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It was Anders Simpson-Wolf who won the Standard SCG Open in Boston this weekend, with a top 8 that included Gerry Thompson, it was Anders who came out on top when they met in the semi-finals, Anders' U/R Twin deck took down Gerry's blade-less Caw-blade 2-1 to advance to the finals and face Alex Mitteness' Valakut where Anders again came out on top winning 2-1.
On Sunday at the Legacy Open it was SCG grinder Alex Bertoncini who won it all with his NO RUG deck defeating Kurt Spiess' U/W Stoneblade deck. The Top 16 highlighted a very weighted format with a clear dominance of only a few archetypes, RUG variants and Stoneblade variants, with a few others scattered within.
Congratulations to both winners: Anders Simpson-Wolf and Alex Bertoncini!
Standard Open
"1st. Anders Simpson-Wolf - U/R Twin"
- Creatures (4)
- 4 Deceiver Exarch
- Spells (33)
- 2 Dismember
- 4 Dispel
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
- 2 Into the Roil
- 2 Mana Leak
- 2 Mental Misstep
- 4 Ponder
- 4 Preordain
- 4 Shrine of Piercing Vision
- 4 Splinter Twin
- 1 Twisted Image
- Lands (23)
- 2 Arid Mesa
- 2 Halimar Depths
- 8 Island
- 2 Misty Rainforest
- 5 Mountain
- 4 Scalding Tarn
- Sideboard (15)
- 2 Spellskite
- 2 Azure Mage
- 3 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 2 Mutagenic Growth
- 2 Negate
- 1 Shatter
- 2 Pyroclasm
"2nd. Alexander Mitteness - Valakut"
- Creatures (16)
- 1 Avenger of Zendikar
- 2 Inferno Titan
- 1 Obstinate Baloth
- 3 Oracle of Mul Daya
- 4 Overgrown Battlement
- 4 Primeval Titan
- 1 Solemn Simulacrum
- Spells (17)
- 2 Cultivate
- 4 Explore
- 4 Green Sun's Zenith
- 2 Khalni Heart Expedition
- 2 Naturalize
- 3 Rampant Growth
- Lands (27)
- 2 Evolving Wilds
- 5 Forest
- 12 Mountain
- 1 Raging Ravine
- 3 Terramorphic Expanse
- 4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Gaea's Revenge
- 3 Obstinate Baloth
- 3 Combust
- 1 Naturalize
- 1 Summoning Trap
- 3 Creeping Corrosion
- 3 Pyroclasm
"4th. Gerry Thompson - Bladeless Caw-Blade"
- Creatures (9)
- 2 Consecrated Sphinx
- 2 Emeria Angel
- 1 Phantasmal Image
- 4 Squadron Hawk
- Planeswalkers (6)
- 2 Gideon Jura
- 4 Jace Beleren
- Spells (18)
- 2 Day of Judgment
- 2 Dismember
- 1 Into the Roil
- 4 Mana Leak
- 2 Mental Misstep
- 3 Oblivion Ring
- 4 Preordain
- Lands (27)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 4 Celestial Colonnade
- 4 Glacial Fortress
- 4 Island
- 4 Plains
- 2 Scalding Tarn
- 4 Seachrome Coast
- 4 Tectonic Edge
- Sideboard (15)
- 3 Torpor Orb
- 2 Dispel
- 3 Flashfreeze
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Psychic Barrier
- 1 Revoke Existence
- 4 Timely Reinforcements
Legacy Open
"1st. Alex Bertoncini - NO RUG"
- Creatures (13)
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 4 Noble Hierarch
- 1 Progenitus
- 4 Tarmogoyf
- 3 Vendilion Clique
- Spells (28)
- 4 Brainstorm
- 3 Daze
- 3 Fire / Ice
- 4 Force of Will
- 3 Green Sun's Zenith
- 2 Lightning Bolt
- 3 Mental Misstep
- 4 Natural Order
- 2 Sylvan Library
- Lands (19)
- 2 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Island
- 4 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Taiga
- 3 Tropical Island
- 3 Volcanic Island
- 4 Wooded Foothills
- Sideboard (15)
- 2 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Kitchen Finks
- 2 Ancient Grudge
- 4 Red Elemental Blast
- 2 Spell Pierce
- 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
- 3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
"2nd. Kurt Spiess - U/W Stoneblade"
- Creatures (10)
- 3 Spellstutter Sprite
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
- 3 Vendilion Clique
- Planeswalkers (4)
- 4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
- Spells (23)
- 4 Ancestral Vision
- 1 Batterskull
- 4 Brainstorm
- 1 Crucible Of Worlds
- 4 Force of Will
- 4 Mental Misstep
- 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
- Lands (23)
- 4 Flooded Strand
- 2 Island
- 3 Mutavault
- 1 Plains
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 3 Scalding Tarn
- 4 Tundra
- 2 Volcanic Island
- 3 Wasteland
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Crucible Of Worlds
- 1 Threads of Disloyalty
- 1 Disenchant
- 2 Path to Exile
- 2 Pyroblast
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 3 Surgical Extraction
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
- 2 Wrath of God
"3rd. Rob Castellon - Reanimator"
- Creatures (7)
- 1 Empyrial Archangel
- 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
- 3 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
- 1 Terastodon
- Spells (36)
- 3 Animate Dead
- 4 Brainstorm
- 4 Careful Study
- 3 Daze
- 4 Entomb
- 4 Exhume
- 4 Force of Will
- 4 Mental Misstep
- 2 Ponder
- 4 Reanimate
- Lands (17)
- 2 Island
- 2 Marsh Flats
- 4 Polluted Delta
- 2 Scalding Tarn
- 2 Swamp
- 4 Underground Sea
- 1 Watery Grave
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Null Rod
- 2 Pithing Needle
- 1 Inkwell Leviathan
- 1 Blazing Archon
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 1 Echoing Truth
- 1 Flusterstorm
- 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
- 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
- 3 Show and Tell
- 2 Thoughtseize
