With $10K Detroit being one of the biggest events leading up to PC: New York, there’s a lot of interest in the decks being played here. As always, we’ve got the complete deck-by-deck breakdown! Here’s how the field was split:

Curve Sentinels: 38
Titans: 15
Common Enemy: 9
Evil Medical School: 8
Gamma Doom: 7
Fantastic Fun: 6
Brave and the Bold: 6
Force (Longshot/Mutant Nation): 4
Rigged Elections: 3
Medium Brotherhood: 3
League of Assassins: 3

A pair of each of the following were played: F4 Beats, Psimon Says, X-Beats, TNB Blitz, Wild Vomit, Gotham Curve, and New Gods/Darkseid.

One each of the following were played: TNB; Cosmic Cops; F5/X-Men; Heroes United]; MK/Underworld; Big Batman Off-curve Thing; Child Abuse (Midnight Sons); Phantom Phone Booth; Sinister Six; Revenge Squad; Tag, You’re It!; New Gods/GK; New Gods/F4 Burn; New Gods/Doom; X-Statix Loner; Longshot Spidey; Syndicate/Underworld Superman/GK; and Superman Curve.

Five decklists were not available.

There are some definite surprises in this metagame. After seeing a dip, it seems that both Teen Titans and Brave and the Bold may be set for a big comeback. Players have been testing new ideas for several months now, and while some have settled on innovative decks to run at PC: NY, others have discovered that they prefer old standbys. Expect to see a rebound in popularity for Titans in New York.

Evil Medical School seems to be continuing its move from a clever niche deck to a mainstream archetype. After its success at both $10K Seattle and $10K Mexico City, EMS has earned a great deal of well-deserved respect in many player communities. This may eat into FFun’s popularity for PC: NY as players looking for innovation turn to EMS because of its substantially shallower learning curve. It’s not an easy deck to play, but it’s easier than Dean Sohnle’s imposingly complicated burn machine.

Michael Jacobs’s Longshot/Mutant Nation, called Force, was out in . . . well, full force. While a few recent events saw one or occasionally two people playing the insanely innovative deck, this one had a downright notable number of players running it, a fact that didn’t escape the observation of Jacobs himself.

From the one-of decks was a large quantity of high-quality innovation. X-Statix Loner, Child Abuse, and Tag, You’re It! were just a few of the recognizable decks that didn’t see much play, but were nevertheless present and winning games in the early rounds.

The statistics shown here, as well as the results for the day, will no doubt have a huge impact on PC New York. This is a formative event, and the most general influences will come from the decks that were played and how they performed. Check back later today as we get a bit more specific and look at some of the individual tech cards that made a difference in $10K Detroit’s environment.