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Kaladesh goldfish standard artifact deck9/14/2023 Well, at Pro Tour Kaladesh, it seems that many of the most played decks were fine but not really good, coming in a bit below the average. Typically, when we break down the decks from a Pro Tour, we'll have a couple of big winners that performed way above expected, a couple of big losers that were simply horrible, and then a bunch of decks in the middle. As such, I'm really not sure what to make of GB Delirium moving forward. Is it a good deck that was punished for bad limited performances on day one, or is it a deck that struggled against the day one meta only to find day two slightly more friendly? Only time will tell, but for now we'll have to settle for a slightly below average and somewhat confusing performance from the deck.Īs we continue to move through the big seven decks, an interesting theme is beginning to emerge: all of the decks thus far have performed below average at just about every data point, which is extremely odd. This idea is supported by the numbers: if we throw out day one, just under half of GB Delirium players finished with at least six wins in constructed, which would rank in the top half of the big seven decks. This said, I expect that the biggest problem was the large number of players who missed day two all togethe-it's really difficult for a deck to have a very below average day one and post good numbers at the end of the tournament (because, by default, players who miss day two will also miss the six-, seven-, and eight-win marks). GB Delirium looks to have been one of the worst overall decks at Pro Tour Kaladesh, posting the worst conversion rate of any of the big seven decks and then proceeding to come in below average at every point on the curve compared to the average. I expect to see a lot more control in the coming weeks, and I'm not convinced that the Aetherworks Marvel deck can compete in a control-heavy metagame. As such, I'm concerned about Temur Aetherworks moving forward. My guess would be that Temur Aetherworks found itself on the wrong end of control matches during day two while control decks didn't perform amazingly on day one, they ended up posting very solid day two results, mostly likely to the detriment of Temur Aetherworks, which looked horrible on camera pretty much every time it faced a control deck. In fact, Temur Aetherworks players were 2.5 times less likely to get to seven wins (21+ points) than the average deck at Pro Tour Kaladesh. Unfortunately, the deck found the day two metagame to be a bit more challenging and, in the end, was very likely the worst-performing deck on day two, getting only 6.1% of its players to seven wins-a rate that is by far the worst of any of the big seven decks. On day one, the deck posted one of the best conversion rates out of the big seven decks-more that 4% above expected-and considering that a lot of big teams were playing the deck, it seemed likely that Temur Aetherworks would end up being one of the big winners of Pro Tour Kaladesh. Temur Aetherworks' story is a tale of two days. In theory, decks that performed well at the Pro Tour will post percentages better than the baseline, while decks that performed poorly will have percentages that are worse than the baseline. These numbers will form the foundation of our deck breakdown. Then, at the end of the tournament, a total of 31.7% of the day one field ended up with at least six wins in constructed (18 points+), 15% managed seven or more wins (21+ points), and 5.15% finished with at least eight wins (24+ points). There were 466 players at Pro Tour Kaladesh, and of these players, 62.9% performed well enough to come back on day two. The Big Sevenįirst off, we need some baseline stats to guide our discussion of the decks at Pro Tour Kaladesh. After that, we'll shine the spotlight on a handful of the most interesting under-the-radar decks that managed at least 18 points (six wins) in constructed, before wrapping up with a list of the most played cards in the event, so let's get to it! If you want to see all the decklists in their glory, be sure to check out the Pro Tour Kaladesh Tournament Decklists. Then, we'll talk a little bit about how the lesser-played decks performed in the all-pro field. We'll start off by breaking down the numbers of the seven most played decks at Pro Tour Kaladesh (every deck that started day one with a metagame share of at least 3%). Which decks performed best in constructed? Which decks underperformed on Magic's biggest stage? These are the questions we'll be answering today. Pro Tour Kaladesh is in the books, which means it's time to break down the event by the numbers.
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