Monday 27 May 2013

PT: Ranking the PT DGM teams

Using Lauren Lee's team statistics and the top decks page from the coverage, here are the known team performances from PT Dragon's Maze, ranked by average points in the Swiss and noting the teams' deck choices.

teamavg ptsdeckstop finish
South Florida29.2NayaDavid Sharfman
European Union29.2EsperMatej Zatlkaj
Channel Fireball27.3Red, Esper, JunkJosh Utter-Leyton
StarCityGames24.9BantReid Duke
Cute By Comparison23.4Bant, UWRMichael Bernat
TCGPlayer21.6Red, UWR, BWRRaphael Levy
Legit20.4UWR, EsperAndrew Shrout
Sweden18.3Gates, JunkDenniz Rachid
Wilson Gone Wild18.3Esper, GWRoss Merriam
Luxurious Hair17.5GW, Esper, RDWCraig Wescoe
Latin America16.4NayaFelipe Tapia Becerra
Northern Walkers15.7EsperAndrejs Prost
Australia15.0Justin Cheung
Rourix15.0NayaJose Francisco Silva
Mana Deprived14.8Hao-Shan Huang
Netherlands14.6EsperJan van der Vegt


The "top teams" for the event seemed to each use a single deck choice (Florida Naya, European Precinct Esper, and arguably SCG Gatecreeper Bant), while a bunch of "medium-successful" teams did OK playing different decks. From what I keep reading in the PT reports, Channel Fireball gets consistent success despite splintering into factions playing different decks, but the results from this PT really make "solving a format" look like a much better plan than just "figuring out some good decks."

Players in Lauren Lee's team listings amounted to 40% of the field, included 51% of players who went 10-6 or better and 64% of the players who went 11-5 or better. Here are some pie charts:


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