Diaries of the Apocalypse: Tribal Week 639
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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. Announcements
  4. What's Next

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LAST WEEK ON TRIBAL APOCALYPSE...

  • Event Number: Week 639 BE
  • Date: April 29
  • Attendance: 
  • Rounds: 3
  • Subformat: Spring Festival
  • Winner: AJ_Impy with Egg
  • 1-loss: csrrcr with Squirrel, Deonmag with Ranger
  • Tribes: Bird, Druid, Egg, Ranger, Squirrel, Treefolk
  • Event link (with all players, pairings, standings, decks, and results): here it is

 I must say, these events have small attendance, but all the players get the spirit now. Look at that lineup of perfectly thematic nature-based tribes for our Spring Festival! The winner was AJ_Impy with Egg, and that's as much Ēostre-friendly as they get! Too bad nobody thought about running Rabbit.

Ēostre Eggs
by AJ_Impy

4 Biolume Egg
4 Dragon Egg
4 Ludevic's Test Subject
4 Rukh Egg
4 Smoldering Egg
4 Nesting Dragon
4 Bonfire of the Damned
4 Dragon's Fire
2 Invasion of Tarkir
2 Tezzeret's Gambit		 4 Scalding Tarn
4 Volcanic Island
4 Steam Vents
2 Karn's Bastion
2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
1 Keldon Necropolis
1 Miren, the Moaning Well
6 Mountain
 

 

 But not to worry, we've got our proper representation of furry woodland animals via Squirrel, by csrrcr.

Chip 'n Dale: Armed and Dangerous
by csrrcr

4 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
4 Ravenous Squirrel
4 Squirrel Mob
4 Squirrel Sovereign
2 Scurrid Colony
2 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
4 Creakwood Liege
4 Deep Forest Hermit		 3 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
3 Fertile Imagination
3 Parallel Lives
2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
1 Yavimaya Hollow
20 Forest
 

 

 As for humanoids that tender to the forests, what's more fitting than Ranger? Deonmag agreed.

Not Lone
by Deonmag

4 Birchlore Rangers
4 Intrepid Outlander
4 Norwood Ranger
4 Sylvan Ranger
3 Borderland Ranger
1 Scryb Ranger
4 Berserk
4 Revenge of the Hunted
4 Search for Tomorrow
2 Blessings of Nature
2 Primal Bellow		 2 Vines of Vastwood
1 Return to Nature
1 Gleeful Sabotage
1 Vastwood Fortification
2 Yavimaya Hollow
1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
1 Cavern of Souls
15 Forest
 

THE HIGH PRICE OF WINNING

  

 Here's the prices of all the featured decks (MTGO Traders prices as of April 28, 2023):

  • AJ_Impy's Eggs: $127.75
  • csrrcr's Squirrels: 3.36$
  • Deonmag's Rangers: $9.08

 The Top 10 Cheapest Decks that Went Undefeated

  1. -DiamondDust-'s Dinosaurs, $0.98, 2nd place on Event 539
  2. SirFalcon2008's Goblins, $1.54, 1st place on Event 389
  3. mihahitlor's Warriors, $1.95, 1st place on Event 233
  4. morpphling's Vampires, $2.25, 1st place on Event 285
  5. morpphling's Goblins, $2.35, 2nd place on Event 102
  6. JogandoPelado's Berserkers, $2.80, 1st place on Event 248
  7. kokonade1000's Berserkers, $2.95, 2nd place on Event 354
  8. MisterMojoRising's Beasts, $.3.01, 1st place on Event 484
  9. Gq1rf7's Goblins, $3.32, 1st place on Event 154
  10. Bandit Keith's Soldiers, $3.48, 1st place on Event 422

 The Top 5 Cheapest Non-Goblin Decks that Went Undefeated

  1. -DiamondDust-'s Dinosaurs, $0.98, 2nd place on Event 539
  2. mihahitlor's Warriors, $1.95, 1st place on Event 233
  3. morpphling's Vampires, $2.25, 1st place on Event 285
  4. JogandoPelado's Berserkers, $2.80, 1st place on Event 248
  5. kokonade1000's Berserkers, $2.95, 2nd place on Event 354

 NOTES: not adjusted to current prices; data collected since Event 85; Penny Dreadful events aren't counted.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Just to remind you of a few things:

 The Up-and-Coming Virtual Plaque: When a tribe wins an event for the first time ever (losing Unhallowed status), its pilot will get bragging rights.

 The New Kids on the Block Imaginary Commemorative Plate: When a new tribe is introduced in the game, or reaches enough members to be played as a proper tribe (i.e. at least 3 members, so you can build a deck that features 4 copies of each plus 8 Changeling creatures), the first player to score a match win with it will get everyone's respect. You'll need a hard win, not a BYE or a win by no-show of your opponent. Tribes currently eligible: none. 

 The Hamtastic Trophy: The Biodiversity distinction dedicated to the memory of Erik Friborg is awarded to each player who registers the most different tribes (except Human, Elf and Goblin) during the year.

 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 in a specific format, they will not be allowed to register the same tribe and deck in that format again for 3 events (i.e. they'll have to register a different deck three times before coming back to the undefeated one). In some cases, specific combo or archetype-defining cards will also be locked out. A list of the current lockouts is maintained here.

 We're on Discord! Join us from here, chat about tribal things with other tribal players and arrange tribal games on MTGO all week long! (Or your can just keep using our Google Sheets bulletin board).

 WHAT'S NEXT

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

  • 13.17 (Week 640 BE), on May 6: Underdog
  • 13.18 (Week 641 BE), on May 13: Modern
  • 13.19 (Week 642 BE), on May 20: Legacy
  • 13.20 (Week 643 BE), on May 27: Standard

Check out the ban lists and the event calendar.
SEE YOU ALL IN THE #TRIBAL ROOM!

 

Art disclaimers. Revel in Riches art by Eric Deschamps; Herald of Anafenza art by Aaron Miller.