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 Standard to see who could take home the top prize!

It’s happened again. Yes, we hosted a Standard Sunday Showdown and Lucas Worrell won the entire thing.

That said, this time Worrell ran off too quickly for us to get a photo of him after winning.

He played Mono-Red Aggro on Sunday afternoon, an archetype that he’s been winning with at Face to Face Games Toronto for the better part of the last three years. [Card]Runaway Steam-Kin[/Card] and [Card]Goblin Chainwhirler[/Card] are two of the most powerful early plays the format has to offer, and Lucas capitalized on that.

Worrell was able to defeat Paolo Bueno in the Finals who was playing one of Standard’s other top decks — the much slower but oh so powerful Esper Control.

Joining them in the Top 8 were a whole host of new faces and some familiar ones to boot: Graham Gibb on Gruul Aggro, Gokulan Balakrishnan played Izzet Drakes, Ryan Sandrin playing a bunch of green creatures like he does best, Ming Joanis playing Mono-White, Marlowe Lain who played a sweet Orzhov Midrange deck and Ellis Straker who played a Golgari beatdown deck.

This was of course our last Showdown in our current home. As of April 24 we will be moving into our new store at 1398 Danforth Ave. and the Showdown series will continue better than ever.

And to kick that off we’d like to introduce you to the official Showdown Series playmat coming with War of the Spark:

I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get out and battle for this baby!

Make sure to stop by the new shop for any of our weekly events during our first week open because as our gift to you in celebrating the move, they are all free! If you haven’t seen it yet, here is the new event schedule that takes hold once we move:

With his win on Sunday, Lucas 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 Sealed Pre-Release Showdown in honour of War of the Spark! It will be our first Showdown at our brand new location 1398 Danforth Ave. and you will not want to miss it!

[Deck Title= First Place, Mono-Red Aggro – Lucas Worrell]
[Creatures]
4 Ghitu Lava Runner
4 Runaway Steam-Kin
4 Goblin Chainwhirler
4 Viashino Pyromancer
4 Fanatical Firebrand
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Shock
4 Experimental Frenzy
4 Wizard’s Lightning
4 Lightning Strike
4 Light Up the Stage
[/Spells]
[Lands]
20 Mountain
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Lightning Mare
1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
1 Fight with Fire
4 Lava Coil
1 Risk Factor
3 Treasure Map
2 Banefire
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Second Place, Esper Control – Paolo Bueno]
[Spells]
4 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
1 Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
3 Kaya’s Wrath
2 Cry of the Carnarium
4 Absorb
3 Cast Down
4 Chemister’s Insight
2 Negate
2 Search for Azcanta
4 Thought Erasure
3 Mortify
2 Vraska’s Contempt
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Island
1 Swamp
4 Drowned Catacomb
4 Isolated Chapel
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Watery Grave
4 Hallowed Fountain
4 Godless Shrine
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Duress
4 Thief of Sanity
3 Hostage Taker
2 Lyra Dawnbringer
1 Negate
2 Moment of Craving
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Third Place, Gruul Aggro – Graham Gibb]
[Creatures]
4 Growth-Chamber Guardian
4 Zhur-Taa Goblin
4 Gruul Spellbreaker
4 Goblin Chainwhirler
4 Rekindling Phoenix
2 Kraul Harpooner
2 Skarrgan Hellkite
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Status // Statue
4 Lightning Strike
2 Shock
2 Treasure Map
2 Rhythm of the Wild
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Forest
8 Mountain
2 Gruul Guildgate
4 Stomping Ground
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Unclaimed Territory
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Lava Coil
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Vivien Reid
1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
2 Kraul Harpooner
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
3 Cinder Vines
2 Thrash // Threat
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Fourth Place, Izzet Drakes – Gokulan Balakrishnan]
[Creatures]
4 Pteramander
4 Crackling Drake
4 Enigma Drake
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Beacon Bolt
2 Dive Down
3 Shock
1 Maximize Velocity
4 Opt
4 Lava Coil
1 Negate
2 Spell Pierce
4 Chart a Course
4 Discovery // Dispersal
2 Shivan Fire
[/Spells]
[Lands]
5 Mountain
3 Steam Vents
4 Sulfur Falls
7 Island
1 Dragonskull Summit
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Negate
1 Legion Warboss
1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
2 Disdainful Stroke
1 Ral, Izzet Viceroy
2 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
1 Murmuring Mystic
3 Fiery Cannonade
2 Entrancing Melody
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Fifth Place, Simic Stompy – Ryan Sandrin]
[Creatures]
4 Steel Leaf Champion
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Ghatla, Primal Hunger
4 Merfolk Branchwalker
4 Nullhide Ferox
4 Pelt Collector
4 Frilled Mystic
4 Departed Deckhand
2 Jadelight Ranger
2 Kraul Harpooner
[/Creatures]
[Lands]
10 Forest
4 Hinterland Harbor
4 Breeding Pool
4 Unclaimed Territory
2 Simic Guildgate
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Kraul Harpooner
1 Spell Pierce
3 Vivien Reid
2 Naturalize
3 Negate
1 Exclusion Mage
1 Titanic Brawl
3 Sleep
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Sixth Place, Orzhov Midrange – Marlowe Lain]
[Creatures]
2 Lyra Dawnbringer
3 Basilica Bell-Haunt
1 Seraph of the Scales
4 Tithe Taker
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Revitalize
2 Dawn of Hope
3 Treasure Map
4 Mortify
3 Seal Away
3 Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
2 Settle the Wreckage
2 Ixalan’s Binding
2 Kaya’s Wrath
1 Ethereal Absolution
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Godless Shrine
4 Isolated Chapel
6 Swamp
7 Plains
1 Memorial of Folly
1 Arch of Orazca
1 Field of Ruin
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Dawn of Hope
3 Tocatli Honor Guard
2 Consecrate // Consume
2 Cry of the Carnarium
2 Vraska’s Contempt
3 Duress
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Seventh Place, Mono-White Aggro – Ming Joanis]
[Creatures]
4 Dauntless Bodyguard
4 Venerated Loxodon
4 Tithe Taker
4 Benalish Marshal
4 Skymarcher Aspirant
4 Snubhorn Sentry
2 Sun Cleanser
1 Baffling End
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 History of Benalia
4 Legion’s Landing
4 Conclave Tribunal
2 Unbreakable Formation
[/Spells]
[Lands]
19 Plains
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Adanto Vanguard
4 Tocatli Honor Guard
3 Baffling End
2 Demystify
1 Citywide Bust
1 Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Eighth Place, Golgari Monsters – Ellis Straker]
[Creatures]
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Merfolk Branchwalker
4 Jadelight Ranger
4 Steel Leaf Champion
4 Nullhide Ferox
4 Hyrdroid Krasis
2 Carnage Tyrant
3 Wildgrowth Walker
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Assassin’s Trophy
4 Cast Down
1 Moment of Craving
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Woodland Cemetery
4 Overgrown Tomb
4 Hinterland Harbor
4 Breeding Pool
1 Field of Ruin
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Swamp
1 Island
2 Forest
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Duress
1 Wildgrowth Walker
3 Moment of Craving
4 Negate
2 Cry of the Carnarium
1 the Eldest Reborn
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]