Hello Everyone!
Since you are all tired of me by now, I imagine, today will focus strictly on the visual in part 2 of coverage for CMT Montreal.
Enjoy,
William
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Top 4 Decklists
Team Alpha Q – 1st Place
[Deck Title=Tempered Steel by Louis Boileau (Standard)]
[Lands]
4 Inkmoth Nexus
2 Moorland Haunt
9 Plains
4 Seachrome Coast
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Etched Champion
4 Glint Hawk
4 Memnite
4 Signal Pest
1 Spellskite
4 Vault Skirge
[/Creatures][Spells]
4 Dispatch
4 Glint Hawk Idol
4 Mox Opal
4 Origin Spellbomb
4 Tempered Steel
[/Spells][Sideboard]
2 Dismember
2 Gut Shot
2 Hero of Bladehold
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Plains
4 Shrine of Loyal Legions
3 Spellskite
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
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[Deck Title=Fish by Maxime Choquette (Modern)]
[Lands]
1 Hallowed Fountain
3 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Moorland Haunt
4 Mutavault
4 Seachrome Coast
3 Wanderwin Hub
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Coralhelm Commander
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Phantasmal Image
4 Silvergill Adept
1 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
[/Creatures][Spells]
4 Aether Vial
2 Cryptic Command
1 Dismember
3 Mana Leak
3 Path to Exile
[/Spells][Sideboard]
1 Mana Leak
1 Moorland Haunt
2 Negate
1 Path to Exile
3 Rule of Law
4 Spell Pierce
3 Sunlance
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
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[Deck Title=Mono Black Pox by Mauro Bongiovanni (Legacy)]
[Lands]
4 Mishra’s Factory
13 Swamp
4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Wasteland
[/Lands][Creatures]
2 Nether Spirit
[/Creatures][Spells]
3 Cursed Scroll
4 Dark Ritual
4 Hymn To Tourach
3 Innocent Blood
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Liliana of the Veil
1 Nether Void
1 Pox
4 Sinkhole
4 Smallpox
1 Spinning Darkness
[/Spells][Sideboard]
2 Extirpate
4 Engineered Plague
2 Leyline of the Void
2 Perish
2 Pithing Needle
2 Spinning Darkness
1 The Abyss
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
Team Grin And Bear It – 2nd Place
[Deck Title=U/W Runechanter by Lucas Siow (Standard)]
[Lands]
4 Glacial Fortress
9 Island
3 Moorland Haunt
1 Plains
4 Seachrome Coast
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Delver of Secrets
3 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Invisible Stalker
4 Snapcaster Mage
[/Creatures][Spells]
1 Dismember
1 Disperse
1 Dissipate
3 Gitaxian Probe
3 Gut Shot
4 Mana Leak
3 Midnight Haunting
4 Ponder
1 Psychic Barrier
2 Runechanter’s Pike
3 Vapor Snag
[/Spells][Sideboard]
1 Act of Aggression
2 Celestial Purge
1 Dismember
1 Dissipate
2 Mental Misstep
1 Negate
1 Oblivion Ring
2 Phantasmal Image
1 Revoke Existence
1 Sword of War and Peace
2 Timely Reinforcements
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
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[Deck Title=Boros by Maksym Gryn (Modern)]
[Lands]
4 Arid Mesa
4 Flagstones of Trokair
4 Ghost Quarter
3 Mountain
1 Plains
3 Sacred Foundry
4 Scalding Tarn
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Goblin Guide
4 Plated Geopede
4 Steppe Lynx
[/Creatures][Spells]
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
2 Magma Jet
4 Path to Exile
4 Searing Blaze
3 Shard Volley
4 Zektar Shrine Expedition
[/Spells][Sideboard]
4 Blood Moon
1 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Refraction Trap
3 Smash to Smithereens
3 Thorn of Amethyst
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
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[Deck Title=Stoneblade by Paul Dean (Legacy)]
[Lands]
4 Flooded Strand
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Island
1 Plains
1 Riptide Laboratory
1 Tower of the Magistrate
1 Tropical Island
4 Tundra
[/Lands][Creatures]
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Vendilion Clique
[/Creatures][Spells]
1 Batterskull
4 Brainstorm
1 Counterspell
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Force of Will
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
[/Spells][Sideboard]
2 Crucible
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant
2 Krosan Grip
2 Meddling Mage
4 Path to Exile
1 Pithing Needle
1 Purify the Grave
2 Wrath of God
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
Team 2 Pro, 1 Con – 3rd/4th Place
[Deck Title=U/W Illusions by Kar Yung Tom (Standard)]
[Lands]
4 Glacial Fortress
10 Island
3 Moorland Haunt
4 Seachrome Coast
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Delver of Secrets
2 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Merfolk Looter
4 Phantasmal Bear
4 Snapcaster Mage
[/Creatures][Spells]
1 Dissipate
3 Gitaxian Probe
4 Gut Shot
4 Mana Leak
2 Midnight Haunting
4 Ponder
2 Sword of War and Peace
3 Vapor Snag
[/Spells][Sideboard]
2 Celestial Purge
3 Dissipate
1 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Mentor of the Meek
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Phantasmal Image
3 Timely Reinforcements
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
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[Deck Title=Tron by Alexander Hayne (Modern)]
[Lands]
1 Academy Ruins
1 Celestial Colonade
4 Hallowed Fountain
1 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
2 Tolaria West
4 Urza’s Mine
4 Urza’s Power Plant
4 Urza’s Tower
[/Lands][Creatures]
1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sundering Titan
1 Wurmcoil Engine
[/Creatures][Spells]
4 Azorius Signet
1 Condescend
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Day of Judgment
2 Expedition Map
3 Gifts Ungiven
1 Izzet Signet
2 Mindslaver
4 Path to Exile
4 Remand
2 Repeal
1 Spell Burst
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Wrath of God
[/Spells][Sideboard]
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Eye of Ugin
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Rule of Law
1 Tectonic Edge
4 Timely Reinforcements
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
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[Deck Title=Stoneblade by Pascal Maynard (Legacy]
[Lands]
4 Flooded Strand
4 Island
2 Mutavault
1 Plains
2 Polluted Delta
2 Riptide Laboratory
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
2 Wasteland
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Spellstutter Sprite
4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Vendilion Clique
[/Creatures][Spells]
1 Batterskull
4 Brainstorm
2 Counterspell
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant
4 Force of Will
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Spell Snare
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
4 Swords to Plowshares
[/Spells][Sideboard]
1 Batterskull
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Oblivion Ring
3 Path to Exile
4 Surgical Extraction
4 Thoughtseize
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
Team Last Year’s Tech – 3rd/4th Place
[Deck Title=U/W Humans by Jonathan Smithers (Standard)]
[Lands]
4 Glacial Fortress
1 Island
4 Moorland Haunt
11 Plains
4 Seachrome Coast
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Champion of the Parish
4 Doomed Traveller
2 Fiend Hunter
2 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Gideon’s Lawkeeper
4 Grand Abolisher
3 Hero of Bladehold
4 Mirran Crusader
[/Creatures][Spells]
2 Angelic Destiny
4 Honor of the Pure
3 Mana Leak
2 Oblivion Ring
[/Spells][Sideboard]
2 Dismember
1 Fiend Hunter
3 Flashfreeze
2 Gideon Jura
1 Mortar[pd
1 Oblivion Ring
2 Sword of War and Pace
3 Timely Reinforcements
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
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[Deck Title=Dredge by Felix Tse (Modern)]
[Lands]
2 Breeding Pool
1 Dakmor Salvage
1 Forest
1 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Murmuring Bosk
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Stomping Ground
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Watery Grave
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Bloodghast
4 Golgari Thug
4 Hedron Crab
4 Stinkweed Imp
3 Vengeful Pharoah
4 Vengevine
[/Creatures][Spells]
4 Glimpse the Unthinkable
1 Gnaw to the Bone
4 Ideas Unbound
3 Life from the Loam
1 Worm Harvest
4 Zombie Infestation
[/Spells][Sideboard]
1 Ancestor’s Chosen
3 Ancient Grudge
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Gnaw to the Bone
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
4 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Terastodon
3 Unburial Rite
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
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[Deck Title=StoneBlade by Ben Moir (Legacy)]
4 Flooded Strand
4 Island
1 Karakas
1 Mishra’s Factory
1 Moorland Haunt
1 Plains
1 Riptide Laboratory
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Tundra
3 Wasteland
[/Lands][Creatures]
2 Phantasmal Image
4 Snapcaster Mage
4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Vendilion Clique
[/Creatures][Spells]
1 Batterskull
4 Brainstorm
3 Counterspell
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant
3 Force of Will
3 Jace, the Mindsculptor
4 Spell Snare
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
4 Swords to Plowshares
[/Spells][Sideboard]
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant
2 Geist of Saint Traft
3 Path to Exile
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Spell Pierce
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
2 Wrath of God
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
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Metagame Breakdown
Standard
8 U/W Illusions
6 U/W Humans
6 R/G Wolf Run
5 Solar Flare
4 Pristine Control
3 Tempered Steel
3 Mono Red
2 Mono Black Infect
2 U/B Control
1 U/W Runechanter
1 Grixis Control
1 Mono Green Ramp
1 Runchanter Infect
1 WUR Control
1 B/G Infect
1 BUG Control
Modern
7 Jund
5 Tribal Zoo
4 WUR Control
3 Tron
3 Boros
2 Melira Pod
2 Pyromancer ascension
2 U/W Control
2 Affinity
2 Martyr’s Proclamation
1 BUG Control
1 Elves
1 W/G Ramp
1 B/G Deathcloud
1 Bant Aggro
1 B/G Control
1 Ezarch Twin
1 Junk (W/B/G)
1 Faeries
1 Tempered Steel
1 Merfolk
1 Ad Nauseaum/Angel’s Grace
1 U/B Control
1 Dredge
Legacy
14 StoneBlade
6 Maverick
4 U/R Delver
3 RUG Delver
2 ANT
2 BUG Control
2 Dredge
2 Mono Red Burn
1 Stiflenought
1 Poison Stompy
1 Mono Black Pox
1 Junk
1 Hulk Rebirth
1 Sneak Show
1 Countertop
1 Elves
1 Dragon Stompy
1 TES
1 Reanimator
Extra Pictures
The Judges
Face To Face Games At CMT Montreal
Carta Magica At CMT Montreal
Olivia, The Only Hard Worker
Bonus Deck Lists
I scoured every deck that was at the tournament and came up with two from each format that are different and interesting but did not make it into the Top 4 but may give you ideas for you next deck to brew.
[Deck Title=BUG Control by Alexandre Savoie (Standard)]
[Lands]
4 Drowned Catacombs
5 Forest
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Hinterland Harbor
5 Island
1 Shimmering Grotto
4 Swamp
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Consecrated Sphinx
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Thrun, the Last Troll
[/Creatures][Spells]
1 Doom Blade
4 Forbidden Alchemy
3 Garruk Relentless
1 Go For The Throat
1 Karn Liberated
3 Liliana of the Veil
4 Mana Leak
2 Negate
2 Sever the Bloodline
1 Sorin Markov
2 Think Twice
1 Time Reversal
1 Tribute to Hunger
[/Spells][Sideboard]
2 Black Sun’s Zenith
2 Mental Misstep
2 Naturalize
2 Negate
1 Sever the Bloodline
2 Sorin’s Vengeance
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Time Reversal
1 Tribute to Hunger
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
[Deck Title=Grixis Control by Francois Xavier Morin (Standard)]
[Lands]
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Darkslick Shores
3 Drowned Catacombs
2 Dragonskull Summit
6 Island
1 Mountain
1 Stensia Bloodhall
4 Sulfur Falls
4 Swamp
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Snapcaster Mage
[/Creatures][Spells]
2 Batterskull
2 Black Sun’s Zenith
2 Chandra, the Firebrand
1 Disperse
3 Dissipate
2 Doom Blade
3 Forbidden Alchemy
2 Galvanic Blast
1 Go For The Throat
2 Gut Shot
1 Life’s Finale
4 Mana Leak
2 Sorin’s Vengeance
3 Think Twice
[/Spells][Sideboard]
2 Arc Trail
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Disperse
1 Dissipate
2 Ghost Quarter
1 Negate
2 Olivia Voldaren
3 Phantasmal Image
2 Surgical Extraction
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
[Deck Title=WUR Control by Guillaume Touchette (Modern)]
[Lands]
3 Arid Mesa
2 Cascade Bluffs
2 Celestial Colonade
4 Hallowed Fountain
3 Island
1 Mountain
2 Mystic Gate
2 Plains
1 Sacred Foundry
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Steam Vents
1 Tectonic Edge
[/Lands][Creatures]
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
[/Creatures][Spells]
3 Ajani Vengeant
1 Chandra, the Firebrand
3 Cryptic Command
2 Elspeth, Knight Errant
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Jace Beleren
3 Lightning Bolt
3 Lightning Helix
3 Path to Exile
2 Spell Pierce
3 Spell Snare
3 Wrath of God
[/Spells][Sideboard]
2 Meddling Mage
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Pulse of the Fields
3 spellskite
3 Surgical Extraction
3 Torpor Orb
1 Vendilion Clique
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
[Deck Title=Melira Pod by Francisco Leon Valencia (Modern)]
[Lands]
1 Dryad Arbor
3 Forest
1 Godless Shrine
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Razorverge Thicket
2 Swamp
2 Temple Garden
1 Twilight Mire
4 Verdant Catacombs
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Bloodthrone Vampire
1 Eternal Witness
4 Kitchen Finks
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
3 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Ranger of Eos
1 Reveillark
1 Shriekmaw
1 Sun Titan
1 Tidehollow Sculler
2 Viscera Seer
4 Wall of Roots
[/Creatures][Spells]
4 Birthing Pod
3 Chord of Calling
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Thoughtseize
[/Spells][Sideboard]
1 Acidic Slime
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Entomber Exarch
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Fulminator Mage
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Nekratall
1 Obstinate Baloth
1 Orzhov Pontiff
3 Path to Exile
1 Spellskite
1 Thoughtseize
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
[Deck Title=Mono Red Burn by Chris McGuire (Legacy)]
[Lands]
4 Arid Mesa
1 Bloodstained Mire
9 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Wooded Foothills
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Figure of Destiny
4 Goblin Guide
4 Grim Lavamancer
[/Creatures][Spells]
4 Chain Lightning
4 Fireblast
4 Flame Rift
4 Lava Spike
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Price of Progress
4 Rift Bolt
[/Spells][Sideboard]
4 Faerie Macabre
4 Searing Blaze
4 Smash to Smithereens
3 Tormod’s Crypt
[/Sideboard][/Deck]
[Deck Title=Sneak Show by Adam Robinson (Legacy)]
[Lands]
3 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
2 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Volcanic Island
[/Lands][Creatures]
4 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
3 Progenitus
[/Creatures][Spells]
4 Brainstorm
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
2 Intuition
3 Jace, the Mindsculptor
2 Lotus Petal
4 Ponder
4 Show and Tell
4 Sneak Attack
3 Spell Pierce
[/Spells][Sideboard]
3 Blood Moon
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Through the Breach
1 Vendilion Clique
[/Sideboard][/Deck]