Tan, Dimir Rogues, Wins CFB Clash Qualifier 1

Franche Tan won the first ChannelFireball Clash Qualifier with Dimir Rogues on Sunday, topping a field that was 43% Omnath, Locus of Creation decks.

The event had 411 players participate in Day 1, which consisted of nine rounds, with 211 players moving on to Day 2. Players could move on to Day 2 with a record of 3-0, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, or 4-4 with byes rewarded after their fourth win (as well as 3-0) to fill out the remaining rounds. Day 2 was single elimination, though not seeded in a bracket, and pairings were random. The bracket above reflects the matches played by the final eight players despite the event not having a cut off. Final standings on MTG Melee are based off record, which is why Piroki is listed first with a record of a 16-1 despite losing the finals against Tan, who happened to lose twice on Day 1 but went undefeated on Day 2.

Dimir Rogues

Franche Tan

1st Place at CFB Clash Qualifier on 10-04-2020

Standard

Creatures (22)

• 4 Brazen Borrower
• 4 Thieves' Guild Enforcer
• 4 Merfolk Windrobber
• 3 Zareth San, the Trickster
• 3 Nighthawk Scavenger
• 4 Soaring Thought-Thief

Lands (16)

• 3 Swamp
• 4 Temple of Deceit
• 1 Castle Vantress
• 2 Castle Locthwain
• 2 Zagoth Triome
• 4 Clearwater Pathway

Spells (22)

• 4 Island
• 3 Into the Story
• 4 Drown in the Loch
• 4 Heartless Act
• 4 Lofty Denial
• 3 Agadeem's Awakening

Sideboard

• 3 Duress
• 3 Negate
• 1 Into the Story
• 1 Cling to Dust
• 1 Eliminate
• 4 Ruin Crab
• 2 Bloodchief's Thirst

Tan flew over the competition in the final eight, consisting of five Omnath decks (three Four-Color Ramp and two Four-Color Adventures), a Mono-Red Aggro, and Temur Adventures. Tan and their Dimir Rogues deck defeated an Omnath deck in the final three rounds, beating Omar Lopez Cabrera and Matthew Aprim each on Four-Color Ramp before taking down Piroki on Four-Color Adventures in the last match of the event.

Four-Color Adventures

Piroki

2nd Place at CFB Clash Qualifier on 10-04-2020

Standard

Creatures (27)

• 3 Lovestruck Beast
• 4 Beanstalk Giant
• 2 Giant Killer
• 4 Edgewall Innkeeper
• 4 Bonecrusher Giant
• 4 Fae of Wishes
• 2 Brazen Borrower
• 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation

Lands (16)

• 4 Fabled Passage
• 1 Ketria Triome
• 3 Raugrin Triome
• 4 Cragcrown Pathway
• 3 Branchloft Pathway
• 1 Riverglide Pathway

Spells (17)

• 4 Forest
• 1 Plains
• 2 Mountain
• 3 Island
• 3 Escape to the Wilds
• 4 Lucky Clover

Sideboard

• 1 Negate
• 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
• 1 Return to Nature
• 2 Embereth Shieldbreaker
• 2 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Once and Future
• 1 Redcap Melee
• 1 Escape to the Wilds
• 1 Storm's Wrath
• 1 Elspeth Conquers Death
• 1 Stern Dismissal
• 1 Primal Might
• 1 Kazuul's Fury

Tan was able to get out in front of the Omnath decks early then keep them off balance by playing a flash-style game with cheap threats, counterspells, and removal. However, if an Omnath deck got online and could leverage the powerful four-color threat, the games tended to spiral out of control. The Top 16 only contained one other Rogues pilot, ten total Omnath decks, and two copies of traditional Temur Adventures, leaving just singleton copies of Rakdos Midrange and Dimir Mill.

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