The first issue of BAM is in the books! 20 Players from all over the world (NRW) gathered today at Bielefeld University to fight for a Dual Land in five rounds of swiss in an Archon tournament. (Click the links for decklists!)
The one and only Nico Famoso secured the trophy with his Aragorn, King of Gondor brew. Congratulations! Even more so as it was his second big Archon tournament win this year, having rocked Lotus Vale Series in Herne in January already!
Its is noteworthy that without Nico, this tournament would not have happened in the first place. Had he not inspired me to try out Archon 2 years ago, all this might not ever have happened.
Also, a great pleasure for me to hand the first East-Westphalian Archon trophy to a native East-Westphalian, who would not have learned about Archon if it hadn’t been for his moving to cologne a while ago…
Enough flowers! Let’s talk meta!
Behind Nico the field was three people with a 4-1 record:
2nd: Stefan on Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
3rd Flemming on Glarb, Calamity’s Augur
4th Fabu on Winota, Joiner of Forces
These were chased by a bunch of spellslingers with a 3-2 record:
5th Thomas on Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
6th Sara on Grist, the Hunger Tide
7th Myself on Ragavan
8th Lucas on Leovold, Emissary of Trest
9th Matthias on Wilson, Refinded Grizzly / Guild Artisan.
Finally, this is the full metagame breakdown:
| 1 | Aragorn, King of Gondor | 15 |
| 2 | Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis | 12 |
| 3 | Glarb, Calamity’s Augur | 12 |
| 4 | Winota, Joiner of Forces | 12 |
| 5 | Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | 9 |
| 6 | Grist, The Hunger Tide | 9 |
| 7 | Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | 9 |
| 8 | Leovold, Emissary of Trest | 9 |
| 9 | Wilson, Refined Grizzly / Guild Artisan | 9 |
| 10 | Heliod, the Sun-Crowned | 6 |
| 11 | Rograkh / Miara | 6 |
| 12 | Nicol Bolas, The Ravager | 6 |
| 13 | Omnath, Locus of Creation (Yorion) | 6 |
| 14 | Thrasios / Nadier | 6 |
| 15 | Soul of Windgrace | 6 |
| 16 | Quintorius, History Chaser | 4 |
| 17 | The Reaper, King No More | 4 |
| 18 | Rograkh / Miara | 3 |
| 19 | Extus, Oriq Overlord | 3 |
| 20 | Tifa Lockhart | 0 |
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