Hi everyone, @Mulldrifting here.
As promised, we have compiled and published the decklists that went 6-1-1 or better in their respective formats. A thank you to Jonathan Karn for compiling a complete spreadsheet!
Standard
In Standard, only Gerry Thompson earned the full 24 points, going 8-0 with U/W Delver (no surprise to anyone).
U/W Delver Gerry Thompson
Everyone else earned exactly 21 points, all going 7-1. Half of the fourteen decks in the 19+ points category were U/W Delver. With almost 50% of them in the field overall, this was to be expected.
U/W Delver Lauren Nolen
Lauren Nolen won the entire tournament with the deck, so in total he went 10-1 including the Top 8 (with the elimination rounds best out of five), where he eliminated the last Invitational Champion, Max Tietze, in the quarterfinals.
Here are all the variations on the deck by pilots who went 7-1.
U/W Delver Max Tietze
U/W Delver Joseph Urbanski
U/W Delver Matt Costa
U/W Delver David Thomas
U/W Delver Adam Cai
The other decks that did well in Standard are listed below. The one interesting thing about them is that none of their archetypes overlap. That’s good news for Standard players, as that gives non-Delver players plenty of options.
RUG Pod Michael Hetrick
Mono-Blue Delver Adam Boyd
Frites Brian Braun-Duin
Wolf Run Ramp David Sharfman
Esper Midrange Chris Andersen
U/W Humans Ryan Forsberg
Tempered Steel Nils Tolpingrud
Legacy
In Legacy, there were only four decks that went 6-1-1 or better. First on the list is our own Shaheen Soorani, with Esper Stoneblade. He went 6-0-2.
Esper Stoneblade Shaheen Soorani
Guess who else snuck into the list with the highest score at 7-1? Sneak and Show!
Sneak and Show Eli Kassis
The final two Legacy decks went 6-1-1 in the Swiss.
Esper Stoneblade David Teeter
Maverick Orrin Beasley
And that concludes the list of decks with 19 points or better at the Invitational in Indianapolis. I hope it helps you with your decisions this weekend, where we’ll be in Detroit for another exciting StarCityGames.com Open Series.
