Segal, Sultai Infect, Wins Modern NRG Series: Milwaukee

Jacob Segal won the Modern NRG Series: Milwaukee on Sunday with Sultai Infect.

Sultai Infect

Jacob Segal

1st Place at NRG Series: Milwaukee on 12-12-2021

Modern

Creatures (20)

• 4 Noble Hierarch
• 4 Phyrexian Crusader
• 4 Blighted Agent
• 4 Glistener Elf
• 4 Ignoble Hierarch

Lands (20)

• 1 Pendelhaven
• 2 Forest
• 2 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 4 Verdant Catacombs
• 4 Inkmoth Nexus
• 1 Waterlogged Grove

Spells (20)

• 4 Might of Old Krosa
• 4 Vines of Vastwood
• 1 Groundswell
• 4 Mutagenic Growth
• 1 Become Immense
• 2 Blossoming Defense
• 4 Scale Up

Sideboard

• 3 Spell Pierce
• 2 Fatal Push
• 4 Force of Vigor
• 2 Veil of Summer
• 4 Endurance

Segal entered the Top 8 as the #3 seed after going 6-0-2 in the Swiss, setting up a quarterfinal match against Sky Bauerschmidt Sweeney on Grixis Death’s Shadow (Lurrus). Segal powered through the tough matchup and chained together two more wins over Bill Comminos on Rakdos Midrange (Lurrus) and Dominick Paolercio on Orzhov Hammer (Lurrus) to claim the title and the $1,200 first-place prize.

Orzhov Hammer (Lurrus)

Dominick Paolercio

2nd Place at NRG Series: Milwaukee on 12-12-2021

Modern

Creatures (23)

• 4 Ornithopter
• 2 Kor Outfitter
• 4 Stoneforge Mystic
• 4 Memnite
• 4 Puresteel Paladin
• 1 Gingerbrute
• 4 Esper Sentinel

Lands (22)

• 4 Plains
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 3 Inkmoth Nexus
• 4 Concealed Courtyard
• 4 Silent Clearing
• 4 Urza's Saga

Spells (15)

• 1 Cranial Plating
• 4 Springleaf Drum
• 1 Thoughtseize
• 4 Sigarda's Aid
• 4 Colossus Hammer
• 1 Shadowspear

Sideboard

• 2 Seal of Cleansing
• 2 Defense Grid
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 3 Thoughtseize
• 1 Nihil Spellbomb
• 1 Hushbringer
• 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 2 Prismatic Ending
• 2 Sanctifier en-Vec

The addition of Ignoble Hierarch to enable casting Phyrexian Crusader gives Infect a new tool to attack removal heavy decks like Grixis, Jund, and Rakdos and it came up big in the quarters and semis. On top of the added resiliency, Infect still has the tools to win quickly when not disrupted in matchups like Orzhov Hammer, Amulet Titan, and Temur Crashcade.

Segal was one of the players in the field on Sultai Infect, a rogue strategy in the current Modern format. The most played deck was Burn at seventeen (17) copies, followed by Orzhov and Mono-White Hammer (Lurrus) with a combined total of thirteen (13), including two in the Top 8. Four-Color decks were scattered among varying archetypes, but nine copies of Four-Color Blink (Yorion) were the most represented. Goglari Yawgmoth and Azorius Control (Kaheera) also had nine (9) pilots, followed by Amulet Titan and Jund Midrange (Lurrus) at seven (7) each.

View the Top 8 decklists here.