Weekend Wrap Up – 1/30/16-1/31/16

By
Jason Abong
– January 31, 2016Posted in: Blog

This weekend concluded a busy weekend of Magic: the Gathering! Two Arizona PPTQs, three Grand Prix, and a SCG Open highlighted the final weekend before the much awaited Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch, taking place next week at Atlanta!

Arizona PPTQs

Saturday: Samurai East – 47 players, Louis Gall
Sunday: Yonas Abraham – 51 players, Yonas Abraham

Decklists may be provided soon – stay tuned!

SCG Columbus

Complete Coverage

Standard Open Winner: Jacob Baugh, Four Color Rally

Creatures (28)
2 Catacomb Sifter
2 Elvish Visionary
2 Grim Haruspex
3 Nantuko Husk
4 Reflector Mage
3 Sidisi’s Faithful
4 Zulaport Cutthroat
3 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
4 Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
1 Liliana, Heretical Healer

Spells (8)
4 Collected Company
4 Rally the Ancestors

Lands (24)
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Plains
1 Swamp
2 Canopy Vista
3 Evolving Wilds
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
1 Prairie Stream
3 Sunken Hollow
3 Windswept Heath
Sideboard (15)
3 Arashin Cleric
1 Felidar Cub
2 Fleshbag Marauder
2 Murderous Cut
2 Anafenza, the Foremost
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
1 Liliana, Heretical Healer
3 Duress

Top 32 Decklists

Legacy Classic Winner: Joe Lossett, Miracles

Creatures (9)
1 Monastery Mentor
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Vendilion Clique
2 Venser, Shaper Savant

Spells (29)
4 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Counterbalance
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Pyroblast
3 Swords to Plowshares
2 Ponder
4 Terminus
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Lands (22)
5 Island
1 Plains
1 Arid Mesa
2 Cavern of Souls
4 Flooded Strand
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Tundra
1 Volcanic Island
2 Karakas
Sideboard (15)
1 Pithing Needle
1 Containment Priest
2 Izzet Staticaster
2 Rest in Peace
3 Flusterstorm
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Submerge
2 Wear

Top 16 Decklists

Modern Classic: Dan Jessup, UG Infect

Creatures (14)
1 Spellskite
4 Blighted Agent
4 Glistener Elf
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Viridian Corrupter

Spells (26)
1 Wild Defiance
2 Apostle’s Blessing
3 Become Immense
1 Groundswell
4 Might of Old Krosa
4 Mutagenic Growth
1 Twisted Image
4 Vines of Vastwood
4 Gitaxian Probe
2 Slip Through Space

Lands (20)
2 Forest
3 Breeding Pool
4 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Verdant Catacombs
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Pendelhaven
Sideboard (15)
1 Spellskite
1 Wild Defiance
2 Dismember
2 Dispel
4 Nature’s Claim
2 Spell Pierce
2 Twisted Image
1 Dryad Arbor

Top 16 Decklists

GP Vancouver – BFZ/OGW Limited: Adam Jansen

Creature (13)
2 Eldrazi Skyspawner
1 Valakut Invoker
1 Cyclone Sire
1 Gravity Negator
2 Umara Entangler
1 Jori En, Ruin Diver
1 Zada’s Commando
1 Kazuul’s Toll Collector
1 Immobilizer Eldrazi
2 Goblin Freerunner

Spells (10)
1 Touch of the Void
1 Slip Through Space
1 Press into Service
1 Brutal Expulsion
1 Outnumber
1 Stonefury
1 Grip of the Roil
1 Fall of the Titans
1 Expedite
1 Bone Saw

Land (17)
8 Island
8 Mountain
1 Wastes

Coverage

GP Nagoya – BFZ/OGW Limited Winner: Tomonori Hirami

Creatures (17)
1 Expedition Envoy
1 Kitesail Scout
1 Scythe Leopard
2 Stalking Drone
1 Ondu War Cleric
1 Oran-Rief Invoker
1 Affa Protector
1 Makindi Patrol
1 Pilgrim’s Eye
2 Spawnbinder Mage
1 Broodhunter Wurm
1 Saddleback Lagac
1 Expedition Raptor
1 Steppe Glider
1 Tajuru Pathwarden

Sorcery (7)
3 Shoulder to Shoulder
1 Lead by Example
1 Seer’s Lantern
2 Isolation Zone

Land (16)
8 Plains
7 Forest
1 Unknown Shores

Coverage

GP Mexico City – BFZ/OGW Limited Winner: Fabrizio Anteri

Creature (15)
2 Umara Entangler
2 Jwar Isle Avenger
3 Zada’s Commando
1 Akoum Flameseeker
2 Cinder Hellion
1 Goblin Freerunner
1 Jori En, Ruin Diver
1 Eldrazi Skyspawner
1 Reckless Cohort
1 Valakut Predator

Spells (8)
1 Slip Through Space
1 Boulder Salvo
1 Devour in Flames
1 Touch of the Void
1 Comparative Analysis
1 Expedite
1 Outnumber
1 Pyromancer’s Assault

Land (17)
7 Island
9 Mountain
1 Wandering Fumarole

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