Standard

The Rundown: Week 27

The Rundown is a new weekly feature that shows the results of local tournaments in Montreal and interesting decks around the world that we find for you guys to try out at your next FNM. No elaborate discussion, just list after list after list.

No Stoneforge Mystic? No problem. No Jace, the Mind Sculptor? No problem. Pascal Maynard, who has been on a sick run over the last year, won Canadian Montreal with his list of Shifted Caw. UW players rejoice!

[deck title=Shifted Caw by Pascal Maynard (1st)]
[Lands]
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Island
3 Plains
2 Arid Mesa
1 Scalding Tarn
[/Lands]
[Creatures]
3 Emeria Angel
4 Squadron Hawk
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Mana Leak
4 Preordain
3 Spell Pierce
2 Jace Beleren
2 Dismember
2 Gravitational Shift
2 Journey to Nowhere
2 Sword of Feast and Famine
2 Gideon Jura
2 Into the Roil
1 Deprive
1 Gitaxian Probe
[/Spells]
[Sideboard]
4 Flashfreeze
2 Mental Misstep
2 Spellskite
3 Day of Judgment
2 Celestial Purge
1 Divine Offering
1 Dismember
[/Sideboard]
[/deck]

According to everyone’s favorite grinder, Phil Samms, this archetype has been floating around MTGO and posting up results. It reminds me of the deck Adam Yurchick and I were playtesting a few months ago after seeing Gravitational Shift being played in Japanese tournaments. Here it is for reference:

[deck title=Shifted Caw by Adam Yurchick]
[Lands]
2 Arid Mesa
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Island
3 Plains
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge
[/Lands]
[Creatures]
3 Emeria Angel
4 Squadron Hawk
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
2 Condemn
3 Day of Judgment
2 Gideon Jura
1 Gravitational Shift
1 Jace Beleren
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Journey to Nowhere
4 Mana Leak
4 Preordain
3 Spell Pierce
1 Stoic Rebuttal
[/Spells]
[Sideboard]
2 Condemn
2 Coralhelm Commander
1 Day of Judgment
1 Deprive
1 Emeria Angel
1 Flashfreeze
1 Gravitational Shift
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Negate
3 Spreading Seas
1 Volition Reins
[/Sideboard]
[/deck]

Is this the direction UW is going to take from here on out? Let us know what you think in the comments!

Take care,

KYT

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