Last weekend, Patriot Games in Sheffield held their yearly Invitational tournament. This event was a true test of a players skill at magic, as they not only had to master one format, but four. On the Saturday thirty-six specially invited players, gathered to play a Sealed tournament in the morning, before moving onto Standard in the afternoon. The top sixteen players would move onto day two, where Modern and Draft would await them. Luck for us, we had all received invitations to this event. Chris Vincent, Abi, Bez and myself, all headed down to the store with lofty aims of victory. Unfortunately, Bez and yours truly didn’t make it to day two. But don’t worry, both Abi and Chris qualified for the second day, and Chris even went on to win the whole event.
The weekend was a blast, and we got to see how Amonkhet had impacted on Standard and Modern. So today, we will have a look at the top 8 best overall preforming players decks from the Standard portion of the event, including Chris impressive winning deck. And don’t worry you Modern aficionados, we will be posting up the top 8 for that portion of the event as soon as I can write it up.
Chris Vincent: Mardu Vehicles
Creatures
2 Walking Ballista
4 Toolcraft Exemplar
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
2 Archangel Avacyn
Spells
4 Fatal Push
4 Heart of Kiran
4 Unlicensed Disintegration
4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
1 Cut//Ribbons
Lands
4 Inspiring Vantage
4 Concealed Courtyard
4 Spire of Industry
2 Shambling Vent
2 Canyon Slough
2 Aether Hub
4 Plains
2 Swamp
1 Mountain
Sideboard
2 Sorin, Grim Nemesis
2 Nahiri, the Harbinger
2 Release the Gremlins
1 Anguished Unmaking
1 Magma Spray
1 Fumigate
2 Oath of Liliana
2 Transgress the Mind
1 Cut//Ribbons
1 Painful Truths
Richard Fuller: U/R Control
Creatures
4 Torrential Gearhulk
Spells
2 Essence Scatter
4 Censor
4 Disallow
1 Negate
4 Magma Spray
4 Harnessed Lightning
1 Nahiri’s Wrath
2 Sweltering Suns
2 Commit//Memory
4 Glimmer of Genius
1 Hieroglyphic Illumination
1 Pull from Tomorrow
Lands
1 Highland Lake
4 Wandering Fumarole
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Aether Hub
4 Mountain
9 Island
Sideboard
2 Glorybringer
4 Fevered Visions
2 Release the Gremlins
1 Sweltering Suns
1 Sphinx of the Final Word
2 Negate
2 Dispel
1 Chandra’s Pyrohelix
Andy Callander: Mardu Vehicles
Creatures
2 Walking Ballista
4 Toolcraft Exemplar
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
2 Archangel Avacyn
Spells
4 Fatal Push
4 Heart of Kiran
4 Unlicensed Disintegration
4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
1 Cut//Ribbons
Lands
4 Inspiring Vantage
4 Concealed Courtyard
4 Spire of Industry
2 Shambling Vent
2 Canyon Slough
1 Smoldering Marsh
2 Aether Hub
4 Plains
1 Swamp
1 Mountain
Sideboard
1 Sorin, Grim Nemesis
2 Nahiri, the Harbinger
3 Release the Gremlins
1 Anguished Unmaking
2 Shock
2 Cast Out
1 Oath of Liliana
2 Stasis Snare
1 Painful Truths
Hugo Martins: B/G Toolbox
Creatures
4 Walking Ballista
4 Winding Constrictor
3 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
3 Verdurous Gearhulk
4 Gifted Aetherborn
2 Duskwatch Recruiter
1 Manglehorn
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
Spells
4 Fatal Push
3 Grasp of Darkness
1 Never//Return
1 Liliana, the Last Hope
3 Traverse the Ulvenwald
2 Blossoming Defense
Lands
9 Swamp
6 Forest
2 Hissing Quagmire
4 Blooming Marsh
3 Evolving Wilds
Sideboard
1 Dispossess
1 Transgress the Mind
1 Lay Bare the Heart
1 Demon of Dark Schemes
1 Lost Legacy
1 Never//Return
1 Yahenni’s Expertise
2 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
1 Dissenter’s Deliverance
1 Appetite for the Unnatural
1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
1 Grasp of Darkness
1 Scarab Feast
1 Heroic Intervention
Tom Hayward: B/W Control
Creatures
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
Spells
4 Fatal Push
4 Grasp of Darkness
2 Never//Return
3 Anguished Unmaking
2 Immolating Glare
1 Murder
4 Cast Out
1 Fumigate
2 Forsake the Worldly
1 Stasis Snare
4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
2 Ob Nixilis Reignited
2 Sorin, Grim Nemesis
Lands
8 Swamp
4 Plains
4 Forsaken Sanctuary
4 Shambling Vent
4 Concealed Courtyard
1 Blighted Fen
1 Westvale Abbey
Sideboard
2 Transgress the Mind
3 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
2 Scarab Feast
4 Gifted Aetherborn
1 Linvala, the Preserver
2 Flaying Tendrils
1 Fumigate
Alex Roebuck: U/R Control
Creatures
4 Torrential Gearhulk
1 Kefnet the Mindful
Spells
2 Essence Scatter
4 Censor
4 Disallow
3 Negate
4 Magma Spray
4 Harnessed Lightning
2 Sweltering Suns
4 Glimmer of Genius
2 Pull from Tomorrow
Lands
1 Highland Lake
4 Wandering Fumarole
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Aether Hub
3 Mountain
10 Island
Sideboard
2 Dragonmaster Outcast
2 Essence Scatter
2 Sphinx of the Final Word
1 Negate
3 Dispel
3 Weaver of Lightning
1 Kefnet the Mindful
1 Brutal Expulsion
Stephen McIntosh: G/B Constrictor
Creatures
4 Walking Ballista
4 Winding Constrictor
3 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
3 Verdurous Gearhulk
4 Gifted Aetherborn
3 Tireless Tracker
1 Rhonas the Indomitable
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
Spells
4 Fatal Push
4 Grasp of Darkness
2 Blossoming Defense
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
Lands
9 Swamp
6 Forest
4 Hissing Quagmire
4 Blooming Marsh
2 Evolving Wilds
Sideboard
2 Liliana, Death’s Majesty
2 Scrapheap Scrounger
2 Scarab Feast
2 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
2 Lifecrafter’s Bestiary
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
2 Never//Return
1 Heroic Intervention
1 Appetite for the Unnatural
David Bradburn: B/W Zombies
Creatures
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
2 Bontu the Glorified
4 Lord of the Accursed
4 Diregraf Colossus
4 Wayward Servant
4 Dread Wanderer
4 Relentless Dead
3 Cryptbreaker
Spells
4 Fatal Push
1 Never//Return
3 Dark Salvation
3 Liliana, the Last Hope
Lands
10 Swamp
2 Plains
4 Shambling Vent
3 Concealed Courtyard
3 Evolving Wilds
Sideboard
4 Altar’s Reap
2 Lay Bare the Heart
4 Grasp of Darkness
2 Binding Mummy
2 Never//Return
1 Murder
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