Japan and Wolf Run Ramp Dominated Worlds


After four days, three formats of intense Magic competition in Worlds 2011, Jun’ya Iyanaga and Team Japan dominated the individual Worlds 2011 Champion and Team Worlds Champion respectively. Iyanaga’s Wolf Run Ramp version worked successfully with the aggro-expected Metagame popularized by the Token Town, UW Humans and Team Fireball’s innovative build of Tempered Steel Aggro.

The top 8 showcased literally four Tempered Steel, piloted by powerhouse pros Luis Scott-Vargas, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, Josh Utter-Leyton and the winner streak Conley Woods. Other decks are the Mono White Humans by Craig Wescoe, Mono Red by David Caplan, and GW Tokens by Richard Bland. It was a meta call for Tempered Steel but unfortunately lost their touch as the first three got eliminated in the quarters and Woods on the semis, losing to Iyanaga. Good thing though is that the losses locked up their teammate, Owen Turtenwald Player of the Year title for 2011.

Here is Iyanaga’s winning deck list:

Wolf Run Ramp by Jun’ya Iyanaga
Maindeck
1 Birds of Paradise
4 Inferno Titan
4 Primeval Titan
4 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Thrun, the Last Troll

2 Devil’s Play
4 Galvanic Blast
2 Green Sun’s Zenith
4 Rampant Growth
1 Shock
3 Slagstorm
4 Sphere of the Suns

4 Copperline Gorge
5 Forest
4 Inkmoth Nexus
3 Kessig Wolf Run
6 Mountain
4 Rootbound Crag

Sideboard
2 Ancient Grudge
4 Autumn’s Veil
1 Beast Within
1 Slagstorm
2 Sword of Feast and Famine
2 Thrun, the Last Troll
2 Tree of Redemption
1 Viridian Corrupter

Also, here is the video of the final match between Iyanaga and Bland.

For the full coverage of Magic: The Gathering Worlds 2011, click here.