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 HankinsĀ
B/G Delirium
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2nd Place – JM Whalen
Dumpster Fire
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(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
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(14) 3 Negate 3 Fragmentize 2 Blessed Alliance 3 Eldrazi Displacer 3 Aether Meltdown |
4th Place – Shane Borrelli
R/W Racecars
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(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
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6th Place – Josh Early
Jund Aetherworks
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(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
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(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
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(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!