[Tournament] Codex Asynchronous sPring Swiss 2025 (CAPS25)

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I came up with a deck, and then realised it’s the same as zango’s… so I’ll try [Anarchy]/Demonology/Disease.

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ok mono purple

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I’ll play.

I reckon that whilst the Garrison nerf is appropriate because of its monocolour synergies, without OG Garrison Blue is in a bad spot for how it wins in lots of match ups. Some of the Law units such as Constable and Guardian actually need a slight buff, perhaps?

Anyway, I’ll gather evidence with monoblue.

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That is indeed an uphill battle that you chose here, @James . All the best for your endeavor, but it’s great to have you back on board. I totally agree that mono blue is in a very tough spot, even before the nerf but afterwards even more so. But I would guess the same holds for many other specs like monogreen.

@thehug0naut & @charnel_mouse sorry for picking what you wanted to use. Maybe that is an important indicator that after nerfing almost every top tier individual spec, that the specs I chose might be in need of a nerf as well…

last try to reach @AncientSlumber - are you with us, do you still want to participate?

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Well, there was a Feral/Peace combination I was thinking of toying with – Rampaging Elephant taps for Garrison draw, then untaps itself – but I doubt it’s playable.

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Let’s begin the tournament!
We will play with Balance Patch 2.1a which obviously still has it’s flaws, but that’s what a tournament like this is for - to figure out what most definitely needs further adjustments. Please make sure to link the relevant rule changes somewhere at the beginning of each thread.

With now 7 players I still intend to go for a round robin but then with a cut to directly play a final series best of three. The better seeded player gets to decide on whether they will be P1 or P2 in the first game. In case there is no clear cut to the best two players, there will be as little as possible elimination games between the relevant players with P1/P2 ordering swapped in comparison to their round robin match. If more than one person joins in lately, I will revert to the standard three strike rule.
Please voice your opinion in case you prefer anything else or whether you like this approach.

Round 1:

  1. [CAPS25] Round1: P1 FrozenStorm [Past]/Peace/Anarchy vs P2 Bryce_The_Rice monopurple
  2. [CAPS25] Round1: P1 charnel_mouse [Anarchy]/Demonology/Disease vs P2 dwarddd monopurple
  3. [CAPS25] Round1: P1 thehug0naut [Bashing]/Balance/Disease vs P2 James monoblue
  4. bye: @zango (any late joiner can choose whether to battle me as P1 or as P2 and will afterwards play each round alternating between P1/P2)

Good luck and a lot of fun to everyone - may the odds be ever in your favor!

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@thehug0naut please do start your game

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As I just realized that @James has a bye next round and as @thehug0naut usually plays multiple games in parallel I’d like to start the next round “early”. So here comes
Round 2

  1. [CAPS25] Round2: P1 Bryce_The_Rice monopurple vs P2 dwarddd monopurple
  2. [CAPS25] Round2: P1 FrozenStorm [Past]/Peace/Anarchy vs P2 zango [Blood]/Feral/Truth
  3. [CAPS25] Round2: P1 thehug0naut [Bashing]/Balance/Disease vs P2 charnel_mouse [Anarchy]/Demonology/Disease
  4. @James gets the bye

As usual: please denote the new balance changes somewhere close to the start of the thread.

Good luck and a lot of fun to everyone!

Also: can somebody please reply to this post as I will not be allowed to post a fourth message in a row? Thanks in advance!

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You bet @zango , and GL HF in the thread I put up :wink:

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