After the complete Mage dominance last week, this time the Managrind tournaments see a bit of diversity. Although they did fall to two Alexstrasza control's Nimrod's Shaman and Galleon's Rogues made it to the semi finals of the last US tournament.
The winning decks can be seen in the image below. On the far left is Muffinsssss' championship deck that runs a standard Mage Giants set-up with frost spells to delay the game, Novice Engineer, Azure Drake, Arcane Intellect and Acolyte of Pain to draw and Alexstasza/Mountain/Molten Giant/Pyroblast to finish the game. The second place finisher - Twisted's Mage - ran a similar set up but with Loot Hoarder instead of Acolyte of Pain, an extra Ice Barrier and one Flamestrike instead of the Doomsayers and an extra Mountaint Giant instead of Kirin Tor Mage.
The middle deck is Nimrod's board control Shaman. The deck runs mass and single damage spells to wipe out enemy minions and gain advantage in the mid-game before playing its late-game cards: Earth Elemental, Fire Elemental and Ragnaros. Double Unbound Elemental serve as mid game synergy card for all the direct damage spells.
The farthest on the right is Galleon's Rogues that runs pretty much a standard set-up for aggro locks. Odd choices are the absence of Thalnos and the inclusion of Perdition's Blade but overall this is a set-up every Rogue player is familiar with - lot's of buffing creatures and lot's of removal to clear the way.
Source: Hearthpwn
