Chinese Taipei wins First World Magic Cup


The first Magic the Gathering World Magic Cup was a successful event, with the team from Chinese Taipei (formerly known as Taiwan) emerging champion. They’ve defeated the rival finalist Puerto Rico, which previously ousted the Top seed Croatia in the quarterfinals.

Quoting from the coverage site, “Tzu-Ching Kuo, Tung-Yi Chen, Yu Min Yang, and Paul Renie defeated the Puerto Rico team made up of Jorge Iramain, César Soto, Gabriel Nieves, and Jonathan Páez in the finals across the Team Constructed formats of Standard, Modern, and Innistrad/Avacyn Restored Block Constructed.”

Complete World Magic Cup coverage can be found here.

Here is Chinese Taipei’s Team Constructed decklists:

Yu Min Yang – Standard
Maindeck
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Dragonskull Summit
3 Cavern of Souls
12 Swamp

4 Blood Artist
4 Diregraf Ghoul
3 Falkenrath Aristocrat
2 Fume Spitter
4 Geralf’s Messenger
4 Gravecrawler
2 Phyrexian Metamorph

3 Brimstone Volley
2 Go for the Throat
2 Mortarpod
3 Tragic Slip
4 Sign in Blood

Sideboard
2 Smelt
2 Pillar of Flame
2 Arc Trail
2 Geth’s Verdict
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Despise
1 Distress
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Surgical Extraction

 
Tzu-Ching Kuo – Modern
Maindeck
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge
3 Hallowed Fountain
3 Island
2 Mutavault
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Arid Mesa
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Plains

3 Geist of Saint Traft
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Kitchen Finks
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Restoration Angel

4 Path to Exile
4 Spell Snare
4 Remand
2 Cryptic Command
2 Dismember
2 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

Sideboard
2 Annul
2 Spell Pierce
2 Negate
2 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Dismember
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Vendilion Clique
2 Wrath of God
2 Stony Silence

 
Tung-Yi Cheng – Block Constructed
Maindeck
9 Forest
1 Plains
2 Swamp
4 Evolving Wilds
3 Mountain
4 Woodland Cemetery
1 Kessig Wolf Run

4 Restoration Angel
4 Avacyn’s Pilgrim
1 Scorned Villager
4 Borderland Ranger
3 Huntmaster of the Fells
3 Wolfir Silverheart

4 Abundant Growth
4 Tragic Slip
2 Sever the Bloodline
2 Devil’s Play
3 Bonfire of the Damned
2 Garruk Relentless

Sideboard
2 Blasphemous Act
1 Zealous Conscripts
2 Tree of Redemption
1 Sever the Bloodline
3 Pillar of Flame
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Appetite for Brains
1 Wolfir Silverheart