ModernNewsUncategorized

Open+ Recap: Modern in Toronto

FacetoFaceGames.com’s inaugural Open+ 5k tournament has come and gone and both Quinn Gregg and Taylor Rapien have won themselves invitations and travel vouchers to the next StarCityGames Invitational. Quinn picked up the win when the dust settled and got their second victory in as many Toronto Open events with Eldrazi Tron.

The Top 8 of this event was, well, exactly what you’d expect from Modern—completely wide open. There were seven unique archetypes with E-Tron being the only repeat performer. In my expirience writing these recaps and playing events, Eldrazi Tron is the best performing deck in Modern in the city. This both saddens me because Urza lands beat everything I like to play, and makes me happy because at least I know what I’ve got to beat.

GP Toronto Top 8 competitor Taimur Rashid also cracked the elimination rounds with his Grixis Death’s Shadow list which sported my very own Bitterblossom sideboard technology. Rashid is playing some of the best all-around Magic in the city right now and is going to be a force to look out for at Nationals. Pasha Meshkati continued his dominance of Face to Face Games sanctioned events with yet another Top 8 and Jason Fielder showed that players from Barrie playing Primeval Titan decks are quite good at competing in our Opens.

Rounding out the Top 8 were a blast from the past in Jeskai Nahiri, Joseph Lombardi’s Eldrazi Tron deck he beat me with in the third round and a version of W/R Prison that sports a full 11 Planeswalkers. Looking around the room, I’d say the largest concentration of decks were either G/R Titan decks or Eldrazi Tron for those looking to get a leg-up in testing.

Congratulations again to both Quinn and Taylor on their invites. Our next big event is Nationals on Oct.14 at the International Centre in Toronto. If you’re not qualified for that, we’ll be running another one of these Open+ events on the Sunday that will once again be Modern. It is sure to be one of the biggest weekends of the year for Canadian Magic so don’t forget to pre-register for your event-of-choice !

First Place, Quinn Gregg, Eldrazi Tron

[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 Endbringer
4 Matter Reshaper
4 Reality Smasher
4 Thought-Knot Seer
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
4 Walking Ballista
1 Wurmcoil Engine
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Dismember
1 Warping Wail
1 Basilisk Collar
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Expedition Map
2 Karn Liberated
2 All is Dust
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Cavern of Souls
4 Eldrazi Temple
3 Ghost Quarter
1 Sanctum of Ugin
1 Sea Gate Wreckage
4 Urza’s Mine
4 Urza’s Power Plant
4 Urza’s Tower
2 Wastes
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Grafdiggers Cage
2 Hangarback Walker
1 Pithing Needle
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Warping Wail
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Second Place, Taylor Rapien, Burn

[Deck]
[Creatures]
3 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Goblin Guide
1 Grim Lavamancer
4 Monastery Swiftspear
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Lava Spike
4 Rift Bolt
4 Boros Charm
1 Deflecting Palm
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Lightning Helix
4 Searing Blaze
4 Skullcrack
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Arid Mesa
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Inspiring Vantage
3 Mountain
2 Sacred Foundry
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Stomping Ground
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Deflecting Palm
4 Destructive Revelry
1 Eidolon of the Great Revel
1 Harsh Mentor
1 Kor Firewalker
1 Magma Spray
2 Path to Exile
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
2 Searing Blood
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Third Place, Jason Fielder, Breach Titan

[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Obstinate Baloth
4 Primeval Titan
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
2 Thragtusk
1 Woodfall Primus
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 Farseek
2 Hour of Promise
4 Search for Tomorrow
1 Nahiri, the Harbinger
3 Summoner’s Pact
4 Through the Breach
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Arid Mesa
2 Cinder Glade
2 Forest
8 Mountain
1 Sacred Foundry
3 Stomping Ground
3 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
4 Wooded Foothills
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Ancient Grudge
4 Anger of the Gods
1 Nahiri, the Harbinger
2 Reclamation Sage
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Thragtusk
2 Tireless Tracker
1 Worldspine Wurm
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Fourth Place, Stephane Obadia, W/R Prison

[Deck]
[Creatures]
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Simian Spirit Guide
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Ajani Vengeant
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion
1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
1 Gideon Jura
1 Gideon of the Trials
4 Nahiri, the Harbinger
1 Assemble the Legion
4 Blood Moon
2 Oblivion Ring
3 Anger of the Gods
3 Wrath of God
3 Lightning Helix
4 Chalice of the Void
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Arid Mesa
2 Gemstone Caverns
1 Mountain
7 Plains
3 Rugged Prairie
3 Sacred Foundry
4 Temple of Triumph
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Blessed Alliance
1 Celestial Purge
1 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion
4 Leyline of Sanctity
3 Rest in Peace
3 Stony Silence
1 Wrath of God
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Fifth Place, Taimur Rashid, Grixis Death’s Shadow

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Deaths Shadow
2 Gurmag Angler
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Street Wraith
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Dismember
3 Fatal Push
1 Kolaghans Command
1 Lightning Bolt
2 Stubborn Denial
1 Temur Battle Rage
2 Terminate
4 Thought Scour
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Serum Visions
4 Thoughtseize
1 Liliana of the Veil
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Blood Crypt
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Island
4 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Swamp
2 Watery Grave
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Bitterblossom
3 Ceremonious Rejection
2 Collective Brutality
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Izzet Staticaster
2 Kozilek’s Return
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Liliana, the Last Hope
2 Nihil Spellbomb
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Sixth Place, Pasha Meshkati, U/R Storm

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Baral, Chief of Compliance
3 Goblin Electromancer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Gifts Ungiven
4 Manamorphose
1 Noxious Revival
1 Peer Through Depths
4 Pyretic Ritual
3 Remand
1 Repeal
1 Empty the Warrens
2 Grapeshot
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Past in Flames
4 Serum Visions
4 Sleight of Hand
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Island
1 Mountain
2 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Spirebluff Canal
3 Steam Vents
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Blood Moon
1 Dismember
1 Echoing Truth
2 Empty the Warrens
3 Lightning Bolt
2 Pieces of the Puzzle
2 Shattering Spree
2 Swan Song
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Seventh Place, Joseph Lombardi, Eldrazi Tron

[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 Endbringer
4 Matter Reshaper
4 Reality Smasher
4 Thought-Knot Seer
4 Walking Ballista
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Expedition Map
2 Mind Stone
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 All Is Dust
2 Karn Liberated
2 Dismember
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Cavern of Souls
4 Eldrazi Temple
3 Ghost Quarter
1 Sanctum of Ugin
1 Sea Gate Wreckage
4 Urza’s Mine
4 Urza’s Power Plant
4 Urza’s Tower
2 Wastes
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Basilisk Collar
2 Grafdiggers Cage
2 Hangarback Walker
2 Pithing Needle
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Warping Wail
1 Wurmcoil Engine
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Eighth Place, James Wilson, Jeskai Control

[Deck]
[Creatures]
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Vendilion Clique
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Serum Visions
2 Supreme Verdict
1 Blessed Alliance
1 Condemn
2 Cryptic Command
3 Lightning Bolt
2 Logic Knot
4 Path to Exile
3 Remand
2 Spell Snare
1 Sphinxs Revelation
1 Detention Sphere
2 Gideon of the Trials
3 Nahiri, the Harbinger
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Celestial Colonnade
1 Desolate Lighthouse
4 Flooded Strand
1 Ghost Quarter
2 Hallowed Fountain
3 Island
1 Plains
1 Sacred Foundry
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
2 Sulfur Falls
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Blessed Alliance
1 Celestial Purge
1 Detention Sphere
1 Dispel
1 Elspeth, Suns Champion
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Izzet Staticaster
2 Negate
2 Rest in Peace
1 Timely Reinforcements
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments