Calcano, Selesnya Company, Wins Insight Esports Historic Open

Christian Calcano won the Insight Esports Historic Open with Selesnya Company on Saturday.

Selesnya Company

Christian Calcano

1st Place at Insight Esports Open on 05-01-2021

Historic

Creatures (33)

• 4 Llanowar Elves
• 3 Scavenging Ooze
• 1 Rhonas the Indomitable
• 4 Lovestruck Beast
• 4 Skyclave Apparition
• 4 Archon of Emeria
• 4 Luminarch Aspirant
• 4 Kazandu Mammoth
• 1 Reidane, God of the Worthy
• 4 Elite Spellbinder

Lands (20)

• 4 Forest
• 4 Plains
• 4 Temple Garden
• 2 Sunpetal Grove
• 2 Hashep Oasis
• 4 Branchloft Pathway

Spells (7)

• 4 Collected Company
• 2 The Great Henge
• 1 Emeria's Call

Sideboard

• 2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 2 Rest in Peace
• 2 Baffling End
• 2 Knight of Autumn
• 2 Shifting Ceratops
• 2 Giant Killer
• 1 Elder Gargaroth
• 2 Reidane, God of the Worthy

The longtime Pro Tour regular took down the double-elimination Open with Selesnya Company, a deck that grew in popularity after it took second in back-to-back Insight Esports Opens in the hands of Francisco Sanchez. Calcano finally gave the deck a trophy, defeating James Collier on Grixis Tainted Pact (Lurrus) in the finals. Collier was Calcano’s only loss in the event, but wasn’t able to defeat him twice to claim the title.

Calcano used the same main deck configuration Sanchez used to secure two solid finishes, but switched up the sideboard by going with Baffling End over Declaration in Stone, adding another Knight of Autumn and a copy of Elder Gargaroth instead of a third Shifting Ceratops and the third removal spell.

Collier was one of two Tainted Pact players finishing in the Top 8. The deck has similar success in the SCG Tour Online Strixhaven Qualifier on Sunday as well.

Grixis Tainted Pact (Lurrus)

james collier

2nd Place at Insight Esports Open on 05-01-2021

Historic

Creatures (5)

• 1 Augur of Bolas
• 1 Fae of Wishes
• 2 Thassa's Oracle
• 1 Sea Gate Stormcaller

Lands (22)

• 1 Swamp
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Island
• 1 Snow-Covered Island
• 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Temple of Deceit
• 1 Fetid Pools
• 1 Canyon Slough
• 1 Castle Vantress
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Clearwater Pathway
• 1 Riverglide Pathway
• 1 Blightstep Pathway
• 1 Port of Karfell

Spells (33)

• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Memory Lapse
• 1 Mind Stone
• 2 Tainted Pact
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Thoughtseize
• 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1 Dead Weight
• 1 Languish
• 1 Yahenni's Expertise
• 1 Fatal Push
• 1 Renegade Map
• 1 Censor
• 1 Supreme Will
• 1 Search for Azcanta
• 1 Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1 Mission Briefing
• 1 Cry of the Carnarium
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman
• 1 Omen of the Sea
• 1 Cling to Dust
• 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1 Eliminate
• 1 Mazemind Tome
• 1 Valakut Awakening
• 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
• 1 Jwari Disruption
• 1 Silundi Vision
• 1 Saw It Coming
• 1 Solve the Equation
• 1 Expressive Iteration

Sideboard

• 1 Duress
• 1 Tainted Pact
• 1 Negate
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 1 Treasure Map
• 1 Tyrant's Scorn
• 1 Aether Gust
• 1 Tale's End
• 1 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Thassa's Oracle
• 1 Extinction Event
• 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1 Heartless Act
• 1 Shadows' Verdict
• 1 Test of Talents

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