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Larsen, Mono-Red Aggro❄, Wins SCG Tour Online $5K Kaldheim Championship Qualifier #11

Christoffer Larsen wins the eleventh SCG Tour Online $5K Kaldheim Championship Qualifier with Mono-Red Aggro❄.

Bonecrusher Giant, illustrated by Victor Adame Minguez

Christoffer Larsen won Sunday’s SCG Tour Online Standard $5K Kaldheim Championship Qualifier #11 with Mono-Red Aggro❄.

Quarterfinals
1
Christoffer Larsen
Mono-Red Aggro❄
8
Sol Malka
Selesnya Adventures
4
Brandon Burton
Mono-Red Aggro❄
5
Riley Hicks
Jund Sacrifice
2
Simon Kamerow
Jeskai Cycling (Lurrus)
7
Tooru Horie
Sultai Ramp (Yorion)
3
Jameson Perdue
Mono-Red Aggro❄
6
Julian Wellman
Naya Adventures
Semifinals
Christoffer Larsen
2-1
Brandon Burton
2-1
Simon Kamerow
2-1
Julian Wellman
2-1
Finals
Christoffer Larsen
2-0
Simon Kamerow
2-0
Champion
Christoffer Larsen
2-1


Larsen earned an invite to the Kaldheim Championship and $1,500 by winning the 272-person event while only dropping a single match in the Swiss. After the breakout performance of Mono-White Aggro❄ last week, the top-performing aggro deck this week shifted back to one with Embercleave and Bonecrusher Giant. Four copies of Mono-Red Aggro❄ made the Top 12 this week while Mono-White Aggro failed to make the elimination rounds despite being the fourth most-played deck in the field.

Larsen benefited from a bye in the Wild Card round of the Top 12 after ending the Swiss as the top seed before taking down Sol Malka on Selesnya Adventures in the quarterfinals. Larsen had to defeat Brandon Burton in a Mono-Red Aggro❄ mirror in the semis, setting up a finals match against Simon Kamerow on Jeskai Cycling (Lurrus). The match went the distance but the Grand Prix Lyon 2017 champ came out on top.

Outside of four copies of Mono-Red Aggro❄ in the Top 12, the other decks with multiple pilots were Naya Adventures and Jeskai Cycling (Lurrus). The metagame breakdown for decks with more than two pilots in the event can be seen below.

ArchetypeCopies
Sultai Ramp (Yorion)42
Gruul Adventures40
Mono-Red Aggro❄37
Mono-White Aggro❄27
Naya Adventures26
Dimir Rogues (Lurrus)14
Jeskai Cycling (Lurrus)13
Rakdos Sacrifice10
Esper Blink (Yorion)10
Dimir Control (Yorion)8
Boros Aggro❄6
Grixis Control6
Temur Adventures (Obosh)5
Jund Sacrifice (Jegantha)4
Mono-Green Aggro❄4
Sultai Control (Yorion)3
Izzet Midrange ❄3

View the Top 12 decks