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 War of the Spark Sealed with a Top 8 Draft to celebrate the release weekend of the new set!

If there’s anything we’ve come to learn about Duncan McGregor over the past few years at Face to Face Games Toronto, it’s that he’s an absolute monster at Limited Magic. He showed off his prowess again this past weekend, when he took down our Sealed Showdown.

No matter the format, the time of year, the weather outside or the players in the room Duncan just cannot seem to be stopped in Limited at the shop. In the Top 8 McGregor drafted and Orhzov deck featuring two copies of [Card]Law-Rune Enforcer[/Card] and a [Card]Vraska, Swarm’s Eminence[/Card].

Joining Duncan in the Top 8 was Pro Tour champion Gab Tsang who played a nice Gruul deck, Zane Mitchell, Zack Reiber in his second consecutive Top 8, David Yin, Nash Jones, Will Hall and Lizzie Harms.

Zane in particular had a sweet Top 8 Draft deck featuring the very powerful [Card]Ugin, the Ineffable[/Card].

As the format has moved into its second week of playability, many have decided on it being a rather slow format. The number of planeswalkers really slows down the pace of play and allows players to throw hay makers back and forth.

Before I leave you for the week, we at Face to Face Toronto want to remind you about our upcoming 10k Mythic Championship Qualifier taking place on June 15. We’ll be hosting it at the Montecassino Hotel, and every registrant will get a free [Card]Arcbound Ravager[/Card] promo with entry. Make sure to pre-register and we’ll see you there!

With his win on Sunday, Duncan 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 Sunday Showdown! Get your [Card]Arclight Phoenix[/Card]s ready and come on down to the new shop!

[Deck Title= First Place, Orzhov – Duncan McGregor]
[Creatures]
1 Enforcer Griffin
1 Grateful Apparition
1 Iron Bully
2 Law-Rune Enforcer
2 Makeshift Battalion
2 Pouncing Lynx
1 Davriel’s Shadowfugue
1 Dreadmalkin
1 Duskmantle Operative
2 Shriekdiver
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Battlefield Promotion
1 Sorin’s Thirst
1 Spark Harvest
1 Oath of Kaya
1 Kaya, Bane of the Dead
1 Vraska, Swarm’s Eminence
1 Ob Nixilis’s Cruelty
1 Rising Populace
1 Wanderer’s Strike
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 Plains
8 Swamp
1 Mobilized District
[/Lands]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Second Place, Boros – David Yin]
[Creatures]
1 Loxodon Sergeant
1 Pouncing Lynx
1 Burning Prophet
1 Devouring Hellion
2 Goblin Assailant
1 Grim Initiate
1 Invading Manticore
1 Spellgorger Weird
1 Turret Ogre
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Battlefield Promotion
1 Divine Arrow
1 Gideon Blackblade
1 Gideon’s Triumph
1 Samut, Tyrant Smasher
1 Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
1 Jaya’s Greeting
1 Nahiri’s Stoneblades
1 Sarkhan’s Catharsis
1 Heartfire
1 Chandra’s Pyrohelix
2 Wanderer’s Strike
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 Mountain
8 Plains
[/Lands]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Third Place, Dimir – Nash Jones]
[Creatures]
1 Augur of Bolas
1 Aven Eternal
1 Kiora’s Dambreaker
1 Rescuer Sphinx
1 Spark Double
3 Thunder Drake
2 Eternal Taskmaster
1 Massacre Girl
1 Shriekdiver
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Sorin’s Thirst
1 Toll of the Invasion
1 Enter the God-Eternals
1 Ashiok, Dream Render
1 Callous Dismissal
1 Crush Dissent
1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
1 Aid the Fallen
1 Bleeding Edge
1 Command the Dreadhorde
2 No Escape
[/Spells]
[Lands]
9 Island
8 Swamp
[/Lands]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Fourth Place, Selesnya – Zachary Reiber]
[Creatures]
1 Iron Bully
1 Enforcer Griffin
2 Martyr for the Cause
1 Sunblade Angel
1 Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
1 Trusted Pegasus
1 War Screecher
2 Pollenbright Druid
2 Thundering Ceratok
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Pledge of Unity
1 Nahiri, Storm of Stone
1 Band Together
2 Courage in Crisis
1 Topple the Statue
1 Prison Realm
1 Rising Populace
1 Battlefield Promotion
1 Defiant Strike
1 Divine Arrow
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 Forest
8 Plains
1 Mobilized District
[/Lands]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Fifth Place, Gruul – Gabriel Tsang]
[Creatures]
1 Iron Bully
1 Raging Kronch
2 Turret Ogre
2 Bloom Hulk
2 Challenger Troll
3 Kronch Wrangler
1 Paradise Druid
1 Pollenbright Druid
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Domri’s Ambush
1 Angrath, Captain of Chaos
1 Mowu, Loyal Companion
1 New Horizons
2 Courage in Crisis
1 Blindblast
1 Chandra’s Pyrohelix
1 Honor of the God-Pharaoh
2 Jays’s Greeting
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 Forest
8 Mountain
[/Lands]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Sixth Place, Four-Colour Green – Will Hall]
[Creatures]
2 Erratic Visionary
1 Flux Channeler
1 Kiora’s Dambreaker
1 Spark Double
1 Arlinn’s Wolf
1 Centaur Nurturer
1 Challenger Troll
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
1 Mowu, Loyal Companion
1 Ajani, the Greathearted
1 Role Reversal
1 Tamiyo, Collector of Tales
1 Band Together
1 Sarkhan the Masterless
1 No Escape
1 Kasmina’s Transmutation
1 Finale of Revelation
1 Firemind Vessel
2 Mana Geode
1 Prison Realm
1 Contentious Plan
[/Spells]
[Lands]
7 Forest
8 Island
1 Mountain
1 Plains
[/Lands]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Seventh Place, Grixis – Lizzie Harms]
[Creatures]
1 Aven Eternal
1 Eternal Skylord
1 Flux Channeler
2 Sky Theatre Strix
1 Thunder Drake
1 Gleaming Overseer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Invade the City
1 Ral’s Outburst
1 Tyrant’s Scorn
1 Totally Lost
1 Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
1 Liliana’s Triumph
1 Toll of the Invasion
1 Jaya, Venerated Firemage
1 Angrath’s Rampage
2 Teferi’s Time Twist
1 Bond of Insight
1 Callous Dismissal
1 Crush Dissent
1 Guild Globe
1 Mana Geode
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 Island
4 Mountain
5 Swamp
[/Lands]
[/Deck]

[Deck Title= Eighth Place, Orzhov – Zane Mitchell]
[Creatures]
1 Saheeli’s Silverwing
1 Bulwark Giant
3 Enforcer Griffin
1 Trusted Pegasus
1 The Wanderer
1 War Screecher
1 Herald of the Dreadhorde
1 Vampire Opportunist
1 Vizier of the Scorpion
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Vraska’s Finisher
1 Kaya, Bane of the Dead
1 Liliana’s Triumph
2 Ob Nixilis’s Cruelty
1 Aid the Fallen
1 The Elderspell
1 Wanderer’s Strike
1 Teyo, the Shieldmage
1 Divine Arrow
1 Ugin, the Ineffable
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 Plains
9 Swamp
[/Lands]
[/Deck]