SCG 5k Premier IQ, Houston, Modern
15. února se hrál v Houstonu, SCG 5k Premier Invitional Qualifier ve formátu modern, kterého se zúčastnilo 127 hráčů. V článku najdete TOP8 decklisty.
Po PT Fate Reforged se modernový field začíná ustálovat. Poměrně výraznou roli v současné metagame hraje UG Infect a také se do popředí vrací Affinity a různé variace Twinů.
Affinity - Jason Ko, 1. místo - modern
| Lands (16) 4 Darksteel Citadel 1 Island 4 Blinkmoth Nexus 3 Glimmervoid 4 Inkmoth Nexus Creatures (22) 4 Arcbound Ravager 4 Etched Champion 2 Memnite 4 Ornithopter 4 Signal Pest 4 Vault Skirge Other Spells (22) 4 Cranial Plating 4 Springleaf Drum 3 Ensoul Artifact 4 Galvanic Blast 4 Mox Opal 3 Thoughtcast | Sideboard (15) 2 Torpor Orb 2 Spellskite 2 Ancient Grudge 1 Dismember 1 Dispatch 1 Wear // Tear 4 Thoughtseize 2 Whipflare |
RW Burn - Matthew Peacock, 2. místo - modern
| Lands (20) 7 Mountain 4 Bloodstained Mire 1 Clifftop Retreat 3 Sacred Foundry 4 Scalding Tarn 1 Stomping Ground Creatures (14) 4 Goblin Guide 2 Grim Lavamancer 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel Other Spells (26) 4 Boros Charm 4 Lightning Bolt 2 Lightning Helix 3 Searing Blaze 1 Shard Volley 4 Skullcrack 4 Lava Spike 4 Rift Bolt | Sideboard (15) 2 Kor Firewalker 2 Deflecting Palm 3 Destructive Revelry 3 Smash to Smithereens 2 Wear // Tear 2 Molten Rain 1 Peak Eruption |
UG Infect - Evan McAleer, 3. - 4. místo - modern
| Lands (20) 2 Forest 3 Breeding Pool 4 Inkmoth Nexus 4 Windswept Heath 4 Wooded Foothills 2 Pendelhaven 1 Dryad Arbor Creatures (13) 1 Spellskite 1 Birds of Paradise 4 Blighted Agent 4 Glistener Elf 3 Noble Hierarch Other Spells (27) 2 Wild Defiance 2 Apostle's Blessing 4 Become Immense 4 Might of Old Krosa 4 Mutagenic Growth 4 Vines of Vastwood 1 Distortion Strike 4 Gitaxian Probe 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Sylvan Scrying | Sideboard (15) 3 Spellskite 1 Wild Defiance 1 Dispel 3 Nature's Claim 1 Piracy Charm 2 Spell Pierce 3 Twisted Image 1 Distortion Strike |
Jeskai Twin - David Bruno, 3. - 4. místo - modern
| Lands (24) 2 Island 1 Mountain 1 Plains 2 Arid Mesa 3 Celestial Colonnade 1 Desolate Lighthouse 2 Flooded Strand 2 Hallowed Fountain 1 Sacred Foundry 3 Scalding Tarn 4 Steam Vents 2 Sulfur Falls Creatures (17) 1 Spellskite 4 Deceiver Exarch 1 Pestermite 3 Restoration Angel 3 Snapcaster Mage 4 Wall of Omens 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Other Spells (19) 4 Splinter Twin 1 Electrolyze 4 Lightning Bolt 2 Lightning Helix 4 Path to Exile 4 Remand | Sideboard (15) 1 Batterskull 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Rest in Peace 1 Stony Silence 3 Celestial Purge 1 Dispel 2 Flashfreeze 1 Negate 1 Wear // Tear 1 Vendilion Clique 2 Pyroclasm |
Temur Twin - David Shakarisaz, 5. - 8. místo - modern
UG Infect - Orrin Swift, 5. - 8. místo - modern
| Lands (20) 3 Forest 3 Breeding Pool 4 Inkmoth Nexus 2 Misty Rainforest 4 Verdant Catacombs 2 Windswept Heath 2 Pendelhaven Creatures (15) 3 Ichorclaw Myr 4 Blighted Agent 4 Glistener Elf 4 Noble Hierarch Other Spells (25) 2 Wild Defiance 3 Apostle's Blessing 1 Giant Growth 4 Groundswell 4 Might of Old Krosa 4 Mutagenic Growth 4 Vines of Vastwood 2 Distortion Strike 1 Gitaxian Probe | Sideboard (15) 2 Spellskite 1 Wild Defiance 1 Dismember 4 Nature's Claim 3 Twisted Image 3 Sylvan Scrying 1 Dryad Arbor |
RW Burn - Scott Peel, 5. - 8. místo - modern
| Lands (20) 3 Mountain 4 Arid Mesa 1 Clifftop Retreat 3 Sacred Foundry 4 Scalding Tarn 1 Stomping Ground 4 Wooded Foothills Creatures (12) 4 Goblin Guide 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel Other Spells (28) 4 Boros Charm 1 Flame Javelin 3 Flames of the Blood Hand 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lightning Helix 4 Skullcrack 4 Lava Spike 4 Rift Bolt | Sideboard (15) 4 Destructive Revelry 3 Flame Javelin 2 Searing Blaze 2 Searing Blood 4 Molten Rain |
Abzan Midrange - Adam Yetter, 5. - 8. misto - modern
| Lands (24) 1 Forest 1 Plains 2 Swamp 1 Godless Shrine 3 Marsh Flats 2 Overgrown Tomb 2 Stirring Wildwood 2 Tectonic Edge 1 Temple Garden 1 Treetop Village 1 Twilight Mire 4 Verdant Catacombs 2 Windswept Heath 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Creatures (13) 3 Dark Confidant 2 Scavenging Ooze 4 Siege Rhino 4 Tarmogoyf Planewalkers (4) 4 Liliana of the Veil Other Spells (19) 4 Abrupt Decay 1 Dismember 3 Path to Exile 1 Slaughter Pact 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 3 Lingering Souls 1 Maelstrom Pulse 3 Thoughtseize | Sideboard (15) 1 Batterskull 2 Spellskite 3 Fulminator Mage 3 Leyline of Sanctity 3 Stony Silence 1 Zealous Persecution 1 Thrun, the Last Troll 1 Creeping Corrosion |
Z těchto balíků určitě stojí za pozornost netradiční pojetí Temur Twinu v podání Davida Shakarisaze. V TOP16 se dále objevily: 2x Affinity, RW Burn, RG Tron, UG Infect, klasický Temur Twin, Merfolci a Grixis Control.