Cloudman061, Mono-Red Dragons❄, Wins Alchemy Hooglandia Open

Cloudman061 won the Alchemy Hooglandia Open on Saturday with Mono-Red Dragons❄.

Mono-Red Dragons❄

Cloudman061

1st Place at Hooglandia Open on 12-18-2021

Alchemy

Creatures (18)

• 2 Inferno of the Star Mounts
• 4 Moonveil Regent
• 4 Fearsome Whelp
• 4 Town-Razer Tyrant
• 4 Goldspan Dragon (MTGA)

Planeswalkers (3)

• 3 Chandra, Dressed to Kill

Lands (22)

• 20 Snow-Covered Mountain
• 2 Den of the Bugbear

Spells (17)

• 1 Spikefield Hazard
• 3 Shatterskull Smashing
• 3 Frost Bite
• 2 Tundra Fumarole
• 4 Orb of Dragonkind
• 4 Dragon's Fire

Sideboard

• 4 Burning Hands
• 3 Bloodthirsty Adversary
• 3 Falkenrath Pit Fighter
• 2 Brittle Blast
• 3 Conductive Current

Cloudman061 ran the table on Saturday, going 9-0 in the double-elimination tournament with one of the new decks that got powered up with a handful of new digital-only cards. Mono-Red Dragons❄ gained Town-razer Tyrant and Fearsome Whelp in the maindeck and Brittle Blast and Conductive Current in the sideboard.

Dragon decks made up thirteen of the 43 players and three of the Top 8 thanks to the new tools in Alchemy: Innistrad. Cloudman061 defeated Morrie Cunningham on Boros Dragons in the finals while Avocategory finished in third with Esper Clerics.

Boros Dragons

Morrie Cunningham

2nd Place at Hooglandia Open on 12-18-2021

Alchemy

Creatures (24)

• 4 Nadaar, Selfless Paladin
• 3 Adult Gold Dragon
• 1 Inferno of the Star Mounts
• 4 Moonveil Regent
• 4 Fearsome Whelp
• 4 Town-Razer Tyrant
• 4 Goldspan Dragon (MTGA)

Lands (23)

• 3 Mountain
• 4 Needleverge Pathway
• 4 Den of the Bugbear
• 2 Cave of the Frost Dragon
• 4 Temple of the Dragon Queen
• 4 Sundown Pass
• 2 Forsaken Crossroads

Spells (13)

• 2 Valorous Stance
• 3 Shatterskull Smashing
• 4 Orb of Dragonkind
• 4 Dragon's Fire

Sideboard

• 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 2 Reidane, God of the Worthy
• 2 Elite Spellbinder
• 1 Adult Gold Dragon
• 2 Burning Hands
• 1 Inferno of the Star Mounts
• 2 Flame-Blessed Bolt
• 2 Divine Purge

Esper Clerics

Avocategory

3rd Place at Hooglandia Open on 12-18-2021

Alchemy

Creatures (34)

• 4 Orah, Skyclave Hierophant
• 1 Skyclave Apparition
• 1 Angel of Destiny
• 4 Glasspool Mimic
• 4 Righteous Valkyrie
• 4 Elite Spellbinder
• 4 Lunarch Veteran
• 4 Voice of the Blessed
• 4 Angel of Unity
• 4 Inquisitor Captain

Lands (22)

• 3 Plains
• 4 Clearwater Pathway
• 4 Brightclimb Pathway
• 4 Hengegate Pathway
• 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon
• 2 Deserted Beach
• 4 Shattered Sanctum

Spells (4)

• 4 Pyre of Heroes

Sideboard

• 1 Valorous Stance
• 3 Skyclave Apparition
• 3 Reidane, God of the Worthy
• 3 Valentin, Dean of the Vein
• 2 Vanishing Verse
• 3 Sorin the Mirthless

Clerics was the other archetype to get the biggest injection from Alchemy: Innistrad, getting Inquisitor Captain and Angel of Unity. It also benefited from Alrund’s Epiphany getting nerfed, allowing midrange decks to return to the metagame. Builds of Clerics can range from Esper, Selesnya, Azorius, Orzhov, and even Mardu.

Azorius Control had four pilots in the event, but failed to make the Top 8. The deck has the option of using Key to the Archive, Discover the Formula, Geistchanneler, and Forsaken Crossroads to varying degrees. It did outperform Mono-Black Control❄, which gained Cursebound Witch and Sanguine Brushstroke.

Other decks to make the Top 8 include Mono-Red Aggro❄ and Rakdos Midrange, utilizing a plethora of new cards. Rahilda, Wanted Cutthroat, Arms Scavenger, Toralf’s Disciple, and Electrostatic Blast all saw play in one of these two decks in addition to cards like Town-razer Tyrant, Brittle Blast, and Conductive Current that made waves in the Dragons decks.

View the Top 8 decklists.