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A DTB is typically (but not always) considered to be Tier 1. These decks are the most popular, prevalent decks in the format, and in many ways they help to define the rest of the metagame. These decks should absolutely be taken into consideration when preparing a gauntlet for a tournament.
A DTW is a deck which has proven itself recently at large, competitive tournaments, and is somewhat prevalent. These decks are often reactions to niches created by the meta-defining DTB's. They are not necessarily as important to consider when creating a testing gauntlet, but it is usually wise to be aware of how they operate and how your deck will deal with them.
An ATW is not a single deck, but a set of decks which have performing well at recent tournaments. These decks share a common strategy or set of cards which make them function similarly to one another, but are different enough that they cannot accurately be considered a single deck. These threads are not for the discussion of any single deck, but instead exist to discuss the archetype as a whole, including which builds are best for different metagames and refinement of the archetype in general.
So how are decks selected for the DTBF?
Rather than relying on arbitrary selection or decision-making based on conjecture which can be tainted by personal bias, decks are selected for the DTBF based on their performance at recent, large, competitive Legacy tournaments. Decks which make up a very large portion of the metagame are considered DTB's. Decks which are less prevalent but appear multiple times are considered DTW's. Archetypes which appear multiple times are considered ATW's.
The data used for selection is based upon Top 8's from the most recent Legacy tournaments with 33 or more players. European, Japanese, and other non-American tournament data is included in this process, because there is a thriving, well-developed Legacy community in places other than America, and their results are relevant.
For the sake of currency and relevance, the DTBF contents will be revised on the first of every month. The data from the most recent ten tournaments will replace the previous data.
What makes a DTB?
A Deck to Beat is a deck which has at least 6.25% placements over the total Top 8 slots at 33+ person tournaments in the last month's tournaments (or the last ten tournaments, whichever is greater).
Non è che i mazzi siano delle morchie, è che sono quelli che hanno avuto un impatto e una diffusione più rilevante negli ultimi tempi: per loro Dreadstill non è debole, solo che ultimamente viene giocato di meno. E fidatevi, che potete trovare una sezione in cui Nihil Credo e Peter Rotten tengono l'elenco di
tutti i risultati e tutte le statistiche degli ultimi tornei rilevanti - ad esempio registrabi anche i tornei che si tengono in Italia, per cui non è che siano rigidamente vincolati al meta americano, ma tengono conto di come si evolve il panorama Legacy
mondiale. Poco tempo fa infatti nei DTB potevate vedere "Dreadstill: Enter the Fist", ma ora non più. Questo non perchè Dreadstill faccia schifo, ma perchè ultimamente è un mazzo che ha ottenuto meno risultati e si è fatto vedere di meno. La selezione è rigorosa, e il forum è amministrato veramente bene. Dovremmo prendere esempio da loro invece che gridare all'eresia non appena vediamo qualcosa che esce dai canoni a cui siamo convenzionati.
