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Showdown Recap: Pauper

Welcome to another weekly Showdown Recap, where we take a look at what happened at Face to Face Games Toronto’s weekly Sunday Showdown, a series of 1k events feeding into the Ultimate Showdown 5k Invitational. This week players battled in Pauper for the first time ever on the Showdown Series.

So, we hosted a Pauper Showdown for the first time ever, but that didn’t change the youthful smile at the top of the leader board we’ve become used to.

Liam Kane won our Pauper Showdown on Sunday.

That’s right, Liam Kane won yet another Sunday Showdown this past weekend. This time he did with Pauper Affinity. The kid is truly over-powered in all formats.

Other than Liam’s Affinity deck, there were also some other cool decks that showed up for our first ever Pauper Showdown. There were a total of three Delver decks, a 5C Tron deck, a Kuldotha Boros deck and two sweet black-based brews.

Pauper is a sweet format because despite it being under-powered by nature, you still get to play with some of the best and most fun cards in the Magic’s history. I find the idea of a fully Common format featuring Brainstorm and Lightning Bolt to just be really sweet.

Boston Schatteman and Chris Ha were two more familiar faces that ended up in our Top 8. Chris is of course one of our best performing Showdown players ever and Boston loves any format where Brainstorm is legal.

Nathan Starke also made his return to Magic after what seems like a ten year hiatus. My hunch is that he’s looking to become the world’s first Pauper specialist.

Our Pauper Top 8.

Lastly, I’d like to point out Delan Hamasoor, who has really come on strong in Toronto Magic recently. The guy can’t seem to miss a Top 8!

With his win on Sunday Liam furthers his climb up the Face to Face Games Ultimate Showdown leader board. Next week we’re hosting a Standard Showdown on Sunday! Make sure to bring your Scarab Gods!

First Place, Liam Kane- Affinity

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Atog
4 Carapace Forger
4 Frogmite
2 Gearseeker Serpent
4 Myr Enforcer
3 Flayer Husk
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Chromatic Star
3 Springleaf Drum
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Prophetic Prism
1 Temur Battle Rage
2 Metallic Rebuke
4 Thoughtcast
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Great Furnace
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Tree of Tales
1 Vault of Whispers
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Dispel
2 Electrickery
2 Feed the Clan
2 Hydroblast
1 Krark-Clan Shaman
3 Pyroblast
1 Temur Battle Rage
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Second Place, Boston Schatteman- Skred Delver

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Faerie Miscreant
4 Spellstutter Sprite
3 Augur of Bolas
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
2 Brainstorm
2 Gush
4 Counterspell
4 Skred
3 Lightning Bolt
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Ash Barrens
4 Evolving WIlds
9 Snow-Covered Island
2 Snow-Covered Mountain
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Swirling Sandstorm
2 Stormbound Geist
3 Pyroblast
3 Hydroblast
2 Gorilla Shaman
2 Electrickery
1 Aura Flux
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Third Place, Chris Ha- Skred Delver

[Deck]
[Creatures]
3 Augur of Bolas
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Faerie Miscreant
4 Spellstutter Sprite
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Counterspell
2 Gush
4 Skred
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
3 Lightning bolt
2 Brainstorm
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Ash Barrens
1 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Evolving Wilds
9 Snow-Covered Islands
2 Snow-Covered Mountain
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Aura Flux
2 Gorilla Shaman
2 Swirling Sandstorm
2 Stormbound Geist
3 Pyroblast
2 Electrickery
3 Hydroblast
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Fourth Place, Delan Hamasoor- U/R Kiln Fiend

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Kiln Fiend
4 Nivix Cyclops
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Gitaxian Probe
2 Flame Slash
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Mutagenic Growth
1 Shadow Rift
1 Dispel
3 Apostles Blessing
3 Temur Battle Rage
1 Impulse
3 Gush
[/Spells]
[Lands]
8 Island
5 Mountain
2 Swiftwater Cliffs
2 Evolving Wilds
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Dispel
1 Flaring Pain
2 Smash to Smithereens
2 Electrickery
2 Pyroblast
1 Aura Flux
1 Gut Shot
2 Hydroblast
2 Eldrazi Skyspawner
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Fifth Place, Nathan Starke- Boros

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Glint Hawk
2 Battle Screech
4 Kor Skyfisher
3 Palace Sentinels
4 Thraben Inspector
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 Prismatic Strands
4 Prophetic Prism
3 Alchemists Vial
1 Electrickery
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Journey to Nowhere
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Ancient Den
4 Boros Garrison
2 Plains
2 Mountain
2 Secluded Steppe
4 Wind-Scarred Crag
4 Great Furnace
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Electrickery
2 Gorilla Shaman
2 Kor Sanctifiers
2 Lone Missionary
4 Pyroblast
1 Reaping the Graves
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Standard Bearer
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Sixth Place, Michael Chan- Mono-Black Control

[Deck]
[Creatures]
3 Cuombajj Witches
4 Phyrexian Rager
4 Chittering Rats
2 Lilianas Specter
4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
2 Thorn of the Black Rose
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Dead Weight
4 Chainers Edict
2 Geths Verdict
2 Oubliette
2 Tendrils of Corruption
2 Shrivel
4 Sign in Blood
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Barren Moor
2 Bojuka Bog
18 Swamps
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Duress
1 Geths Verdict
2 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Undying Evil
1 Supernatural Stamina
2 Snuff Out
2 Pestilence
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Distress
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Seventh Place, Oliver Metz-Strauss- B/G Aristocrats

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Blisterpod
4 Young Wolf
4 Nest Invader
4 Brindle Shoat
4 Mortician Beetle
4 Bloodthrone Vampire
4 Carrion Feeder
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Tragic Slip
4 Unearth
2 Hunger of the Howlpack
4 Rancor
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 Khalni Garden
7 Swamp
5 Forest
4 Jungle Hollow
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Caustic Caterpillar
3 Mesmeric Fiend
3 Echoing Decay
3 Life Goes On
3 Contaminated Ground
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Eighth Place, Benson Lau- 5C Tron

[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 Mnemonic Wall
4 Mulldrifter
3 Sea Gate Oracle
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Capsize
3 Condescend
1 Crop Rotation
1 Doom Blade
1 Electrickery
1 Essence Scatter
2 Flame Slash
1 Forbidden Alchemy
2 Ghostly Flicker
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Moments Peace
2 Mystical Teachings
1 Prohibit
1 Pulse of Murasa
1 Rolling Thunder
3 Expedition Map
4 Prophetic Prism
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Bojuka Bog
2 Island
1 Mountain
2 Painted Bluffs
1 Remote Isle
3 Swiftwater Cliffs
1 Thornwood Falls
4 Urzas Mine
4 Urzas Power Plant
4 Urzas Tower
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Dispel
2 Gut Shot
3 Hydroblast
2 Moments Peace
3 Pyroblast
1 Stonehorn Dignitary
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

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