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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 Standard to see who could Scarab God the best!

If you came here expecting anything other than a pile of Scarab Gods and some Hazorets than you’ll likely be pretty disappointed. With that said, we did have a diverse Top 8 filled with those cards.

Our Showdown Champion Andrew Abela.

Andrew Abela took down this event, defeating Massimo Gordillo in a 90 minute U/B Control in the finals. Both of these players have been tearing it up in the Showdown series as of late and have really proven themselves as serious contenders for the next Ultimate Showdown title.

The remainder of the Top 8 was filled with even more familiar faces. Ryan Sandrin, Lucas Worrell, Mik Tampold, Delan Hamasoor, Goku Balakrishnan and Jeff Swaluk are all repeat Showdown Top 8 competitors and are simply some of the most consistent players in the city.

As far as spice goes, Mik’s deck definitely takes the cake. This hybrid of midrange U/W cards and control elements does actually look pretty resilient against Scarab God decks. Jeff Swaluk also brought a little spice, forgoing the red splash in the U/B Midrange archetype for white. If you’re looking to learn more about the archetype, check out Daniel Fournier’s videos.

It’s clear what you want to be doing in this format in terms of the top-end of creatures in your deck. Hazoret and Scarab God are the pillars of Standard, but how to build around them is still unclear. I’m certainly excited to see how things develop.

With his win on Sunday Andrew moves himself up Face to Face Games Ultimate Showdown leaderboard. Next week we have a Team Trios Showdown! That’s right, team Magic! Grab a couple friends and get to testing because it’s going to be great.

Our Standard Top 8.

First Place, Andrew Abela- U/B Control

[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 the scarab god
4 torrential gearhulk
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 censor
4 disallow
4 essence scatter
4 fatal push
4 glimmer of genius
3 moment of craving
1 supreme will
4 vraskas contempt
2 search for azcanta
1 commit memory
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 drowned catacomb
4 fetid pools
4 field of ruin
7 island
1 submerged boneyard
6 swamp
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 arguels blood fast
2 bontus last reckoning
1 commit memory
2 duress
2 golden demise
1 jaces defeat
1 moment of craving
2 negate
1 nezahal, primal tide
2 lost legacy
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Second Place, Massimo Gordillo- U/B Control

[Deck]
[Creatures]
2 the scarab god
4 torrential gearhulk
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 search for azcanta
4 disallow
3 essence scatter
3 moment of craving
4 fatal push
4 vraskas contempt
1 commit // memory
2 censor
4 glimmer of genius
1 supreme will
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 drowned catacomb
4 fetid pools
4 field of ruin
6 island
4 swamp
1 submerged boneyard
1 aether hub
1 ifnir deadlands
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 crook of condemnation
1 nezahal primal tide
2 gifted aetherborn
1 arguels blood fast
1 negate
2 jaces defeat
2 duress
1 golden demise
2 bontus last reckoning
2 battle at the bridge
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Third Place, Lucas Worrell- Grixis Midrange

[Deck]
[Creatures]
3 glorybringer
4 whirler virtuoso
4 glint sleeve sipohoner
2 the scarab god
1 ravenous chupacabra
1 torrential gearhulk
1 rekindling phoenix
1 dire fleet daredevil
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 harnessed lightning
1 fatal push
3 magma spray
1 abrade
2 supreme will
2 essence scatter
2 vraskas contempt
1 search for azcanta
1 glimmer of genius
1 chandra, torch of defiance
[/Spells]
[Lands]
2 swamp
3 mountain
1 island
4 spirebluff canal
3 dragonskull summit
1 drowned catacomb
3 canyon slough
4 fetid pools
4 aether hub
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 duress
1 torrential gearhulk
2 negate
2 search for azcanta
1 supreme will
1 abrade
2 hour of devastation
1 nicol bolas, god pharaoh
1 vizier of many faces
2 sweltering sun
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Fourth Place, Delan Hamasoor- Hazoret Red

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 bomat courier
4 fanatical firebrand
4 earthshaker kenra
3 kari zev skyship raider
4 ahn- crop crasher
1 pia nalaar
4 hazoret the fervent
2 rekindling phoenix
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 shock
2 abrade
4 lightning strike
1 chandra, torch of defiance
[/Spells]
[Lands]
17 mountain
2 scavenger grounds
4 sunscorched desert
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 mountain
3 glorybringer
1 pia nalaar
2 abrade
2 dire fleet daredevil
1 rekindling phoenix
3 athersphere harvester
2 chandra, torch of defiance
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Fifth Place, Ryan Sandrin- Sultai Counters

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 servant of the conduit
4 winding constrictor
4 glintsleeve siphoner
4 walking ballista
4 bristling hydra
4 jadelight ranger
2 verderous gearhulk
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 hadanas climb
3 blossoming defense
2 fatal push
2 vraskas contempt
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 blooming marsh
4 botanical sanctum
3 fetid pools
2 foul orchard
4 aether hub
1 ifnir deadlands
2 hashep oasis
3 forest
1 swamp
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 duress
3 negate
2 cartouche of ambition
3 thrashing brontodon
2 fatal push
2 vraskas contempt
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Sixth Place, Mik Tampold- U/W Midrange

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 sacred cat
4 champion of wits
2 inspiring cleric
2 the scarab god
2 walking ballista
2 regal caracal
1 hostage taker
1 temmet, vizier of naktamun
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
1 settle the wrecake
1 supreme will
1 search for azcanta
2 fumigate
2 aethersphere harvester
3 baffling end
3 ixalans binding
2 chart a course
2 essence scatter
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 glacial fortress
3 concealed courtyard
2 drowned catacomb
2 fetid pools
4 irrigated farmland
7 plains
3 island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 field of ruin
2 angel of sanctions
2 vizier of many faces
2 vizier of the anointed
2 profane procession
1 jaces defeat
1 hostage taker
1 glyph keeper
3 negate
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Seventh Place, Jeff Swaluk- Esper Midrange

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 walking ballista
4 gifted aetherborn
4 glint sleeve siphoner
4 champion of wits
1 gonti, lord of luxury
3 the scarab god
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 vraskas contempt
2 ixalans binding
2 profane procession
3 doomfall
4 fatal push
[/Spells]
[Lands]
4 aether hub
4 concealed courtyard
4 drowned catacomb
3 fetid pools
2 evolving wilds
2 field of ruin
4 swamp
1 plains
1 island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 gonti, lord of luxury
3 negate
2 liliana, deaths majestty
2 golden demise
1 moment of craving
2 arguels blood fast
3 duress
1 grind // dust
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Eighth Place, Goku Balakrishnan- Hazoret Red

[Deck]
[Creatures]
4 fanatical firebrand
3 kari zev skyship raider
4 earthshaker khenra
4 bomat courier
3 hazoret the fervant
1 rekindling phoenix
4 ahn-crop crasher
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 chandra, torch of defiance
4 lightning strike
4 shock
4 abrade
[/Spells]
[Lands]
17 mountain
4 sunscorched desert
2 scavenger grounds
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 magma spray
1 by force
2 harsh mentor
2 rekindling phoenix
2 glorybringer
1 aethersphere harvester
2 chandras defeat
2 soul-scar mage
2 invigorated rampage
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

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