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 home the top prize!
Anybody who’s a big fan of Legacy knows that this format is all about blue cards. Cards like [Card]Brainstorm[/Card] and [Card]Ponder[/Card] create the kind of redundancy we dream about in less powerful formats like Modern or Standard. With that said, those that can wield the Legacy decks without these staples and master them can catch you off-guard and take down an event with ease. And that’s what happened on Sunday when Dominic Harvey took down our Legacy Showdown with good old-fashioned Lands.
Harvey of course has been on a tear since he moved to Toronto from England last year. He’s sitting in first place atop the SCG Tour’s seasonal rankings and has made his presence felt in the Toronto scene at every event hes been able to attend. [Card]Wrenn and Six[/Card] has taken over Legacy since its printing in Modern Horizons and its impact on the Lands strategy has been just as pronounced as in the blue midrange decks.
Harvey defeated Hugo Bry and his Mono-Red Prison deck in the finals. As you can imagine, as Wrenn has risen to the top of the format, this deck has gotten progressively more popular over the past month of the format. On Sunday we had two copies in the Top 8, including Hugo who made the finals.
Joining Harvey and Hugo in the Top 8 was Daniel Fournier on his sweet Hogaak Depths deck, Edgar Magalhaes on Four-Colour Snow Control, Jesse Onland playing an awesome snow Sneak & Show deck, last week’s Modern Showdown champion Tse Shuen Wan playing Miracles, Justin Glanzer on Eldrazi Stompy and Matthew Riddell who was our second red prison player.
As I said the last time a skimmed over Legacy with y’all Modern Horizons and War of the Spark have really made an impact on the format. Wrenn has completely overhauled [Card]Delver of Secrets[/Card] decks and the format’s various control decks and that’s caused a bit of a resurgence in these various stompy decks like we see in our Top 8 here. But, in reaction to that we see the monstrosity that Fournier brought on Sunday. [Card]Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis[/Card] has reared its nasty head in Legacy and this deck is a nightmare for non-[Card]Swords to Plowshares[/Card] decks to deal with. The format is still very much in flux, but it remains extremely diverse and fun. So, if you can’t get enough Legacy like me, make sure to come out to our Friday Night Magic Legacy events every week at the shop.
Before I leave you for the week I’ve got one last reminder for you. Our Toronto MCQ is coming up quickly and you’re going to want to make sure to pre-register to secure your spot. This time it’s Modern so it’s sure to be packed! We’ll see you there.
With his win on Sunday, Dominic 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. If you’re interested in your Ultimate Showdown point total, you can check it out here. If you’d like to inquire about your point total or report a discrepancy, please email Toronto@facetofacegames.com. This upcoming weekend at Face to Face Games Toronto we’ll be hosting Modern Showdown. Gather up all your graveyard hate and make sure to pre-register and we’ll see you at shop!
[Deck Title= First Place, Lands – Dominic Harvey]
[Spells]
3 Wrenn and Six
1 Sylvan Library
2 Gamble
4 Exploration
3 Punishing Fire
4 Life From the Loam
4 Crop Rotation
4 Mox Diamond
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Maze of Ith
2 Blast Zone
3 Rishadan Port
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
3 Dark Depths
4 Thespian’s Stage
4 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
2 Taiga
1 Sheltered Thicket
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Karakas
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Glacial Chasm
1 Bojuka Bog
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Forest
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Krosan Grip
2 Choke
3 Tireless Tracker
1 Nissa, Vital Force
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Second Place, Mono-Red Prison – Hugo Bry]
[Creatures]
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Legion Warboss
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
2 Magus of the Moon
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 Fiery Confluence
3 Trinisphere
1 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Karn, the Great Creator
4 Blood Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Chrome Mox
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
11 Mountain
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Scab-clan Berserker
2 Sulfur Elemental
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Mycosynth Lattice
1 Winter Orb
1 Liquimetal Coating
1 Witchbane Orb
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Trinisphere
1 Tormod’s Crypt
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Third Place, Four-Colour Snow – Edgar Magalhaes]
[Creatures]
2 Plague Engineer
3 Snapcaster Mage
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
4 Arcum’s Astrolab
3 Fatal Push
1 Lightning Bolt
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Liliana’s Triumph
3 Wrenn and Six
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Kolaghan’s Command
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Badlands
1 Tropical ISland
1 Bayou
4 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Snow-covered Island
1 Snow-covered Swamp
2 Wasteland
2 Lonely Sandbar
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Liliana’s Triumph
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Hydroblast
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Plague Engineer
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Force of Negation
1 Thoughtseize
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Fourth Place, Hogaak Depths – Daniel Fournier]
[Creatures]
4 Satyr Wayfinder
4 Stitcher’s Supplier
4 Elvish Reclaimer
4 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
4 Vampire Hexmage
1 Dryad Arbor
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 Mox Diamond
2 Thoughtseize
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Crop Rotation
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Khalni Garden
1 Sejiri Steppe
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Thespian’s Stage
4 Dark Depths
1 Bojuka Bog
2 Bayou
1 Forest
1 Swamp
1 Wasteland
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Force of Vigor
1 Assassin’s Trophy
2 Abrupt Decay
3 Sylvan Safekeeper
3 Surgical Extraction
2 Pithing Needle
1 Karakas
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Fifth Place, Four-Colour Sneak & Show – Jesse Onland]
[Creatures]
4 Griselbrand
3 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
1 Spell Pierce
1 Flusterstorm
3 Thoughtseize
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
3 Lotus Petal
3 Arcum’s Astrolab
4 Show and Tell
3 Sneak Attack
2 Omniscience
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Prismatic Vista
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Polluted Delta
3 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Snow-covered Mountain
1 Snow-covered Swamp
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Flusterstorm
1 Massacre
2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
2 Arcane Artisan
2 Goblin Cratermaker
2 Blood Moon
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Pithing Needle
1 Kozilek’s Return
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Sixth Place, Miracles – Tse Shuen Wan]
[Creatures]
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Monastery Mentor
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Back to Basics
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
2 Portent
2 Predict
4 Force of Will
2 Dovin’s Veto
1 Force of Negation
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Terminus
1 Council’s Judgement
2 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Teferi, Time Raveler
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Flooded Strand
4 Prismatic Vista
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Polluted Delta
6 Island
2 Plains
2 Tundra
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Rest in Peace
3 Flusterstorm
1 Disenchant
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Palace Jailer
1 Celestial Purge
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Hydroblast
1 Containment Priest
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Null Rod
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Seventh Place, Eldrazi Stompy – Justin Glanzer]
[Creatures]
4 Eldrazi Mimic
4 Endless One
4 Matter Reshaper
4 Thought-Knot Seer
4 Reality Smasher
3 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Endbringer
2 Walking Ballista
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Dismember
1 Warping Wail
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Eldrazi Temple
4 Wasteland
3 Cavern of Souls
3 Mishra’s Factory
3 City of Traitors
3 Eye of Ugin
1 Karakas
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Thorn of Amethyst
2 All is Dust
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
2 Ratchet Bomb
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Warping Wail
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Eighth Place, Mono-Red Prison – Matthew Riddell]
[Creatures]
2 Lotus Petal
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Magus of the Moon
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Karn, the Great Creator
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Blood Moon
3 Trinisphere
3 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Fiery Confluence
4 Abrade
4 Chrome Mox
[/Spells]
[Lands]
11 Mountain
4 City of Traitors
4 Ancient Tomb
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Scab-clan Berserker
3 Faerie Macabre
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Liquimetal Coating
1 Mycosynth Lattice
1 Trinisphere
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
2 Boil
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]