Standard PPTQ Kyoto – Decklists

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 below 

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

[d title=”Bart van Etten –Mardu Ballista” style=”embedded”]
Creatures
2 Pia Nalaar
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Toolcraft Exemplar
4 Walking Ballista

Planeswalkers
4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Spells
4 Fatal Push
4 Unlicensed Disintegration
4 Heart of Kiran

Lands
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
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
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[d title=”Pieter Keuning – 4c Saheeli” style=”embedded”]
Creatures
4 Rogue Refiner
3 Whirler Virtuoso
4 Felidar Guardian
2 Cloudblazer
4 Servant of the Conduit

Planeswalkers
4 Saheeli Rai
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Spells
4 Attune with Aether
4 Oath of Nissa
1 Shock
3 Oath of Chandra
4 Harnessed Lightning

Lands
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Aether Hub
3 Botanical Sanctum
3 Cinder Glade
2 Forest
2 Island
2 Mountain
1 Plains

Sideboard
2 Negate
2 Dispel
2 Tireless Tracker
4 Elder Deep-Fiend
1 Spell Shrivel
3 Natural Obsolescence
1 Confiscation Coup
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[d title=”Frank van Houten – Mardu Ballista” style=”embedded”]
Creatures
2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Toolcraft Exemplar
2 Archangel Avacyn
4 Walking Ballista

Planeswalkers
4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Spells
4 Heart of Kiran
4 Fatal Push
4 Unlicensed Disintegration

Lands
2 Aether Hub
4 Concealed Courtyard
1 Foreboding Ruins
4 Inspiring Vantage
3 Swamp
2 Shambling Vent
3 Plains
1 Smoldering Marsh
4 Spire of Industry

Sideboard
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Release the Gremlins
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
1 Skywhaler’s Shot
2 Ob Nixilis Reignited
2 Anguished Unmaking
1 Authority of the Consuls
1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
2 Fumigate
1 Ruinous Path
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[d title=”Ivan Golovko – Mardu Ballista” style=”embedded”]
Creatures
4 Toolcraft Exemplar
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Walking Ballista
2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar

Planeswalkers
4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Spells
4 Heart of Kiran
4 Unlicensed Disintegration
4 Fatal Push

Lands
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
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
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[d title=”Jelco Bodewes – 4c Saheeli” style=”embedded”]Creatures
3 Elder Deep-Fiend
4 Felidar Guardian
4 Rogue Refiner
4 Servant of the Conduit
4 Whirler Virtuoso

Planeswalkers
3 Saheeli Rai

Spells
4 Harnessed Lightning
1 Oath of Chandra
3 Aetherworks Marvel
4 Oath of Nissa
4 Attune with Aether

Lands
5 Forest
1 Island
1 Mountain
1 Plains
4 Aether Hub
4 Botanical Sanctum
1 Game Trail
2 Lumbering Falls
3 Spirebluff Canal

Sideboard
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
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[d title=”Joery Sercu – BG Constrictor” style=”embedded”]
Creatures
4 Sylvan Advocate
4 Winding Constrictor
3 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
2 Tireless Tracker
4 Verdurous Gearhulk
4 Walking Ballista

Planeswalker
3 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Spells
4 Oath of Nissa
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
4 Fatal Push
2 Grasp of Darkness
1 Murder

Lands
8 Swamp
8 Forest
4 Blooming Marsh
4 Hissing Quagmire

Sideboard
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
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[d title=”Rob Thoen – Mardu Vehicles” style=”embedded”]
Creatures
2 Inventor’s Apprentice
4 Veteran Motorist
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
4 Toolcraft Exemplar
2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
1 Pia Nalaar

Planeswalkers
3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Spells
2 Aethersphere Harvester
4 Unlicensed Disintegration
3 Fatal Push
4 Heart of Kiran

Lands
4 Spire of Industry
4 Inspiring Vantage
4 Concealed Courtyard
2 Aether Hub
1 Needle Spire
1 Foreboding Ruins
4 Plains
3 Mountain

Sideboard
2 Walking Ballista
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
1 Fatal Push
1 Skywhaler’s Shot
2 Selfless Spirit
1 Implement of Combustion
1 Cultivator’s Caravan
2 Release the Gremlins
2 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
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[d title=”Andy Cooman – Mono Red” style=”embedded”]
Creatures
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
4 Shock
3 Harnessed Lightning
4 Incendiary Flow
4 Fiery Temper

Lands
4 Spirebluff Canal
15 Mountain

Sideboard
1 Harnessed Lightning
2 Destructive Tampering
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Fevered Visions
4 Wandering Fumarole
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