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Showdown Recap: Legacy

Welcome to another weekly Showdown Recap, where we take a look at what happened at Face to Face Games Toronto’s weekly Sunday Showdown, a series of 1k events feeding into the Ultimate Showdown 5k Invitational. This week players battled in Legacy to see who could take down the top prize.

As always with Legacy, we had some familiar faces out casting [Card]Brainstorm[/Card]s on Sunday. And this familiar face, took down the whole event:

Your Legacy Showdown champion, Andrew Abela.

Andrew Abela piloted U/R Delver to his victory on Sunday. The archetype forgoes many of the sacred cows of Delver-past like [Card]Wasteland[/Card] and a third colour for very clean mana and a boat-load of Burn spells. Instead of the old tempo control Delver strategy, this deck can just end the game very quickly.

In addition to Abela, the Top  8 featured the usual swath of fair Legacy decks that Face to Face is known for. Andrew Gordon Top 8’d his billionth event with Grixis Control, Chris Ha followed with the same deck, Connors Eilerson made the finals with the old [Card] Orcish Lumberjack[/Card] special and Wilkin Chau Top 8’d yet another Legacy event with one of his Dead Guy Ale brews. This time featuring a combo finish.

Your Legacy Showdown Top 8.

As far as I’m concerned Ethan Meier played the best deck in the Top 8. This may be a controversial opinion my historic love for [Card]Baleful Strix[/Card] decks but I’ve given in to the church of Matthew Dilks — Golgari Depths is the truth.

As usual Legacy remains an incredibly interesting format from a competitive perspective, and we had yet another diverse Top 8 on Sunday.

With his win on Sunday, Andrew cements his spot in the upcoming Ultimate Showdown, while the rest of our Top 8 have begun their march up the leader board to qualify. This upcoming weekend at Face to Face Games Toronto we’ll be hosting a Modern Showdown and Sunday to pair nicely with the Modern Open+ on Saturday at the Montecassino Hotel. Get you Modern deck ready and make sure to pre-register!

[Deck Title= First Place, U/R Delver – Andrew Abela]
[Creatures]
4 delver of secrets
4 monastery swiftspear
4 stormchaser mage
2 true-name nemesis
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 brainstorm
3 chain lightning
4 daze
4 force of will
4 lightning bolt
4 ponder
3 preordain
2 risk factor
2 vapor snag
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 flooded strand
2 island
2 misty rainforest
1 mountain
2 polluted delta
4 scalding tarn
3 volcanic island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 flusterstorm
2 karakas
2 pyroblast
4 smash to smithereens
2 snapcaster mage
2 tormod’s crypt
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Second Place, Apple Jack’s – Connors Eilerson]
[Creatures]
2 birds of paradise
1 knight of autumn
4 knight of the reliquary
2 orcish lumberjacks
1 primeval titan
3 punishing fire
1 scavenging ooze
1 sylvan safekeeper
2 titania, protector of argoth
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 archon of valor’s reach
1 sylvan library
2 life from the loam
4 mox diamond
2 natural order
3 crop rotation
4 green sun’s zenith
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 verdant catacombs
4 wasteland
4 windswept heath
2 taiga
1 thespian’s stage
1 sejiri steppe
1 savannah
1 scattered grove
1 maze of ith
3 grove of the burnwillows
1 plains
1 karakas
1 bojuka bog
1 dark depths
1 dryad arbor
2 forest
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 ancient grudge
2 choke
1 dragonlord atarka
1 gaddock teeg
2 pithing needle
2 red elemental blast
1 ruric thar, the unbowed
2 swords to plowshares
3 thalia, guardian of thraben
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Three Place, Golgari Depths – Ethan Meier]
[Creatures]
4 vampire hexmage
4 dark confidant
3 sylvan safekeeper
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 mox diamond
1 life from the loam
1 sylvan library
2 sylvan scrying
2 hymn to tourach
1 inquisition of kozilek
4 thoughtseize
4 crop rotation
1 assassin’s trophy
3 abrupt decay
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 dark depths
4 thespian’s stage
3 urborg, tomb of yawgmoth
1 sejiri steppe
3 bayou
1 forest
1 swamp
1 ghost quarter
1 bojuka bog
1 misty rainforest
4 verdant catacombs
2 wasteland
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 karakas
4 surgical extraction
1 marsh casualties
1 toxic deluge
2 bitterblossom
1 assassin’s trophy
1 choke
2 duress
2 liliana, the last hope
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Fourth Place, Grixis Control – Andrew Gordon]
[Creatures]
4 baleful strix
3 snapcaster mage
2 gurmag angler
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 jace, the mind sculptor
1 liliana, the last hope
4 force of will
4 ponder
4 brainstorm
3 kolaghan’s command
3 hymn to tourach
2 lightning bolt
2 fatal push
2 thoughtseize
2 diabolic edict
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 polluted delta
3 bloodstained mire
3 scalding tarn
3 underground sea
2 badlands
2 volcanic island
2 island
2 swamp
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 spell pierce
1 flusterstorm
3 surgical extraction
1 toxic deluge
1 liliana of the veil
1 liliana the last hope
1 engineered plague
3 pyroblast
1 dreadbore
1 engineered explosives
1 ensnaring bridge
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Fifth Place, Grixis Control- Chris Ha]
[Creatures]
4 baleful strix
3 snapcaster mage
2 gurmag angler
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 force of will
1 liliana, the last hope
2 thoughtseize
2 diabolic edict
2 lightning bolts
3 hymn to tourach
3 kolaghan’s command
4 brainstorm
4 ponder
2 fatal push
3 jace, the mind sculptor
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 polluted delta
3 scalding tarn
3 bloodstained mire
2 island
2 swamp
2 volcanic island
3 underground sea
2 badlands
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 flusterstorm
1 red elemental blast
2 pyroblast
1 hydroblast
1 toxic deluge
1 engineered plague
1 liliana, the last hope
1 pithing needle
1 liliana’s defeat
3 surgical extraction
1 dreadbore
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Sixth Place, Mono-Red Prison – Peter Liu]
[Creatures]
4 legion warboss
4 goblin rabblemaster
4 simian spirit guide
1 hazoret, the fervent
1 pia and kiran nalaar
1 karn, scion of urza
2 magus of the moon
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 fiery confluence
4 blood moon
1 chandra, pyromaster
2 trinisphere
4 chalice of the void
3 ensnaring bridge
4 chrome mox
2 chandra, torch of defiance
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 ancient tomb
4 city of traitors
1 great furnace
10 mountain
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 sorcerous spyglass
3 scab-clan berserker
4 faerie macabre
2 abrade
2 sulfur elemental
2 boil
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Seventh Place, B/W Helm Combo – Wilkin Chau]
[Creatures]
4 dark confidant
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 leyline of the void
2 rest in peace
4 helm of obedience
3 enlightened tutor
3 liliana, the last hope
2 liliana of the veil
1 gideon, ally of zendikar
1 karn, scion of urza
1 kaya, ghost assassin
3 thoughtseize
4 swords to plowshares
2 unexpectedly absent
2 ensnaring bridge
2 chrome mox
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 scrubland
1 concealed courtyard
3 swamp
1 plains
2 karakas
2 ancient tomb
2 wasteland
4 marsh flats
1 verdant catacombs
1 polluted delta
1 bloodstained mire
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 leyline of sanctity
1 circle of protection : red
1 aura of silence
1 zealous persecution
1 drown in sorrow
1 bitterblossom
2 ethersworn canonist
1 containment priest
2 duress
1 pithing needle
1 toxic deluge
1 path to exile
1 humility
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Eighth Place, Goblins – Elliott Tzaneteas]
[Creatures]
3 gempalm incinerator
1 goblin chainwhirler
1 goblin chieftain
4 goblin cratermaker
4 goblin lackey
4 goblin matron
3 goblin piledriver
4 goblin ringleader
1 goblin sharpshooter
3 goblin warchief
2 mogg war marshal
1 siege-gang commander
1 stingscourger
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 tarfire
4 aether vial
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 cavern of souls
12 mountain
3 rishadan port
4 wasteland
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 anarchy
3 blood moon
2 chalice of the void
1 goblin trashmaster
4 leyline of the void
1 pithing needle
2 pyrokinesis
1 thorn of amethyst
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

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