Rene van Hoorn won the Historic Hooglandia Open on Sunday with Mono-Black Aggro❄.
Mono-Black Aggro❄ Rene van Hoorn
Van Hoorn went 10-1 in the double-elimination tournament, with their only loss coming in Round 7 to wannabebeatle on Gruul Aggro. Van Hoorn got to avenge the loss, taking down wannabebeatle in the final match 2-0 to claim the title. Mono-Black Aggro❄ took three of the Top 8 slots as the only deck in the Top 8 with multiple copies.
The Hooglandia Open was one of the first Historic events with the inclusion of Historic Anthology 5 legal. Van Hoorn didn’t play any new cards from the expansion, but wannabebeatle played four copies of Atarka’s Command in Gruul Aggro.
Gruul Aggro wannabebeatle
The only other deck in the Top 8 to play a card from Historic Anthology 5 was Ashkan Paykar on Rakdos Arcanist (Lurrus) opting for two copies of Kolaghan’s Command.
Rakdos Arcanist (Lurrus) Ashkan Paykar
See the Top 8 decklists.
