Diaries of the Apocalypse: Tribal Week 642
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By: Kumagoro42, Gianluca Aicardi
May 26 2023 10:30am
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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 642 BE
  • Date: May 20
  • Attendance: 7
  • Rounds: 3
  • Subformat: Legacy
  • Winner: dracocards with Zombie
  • 1-loss: -DiamondDust- with Kor, Deonmag with Zombie, Yokai_ with Yeti
  • Dark Horse Prize: Yokai_ with Yeti
  • Tribes: Cleric, Hydra, Insect, Kor, Yeti, Zombie (x2)
  • Event link (with all players, pairings, standings, decks, and results): here it is

 Despite being the second most popular tribe after Human, Zombie had only won 9 event out of 448 Tribal Apocalyse participations. The latest came courtesy of dracocards, who achieved a hat trick after the double Fox win of the past weeks. It's a manaless dredge build, something we hadn't seen played in a long while.

Not Fox
by dracocards

4 Lotleth Giant
4 Prized Amalgam
4 Shambling Shell
4 Silversmote Ghoul
4 Vengeful Pharaoh
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Golgari Thug
4 Ichorid
4 Nether Shadow		 4 Phantasmagorian
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Street Wraith
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Creeping Chill
4 Dread Return
 

 

 At the other end of the spectrum, with only 9 total appearances under its belt, Yeti is officially on a roll! After their first place of last March, the abominable snowmen keeps accumulating good placements, this time with Yokai_'s monored list.

Red Snow
by Yokai_

4 Karplusan Yeti
4 Ohran Yeti
4 Stalking Yeti
4 Summit Prowler
4 Taurean Mauler
4 Anger of the Gods
4 Coldsteel Heart
4 Skred		 3 Lightning Bolt
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Mouth of Ronom
4 Scrying Sheets
16 Snow-Covered Mountain
 

 

 Last but not least, a big welcome to new player RenatoSky! First team they fielded into the Tribal Apocalypse arena: Golgari Grave Pact Insects.

Insetário
by Renato Sky

4 Bilious Skulldweller
4 Blightbeetle
4 Mortician Beetle
4 Scute Mob
4 Skittering Heartstopper
4 Skylasher
4 Xantid Swarm
2 Caustic Caterpillar
2 Necropede
4 Grave Pact		 2 Forever Young
2 Raking Canopy
2 Vanquisher's Banner
4 Woodland Cemetery
2 Swarmyard
7 Forest
7 Swamp
 

THE HIGH PRICE OF WINNING

  

 Here's the prices of all the featured decks (MTGO Traders prices as of May 26, 2023):

  • dracocards's Zombies: $4.68
  • Yokai_'s Yetis: $9.84
  • RenatoSky's Insects: $1.94

 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):

  • 13.20 (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.