By: Horatius
First ever set of Saturday Swisses was played last night. 44 Players joined into 3 flights of gameplay–1×16 player swiss and 2×14 player swisses. The Gladiator format stills seems wide open: a huge array of decks joined the fight covering every archetype and color (…and then some–shoutout to Griff-dog who brought a Dance of the Manse combo deck that went 0-4 but won the entertainment factor of the night).
This diversity was also seen in the top lists. Aggro, Tempo, Midrange, Control, Ramp, and Combo are all present in the top 25% of decks from the night.
The following 13 decks had winning records:
Flight 1:
Narwhalrus Temur Ramp 4-0
Dwaginz Mardu Shonen 3-1
DarkRider Esper Control 3-1
Thaige Gladiator Stompy 3-1
Flight 2:
Swankishdank Gruul Aggro 4-0
Irishlawyer Izzet Tempo 3-1
MuddyMundo Jeska Aggro 3-1
Samsoni1 4C Blood 3-1
Flight 3:
Tregelen Mardu Control 4-0
Archermaster24 Bant Nexus 3-1
DeBugg Mono Red Aggro 3-1
JimJambo 5C Gruul 3-1
Nlght UG Ramp 3-1
Clearly there is still a home for almost any deck, so bust out your thinking caps and bring your spiciest lists!
We hope to repeat this event in the future. More gameplay and tournaments are always a plus. Keep an eye out for more unofficial and impromptu Saturday Swisses. Maybe You can solve the format!
Additional decklists:
Monowog Gladiator Fires 2-2
Pearogative Dimir Flash 2-2
croisvoix Izzet Blitz 2-2
Juniper Butterfly In Jeskai 2-2
MrPrototype 4-Colour Black 2-2
TheMuskrat Jund Midrange 2-2
JRandomHacker BG Control 2-2
K1Lnice Abzan Reanimator 2-2
HyperMizutsune Mono Green 2-2
Kyir Jersey Dumptruck 1-3
HalfshellHer0 Jeskai Spells 1-3
Gryphon Abzan Undertaker 1-3
Denthrass Esper Control 1-3
Statist42 Jeskai Control 1-3
LargestLad Bant Ramp 1-3
cdgentry1 Mardu Aggristocrats 1-3
RIP_Enrico Gladiator Not-F2P Jund 0-4
AubieMan Abzan Rean Shenanigan 0-4
Griff-dog U/W Manse 0-4
jon81 Gladiator Esper Control Technical issues (Drop)
Squirrel Lord Gladiator – Song of Old (drop)
HeWhoHasCake Mono Black Flexrange Dropped https://archidekt.com/decks/537753#Tourney_Mono_Black
Katnissbot Mardu Aristocrats Dropped https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2980228#paper
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