PT:EMN's Pro Team Records on Day 2

On a day two filled with Magic's greatest and most well-known pros, Pat's Games, a team sponsored by a Texas shop (which is apparently a beloved institution of its local player community), surprisingly posted the best win% behind solid performances from the 4 of 7 players on that team that made day 2. It's worth noting, though, that as a smaller team the sample size on their win rate is quite small. In addition, unlike the elite pros from the top-tier teams that spent all of Day 2 at the top tables battling each other to secure top 8 spots, the relative unknowns on Pat's games probably faced somewhat softer competition at the mid tables. Still, their achievement is quite impressive.

Yesterday we were asking if F2F had solved the constructed format after they posted a 70% constructed win rate behind a very well-tuned BG Delirium deck. Well the four players from Pat's Games matched that constructed win% in day 2! Three Pat's Games players went 4-1 with their decks. The same caveats from before still apply, but still! UPDATE - Deck info has been posted by WoTC and Pat's Games was on BG Delirium. The live dashboard (link below) has more up-to-date information. Meanwhile Ultra PRO/CFB somewhat redeemed themselves on day 2 after an atrocious showing in the constructed portion of day 1, with a very respectable 3rd-place win% in constructed. However, this may be because many of their roster that were on their team's UB Madness deck already dropped the tournament by day 2, leaving those on the team that had chosen to go in a different direction (such as 3-straight PT Top-8 LSV on Bant Company.) Feel free to check out the interactive dashboard here to find your favorite players or check for specific team decks: https://public.tableau.com/views/PTEMNProTeams-Day2/MtGProTourTeams-Day1?:embed=y&:display_count=yes Looking at the complete PT (Days 1+2) will reveal that F2F games consistently performed well across Limited and Constructed. Not surprising they but a player in top 8, another into top 16, and had multiple teammates in top 32.

Breaking Down the Pro Teams of Pro Tour: Eldritch Moon Day 1

Day 1 of PT: EMN is in the books and as expected, many of the pro “superteams” performed quite well. I threw together a quick visualization breaking down each pro team's performance:

Led by Yuuya Watanabe (whose induction into the HoF was announced at lunchtime) the Japanese team Cygames paced the field with a 68.75% win rate. Cygames is actually quite small for a superteam, at only 4 players, and Yuuya himself went 7-1, so they may be benefiting from having a smaller team there; one outlier such as Yuuya can really drag up their win rate.

Switching the match filter to constructed reveals something interesting – team Face to Face sure seems to have a good handle on the constructed format, posting an dominant 70% win rate. Quite impressive considering the number of players on their team. If F2F can sustain this performance in Day 2, it will be very interesting to take a look at their “team decks.” Perhaps they found an edge in the format?

Team Ultra Pro/CFB meanwhile, are struggling in the constructed format. Shockingly for a pro team with so many proven and consistent performers, their win rate is below that of the field at large. Team member Sam Black mentioned in coverage that he thinks his deck is very poorly positioned in the metagame that was revealed today, so perhaps the team as a whole has whiffed on their read this rotation?