Finals Rewind!

Last weekend, three major Modern tournaments saw three Izzet Phoenix decks make the finals! Ross Merriam and Todd Anderson replay those last clashes ahead of SCG Cincinnati!

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Match 1: Izzet Phoenix VS Golgari Midrange

Izzet Phoenix Austin Collins

Modern
1st
Star City Games Open
Philadelphia, PA
Mar 15, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (12)
4
Arclight Phoenix
2
Crackling Drake
2
Snapcaster Mage
4
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
Enchantment (1)
1
Pyromancer Ascension
Sorcery (13)
4
Faithless Looting
1
Flame Slash
4
Serum Visions
4
Sleight of Hand
Instant (16)
2
Lightning Axe
4
Lightning Bolt
4
Manamorphose
2
Surgical Extraction
4
Thought Scour
Land (18)
1
Flooded Strand
3
Island
2
Mountain
1
Polluted Delta
4
Scalding Tarn
4
Spirebluff Canal
2
Steam Vents
1
Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Abrade
1
Anger of the Gods
1
Beacon Bolt
2
Blood Moon
1
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2
Dispel
1
Dragon's Claw
1
Ravenous Trap
1
Shatterstorm
2
Spell Pierce
1
Surgical Extraction
BUY DECK

Golgari Midrange Jonathan Orr

Modern
2nd
Star City Games Open
Philadelphia, PA
Mar 15, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (16)
4
Dark Confidant
2
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
3
Scavenging Ooze
4
Tarmogoyf
3
Tireless Tracker
Planeswalker (4)
3
Liliana of the Veil
1
Liliana, the Last Hope
Sorcery (8)
1
Collective Brutality
3
Inquisition of Kozilek
1
Maelstrom Pulse
3
Thoughtseize
Instant (8)
4
Assassin's Trophy
4
Fatal Push
Land (24)
4
Blooming Marsh
4
Field of Ruin
2
Forest
2
Hissing Quagmire
2
Overgrown Tomb
4
Swamp
2
Treetop Village
4
Verdant Catacombs
Sideboard
2
Collective Brutality
1
Damnation
1
Damping Sphere
1
Engineered Explosives
3
Fulminator Mage
1
Grafdigger's Cage
1
Kitchen Finks
2
Nihil Spellbomb
1
Nissa, Vital Force
2
Surgical Extraction
BUY DECK

Match 2: Izzet Phoenix VS Whir Prison

Izzet Phoenix Guillaume Matignon

Modern
1st
Grand Prix
Bilbao, ES
Mar 15, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (10)
4
Arclight Phoenix
2
Crackling Drake
4
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
Enchantment (2)
2
Pyromancer Ascension
Sorcery (8)
4
Faithless Looting
4
Serum Visions
Instant (22)
1
Echoing Truth
1
Gut Shot
1
Izzet Charm
1
Lightning Axe
4
Lightning Bolt
4
Manamorphose
4
Opt
2
Surgical Extraction
4
Thought Scour
Land (18)
3
Island
2
Mountain
2
Polluted Delta
4
Scalding Tarn
4
Spirebluff Canal
2
Steam Vents
1
Sulfur Falls
Sideboard
1
Abrade
1
Anger of the Gods
2
Blood Moon
1
Ceremonious Rejection
2
Dispel
2
Dragon's Claw
1
Flame Slash
1
Hurkyl's Recall
1
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1
Ravenous Trap
1
Shatterstorm
1
Spell Pierce
BUY DECK

Whir Prison Louis-Samuel Deltour

Modern
2nd
Grand Prix
Bilbao, ES
Mar 15, 2019
BUY DECK
Artifact (31)
1
Bottled Cloister
4
Chalice of the Void
1
Crucible of Worlds
1
Damping Sphere
2
Engineered Explosives
4
Ensnaring Bridge
4
Mishra's Bauble
4
Mox Opal
1
Pyrite Spellbomb
2
Sorcerous Spyglass
2
Tormod's Crypt
4
Welding Jar
1
Witchbane Orb
Sorcery (4)
4
Ancient Stirrings
Instant (4)
4
Whir of Invention
Land (21)
1
Academy Ruins
4
Botanical Sanctum
3
Glimmervoid
1
Inventors' Fair
1
Ipnu Rivulet
2
Island
4
Spire of Industry
1
Tectonic Edge
4
Tolaria West
Sideboard
1
Grafdigger's Cage
2
Sai, Master Thopterist
1
Slaughter Pact
2
Sorcerous Spyglass
4
Spellskite
3
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
1
Torpor Orb
1
Unmoored Ego
BUY DECK

Match 3: Izzet Phoenix VS Grixis Death’s Shadow

Izzet Phoenix Matt Costa

Modern
2nd
Grand Prix
Tampa, FL
Mar 15, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (12)
4
Arclight Phoenix
2
Crackling Drake
2
Snapcaster Mage
4
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
Enchantment (1)
1
Pyromancer Ascension
Sorcery (8)
4
Faithless Looting
4
Serum Visions
Instant (21)
1
Gut Shot
2
Lightning Axe
4
Lightning Bolt
4
Manamorphose
4
Opt
2
Surgical Extraction
4
Thought Scour
Land (18)
2
Flooded Strand
3
Island
2
Mountain
4
Scalding Tarn
4
Spirebluff Canal
3
Steam Vents
Sideboard
2
Abrade
1
Beacon Bolt
2
Blood Moon
2
Dispel
2
Dragon's Claw
1
Keranos, God of Storms
1
Shatterstorm
2
Spell Pierce
1
Surgical Extraction
1
Young Pyromancer
BUY DECK

Grixis Death's Shadow Roshen Eapen

Modern
1st
Grand Prix
Tampa, FL
Mar 15, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (14)
4
Death's Shadow
4
Gurmag Angler
2
Snapcaster Mage
4
Street Wraith
Artifact (3)
3
Mishra's Bauble
Sorcery (10)
2
Faithless Looting
2
Inquisition of Kozilek
2
Sleight of Hand
4
Thoughtseize
Instant (16)
2
Dismember
3
Fatal Push
1
Lightning Bolt
4
Stubborn Denial
2
Temur Battle Rage
4
Thought Scour
Land (17)
2
Blood Crypt
4
Bloodstained Mire
1
Island
4
Polluted Delta
2
Scalding Tarn
1
Steam Vents
1
Swamp
2
Watery Grave
Sideboard
2
Anger of the Gods
1
Cast Down
1
Ceremonious Rejection
1
Collective Brutality
2
Disdainful Stroke
1
Echoing Truth
1
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound
2
Liliana, the Last Hope
1
Snapcaster Mage
3
Surgical Extraction
BUY DECK