This past weekend 41 players showed up to battle it out for another prestigious slot in the Arizona Magic Invitational at The Geekery in Flagstaff. Six rounds with a cut to the top eight was the order of the day. A variety of archetypes came to do battle with the best earning their slot in the Top 8.
Jeffrey McCoy squared off with Ryan Singer in the finals.
Jeff was piloting a hybrid version of Junk Reanimator and Hoof There It Is. While Ryan was battling with GR aggro. Jeffrey was able to overcome the beatdown of RG Aggro and take home the invite.
The rest of the Top 8 was rounded out with Turbo Fog, GW Humans, Naya Blitz, RUG Flash and two other Junk decks. The metagame looks to be as diverse as ever.
The decklists can be found below.
With week 3 in the books we now have four players with an invite to the Invitational. There are 20 tournaments left to earn your guaranteed invite. There are currently three players with eight points leading the points race. They are all named Ryan. Singer, Leeper and Beaufeaux lead the pack. If you are named Ryan I would make sure to play in an AMIQ soon before the trend shifts.
With a win last week, Jeffrey McCoy took nine points out of the points race. This brings everyone one slot closer to qualifying.
This weekend you can chase AMI at Samurai Comics. There will be an AMIQ during the afternoon. The start time is fluid due to there being a PTQ the same day. However, the tournament organizer estimates it will start at around 2pm.
Samurai Comics
1120 S. Country Club Drive
480-962-1123
- AMIQ – Standard Format
- Win-A-Box
- 2pm
- $10 entry
I hope everyone makes it out to battle for those prestigious AMI slots. Remember, even if you have already qualified you can still play. If you win another AMIQ the invite automatically goes to the highest placed player in the tournament without an invite.
Jeffrey McCoy
Current Point Standings can be found here
1st Place – Jeffrey McCoy
| Creatures (25) 4 Angel of Serenity 3 Craterhoof Behemoth 4 Thragtusk 4 Avacyn's Pilgrim 3 Arbor Elf 4 Somberwald Sage 3 Restoration Angel Spells (12) 4 Mulch 4 Unburial Rites 4 Grisly Salvage Lands (23) 2 Forest 1 Vault of the Archangel 1 Cavern of Souls 2 Isolated Chapel 2 Godless Shrine 3 Sunpetal Grove 4 Woodland Cemetery 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Temple Garden | Sideboard (15) 1 Sylvan Primordial 1 Vraska the Unseen 2 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice 2 Centaur Healer 3 Acidic Slime 1 Sepulchral Primordial 2 Witchbane Orb 3 Deathrite Shaman |
2nd Place – Ryan Singer
| Creatures (34) 4 Arbor Elf 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Hellrider 4 Strangleroot Geist 4 Vexing Devil 4 Lightning Mauler 4 Experiment One 2 Thundermaw Hellkite 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager Spells (5) 2 Domri Rade 3 Rancor Lands (21) 4 Rootbound Crag 4 Stomping Ground 1 Kessig Wolf Run 6 Mountain 6 Forest | Sideboard (15) 3 Volcanic Strength 3 Boros Reckoner 4 Skullcrack 2 Thragtusk 3 Ground Seal |
3rd/4th Place – Jason Stoeckley
5th-8th Place – Louis Gall
5/8th – Gary Wong
5-8th Place – Nicholas Hyde
| Creatures (37) 4 Boros Elite 4 Experiment One 4 Champion of the Parish 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 4 Flinthoof Boar 4 Mayor of Avabruck 4 Lightning Mauler 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Frontline Medic 2 Ghor-Clan Rampager Spells (3) 3 Searing Spear Lands (20) 4 Cavern of Souls 1 Clifftop Retreat 1 Rootbound Crag 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Stomping Ground 2 Sunpetal Grove 4 Temple Garden | Sideboard (15) 3 Pacifism 2 Nearheath Pilgrim 3 Rest in Peace 3 Boros Charm 2 Fiend Hunter 2 Boros Reckoner |
5/8th – Andrew Caponera
| Creatures (19) 4 Wolfir Avenger 3 Snapcaster Mage 2 Master Biomancer 4 Yeva, Nature's Herald 4 Huntmaster of the Fells 2 Thragtusk Spells (15) 3 Garruk, Primal Hunter 4 Dissipate 4 Think Twice 4 Izzet Charm Lands (26) 4 Breeding Pool 4 Steam Vents 4 Hinterland Harbor 4 Stomping Ground 4 Rootbound Crag 4 Forest 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Cavern of Souls | Sideboard (15) 3 Syncopate 1 Thragtusk 4 Searing Spear 1 Silklash Spider 2 Plummet 2 Acidic Slime 2 Ground Seal |
5/8th – Zach Gray
| Creatures (23) 2 Angel of Serenity 4 Centaur Healer 3 Obzedat, Ghost Council 4 Restoration Angel 4 Thragtusk 3 Abrupt Decay 3 Devour Flesh Spells (12) 4 Farseek 3 Garruk, Primal Hunter 3 Lingering Souls 2 Unburial Rites Lands (25) 1 Godless Shrine 4 Isolated Chapel 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Sunpetal Grove 3 Temple Garden 4 Woodland Cemetery 2 Vault of the Archangel 1 Forest 1 Plains 1 Cavern of Souls | Sideboard (15) 1 Acidic Slime 2 Appetite for Brains 2 Deathrite Shaman 1 Duress 1 Golgari Charm 1 Planar Cleansing 2 Rhox Faithmender 2 Selesnya Charm 1 Staff of Nin 1 Witchbane Orb 1 Rest in Peace |