Schlesinger, Gruul Vehicles (Jegantha), Wins Dallas Regional Championship

Bradley Schlesinger won the Regional Championship in Dallas with Gruul Vehicles (Jegantha) on Sunday.

Gruul Vehicles (Jegantha)

Bradley Schlesinger

1st Place at Regional Championship on 06-04-2023

Pioneer

Creatures (24)

• 4 Llanowar Elves
• 4 Elvish Mystic
• 3 Lovestruck Beast
• 4 Bonecrusher Giant
• 4 Reckless Stormseeker
• 2 Migloz, Maze Crusher
• 3 Voldaren Thrillseeker

Lands (24)

• 1 Forest
• 4 Karplusan Forest
• 4 Stomping Ground
• 3 Mutavault
• 4 Copperline Gorge
• 3 Cragcrown Pathway
• 2 Lair of the Hydra
• 2 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

Spells (12)

• 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 4 The Akroan War
• 4 Esika's Chariot
• 1 Obliterating Bolt
• 2 Invasion of Ixalan

Sideboard

• 3 Rending Volley
• 1 Fry
• 2 Embercleave
• 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
• 2 Outland Liberator
• 2 End the Festivities
• 2 Unlicensed Hearse
• 2 The Stone Brain

Schlesinger made the Top 8 of the 1,174-person tournament as the No. 2 seed by going 12-1-1 in the Swiss rounds over two days of competition. Schlesinger was the lone Gruul Vehicles player in the Top 8 and just one of 20 people in the tournament on the deck.

Schlesinger defeated Donald Sheldon on Rakdos Sacrifice (Jegantha) in the quarterfinals and Toph Robinson on Dimir Rogues in the semifinals to advance to the finals and secure a spot in the World Championship. Schlesinger scrapped out a 2-1 in the finals over Matt Foreman, also on Rakdos Sacrifice, to take home the trophy and $30,000 first-place prize.

Rakdos Sacrifice (Jegantha)

Matt Foreman

2nd Place at Regional Championship on 06-04-2023

Pioneer

Creatures (15)

• 4 Mayhem Devil
• 3 Cauldron Familiar
• 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 4 Bloodtithe Harvester
• 3 Unlucky Witness

Lands (22)

• 2 Sulfurous Springs
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Mountain
• 4 Blood Crypt
• 4 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 4 Blightstep Pathway
• 1 Den of the Bugbear
• 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Spells (23)

• 4 Thoughtseize
• 3 Fatal Push
• 4 Witch's Oven
• 3 Claim the Firstborn
• 4 Deadly Dispute
• 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
• 1 Furnace Reins

Sideboard

• 1 Duress
• 1 Rending Volley
• 1 Damping Sphere
• 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
• 1 Necromentia
• 2 Go Blank
• 1 Ray of Enfeeblement
• 1 Path of Peril
• 2 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
• 2 Unlicensed Hearse
• 1 Annihilating Glare
• 1 Furnace Reins

The Top 8 featured a variety of decks with seven of the most popular decks in the event failing to put a player in the elimination rounds. Quang Vu, on Mono-Green Devotion, was the only player to put an archetype with more than percent of the field into the Top 8. Two versions of Spirits made the top cut to go with the two copies of Rakdos Sacrifice. Gruul Vehicles, Dimir Rogues, and Five-Color Enigmatic Fires rounded out the bracket.

View the Top 16 decklists from the Regional Championship. For all the decklists from the event, check out the Melee page.