Analysis of the Top 8 2016 World Championship Decks

If blue is the color of early Magic the Gathering, green in the color of early Force of Will. The top 8 decks have 6 decks with one green ruler, and two with another. The color balancing problem continues in early Force of Will. You can build these decks mostly with the Curse of the Frozen Casket booster box, and the Lapis Cluster Starter Deck: Swarming Elves. That means that if you bought any other product, and not these, you basically had no chance to be a contender at this tournament.

From what I read, it looks like this championship was limited to Lapis Cluster, which at the time was only CFC and the Lapis Starter Decks. That does explain why all of the top decks are so similar, but it also explains how poorly balanced any one set (in this case, CFC) is in Force of Will.

These decks are all mirror matches. I hope the game's designers can do better, and I hope that the results from the top decks of the 2017 World Championship will not be just a bunch of mirror matches. Oh, and ban Captain Hook while you are at it.