The End Games hosted an MTG Standard Tournament earlier this month. It was a great showing with lots of tough competition, but in the end only one pilot could walk away the top dog. Congratulations to Chris “War Falcon” Hicks for taking down the top prize! Here are your top 8 deck-lists in order of standing.
1st place – Chris Hicks G/R Monsters
Main Deck: 60 Sideboard: 15
- 4 Elvish Mystic
- 3 Sylvan Caryatid
- 4 Courser of Kruphix
- 4 Scavenging Oooze
- 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager
- 4 Polukranos, World Eater
- 4 Stormbreath Dragon
- 2 Xenagos, God of Revels
- 4 Domri Rade
- 2 Xenagos, the Reveler
- 1 Chandra, Pyromaster
- 3 Mizzium Mortars
- 1 Flesh // Blood
- 8 Forest
- 5 Mountain
- 4 Stomping Ground
- 4 Temple of Abandon
- 2 Mutavault
Sideboard
- 4 Mistcutter Hydra
- 2 Destructive Revelry
- 2 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
- 1 Garruk, Caller of Beasts
- 1 Mizzium Mortars
- 2 Shock
- 2 Plummet
- 1 Flesh // Blood
2nd Place – Mark Hawking Smashing Babes (BUG Control)
Maindeck: 60 Sideboard: 15
- 4 Abrupt Decay
- 2 Bile Blight
- 1 Desecration Demon
- 3 Devour Flesh
- 1 Doom Blade
- 2 Far // Away
- 4 Hero’s Downfall
- 4 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
- 2 Lifebane Zombie
- 1 Putrefy
- 3 Reaper of the Wilds
- 2 Scavenging Ooze
- 2 Thoughtseize
- 1 Ultimate Price
- 2 Vraska the Unseen
- 3 Breeding Pool
- 4 Golgari Guildgate
- 4 Overgrown Tomb
- 4 Swamp
- 4 Temple of Deceit
- 4 Temple of Mystery
- 3 Watery Grave
Sideboard
- 1 Desecration Demon
- 1 Doom Blade
- 1 Drown in Sorrow
- 1 Duress
- 1 Gaze of Granite
- 2 Golgari Charm
- 3 Mistcutter Hydra
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 2 Thoughtseize
- 2 Underworld Connections
3rd Place – Ken Hankins G/W Hexproof
Maindeck: 60 Sideboard: 15
- 4 Elvish Mystic
- 4 Ethereal Armor
- 4 Gladecover Scout
- 4 Fleecemane Lion
- 4 Witchstalker
- 3 Unflinching Courage
- 4 Eidolon of Countless Battles
- 2 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
- 3 Boon Satyr
- 1 Heliod, God of the Sun
- 2 Gift of Orzhova
- 2 Courser of Kruphix
- 8 Forest
- 8 Plains
- 4 Temple Garden
- 4 Temple of Plenty
Sideboard
- 3 Rootborn Defenses
- 1 Boon Satyr
- 1 Sphere of Safety
- 2 Selesnya Charm
- 1 Fiendslayer Paladin
- 1 Pithing Needle
- 2 Glare of Heresy
- 2 Mistcutter Hydra
- 1 Last Breath
- 1 Gift of Orzhova
4th Place – Ariel Beauchamp G/W Fury (G/W aggro)
Maindeck: 60 Sideboard: 15
- 4 Experiment One
- 4 Fleecemane Lion
- 4 Soldier of the Pantheon
- 4 Voice of Resurgence
- 3 Boon Satyr
- 3 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
- 2 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
- 4 Advent of the Wurm
- 3 Gods Willing
- 4 Selesnya Charm
- 2 Spear of Heliod
- 7 Forest
- 7 Plains
- 1 Selesnya Guildgate
- 4 Temple of Plenty
- 4 Temple Garden
Sideboard
- 2 Mistcutter Hydra
- 2 Skylasher
- 3 Unflinching Courage
- 2 Last Breath
- 2 Plummet
- 1 Rootborn Defenses
- 2 Unravel the Aether
- 1 Glare of Heresy
5th Place – Erick Castillo All that Glittlers is not Gold (W/G/B Aggro)
Maindeck: 60 Sideboard: 15
- 4 Fleecemane Lion
- 4 Doom Blade
- 4 Abrupt Decay
- 4 Putrefy
- 4 Loxodon Smiter
- 4 Unflinching Courage
- 3 Call of the Conclave
- 3 Golgari Charm
- 1 Spear of Heliod
- 1 Selesnya Charm
- 1 Mistcutter Hydra
- 1 Bow of Nylea
- 1 Pack Rat
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Imposing Sovereign
- 1 High Priest of Penance
- 4 Overgrown Tomb
- 4 Godless Shrine
- 4 Temple Garden
- 3 Plains
- 4 Swamp
- 3 Forest
- 1 Temple of Plenty
Sideboard
- 4 Skylasher
- 2 Centaur Healer
- 1 Pack Rat
- 3 Pithing Needle
- 1 Illness in the Ranks
- 1 Blind Obedience
- 1 Selesnya Charm
- 2 Devour Flesh
6th Place – Ben Maldonato R/G Blitz
Maindeck: 60 Sideboard: 15
- 2 Reverent Hunter
- 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager
- 4 Burning-Tree Emissary
- 2 Domri Rade
- 4 Firefist Striker
- 4 Elvish Mystic
- 4 Boon Satyr
- 4 Kalonian Tusker
- 4 Stormbreath Dragon
- 4 Stomping Ground
- 4 Experiment One
- 2 Magma Jet
- 2 Temple of Abandon
- 10 Forest
- 6 Mountain
Sideboard
- 1 Fated Intervention
- 2 Burning Earth
- 2 Flesh // Blood
- 2 Polukranos, World Eater
- 2 Mizzium Mortars
- 2 Armed // Dangerous
- 4 Lightning Strike
7th Place – Stephen Jamison Mono Black Devotion
Maindeck: 60 Sideboard: 15
- 2 Pack Rat
- 2 Lifebane Zombie
- 4 Nightveil Specter
- 4 Desecration Demon
- 4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- 3 Thoughtseize
- 2 Ultimate Price
- 2 Devour Flesh
- 3 Bile Blight
- 4 Hero’s Downfall
- 4 Underworld Connections
- 1 Whip of Erebos
- 3 Temple of Deceit
- 2 Temple of Silence
- 16 Swamp
- 2 Mutavault
Sideboard
- 3 Duress
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Pharika’s Cure
- 2 Devour Flesh
- 2 Doomblade
- 2 Pack Rat
- 1 Lifebane Zombie
- 2 Erebos, God of the Dead
- 1 Whip of Erebos
8th Place – Cassidy Nichols End of Maze (Maze’s End)
Maindeck: 60 Sideboard:15
- 1 Chromanticore
- 3 Saruli Gatekeepers
- 1 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion
- 2 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
- 4 Supreme Verdict
- 2 Merciless Eviction
- 3 Urban Evolution
- 4 Fog
- 3 Riot Control
- 2 Sphinx’s Revelation
- 2 Crackling Perimeter
- 4 Detention Sphere
- 1 Elixir of Immortality
- 4 Azorius Guildgate
- 2 Orzhov Guildgate
- 2 Boros Guildgate
- 3 Selesnya Guildgate
- 2 Dimir Guildgate
- 2 Izzet Guildgate
- 3 Simic Guildgate
- 2 Rakdos Guildgate
- 2 Golgari Guildgate
- 2 Gruul Guildgate
- 4 Maze’s End
Sideboard