Meta Check – Atlanta
This is one of two events happening this weekend. At last, the Kotei season is kicking off in America and we have a chance to see what the meta is currently like over there. These will be the last two events before the restricted list, so it’ll be our last chance to judge the post-disciples pre-restricted list environment.
Day 1
Atlanta started off with a proving grounds on Friday. That event had 42 players with Joseph Salco playing Phoenix going undefeated at the end of the 6 rounds.
For the main event, we have 60 players with a decent spread across all the clans.
At the end of the swiss, there were 5 who made the cut and 7 challengers for a total of 12 players going into day 2.
Those 12 players going into day 2 are:
- 1. Hayes Hunter – Lion
- 2. Joseph Scalco – Phoenix
- 3. Steve Palumbo – Scorpion
- 4. Anthony Anselmo – Scorpion
- 5. Emran Omar – Dragon
- 6. Cameron McKenzie – Dragon
- 7. Daniel Schroder – Crab
- 8. Carl Meisner – Phoenix
- 9. Brandon Lane – Scorpion
- 12. Chris Black – Lion
- 18. Kyle Wislocky – Crane
- 29. Mychal Edwards – Unicorn
Day 2
| Position | Name | Faction |
| Winner | Steve Palumbo | Scorpion |
| Top 2 | Emran Omar | Dragon |
| Top 4 | Daniel Schroder | Crab |
| Top 4 | Hayes Hunter | Lion |
| Top 8 | Joseph Scalco | Phoenix |
| Top 8 | Anthony Anselmo | Scorpion |
| Top 8 | Brandon Lane | Scorpion |
| Top 8 | Cameron McKenzie | Dragon |
| Top 16 | Kyle Wislocky | Crane |
| Top 16 | Mychal Edwards | Unicorn |
| Top 16 | Carl Meisner | Phoenix |
| Top 16 | Chris Black | Lion |
Now quickly over to the San Francisco tournament to see how that goes.
Hopefully, we will start seeing decklists for Atlanta. If you see any, please comment and I’ll link them above.
13 Replies to “Meta Check – Atlanta”
Here is my (Daniel Schroder, top 4 Crab) decklist:
stronghold (1)
1x Shiro Nishiyama
role (1)
1x Keeper of Earth
province (5)
1x Defend the Wall
1x Manicured Garden
1x Meditations on the Tao
1x Rally to the Cause
1x Shameful Display
dynasty character (32)
3x Borderlands Defender
3x Hida Guardian
3x Hida Kisada
1x Hiruma Yōjimbō
1x Intimidating Hida
3x Kaiu Envoy
3x Kaiu Shuichi
3x Keeper Initiate
3x Shrewd Yasuki
2x Steadfast Witch Hunter
2x Stoic Magistrate
3x Vanguard Warrior
2x Hida Amoro
holding (8)
1x Favorable Ground
2x Imperial Storehouse
3x Iron Mine
1x Karada District
1x The Imperial Palace
conflict character (4)
2x Hiruma Ambusher
2x Hiruma Skirmisher
attachment (15)
2x Fine Katana
2x Finger of Jade
3x Reprieve
3x Spyglass
2x Talisman of the Sun
2x Watch Commander
1x Ornate Fan
event (21)
2x Assassination
2x Banzai!
2x Censure
3x Charge!
2x Court Games
3x Gaijin Customs
2x Rebuild
3x The Mountain Does Not Fall
2x Way of the Crab
Awesome. Thank you. My brother is a Crab player, and this will make him happy.
My bad, that should be 1x Hida Amoro and 2x Intimidating Hida. Everything else is correct.
Noted. Thanks!
Here is the deck list I used for the top 8,
https://fiveringsdb.com/strains/c443d68b-5d56-11e8-9ce5-8e1ccf16fca4/view
Awesome performance, congrats!
Thanks! Restricted List is making deck construction for Kotei Columbus super fun!
But, where does top 4 Lion gode?
*goes?
Whoops! Fixed now. Thank you.
Great report, as usual…
This is a link to my decklist as scorpion challenger.
https://fiveringsdb.com/strains/f1d631f2-6079-11e8-9ce5-8e1ccf16fca4/view
Added, thanks!