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Brasil Jr., Jeskai Cycling, Wins SCG Tour Online $5K Strixhaven Championship Qualifier #1

Claudinei Brasil Jr. wins the first SCG Tour Online $5K Strixhaven Championship Qualifier with Jeskai Cycling (Lurrus).

Flourishing Fox illustrated by Ilse Gort

Claudinei Brasil Jr. won Sunday’s SCG Tour Online Standard $5K Strixhaven Championship Qualifier #1 with Jeskai Cycling (Lurrus).

Quarterfinals
1
Tomohiro Nakagawa
Jeskai Cycling
8
Ruben da Silva
Mono-Red Aggro❄
4
Karl Sarap
Mono-Red Aggro❄
5
Claudinei Brasil Jr.
Jeskai Cycling (Lurrus)
2
Toni Ramis Pascual
Dimir Rogues (Lurrus)
7
Nicholas DeMichele
Temur Adventures
3
Omar Beldon
Naya Adventures (Jegantha)
6
Alexander Flynn
Sultai Ramp (Yorion)
Semifinals
Tomohiro Nakagawa
2-1
Claudinei Brasil Jr.
2-1
Toni Ramis Pascual
2-0
Omar Beldon
2-1
Finals
Claudinei Brasil Jr.
2-0
Toni Ramis Pascual
2-1
Champion
Claudinei Brasil Jr.
2-0


Brasil Jr. earned an invite to the Strixhaven Championship and $1,500 by winning the 342-person event while only dropping a single match in the Swiss. Brasil Jr. sliced through the elimination rounds only losing a single game in the quarterfinals to Karl Sarap on Mono-Red Aggro❄. He beat Tomohiro Nakagawa in the semis in pseudo-mirror match, though Nakagawa opted for cards like Irencrag Pyromancer and Rielle, the Everwise without a companion. Brasil Jr. defeated Toni Ramis Pascual on Dimir Rogues (Lurrus) in the finals to take the crown.


Despite Sultai Ramp (Yorion) being the most played deck by a wide margin, only one copy of the deck made the elimination rounds in the hands of Alexander Flynn. Jeskai Cycling — with or without Lurrus of the Dream-Den — has moved up to the second-most played deck, followed closely by Naya Adventures, though it can be subdivided into traditional builds, a more token-based build, and even the evolution of the deck built around a combo kill with Unleash Fury and Kazuul’s Fury in the aptly named Naya Fury.


The metagame breakdown for decks with more than two pilots in the event can be seen below.

ArchetypeCopies
Sultai Ramp (Yorion)81
Jeskai Cycling (w/ or w/out Lurrus)45
Naya Adventures40
Mono-Red Aggro❄31
Dimir Rogues (Lurrus)30
Temur Adventures (Obosh)23
Naya Fury12
Temur Adventures10
Mono-Green Aggro7
Gruul Adventures6
Rakdos Sacrifice6
Mono-White Aggro❄5
Four-Color Blink (Yorion)5
Mono-Blue Snow❄4
Dimir Control4
Boros Aggro3

View the Top 12 decks.