Cactus Game Design Message Boards

I've been gone for a few weeks now, an had to miss a few big(ish) tournaments, so I'm  bit behind on what everyone is playing now. Any decks really sticking out or winning all the tournaments?

AUTO/Sam variants (and there are many variants)

Throne looks like the deck to beat this year in t1.

I'm going to say that going first is the new meta. 

Has anyone had major success with genesis or Priests?  What are some of the main defense being played? Crimson, brown, black, or some combo of those three, I'm guessing?

My musician deck has a mostly crimson chump defense and my throne deck has a large brown battle winners/negates defense. I've also seen a gold/pale green defense that seemed to work. Haven't run into canaanites/giants yet but I suspect a strong monoblack defense is out there.

Canaanites are awesome. The 3 brothers when used correctly are extremely hard to deal with.   3 characters blocking almost every turn with 30/30 defense. Oh yeah and you have to negate the withdraw every turn. Plus their Bands will all be CBN after the first time they block.  Hebron will be running for speed. Anaks Sons are absolutely studs.