Kassis, Ingram, Baumeister Win SCG Richmond

Eli Kassis, Corey Baumeister, and Pete Ingram

Eli Kassis, Pete Ingram, and Corey Baumeister came out on top of another loaded Top 4 to take down the Team Constructed Open at SCG Richmond. In three fresh formats, Kassis, Ingram, and Baumeister added another trophy to their collections using Dimir Whirza in Modern, Dimir Inverter in Pioneer, and Azorius Control in Standard.

The winning squad entered the elimination rounds as the #2 seed and advanced to the finals by defeating the squad of Dom Harvey, Kevin Jones, and Harlan Firer. Standing in their way in the finals was Team Constructed Open endbosses Matt Dilks, Edgar Magalhães, and Will Pulliam. Baumeister was able to hand Pulliam, on Temur Reclamation, his first match loss on the weekend, allowing Kassis to close out the event with a win over Dilks by sealing the deal with a pivotal Aether Gust on an Azusa, Lost but Seeking that had been tutored up with a Summoner’s Pact.

Azorius Control

Corey Baumeister

1st Place at Star City Games Team Open on 02-01-2020

Standard

Creatures (4)

• 4 Dream Trawler

Planeswalkers (8)

• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 4 Narset, Parter of Veils

Lands (12)

• 4 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Temple of Enlightenment
• 3 Castle Vantress
• 1 Castle Ardenvale

Spells (36)

• 5 Plains
• 8 Island
• 4 Absorb
• 1 Time Wipe
• 3 Glass Casket
• 3 Omen of the Sea
• 4 The Birth of Meletis
• 4 Elspeth Conquers Death
• 4 Shatter the Sky

Sideboard

• 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
• 3 Dovin's Veto
• 4 Devout Decree
• 2 Aether Gust
• 3 Mystical Dispute
• 2 Heliod's Intervention

Dimir Inverter

Pete Ingram

1st Place at Star City Games Team Open on 02-01-2020

Pioneer

Creatures (8)

• 4 Inverter of Truth
• 4 Thassa's Oracle

Planeswalkers (3)

• 3 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Lands (25)

• 3 Swamp
• 6 Island
• 4 Watery Grave
• 4 Drowned Catacomb
• 2 Choked Estuary
• 2 Fetid Pools
• 4 Fabled Passage

Spells (24)

• 4 Opt
• 4 Thoughtseize
• 1 Hero's Downfall
• 4 Dig Through Time
• 4 Fatal Push
• 2 Censor
• 1 Supreme Will
• 2 Thought Erasure
• 2 Omen of the Sea

Sideboard

• 1 Grafdigger's Cage
• 3 Pack Rat
• 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 2 Cast Down
• 1 Infernal Reckoning
• 2 Cry of the Carnarium
• 1 Legion's End
• 1 Noxious Grasp
• 3 Mystical Dispute

Dimir Whirza

Eli Kassis

1st Place at Star City Games Team Open on 02-01-2020

Modern

Creatures (4)

• 4 Urza, Lord High Artificer

Lands (24)

• 4 Polluted Delta
• 2 Flooded Strand
• 6 Snow-Covered Island
• 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1 Watery Grave
• 2 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 2 Field of Ruin
• 3 Mystic Sanctuary

Spells (32)

• 2 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 4 Mishra's Bauble
• 1 Sword of the Meek
• 2 Cryptic Command
• 2 Thoughtseize
• 2 Thopter Foundry
• 1 Deprive
• 2 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1 Nihil Spellbomb
• 3 Whir of Invention
• 3 Fatal Push
• 3 Archmage's Charm
• 4 Arcum's Astrolabe
• 1 Drown in the Loch

Sideboard

• 1 Engineered Explosives
• 1 Grafdigger's Cage
• 1 Hero's Downfall
• 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 3 Ceremonious Rejection
• 1 Torrential Gearhulk
• 2 Battle at the Bridge
• 2 Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1 Dead of Winter
• 2 Aether Gust

View all the decklists from Day 2 of SCG Richmond.

Standard Classic

Zach Allen

Zach Allen claimed another Classic plaque, using Azorius Control to defeat Brendan Cevasco on Mono-Red Aggro in the finals. The Top 8 was made of three copies of Azorius Control, two copies of Mono-Red Aggro and Simic Ramp, and a single copy of Temur Reclamation.

Azorius Control

Zach Allen

1st Place at Star City Games Classic on 02-02-2020

Standard

Creatures (3)

• 3 Dream Trawler

Planeswalkers (6)

• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 2 Narset, Parter of Veils

Lands (25)

• 4 Plains
• 8 Island
• 4 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Field of Ruin
• 1 Castle Vantress
• 3 Castle Ardenvale

Spells (26)

• 4 Absorb
• 2 Banishing Light
• 3 Chemister's Insight
• 2 Dovin's Veto
• 4 Omen of the Sea
• 4 The Birth of Meletis
• 3 Elspeth Conquers Death
• 4 Shatter the Sky

Sideboard

• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 2 Devout Decree
• 3 Aether Gust
• 3 Mystical Dispute
• 2 Glass Casket
• 2 Archon of Sun's Grace
• 2 Whirlwind Denial

Top 16 decklists.

Pioneer Classic

Justin Miller

Though Dimir Inverter was the dominant deck in the Team Constructed Open, Justin Miller claimed the Pioneer Classic with Five-Color Niv-Mizzet, beating Mat Mansoor on the powerful new archetype in the finals. The Top 8 included six different decks.

Five-Color Niv-Mizzet

Justin Miller

1st Place at Star City Games Classic on 02-02-2020

Pioneer

Creatures (13)

• 4 Sylvan Caryatid
• 4 Niv-Mizzet Reborn
• 3 Gilded Goose
• 2 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

Planeswalkers (6)

• 2 Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler

Lands (27)

• 1 Forest
• 1 Plains
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Island
• 2 Overgrown Tomb
• 2 Temple Garden
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 3 Breeding Pool
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Temple of Abandon
• 1 Temple of Deceit
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 2 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 2 Mana Confluence
• 4 Fabled Passage

Spells (14)

• 1 Thoughtseize
• 1 Dreadbore
• 1 Slaughter Games
• 2 Abrupt Decay
• 1 Utter End
• 1 Languish
• 4 Bring to Light
• 1 Cut
• 1 Thought Erasure
• 1 Solar Blaze

Sideboard

• 1 Thoughtseize
• 1 Selesnya Charm
• 2 Rest in Peace
• 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 2 Fatal Push
• 1 The Scarab God
• 1 Infernal Reckoning
• 1 Thought Erasure
• 1 Deafening Clarion
• 1 Enter the God-Eternals
• 2 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Questing Beast

Top 16 decklists.

Modern Classic

Joe Ambrosio

Joe Ambrosio won a Mono-Red Prowess mirror against Michael Ostroski to win the Modern Classic. The Top 16 was filled with Lightning Bolts as four copies of Prowess prized along with another copy of Burn.

Mono-Red Prowess

Joe Ambrosio

1st Place at Star City Games Classic on 02-02-2020

Modern

Creatures (14)

• 4 Monastery Swiftspear
• 3 Bedlam Reveler
• 4 Soul-Scar Mage
• 3 Runaway Steam-Kin

Lands (18)

• 13 Mountain
• 3 Sunbaked Canyon
• 2 Fiery Islet

Spells (29)

• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Lava Spike
• 4 Lava Dart
• 4 Manamorphose
• 3 Burst Lightning
• 2 Gut Shot
• 4 Crash Through
• 4 Light Up the Stage

Sideboard

• 3 Blood Moon
• 2 Dragon's Claw
• 2 Tormod's Crypt
• 2 Smash to Smithereens
• 2 Shrine of Burning Rage
• 1 Anger of the Gods
• 1 Rending Volley
• 1 Abrade
• 1 Magmatic Sinkhole

Top 16 decklists.

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