Tier 1
- Masked Heroes
- Spellbooks (Promoted from Tier 2)
- Sylvans
Tier 2
- Amazoness (Demoted from Tier 1)
Tier 3
- Aliens
- Archfiends
- Geargias (Demoted from Tier 2)
High Potential
Demoted
- Ojama Stall (Demoted from High Potential)
Top Player Council Thoughts
As is the case with every major tournament, MCS VIII gave us a great look at the current state of the meta, showing us what changed — and what didn't change — after the introduction of Amazoness and Spellbooks.
Tier 1
Spellbooks were promoted to Tier 1 after their extremely strong performance in the MCS, taking two spots in the top 4. The 30-card builds have established themselves as top-tier, giving access to much-needed special summoning and extra Fate fuel. Spellbooks are also one of the best counters to Sylvans, as repeated Fate access is very difficult for Sylvan players to work around without blowout counters like Loading... .
TPC comments on Spellbooks
Spellbooks are extremely powerful; being able to consistently set up Loading... every turn is very disruptive, and if Grass resolves then usual checks and counters get overwhelmed easily. The deck also has the option to play 20 cards in order to see its side cards more consistently (at the cost of some power). It was more well-represented than Amazoness in the top cut of MCS VIII and has a more consistently powerful turn 1 play, which is why I decided to put Spellbooks as Tier 1 and Amazoness as Tier 2.