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 M19 Limited to celebrate release weekend, and it did not disappoint.
This was our second look at M19 in a row. Last weekend we saw local players show us that despite it being a core-set, M19 isn’t all attacking and blocking. You need to be able to grind if you want to have success.
Enea Koxhlan was able to come out on top of the event after his G/R beat down Draft deck was able to maneuver past the rest of the Top 8.
Gab Tsang once again proved to all of us that his return to Limited Magic in Toronto means there’ll only be seven spots available in every Top 8. He was in the elimination rounds again with a sweet U/R deck featuring four copies of Divination.
This past Sunday also marked the return of multiple time Showdown champion and leader board staple to the Top 8 in Chris Ha. He played a slower looking U/B deck in the Top 8 Draft.
Two more Showdown Series regulars in Omar Beldon and Shawn Dhaliwal also made the Top 8. With this finish, Dhaliwal has now made the Top 8 of back-to-back Showdowns, both in M19 Limited. Duncan McGregor also showed up in the Top 8, once again showing us that if he didn’t do so much judging we’d all be losing to him — quite a lot.
With his win on Sunday, Enea cements his spot in the upcoming Ultimate Showdown and the rest of our Top 4 have begun their march up the leader board to qualify. This upcoming weekend’s Showdown will be in the Legacy format where we’ll get to see how the Toronto-area metagame has adapted to the loss of Deathrite Shaman and Gitaxian Probe. If you’re looking for deckbuilding pointers make sure to checkout Matthew Dilks article on the B&R changes here.
First Place, Enea Koxhlan – G/R
[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 boggart brute
1 demanding dragon
2 havor devils
1 onakke ogre
1 siegebreaker giant
1 viashino pyromancer
1 bristling boar
1 centaur courser
1 daggerback basilisk
1 druid of the cowl
1 giant spider
1 thornhide wolves
1 vine mare
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 electrify
1 titanic growth
1 oakenform
1 rabid bite
1 sure strike
1 tormenting voice
1 lightning strike
1 declare dominance
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 forest
8 mountain
1 timber gorge
[/Lands]
[/Deck]
Second Place, Gabriel Tsang- U/R
[Deck]
[Creatures]
1 aven wind mage
3 aviation pioneer
1 frilled sea serpent
1 omenspeaker
1 salvager of secrets
2 scholar of stars
1 surge mare
1 lathliss dragon queen
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 electrify
1 sift
1 disperse
4 divination
2 dwindle
1 explosive apparatus
1 patient rebuilding
1 Psychic corrosion
[/Spells]
[Lands]
11 island
5 mountain
1 highland lake
[/Lands]
[/Deck]
Third Place, Will Hall – Grixis
[Deck]
[Creatures]
1 gargoyle sentinel
1 gearsmith guardian
1 meteor golem
3 skyscanner
1 salvager of secrets
1 scholar of stars
1 tolarian scholar
1 isareth the awakener
1 skymarch bloodletter
1 nicol bolas the ravager
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 lich’s caress
1 liliana’s contract
1 macabre waltz
1 anticipate
2 bone to ash
1 arcane encyclopedia
1 dwindle
[/Spells]
[Lands]
7 island
3 mountain
8 swamp
[/Lands]
[/Deck]
Fourth Place, Shawn Dhaliwal – R/W
[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 angel of the dawn
2 gallant cavalry
1 mentor of the meek
2 oreskos swiftclaw
1 boggart brute
1 dismissive pyromancer
1 goblin instigator
1 havor devils
1 siegebreaker giant
3 viashino pyromancer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 inspired charge
1 knight’s pledge
2 knightly valor
1 heroic reinforcements
1 sure strike
1 mighty leap
1 electrifiy
[/Spells]
[Lands]
9 mountains
8 plains
[/Lands]
[/Deck]
Fifth Place, Omar Beldon- B/R
[Deck]
[Creatures]
1 skyscanner
2 doomed dissenter
2 fell specter
1 isareth, the awakener
1 ravenous harpy
1 boggart brute
1 dismissive pyromancer
1 guttersnipe
2 havorc devils
1 viashino pyromancer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 shock
1 thud
1 tormenting voice
1 dragon egg
1 fiery finish
1 strangling spores
1 act of treason
2 mind rot
1 murder
1 blood divination
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 mountain
7 swamp
1 cinder barrens
[/Lands]
[/Deck]
Sixth Place, Chris Ha- U/B
[Deck]
[Creatures]
1 gargoyle sentinel
1 aviation pioneer
2 salvager of secrets
2 snapping drake
1 wall of mist
1 skeleton archer
1 skymarch bloodletter
1 vampire sovereign
1 walking corpse
2 psychic symbiont
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 lich’s caress
1 macabre waltz
1 open the graves
1 sift
1 sleep
1 disperse
2 mirror image
1 manalith
1 anticipate
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 Island
8 Swamp
1 submerged boneyard
[/Lands]
[/Deck]
Seventh Place, Duncan McGregor – G/W
[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 skyspanner
2 herald of faith
1 colossal dreadmaw
3 druid of the cowl
2 elvish rejuvenator
1 giant spider
1 goreclaw, terror of qal sisma
4 rhox oracle
1 runic armasaur
3 thornhide wolves
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 knightly valor
1 rabid bite
2 talons of wildwood
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 forest
6 plains
2 tranquil expanse
[/Lands]
[/Deck]
Eighth Place, Christopher Butler- Bant
[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 gearsmith guardian
1 angel of the dawn
1 gallant cavalry
1 mentor of the meek
1 pegasus courser
1 departed deckhand
1 salvager of secrets
1 scholar of stars
1 skilled animator
1 snapping drake
1 arcades, the strategist
2 suspicious bookcase
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 totally lost
1 one with the machine
2 take vengeance
1 cancel
1 luminous bonds
1 explosive apparatus
2 fountain of renewal
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 forest
8 island
2 plains
1 tranquil expanse
[/Lands]
[/Deck]