanic Island
Dark Confidant
Ancestral Recall
Black Lotus
Brainstorm
Demonic Tutor
Empty the Warrens
Fact or Fiction
Fire Ice
Force of Will
Gifts Ungiven
Gush
Hurkyls Recall
Mana Crypt
Mana Drain
Mana Vault
Merchant Scroll
Misdirection
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mystical Tutor
Ponder
Rebuild
Repeal
Senseis Divining Top
Sol Ring
Tendrils of Agony
Time Walk
Vampiric Tutor
Yawgmoths Will[/Maindeck]
[Sideboard]1 Mountain (14)
Ingot Chewer
Yixlid Jailer
Duress
Massacre
Pyroblast
Pyroclasm
Red Elemental Blast
Relic of Progenitus
Tormods Crypt[/Sideboard]

1st

[Maindeck]2 Flooded Strand (58)
Island
Mutavault
Polluted Delta
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Cold Eyed Selkie
Cursecatcher
Lord of Atlantis
Merrow Reejerey
Silvergill Adept
Spellstutter Sprite
Vendilion Clique
Brainstorm
Daze
Echoing Truth
Force of Will
Hurkyls Recall
Misdirection
Null Rod
Spell Pierce[/Maindeck]
[Sideboard]2 Sower of Temptation (13)
Waterfront Bouncer
Arcane Laboratory
Hurkyls Recall
Pithing Needle
Spell Snare
Tormods Crypt
Umezawas Jitte[/Sideboard]

Metagame Breakdown:

General Information
Players: 50
Average Points per player: 9,2
Unpowered players: 5 (10,0% from total)
Unpowered Average Points per player: 8,6
Budget players: 2 (4,0% from total)
Budget Average Points per player: 10,5

Top8 new cards
Sadistic Sacrament

Deck breakdown and archetype point average
18 Drain decks (36,0% of metagame, 5/8 of Top 8): 10,7
— 6 Tezzeret Control: 11,8; T4, T8
— 5 Drain Tendrils: 11; T4, T8
— 2 Jacerator: 11
— 1 Storm City Bond: 23
— 1 4 Color Control: 10
— 1 Remora Tezzeret: 6
— 1 Tezzeret Control transformer: 6
— 1 TurboTezz: 0
14 Null Rod decks (28,0% of metagame, 1/8 of Top 8): 7,6
— 4 Noble Fish: 9,5; T8
— 2 U/R/g Fish: 11
— 2 Merfolks: 10,5
— 2 Hexmage Depths: 3,5
— 1 U/W Fish: 9
— 1 B/G/W Zoo: 7
— 1 Living Wish Fish: 3
— 1 U/B/W FishNought: 0
6 Workshop decks (12,0% of metagame): 8,0
— 3 MUD: 9
— 2 Aggro MUD: 6
— 1 Transmuter Slaver: 9
4 Oath decks (8,0% of metagame): 13,0
— 4 Oath: 13; F
3 Ichorid decks (6,0% of metagame): 7,3
— 2 Mana Ichorid: 7,5
— 1 Manaless Ichorid: 7
2 Other archetypes playing Force of Will (4,0% of metagame): 6,5
— 2 Steel City Vault: 6,5
2 Vial decks (4,0% of metagame): 3,0
— 2 Wizards: 3
1 Ritual deck (2,0% of metagame, 1/8 del Top 8): 18,0
— 1 The Perfect Storm: 18; T8

Unpowered deck breakdown and archetype point average
2 Merfolks: 10,5
2 Mana Ichorid: 7,5
1 Manaless Ichorid: 7

The following graphs are written in Catalan, but I’ll translate the titles 😉

LCV6 #7 – Deck Breakdown. Inner ring – Top8 | Outer ring – Tournament Total

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LCV6 #7 – Number of decks per archetype

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LCV6 #7 – % from total players per archetype

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LCV6 #7 – Top8 penetration per archetype

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Most played cards
Top 10 lands:
99 Island
84 Wasteland
82 Underground Sea
60 Polluted Delta
55 Flooded Strand
46 Misty Rainforest
46 Volcanic Island
42 Tropical Island
33 Scalding Tarn
29 Tolarian Academy

Top 10 creatures:
58 Dark Confidant
41 Tarmogoyf
23 Qasali Pridemage
20 Lodestone Golem
20 Noble Hierarch
16 Triskelion
15 Sage of Epityr
14 Cursecatcher
14 Ninja of the Deep Hours
13 Vampire Hexmage

Top 10 non-creature spells:
156 Force of Will
73 Mana Drain
59 Spell Pierce
43 Null Rod
40 Mox Sapphire
40 Chalice of the Void
39 Black Lotus
39 Mox Emerald
39 Daze
38 Mox Pearl

Top 10 sideboards:
56 Pithing Needle
40 Relic of Progenitus
38 Nature’s Claim
37 Tormod’s Crypt
36 Yixlid Jailer
34 Ingot Chewer
26 Hurkyl’s Recall
24 Ravenous Trap
20 Leyline of the Void
20 Red Elemental Blast

Top 10 lands played on most decks:
Island on 36
Tolarian Academy on 29
Underground Sea on 28
Polluted Delta on 27
Flooded Strand on 25
Strip Mine on 24
Wasteland on 21
Misty Rainforest on 19
Tropical Island on 19
Volcanic Island on 18

Top 10 creatures played on most decks:
Yixlid Jailer on 18
Dark Confidant on 16
Ingot Chewer on 15
Tarmogoyf on 13
Inkwell Leviathan on 10
Trygon Predator on 8
Sphinx of the Steel Wind on 8
Qasali Pridemage on 7
Terastodon on 7
10 altres creatures on 5

Top 10 non-creature spells played on most decks:
Mox Sapphire on 40
Force of Will on 39
Black Lotus on 39
Mox Emerald on 39
Mox Pearl on 38
Brainstorm on 35
Time Walk on 35
Mox Jet on 34
Ancestral Recall on 33
Mox Ruby on 32

Cards that appear 5 or more times in the Top8 decks:
Force of Will, 32 copies on 8 decks
Island, 18 copies (+1 SB) on 8 decks
Ancestral Recall, 8 copies on 8 decks
Black Lotus, 8 copies on 8 decks
Brainstorm, 8 copies on 8 decks
Mox Emerald, 8 copies on 8 decks
Mox Pearl, 8 copies on 8 decks
Mox Sapphire, 8 copies on 8 decks
Mystical Tutor, 8 copies on 8 decks
Time Walk, 8 copies on 8 decks
Underground Sea, 20 copies on 7 decks
Polluted Delta, 16 copies on 7 decks
Hurkyl’s Recall, 8 copies (+4 SB) on 7 decks
Demonic Tutor, 7 copies on 7 decks
Gifts Ungiven, 7 copies on 7 decks
Mana Crypt, 7 copies on 7 decks
Merchant Scroll, 7 copies on 7 decks
Mox Jet, 7 copies on 7 decks
Mox Ruby, 7 copies on 7 decks
Sol Ring, 7 copies on 7 decks
Tolarian Academy, 7 copies on 7 decks
Vampiric Tutor, 7 copies on 7 decks
Yawgmoth’s Will, 7 copies on 7 decks
Mana Drain, 22 copies on 6 decks
Flooded Strand, 10 copies on 6 decks
Sensei’s Divining Top, 10 copies on 6 decks
Rebuild, 5 copies (+1 SB) on 6 decks
Yixlid Jailer, 0 copies (+13 SB) on 6 decks
Volcanic Island, 11 copies on 5 decks
Fact or Fiction, 5 copies on 5 decks
Massacre, 0 copies (+6 SB) on 5 decks