Barclay Controls His Way To Zendikar Rising Championship Victory

Brad Barclay won the Zendikar Rising Championship on Sunday with Azorius Control in Historic and Dimir Control (Yorion) in Zendikar Rising Standard.

Azorius Control

Brad Barclay

1st Place at Zendikar Rising Championship on 12-06-2020

Historic

Planeswalkers (6)

• 4 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 2 Narset, Parter of Veils

Lands (26)

• 4 Plains
• 5 Island
• 4 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Glacial Fortress
• 4 Irrigated Farmland
• 2 Castle Vantress
• 3 Castle Ardenvale

Spells (28)

• 4 Wrath of God
• 4 Absorb
• 2 Grafdigger's Cage
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 4 Cast Out
• 4 Censor
• 1 Search for Azcanta
• 3 Baffling End
• 1 Aether Gust
• 4 Shark Typhoon

Sideboard

• 1 Essence Scatter
• 2 Timely Reinforcements
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 1 Baffling End
• 1 Seal Away
• 3 Dovin's Veto
• 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
• 3 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Shatter the Sky

Dimir Control (Yorion)

Brad Barclay

1st Place at Zendikar Rising Championship on 12-06-2020

Standard

Creatures (7)

• 4 Solemn Simulacrum
• 3 Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths

Planeswalkers (6)

• 4 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
• 2 Ashiok, Nightmare Muse

Lands (31)

• 6 Swamp
• 7 Island
• 4 Temple of Deceit
• 4 Fabled Passage
• 2 Zagoth Triome
• 4 Clearwater Pathway
• 4 Crawling Barrens

Spells (36)

• 2 Negate
• 2 Essence Scatter
• 4 Omen of the Sea
• 2 Cling to Dust
• 3 Elspeth's Nightmare
• 4 Neutralize
• 4 Extinction Event
• 4 Heartless Act
• 1 Eliminate
• 4 Mazemind Tome
• 2 Bloodchief's Thirst
• 4 Jwari Disruption

Sideboard

• 1 Negate
• 1 Essence Scatter
• 3 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Erebos's Intervention
• 1 Elspeth's Nightmare
• 4 Shark Typhoon
• 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
• 3 Shadows' Verdict

Barclay went 12-3 to reach the Top 8, not dropping a single match in Historic with his Azorius Control deck — an off-meta choice with only nine pilots in the event. Barclay sliced through the Top 8 bracket made up of six Sultai/Four-Color Midrange decks and one copy of Mono-Red Goblins.

Barclay reached the championship match by defeating Luca Magni on Four-Color Midrange 2-1, Brad Nelson on Four-Color Midrange 2-1, and Autumn Burchett on Mono-Red Goblins 2-1. Burchett returned from the lower bracket to face Barclay in the championship match, where either player had to win two of three possible matches. Barclay continued his winning ways, leveraging Teferi, Hero of Dominaria and friends to claim two more matches and the title.

Mono-Red Goblins

Autumn Burchett

2nd Place at Zendikar Rising Championship on 12-06-2020

Historic

Creatures (31)

• 4 Goblin Matron
• 3 Goblin Warchief
• 4 Skirk Prospector
• 4 Goblin Chieftain
• 4 Krenko, Mob Boss
• 4 Wily Goblin
• 4 Conspicuous Snoop
• 4 Muxus, Goblin Grandee

Lands (22)

• 16 Mountain
• 2 Phyrexian Tower
• 4 Castle Embereth

Spells (7)

• 2 Mind Stone
• 2 Herald's Horn
• 3 Shatterskull Smashing

Sideboard

• 2 Gempalm Incinerator
• 2 Goblin Ringleader
• 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 4 Abrade
• 2 Herald's Horn
• 1 Goblin Trashmaster
• 1 Goblin Cratermaker
• 2 Irencrag Feat

View the Top 32 Historic and Standard decklists.