Last weekend was a really busy one for Magic communities around the globe. A few countries held their National Championships (including here in the Philippines) and the US had two major events, the SCG 5k at Richmond and the TCGPlayer 75k Champs in Chicago. It seems that more pros attended the latter event, with deck techs featured on the site. Let us check out a few of them.
Since TCGPlayer covered most of the discussions (including videos) and functions of the decks, I’ll just present here the decklists. First up,
Unreal Illusions by Griffin Corrigan
Finished 9th – 16th Place
Maindeck
4 Lord of the Unreal
4 Phantasmal Bear
4 Phantasmal Dragon
4 Phantasmal Image
4 Renegade Doppelganger
4 Mana Leak
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Spell Pierce
1 Halimar Depths
19 Island
4 Tectonic Edge
Sideboard
4 Flashfreeze
3 Mental Misstep
4 Neurok Commando
4 Spellskite
Deck details can be found here.
Twins with Crabs by Kyle Sanchez
Finished 33rd – 64th Place
Maindeck
3 Deceiver Exarch
4 Hedron Crab
3 Jace, Memory Adept
3 Lotus Cobra
4 Archive Trap
2 Explore
2 Into the Roil
4 Ponder
2 Preordain
3 Spell Pierce
2 Splinter Twin
4 Visions of Beyond
2 Forest
8 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Terramorphic Expanse
Sideboard
1 Deceiver Exarch
3 Dispel
1 Into the Roil
3 Nature’s Claim
3 Pyroclasm
3 Spellskite
1 Splinter Twin
Deck discussion is on this article.
Lastly, our favorite Brian Kibler.
Blade Breaker by Brian Kibler
Finished 17th – 32nd Place
Maindeck
3 Acidic Slime
4 Birds of Paradise
3 Goblin Ruinblaster
4 Hero of Oxid Ridge
1 Inferno Titan
4 Lotus Cobra
2 Manic Vandal
4 Skinshifter
3 Thrun, the Last Troll
2 Arc Trail
2 Dismember
3 Sword of War and Peace
4 Copperline Gorge
4 Forest
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Mountain
3 Raging Ravine
3 Rootbound Crag
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Tectonic Edge
Sideboard
2 Act of Aggression
2 Arc Trail
1 Dismember
2 Garruk, Primal Hunter
1 Goblin Ruinblaster
1 Naturalize
1 Nature’s Claim
3 Obstinate Baloth
2 Tectonic Edge
Discussion and video here.
These three probably merits in the latest techs in Standard (though Kyle’s tech was already exposed last US Nationals, though I couldn’t find the actual decklist). Anyhow, hopefully I can start working on my Philippine Nats tourney report. See you in the next post.
*header image from steveargyle.com