This was a great opportunity for all Magic fans: to qualify for RPTQ and eventually go to Kyoto to the Pro Tour… So 50 players showed up at our doorstep on a sunny (and later rainy) Sunday morning. It was decided that the playoff is to start after 6 Swiss rounds. The field of decks was actually very diverse and interesting to watch, and at the end 8 players were standing on top of everyone else. Unfortunately Xandor Tollenaar had worse tiebreakers and was left out due to unclean cut – but we hopefully next time it won’t happen to him again!
In the semifinals Bart dispatched Frank in the mirror match of Mardu Vehicles, and Pieter showed the strength of Saheeli combo to Ivan. In the end Bart proved to be the strongest player in the room and got the prizes, the title and the qualification – congratulations to him! Thanks to everyone for joining, and we will see you next time 🙂
Metagame breakdown and decklists of TOP-8 you can find belowÂ
Metagame Breakdown:
8 4c Saheeli
5 BG Constrictor
5 Jund Energy
5 Mardu Ballista
3 Mardu Vehicles
4 UR Emerge
4 Temur Dynavolt
2 BG Energy
2 Jeskai Saheeli
2 BR Midrange
1 Grixis Saheeli
1 Mono Red
1 BGr Constictor
1 4c SuperFriends
1 Mono Black Aggro
1 GW Tokens
1 BW Control
1 Jund Atog
1 Turbofog
TOP-8 DECKLISTS
Bart van Etten –Mardu Ballista
| Creatures (18) 2 Pia Nalaar 4 Scrapheap Scrounger 4 Thraben Inspector 4 Toolcraft Exemplar 4 Walking Ballista Planeswalkers (6) 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance Spells (12) 4 Fatal Push 4 Unlicensed Disintegration 4 Heart of Kiran | Lands (24) 1 Aether Hub 4 Concealed Courtyard 4 Inspiring Vantage 3 Mountain 1 Needle Spires 3 Plains 2 Shambling Vent 1 Smoldering Marsh 4 Spire of Industry 1 Swamp Sideboard (15) 1 Needle Spires 1 Anguished Unmaking 1 Fragmentize 2 Nahiri, the Harbinger 3 Oath of Chandra 3 Oath of Liliana 2 Release the Gremlins 2 Sorin, Grim Nemesis |
Pieter Keuning – 4c Saheeli
| Creatures (17) 4 Rogue Refiner 3 Whirler Virtuoso 4 Felidar Guardian 2 Cloudblazer 4 Servant of the Conduit Planeswalkers (6) 4 Saheeli Rai 2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance Spells (16) 4 Attune with Aether 4 Oath of Nissa 1 Shock 3 Oath of Chandra 4 Harnessed Lightning | Lands (21) 4 Evolving Wilds 4 Aether Hub 3 Botanical Sanctum 3 Cinder Glade 2 Forest 2 Island 2 Mountain 1 Plains Sideboard (15) 2 Negate 2 Dispel 2 Tireless Tracker 4 Elder Deep-Fiend 1 Spell Shrivel 3 Natural Obsolescence 1 Confiscation Coup |
Frank van Houten – Mardu Ballista
Ivan Golovko – Mardu Ballista
| Creatures (18) 4 Toolcraft Exemplar 4 Scrapheap Scrounger 4 Thraben Inspector 4 Walking Ballista 2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar Planeswalkers (6) 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance Spells (12) 4 Heart of Kiran 4 Unlicensed Disintegration 4 Fatal Push | Lands (24) 4 Spire of Industry 4 Aether Hub 4 Inspiring Vantage 4 Concealed Courtyard 2 Swamp 1 Foreboding Ruins 2 Mountain 2 Plains 1 Needle Spires Sideboard (15) 2 Nahiri, the Harbinger 2 Ob Nixilis Reignited 3 Transgress the Mind 2 Release the Gremlins 2 Selfless Spirit 1 Painful Truths 1 Shock 2 Fumigate |
Jelco Bodewes – 4c Saheeli
| Creatures (19) 3 Elder Deep-Fiend 4 Felidar Guardian 4 Rogue Refiner 4 Servant of the Conduit 4 Whirler Virtuoso Planeswalkers (3) 3 Saheeli Rai Spells (16) 4 Harnessed Lightning 1 Oath of Chandra 3 Aetherworks Marvel 4 Oath of Nissa 4 Attune with Aether | Lands (22) 5 Forest 1 Island 1 Mountain 1 Plains 4 Aether Hub 4 Botanical Sanctum 1 Game Trail 2 Lumbering Falls 3 Spirebluff Canal Sideboard (15) 2 Tireless Tracker 1 Aetherworks Marvel 2 Baral's Expertise 2 Authority of the Consuls 1 Dispel 3 Negate 1 Natural State 1 Release the Gremlins 2 Kozilek's Return |
Joery Sercu – BG Constrictor
| Creatures (21) 4 Sylvan Advocate 4 Winding Constrictor 3 Rishkar, Peema Renegade 2 Tireless Tracker 4 Verdurous Gearhulk 4 Walking Ballista Planeswalker (3) 3 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar Spells (12) 4 Oath of Nissa 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 4 Fatal Push 2 Grasp of Darkness 1 Murder | Lands (24) 8 Swamp 8 Forest 4 Blooming Marsh 4 Hissing Quagmire Sideboard (15) 2 Distended Mindbender 1 Flaying Tendrils 2 GIfted Aetherborn 2 Gonti, Lord of Luxury 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 1 Murder 1 Natural State 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited 1 Ruinous Path 3 Transgress the Mind |
Rob Thoen – Mardu Vehicles
Andy Cooman – Mono Red
| Creatures (26) 4 Inventor's Apprentice 4 Insolent Neonate 4 Village Messenger 4 Falkenrath Gorger 4 Bomat Courier 2 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider 4 Reckless Bushwhacker Spells (15) 4 Shock 3 Harnessed Lightning 4 Incendiary Flow 4 Fiery Temper | Lands (19) 4 Spirebluff Canal 15 Mountain Sideboard (15) 1 Harnessed Lightning 2 Destructive Tampering 4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance 4 Fevered Visions 4 Wandering Fumarole |