M:TG World

Okay so the M:TG Worlds are this weekend. Here are some of my bold predictions for the weekend.

Someone from Japan will win the World Championship, either Shuhei Nakamura or Tomoharu Saito. Probably Shuhei because when he does play in tournaments he always does well. Saito just plays in every event, that’s why he’s got so many points and will probably win Player of the Year.

Here are my deck predictions, for Extended I’m going to say Elves. They’re too fast and Tezzerator is just not fast enough. Unless you mulligan till you get a Chalice of the Void.

For Standard, it will be Vengeant Weenie. Yep! That’s what I said! Not Fae or Cruel Control! Kithkin is really good, it’s got answers for everything. It’s way too fast for Cruel Control or Fae. It’s got Stillmoon Cavalier for Fae and too many creatures for Wrath or Wrath like abilities. Plus with the added splash of Red, sometimes Weenie decks run out of steam before they’re able to do that final 6 points of damage to win it all. That’s where Ajani Vengeant or a couple of red spells come in handy. For the mirror match or Elves, it’s easy, just make sure you Mirrorweave better then they can. Plus against Elves, you get more creatures per spell they do. Plus you have fliers. Here’s Corey Mann’s deck from this past weekend at the Star City Games $5K Standard Tournament in Philadelphia:

Creatures
3 Burrenton Forge-tender
4 Cloudgoat Ranger
4 Figure Of Destiny
4 Goldmeadow Stalwart
4 Knight Of Meadowgrain
4 Wilt-leaf Liege
4 Wizened Cenn

Planeswalkers
4 Ajani Vengeant

Sorceries
4 Spectral Procession

Basic Lands
6 Plains

Lands
4 Battlefield Forge
3 Mutavault
4 Rugged Prairie
4 Rustic Clachan
4 Windbrisk Heights

Sideboard:
1 Burrenton Forge-tender
4 Reveillark
3 Stillmoon Cavalier
4 Unmake
3 Ajani Goldmane

I also think that Reveilark is going to make a comeback. I think it’s well rounded like Cruel Control. Here’s the deck:

Artifact Creatures
4 Tidehollow Sculler

Creatures
4 Fulminator Mage
3 Kitchen Finks
4 Mulldrifter
3 Reveillark
3 Sower Of Temptation

Instants
4 Cryptic Command
3 Esper Charm
2 Makeshift Mannequin

Sorceries
3 Thoughtseize
3 Wrath Of God

Lands
2 Adarkar Wastes
4 Arcane Sanctum
2 Fetid Heath
2 Mystic Gate
4 Reflecting Pool
3 Sunken Ruins
2 Underground River
2 Vivid Creek
2 Vivid Marsh
1 Vivid Meadow

Sideboard:
4 Burrenton Forge-tender
2 Glen Elendra Archmage
3 Stillmoon Cavalier
3 Runed Halo
2 Condemn
1 Negate

There’s nothing dirtier then Makeshift Mannequin’ing a Reveillark to block your opponents creatures, only to let it die to bring back 2 Sowers of Temptation. There might be some graveyard hate out there but it probably won’t be enough slow this deck down.

I’m excited for the weekend!