Stalder, Mono-Green Aggro❄, Wins SCG Tour Online $5K AFR Championship Qualifier #2

Kenton Stalder won Sunday’s SCG Tour Online Standard $5K Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Championship Qualifier #2 with Mono-Green Aggro❄.

Mono-Green Aggro ❄

Kenton Stalder

1st Place at SCG Tour Online Championship Qualifier on 08-01-2021

Standard

Creatures (27)

• 2 Scavenging Ooze
• 4 Lovestruck Beast
• 3 Questing Beast
• 4 Stonecoil Serpent
• 4 Gemrazer
• 4 Swarm Shambler
• 4 Kazandu Mammoth
• 2 Werewolf Pack Leader

Lands (23)

• 20 Snow-Covered Forest
• 3 Faceless Haven

Spells (10)

• 2 The Great Henge
• 2 Ram Through
• 2 Primal Might
• 2 Blizzard Brawl
• 2 Ranger Class

Sideboard

• 1 Thrashing Brontodon
• 1 Chainweb Aracnir
• 2 Shadowspear
• 1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
• 1 Ram Through
• 3 Garruk, Unleashed
• 2 Garruk's Harbinger
• 2 Snakeskin Veil
• 2 Weathered Runestone

Stalder earned an invite to the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Championship and $1,500 by winning the 156-person event by only dropping a single match in the Swiss. Stalder, a Mono-Green Aggro❄ enthusiast known for streaming his race to Rank #1 on the MTG Arena ladder each month with his favorite deck, was one of only four players in the event playing Mono-Green Aggro❄ and was the lone player on the archetype in the elimination rounds.

Stalder’s path to the crown involved wins over Hironori Tanaka on Sultai Ramp (Yorion), Noriyuki Mori on Izzet Control, and Yajima on Naya Winota in the finals. Yajima’s runner-up finish showed off the newest version of Winota, which gained a ton of popularity this week. Mori’s Izzet Control deck was a unique take on control, opting for no snow cards or companion.

Naya Winota

Tatsuaki Yajima

2nd Place at SCG Tour Online Championship Qualifier on 08-01-2021

Standard

Creatures (29)

• 2 Lotus Cobra
• 2 Kenrith, the Returned King
• 4 Winota, Joiner of Forces
• 4 Selfless Savior
• 1 Tangled Florahedron
• 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 3 Jaspera Sentinel
• 4 Elite Spellbinder
• 2 Blade Historian
• 4 Prosperous Innkeeper
• 2 Minsc, Beloved Ranger

Lands (19)

• 4 Fabled Passage
• 4 Cragcrown Pathway
• 4 Branchloft Pathway
• 4 Needleverge Pathway
• 3 Lair of the Hydra

Spells (12)

• 1 Forest
• 2 Plains
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Shatterskull Smashing
• 4 Esika's Chariot
• 2 Ranger Class

Sideboard

• 2 Bonecrusher Giant
• 3 Redcap Melee
• 1 The Akroan War
• 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
• 3 Ox of Agonas
• 1 Ranger Class
• 3 Burning Hands

Izzet Control

Noriyuki Mori

3rd Place at SCG Tour Online Championship Qualifier on 08-01-2021

Standard

Creatures (4)

• 4 Bonecrusher Giant

Lands (12)

• 4 Temple of Epiphany
• 2 Field of Ruin
• 4 Riverglide Pathway
• 2 Hall of Storm Giants

Spells (44)

• 6 Mountain
• 5 Island
• 2 Essence Scatter
• 3 Disdainful Stroke
• 3 Midnight Clock
• 1 Mystical Dispute
• 3 Kiora Bests the Sea God
• 1 Shark Typhoon
• 2 Fire Prophecy
• 2 Mazemind Tome
• 1 Valakut Awakening
• 3 Spikefield Hazard
• 3 Cinderclasm
• 2 Jwari Disruption
• 2 Saw It Coming
• 3 Expressive Iteration
• 2 Burning Hands

Sideboard

• 1 Mystical Dispute
• 2 Redcap Melee
• 1 Storm's Wrath
• 3 Phoenix of Ash
• 3 Shark Typhoon
• 2 Fire Prophecy
• 1 Mazemind Tome
• 1 Test of Talents
• 1 Burning Hands

Naya Winota was the most played deck by a large margin, clocking in at 42 copies which was more than 25% of the field. Dimir Rogues (Lurrus) was up next at 21 copies, followed by Gruul Adventures at 19, and Sultai Ramp (Yorion) at 18.

The metagame breakdown for decks with more than two pilots in the event can be seen below.

View the Top 12 decklists.