This past weekend, Magic: The Gathering players descended upon the Steel City for Eternal Weekend 2024 – a three-day event celebrating Magic’s oldest and most powerful formats.
2024 North American Vintage Championship
The first of two main events, the 2024 North American Vintage Championship, kicked things off with nine rounds of swiss on Friday and featured over 400 players.
With Saturday reserved for Legacy, the Vintage Top 8 action picked back up on Sunday morning, with a diverse metagame that featured seven unique decks:
- Esper Midrange (2)
- Esper Control
- Dimir Control
- Doomsday
- Oath of Druids
- Mono-Blue Shops
- Paradoxical Outcome
After battling through the elimination rounds, the finals came down to a control mirror between Max Gilmore playing Esper Control (Lurrus) and Chase Hoppe playing Dimir Control (Lurrus).
Creatures (9)
Lands (18)
Spells (33)
- 1 Brainstorm
- 4 Force of Will
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Time Walk
- 1 Ancestral Recall
- 1 Black Lotus
- 1 Lotus Petal
- 1 Mox Jet
- 1 Mox Pearl
- 1 Mox Sapphire
- 2 Ponder
- 2 Spell Pierce
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
- 1 Treasure Cruise
- 1 Dig Through Time
- 3 Force of Negation
- 1 Dress Down
- 2 Lorien Revealed
- 1 Vexing Bauble
Creatures (8)
Lands (17)
Spells (35)
- 1 Brainstorm
- 4 Force of Will
- 1 Sol Ring
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Time Walk
- 1 Ancestral Recall
- 2 Daze
- 1 Timetwister
- 1 Black Lotus
- 1 Mox Jet
- 1 Mox Pearl
- 1 Mox Sapphire
- 3 Mishra's Bauble
- 1 Ponder
- 2 Spell Pierce
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
- 1 Flusterstorm
- 1 Treasure Cruise
- 1 Dig Through Time
- 3 Fatal Push
- 3 Force of Negation
- 1 Lorien Revealed
- 1 Vexing Bauble
In the end, Gilmore defeated Hoppe two games to zero to claim the title of 2024 North American Vintage Champion.
View decklists for the entire Top 8 on Melee.
2024 North American Legacy Championship
With the elimination rounds for the Vintage Championship being held Sunday, its participants were able to also play in Saturday’s main event – the North American Legacy Championship. The event featured 11 rounds of swiss and a staggering 1155 players.
Sunday afternoon’s Legacy Championship Top 8 featured six unique decks:
- Mystic Forge Combo (3)
- Bant Nadu
- Cephalid Breakfast
- Rakdos Painter
- Death and Taxes (Yorion)
- Dimir Reanimator
After the dust settled, the finals came down to Kelvin Wallace playing Mystic Forge Combo, the most represented deck in the Top 8, against Bailey Sarkis playing Bant Nadu.
Creatures (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (19)
Spells (33)
Creatures (29)
- 4 Birds of Paradise
- 4 Nomads en-Kor
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
- 4 Noble Hierarch
- 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
- 1 Collector Ouphe
- 3 Allosaurus Shepherd
- 2 Endurance
- 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
- 4 Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- 3 Springheart Nantuko
Lands (20)
Spells (11)
Despite Nadu’s dominance in Modern, the bird was unable to take down the Forge, as Wallace was able to defeat Sarkis two games to zero to claim the title of 2024 North American Legacy champion.
View decklists for the rest of the Top 8 on Melee.
