Wilderness Reclamation Dominates As Players Tour Finals Top 8 Is Finalized

After fourteen rounds of Swiss, the Top 8 of the Players Tour Finals has been determined. 145 players battled it out this past weekend to see who would go on to to play in the Top 8 this coming weekend and who would qualify for the Players Tour Grand Finals.

A mix of longtime pro players and fresh faces made the Top 8, where only four of the eight players are playing Wilderness Reclamation decks.

• Ben Weitz, Four-Color Reclamation
• Allen Wu, Temur Reclamation
• Patrick Fernandes, Temur Reclamation
• Riku Kumagai, Mono-Black Aggro
• Michael Jacob, Mardu Winota
• Kristof Prinz, Four-Color Reclamation
• Raphael Levy, Azorius Control
• Christoffer Larsen, Jund Sacrifice

To no surprise, Temur Reclamation and Four-Color Reclamation were the most played decks in the field, combining for just under 55% of the field on Day 1 and a staggering 60% of the field on Day 2. When you factor in Bant Ramp and Sultai Ramp, more than 74% of the Day 2 field consisted of Growth Spiral decks.

Despite the four Wilderness Reclamation decks in the Top 8, four other archetypes reached the elimination rounds: Mono-Black Aggro, Mardu Winota, Azorius Control (Yorion), and Jund Sacrifice.

Four-Color Reclamation

Ben Weitz

7th Place at Players Tour Finals on 07-26-2020

Standard

Creatures (3)

• 1 Brazen Borrower
• 2 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

Planeswalkers (4)

• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler

Lands (30)

• 1 Forest
• 1 Plains
• 1 Mountain
• 2 Island
• 4 Temple Garden
• 3 Breeding Pool
• 3 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Blast Zone
• 2 Castle Vantress
• 4 Fabled Passage
• 4 Ketria Triome
• 4 Raugrin Triome

Spells (23)

• 4 Expansion
• 4 Growth Spiral
• 4 Wilderness Reclamation
• 2 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Aether Gust
• 4 Mystical Dispute
• 4 Shark Typhoon

Sideboard

• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 3 Solar Blaze
• 2 Spectral Sailor
• 2 Kenrith, the Returned King
• 4 Glass Casket
• 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 2 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse

Temur Reclamation

Allen Wu

4th Place at Players Tour Finals on 07-26-2020

Standard

Creatures (5)

• 2 Nightpack Ambusher
• 1 Brazen Borrower
• 2 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

Lands (29)

• 2 Forest
• 1 Mountain
• 2 Island
• 3 Steam Vents
• 3 Stomping Ground
• 4 Breeding Pool
• 1 Temple of Mystery
• 2 Blast Zone
• 3 Castle Vantress
• 4 Fabled Passage
• 4 Ketria Triome

Spells (26)

• 3 Negate
• 4 Expansion
• 4 Growth Spiral
• 4 Wilderness Reclamation
• 3 Aether Gust
• 4 Mystical Dispute
• 4 Shark Typhoon

Sideboard

• 1 Negate
• 1 Commence the Endgame
• 1 Narset's Reversal
• 1 Flame Sweep
• 4 Scorching Dragonfire
• 1 Brazen Borrower
• 1 Storm's Wrath
• 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 2 Elder Gargaroth
• 2 Mazemind Tome

Mono-Black Aggro

Riku Kumagai

2nd Place at Players Tour Finals on 07-26-2020

Standard

Creatures (28)

• 4 Kitesail Freebooter
• 4 Spawn of Mayhem
• 4 Gutterbones
• 4 Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 3 Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1 Murderous Rider
• 2 Blacklance Paragon
• 2 Tymaret, Chosen from Death
• 4 Hunted Nightmare

Lands (25)

• 19 Swamp
• 2 Mobilized District
• 4 Castle Locthwain

Spells (7)

• 3 Duress
• 4 Heartless Act

Sideboard

• 3 Grasp of Darkness
• 4 Cry of the Carnarium
• 3 Noxious Grasp
• 1 Murderous Rider
• 3 Agonizing Remorse
• 1 Kaervek, the Spiteful

Mardu Winota

Michael Jacob

3rd Place at Players Tour Finals on 07-26-2020

Standard

Creatures (31)

• 3 Kitesail Freebooter
• 4 Venerated Loxodon
• 1 Tajic, Legion's Edge
• 3 Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 3 Lazotep Reaver
• 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 3 Woe Strider
• 1 General's Enforcer
• 4 Winota, Joiner of Forces
• 4 Basri's Lieutenant
• 4 Selfless Savior

Lands (25)

• 2 Plains
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Mountain
• 4 Sacred Foundry
• 4 Godless Shrine
• 4 Blood Crypt
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 1 Temple of Triumph
• 1 Castle Embereth
• 2 Fabled Passage
• 4 Savai Triome

Spells (4)

• 4 Raise the Alarm

Sideboard

• 1 Kitesail Freebooter
• 2 Legion Warboss
• 1 Despark
• 2 Devout Decree
• 2 Blightbeetle
• 1 Noxious Grasp
• 1 Giant Killer
• 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
• 1 General's Enforcer
• 1 General Kudro of Drannith
• 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
• 1 Eliminate

Azorius Control (Yorion)

Raphael Levy

8th Place at Players Tour Finals on 07-26-2020

Standard

Creatures (4)

• 2 Archon of Sun's Grace
• 2 Yorion, Sky Nomad

Planeswalkers (8)

• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 4 Narset, Parter of Veils

Lands (35)

• 7 Plains
• 9 Island
• 4 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Temple of Enlightenment
• 2 Field of Ruin
• 2 Castle Vantress
• 1 Castle Ardenvale
• 4 Fabled Passage
• 2 Raugrin Triome

Spells (33)

• 4 Dovin's Veto
• 2 Aether Gust
• 2 Mystical Dispute
• 3 Glass Casket
• 4 Omen of the Sea
• 2 Thirst for Meaning
• 3 The Birth of Meletis
• 2 Omen of the Sun
• 4 Elspeth Conquers Death
• 3 Shatter the Sky
• 4 Shark Typhoon

Sideboard

• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 2 Sky Tether
• 1 Commence the Endgame
• 1 Narset's Reversal
• 2 Aether Gust
• 1 Spectral Sailor
• 1 Giant Killer
• 1 Glass Casket
• 1 Brazen Borrower
• 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1 Shatter the Sky
• 1 Heliod's Intervention
• 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad

Jund Sacrifice

Christoffer Larsen

6th Place at Players Tour Finals on 07-26-2020

Standard

Creatures (24)

• 3 Solemn Simulacrum
• 3 Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 4 Mayhem Devil
• 4 Gilded Goose
• 2 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
• 4 Cauldron Familiar
• 4 Woe Strider

Lands (24)

• 3 Forest
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Mountain
• 4 Overgrown Tomb
• 4 Stomping Ground
• 4 Blood Crypt
• 1 Castle Locthwain
• 4 Fabled Passage

Spells (12)

• 2 Bolas's Citadel
• 4 Witch's Oven
• 2 Claim the Firstborn
• 4 Trail of Crumbs

Sideboard

• 1 Duress
• 2 Lava Coil
• 1 Cindervines
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 2 Return to Nature
• 2 Noxious Grasp
• 2 Claim the Firstborn
• 4 Agonizing Remorse

The Top 8 will play out Saturday with a randomized double-elimination bracket with best-of-three matches. The Top 16 finishers from the Swiss also qualified for the Players Tour Grand Finals later this year. Joining the Top 8 are:

• Piotr Glogowski
• Autumn Burchett
• Sam Sherman
• Seth Manfield
• Alvaro Fernandez Torres
• Austin Bursavich
• Ivan Floch
• Eetu Perttula

View the Top 16 decklists.