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 take down the top prize and finalize the Showdown standings headed into next weekend’s Ultimate Showdown.
There is one car-full of people that just seems to dominate every Legacy event Face to Face Games Toronto puts on, and Sunday was no different. The powerful trio of Edgar Magalhaes, Ben Winokur and Matthew Dilks showed up to finish first, second and third with Winokur beating Dilks in the finals.
As I’ve remarked multiple times over the past few months, Legacy is such a fair format. There were way less copies of Force of Will in this Top 8 than we’re used to seeing in Legacy and a whopping two copies of Dead Guy Ale. Edgar and Ben have been playing their 4C Leovold decks with Hymn to Tourach over Force of Will for a while now and I think that’s about as solid an example of how fair Toronto Legacy is in a nutshell.
Andrew Gordon continued his strong play in Showdowns lately with a Top 4 finish and he seems primed and ready to defend his title as Ultimate Showdown champion next weekend. Gordon and Dilks were the only players playing more traditionally linear decks in this Top 8 of fair cards.
It works out nicely for those looking ahead to next week because this Top 8 will likely look very similar to the Legacy pod in the Ultimate Showdown and there is sure to be some serious metagaming going on between these competitors. As far as the specific decklists, there really wasn’t that much unique stuff going on aside from how fair everything was although I will say it is baffling to me that people continue to have success with Stoneforge Mystic in a format (and this Top 8) filled with Kolaghan;s command.
With his win on Sunday Ben moves himself up Face to Face Games Ultimate Showdown leaderboard in preparation for the Ultimate Showdown. As I said, next Sunday is the big dance, if you’re qualified you better get to practicing because we’ll be crowing a new Ultimate Showdown champion. Tune in later in the week where I’ll be spewing some nonsense predictions!
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First Place, Ben Winokur- 4C Leovold
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Baleful Strix
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
4 Snapcaster Mage
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Abrupt Decay
4 Brainstorm
2 Diabolic Edict
2 Fatal Push
3 Kolaghans Command
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Pyroblast
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Ponder
1 Thoughtseize
1 Toxic Deluge
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Island
4 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Swamp
1 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Verdant Catacombs
1 Volcanic Island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Flusterstorm
1 Grave Titan
1 Hydroblast
1 Invasive Surgery
1 Liliana, the Last Hope
1 Marsh Casualties
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
3 Surgical Extraction
2 Thoughtseize
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
Second Place, Matthew Dilks- Lands
[Deck]
[Spells]
4 Crop Rotation
4 Punishing Fire
4 Gamble
4 Life from the Loam
4 Exploration
1 Manabond
4 Mox Diamond
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Bojuka Bog
4 Dark Depths
1 Forest
3 Ghost Quarter
1 Glacial Chasm
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Karakas
2 Maze of Ith
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Sheltered Thicket
2 Taiga
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
4 Thespians Stage
2 Tranquil Thicket
4 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Crucible of Worlds
4 Krosan Grip
1 Molten Vortex
1 Seismic Assault
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Tireless Tracker
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
Third Place, Edgar Magalhaes- 4C Leovold
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Baleful Strix
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
4 Snapcaster Mage
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Ponder
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Abrupt Decay
4 Brainstorm
2 Diabolic Edict
2 Fatal Push
4 Kolaghans Command
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Pyroblast
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Island
4 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Swamp
1 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Verdant Catacombs
1 Volcanic Island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Flusterstorm
1 Hydroblast
1 Invasive Surgery
1 Liliana, the Last Hope
1 Marsh Casualties
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
3 Surgical Extraction
3 Thoughtseize
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
Fourth Place, Andrew Gordon- Elves
[Deck]
[Creatures]
1 Birchlore Rangers
2 Craterhoof Behemoth
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Heritage Druid
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Quirion Ranger
1 Reclamation Sage
4 Wirewood Symbiote
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Crop Rotation
2 Nissa, Vital Force
4 Glimpse of Nature
4 Green Suns Zenith
2 Natural Order
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Bayou
1 Cavern of Souls
2 Dryad Arbor
2 Forest
4 Gaeas Cradle
1 Pendelhaven
1 Verdant Catacombs
3 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Abrupt Decay
2 Cabal Therapy
2 Choke
1 Karakas
1 Scavenging Ooze
2 Surgical Extraction
3 Thoughtseize
1 Umezawas Jitte
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
Fifth Place, Wilkin Chau Fournier- Dead Guy Ale
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Hero of Bladehold
2 Shriekmaw
3 Stoneforge Mystic
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Chrome Mox
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Umezawas Jitte
3 Liliana of the Veil
1 Cabal Therapy
2 Hymn to Tourach
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Lingering Souls
3 Thoughtseize
2 Vindicate
1 Abrupt Decay
4 Swords to Plowshares
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Bayou
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Karakas
4 Marsh Flats
1 Plains
2 Polluted Delta
4 Scrubland
2 Swamp
1 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Collective Brutality
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Gaddock Teeg
2 Humility
2 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Liliana, the Last Hope
1 Pithing Needle
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Sanctum Prelate
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Zealous Persecution
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
Sixth Place, Alex Craig- Jeskai Stoneblade
[Deck]
[Creatures]
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Stoneforge Mystic
3 True-Name Nemesis
1 Vendilion Clique
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Councils Judgment
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
2 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Spell Pierce
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Batterskull
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Umezawas Jitte
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Arid Mesa
4 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Karakas
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Plains
2 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
3 Tundra
2 Volcanic Island
2 Wasteland
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Blood Moon
2 Containment Priest
2 Disenchant
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Hydroblast
1 Izzet Staticaster
2 Pyroblast
2 Rest in Peace
1 Spell Pierce
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Surgical Extraction
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
Seventh Place, Daniel Goetschel- Grixis Delver
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Delver of Secrets
2 Gurmag Angler
1 Snapcaster Mage
2 True-Name Nemesis
3 Young Pyromancer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Brainstorm
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Cabal Therapy
1 Forked Bolt
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Ponder
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Bloodstained Mire
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
1 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Bitterblossom
1 Diabolic Edict
2 Flusterstorm
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Izzet Staticaster
2 Kolaghans Command
2 Price of Progress
2 Pyroblast
1 Snapcaster Mage
2 Spell Pierce
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]
Eighth Place, Alex Tkach- Dead Guy Ale
[Deck]
[Creatures]
1 Baneslayer Angel
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Shriekmaw
3 Stoneforge Mystic
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Batterskull
2 Chrome Mox
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Umezawas Jitte
1 Cabal Therapy
3 Hymn to Tourach
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Lingering Souls
3 Thoughtseize
3 Vindicate
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Liliana of the Veil
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Bayou
1 Karakas
4 Marsh Flats
1 Plains
2 Polluted Delta
4 Scrubland
3 Swamp
1 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Circle of Protection: Red
1 Containment Priest
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Faerie Macabre
2 Leyline of the Void
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Pithing Needle
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Toxic Deluge
2 Zealous Persecution
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]