TOURNAMENT & META Report - OPE Birmingham

[@bigonotation245]

I was the Cad Bane player who made top 8 and I can definitely agree it's got a tough Jango matchup. I tested it a lot with a teammate in the run up to the event and it's what caused a lot of the changes to the deck. The early 2 turns become about taking the board and then either transitioning into a race or playing to Cad if you think you can get to 7 (or draw now there are 2 of them) depending on the board state. As soon as Lurking Tie comes down I know I need to start going face and it's a big reason for the waylays and tap effects being so present in the deck especially bamboozle. Going wide with the Guavians was amazing to help with the race too. If I can get a guy suited with a Blaster and then play to find Surprise Strike I'll aim for a kill on the deploy turn or turn after. Bazine is also a great turn 1 with a slower hand to brick their TDR, Lurking Tie or turn 2 play whilst hopefully TT deals with the turn 1. Bossk with free Bamboozle and Ziro were both great to play towards too - sometimes even dropping Ziro on 5 resource and claiming soon after to tap them under 6 next turn. I played 3 Jangos on the day and won all 3 matches which I can definitely attribute some to good luck but I'd like to think the deckbuilding choices had some help to it too.

[@iamwooooo]

Thanks for sharing! Congrats on your finish!

[@brysoncaldwell488]

Thanks for the help! Trying cad right now. Can I please have a quick rundown on what situation each sideboard card is brought in for?

[@RossCooper]

I clicked to see how you would pronounce Birmingham and stayed for the (as always) outstanding content.

[@ramongoroth]

Than ks for the breakdown. Interesting so see where the meta goes.

[@iamwooooo]

No problem!

[@MADforSWU]

Interesting meta! Feels like a lot of people went with their set 2 leaders that they have a lot of reps with

[@johnschroeder6420]

Definitely think Jango Red needs more reps into Cad. That was also the finals matchup at a case tournament in Chicago where the Cad Red won.

[@BadatBoardgames]

Good video Thank You for the breakdown

[@iamwooooo]

Thank you!

[@WhiskeyjackZA]

I don't know...Jango is good, but it had negative win rate against Rey TT. (In locals as a Rey player I don't worry about Jango - but people might get better with it). Luke (50%) but too little data. Anakin - that was so prevalent and did so poorly only 54% win rate. Sure the matchups can improve against Sabine and Cad - but that will have to be balanced against an evolving meta and dealing with control. I get the KTOD is pushing it heavily and it is likely based on internal testing - but at end it is early and in early results it is far from dominant. Let's see - maybe it gets there come PQs...

[@iamwooooo]

Win rate % is unfortunately not always going to give the whole picture. I try to give insight about my own experience with and against these decks while also covering the results at the events.

[@WhiskeyjackZA]

@@iamwooooo Totally agree...you have to preference this tourney also with at least some of these disclaimers: (a) early in meta; (b) lots of players trying new leaders/decks and (iii) how many good players were on what decks and (iv) remember pre-PQ vs PQ meta Set 2. Side tangent - In generally across most tabletop systems I have played, I also found that EU players are more innovative/counter-meta vs US players meta-by numbers/consensus. I wish "Worlds" in a lot of tabletop games actually really meant "worlds" and not just mostly US players with some international players. More than often I have seen "US consensus" - really upset with significant international presence...

[@Eroth]

It's Miko*waɪ* - also, he's under the codename SIP, the ContentCreator from SwoopRacers ;)

[@iamwooooo]

Thanks for letting me know!

[@jakubsobkowiak6193]

palp is an answer for snoke mostly IMO in jango decks

[@iamwooooo]

That makes sense.

[@RossCooper]

Safe to say, it was pronounced as expected 😜

[@iamwooooo]

woops!

[@TheNordicFleet]

Fantastic reporting, thank you Sir! The Nordic Fleet Approves™

[@iamwooooo]

Thanks!

[@TheNordicFleet]

@ My pleasure!

[@maravitch]

To solve the jango issue with cad go green instead. Ecl/timely,maul, no?

[@iamwooooo]

I think it will be difficult to close against them with that kind of ground game but it's possible.

[@stempiendaniel]

Neither Palp from top4 did run a single Relentless in the main deck or in the side xd

[@iamwooooo]

Probably would have helped against Bossk!

[@stempiendaniel]

@@iamwooooo buhahahahahahahahahahaha!

[@matthewr1019]

Hey Woooo! Do you have a contact email by chance? Wanted to send you a businessy related email (SWU related), wasn't able to find a contact email on here or Patreon. Appreciate all you do for the game!

[@iamwooooo]

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