Kaladesh goldfish standard artifact deck pro#

There were a massive 466 players on day one of Pro Tour Kaladesh and 293 players are back for day two. After being endlessly hyped during spoiler season, it started off slowly but eventually found a home in Modern alongside Pyromancer Ascension, and may now be a four-of in Standard thanks to the Grixis Control deck that has a reasonable shot of ending up in the Top 8.Īfter the round, we are treated to a deck tech featuring Blue-Red Control splashing Nahiri:Īs we're waiting for some interesting gameplay, let's take a look at the day two metagame breakdown and see what's changed over the past 24 hours. Another card to keep an eye on is Thing in the Ice. As we talked about yesterday, Aetherworks Marvel is great when things are going well, but when your Aetherworks Marvel gets countered, you are left playing random puzzleknots and Glint-Nest Cranes.

Speaking of keeping up with Aetherworks Marvel, one of the backup feature matches features Grixis Control versus Temur Aetherworks. While the sample size is small, the matchup looks pretty difficult for the Aetherworks Marvel deck. We've seen quite a bit of Elder Deep-Fiend over the weekend, and while it's unclear how grindy, graveyard-based emerge decks compete with Aetherworks Marvel, being one of the better Kozilek's Return decks in the format is appealing if RW Vehicles remains near the top of the format. I'll be tracking the progress of Pierre Dagon throughout day two to see if a Top 8 birth is likely.Īs far as the gameplay itself, we start in the 9-2 bracket with Grixis Emerge (which looks pretty similar to the deck that took second at the week one SCG tournament) against Mardu Vehicles (which is actually RW Vehicles splashing for Unlicensed Disintegration and Unceremonious Rejection). On the other hand, Dynavolt Tower is floating near the top tables and could have a chance to show up on Sunday. When the day two metagame breakdown comes out, we'll see if it was just bad luck, or if it's because the deck had a bad day one. Personally, I'm skeptical about Metalwork Colossus, mostly because it got the very first feature match of the day yesterday and then completely disappeared from coverage.

Lastly we have a couple of artifacts with Metalwork Colossus and Dynavolt Tower. Keep an eye out for the deck though, it does absurd things and it only takes one feature match with a 40/40 double striking Electrostatic Pummeler closing out the game on turn four for the cards to spike again. While it did get a deck tech and is one of the most played decks in the field (coming in fifth on day one), at this point the prices spikes seem to be a combination of pure speculation and Magic Online hype from earlier in the week. Electrostatic Pummeler increased almost 600% to over $4, and Bristling Hydra 180% to $3.50, which is somewhat surprising because the deck hasn't really been on camera. Based on the performances of the decks they are found in, it seems likely both will continue to appear over the course of the weekend, and Aetherworks Marvel making the Top 8 is a good bet at this point, considering it started the tournament at nearly 20% of the field.Įlectrostatic Pummeler and Bristling Hydra, two of the key pieces to the GR Energy combo deck, are next on our list. Both of these cards were on camera a ton during the first day of Pro Tour Kaladesh. While not the biggest winners (by percentage), clearly the two most important Kaladesh cards from the tournament so far are Aetherworks Marvel (up 133% to $19) and Torrential Gearhulk (up 122% also to $19). Based on the first day of action, we have a total of six cards that have increased at least 100% in response to the decks that have shown up at Pro Tour Kaladesh. Let's start by recapping the major price movements from day one. If you just want to get down to business, check out the Top 8 Decklists from Pro Tour Kaladesh. Things will be a bit different for day two since we've already seen pretty much all of the new decks, so instead of spending most of our time talking about deck lists, we'll focus more on individual cards, observations, and a meta-discussion of which decks are performing well and have a chance to make it to the Sunday Top 8! If you're looking for decklists, check out yesterday's Pro Tour Kaladesh coverage. Once again, we'll skip over the the limited rounds and pick up the action in Round 12, the first constructed round of day two. Hello everyone and welcome back for our live coverage of the second day of Pro Tour Kaladesh! Much like yesterday, we'll be breaking down the action round-by-round in real time as the tournament unfolds in Hawaii.