Nguyen, Temur Rhinos, Wins Denver Regional Championship

Minh Nguyen won the US Regional Championship with Temur Rhinos in Denver, Colorado on Sunday.

Temur Rhinos

Minh Nguyen

1st Place at Regional Championship on 02-11-2024

Modern

Creatures (13)

• 4 Shardless Agent
• 3 Subtlety
• 2 Murktide Regent
• 4 Tishana's Tidebinder

Lands (21)

• 2 Forest
• 4 Wooded Foothills
• 2 Island
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Gemstone Caverns
• 1 Mutavault
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Thundering Falls
• 1 Hedge Maze

Spells (26)

• 4 Violent Outburst
• 4 Fire
• 4 Dead
• 4 Force of Negation
• 4 Crashing Footfalls
• 2 Flame of Anor
• 4 Lorien Revealed

Sideboard

• 1 Blood Moon
• 1 Magus of the Moon
• 3 Force of Vigor
• 3 Mystical Dispute
• 4 Endurance
• 2 Brotherhood's End
• 1 Flame of Anor

Nguyen went 12-2 in the Swiss to make the Top 8 of the 1,331-person event as the No. 6 seed. Nguyen defeated Jacob Koshak on Four-Color Control (Kaheera) in the quarterfinals and Andrew Vorel on Five-Color Creativity in the semis to reach the finals, punching his ticket to the Magic World Championship. Aiden Lamson, on Living End, awaited in the finals, also earning a trip to Worlds by beating Alessandro Smith and Devon Straub in the quarters and semis, respectively.

The finals went the distance, with Nguyen battling through two copies of Living End from Lamson in Game 3. Timely copies of Endurance were able to break up the powerful sorcery without a mana cost and leave Nguyen with a workable battlefield. Nguyen’s pressure and disruption in the forms of free-pitch Elementals and Mystical Dispute allowed him to clinch the win, trophy, and $30,000 top prize.

The Modern metagame shook out as expected, with the exception of the breakout Domain Rhinos build that materialized over the few days prior to the event and had a 63 percent win rate in the hands of 15 players. The established version of Temur Rhinos was the most played deck, followed by Golgari Yawgmoth, Amulet Titan, Rakdos Evoke, Living End, and Izzet Murktide.

View the Top 16 decklists from the US Regional Championship.

Canada

Ulysse Paradis won the F2F Tour Championship with Living End in Ottawa, Canada on Sunday.

Living End

Ulysse Paradis

1st Place at Regional Championship on 02-11-2024

Modern

Creatures (34)

• 4 Street Wraith
• 3 Architects of Will
• 4 Shardless Agent
• 3 Curator of Mysteries
• 4 Waker of Waves
• 4 Grief
• 4 Subtlety
• 4 Oliphaunt
• 4 Generous Ent

Lands (14)

• 1 Forest
• 1 Island
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Thundering Falls
• 1 Hedge Maze

Spells (12)

• 4 Living End
• 4 Violent Outburst
• 4 Force of Negation

Sideboard

• 4 Leyline of the Void
• 1 Ingot Chewer
• 3 Force of Vigor
• 2 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Bonecrusher Giant
• 2 Endurance
• 1 Foundation Breaker
• 1 Mine Collapse

Paradis defeated Patrick Wu on Azorius Control (Kaheera) in the finals to win $4,200. Both finalists earned invites to the next Magic World Championship.

View the Top 16 decklists from the F2F Tour Championship.

Japan

Yoshihiko Ikawa won the Champions Cup Final with Living End in Chiba, Japan on Sunday.

Living End

Yoshihiko Ikawa

1st Place at Champions Cup Final on 02-11-2024

Modern

Creatures (32)

• 4 Street Wraith
• 1 Architects of Will
• 4 Shardless Agent
• 4 Curator of Mysteries
• 4 Waker of Waves
• 4 Grief
• 3 Subtlety
• 4 Oliphaunt
• 4 Generous Ent

Lands (15)

• 1 Forest
• 1 Island
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Thundering Falls
• 1 Hedge Maze
• 1 Commercial District

Spells (13)

• 4 Living End
• 4 Violent Outburst
• 1 Incubation
• 4 Force of Negation

Sideboard

• 2 Leyline of the Void
• 2 Force of Vigor
• 2 Mystical Dispute
• 3 Bonecrusher Giant
• 1 Brazen Borrower
• 3 Endurance
• 1 Foundation Breaker
• 1 Brotherhood's End

Ikawa defeated Atsushi Nakashima on Temur Rhinos in the finals. Ikawa and Nakashima also earned invites to Worlds.

View the Top 16 decklists from the Champions Cup Final.