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 Welcome back to Tribal Apocalypse!

   Table of Contents 

  1. Last Week on Tribal Apocalypse...
  2. The High Price of Winning
  3. Announcement Time!
  4. What's Next

Check the full archive for the "Diaries of the Apocalypse" series


THOUGHTS OF A TRIBAL HOST
by Kumagoro

 Attention, attention! Thought Lash has been fixed, apparently. Consequently, it is now unbanned in all formats. Hooray?


LAST WEEK ON TRIBAL APOCALYPSE...

  • Event Number: 6.26, Week 287 BE
  • Date: July 2
  • Attendance: 17
  • Rounds: 4
  • Subformat: Underdog
  • Winner: ScionOfJustice (Archon)
  • Other undefeated: AJ_Impy (Gargoyle)
  • 1 Loss: Cleomar (Berserker), totalhate (Rebel), TLR (Kor)
  • True Underdog Prize: Houdini79 (Kraken)
  • Tribes: Archon, Bear, Berserker (x3), Centaur, Devil, Efreet, Gargoyle, Hound, Kor, Kraken, Masticore, Minotaur, Rebel, Soltari, Sphinx
  • Event link (with all players, pairings, standings, decks, and results): here it is

 Last week's Underdog event (that went down the same night Euro 2016's Italy vs. Germany absolutely boring quarter final match was playing) was a nice and diverse one, if unfortunately with a few usual suspects on top. Like ScionOfJustice's Archon reanimator, or this Gargoyle Cloudpost build by AJ_Impy, who lost the playoff just like Italy lost the penalty shootout to Germany.

 

 Let's find something different in the bunch. This Kraken deck by Houdini79, perhaps? It's at least a different way to try and do reanimator.

 

 Or even better, these Rebels piloted by totalhate to a money result. Rebel is a solid Underdog tribe that hadn't been under the spotlight enough, lately.


THE HIGH PRICE OF WINNING

  

 Here's the prices of all the featured decks, courtesy of the amazing Deck Pricer from mtgGoldfish (MTGO Traders prices as of July 6, 2016):

 The Top 10 Cheapest Decks that Went Undefeated

  1. mihahitlor's Warriors, $1.95, 1st place on Event 233
  2. morpphling's Vampires, $2.25, 1st place on Event 285
  3. morpphling's Goblins, $2.35, 2nd place on Event 102
  4. JogandoPelado's Berserkers, $2.80, 1st place on Event 248
  5. Gq1rf7's Goblins, $3.32, 1st place on Event 154
  6. MisterMojoRising's Insects, $3.55, 2nd place on Event 201
  7. Gq1rf7's Goblins, $3.58, 1st place on Event 169
  8. Gq1rf7's Goblins, $3.70, 1st place on Event 145
  9. Gq1rf7's Goblins, $4.12, 2nd place on Event 141
  10. Gq1rf7's Assassins, $4.18, 1st place on Event 147

 NOTE: not adjusted to current prices; data collected since Event 85. A separate non-Goblin Top 10 is in preparation. 


ANNOUNCEMENT TIME!

 Just to remind you of a few things:

 The Underdog Prize: During any event of the regular rotation (but not during the one-time special events), all players who are running an Underdog Tribe are eligible for a 1-tix credit certificate from MTGO Traders. The tie-breakers are first the number of Underdog categories (for instance, a tribe that's simultaneously Endangered and Unhallowed will take the prize over one that's only Endangered), then the points achieved in the final standings. During Underdog events, only the True Underdog tribes are rewarded (those are the tribes belonging to all three categories of Underdog at once).

 The Up-and-Coming Prize: When a tribe wins an event for the first time ever (losing Unhallowed status), its pilot will get a 3-tix certificate from MTGO Traders.

 The Hamtastic Award: The Biodiversity Prize dedicated to the memory of Erik Friborg has started the third quarter of 2016. The quarter will end September 24. By that date, the player or players who registered the greatest number of different tribes (except Human, Elf and Goblin) will get a 5-tix certificate from MTGO Traders. Congratulations to last quarter's winner, Generalissimo!

 The Top Players Lockout: Every time a Top Player (either a Google Era Top 8, an Ultimate Champion/Tribal Player of the Year, or a seasonal Top 8) will end undefeated, they will not be allowed to register the same tribe and deck again for 5 events (i.e. they'll have to register a different deck or decks 5 times before coming back to the undefeated one). With "deck" is meant a specific, recognizable archetype (e.g. Wall-Drazi), which in some case will be linked to a specific combo card (e.g. Helm of Obedience). A list of the current lockouts is maintained here.

 Wanna test your deck? Tell us when you're online, and look who else is there and when! All of this here!


 WHAT'S NEXT

 The upcoming Tribal Apocalypse events of the Blippian Era (every Saturday at 17:00 GMT):

  • 6.27 (Week 288 BE), on July 9: Regular
  • 6.28 (Week 289 BE), on July 16: Pure
  • 6.29 (Week 290 BE), on July 23: Regular
  • 6.30 (Week 291 BE), on July 30: Singleton

Check out all the rules for the sub-formats!

Check out the full Tribal Calendar for 2016!

SEE YOU ALL IN THE TRIBAL ROOM!