This past Saturday was the monthly Win Condition Cup Qualifier with standard as the format. Twenty-five players participated in the tournament with Andrew Quinones and his Simic Ramp deck coming out on top. The Top 8 featured a variety of decks utilizing new cards from Core Set 2020.
Below you will find the deck lists for the Top 8 finishers. It will be interesting to see if these decks remain at the top of the metagame. Later this week I will break down several of the decks.
Simic Reef Ramp, Andrew Quinones, 1st place Win Condition Cup Qualifier July 2019
| Creatures (24) 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Leafkin Druid 4 Incubation Druid 4 Risen Reef 4 Voracious Hydra 4 Hydroid Krasis Planeswalkers (4) 4 Nissa, Who Shakes the World Instants (4) 4 Growth Spiral Sorcery (4) 3 Mass Manipulation 1 Entrancing Melody Land (24) 7 Island 8 Forest 4 Breeding Pool 4 Hinterland Harbor 1 Temple of Mystery | Sideboard (15) 2 Aether Gust 2 Carnage Tyrant 3 Cerulean Drake 3 Negate 2 Thrashing Brontodon 3 Veil of Summer |
Simic Flash, James Hames, 2nd Place Win Condition Cup Qualifier July 2019
| Creatures (19) 4 Brineborn Cutthroat 4 Frilled Mystic 4 Nightpack Ambusher 4 Merfolk Trickster 3 Spectral Sailor Instant (17) 2 Syncopate 2 Opt 3 Unsummon 3 Essence Scatter 3 Negate 4 Sinister Sabotage Land (24) 5 Forest 8 Island 3 Temple of Mystery 4 Hinterland Harbor 4 Breeding Pool | Sideboard (14) 2 Vivien Reid 4 Shifting Ceratops 2 Entrancing Melody 2 Cerulean Drake 2 Aether Gust 1 Negate 1 Essence Scatter |
Dimir Control, Matthew Vaughn, 3-4 Place Win Condition Cup Qualifier July 2019
| Creatures (4) 2 Cavalier of Gales 2 God-Eternal Kefnet Planeswalkers (4) 2 Liliana, Dreadhorde General 2 Narset, Parter of Veils Instant (12) 3 Vraska’s Contempt 2 Cast Down 2 Negate 4 Opt 1 Disfigure Sorcery (13) 4 Enter the God-Eternals 2 Drawn from Dreams 1 Ritual of Soot 2 Cry of the Carnarium 4 Thought Erasure Enchantment (2) 2 Search for Azcanta Land (25) 8 Island 7 Swamp 2 Blast Zone 4 Watery Grave 4 Drowned Catacomb | Sideboard (15) 1 Ritual of Soot 1 Unmoored Ego 2 Cerulean Drake 2 The Elderspell 2 Moment of Craving 3 Duress 4 Thief of Sanity |
Esper Hero, Pedrum Daryooni, 3-4 Place Win Condition Cup Qualifier July 2019
| Creatures (10) 4 Hero of Precinct One 3 Elite Guardmage 2 Hostage Taker 1 Basilica Bell-Haunt Planeswalkers (10) 2 Narset, Parter of Veils 4 Teferi, Time Raveler 4 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Artifacts (1) 1 Bolas’s Citadel Instants (5) 2 Despark 3 Tyrant’s Scorn Sorcery (5) 1 Command the Dreadhorde 4 Thought Erasure Enchantments (3) 3 Oath of Kaya Land (26) 1 Island 1 Swamp 4 Glacial Fortress 4 Godless Shrine 4 Isolated Chapel 4 Hallowed Fountain 4 Watery Grave 4 Drowned Catacomb | Sideboard (15) 1 Bolas’s Citadel 2 Cry of the Carnarium 1 Despark 2 Dovin’s Veto 3 Duress 2 Enter the God-Eternals 2 Kaya’s Wrath 1 The Elderspell 1 Basilica Bell-Haunt |
Boros Feather, Abby Gibson, 5-8 Place Win Condition Cup July 2019
| Creatures (17) 4 Feather, the Redeemed 4 Adanto Vanguard 4 Dreadhorde Arcanist 4 Tenth District Legionnaire 1 Tomik, Distinguished Advokist Planeswalker (3) 3 Gideon Blackblade Instants (18) 1 Gird for Battle 1 Sheltering Light 4 Reckless Rage 4 Gods Willing 4 Shock 4 Defiant Strike Land (22) 4 Mountain 6 Plains 4 Clifftop Retreat 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Temple of Triumph | Sideboard (15) 1 Prison Realm 3 Flame Sweep 2 Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants 2 Fry 2 Legion Warboss 2 Demystify 3 Tocatli Honor Guard |
Esper Hero, Kyle Reichard, 5-8 Place Win Condition Cup July 2019
| Creatures (10) 4 Hero of Precinct One 3 Elite Guardmage 3 Hostage Taker Planeswalkers (10) 2 Narset, Parter of Veils 4 Teferi, Time Raveler 4 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Artifacts (1) 1 Bolas’s Citadel Instant (5) 2 Despark 3 Tyrant’s Scorn Sorcery (5) 1 Command the Dreadhorde 4 Thought Erasure Enchantment (3) 3 Oath of Kaya Land (26) 2 Temple of Silence 1 Swamp 4 Glacial Fortress 4 Godless Shrine 3 Isolated Chapel 4 Hallowed Fountain 4 Watery Grave 4 Drowned Catacomb | Sideboard (15) 1 Bolas’s Citadel 2 Cry of the Carnarium 1 Narset, Parter of Veils 2 Dovin’s Veto 2 Duress 2 Enter the God-Eternals 2 Kaya’s Wrath 2 The Elderspell 1 Ashiok, Dream Render |
Mono-White, Christopher Cooper, 5-8 Place Win Condition Cup July 2019
| Creatures (24) 4 Dauntless Bodyguard 3 Law-Rune Enforcer 3 Snubhorn Sentry 3 Skymarcher Aspirant 3 Adanto Vanguard 4 Benalish Marshal 4 Venerated Loxodon Planeswalkers (2) 2 Gideon Blackblade Instant (3) 1 Brought Back 2 Raise the Alarm Enchantments (11) 4 Legion’s Landing 4 History of Benalia 3 Conclave Tribunal Land (20) 12 Plains 4 Glacial Fortress 4 Hallowed Fountain | Sideboard (15) 2 Baffling End 4 Tocatli Honor Guard 1 Island 1 Spell Pierce 2 Dovin’s Veto 2 Teferi, Time Raveler 1 Deputy of Detention 1 The Wanderer 1 Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants |
Orzhov Angels, Vince Thompson, 5-8 Place Win Condition Cup July 2019
| Creatures (28) 4 Seraph of the Scales 4 Resplendent Angel 4 Angel of Vitality 4 Bishop of Wings 3 Shalai, Voice of Plenty 3 Lyra Dawnbringer 4 Kitesail Freebooter 2 Sephara, Sky’s Blade Planeswalkers (3) 3 Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord Instants (6) 3 Mortify 3 Cast Down Land (23) 11 Plains 4 Isolated Chapel 4 Temple of Silence 4 Godless Shrine | Sideboard (15) 2 Arguel’s Blood Fast 4 Duress 2 Ajani, Strength of the Pride 3 Despark 2 Unbreakable Formation 2 Remorseful Cleric |
Until next time, good luck finding your win condition!