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Showdown Recap: Standard

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 Standard to see if the new Nicol Bolas could dethrone that pesky Chainwhirler.

Now, let’s all be honest. Standard hasn’t exactly been a brewer’s paradise as of late. Goblin Chainwhirler and company dominated Canadian Nationals and B/R Aggro has just been the consensus best deck for months now. Mono-Green Stompy has propped up here and there since M19 came out and there’s this new Mono-Blue Paradoxical Outcome deck that might just have what it takes to compete.

Lucas Worrell was also prepared to compete on Sunday, with the newly popular Mono-Green deck, with which he was able to take down Daniel Fournier in the finals.

Your Top 8 on Sunday.

The rest of our Top 8 was chalked full of local Standard notables. Fournier and Worell were joined by both Liam Kane, Edgar Magalhaes and Delan Hamasoor as our familiar faces in the elimination rounds.

One outlier at the event was Nicholas Fleming, who brought a wild looking Big Red deck with him and made Top 8 with it. This is a thing of beauty, packed will four full copies of Treasure Map that bring a smile to my face. If you’re looking for some fun, try this thing out!

With his win on Sunday, Lucas cements his spot in the upcoming Ultimate Showdown and the rest of our Top 4 have begun their march up the leader board to qualify. This upcoming weekend’s Showdown will be in the Modern format. What’s more is that it will be a Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier for the upcoming RPTQ. Come out and battle and see if you can earn yourself a slot!

First Place, Lucas Worrell – G/B Stompy

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
4 Winding Constrictor
4 Walking Ballista
4 Jadelight Ranger
3 Verdurous Gearhulk
2 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
2 Ravenous Chupacabra
2 Vine Mare
1 Thrashing Brontodon
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
2 Vraska’s Contempt
4 Adventurous Impulse
[/Spells]
[Lands]
7 Forest
2 Swamp
4 Blooming Marsh
4 Woodland Cemetery
4 Aether Hub
2 Ifnir Deadlands
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Duress
3 Thrashing Brontodon
2 Lifecrafter’s Bestiary
2 Vine Mare
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Cast Down
1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
1 Aethersphere Harvester
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Second Place, Daniel Fournier – B/R Aggro

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Goblin Chainwhirler
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
4 Bomat Courier
3 Hazoret, the Fervent
2 Glorybringer
2 Pia Nalaar
2 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
2 Soul-Scar Mage
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Abrade
2 Cut // Ribbons
2 Unlicensed Disintegration
3 Heart of Kiran
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
[/Spells]
[Lands]
14 Mountain
1 Swamp
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Canyon Slough
2 Aether Hub
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Duress
3 Doomfall
2 Abrade
2 Chandra’s Defeat
2 Magma Spray
2 Rekindling Phoenix
1 Glorybringer
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Third Place, Liam Kane – B/R Aggro

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Bomat Courier
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
4 Goblin Chainwhirler
3 Soul-Scar Mage
3 Rekindling Phoenix
2 Pia Nalaar
2 Hazoret, the Fervent
2 Glorybringer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Heart of Kiran
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
[/Spells]
[Lands]
13 Mountain
1 Swamp
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Canyon Slough
3 Spire of Industry
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Duress
3 Chandra’s Defeat
2 Aethersphere Harvester
2 Doomfall
1 Glorybringer
1 Hour of Glory
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Unlicensed Disintegration
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Fourth Place, Delan Hamasoor – G/B Stompy

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Steel Leaf Champion
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
4 Thorn Lieutenant
3 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
3 Greenbelt Rampager
3 Vine Mare
3 Rhonas the Indomitable
2 Thrashing Brontodon
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 Heart of Kiran
3 Blossoming Defense
[/Spells]
[Lands]
12 Forest
4 Blooming Marsh
4 Woodland Cemetery
4 Hashep Oasis
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Hour of Glory
2 Aethersphere Harvester
2 Thrashing Brontodon
2 Vivien Reid
1 Lifecrafter’s Bestiary
1 Naturalize
1 Nissa, Vital Force
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
1 Vine Mare
1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Fifth Place, Isaak Krut – U/B Midrange

[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 Torrential Gearhulk
4 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
4 Champion of Wits
3 The Scarab God
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Commit // Memory
1 Cast Down
1 Supreme Will
1 Never // Return
1 Glimmer of Genius
1 Liliana, Death’s Majesty
4 Fatal Push
4 Vraska’s Contempt
3 Essence Scatter
2 Doomfall
2 Arguel’s Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 Swamp
4 Island
4 Fetid Pools
4 Aether Hub
4 Drowned Catacombs
2 Field of Ruin
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Negate
3 Duress
2 Cast Down
2 Essence Extraction
1 The Eldest Reborn
1 Yahenni’s Expertise
1 Confiscation Coup
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Vizier of Many Faces
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Sixth Place, Endrigo Cavinato – G/B Stompy

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Thrashing Brontodon
4 Thorn Lieutenant
4 Steel Leaf Champion
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
3 Greenbelt Rampager
2 Rhonas the Indomitable
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
3 Heart of Kiran
4 Blossoming Defense
[/Spells]
[Lands]
13 Forest
4 Blooming Marsh
4 Woodland Cemetery
3 Hashep Oasis
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Vine Mare
2 Vivien Reid
2 Nissa, Vital Force
2 Aethersphere Harvester
2 Hour of Glory
2 Lifecrafter’s Bestiary
1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Seventh Place, Nicholas Fleming – Big red

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Demanding Dragon
2 Glorybringer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Banefire
4 Ixalan’s Binding
4 Treasure Map
3 Thaumatic Compass
3 Sweltering Suns
3 Abrade
3 Hour of Devastation
3 Spitflame
2 Dragon’s Hoard
[/Spells]
[Lands]
16 Mountain
1 Plains
4 Clifftop Retreat
3 Field Of Ruin
1 Arch of Orazca
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Knight of Grace
4 Fountain of Renewal
3 Silent Gravestone
1 Sanguine Sacrament
1 Abrade
1 Hour of Devastation
1 Spitflame
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Eighth Place, Edgar Magalhaes – R/B Aggro

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Bomat Courier
4 Scrapheap Scounger
4 Goblin Chainwhirler
4 Rekindling Phoenix
2 Soul-Scar Mage
2 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
2 Pia Nalaar
2 Glorybringer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Abrade
1 Cut // Ribbons
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Unlicensed Disintegration
3 Heart of Kiran
[/Spells]
[Lands]
14 Mountain
1 Swamp
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Canyon Slough
2 Aether Hub
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Duress
2 Doomfall
2 Chandra’s Defeat
2 Magma Spray
2 Glorybringer
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Abrade
1 Hour of Glory
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

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