Manaleak.com Birmingham Standard PPTQ Top 8 Decklists!
In a long day of Magic dominated by all sorts of different decks, it was Henry Channing playing an innovative take on the Haunted Dead + Prized Amalgam deck who came out on top! Black/Green strategies were definitely a dominant force in the Top 8, clinching 3 out of the top 4 slots. What else will this standard format have to offer? It seems that week after week this format shows us something new and exciting!
WINNER – Henry Channing, Golgari Dredge
| Creatures (26) 3 Catacomb Sifter 4 Grim Flayer 4 Haunted Dead 3 Noose Constrictor 4 Prized Amalgam 4 Scrapheap Scrounger 4 Voldaren Pariah Spells (11) 3 Grasp of Darkness 1 Morbid Curiosity 3 Sinister Concoction 4 Smuggler’s Copter | Lands (23) 3 Aether Hub 4 Blooming Marsh 1 Forest 2 Foul Orchard 4 Hissing Quagmire 9 Swamp Sideboard (15) 2 Dead Weight 2 Distended Mindbender 2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 1 Key to the City 2 Mindwrack Demon 2 Murder 1 Ob Nixilis, Reignited 1 Pick the Brain 2 Transgress the Mind |
Finalist – Jim Corwood, Jeskai Control
| Creatures (5) 2 Archangel Avacyn 3 Torrential Gearhulk Planeswalkers (2) 1 Dovin Baan 1 Nahiri, the Harbinger Spells (27) 3 Anticipate 1 Blessed Alliance 2 Fumigate 4 Glimmer of Genius 4 Harnessed Lightning 3 Immolating Glare 1 Quarantine Field 3 Radiant Flames 1 Stasis Snare 2 Summary Dismissal 3 Void Shatter | Lands (26) 4 Aether Hub 3 Inspiring Vantage 4 Island 6 Plains 4 Port Town 1 Spirebluff Canal 4 Wandering Fumarole Sideboard (15) 1 Blessed Alliance 2 Ceremonious Rejection 1 Fumigate 3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 1 Linvala, the Preserver 3 Negate 3 Spell Queller 1 Westvale Abbey |
Top 4 – James Lawton, Golgari Delirium
| Creatures (20) 3 Catacomb Sifter 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 2 Gnarlwood Dryad 4 Grim Flayer 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow 3 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 2 Tireless Tracker 4 Verdurous Gearhulk Planeswalkers (1) 1 Liliana, the Last Hope Spells (16) 4 Blossoming Defence 3 Grapple with the Past 3 Grasp of Darkness 4 Smuggler’s Copter 2 Traverse the Ulvenwald | Lands (23) 4 Blooming Marsh 1 Evolving Wilds 8 Forest 4 Hissing Quagmire 6 Swamp Sideboard (15) 2 Appetite for the Unnatural 2 Dead Weight 2 Ishkanah, Grafwidow 2 Liliana, the Last Hope 2 Noose Constrictor 1 Ob Nixilis, Reignited 1 Pick the Brain 3 Transgress the Mind |
Top 4 – Manuel Luis, Golgari Delirium
| Creatures (19) 1 Deathcap Cultivator 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 4 Gnarlwood Dryad 4 Grim Flayer 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 1 Noxious Gearhulk 3 Scrapheap Scrounger 2 Tireless Tracker 1 Verdurous Gearhulk Planeswalkers (2) 2 Liliana, the Last Hope Spells (16) 3 Dead Weight 3 Grapple with the Past 2 Grasp of Darkness 4 Smuggler’s Copter 4 Traverse the Ulvenwald | Lands (23) 4 Blooming Marsh 8 Forest 4 Hissing Quagmire 7 Swamp Sideboard (15) 1 Distended Mindbender 2 Grasp of Darkness 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow 1 Nissa, Vital Force 2 Ob Nixilis, Reignited 3 Pick the Brain 1 Ruinous Path 2 To the Slaughter 2 Transgress the Mind |
Top 8 – Elliot Chacksfield, Rakdos Madness
Top 8 – Davie Whyte, COLOSSUS Affinity
Top 8 – Alex Roebuck, Jeskai Control
| Creatures (7) 4 Thing in the Ice 3 Torrential Gearhulk Planeswalkers (2) 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar Spells (25) 3 Anticipate 1 Blessed Alliance 4 Galvanic Bombardment 4 Glimmer of Genius 4 Harnessed Lightning 1 Immolating Glare 2 Negate 1 Quarantine Field 2 Radiant Flames 3 Void Shatter | Lands (26) 4 Aether Hub 3 Inspiring Vantage 5 Island 1 Mountain 5 Plains 4 Port Town 4 Wandering Fumarole Sideboard (15) 2 Ceremonious Rejection 1 Confirm Suspicions 1 Declaration in Stone 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 1 Linvala, the Preserver 1 Negate 1 Radiant Flames 1 Sphinx of the Final Word 1 Stasis Snare 2 Summary Dismissal 3 Weaver of Lightning |
Top 8 – James Allen, Azorius Flash
| Creatures (26) 3 Archangel Avacyn 3 Gisela, the Broken Blade 4 Reflector Mage 4 Selfless Spirit 4 Spell Queller 4 Thalia, Heretic Cathar 4 Thraben Inspector Planeswalkers (1) 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar Spells (11) 2 Declaration in Stone 2 Immolating Glare 4 Smuggler’s Copter 3 Stasis Snare | Lands (24) 5 Island 9 Plains 4 Port Town 4 Prairie Stream 2 Westvale Abbey Sideboard (15) 2 Blessed Alliance 1 Bruna, the Fading Light 2 Ceremonious Rejection 1 Declaration in Stone 3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 1 Linvala, the Preserver 2 Negate 1 Summary Dismissal 1 Thalia’s Lancers 1 Void Shatter |
Manaleak.com Birmingham Standard PPTQ Top 8 Decklists!
In a long day of Magic dominated by all sorts of different decks, it was Henry Channing playing an innovative take on the Haunted Dead + Prized Amalgam deck who came out on top! Black/Green strategies were definitely a dominant force in the Top 8, clinching 3 out of the top 4 slots. What else will this standard format have to offer? It seems that week after week this format shows us something new and exciting!
Andrew Quinn
