WizardTower.com Open Championship Top 8 Decklists

This weekend at the Wizard's Tower, while many eyes were focused on day two of the Pro Tour, we took the time to host our quarterly Open Championship. Players from around the region came together to play Magic and compete for $2,000 in cash prizes. Many players were qualified for free entry into the tournament by coming to our weekly Saturday Open Qualifier tournaments.

On the day, players competed in the first half of the tournament by playing their own standard decks. The top 24 players from the first half of the day were then competed in a three round draft to determine who were among the top eight players of the day.

Those top 8 players were then tasked with taking each other out in order to win the top prize of $700 and free qualification into our Player's Invitational Championship. Each player was then asked to play it out using their standard decks. So who had the best deck of the day? Let's take a look into the top eight decks from the day.

Fifth-Eighth Decklists

Michael Gouthro - Jeskai Black

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Creatures: (16)

2 Goblin Dark-Dwellers

4 Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy

4 Mantis Rider

2 Reflector Mage

4 Seeker of the Way

Planeswalkers: (2)

2 Chandra, Flamecaller

Spells: (16)

4 Crackling Doom

2 Dig Through Time

2 Dispel

4 Fiery Impulse

4 Jeskai Charm

Lands: (26)

1 Bloodstained Mire

1 Canopy Vista

1 Evolving wilds

4 Flooded Strand

1 Island

2 Mountain

1 Plains

4 Polluted Delta

1 Prairie Stream

1 Shambling Vent

1 Smoldering Marsh

1 Sunken Hollow

4 Wandering Fumarole

3 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard: (15)

2 Disdainful Stroke

1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

1 Negate

3 Radiant Flames

2 Roast

3 Self-inflicted Wound

3 Soulfire Grand Master

Justin Lyson - White-Blue Secret Deck

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Creatures: (20)

2 Atarka Efreet

2 Avaricious Dragon

2 Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh

4 Goblin Dark-Dwellers

2 Goblin Glory Chaser

3 Lava Raider

3 Monastery Swiftspear

2 Subterranean Scout

Spells: (19)

2 Act of Treason

2 Arcbond

3 Arrow Storm

1 Break Through the Line

2 Crater’s Claw

3 Exquisite Firecraft

3 Infectious Bloodlust

3 Titan’s Strength

Lands: (21)

21 Mountains

Sideboard (8)

1 Flamewake Pheonix

2 Friendly Fire

3 Rending Volley

1 Smash to Smithereens

1 Tears of Valakut

Andrew Noworaj - Mike’s Cards

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Creatures: (22)

4 Anafenza, the Foremost

3 Den Protector

1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

4 Siege Rhino

4 Sylvan Advocate

4 Warden of the First Tree

2 Wingmate Roc

Planeswalkers: (1)

1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Spells: (10)

4 Abzan Charm

2 Dromoka’s Command

1 Murderous Cut

2 Silkwrap

1 Transgress the Mind

Lands: (25)

2 Canopy Vista

1 Cave of Koilos

2 Forest

1 Hissing Quagmire

2 Llanowar Waste

2 Plains

4 Shambling Vent

1 Smoldering Marsh

2 Swamp

4 Windswept Heath

4 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard: (15)

2 Arashin Cleric

2 Dormoka’s Command

2 Flaying Tendrils

1 Ob Nixilis, Reignited

1 Painful Truths

1 Remorseless Punishment

2 Self-Inflicted Wound

1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor

1 Transgress the Mind

1 Ultimate Price

1 Wingmate Roc

Brad Young - Abzan Moist

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Creatures: (23)

4 Anafenza the Foremost

2 Den Protector

3 Reflector Mage

4 Siege Rhino

3 Sylvan Advocate

4 Warden of the First Tree

3 Wingmate Roc

Spells: (11)

4 Abzan Charm

2 Dromoka’s Command

2 Murderous Cut

2 Silkwrap

1 Ultimate Price

Lands: (26)

1 Canopy Vista

3 Flooded Strand

2 Forest

1 Plains

3 Polluted Delta

1 Prarie Stream

4 Shambling Vent

1 Smoldering Marsh

1 Sunken Hollow

1 Swamp

4 Windswept Heath

4 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard: (15)

3 Disdainful Stroke

3 Duress

2 Flaying Tendrils

1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

2 Ob Nixilis Reignited

3 Self-Inflicted Wound

1 Silkwrap

Third-Fourth Place Decklists

Andrew Harris - Mossy Mardu

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Creatures: (12)

1 Den Protector

3 Goblin Dark-Dwellers

1 Linvala, the Preserver

4 Siege Rhino

3 Soulfire Grand Master

Planeswalkers: (2)

1 Chandra, Flamecaller

1 Ob Nixilis, Reignited

Spells: (21)

1 Abzan Charm

4 Crackling Doom

2 Duress

4 Fiery Impulse

2 Kolaghan’s Command

2 Murderous Cut

2 Painful Truths

1 Read the Bones

2 Roast

1 Ruinous Path

Lands: (25)

4 Bloodstained Mire

1 Canopy Vista

2 Cinder Glade

1 Mountain

2 Nomad Outpost

1 Plains

3 Shambling Vent

2 Smoldering Marsh

1 Swamp

4 Windswept Heath

4 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard: (13)

3 Anafenza, the Foremost

1 Duress

3 Hallowed Moonlight

2 Pulse of Murasa

2 Transgress the Mind

1 Utter End

1 Virulent Plague

Jaxon Flannagan - Very Little Willpower

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Creatures: (21)

3 Flamewake Phoenix

4 Hangarback Walker

4 Kolaghan, The Storm’s Fury

2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar

4 Thopter Engineer

4 Thunderbreak Regent

Spells: (13)

4 Draconic Roar

2 Duress

2 Fiery Impulse

3 Grasp of Darkness

2 Murderous Cut

Lands: (26)

4 Bloodstained Mire

3 Haven of the Spirit Dragon

4 Mountain

4 Polluted Delta

3 Smoldering Marsh

4 Swamp

4 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard: (15)

1 Chandra, Flamecaller

1 Crux of Fate

1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

2 Kolaghan’s Command

2 Kozilek’s Return

1 Ob Nixilis Reignited

3 Self-inflicted Wound

4 Transgress the Mind

Second Place Decklist

Daniel Lozinski - 5C Psamms Crusher

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Creatures: (18)

2 Goblin Dark-Dwellers

4 Jace, Vyrn’s Prodigy

1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

4 Mantis Rider

4 Siege Rhino

2 Soulfire Grand Master

1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Planeswalkers: (1)

1 Chandra, Flamecaller

Spells: (15)

4 Crackling Doom

4 Fiery Impulse

2 Kolaghan’s Command

2 Murderous Cut

1 Painful Truths

2 Treasure Cruise

Lands: (26)

4 Bloodstained Mire

1 Canopy Vista

1 Cinder Glade

3 Flooded Strand

1 Mountain

1 Plains

3 Polluted Delta

1 Prairie Stream

1 Smoldering Marsh

2 Sunken Hollow

1 Swamp

4 Windswept Heath

3 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard: (15)

2 Anafenza, the Foremost

1 Dispel

1 Duress

1 Exert Influence

2 Hallowed Moonlight

1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

3 Radiant FLames

2 Surge of Righteousness

2 Transgress the Mind

First Place Decklist

And of course let's take a look at the top deck of the day, piloted by Alex Battistelli.

Alex Battistelli - BEEP BEEP I’m A Rhino

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Creatures: (12)

2 Den Protector

3 Goblin Dark-Dwellers

4 Siege Rhino

3 Soulfire Grand Master

Planeswalkers: (1)

1 Chandra, Flamecaller

Spells: (21)

2 Abzan Charm

4 Crackling Doom

4 Fiery Impulse

1 Kolaghan’s Command

2 Murderous Cut

3 Painful Truths

2 Pulse of Murasa

2 Roast

1 Ruinous Path

Lands: (26)

4 Bloodstained Mire

1 Canopy Vista

1 Cinder Glade

1 Forest

1 Mountain

3 Nomad Outpost

1 Plains

3 Shambling Vents

2 Smoldering Marsh

1 Swamp

4 Windswept Heath

4 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard: (15)

3 Anafenza, the Foremost

1 Duress

3 Hallowed Moonlight

1 Linvala, the Preserver

3 Radiant Flames

2 Remorseless Punishment

2 Transgress the Mind

Congratulations to our Open Champion, Alex!