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Showdown Recap: Standard

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 our Standard Store Championship, to see who could cast Attune with Aether better than the rest.

We’re off and have started a whole new Ultimate Showdown race, and a familiar face got his run off to a good start yesterday. The Sunday Showdown warrior himself — Chris Ha.

Chris Ha after his win on Sunday.

Ha, who played a straight Temur Energy deck, took down a field filled with Temur Energy variants which made up seven of the Top 8 deck. Perennial Chris Ha slayer Liam Kane was the one outstanding Ramunap Red deck in the Top 8, but he didn’t have what it took to beat Chris this time.

What’s most interesting is that of the entire Top 8 of almost entirely energy decks, Ha’s was the only straight Temur build as the rest opted for a power boost to play The Scarab God. This time the sleeker build had what it took to take down the mighty legendary creature.

Standard seems to be about as solved as a format can get, and if this event is any indication you best be sleeving up Attune with Aether if you’ve got an event coming up. Notably, there were multiple copies of Vizier of Many faces in maindecks throughout the Top 8 as players picked up some of Yuya Watanabe’s World Magic Cup tech, that’s something you should be trying to win these energy mirrors.

Your Standard Top 8.

With his win on Sunday Chris moves himself up Face to Face Games Ultimate Showdown leaderboard. Tomorrow I’ll have another recap from our special New Year’s Day Modern Showdown and next weekend we’ll be hosting a Legacy Showdown on Sunday in addition to our Magic Open House on Saturday. The week after is Rivals of Ixalan Pre-Release. Needless to say there’s a lot of Showdown points to be had over the next little while, so come on down to Face to Face Games Toronto and battle!

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First Place, Chris Ha- Temur Energy 
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Servant of the Conduit
4 Whirler Virtuoso
4 Rogue Refiner
4 Bristling Hydra
3 Glorybringer
2 Vizier of Many Faces
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Essence Scatter
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Attune with Aether
4 Harnessed Lightning
2 Abrade
1 Magma Spray
2 Confiscation Coup
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Botanical Sanctum
2 Spirebluff Canal
3 Rootbound Crag
3 Forest
3 Mountain
2 Island
4 Aether Hub
1 Sheltered Thicket
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Torrential Gearhulk
2 Chandras Defeat
4 Nagate
1 Rivers Rebuke
1 Abrade
1 Magma Spray
1 Supreme Will
1 Essence Scatter
2 Appetite for the Unnatural
1 Commit // Memory
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Second Place, Gokulan Balakrishnan- Sultai Energy 
[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 Hostage Taker
4 Rogue Refiner
4 Winding Constrictor
2 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
2 Walking Ballista
4 Longtusk Cub
4 Glint-sleeve Siphoner
2 The Scarab God
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Attune with Aether
2 Die Young
1 Vraska, Relic seeker
2 Blossoming Defence
4 Fatal Push
2 Vraskas Contempt
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Botanical Sanctum
2 Drowned Catacomb
4 Aether Hub
2 Swamp
4 Forest
1 Island
4 Blooming Marsh
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Deatgorge Scavenger
2 Aethersphere Harvester
3 Duress
1 Appetite for the unnatural
3 Negate
2 Nissa, Steward of Elements
1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Third Place, Asha Mills-Emmett- 4C Energy 
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Servant of Conduit
4 Whirler Virtuoso
4 Rogue Refiner
4 Longtusk Cub
3 Glorybringer
1 The scarab God
4 Bristling Hydra
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Harnessed Lightning
4 Attune with Aether
2 Abrade
2 Magma Spray
1 Confiscation Coup
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Aether Hub
4 Botanical Sanctum
3 Sheltered Thicket
4 Forest
2 Mountain
1 Island
1 Swamp
2 Spirebluff Canal
1 Rootbound Crag
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Negate
2 Deathgorge Scavenger
2 Nissa, Steward of Elements
2 Fiery Cannonade
2 Appetite for the Unnatural
1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
1 Chandras Defeat
1 Vizier of Many Faces
1 Rivers Rebuke
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Fourth Place, Braydon Beacock- 4C Energy 
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Longtusk Cub
4 Servant of the Conduit
4 Rogue Refiner
4 Whirler Virtuoso
2 Bristling Hydra
1 Vizier of Many faces
2 The Scarab God
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Attune with Aether
2 Abrade
4 Harnessed Lightning
2 Chandra, Torch of Definer
2 Confiscation Coup
2 Vraska, Relic Seeker
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Aether Hub
4 Botanical Sanctum
3 Forest
1 Island
1 Mountain
3 Rootbound crag
2 Sheltered Thicket
4 Spirebluff Canal
1 Swamp
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Vizier of Many Faces
2 Chandras Defeat
1 Magma Spray
1 Abrade
3 Negate
1 Nissa, Steward of Elements
1 Search for Azcanta
1 Treasure Map
1 Appetite for the Unnatural
1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Fifth Place, Garnet Lollar- 4C Energy 
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Servant of the Conduit
3 Longtusk Cub
4 Whirler Virtuoso
4 Rogue Refiner
3 Bristling Hydra
1 Hazoret the Fervent
3 Glorybringer
2 The Scarab God
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Attune with Aether
4 Harnessed Lightning
3 Abrade
1 Cartouche of Ambition
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Nissa, Steward of Elements
[/Spells]
[Lands]
3 Forest
1 Island
2 Mountain
1 Swamp
4 Aether Hub
2 Rootbound Crag
3 Botanical Sanctum
3 Spirebluff Canal
1 Blooming Marsh
1 Sheltered Thicket
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Deathgorge Scrounger
2 Magma Spray
3 Negate
1 Spell Pierce
1 Slice in Twain
2 Confiscation Coup
1 Cartouche of Ambition
2 Chandras Defeat
1 Hour of Glory
1 Nissa, Steward of Elements
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Sixth Place, Jeff Swaluk- 4C Energy 
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Rogue Refiner
4 Servant of the Conduit
4 Whirler Virtuoso
4 Longtusk Cub
2 Vizier of Many Faces
2 Bristling Hydra
2 The Scarab God
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Attune with Aether
4 Harnessed Lightning
2 Abrade
1 Magma Spray
1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
2 Confiscation Coup
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 Aether Hub
4 Botanical Sanctum
3 Forest
1 Island
2 Mountain
3 Rootbound Crag
3 Spirebluff Canal
1 Swamp
1 Sheltered Thicket
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Negate
1 Supreme Will
2 Vizier of Many Faces
1 Abrade
1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
2 Chandras Defeat
2 River’s Rebuke
1 Nissa, Steward of Elements
2 Search for Azcanta
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Seventh Place, Liam Kane- Ramunap Red 
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Bomat Courier
4 Soul-scar Mage
4 Earthshaker Kenra
3 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
4 Rampaging Ferocidon
1 Ahn-Crop Crasher
4 Hazoret the Fervent
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Shock
4 Lightning Strike
3 Abrade
[/Spells]
[Lands]
15 Mountain
4 Ramunap Ruins
4 Sunscorched Desert
1 Scavenger Grounds
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Abrade
3 Aethersphere Harvester
2 Chandras Defeat
1 Chandra, Torch of Definace
2 Glorybringer
3 Harsh Mentor
2 Pia Nalaar
1 Scavenge Grounds
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Eighth Place, Lucas Worrell- 4C Energy 
[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 Servant of Conduit
4 Whirler Virtuoso
2 The Scarab God
2 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
4 Rogue Refiner
4 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
3 Hostage Taker
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Attune with Aether
2 Vriskas Contempt
3 Fatal Push
4 Harnessed Lightning
1 Abrade
1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
[/Spells]
[Lands]
1 Island
2 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Swamp
3 Botanical Sactum
4 Blooming Marsh
4 Aether Hub
2 Dragonskull Summit
2 Fetid Pools
1 Canyon Slough
1 Sheltered Thicket
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Duress
3 Deathgorge Scavenger
1 Slice in Twain
1 Carnage Tyrant
3 Negate
1 Appetite for the unnatural
1 Nissa, Vital Force
1 Aethersphere Harvester
1 Nicol bolas, God Pharaoh
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

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