Diaries of the Apocalypse: Tribal Week 641
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By: Kumagoro42, Gianluca Aicardi
May 19 2023 11:13am
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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 641 BE
  • Date: May 13
  • Attendance: 4
  • Rounds: 3
  • Subformat: Modern
  • Winner: dracocards with Fox
  • 1-loss: -DiamondDust- with Zombie
  • Tribes: Fox, Monkey, Vampire, Zombie
  • Event link (with all players, pairings, standings, decks, and results): here it is

 We've come to this: an identical deck won two events in a row – which I think is unprecedented, but the current state of the tournament causes all kinds of anomalies. Like Fox going from zero to two first places over the span of seven days. The list by dracocards is exactly the same as the previous week, so we can focus on the runner-up, which was this white-black Zombie build by -DiamondDust-. It features an interesting combo-like gameplan based on the self-mill-fueled interaction between Corpse Knight and the two mass reanimator spells Rally the Ancestors and Return to the Ranks.

Zombie Rally
by -DiamondDust-

4 Carrion Feeder
4 Corpse Knight
4 Cryptbreaker
4 Gravecrawler
4 Mire Triton
4 Stitcher's Supplier
4 Wayward Servant
4 Fatal Push
4 Rally the Ancestors		 2 Return to the Ranks
4 Brightclimb Pathway
4 Caves of Koilos
4 Concealed Courtyard
4 Godless Shrine
2 Castle Locthwain
4 Swamp
 

 

 It didn't perform as well, but Takeoutree's Monkey deck also deserves a mention. Because it's a Hardened Scales Monkey deck! With Ragavan and The Great Henge!

Macacocaco
by Takeoutree

4 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
4 Scrounging Bandar
4 Simian Sling
4 Guardian Gladewalker
4 Taurean Mauler
3 Oran-Rief Ooze
2 Grumgully, the Generous
4 Domri's Ambush
4 Hardened Scales
4 Lightning Bolt
2 The Great Henge		 4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Stomping Ground
4 Rootbound Crag
1 Castle Embereth
1 Karn's Bastion
1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
3 Forest
3 Mountain
 

THE HIGH PRICE OF WINNING

  

 Here's the prices of all the featured decks (MTGO Traders prices as of May 19, 2023):

  • -DiamondDust's Zombies: $44.28
  • Takeoutree's Monkeys: $78.91

 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):

  • 13.19 (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.