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Showdown Recap: Modern

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!

It’s been a few months since his last Face to Face Games tournament victory, so naturally Edgar Magalhaes returned to the winner’s circle this past weekend playing an awesome Mardu [Card]Death’s Shadow[/Card] deck at our Modern Showdown.

Your Modern champ, Edgar Magalhaes.

Despite the deck being dwarfed by the dominance and increasing popularity of [Card]Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis[/Card] the [Card]Death’s Shadow[/Card] archetype added a lot with the printing of Modern Horizons. I personally believe [Card]Ranger-Captain of Eos[/Card] may be the single most impactful card the shell has gotten since it burst onto the scene a couple years ago. Shadow always had trouble with threat density and frankly operated much more smoothly when you drew its namesake card — and Ranger has worked to solve both these problems.

For those of you who don’t know, I actually live with Edgar so I was privied to much of his motivation to pilot the deck over something like Hogaak. The way he has the deck built, with an emphasis on graveyard hate and [Card]Temur Battle Rage[/Card] it does a solid job at fighting Gaak and has great matchups against many of the decks trying to beat Gaak. This is where we’re at with Modern right now.

Your Modern Showdown Top 8.

Joining Edgar in the Top 8 was finalist and Showdown staple Russel Phillips playing [Card]Hardened Scales[/Card], local hero Daniel Fournier playing Hogaak, Pedram Moazen-Sayad on Mono-Red Phoenix, last weekend’s MCQ winner Jeff Swaluk on Hogaak, Boston Schatteman on a sweet Jeskai Flash deck, Patrick Duffy playing Amulet Titan and Jason Buchan who played Mono-Green Tron.

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, Edgar 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 Team Trios Showdown. There’s nothing quite like playing Magic with your best friends, so make sure to pre-register and we’ll see you at the shop!

[Deck Title= First Place, Mardu Death’s Shadow- Edgar Magalhaes]
[Creatures]
4 Death’s Shadow
4 Ranger Captain of Eos
1 Hex Parasite
4 Street Wraith
1 Gurmag Angler
4 Tidehollow Sculler
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Thoughtseize
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Path to Exile
3 Fatal Push
2 Temur Battle Rage
4 Mishra’s Bauble
2 Unearth
2 Nihil Spellbomb
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Marsh Flats
3 Bloodstained Mire
2 Arid Mesa
4 Silent Clearing
2 Godless Shrine
1 Blood Crypt
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Plains
1 Swamp
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Liliana the Last Hope
1 Liliana of the Veil
2 Collective Brutality
2 Wear // Tear
2 Celestial Purge
3 Plague Engineer
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Second Place, Hardened Scales – Russell Phillips]
[Creatures]
4 Hangarback Walker
4 Walking Ballista
4 Arcbound Working
4 Arcbound Ravager
2 Steel Overseer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Mox Opal
4 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Welding Jar
3 Animation Module
3 Throne of Geth
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Hardened Scales
1 Evolutionary Leap
[/Spells]
[Lands]
6 Forest
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Darksteel Citadel
2 Llanowar Reborn
2 Horizon Canopy
1 Pendelhaven
1 Blinkmoth Nexus
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Damping Sphere
1 Torpor Orb
3 Nature’s Claim
3 Dismember
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Third Place, CrabGaak- Daniel Fournier]
[Creatures]
4 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
4 Vengevine
4 Bloodghast
4 Satyr Wayfinder
4 Carrion Feeder
4 Hedron Crab
4 Gravecrawler
4 Stitcher’s Supplier
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Faithless Looting
2 Assassin’s Trophy
2 Fatal Push
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Bloodstained Mire
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Blood Crypt
1 Steam Vents
1 Watery Grave
2 Overgrown Tomb
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Plague Engineer
1 Fatal Push
1 Assassin’s Trophy
4 Thoughtseize
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Force of Vigor
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Fourth Place, Mono-Red Phoenix – Pedram Moazen-Sayad]
[Creatures]
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Soul-scar Mage
2 Bedlam Reveller
4 Arclight Phoenix
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lava Spike
4 Gut Shot
3 Lava Dart
4 Faithless Looting
4 Manamorphose
1 Finale of Promise
4 Light of the Stage
[/Spells]
[Lands]
14 Mountain
4 Sunbaked Canyon
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
3 Abrade
2 Blood Moon
2 Shrine of Burning Rage
1 Lightning Axe
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Fifth Place, CrabGaak – Jeff Swaluk]
[Creatures]
4 Stitcher’s Supplier
4 Gravecrawler
4 Hedron Crab
4 Carrion Feeder
4 Satyr Wayfinder
4 Bloodghast
4 Vengevine
4 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Faithless Looting
2 Assassin’s Trophy
2 Fatal Push
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Steam Vents
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Blood Crypt
1 Watery Grave
1 Swamp
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Polluted Delta
1 Verdant Catacombs
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Thoughtseize
2 Assassin’s Trophy
3 Force of Vigor
2 Collective Brutality
1 Fatal Push
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Sixth Place, Jeskai Flash – Boston Schatteman]
[Creatures]
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Wall of Omens
4 Spell Queller
2 Restoration Angel
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Opt
4 Path to Exile
3 Condemn
1 Supreme Verdict
2 Spell Snare
3 Mana Leak
2 Force of Negation
2 Cryptic Command
4 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Celestial Colonnade
2 Glacial Fortress
2 Hallowed Fountain
4 Flooded Strand
1 Prismatic Vista
4 Field of Ruin
6 Island
2 Plains
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Celestial Purge
2 Damping Sphere
1 Detention Sphere
2 Dovin’s Veto
4 Rest in Peace
1 Settle the Wreckage
2 Timely Reinforcements
1 Vendilion Clique
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Seventh Place, Amulet Titan – Patrick Duffy]
[Creatures]
4 Azusa, Lost but Seeker
4 Primeval Titan
4 Sakura-tribe Scout
1 Walking Ballista
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Pact of Negation
4 Summoner’s Pact
4 Ancient Stirrings
3 Karn, the Great Creator
4 Amulet of Vigor
2 Coalition Relic
1 Engineered Explosives
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Boros Garrison
2 Cavern of Souls
3 Forrest
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Kabira Crossroads
1 Radiant Fountain
4 Selesnya Sanctuary
4 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Slayers’ Stronghold
1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
3 Tolaria West
1 Vesuva
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Hornet Queen
1 Mycosynth Lattice
2 Negate
2 Path to Exile
1 Pithing Needle
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Graffdigger’s Cage
1 Nullhide Ferrox
1 Force of Vigor
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Eighth Place, Mono-Green Tron – Jason Buchan]
[Creatures]
3 Walking Ballista
4 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Karn Liberated
2 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Sylvan Scrying
4 Chromatic Sphere
4 Chromatic Star
4 Expedition Map
3 Relic of Progenitus
3 Oblivion Stone
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Blast Zone
4 Forest
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Sanctum of Ugin
4 Urza’s Mine
4 Urza’s Tower
4 Urza’s Power Plant
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Spatial Contortion
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Dismember
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Thragtusk
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

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