Modern RCQ for Legacy European Championship, Athens (Round 3) - Tournament Report and Decklists

Manaleak's Modern Regional Qualifier for Legacy European Championship, Athens (Round 3) 18.03.23 - Tournament Report and Decklists

Round 3 qualifiers seemed to come around fast, offering players another chance to take their first steps on the competitive ladder Season 1 draws to a close. Although less severe than those affecting our Round 2 Qualifiers, train strikes once again caused issues for a number of players hoping to attend. ome last minute registrations balanced out against a number train-related cancellations to bring a respectable 36 players along to our mid-March Modern Regional Championship Qualifier. The winner of this event was set to earn an an invitation to Legacy’s European Championship in Athens and a £200 bursary, with further prizes and promos in the pool, including Mystical Dispute promos for our first 16 preregistrations.

As the last season to feature open format scheduling, the room held a mix of local Modern aficionados and seasoned competitive players, some fresh back from LEC Naples the previous weekend. With a high standard of play in the room, our judge Hary Barlow was kept busy (you can read Hary’s event report here); overall play went smoothly throughout and overall there was a friendly and relatively relaxed atmosphere in the room for an event of this level.

Round 2 begins at Manaleak's Modern RCQ for LEC Athens; train strikes and a busy event schedule made for a slightly turnout on the day.

A tightly fought six rounds of Swiss saw in our top 8: Nick Brown (5/1/0), Thomas Mason (our season 2 Pioneer invitational winner) (4/0/2), Jacob Vicarage (4/0/2), Callum Laird (4/1/1), Paul Archer (4/1/1), Dylan Gregory-Martin (4/1/1), Lukas Lazarevas (4/1/1) and Pip Railing (4/2/0), who made it into the cut on OMW% (opponent match win percentage). Commiserations and well played to Daniel Yam, Keiran Randazzo, Ben Jones and Daniel Wales who also earned 12 points on the day but didn’t quite make it through to the knockout stages. On top of the featured prizing, all players who made it through to top 8 took home a Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror promo card, with a foil version set aside for our event winner.

The quarterfinals saw Nick Brown win 2-0 against Pip Railing, Jacob Vicarage 2-1 against Dylan Gregory-Martin, Callum Laird 2-1 against Paul Archer and Thomas Mason 2-1 against Lukas Lazarevas. Pip, Dylan, Paul and Lukas each took away £25 store credit for making it through to top 8.

Semi-finals played out with clean sheets for both our finalists: Callum Laird taking a 2-0 victory against Tom Mason, and Jacob Vicarage claiming the win 2-0 against Nick Brown. Thomas and Nick each took home £50 store credit, whilst Callum and Jacob went through to the finals.

After a short discussion between players over the feasibility of a prize split, the players were encouraged to play it out for the top spot they had both come to claim. It was a short, but fierce battle, with Jacob burning his way through to a clean 2-0 victory. Callum took a consolation £100 store credit for his strong performance on the day, whilst Jacob walked away with a £200 cash bursary plus a prestigious invitation to the next stage on the competitive ladder: Legacy European Championship in Athens.

Congratulations to our Manaleak Modern RCQ Round 3 Winner, Jacob, and Finalist Callum

Massive thanks to all the players who came along and made this such a great day, and to all those who were with us in spirit but couldn’t make the journey. Thanks again to Hary, and our scorekeepers, Sam and Rhian, for ensuring fair play throughout and for keeping the day running smoothly.

Our Naples LEC Pioneer Invitational winner Tom plays finalist Callum in the semi-finals.

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Top 8 Decklists:

Jacob Vicarage (Winner): 

4 Goblin Guide

4 Monastery Swiftspear

4 Eidolon of the Great Revel

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Lava Spike

4 Searing Blaze

4 Boros Charm

4 Skewer the Critics

4 Rift Bolt

2 Lightning Helix

2 Skullcrack

4 Sunbaked Canyon

4 Inspiring Vantage

1 Fiery Islet

2 Sacred Foundry

3 Mountain

2 Bloodstained Mire

2 Wooded Foothills

1 Scalding Tarn

1 Arid Mesa

Sideboard:

2 Sanctifier en-Vec

2 Hallowed Moonlight

2 Path to Exile

2 Deflecting Palm

3 Smash to Smithereens

1 Wear // Tear

3 Roiling Vortex

Callum Laird (finalist):   

4 Indomitable Creativity

4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

4 Wrenn and Six

4 Leyline Binding

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Archon of Cruelty

3 Prismari Command

3 Spell Pierce

2 Teferi, Time Raveler

2 Fire // Ice

1 Persist

4 Wooded Foothills

3 Arid Mesa

3 Bloodstained Mire

3 Scalding Tarn

4 Dwarven Mine

1 Jetmir’s Garden

1 Xander’s Lounge

1 Ketria Triome

1 Sacred Foundry

1 Steam Vents

1 Blood Crypt

1 Stomping Ground

1 Snow-Covered Mountain

Sideboard:

3 Strike It Rich

3 Veil of Summer

2 Flusterstorm

2 Wear // Tear

2 Hallowed Moonlight

2 Turn the Earth

1 Iona, Shield of Emeria

Nick Brown (semifinalist):

3 Abundant Growth

1 Boseiju, Who Endures

1 Breeding Pool

1 Cavern of Souls

3 Eladamri’s Call

1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

1 Endurance

4 Flooded Strand

1 Forest

2 Fury

1 Hallowed Fountain

1 Island

4 Leyline Binding

3 Misty Rainforest

4 Omnath, Locus of Creation

1 Plains

2 Prismatic Ending

1 Raugrin Triome

4 Risen Reef

1 Sacred Foundry

4 Solitude

1 Steam Vents

1 Stomping Ground

4 Teferi, Time Raveler

1 Temple Garden

4 Windswept Heath

4 Wrenn and Six

1 Zagoth Triome

Sideboard:

3 Boseiju, Who Endures

2 Chalice of the Void

3 Endurance

1 Veil of Summer

2 Force of Vigor

1 Giant Killer

1 Kataki, War’s Wage

1 Magus of the Moon

1 Obsidian Charmaw

Thomas Mason (semifinalist): 5 Colour Creativity

2 Wooded Foothills

3 Arid Mesa

3 Bloodstained Mire

4 Scalding Tarn

4 Dwarven Mine

1 Ketria Triome

1 Xander’s Lounge

1 Jetmir’s Garden

1 Mountain

1 Blood Crypt

1 Steam Vents

1 Sacred Foundry

1 Stomping Ground

4 Wrenn and Six

4 Leyline Binding

4 Archon of Cruelty

4 Indomitable Creativity

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Spell Pierce

4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

3 Prismatic Ending

2 Prismari Command

3 Teferi, Time Raveler

Sideboard:

1 Boseiju, Who Endures

2 Veil of Summer

2 Turn the Earth

2 Flusterstorm

2 Aether Gust

2 Wear // Tear

1 Destroy Evil

1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

1 Brotherhood’s End

Paul Archer (quarterfinalist): Red and Blue Cards

1 Brazen Borrower

4 Dragon’s Rage Channeler

4 Ledger Shredder

3 Murktide Regent

4 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

1 Blood Moon

4 Consider

4 Counterspell

4 Expressive Iteration

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Mishra’s Bauble

1 Spell Pierce

1 Spell Snare

3 Unholy Heat

1 Fiery Islet

3 Island

2 Misty Rainforest

1 Otawara, Soaring City

4 Polluted Delta

4 Spirebluff Canal

3 Steam Vents

Sideboard:

1 Abrade

1 Alpine Moon

1 Blood Moon

2 Dress Down

3 Engineered Explosives

1 Flusterstorm

1 Fury

1 Spell Pierce

2 Subtlety

2 Unlicensed Hearse

Dylan Gregory-Martin (quarterfinalist): Hammer

1 Horizon Canopy

3 Springleaf Drum

4 Colossus Hammer

4 Puresteel Paladin

4 Esper Sentinel

2 Flooded Strand

4 Urza’s Saga

2 Spell Pierce

2 Arid Mesa

4 Stoneforge Mystic

3 Plains

3 Inkmoth Nexus

2 Giver of Runes

1 Gingerbrute

2 Blacksmith’s Skill

1 Kaldra Compleat

2 Hallowed Fountain

3 Seachrome Coast

4 Ornithopter

4 Sigarda’s Aid

1 Shadowspear

2 Windswept Heath

2 Memnite

Sideboard:

2 Drannith Magistrate

1 March of Otherworldly Light

3 Sanctifier en-Vec

1 Path to Exile

1 Spell Pierce

1 Relic of Progenitus

2 Blacksmith’s Skill

1 Pithing Needle

1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

1 Meddling Mage

1 Prismatic Ending

Lukas Lazarevas (quarterfinalist): 4c Omnath

4 Expressive Iteration

4 Omnath, Locus of Creation

1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

3 Teferi, Time Raveler

4 Wrenn and Six

4 Counterspell

2 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

2 Fury

3 Leyline Binding

1 Lightning Bolt

4 Prismatic Ending

4 Solitude

2 Boseiju, Who Endures

1 Breeding Pool

4 Flooded Strand

1 Forest

1 Hallowed Fountain

1 Island

2 Misty Rainforest

1 Otawara, Soaring City

1 Plains

1 Raugrin Triome

1 Sacred Foundry

1 Scalding Tarn

1 Stomping Ground

1 Temple Garden

4 Windswept Heath

Sideboard:

1 Aether Gust

1 Boseiju, Who Endures

2 Chalice of the Void

1 Dovin’s Veto

1 Dress Down

2 Endurance

2 Flusterstorm

1 Hallowed Moonlight

1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard

1 The Stone Brain

2 Veil of Summer

Pip Railing (quarterfinalist): 

2 Boseiju, Who Endures

2 Forest

1 Gavony Township

3 Horizon Canopy

2 Plains

2 Prismatic Vista

4 Temple Garden

1 Verdant Catacombs

4 Windswept Heath

4 Arbor Elf

2 Auriok Champion

3 Conclave Mentor

4 Heliod, Sun-Crowned

4 Ranger-Captain of Eos

2 Sanctifier en-Vec

4 Skyclave Apparition

4 Spike Feeder

2 Walking Ballista

4 Collected Company

4 Utopia Sprawl

1 Pendelhaven

1 Haywire Mite

Sideboard:

3 Force of Vigor

2 Path to Exile

2 Rest in Peace

2 Eidolon of Rhetoric

3 Veil of Summer

2 Aven Mindcensor

1 Fracturing Gust