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 down the top prize.
I’m going to have to add this past Sunday to my Showdown bucket list, I played my good friend and Team Face to Face Games pro player Edgar Magalhaes in the finals — and of course, he beat me soundly.
In a unique twist to the normal Face to Face Games Toronto metagame, this past weekend there were a full seven copies of Amulet Titan in the room, including Edgar of course.
The deck is powerful, can kill you on the second turn of the game and has the kind of staying power you need to beat the fair decks of the format. With [Card]Blood Moon[/Card] on the down swing, this is just one of Modern’s best decks.
I played Humans to a second place finish behind Edgar. I think the deck is really underrated right now and is a strong proactive choice for any Modern event. Omar Beldon played Modern’s newest flavour of the month Izzet Phoenix to a semis appearance and the always pleasant Evangelos Tsiligiannis also made the semis with Burn.
Ryan Sandrin finally got to compete with his Turbo Vizier deck that he’s loved since it first blessed Magic Online. This is a newer spin on the traditional Abzan [Card]Devoted Druid[/Card] archetypes that can combo-out your opponent both consistently and at a high clip. I’d keep your eye on this one.
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. This upcoming weekend at Face to Face Games Toronto we’ll be hosting a Legacy Showdown. Make sure to pre-register and get those [Card]Brainstorm[/Card]s ready and come on out to battle!
[Deck Title= First Place, Amulet Titan – Edgar Magalhaes]
[Creatures]
1 Skyshroud Ranger
4 Sakura-Tribe Scout
3 Trinket Mage
4 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
4 Primeval Titan
1 Walking Ballista
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Amulet of Vigor
4 Summoner’s Pact
1 Pact of Negation
1 Engineered Explosives
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Slayer’s Stronghold
1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
4 Simic Growth Chamber
4 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Boros Garrison
4 Gemstone Mine
3 Forest
2 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Kabira Crossroads
1 Khalni Garden
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Vesuva
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Ghost Quarter
3 Tolaria West
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
1 Hornet Queen
1 Reclamation Sage
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Cavern of Souls
3 Spell Pierce
4 Path to Exile
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Second Place, Humans – Keith Capstick]
[Creatures]
4 Champion of the Parish
4 Thalia’s Lieutenant
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Kitesail Freebooter
1 Militia Bugler
4 Reflector Mage
4 Mantis Rider
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Phantasmal Image
1 Kessig Malcontents
4 Meddling Mage
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Aether Vial
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Horizon Canopy
1 Seachrome Coast
4 Unclaimed Territory
1 Plains
1 Island
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Ancient Ziggurat
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Militia Bugler
1 Whirler Rogue
2 Izzet Staticaster
2 Gaddock Teeg
1 Anafenza, the Foremost
2 Dismember
3 Knight of Autumn
2 Sin Collector
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Third Place, Burn – Evangelos Tsiligiannis]
[Creatures]
1 Grim Lavamancer
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Goblin Guide
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Rift Bolt
4 Lava Spike
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Skullcrack
4 Searing Blaze
4 Lightning Helix
4 Boros Charm
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Moutain
3 Inspiring Vantage
2 Sacred Foundry
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Arid Mesa
4 Wooded Foothills
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Deflecting Palm
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Exquisite Firecraft
1 Path to Exile
2 Rest in Peace
2 Searing Blood
4 Smash to Smithereens
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Fourth Place, Izzet Phoenix – Omar Beldon]
[Creatures]
4 Thing in the Ice
2 Crackling Drake
2 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Arclight Phoenix
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Blood Moon
2 Izzet Charm
4 Faithless Looting
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Manamorphose
2 Gut Shot
2 Thought Scour
4 Serum Visions
4 Opt
2 Flame Slash
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
3 Steam Vents
3 Island
2 Mountain
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Ral, Izzet Viceroy
2 Dispel
2 Spell Pierce
1 Rending Volley
1 Alpine Moon
2 Abrade
2 Disdainful Stroke
3 Surgical Extraction
1 Ceremonious Rejection
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Fifth Place, Delan Hamasoor – Hollow One]
[Creatures]
4 Flameblade Adept
4 Bloodghast
4 Flamewake Phoenix
4 Hollow One
4 Street Wraith
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2 Gurmag Angler
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Burning Inquiry
4 Faithless Looting
2 Fatal Push
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Goblin Lore
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Blood Crypt
4 Bloodstained Mire
3 Mountain
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Stomping Ground
1 Swamp
2 Verdant Catacombs
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Fatal Push
3 Thoughtseize
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Blood Moon
1 Liliana of the Veil
4 Leyline of the Void
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Sixth Place, Mono-Red Phoenix – Chris Dockrill]
[Creatures]
4 Arclight Phoenix
4 Bedlam Reveller
4 Monastery Swiftspear
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Risk Factor
4 Tormenting Voice
4 Manamorphose
4 Faithless Looting
4 Fiery Temper
1 Flame Jab
3 Gut Shot
4 Lava Spike
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Maximize Velocity
[/Spells]
[Lands]
17 Mountain
1 Ramunap Ruins
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Abrade
2 Blood Moon
2 Hazoret the Fervent
1 Shattering Spree
2 Surgical Extraction
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Young Pyromancer
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Seventh Place, Turbo Vizier – Ryan Sandrin]
[Creatures]
4 Noble Hierach
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Devoted Druid
4 Vizier of Remedies
1 Walking Ballista
1 Eternal Witness
3 Duskwatch Recruiter
2 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Chord of Calling
4 Commune with Nature
4 Postmortem Lunge
4 Eldrich Evolution
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Dryad Arbor
3 Forest
3 Horizon Canopy
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
3 Razorvenge Thicket
2 Temple Garden
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wooded Foothills
4 Windswept Heath
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Mark of Asylum
2 Eidolon of Rhetoric
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
1 Tireless Tracker
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Sin Collector
2 Worship
2 Knight of Autumn
3 Path to Exile
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Eighth Place, Jeskai Control – Phil Renaud]
[Creatures]
4 Snapcaster Mage
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 Lightning Bolt
1 Detention Sphere
2 Electrolyze
3 Lightning Helix
2 Supreme Verdict
2 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
4 Path to Exile
1 Secure the Wastes
1 Settle the Wreckage
4 Cryptic Command
2 Logic Knot
1 Mana Leak
1 Negate
2 Opt
2 Search for Azcanta
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Celestial Colonnade
3 Field of Ruin
4 Flooded Strand
1 Glacial Fortress
2 Hallowed Fountain
3 Island
1 Mountain
2 Plains
1 Sacred Foundry
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Steam Vents
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Celestial Purge
2 Ceremonious Rejection
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Dispel
1 Lyra Dawnbringer
1 Negate
2 Rest in Peace
1 Runed Halo
1 Surgial Extraction
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Wear // Tear
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]