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So uh…Iron Thorns won.
Iron Thorns won worlds. Opinions? I personally feel like it’s kind of a bot deck, but please correct me if that’s wrong.
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Honestly, Iron Thorns is good, but it only won because Ian was issued a Top 8 match loss decpite clearly wining 2-0. I say Ian should have been given the Top 4 match loss instead.
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I would also like to add that Regidrago can beat it fairly easily, especially with Haxorus, it just takes a bit to get rolling.
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Iron Thorns can beat a lot of decks with it’s ability, and it is fairly easy to use.
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offensive hand gesture after game 2, it was edited out of the VOD though.
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Like Raven said, it shouldn't even be in top 4, he lost 0-2 in top 8 cut, but later the judge decided to give the L to Ian just because a hand gesture that can be open to interpertation... and even if it was what they think it was I think it's unfair to just let the loser player go forward like that... they could have found another way to punish him... he won both games come on... I have seen worst things go unpunished like cheating and also other player making the midle finger gesture...
Regarding the deck it's not a great deck, many players just didn't respect it enough, now that everyone saw a brainless deck like that can win because they didn't prepered enough people are already tech up for it... the deck results went downhill after that finals result.
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I kind of agree that he shouldn't have been kept out of top eight. I do think he should've been penalized in some way, because he should not have done anything like that at all, much less on stream, but it was called a bit too late. I think maybe a warning, and then if he did it again a game loss, but that's a pretty harsh penalization for top eight of worlds. Anyway, that's the only reason Iron Thorns won, and now the world champion has a sort of asterisk to his victory, so he's not really even a world champion. Anyway, I think that DoubleCure is right in saying that Iron Thorns will be well-prepped against going forward and shouldn't win any more major tournaments, as long as people respect it enough.
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I believe Ian admitted to BMing with that gesture
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