Charlottesville City Championship Top 8 Decklists

We would like to give a big thanks to everyone who attended our Magic the Gathering – Charlottesville City Championship Tournament this past Saturday. It was a great turnout and we love having everyone at the shop. Although returning three time Champion JM put up quite the fight, after all was said and done Ken Hankins was able to pull off the Regicide. Ken will be getting his name put onto the Winners Plaque hanging in the store as well as receiving a box of each new release Magic set for a year!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present your Champion.

Interested in how he got it done? Take a peek at what he as well as his competition were running with our Top 8 players decklists.

1st Place – Ken Hankins 

B/G Delirium

(60) 4 Grim Flayer 3 Ishkanah, Grafwidow 1 Sylvan Advocate 2 Pilgrim’s Eye 1 Tireless Tracker 2 Mindwrack Demon 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 1 Noxious Gearhulk 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 3 Liliana, the Last Hope 3 Vessel of Nascency 4 Grapple with the Past 4 Traverse the Ulvenwald 4 Grasp of Darkness 2 Murder 1 Ruinous Path 4 Blooming Marsh 4 Hissing Quagmire 1 Evolving Wilds 7 Forest 7 Swamp

Sideboard

(15) 1 Dead Weight 1 To the Slaughter 1 Flaying Tendrils 3 Transgress the Mind 2 Pick the Brain 1 Tireless Tracker 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited 1 Nissa, Vital Force 1 Natural State 2 Appetite for the Unnatural

2nd Place – JM Whalen

Dumpster Fire

(60) 3 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger 3 Drowner of Hope 2 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets 2 Chandra, Flamecaller 2 Negate 4 Spell Shrivel 4 Hedron Archive 4 Spatial Contortion 3 Void Shatter 1 Glimmer of Genius 3 Kozilek’s Return 2 Harnessed Lightning 4 Spirebluff Canal 4 Highland Lake 4 Spawning Bed 2 Aether Hub 4 Wandering Fumarole 4 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods 5 Island

Sideboard

(15) 4 Galvanic Bombardment 3 Fevered Vision 2 Thought-Knot Seer 3 Reality Smasher 1 Drowner of Hope 1 Coax from the Blind Eternities 1 Summary Dismissal

3rd Place – David Banh

America Control

(61) 2 Torrential Gearhulk 2 Cloudblazer 3 Panharmonicon 3 Glimmer of Genius 4 Whirler Virtuoso 4 Harnessed Lightning 4 Glint Nest Crane 4 Smuggler’s Copter 4 Prophetic Prism 4 Decoction Module 2 Aetherstorm Roc 1 Reckless Fireweaver 3 Inspiring Vantage 4 Spirebluff Canal 4 Aether Hub 2 Prairie Stream 7 Island 4 Mountain

Sideboard

(14) 3 Negate 3 Fragmentize 2 Blessed Alliance 3 Eldrazi Displacer 3 Aether Meltdown

4th Place – Shane Borrelli

R/W Racecars

(60) 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 2 Reckless Bushwhacker 4 Servo Exhibition 4 Toolcraft Exemplar 4 Veteran Motorist 4 Smuggler’s Copter 4 Declaration in Stone 2 Pia Nalaar 2 Thraben Inspector 3 Fleetwheel Cruiser 1 Selfless Spirit 2 Harnessed Lightning 2 Depala, Pilot Exemplar 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 10 Plains 4 Inspiring Vantage 4 Needle Spires 6 Mountain

Sideboard

(15) 2 Thraben Inspector 1 Depala, Pilot Exemplar 1 Authority of the Consuls 4 Galvanic Bombardment 2 Skywhaler’s Shot 3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 2 Fragmentize

5th Place – Drew O’Donnell

B/G Delirium

(60) 4 Traverse the Ulvenwald 3 Vessel of Nascency 2 Transgress the Mind 3 Grapple with the Path 4 Grasp of Darkness 1 Murder 2 Ruinous Path 4 Liliana, the Last Hope 4 Grim Flayer 1 Pilgrim’s Eye 1 Tireless Tracker 2 Mindwrack Demon 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 3 Ishkanah, Grafwidow 1 Noxious Gearhulk 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 4 Hissing Quagmire 4 Blooming marsh 6 Forest 7 Swamp 2 Evolving Wilds

Sideboard

(15) 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury 2 Dead Weight 2 Flaying Tendrils 1 Tireless Tracker 1 Nissa, Vital Force 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited 2 Natural State 1 Appetite for the Unnatural 1 Pick the Brain 1 To the Slaughter

6th Place – Josh Early

Jund Aetherworks

(60) 4 Servant of the Conduit 4 Woodweaver’s Puzzleknot 4 Harnessed Lightning 4 Vessel of Nascency 4 Attune with Aether 4 Aetherworks Marvel 2 Emrakul, the Promised End 3 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger 2 Distended Mindbender 3 Ishkanah, Grafwidow 1 Liliana, the Last Hope 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited 1 Traverse the Ulvenwald 1 Grapple with the Past 2 Evolving Wilds 4 Aether Hub 3 Blooming Marsh 2 Cinder Glade 2 Smoldering Marsh 5 Forest 3 Swamp 1 Mountain

Sideboard

(15) 3 Transgress the Mind 2 Appetite for the Unnatural 1 Lost Legacy 1 Pick the Brain 2 Radiant Flames 2 Tireless Tracker 1 To the Slaughter 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 2 World Breaker

7th Place – David Brewer

Big Boy Bant

(60) 4 Tamiyo, Field Researcher 4 Part the Waterveil 1 Nissa, Nature’s Artisan 1 Kiora, Master of the Depths 1 Quarantine Field 1 Archangel Avacyn 4 Reflector Mage 1 Horribly Awry 4 Sylvan Advocate 3 Gisela, the Broken Blade 3 Thalia, Heretic Cathar 1 Verdant Crescendo 3 Planar Outburst 1 Bruna, the Fading Light 3 Stasis Snare 1 Oath of Nissa 1 Spell Shrivel 4 Evolving Wilds 4 Lumbering Falls 3 Prairie Stream 1 Canopy Vista 6 Plains 3 Island 2 Forest

Sideboard

(15) 2 Plummet 2 Sigarda, Heron’s Grace 1 Linvala, the Preserver 1 Overwhelming Denial 1 Negate 2 Ceremonius Rejection 4 Spell Queller 2 Natural State

8th Place – Harlan Firer

Bearskin RUG

(60) 4 Servant of the Conduit 4 Longtusk Cub 4 Whirler Virtuoso 4 Tireless Tracker 4 Bristling Hydra 4 Attune with Aether 4 Incendiary Flow 4 Harnessed Lightning 2 Confiscation Coup 2 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets 1 Aetherworks Marvel 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 4 Botanical Sanctum 4 Aether Hub 3 Evolving Wilds 2 Wandering Fumarole 5 Forest 2 Island 2 Mountain

Sideboard

(15) 1 Natural State 3 Ceremonius Rejection 2 Plummet 1 Negate 1 Clip Wings 2 Radiant Flames 2 Root Out 1 Aetherworks Marvel 1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

There you have it! Only two decks were basically the same, even then they had their differences. A healthy mixture of Aggro, Control and Mid-Range is making Standard as exciting as ever!