Tomajko Overcomes Star-Studded Field, Wins 2019 Star City Games Players’ Championship!

After three days of high-stakes Magic, the SCG Tour has its newest Players’ Champion – Oliver Tomajko!

Tomajko battled through one of the most stacked tournament fields in SCG Tour history, eventually defeating Edgar Magalhaes 2-1 in the finals.

Decklists

Standard

In Standard, Tomajko played Simic Flash – a preexisting deck recently re-popularized by Brad Nelson, Javier Dominguez, and Seth Manfield at Mythic Championship VII.

Simic Flash

Oliver Tomajko

1st Place at Star City Games Players' Championship on 12-13-2019

Standard

Creatures (16)

• 2 Hydroid Krasis
• 4 Frilled Mystic
• 3 Paradise Druid
• 4 Nightpack Ambusher
• 3 Brazen Borrower

Planeswalkers (4)

• 4 Nissa, Who Shakes the World

Lands (25)

• 7 Forest
• 7 Island
• 4 Breeding Pool
• 4 Temple of Mystery
• 2 Castle Vantress
• 1 Fabled Passage

Spells (15)

• 3 Opt
• 2 Sinister Sabotage
• 4 Growth Spiral
• 2 Quench
• 2 Aether Gust
• 2 Mystical Dispute

Sideboard

• 1 Negate
• 2 Sorcerous Spyglass
• 1 Crushing Canopy
• 1 Chemister's Insight
• 1 Hydroid Krasis
• 2 Aether Gust
• 2 Lovestruck Beast
• 2 Frogify
• 2 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Brazen Borrower

Modern

For Modern, Tomajko played Bant Urza. Urza decks are currently one of the most dominant strategies in Modern, with many players choosing the Sultai build over Bant.

Bant Urza

Oliver Tomajko

1st Place at Star City Games Players' Championship on 12-13-2019

Modern

Creatures (14)

• 3 Spell Queller
• 4 Urza, Lord High Artificer
• 4 Gilded Goose
• 3 Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Planeswalkers (4)

• 4 Oko, Thief of Crowns

Lands (20)

• 2 Polluted Delta
• 3 Flooded Strand
• 4 Snow-Covered Island
• 1 Snow-Covered Forest
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Scalding Tarn
• 2 Mystic Sanctuary

Spells (22)

• 3 Engineered Explosives
• 4 Mishra's Bauble
• 3 Cryptic Command
• 4 Mox Opal
• 3 Metallic Rebuke
• 4 Arcum's Astrolabe
• 1 Witching Well

Sideboard

• 2 Pithing Needle
• 4 Path to Exile
• 4 Damping Sphere
• 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 2 Ashiok, Dream Render
• 2 Veil of Summer

For Legacy, Tomajko played Four-Color Mentor. Despite being the only player to submit a “brew”, powerful value engines like Monastery Mentor and Oko, Thief of Crowns helped carry Tomajko to victory.

Four-Color Mentor

Oliver Tomajko

1st Place at Star City Games Players' Championship on 12-13-2019

Legacy

Creatures (7)

• 3 Snapcaster Mage
• 3 Monastery Mentor
• 1 Ice-Fang Coatl

Planeswalkers (6)

• 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 3 Oko, Thief of Crowns

Lands (20)

• 1 Volcanic Island
• 1 Tundra
• 1 Tropical Island
• 1 Savannah
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 1 Snow-Covered Plains
• 5 Snow-Covered Island
• 1 Snow-Covered Forest
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Scalding Tarn

Spells (27)

• 4 Brainstorm
• 4 Force of Will
• 4 Swords to Plowshares
• 2 Pyroblast
• 4 Ponder
• 1 Spell Pierce
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Force of Negation
• 4 Arcum's Astrolabe
• 2 Veil of Summer

Sideboard

• 1 Blood Moon
• 2 Pyroblast
• 2 Surgical Extraction
• 1 Terminus
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 4 Rest in Peace
• 1 Wear
• 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 1 Palace Jailer
• 1 Veil of Summer

With his Players’ Champinship victory, Tomajko takes home $20,000 and the coveted Championship Belt.

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