Two-time Grand Prix champion and MPL member Rei Sato stomped the competition, going 11-1 with Gruul Adventures in the October Zendikar Rising League Weekend.
Members of the MPL and Rivals League battled in twleve rounds of Zendikar Rising Standard action this weekend with each match win helping them make it to the World Championship and either rise or maintain their current league status. Sato’s record of 11-1 set him as the clear leader in the MPL, followed by Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa at 9-3, then Marcio Carvalho, Reid Duke, and Carlos Romao all at 8-4.
Full MPL records for the first League Weekend are shown below:
| Player | Record |
|---|---|
| Rei Sato | 11-1 |
| Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa | 9-3 |
| Marcio Carvalho | 8-4 |
| Reid Duke | 8-4 |
| Carlos Romao | 8-4 |
| Javier Dominguez | 7-5 |
| Raphael Levy | 7-5 |
| Autumn Burchett | 7-5 |
| Gabriel Nassif | 7-5 |
| Brad Nelson | 7-5 |
| Ondrej Strasky | 7-5 |
| Jean-Emmanuel Depraz | 6-6 |
| Seth Manfield | 6-6 |
| Martin Juza | 6-6 |
| Andrea Mengucci | 6-6 |
| William Jensen | 5-7 |
| Lee Shi Tian | 5-7 |
| Shota Yasooka | 4-8 |
| Shahar Shenhar | 4-8 |
| Ken Yukuhiro | 4-8 |
| Chris Kvartek | 3-9 |
| Brian Braun-Duin | 3-9 |
| Andrew Cuneo | 3-9 |
| Piotr Glogowski | 2-10 |
Sato put on a clinic with his take on Gruul Adventures, using maindeck copies of The Great Henge, Primal Might, and Scorching Dragonfire. Damo da Rosa was one just of three players to play Rakdos Midrange, but it paid off. All three 8-4 players in the MPL were on Dimir Rogues.
Creatures (25)
- 3 Scavenging Ooze
- 4 Lovestruck Beast
- 2 Questing Beast
- 4 Edgewall Innkeeper
- 4 Bonecrusher Giant
- 4 Brushfire Elemental
- 4 Kazandu Mammoth
Lands (22)
Spells (13)
Creatures (22)
- 2 Rankle, Master of Pranks
- 2 Murderous Rider
- 4 Robber of the Rich
- 4 Bonecrusher Giant
- 2 Ox of Agonas
- 4 Mire Triton
- 4 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Spells (17)
Members of the Rivals League also battled in up to twleve matches, but full results aren’t available as two players had some or all of their matches postponed. Stanislav Cifka, Luis Scott-Vargas, and Bernardo Santos headlined the Rivals League with all three reaching nine wins over the weekend. Notably, all three of the top Rivals players registered Dimir Rogues with Santos using Lurrus of the Dream-Den as companion while Scott-Vargas and Cifka went without.
Creatures (8)
Lands (24)
Spells (28)
Creatures (16)
Lands (21)
Spells (23)
Win totals for the rest of the Rivals League can be parsed from a Magic Esports tweet from yesterday.
See all 71 decklists from the MPL and Rivals members.