There were six Standard format Trials yesterday. They were all thirty-two person elimination events with the exception of the final Trial which was a sixteen person tournament. Each tournament awarded the winner with three byes to today's proceedings. Here are the archetype breakdowns for each tournament and the deck lists for the two finalists.
Trial One Breakdown
|
Deck Type
|
Quantity
|
| Affinity |
7 |
| Big Red |
2 |
| Clerics |
1 |
| Crystal Witness |
1 |
| G/R Ponza |
4 |
| G/W Slide |
2 |
| Goblin Bidding |
3 |
| Obliterate |
3 |
| RetractoFreze |
1 |
| Tooth and Nail |
4 |
| U/W Control |
4 |
Tooth and Nail
Sun Bo - Winner - Grand Prix Trial One
Affinity
Victor Hartanto - Finalist - Grand Prix Trial One
Trial Two Breakdown
|
Deck Type
|
Quantity
|
| Affinity |
5 |
| B/G Cloud |
1 |
| Big Red |
3 |
| G/R Ponza |
3 |
| G/W Slide |
3 |
| Goblin Bidding |
2 |
| Goblin Cemetery |
1 |
| Ironworks |
1 |
| Mono-Red Ponza |
4 |
| Obliterate |
6 |
| Tooth and Nail |
2 |
| U/W Control |
1 |
Obliterate
Andy Hew - Winner - Grand Prix Trial Two
Ponza
Kak Kim Yiu - Finalist - Grand Prix Trial Two
Trial Three Breakdown
|
Deck Type
|
Quantity
|
| Affinity |
9 |
| Big Red |
3 |
| Crystal Witness |
1 |
| Death Cloud |
1 |
| G/R Beasts |
2 |
| G/R Goblins |
1 |
| G/R Ponza |
1 |
| G/W Slide |
2 |
| Goblin Bidding |
2 |
| Obliterate |
5 |
| Ponza |
1 |
| Retract Freeze |
1 |
| U/G Beacon |
1 |
| U/W Control |
2 |
Green-Red Goblins
Chua Ern Teck - Winner - Grand Prix Trial Three
Affinity
Elvin Eng - Finalist - Grand Prix Trial Three
Trial Four Breakdown
|
Deck Type
|
Quantity
|
| Affinity |
1 |
| Beacon Green |
2 |
| Big Red |
3 |
| Clerics |
1 |
| Crystal Witness |
1 |
| G/B Death Cloud |
1 |
| G/R Beasts |
2 |
| Goblin Bidding |
1 |
| Ironworks |
2 |
| Mono Red Ponza |
6 |
| Obliterate |
2 |
| Tooth and Nail |
7 |
| U/W Control |
2 |
| Unknown |
1 |
Green Black Death Cloud
Jason Lee - Winner - Grand Prix Trial Four
Mono-Red Ponza
Hong How Tuan - Finalist - Grand Prix Trial Four
Trial Five Breakdown
|
Deck Type
|
Quantity
|
| Affinity |
8 |
| Blasting Beacon |
1 |
| G/B Death Cloud |
1 |
| G/R Ponza |
2 |
| G/W Slide |
4 |
| Goblin Bidding |
1 |
| Mono-Red Ponza |
6 |
| Obliterate |
2 |
| Tooth and Nail |
3 |
| U/W Control |
4 |
Affinity
Masahiko Morita - Winner - Grand Prix Trial Five
Green-White Slide
Tsuyoshi Fujita - Finalist - Grand Prix Trial Five
Trial Six Breakdown
|
Deck Type
|
Quantity
|
| Affinity |
5 |
| Clerics |
2 |
| G/R Ponza |
1 |
| Goblin Bidding |
2 |
| Obliterate |
1 |
| Ponza |
4 |
| Tooth and Nail |
1 |
The finals was for this one was between two Affinity decks. I can't locate the deck lists but from what I can recall they were pretty much stock decks--can't say that I am sad to not type in two more Affinity lists.
Tsuyoshi Fujita's Green-White Slide deck is very interesting with Duplicants in the main and Relic Barriers in the board. I don't know what he is playing today but I will let you know. The Green-Black Cemetery list was also an eye-opener and hopefully that archetype can post some additional results this weekend.
Round two is just getting underway and I need to get to covering the main event. Check back in a little bit for updates.