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 Modern to see who could take home the top prize!
One of the masters of the FacetoFaceGames.com Open Series has claimed his first Toronto Sunday Showdown title to add to his growing list of accomplishments. Azorius Control aficionado Stephen Kerr took down our Modern Showdown this past Sunday. Kerr also has an Open win and an Open Top 8 to his name with the deck in the last few months.
Joining Kerr in the Top 8 was Boston Schatteman playing his trusty Blue Moon deck, Delan Hamasoor on Humans, Connors Eilerson who seems to Top 8 every Modern Showdown with Ponza, Michael Earnshaw on Izzet Phoenix, Connor Scully making it two copies of Azorius Control in Top 8, Dominic Harvey playing an innovative Jeskai Control deck and David Booker playing Mono-Red Phoenix.
Obviously Toronto’s reputation for being over-saturated with copies of [Card]Snapcaster Mage[/Card] reigned true on Sunday and it’s because of the many additions these blue midrange decks have obtained as of late. [Card]Narset, Parter of Veils[/Card] is really making its mark on the format and it is clear just how powerful this card is when you look at our Top 8.
From Kerr going all in on the new three-mana walker as a card advantage engine to Dominic Harvey literally using her as a combo piece to lock-out your opponents draw step in conjunction with [Card]Teferi’s Puzzle Box[/Card] this card has been making waves.
Modern Horizons is, well, on the horizon and it’s still yet to be seen what that means for the format as a whole. That in mind, the format has already started to slow down with the additions from War of the Spark and Horizons promises even more of that with cards like [Card]Force of Negation[/Card]. Is it time for a midrangey Modern format like we’ve all dreamt about?
Before I leave you for the week, we at Face to Face Toronto want to remind you about our upcoming 10k Mythic Championship Qualifier taking place on June 15. We’ll be hosting it at the Montecassino Hotel, and every registrant will get a free [Card]Arcbound Ravager[/Card] promo with entry. Make sure to pre-register and we’ll see you there!
With his win on Sunday, Stephen 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 a pre-release showdown for Modern Horizons! This one is going to be hype so make sure you pre-register and we’ll see you there.
[Deck Title= First Place, Azorius Control – Stephen Kerr]
[Creatures]
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Wall of Omens
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Dovin’s Veto
2 Supreme Verdict
2 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
2 Cryptic Command
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Logic Knot
4 Narset, Parter of Veils
4 Opt
4 Path to Exile
1 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Wrath of God
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Celestial Colonnade
4 Field of Ruin
4 Flooded Strand
2 Glacial Fortress
2 Hallowed Fountain
6 Island
2 Plains
1 Polluted Delta
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Celestial Purge
2 Ceremonious Rejection
1 Lyra Dawnbringer
1 Porphyry Nodes
2 Rest in Peace
2 Restoration Angel
1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
1 Spell Queller
1 Stony Silence
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Timely Reinforcements
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Second Place, Blue Moon – Boston Schatteman]
[Creatures]
4 Thing in the Ice
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Vendilion Clique
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Serum Visions
4 Opt
4 Cryptic Command
4 Remand
1 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Flame Slash
1 Abrade
2 Harvest Pyre
2 Blood Moon
2 Narset, Parter of Veils
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Steam Vents
2 Sulfur Falls
1 Spirebluff Canal
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Misty Rainforest
7 Snow-covered Island
1 Snow-covered Mountain
1 Blast Zone
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Abrade
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Ashiok, Dream Render
1 Ceremonious Rejection
1 Counterflux
2 Dispel
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Rending Volley
1 Negate
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Third Place, Humans – Delan Hamasoor]
[Creatures]
1 Anafenza, the Foremost
1 Kessig Malcontents
4 Mantis Rider
4 Reflector Mage
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Phantasmal Image
4 Meddling Mage
4 Thalia’s Lieutenant
3 Kitesail Freebooter
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Champion of the Parish
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Aether Vial
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Horizon Canopy
4 Ancient Ziggurat
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Unclaimed Territory
1 Plains
1 Island
1 Seachrome Coast
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Dismember
1 Gaddock Teeg
3 Auriok Champion
2 Knight of Autumn
2 Deputy of Detention
2 Militia Bugler
1 Damping Sphere
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Fourth Place, Ponza – Connors Eilersen]
[Creatures]
4 Arbor Elf
2 Birds of Paradise
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Glorybringer
2 Inferno Titan
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
1 Stormbreath Dragon
3 Tireless Tracker
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 Blood Moon
4 Utopia Sprawl
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Karn, the Great Creator
3 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
1 Primal Command
4 Stone Rain
3 Trinisphere
[/Spells]
[Lands]
7 Forest
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
3 Stomping Ground
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Anger of the Gods
1 Damping Sphere
1 Defense Grid
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Liquimetal Coating
1 Mycosynth Lattice
1 Pithing Needle
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Thragtusk
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Wurmcoil Engine
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Fifth Place, Izzet Phoenix – Michael Earnshaw]
[Creatures]
4 Thing in the Ice
4 Arclight Phoenix
2 Crackling Drake
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Faithless Looting
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Sleight of Hand
4 Serum Visions
4 Thought Scour
2 Gut Shot
1 Lightning Axe
4 Manamorphose
2 Finale of Promise
1 Set Adrift
2 Pyromancer Ascension
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
2 Mountain
2 Steam Vents
4 Spirebluff Canal
1 Sulfur Falls
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Abrade
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Beacon Bolt
2 Blood Moon
2 Ceremonious Rejection
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Ral, Izzet Viceroy
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
2 Spell Pierce
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Sixth Place, Azorius Control – Connor Scully]
[Creatures]
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Wall of Omens
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Detentioin Sphere
2 Dovin’s Veto
2 Supreme Verdict
2 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
1 Teferi, Time Raveler
2 Cryptic Command
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Logic Knot
3 Narset, Parter of Veils
4 Opt
4 Path to Exile
2 Spell Pierce
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Wrath of God
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Celestial Colonnade
4 Field of Ruin
4 Flooded Strand
2 Glacial Fortress
2 Hallowed Fountain
6 Island
2 Plains
1 Scalding Tarn
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Celestial Purge
2 Ceremonious Rejection
1 Circle of Protection: Red
1 Dispel
1 Lyra Dawnbringer
1 Porphyry Nodes
2 Rest in Peace
2 Restoration Angel
1 Stony Silence
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Timely Reinforcements
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Seventh Place, Jeskai Control – Dominic Harvey]
[Creatures]
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Wall of Omens
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Spreading Seas
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path to Exile
1 Lightning Helix
1 Detention Sphere
2 Dovin’s Veto
2 Mana Leak
1 Cryptic Command
2 Opt
4 Narset, Parter of Veils
2 Teferi’s Puzzle Box
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Celestial Colonnade
4 Field of Ruin
4 Flooded Strand
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Arid Mesa
2 Steam Vents
1 Sacred Foundry
2 Hallowed Fountain
3 Island
1 Plains
1 Mountain
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Teferi’s Puzzle Box
1 Stony Silence
2 Ashiok, Dream Render
1 Timely Reinforcements
2 Restoration Angel
1 Lyra Dawnbringer
1 Spell Queller
1 Dovin’s Veto
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Anger of the Gods
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Celestial Purge
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Eighth Place, Mono-Red Phoenix – David Booker]
[Creatures]
4 Arclight Phoenix
4 Soul-scar Mage
4 Monastery Swiftspear
2 Bedlam Reveler
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Faithless Looting
4 Lava Spike
4 Light Up the Stage
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Manamorphose
4 Gut Shot
2 Finale of Promise
2 Forked Bolt
[/Spells]
[Lands]
17 Mountain
1 Ramunap Ruins
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Abrade
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Ravenous Trap
2 Dragon’s Claw
1 Scab-clan Berserker
1 Hazoret the Fervent
3 Blood Moon
1 Shatterstorm
2 Shrine of Burning Rage
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
