Comments on: Power Levels: How Tiers Work

By: Major Tom

Major Tom — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 14:22:26 +0000

I like that there are tiers. My favorite part of the game is brewing. And I totally respect that part of why tier 1 decks are amazing is that their game plan is tried and true, tested and experimented with by through thousands of matches by thousands of people in order to create an efficient machine. This is something I could not possibly do with a home brew cause I have life responsibilities. But having tier one decks also provide me the challenge of brewing something that can compete with those decks. And that challenge of original creation in a competitive arena is why I love this game. Tier 1 is the biggest challenge

By: Ethan Dehoff

Ethan Dehoff — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 02:00:06 +0000

As someone who plays nothing but Merfolk, I can’t agree with classifying the deck as even tier 2. It’s been over a year since the deck the deck has published lists at a GP at this point.

It is on upswing at the moment, thanks to a good UR Pheonix matchup, but you can’t classify a deck that just doesn’t have any tournament finishes at this point as tier 2.

I am hopeful the new Modern Horizons set will have some fairly potent Merfolk in it, though. We’ll see what happens in the wake of that.

By: Jordan Boisvert

Jordan Boisvert — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:23:59 +0000

In reply to Jon Garcia. This kind of performance is characteristic among what this article defines as Tier 3 decks when they first crash onto the scene. While Mardu had been steadily putting up results online in the hands of one or two pilots, Gerry's Pro Tour outing with the deck marked its first major transition into paper. Off the top of my head, other instances of this sort of breakout success for to-be Tier 3 decks include Death & Taxes at the SCG Invi a couple years back, Lantern and Grishoalbrand at GP Charlotte in 2015, and RG Scapeshift when Thien first dominated a major event.

By: Jon Garcia

Jon Garcia — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:53:40 +0000

And also Gerry T was a finalist of pro tour Rivals of Ixalan, if that isn’t a great accomplishment for the deck i don’t know what it is. However, I agree with you that the deck lacks something although it has great sinergies and at first glance it looks very solid.

By: David Ernenwein

David Ernenwein — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:14:51 +0000

In reply to Pedro Fausto Rodrigues. Huh, yeah I forgot about that. That came after the deck had started to drop off substantially, so I didn't look that late in the year.

By: Pedro Fausto Rodrigues

Pedro Fausto Rodrigues — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:07:01 +0000

Just a little clarification:
Mardu Pyromancer did won a GP: GP São Paulo in 2018. In fact, the player never played with the deck prior to that moment.