Karani, Rakdos Midrange, Wins Second Regional Championship In Canada

Joseph Karani won the second Canadian Regional Championship in Calgary on Sunday with Rakdos Midrange.

Rakdos Midrange

Joseph Karani

1st Place at Regional Championship on 12-11-2022

Pioneer

Creatures (18)

• 4 Bonecrusher Giant
• 2 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 3 Graveyard Trespasser
• 4 Bloodtithe Harvester
• 3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 2 Misery's Shadow

Lands (24)

• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 3 Swamp
• 4 Blood Crypt
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 2 Castle Locthwain
• 4 Blightstep Pathway
• 2 Den of the Bugbear
• 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
• 4 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

Spells (18)

• 1 Mountain
• 4 Thoughtseize
• 2 Dreadbore
• 4 Fatal Push
• 2 Power Word Kill
• 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
• 1 Reckoner Bankbuster

Sideboard

• 3 Duress
• 2 Pithing Needle
• 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 3 Abrade
• 3 Extinction Event
• 1 Go Blank
• 2 Reckoner Bankbuster

Karani went 11-2-1 in the Swiss to enter the elimination rounds at the No. 2 seed of the 263-person event. He took down Cameron Sweetnam on Abzan Parhelion in the quarterfinals, setting up a semifinal Rakdos Midrange mirror match against Daniel Fournier.

Karani defeated the only other Rakdos player in the Top 8 to advance to the finals, where he beat Michael Knie on Abzan Parhelion to lock up a Worlds invite and the $3,000 first-place prize. All Top 8 players earned invites to the Pro Tour along with cash and a promo Teferi, Hero of Dominaria.

Esper Parhelion

Michael Knie

2nd Place at Regional Championship on 12-11-2022

Pioneer

Creatures (5)

• 1 Brazen Borrower
• 4 Greasefang, Okiba Boss

Planeswalkers (3)

• 2 Liliana of the Veil
• 1 Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

Lands (21)

• 1 Underground River
• 2 Adarkar Wastes
• 4 Watery Grave
• 4 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Concealed Courtyard
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 3 Raffine's Tower

Spells (31)

• 1 Island
• 2 Supreme Verdict
• 2 Stubborn Denial
• 2 Dig Through Time
• 2 Collective Brutality
• 4 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 4 Parhelion II
• 2 Vanishing Verse
• 4 Consider
• 4 Faithful Mending
• 4 Tainted Indulgence

Sideboard

• 1 Silence
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 2 Dream Trawler
• 2 Ray of Enfeeblement
• 2 The Wandering Emperor
• 2 Void Rend
• 2 Unlicensed Hearse
• 2 Temporary Lockdown

View the Top 16 decklists from the event here. Check out the MTG Melee page for the Regional Championship for all decklists and a metagame breakdown.