Mythic Championship Top 8 Recap!

What would’ve happened if the Top 8 bracket of Mythic Championship Cleveland had broken a different way? Ross Merriam and Todd Anderson play three might-have-been matchups from a memorable weekend!

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Match 1: Esper Control VS Gruul Aggro

Esper Control Yoshihiko Ikawa

Standard
2nd
Mythic Championship
Cleveland, OH
Feb 21, 2019
BUY DECK
Planeswalker (5)
1
Karn, Scion of Urza
4
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
Enchantment (3)
2
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
1
The Eldest Reborn
Sorcery (9)
2
Cry of the Carnarium
3
Kaya's Wrath
4
Thought Erasure
Instant (17)
3
Absorb
3
Cast Down
3
Chemister's Insight
1
Moment of Craving
3
Mortify
1
Negate
3
Vraska's Contempt
Land (26)
4
Drowned Catacomb
4
Glacial Fortress
4
Godless Shrine
4
Hallowed Fountain
1
Island
4
Isolated Chapel
1
Swamp
4
Watery Grave
Sideboard
2
Duress
3
Hostage Taker
1
Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
2
Lyra Dawnbringer
1
Moment of Craving
1
Negate
1
The Eldest Reborn
4
Thief of Sanity
BUY DECK

Gruul Aggro Alex Majlaton

Standard
8th
Mythic Championship
Cleveland, OH
Feb 21, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (19)
4
Fanatical Firebrand
4
Ghitu Lavarunner
3
Goblin Chainwhirler
4
Runaway Steam-Kin
4
Viashino Pyromancer
Enchantment (4)
4
Experimental Frenzy
Sorcery (4)
4
Light Up the Stage
Instant (12)
4
Lightning Strike
4
Shock
4
Wizard's Lightning
Land (21)
13
Mountain
4
Rootbound Crag
4
Stomping Ground
Sideboard
4
Cindervines
3
Collision // Colossus
1
Dire Fleet Daredevil
1
Goblin Chainwhirler
4
Lava Coil
2
Treasure Map // Treasure Cove
BUY DECK

Match 2: Mono-Blue Aggro VS Izzet Phoenix

Mono-Blue Aggro Autumn Burchett

Standard
1st
Mythic Championship
Cleveland, OH
Feb 21, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (17)
4
Merfolk Trickster
1
Mist-Cloaked Herald
4
Pteramander
4
Siren Stormtamer
4
Tempest Djinn
Enchantment (4)
4
Curious Obsession
Sorcery (2)
1
Chart a Course
1
Entrancing Melody
Instant (18)
4
Dive Down
2
Essence Capture
1
Negate
4
Opt
3
Spell Pierce
4
Wizard's Retort
Land (19)
19
Island
Sideboard
2
Deep Freeze
1
Disdainful Stroke
3
Entrancing Melody
1
Essence Capture
1
Island
1
Jace, Cunning Castaway
3
Negate
3
Surge Mare
BUY DECK

Izzet Drakes Luis Scott-Vargas

Standard
4th
Mythic Championship
Cleveland, OH
Feb 21, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (12)
4
Arclight Phoenix
4
Crackling Drake
4
Goblin Electromancer
Planeswalker (1)
1
Ral, Izzet Viceroy
Sorcery (14)
1
Beacon Bolt
4
Chart a Course
2
Discovery // Dispersal
1
Entrancing Melody
4
Lava Coil
2
Tormenting Voice
Instant (12)
4
Opt
4
Radical Idea
4
Shock
Land (21)
1
Blood Crypt
8
Island
4
Mountain
4
Steam Vents
4
Sulfur Falls
Sideboard
1
Beacon Bolt
1
Disdainful Stroke
2
Entrancing Melody
1
Murmuring Mystic
3
Negate
2
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
1
Ral, Izzet Viceroy
1
Shivan Fire
2
Sorcerous Spyglass
1
Spell Pierce
BUY DECK

Match 3: Mono-Blue Aggro VS Simic Nexus

Mono-Blue Aggro Autumn Burchett

Standard
1st
Mythic Championship
Cleveland, OH
Feb 21, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (17)
4
Merfolk Trickster
1
Mist-Cloaked Herald
4
Pteramander
4
Siren Stormtamer
4
Tempest Djinn
Enchantment (4)
4
Curious Obsession
Sorcery (2)
1
Chart a Course
1
Entrancing Melody
Instant (18)
4
Dive Down
2
Essence Capture
1
Negate
4
Opt
3
Spell Pierce
4
Wizard's Retort
Land (19)
19
Island
Sideboard
2
Deep Freeze
1
Disdainful Stroke
3
Entrancing Melody
1
Essence Capture
1
Island
1
Jace, Cunning Castaway
3
Negate
3
Surge Mare
BUY DECK

Simic Nexus Michael Bonde

Standard
6th
Mythic Championship
Cleveland, OH
Feb 21, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (2)
2
Hydroid Krasis
Enchantment (7)
3
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
4
Wilderness Reclamation
Instant (27)
3
Blink of an Eye
4
Chemister's Insight
4
Growth Spiral
4
Nexus of Fate
4
Opt
1
Precognitive Perception
4
Root Snare
3
Sinister Sabotage
Land (24)
4
Breeding Pool
6
Forest
4
Hinterland Harbor
4
Island
4
Memorial to Genius
2
Simic Guildgate
Sideboard
3
Atzocan Archer
2
Biogenic Ooze
2
Crushing Canopy
1
Druid of the Cowl
1
Hydroid Krasis
3
Incubation Druid
2
Negate
1
Nezahal, Primal Tide
BUY DECK