December 16 Modern RCQ – Top 8 Decks
The dust has settled, the sideboard guides tucked away, and eight Planeswalkers stand triumphant. From a crucible of competition forged in lightning bolts and creature clashes, these are the decks that defied the odds and ascended to the pinnacle of the Modern - Regional Championship Qualifier! Brace yourselves, fellow spellcasters, for a glimpse into the strategies that conquered the battlefield and redefined the metagame.
1st Place: Jarel Winston
4 Ancient Stirrings
1 Blast Zone
2 Boseiju, Who Endures
4 Chromatic Sphere
2 Chromatic Star
4 Expedition Map
3 Forest
1 Haywire Mite
1 Karn Liberated
4 Karn, the Great Creator
3 Oblivion Stone
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Sylvan Scrying
3 The One Ring
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
2 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
4 Urza's Mine
4 Urza's Power Plant
1 Urza's Saga
4 Urza's Tower
4 Warping Wail
3 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Haywire Mite
1 The One Ring
1 All Is Dust
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Cityscape Leveler
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Liquimetal Coating
1 Pithing Needle
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Sundering Titan
1 The Stone Brain
1 Tormod's Crypt
2nd Place: Neil Mcisaac
2 Tishana's Tidebinder
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Ketria Triome
1 Otawara, Soaring City
2 Mutavault
2 Island
1 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Breeding Pool
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
4 Shardless Agent
3 Subtlety
1 Murktide Regent
4 Violent Outburst
4 Force of Negation
4 Crashing Footfalls
4 Dead / Gone
4 Fire / Ice
3 Flame of Anor
4 Lórien Revealed
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Tishana's Tidebinder
1 Flame of Anor
2 Mystical Dispute
3 Force of Vigor
3 Endurance
2 Commandeer
1 Blood Moon
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Anger of the Gods
3rd Place: Sam Best
3 Esper Sentinel
3 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Ornithopter
3 Giver of Runes
4 Puresteel Paladin
4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 The Reality Chip
1 Kaldra Compleat
4 Colossus Hammer
1 Shadowspear
4 Sigarda's Aid
1 Forge Anew
3 Springleaf Drum
2 Spell Pierce
2 Surge of Salvation
4 Flooded Strand
1 Arid Mesa
1 Marsh Flats
2 Hallowed Fountain
3 Seachrome Coast
4 Urza's Saga
4 Plains
1 Gingerbrute
2 Surge of Salvation
2 March of Otherworldly Light
3 Sanctifier en-Vec
1 Pithing Needle
3 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
1 Teferi, Time Raveler
3 Solitude
4th Place: Mike Bott
4 Thoughtseize
4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Cling to Dust
1 Damnation
4 Dauthi Voidwalker
4 Fatal Push
4 March of Wretched Sorrow
4 Orcish Bowmasters
2 Sheoldred's Edict
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Troll of Khazad-dûm
4 Cabal Coffers
3 Demolition Field
4 Field of Ruin
2 Sunken Citadel
7 Swamp
4 Karn, the Great Creator
3 The One Ring
1 The One Ring
3 Chalice of the Void
1 Cityscape Leveler
1 Cursed Totem
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Liquimetal Coating
1 Sundering Titan
1 The Stone Brain
5th Place: David Haass
2 Bloodstained Mire
1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
4 Archon of Cruelty
4 Wrenn and Six
4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
2 Bitter Reunion
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Spell Pierce
2 Burst Lightning
2 Prismari Command
2 Mana Leak
2 Stern Scolding
2 Persist
4 Indomitable Creativity
4 Arid Mesa
3 Wooded Foothills
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Ketria Triome
2 Steam Vents
1 Blood Crypt
2 Stomping Ground
4 Dwarven Mine
1 Mountain
3 Veil of Summer
2 Alpine Moon
2 Turn the Earth
2 Nature's Claim
2 Flusterstorm
1 Terastodon
1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
1 Brotherhood's End
1 Anger of the Gods
6th Place: Ryan Mitchell
4 Ancient Stirrings
2 Boseiju, Who Endures
4 Chromatic Sphere
1 Chromatic Star
2 Dismember
4 Expedition Map
3 Forest
1 Karn Liberated
4 Karn, the Great Creator
4 Oblivion Stone
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Sylvan Scrying
1 Talisman of Resilience
4 The One Ring
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
2 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
4 Urza's Mine
4 Urza's Power Plant
2 Urza's Saga
4 Urza's Tower
1 Walking Ballista
3 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Walking Ballista
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Cityscape Leveler
1 Cursed Totem
1 Defense Grid
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Haywire Mite
1 Liquimetal Coating
1 Sundering Titan
1 The Stone Brain
1 Tormod's Crypt
7th Place: Daniel J.H. Waldholz
4 Dwarven Mine
1 Stomping Ground
1 Ketria Triome
4 Arid Mesa
2 Wooded Foothills
2 Scalding Tarn
3 Bloodstained Mire
1 Mountain
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Blood Crypt
1 Steam Vents
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Jetmir's Garden
1 Xander's Lounge
4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
4 Indomitable Creativity
4 Leyline Binding
4 Archon of Cruelty
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Wrenn and Six
3 Teferi, Time Raveler
3 Spell Pierce
2 Persist
2 Bitter Reunion
2 Prismari Command
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Teferi, Time Raveler
3 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Flusterstorm
2 Wear / Tear
2 Veil of Summer
2 Collective Brutality
1 Test of Talents
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Crumble to Dust
8th Place: Andrew Skolnick
4 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
4 Sterling Grove
1 Banefire
1 Blood Moon
1 Commune with Spirits
2 Destiny Spinner
4 Enchantress's Presence
1 Greater Auramancy
1 Kruphix's Insight
2 Leyline Binding
2 On Thin Ice
1 Ossification
1 Out of Time
3 Phyrexian Unlife
1 Rest in Peace
3 Sanctum Weaver
1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
3 Solemnity
1 Solitary Confinement
4 Utopia Sprawl
2 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
1 Raffine's Tower
5 Snow-Covered Forest
3 Snow-Covered Plains
1 Stomping Ground
2 Temple Garden
4 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Blood Moon
1 Rest in Peace
1 Curse of Silence
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Flame Blitz
3 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Nevermore
1 Stony Silence
1 Heroic Intervention
2 Veil of Summer
1 Void Mirror
1 Wheel of Sun and Moon