Azorius Control has claimed yet another Open trophy.
This time, the FacetoFaceGames.com Open Series stayed home for a Modern Open+ in Montreal, Quebec and Patrick Wu piloted the powerful control deck to take down the tournament.
With his victory on Saturday Patrick became our third consecutive Open winner piloting Azorius. In fact, since the printing of [Card]Teferi, Time Raveler[/Card] and [Card]Narset, Parter of Veils[/Card] no other deck has won a FacetoFaceGames.com Open Series event. Those are some pretty impressive results if you ask me.
Patrick added a little spice to his deck as well. With the deck already being so heavy on Legendary permanents he saw that as an opportunity to add [Card]Urza’s Ruinous Blast[/Card] to the sweeper suite. Wu defeated Jules Valiquette in the finals who was piloting a classic Modern archetype in Golgari Midrange.
The rest of the Top 8 featured Laurent Binette playing Storm, both Michael Di Piano and Logan Margaritas playing the Frenzy Affinity deck that made the Top 8 of the most recent Mythic Championship in London, Patrick Larouche playing Humans, Francis Regimbald on Tron and Samuel Tremblay who played a sweet Mono-Black Pox deck.
Much like our last two Opens in Fredericton and Calgary, what we had on Saturday was an extremely diverse Top 8 that culminated in yet another Azorius victory. Notably, this specific event featured multiple copies of Affinity in the Top 8. Of course, this is an old favourite that’s fallen off in recent years but maybe with what we saw in Montreal it’s time to bring back your [Card]Memnite[/Card]s.
The thing about these new planeswalkers in Azorius Control is that the deck is now so much better equipped to find all of its high-impact and matchup-dependent cards. In game one you’re going to be able to use your Narset to dig you to that key [Card]Path to Exile[/Card] and after-board you’ll be able to find you [Card]Rest in Peace[/Card] much faster.
In addition to all the fun in our main event we had players on-site all day in Montreal battling in side events and hanging out by the Face to Face Games booth. We fired two absolutely FREE Standard sides and gave away a free entry to the upcoming Magic Fest Montreal as well!
Before I leave you for the week we at Face to Face Games want to remind you about our upcoming 10k Mythic Championship Qualifier taking place on June 15 in Toronto. 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!
Congratulations again to our champion Patrick Wu from everyone at Face to Face Games! Additionally, we’d like to extend our thanks to both our Open Series sponsor — Ultimate Guard — who hooked up everyone in the Top 8 with some awesome swag and to our amazing judge staff! The next stop on the series is coming up this weekend on June 8 when we head to North Bay, Ontario for a Modern Open. Make sure to pre-register and we’ll see you there!
[Deck Title= First Place, Azorius Control – Patrick Wu]
[Creatures]
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Wall of Omens
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Wrath of God
1 Urza’s Ruinous Blast
2 Dovin’s Veto
1 Supreme Verdict
2 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
3 Cryptic Command
2 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
1 Logic Knot
1 Mana Leak
2 Narset, Parter Of Veils
4 Opt
2 Oust
4 Path to Exile
1 Relic of Progenitus
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Celestial Collonade
4 Field of Ruin
4 Flooded Strand
1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Hallowed Fountain
5 Island
1 Minamo, School at Water’s Edge
1 Mystic Gate
3 Plains
1 Prairie Stream
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Ashiok, Dream Render
2 Celestial Purge
2 Dovin’s Veto
1 Lyra Dawnbrigeer
2 Spell Pierce
1 Supreme Verdict
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Timely Reinforcements
1 Urza’s Ruinous Blast
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Second Place, Golgari Midrange – Jules Valiquette]
[Creatures]
3 Dark Confident
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Tireless Tracker
3 Scavenging Ooze
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Get
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Fatal Push
4 Assassin’s Trophy
1 Abrupt Decay
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Thoughtseize
4 Liliana Of the Veil
1 Liliana, The Last Hope
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Field of Ruin
4 Verdant Catacomb
1 Marsh Flats
3 Blooming Marsh
4 Swamp
2 Forest
2 Hissing Quagmire
2 Treetop Village
2 Overgrown Tomb
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Damping Sphere
3 Fulminator Mage
3 Collective Brutality
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Damnation
1 Languish
1 Ashiok, Dream Render
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Choke
1 Engineered Explosives
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Third Place, Storm – Laurent Binette]
[Creatures]
4 Baral, Chief of Compliance
3 Goblin Electromancer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Serum Visions
4 Opt
2 Sleight of Hand
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Pyretic Ritual
4 Manamorphose
1 Repeal
1 Peer Through Depths
4 Gifts Ungiven
3 Grapeshot
2 Past in Flames
3 Remand
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Steam Vents
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Shivan Reef
4 Island
1 Mountain
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Flame Slash
2 Abrade
1 Negate
1 Echoing Truth
1 Wipe Away
1 Anger of The Gods
3 Pieces of The Puzzle
3 Empty the Warrens
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Fourth Place, Affinity – Michael Di Piano]
[Creatures]
1 Master of Etherium
4 Ornithopter
4 Vault Skirge
3 Steel Overseer
4 Signal Pest
2 Memnite
1 Etched Champion
4 Arcbound Ravager
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Cranial Plating
2 Experimental Frenzy
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Mox Opal
2 Welding Jar
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Springleaf Drum
4 Inkmoth Nexus
2 Mountain
3 Spire of Industry
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Dispatch
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Thoughtseize
2 Rest in Peace
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
2 Damping Sphere
1 Experimental Frenzy
1 Etched Champion
1 Wear // Tear
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Fifth Place, Humans – Patrick Larouche]
[Creatures]
4 Champion of The Parish
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Thalia’s Lieutenant
3 Phantasmal Image
4 Kitesail Freebooter
2 Kessig Malcontents
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Meddling Mage
4 Reflector Mage
1 Anafenza, The Foremost
4 Mantis Rider
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Aether Vial
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Ancient Ziggurat
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Horizon Canopy
4 Unclaimed Territory
1 Seachrome Coast
1 Plains
1 Island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Auriok Champion
1 Riders of Gavony
1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
2 Sin Collector
1 Anafenza, The Foremost
2 Deputy of Detention
1 Hostage Taker
2 Gaddock Teeg
2 Knight of Autumn
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Sixth Place, Mono-Green Tron – Francis Regimbald]
[Creatures]
2 Ulamog, The Ceaseless Hunger
1 Walking Ballista
3 Wurmcoil Engine
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Sylvan Scrying
1 All Is Dust
4 Expedition Map
4 Chromatic Star
4 Chromatic Sphere
2 Oblivion Stone
2 Relic of Progenitus
4 Karn Liberated
4 Karn, The Great Creator
2 Ugin, The Spirit Dragon
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Urza’s Tower
4 Urza’s Mine
4 Urza’s Power Plant
4 Forest
1 Sanctum of Ugin
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Blast Zone
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Trinisphere
1 Liquimetal Coating
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Walking Ballista
1 Mycosynth Lattice
1 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Thragtusk
3 Nature’s Claim
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Seventh Place, Affinity – Logan Margaritas]
[Creatures]
4 Signal Pest
4 Ornithopter
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Vault Skirge
1 Master of Etherium
4 Steel Overseer
2 Memnite
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Springleaf Drum
2 Welding Jar
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Cranial Plating
4 Mox Opal
2 Experimental Frenzy
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Spire of Industry
4 Darksteel Citadel
2 Mountain
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Experimental Frenzy
2 Dispatch
2 Etched Champion
2 Rest in Peace
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Damping Sphere
2 Thoughtseize
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Eighth Place, Mono-Black Pox – Samuel Tremblay]
[Spells]
4 Liliana Of the Veil
3 Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
3 Thoughtseize
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Raven’s Crime
4 Smallpox
1 Bontu’s Last Reckoning
4 The Rack
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Liliana’s Triumph
3 Fatal Push
3 Shrieking Affliction
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Mutavault
2 Field of Ruin
13 Swamp
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Waste Not
2 Bontu’s Last Reckoning
2 Ashiok, Dream Render
1 Delirium Skeins
3 Asylum Visitor
1 Ratchet Bomb
4 Leyline Of the Void
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
