NQ data Part 3: UW control

Thanks all for your patience- yesterday's update was delayed whilst we got some important data!

As reported on Monday, a slight error in the Top 8 lists occurred. The missing decklist was the UW control list of Russ Davies. We presented Rob Davies' list in error- sorry for the confusion! The correct, qualifying list:

4 Tectonic Edge
4 Plains
3 Island
3 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Halimar Depths
4 Tectonic Edge
4 Everflowing Chalice

1 Path to Exile
1 Journey To Nowhere
2 Negate
4 Treasure Hunt
3 Spreading Seas
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Cancel
3 Jace, the Mindsculptor
2 Day of Judgment
3 Baneslayer Angel
2 Mind Spring
3 Martial Coup
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria


Sideboard:
4 Celestial Purge
3 Flashfreeze
1 Pithing Needle
2 Mind Control
1 Deft Duellist
2 Kor Firewalker
1 Kiss of the Amesha
1 Marshals Anthem

Let's look at the matchups for this deck.

Overall, UW did very, very well. It had an overall record of 25-15-2, winning almost 60% of its matches. Its record was also consistent with the die roll- it went 12-7-2 on the play, and 13-8 on the draw.

In specific matchups, it wasn't all the same story. Just to recap Tuesday, against Burn, UW went 5-4, with 5-1 on the play and 0-3 on the draw.

Against Jund, the boogieman of the format, UW scored 5-3-1. On the play, that was a 2-2 split; on the draw, Jund's aggressive discard saw it slip to 1-3-1.

The mirror looked to be a real skill-tester, although in our tournament we had only 4 such matches. They went evenly, 2-2, depending on the die roll.

Finally, against the Naya decks, UW found itself at 5-1. It was a stonking 4-0 on the draw against this deck, and split games on the play 1-1.

Join us tomorrow when the Naya and Jund stats are revised and revealed.

Til then,

~David

(incidentally, if you want to know more about this project, the podcast, or anything else related, the address to email is savia dot wanderer at gmail dot com!)