After a 9–1 group run, the Vex Hollow pairing dropped only two games on the day to convert a 5–4 decision over Castellan & Vane. Their 2,140 rating now sits 87 points clear of the field.
Read the recap · 14 minA 71% pick rate across the final two rounds has made the Vortex of Malice the quiet engine of the tournament.
Rebuilt around the new war-gear tree, the Molehill tempo deck is out-pacing the previous standard by 120 actions.
The shift from raw damage to win-count tiebreakers is already moving four teams in and out of the cut.
Two of the circuit's sharpest analysts dissect the reversal and what it means for the playoff seeding.