Trudel, Mono-Green Devotion, Wins First Regional Championship In Canada

Christian Trudel won the first Canadian Regional Championship in Toronto on Sunday with Mono-Green Devotion.

Mono-Green Devotion

Christian Trudel

1st Place at Regional Championship on 11-27-2022

Pioneer

Creatures (19)

• 4 Llanowar Elves
• 4 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Sylvan Caryatid
• 4 Cavalier of Thorns
• 2 Lovestruck Beast
• 4 Old-Growth Troll

Planeswalkers (8)

• 3 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
• 4 Karn, the Great Creator
• 1 Nissa, Who Shakes the World

Lands (21)

• 14 Forest
• 4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 2 Lair of the Hydra
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures

Spells (12)

• 4 Oath of Nissa
• 4 Wolfwillow Haven
• 4 Storm the Festival

Sideboard

• 1 Tormod's Crypt
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 1 The Chain Veil
• 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 1 Heart of Kiran
• 2 Damping Sphere
• 1 Transmogrifying Wand
• 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Pestilent Cauldron
• 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
• 1 The Stone Brain
• 1 Cityscape Leveler
• 1 Haywire Mite

Trudel went 13-1 in the Swiss to enter the elimination rounds as the No. 1 seed of the 345-person event. After Mono-Green Devotion failed to make the top cut in the US Regional Championship, Trudel and his quarterfinals opponent, Michael Van Vaals, gave the format’s top deck two finishes in the Top 8.

Rakdos Midrange, the most played deck in the event at 60 pilots, was the only other deck to put two copies in the elimination rounds. Izzet Phoenix was the second-most played deck at 38 copies, followed by Mono-Green Devotion at 36, and Mono-White Humans at 30. Izzet Phoenix, Gruul Vehicles, Lotus Field Combo, and Mono-White Humans rounded out the Top 8 decks.

After winning the Mono-Green Devotion mirror, Trudel defeated Matthew Tonary on Lotus Field Combo to reach the finals against Jordan Tebby on Rakdos Midrange. Two quick games later and Trudel hoisted the first of two Canadian Regional Championship trophies.

Rakdos Midrange

Jordan Tebby

2nd Place at Regional Championship on 11-27-2022

Pioneer

Creatures (18)

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

Lands (25)

• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Mountain
• 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
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Spells (17)

• 4 Thoughtseize
• 3 Dreadbore
• 1 Kolaghan's Command
• 4 Fatal Push
• 1 Abrade
• 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

Sideboard

• 2 Duress
• 2 Rending Volley
• 1 Abrade
• 3 Extinction Event
• 2 Go Blank
• 1 Hidetsugu Consumes All
• 2 Reckoner Bankbuster
• 2 Unlicensed Hearse

Trudel took home $3,000, an invite to the Magic World Championship, and a qualification for the Pro Tour. The remainder of the Top 8 also qualified for the Pro Tour.

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. The second Regional Championship for Canada will take place in Calgary on December 9-11.