Tribal Lorwyn Standard Throwback Standard Gauntlet League
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| Tribal Lorwyn Standard Throwback Standard Gauntlet League | |||||
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| Magic: The Gathering Online | |||||
| Event Details | |||||
| Event date | August 17 to 23, 2017 | ||||
| Format | Standard | ||||
| Themes and mechanics | Historical decks from Lorwyn block Standards. | ||||
| Number of decks | 10 decks | ||||
| Deck size | 75 cards | ||||
| Magic Online Gauntlets | |||||
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| Digital preconstructed decks | |||||
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The Tribal Lorwyn Standard Throwback Standard Gauntlet League was a phantom preconstructed event on Magic Online which focused on typal decks from Lorwyn block Standards[1]. It was held from August 17 to 23, 2017, having been brought forward from it original scheduled time due to issues with the preceding Ravnica Standard Throwback Standard Gauntlet League[2][3].
Black White Tokens
A 
deck as played by Luis Scott-Vargas.
| “ | Also appearing in that Pro Tour Kyoto Top 8 was a scorching-hot Luis Scott-Vargas (LSV). Fresh off winning Pro Tour Berlin with Elves in Extended, he took 11th at Worlds, which was a Pro Tour back then. Then, LSV damn-near won another while piloting this Black-White Tokens deck. The final match was recently revisited by Marshall Sutcliffe and Luis himself in a YouTube feature that I, for one, wish there were more of.[1] | ” |
Black White Tokens
Black White Tokens was the third best performing deck in the gauntlet[4]/
Cruel Control
A 
deck as played by Gabriel Nassif.
| “ | This tournament was probably the peak of Gabriel Nassif's amazing career. Not only did he beat LSV in the finals, not only did he help design the most powerful and famous control deck of his era (too much power to fit into 60 cards!), but he also gave us one of the most iconic moments in Pro Tour Sunday history by calling his shot in the quarterfinals. Faced with one crucial draw step before succumbing to Matteo Orsini-Jones, Gabe drew his card face down, slow-rolling all of us (himself included), and arranged his lands into the form of the card he wanted to draw: Cruel Ultimatum. There may never have been a better-named card or a better-named deck.[1] | ” |
Cruel Control
This deck later featured in 2021’s Standard: Through the Ages Gauntlet event[5]
Doran
A deck as played by Nico Bohny.
| “ | Technically, I guess Murmuring Bosk makes this a tribal Treefolk deck, but the real reason I'm listing it first is chronological. Uri Peleg won Worlds 2007 with a version of this deck. The Abzan Treefolk legend ushered in a comeback for grindy black-green "Rock" decks with a mix of discard, removal, and efficient creatures that have been with us ever since. Okay, fine, Tarmogoyf probably deserves a lot more of the credit in retrospect, but at the time, it was turn-two Doran that scared most opponents. (The list in the Gauntlet is Nico Bohny's deck from PT Hollywood 2008.)[1] | ” |
Doran
Elves
A Elf typal deck as played by Sam Black.
| “ | Speaking of Pro Tour Hollywood: Elves was the tribe that reigned supreme over that event. Shuhei Nakamura won the Swiss with it, and Charles Gindy won the Top 8. The deck was no one-trick pony, either, as Sam Black used it that summer to make the US National team.[1] | ” |
Elves
Faeries
| “ | The truly dominant tribe of this era of Magic, of course, was Faeries. While Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa (PVDDR) was the only player to make the Top 8 of PT Hollywood with them, that was partially because it had a target on its head. It had won the Standard GP in Shizuoka less than two months earlier. It then helped Paul Cheon claim a US National team slot. By December, PVDR and four other Faerie pilots made the top 8 of Worlds. One of them, Antti Malin, even took home the trophy.[1] | ” |
Faeries
While Faeries was one of the most successful decks during its time in Standard, in the gauntlet event it only managed a win rate of 47%[4]. This deck later featured in 2021’s Standard: Through the Ages Gauntlet event[5].
Kithkin
A typal Kithkin deck as played by Cedric Phillips.
| “ | No trip through the iconic tribes of Lorwyn would be complete without Kithkin. White weenies put up Top 8s, both Hannes Kerem at Worlds 2008 and Cedric Phillips at Pro Tour Kyoto in spring 2009. It is Cedric's list that we're using here.[1] | ” |
Kithkin
Kithkin was the best performing typal deck, and second best overall, in the gauntlet with a win rate of 57%[4].
Merfolk
A Merfolk typal deck as played by Jan Ruess.
| “ | Merfolk also made the Top 8 of that Pro Tour (via Jan Ruess), complete with many of the cards you still see to this day in Modern, Legacy, and even Vintage Merfolk decks.[1] | ” |
Merfolk
Merfolk was the fourth best performing deck in the gauntlet[4].
Skred Red
A monored aggro deck built around the Coldsnap card Skred.
| “ | By the end of the season, the combination of a bunch of powerful hybrid cards and a very efficient removal spell from Coldsnap turned a different kind of mono-red deck into a metagame definer. Michael Jacob used it to win US Nationals in early August, then a couple of weeks later, the finals of Grand Prix Copenhagen were a Skred Red mirror match![1] | ” |
Skred Red
Creatures (24)
Sideboard (15)
Skred Red was the best-performing deck in the Gauntlet.
| “ | When the dust settled from our Lorwyn gauntlet, the best tribe turned out to be ... the snow-covered Mountain tribe. Good removal and efficient hybrid cards did win US Nationals and a GP back in the day, so I guess that’s not entirely surprising.[4] | ” |
It was consequently featured in the follow-up Best of Throwback Standard Gauntlet.
Swans
A combo deck.
| “ | This deck came completely out of left field at Grand Prix Barcelona in the spring of 2009 and crushed an unsuspecting field. Joel Calafell won, and PVDR also made Top 8 with the deck, which uses a bunch of cascade spells that all put Seismic Assault into play (since it is the only card in the deck that costs three or less). The idea is that you can then point lands at your own Swans of Bryn Argoll to turn one land into two cards. Since the deck runs 41 lands, this eventually gives you enough lands to throw at the opponent and deal 20![1] | ” |
Swans
Teachings
A control deck built around Mystic Teachings. This version was one played by Guillaume Wafo-Tapa.
| “ | Even with an entire year's worth of cards devoted mostly to powerful creatures, blue mages would still find a way. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa used the Vivid lands from Lorwyn alongside Reflecting Pool to give himself access to all the colors of answers he could want, and then used Mystical Teachings to go get them out of his deck exactly when he needed them.[1] | ” |
Teachings
References
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Randy Buehler (August 16, 2017). "Gauntlet 6 – Release the Tribes! (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved on May 21, 2025.
- ↑ Randy Buehler (August 10, 2017). "Throwback Standard Gauntlet 5: Ravnica (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved on May 20, 2025.
- ↑ Lee Sharpe (August 17, 2017). "Gauntlet Schedule Change (Social Media post)". Tumblr. Retrieved on May 20, 2025.
- ↑ a b c d e Randy Buehler (November 29, 2017). "Best of Throwback Standard Gauntlet (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved on May 20, 2025.
- ↑ a b David McDarby (October 5, 2021). "Standard: Through the Ages (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved on May 13, 2025.