PPTQ Honolulu – Top 8 Decklists – 6/18/16

This Weekend was our MTG Standard Format PPTQ Honolulu tournament. There were a variety of contenders for the throne, but after all was said and done, a familiar face took down the top spot. Harlan Firer walks away the Champion, sporting a ferocious combination of everyones favorite Spaghetti Monsters!

Unlike Sampson, the skills remain.

Thank you to everyone that participated, and keep an eye on our Events page for future tournaments. Here is the a look at the competition Harlan was up against Saturday.

1st Place: Harlan Firer         RUGdrazi      Main Deck: 60 Cards

• 4 Sanctum of Ugin
• 4 Shrine of the Forsaken God
• 4 Island
• 4 Shivan Reef
• 2 Yavimaya Coast
• 2 Mirrorpool
• 2 Spawning Bed
• 2 Westvale Abbey
• 2 Rogue’s Passage
• 4 Hangarback Walker
• 4 Endless One
• 4 Matter Reshaper
• 4 Thought-Knot Seer
• 4 Reality Smasher
• 4 Drowner of Hope
• 4 Warping Wail
• 4 Spatial Contortion
• 2 Titan’s Presence

Sideboard: 15 Cards

• 4 Eldrazi Skyspawner
• 4 Hedron Archive
• 4 Oblivion Sower
• 1 Void Winnower
• 2 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Second Place: Drew O’Donnell     Grixis Control    Main Deck: 60 Cards

• 4 Smoldering Marsh
• 3 Wandering Fumarole
• 3 Sunken Hollow
• 5 Swamp
• 2 Shivan Reef
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Island
• 3 Foreboding Ruins
• 3 Evolving Wilds
• 3 Fiery Impulse
• 3 Transgress the Mind
• 2 Ultimate Price
• 2 Grasp of Darkness
• 4 Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
• 3 Read the Bones
• 3 Ruinous Path
• 2 Kolaghan’s Command
• 3 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1 Radiant Flames
• 1 Languish
• 1 Dark Petition
• 1 Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1 Dragonlord Silumgar
• 4 Goblin Dark-Dwellers

Sideboard: 15 Cards

• 1 Infinite Obliteration
• 2 Radiant Flames
• 1 Read the Bones
• 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 3 Duress
• 2 Dragonmaster Outcast
• 2 Negate
• 1 Virulent Plague
• 2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar

3rd Place: Zac Corrado     “Herp-Derp Humans”    Main Deck: 60 Cards

• 4 Battlefield Forge
• 14 Plains
• 4 Always Watching
• 4 Declaration in Stone
• 3 Gryff’s Boon
• 2 Anointer of Champions
• 4 Thraben Inspector
• 4 Town Gossipmonger
• 3 Kytheon, Hero of Akros
• 4 Expedition Envoy
• 4 Dragon Hunter
• 4 Knight of the White Orchid
• 4 Thalia’s Lieutenant
• 2 Hanweir Militia Captain

Sideboard: 15 Cards

• 2 Stasis Snare
• 2 Hanweir Militia Captain
• 3 Tandem Tactics
• 4 Reckless Bushwhacker
• 4 Needle Spires

Fourth Place: John Lyles   R/W Humans   Main Deck: 60 Cards

• 8 Mountain
• 8 Plains
• 1 Stone Quarry
• 4 Needle Spires
• 4 Battlefield Forge
• 2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 4 Archangel Avacyn
• 3 Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 3 Chandra, Flamecaller
• 3 Fiery Temper
• 3 Fiery Impulse
• 2 Descend upon the Sinful
• 4 Tormenting Voice
• 2 Declaration in Stone
• 1 Secure the Wastes
• 1 Silkwrap
• 3 Stasis Snare

Sideboard: 15 Cards

• 3 Goldnight Castigator
• 4 Hangarback Walker
• 1 Descend upon the Sinful
• 2 Kozilek’s Return
• 1 Linvala, the Preserver
• 2 Rending Volley
• 1 Secure the Wastes
• 1 Tragic Arrogance

Fifth Place: Chris Mills     Mardu Control  Main Deck: 60 Cards

• 3 Smoldering Marsh
• 4 Mountain
• 3 Evolving Wilds
• 2 Forsaken Sanctuary
• 3 Swamp
• 2 Plains
• 2 Foreboding Ruins
• 4 Shambling Vents
• 1 Cinder Barrens
• 2 Needle Spires
• 1 Blighted Fen
• 2 Nahiri, The Harbinger
• 2 Chandra, Flamecaller
• 2 Transgress the Mind
• 2 Grasp of Darkness
• 2 Radiant Flames
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 3 Fiery Impulse
• 3 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1 Declaration in Stone
• 1 Ultimate Price
• 3 Ruinous Path
• 3 Read the Bones
• 1 Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 2 Languish
• 1 Linvala, the Preserver
• 2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Sideboard: 13 Cards

• 3 Rending Volley
• 1 Roast
• 2 Hallowed Moonlight
• 3 Duress
• 1 Virulent Plague
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 2 Infinite Obliteration

Sixth Place: Michael Gallo   G/W Clever Girls    Main Deck: 60 Cards

• 4 Fortified Village
• 4 Canopy Vista
• 9 Plains
• 7 Forest
• 4 Deathmist Raptor
• 4 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
• 4 Hangarback walker
• 3 Den Protector
• 3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 2 Hidden Dragonslayer
• 2 Archangel of Tithes
• 3 Archangel Avacyn
• 4 Dromoka’s Command
• 4 Declaration in Stone
• 3 Planar Outburst

Sideboard: 15 Cards

• 3 Immolating Glare
• 3 Evolutionary Leap
• 3 Quarantine Field
• 2 Pulse of Murasa
• 3 Clip Wings
• 1 Planar Outburst

Seventh Place: James Allison   G/W Tokens!  Main Deck: 60 Cards

• 4 Fortified Village
• 4 Canopy Vista
• 2 Westvale Abbey
• 7 Plains
• 9 Forest
• 4 Archangel Avacyn
• 2 Evolutionary Leap
• 4 Oath of Nissa
• 2 Declaration in Stone
• 2 Den Protector
• 4 Dromoka’s Command
• 4 Hangarback Walker
• 4 Sylvan Advocate
• 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 4 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Sideboard: 15 Cards

• 2 Declaration in Stone
• 2 Stasis Snare
• 1 Linvala, the Preserver
• 3 Planar Outburst
• 2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
• 2 Secure the Wastes
• 3 Lambholt Pacifist

Eight Place: Zach Weber    “Flea Market Flip”   Main Deck: 60 Cards

• 13 Forest
• 3 Mountain
• 3 Shrine of the Forsaken God
• 4 Sanctum of Ugin
• 4 Game Trail
• 2 Kozilek’s Return
• 3 Hedron Archive
• 3 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hungerer
• 4 Sylvan Advocate
• 4 Oath of Nissa
• 4 Explosive Vegetation
• 2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
• 2 Nissa’s Renewal
• 3 Nissa’s Pilgrimage
• 4 Worldbreaker
• 2 Chandra, Flamecaller

Sideboard: 0 Cards

What a beast!

Some interesting choices eh?

We hope these lists offer some insight into the local meta. Thanks again to all the competitors and good luck to everyone at future events!