-They say mastering the art of time unlocks all the keys of the universe.-Some say you can even become more than one, like 10men, 3 times in a row master of time ...
-... and SpikeSpiegel, who as if he was reverse time'd came back from the dead to equal 10men's achievement.-He's andre and I'm Crockett.
-And it's our job to analyse their decks, awards and skill to determine who would win, a DEATHBATTLE.
-Having won trials 5, 6 and 7; 10men has lead time in 2 wars, getting a 4th place on his first run as a general and an impressive 2nd place the following war, time's best finish ever, as well as having won a war before he was even a master.-He also won a reputation of being a control freak and being an extremelly tough general to serve under, but you don't argue with results.
-Not also has 10men made a good run in wars and trials, but he sports a respectable collection of 4 weakly tourney wins as well as one draft victory.-Nothing on the same league as majofa or RootRanger, but we all have limits. Also, one thing that is important to note is that 10men hasn't won anything since 2012.
-You are right, his appearances have been each time more rare and he seems to have a smaller experience with the newer meta that appeared in 1.32, when shards became colored.-Not that he would need them, I mean, his favorite trials deck is from when shards didn't even exist:
http://dek.im/d/5rk5roz55rtz574az97q0z47q47q88pl I'm not arguing with that.
-SpikeSpiegel, winner of trials 3, 8 and 9; has also lead time twice in war, getting 3rd place on his first time but getting a disappointing 7th place on the following one, largely due to the radical rule changes that happened in War 9.-And don't forget that he's gotten these results with the cheapest teams each time.
-You're right, in fact, his team in War 8 was the cheapest team ever, costing only 5 cards, a number that would have even been impossible in the older wars.-Talk about being a miser.
-Despite having a worse track record in war, Spike has seen success in may other parts of competitive PvP as well as in non-PvP events.-5 tourney wins and 2 sweet top 3 finishes in Championship league, not to count the tightest Brawl victory ever.
-Yes, only a 1 point difference.-Are you still salty?
-A bit.-Unlike 10men, Spike is no stranger to sharded decks.
-His experience in Championship league has exposed him to a wider meta than what existed on the time of 10men.-You are telling me? He managed to make Shard of Void scary with 'Wasted Time'. Shard of Void!
-Spike's signature decks include a much stronger reworking of 10men's dune deck http://dek.im/d/z15rtz56u2z36u5z37q4z37qdz97ri8pj as well as good old instosis http://dek.im/d/z55rgz55rpz15sez56u3z17ap7n9z37q0z17q57q68pj-Heh, poor www3 still doesn't know what hit him last trials
-Well, that's enough background for the readers, time to tell them our conclusions.
- In the fifth time trials, 10men won and Spike was the runner up. Since then Spike has continued to evolve and gain more experience, while 10 men practically left the forums.- His experience in a more modern meta also means that Spike's arsenal is a bit more flexible.
- If we take a look at both their signature decks, they may look similar in principle, but the discord gives Spike a crucial edge here.- And neurotoxin + RT is pretty useless against Spike's other favorite deck, instosis, since instosis' drawpower means the game is over way before the poison can pile too much.
- Finally, a run in the simulator confirms our point, with Spike's instosis deck winning 99 out of 100.- and even if you factor in that the simulator sucks 10men's chances are in our opinion at most 5 out of 100.
- The winner is SpikeSpiegel.
