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 Legacy to see who could take home the top prize!
I don’t know about you, but I for one am smiling knowing the [Card]Delver of Secrets[/Card] has risen to the top of the Legacy format once again. This past Sunday, local Legacy aficionado Richard Welch piloted Izzet Delver to a victory at our Legacy Showdown.
Welch has been a top local player with all sorts of blue Legacy decks throughout the history of Legacy on the Showdown series.
Of course, as of late, Legacy has shifted immensely with the release of both War of the Spark and Modern Horizons. [Card]Narset, Parter of Veils[/Card] and [Card]Dreadhorde Arcanist[/Card] in particular have really been a breath of fresh air for the blue-based midrange archetypes we’re used to seeing dominate the format. Delver decks struggled a little in the absence of [Card]Deathrite Shaman[/Card] for the last while, but Arcanist has changed that in a big way.
Welch defeated another high caliber local Legacy played in Jason Drossis in the finals. Jason played Elves on Sunday. The rest of our Top 8 feature Boston Schatteman on Temur Delver, Hugo Bry on Sneak & Show, Russel Phillips and Justin Glanzer both piloting Eldrazi Stompy, Wilkin Chau on his classic Dead Guy Ale deck and lastly Marcus Paulo Rocha who played Infect.
Legacy in Toronto continues to be just about as fair as possible. It’s no coincidence that our Legacy Top 8s all feature so many familiar faces. These players are masters with their decks and have really refined their ability to jockey for an advantage in these fair mirrors.
With his win on Sunday, Richard 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 Modern Showdown! Get your Hogaak’s ready, make sure to pre-register and we’ll see you there!
[Deck Title= First Place, Izzet Delver – Richard Welch]
[Creatures]
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Dreadhorde Arcanist
3 Young Pyromancer
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Grim Lavamancer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
3 Preordain
2 Chain Lightning
1 Abrade
1 Spell Snare
1 Spell Pierce
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Wasteland
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Mountain
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Pyroblast
2 Vapor Snag
2 Narset, Parter of Veils
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Flusterstorm
1 Hydroblast
1 Abrade
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Blood Moon
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Second Place, Elves – Jason Drossis]
[Creatures]
1 Elvish Mystic
4 Quirion Ranger
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Wirewood Symbiote
3 Heritage Druid
2 Birchlore Rangers
1 Llanowar Elves
4 Elvish Visionary
1 Reclamation Sage
2 Craterhoof Behemoth
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Archon of Valor’s Reach
1 Fyndhorn Elves
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Green Sun’s Zenith
3 Natural Order
4 Glimpse of Nature
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Windswept Heath
2 Bayou
4 Gaea’s Cradle
2 Dryad Arbor
1 Verdant Catacombs
2 Forest
1 Savannah
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Assassin’s Trophy
1 Choke
2 Nissa, Vital Force
1 Pithing Needle
4 Thoughtseize
1 Abrupt Decay
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Progenitus
1 Force of Vigor
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Third Place, Temur Delver – Boston Schatteman]
[Creatures]
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Nimble Mongoose
2 True-Name Nemesis
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Wrenn and Six
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Ponder
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Chain Lightning
1 Dismember
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
3 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare
4 Stifle
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Cindervines
1 Flusterstorm
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Pyroblast
1 Sudden Demise
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Sylvan Library
2 Winter Orb
1 Wrenn and Six
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Fourth Place, Sneak & Show – Hugo Bry]
[Creatures]
3 Griselbrand
3 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Show and Tell
3 Omniscience
3 Sneak Attack
3 Cunning Wish
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
4 Lotus Petal
1 Intuition
1 Impulse
4 Force of Will
2 Spell Pierce
1 Flusterstorm
1 Preordain
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Mountain
4 Island
2 Volcanic Island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Pyroblast
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Release the Ants
1 Firemind’s Foresight
1 Flusterstorm
1 Sudden Shock
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Through the Breach
1 Rushing River
1 Kozilek’s Return
1 Pyroblast
1 Abrade
1 Trickbind
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Fifth Place, Eldrazi Stompy – Russell Phillips]
[Creatures]
4 Endless One
4 Eldrazi Mimic
4 Matter Reshaper
4 Thought-Knot Seer
4 Reality Smasher
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Endbringer
2 Walking Ballista
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Thorn of Amethyst
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Eye of Ugin
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Eldrazi Temple
2 City of Traitors
4 Cavern of Souls
3 Zhalfirin Void
1 Wastes
1 Mishra’s Factory
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Karakas
1 Throne of the High King
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Faerie Macabre
2 Dismember
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
2 Warping Wail
1 Karakas
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 All is Dust
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Sixth Place, Eldrazi Stompy – Justin Glanzer]
[Creatures]
4 Eldrazi Mimic
4 Endless One
4 Matter Reshaper
4 Thought-Knot Seer
4 Reality Smasher
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Endbringer
2 Walking Ballista
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Dismember
1 Warping Wail
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Eldrazi Temple
4 Wasteland
3 Cavern of Souls
3 Eye of Ugin
3 Mishra’s Factory
2 City of Traitors
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Karakas
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
2 All is Dust
2 Ratchet Bomb
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Warping Wail
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Seventh Place, Dead Guy Ale – Wilkin Chau]
[Creatures]
4 Dark Confidant
3 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Remorseful Cleric
1 Shriekmaw
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Gurmag Angler
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 Thoughtseize
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Cabal Therapy
2 Hymn to Tourach
3 Liliana of the Veil
2 Liliana, the Last Hope
2 Vindicate
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Batterskull
3 Lingering Souls
3 Chrome Mox
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Scrubland
3 Swamp
1 Plains
1 Karakas
1 Shambling Vent
4 Wasteland
4 Marsh Flats
1 Polluted Delta
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Bloodstained Mire
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Faerie Macabre
1 Kaya’s Guile
1 Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
1 Blast Zone
1 Zealous Persecution
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Humility
1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
1 Liliana’s Triumph
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Damping Sphere
1 Pithing Needle
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
[Deck Title= Eighth Place, Infect – Marcus Paulo Rocha]
[Creatures]
4 Glistener Elf
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Blighted Agent
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
2 Berserk
1 Crop Rotation
1 Flusterstorm
1 Scale Up
3 Ponder
3 Vines of Vastwood
4 Daze
4 Invigorate
3 Force of Will
1 Sylvan Library
4 Brainstorm
1 Spell Pierce
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Forest
4 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Pendelhaven
1 Temple Garden
3 Tropical Island
1 Wasteland
2 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Karakas
1 Crop Rotation
1 Flusterstorm
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Hydroblast
1 Pithing Needle
2 Shaper’s Sanctuary
1 Dissenter’s Deliverance
1 Return to Nature
1 Krosan Grip
2 Spellskite
1 Force of Will
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]