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Zhang, Naya Fury, Wins SCG Tour Online $5K Strixhaven Championship Qualifier #4

Rei Zhang wins the fourth SCG Tour Online $5K Strixhaven Championship Qualifier with Naya Fury.

Kazuul’s Fury, illustrated by Karl Kopinski

Rei Zhang won Sunday’s SCG Tour Online Standard $5K Strixhaven Championship Qualifier #4 with Naya Fury.

Quarterfinals
1
Julian Wellman
Temur Adventures
8
Ayrton Micallef
Mono-Red Aggro ❄
4
Philip Mahr
Temur Adventures (Obosh)
5
Brandon Burton
Mono-Red Aggro ❄
2
Derek Pite
Naya Adventures (Jegantha)
7
Rei Zhang
Naya Fury
3
Ricardo Mueller
Mono-Red Aggro ❄
6
Jamey Steed
Temur Adventures (Obosh)
Semifinals
Ayrton Micallef
2-1
Brandon Burton
2-0
Rei Zhang
2-1
Ricardo Mueller
2-1
Finals
Brandon Burton
2-1
Rei Zhang
2-1
Champion
Rei Zhang
2-1


Zhang earned an invite to the Strixhaven Championship and $1,500 by winning the 299 person event by winning twelve straight matches after losing the first round of Swiss. Zhang was one of two players in the entire tournament on Naya Fury and entered the elimination rounds as the No. 7 seed. Zhang played the max amount of games possible in the Top 12, taking four matches 2-1, starting with a win over Kouta Ehara on Sultai Ramp (Yorion) in the wildcard round.

Zhang moved through the bracket with wins against Derek Pite on Naya Adventures (Jegantha) and Ricardo Mueller (Mono-Red Aggro❄) to reach the finals against Grand Prix champion Brandon Burton (Mono-Red Aggro❄). In the end, the Naya combo deck emerged victorious, putting it back on the map in the ever-rotating Standard format.


The Top 12 was made up of five Mono-Red Aggro❄ decks, two copies of Dimir Rogues (Lurrus), the winning Naya Fury list, a Sultai Ramp (Yorion) deck, and four varieties of Adventures. Fifth through eighth place were all builds of Adventures, leaving both copies of Dimir Rogues as losers in the wildcard round. The metagame breakdown for decks with more than one pilot in the event can be seen below.

ArchetypeCopies
Sultai Ramp (Yorion)65
Temur Adventures (Obosh)40
Temur Adventures35
Mono-Red Aggro❄35
Dimir Rogues (Lurrus)33
Mono-White Aggro❄20
Jeskai Cycling16
Gruul Food10
Four-Color Blink (Yorion)6
Naya Adventures6
Dimir Control (Yorion)5
Rakdos Sacrifice5
Four-Color Cycling (Lurrus)3
Gruul Adventures 3
Esper Blink (Yorion)3
Naya Fury 2
Sultai Control (Yorion)2
Mono-Green Aggro2

View the Top 12 decks.