Mythic 5K32: Top 8 Decklists

Joel Gagnon, piloting a BG Midrange deck, took down our Mythic 5K32 qualifier and earned a spot in a 32-player event with a $5,000 prize pool. Here is the Top 8 in it’s entirety:

Joel Gagnon’s Golgari Midrange

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Creatures (16) 4 Desecration Demon 2 Disciple of Bolas 4 Geralf’s Messenger 2 Scavenging Ooze 4 Thragtusk Instants (8) 2 Abrupt Decay 1 Putrefy 2 Tragic Slip 3 Victim of Night Planeswalkers (5) 4 Liliana of the Veil 1 Garruk Relentless Sorceries (6) 3 Mutilate 3 Sign in Blood Lands (25) 2 Golgari Guildgate 1 Mutavault 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Woodland Cemetery 14 Swamp Sideboard (15) 1 Pithing Needle 1 Ratchet Bomb 1 Deathrite Shaman 1 Primeval Bounty 3 Underworld Connections 1 Abrupt Decay 1 Golgari Charm 2 Vraska the Unseen 2 Duress 1 Mutilate 1 Sever the Bloodline

Mike Kailing’s Azorius Control

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Creatures (10) 4 Augur of Bolas 4 Restoration Angel 1 Snapcaster Mage 1 Aetherling Instants (16) 4 Think Twice 3 Sphinx’s Revelation 3 Azorius Charm 2 Syncopate 2 Dissipate 2 Essence Scatter Sorceries (4) 4 Supreme Verdict Planeswalkers (1) 1 Jace, Architect of Thought Enchantments (3) 3 Detention Sphere Lands (26) 4 Hallowed Fountain 4 Glacial Fortress 2 Mutavault 1 Moorland Haunt 1 Cavern of Souls 6 Plains 8 Island Sideboard (15) 1 Ratchet Bomb 2 Blind Obedience 2 Terminus 2 Celestial Flare 1 Pithing Needle 2 Negate 2 Dispel 1 Jace, Memory Adept 1 Cavern of Souls 1 Aetherling

Phillip Heath’s Golgari Aggro

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Creatures (25) 4 Predator Ooze 4 Lotleth Troll 2 Scavenging Ooze 4 Arbor Elf 4 Dreg Mangler 4 Strangleroot Geist 3 Uvenwald Tracker Instants (7) 3 Abrupt Decay 2 Putrefy 2 Doom Blade Enchantments (4) 4 Rancor Planeswalkers (2) 2 Garruk Relentless Lands (22) 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Woodland Cemetery 3 Golgari Guildgate 11 Forest Sideboard (15) 2 Pithing Needle 2 Golgari Charm 3 Alpha Authority 2 Appetite for Brains 2 Duress 1 Abrupt Decay 1 Doom Blade 2 Sever the Bloodline

Clyde Gibbons’ Junk Aristocrats

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Creatures (24) 4 Blood Artist 4 Doomed Traveler 2 Young Wolf 3 Skirsdag High Priest 4 Cartel Aristocrat 4 Voice of Resurgence 2 Varolz, the Scar Striped 1 Obzedat, Ghost Council Sorceries (4) 4 Lingering Souls Instants (4) 4 Tragic Slip Planeswalkers (3) 3 Garruk Relentless Lands (25) 3 Woodland Cemetery 4 Isolated Chapel 3 Sunpetal Grove 2 Gavony Township 1 Swamp 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Temple Garden 4 Godless Shrine Sideboard (15) 1 Obzedat, Ghost Council 3 Appetite for Brains 2 Lifebane Zombie 1 Ray of Revelation 2 Scavenging Ooze 1 Doom Blade 3 Abrupt Decay 2 Duress

Brad Morisette’s Gruul Aggro

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Creatures (30) 4 Arbor Elf 2 Elvish Mystic 4 Flinthoof Boar 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager 4 Hellrider 4 Scavenging Ooze 4 Strangleroot Geist 4 Thundermaw Hellkite Planeswalkers (4) 4 Domri Rade Sorceries (3) 3 Mizzium Mortars Lands (23) 4 Stomping Ground 4 Rootbound Crag 1 Kessig Wolf-Run 6 Mountain 8 Forest Sideboard (15) 1 Cavern of Souls 3 Burning Earth 1 Zealous Conscripts 2 Skullcrack 2 Flames of the Firebrand 2 Fog 2 Bonfire of the Damned 2 Volcanic Strength

Jacob Hutchinson’s Gruul Aggro

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Creatures (29) 4 Arbor Elf 2 Elvish Mystic 4 Flinthoof Boar 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager 4 Hellrider 3 Scavenging Ooze 4 Strangleroot Geist 4 Thundermaw Hellkite Sorceries (3) 3 Mizzium Mortars Planeswalkers (4) 4 Domri Rade Lands (24) 9 Forest 6 Mountain 1 Kessig Wolf-Run 4 Stomping Ground 4 Rootbound Crag Sideboard (15) 4 Burning Earth 2 Fog 2 Bonfire of the Damned 3 Volcanic Strength 2 Pillar of Flame 2 Chandra, Pyromancer

Patrick McDonnell’s Golgari Midrange

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Creatures (21) 2 Scavenging Ooze 2 Acidic Slime 3 Vampire Nighthawk 4 Desecration Demon 3 Disciple of Bolas 3 Lotleth Troll 4 Thragtusk Instants (5) 2 Abrupt Decay 3 Putrefy Sorceries (7) 4 Farseek 3 Sign in Blood Planeswalkers (3) 2 Liliana of the Veil 1 Vraska the Unseen Lands (24) 8 Swamp 4 Forest 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Woodland Cemetery 4 Golgari Guildgate Sideboard (9) 1 Acidic Slime 1 Vampire Nighthawk 1 Abrupt Decay 2 Sever the Bloodline 2 Barter in Blood 2 Gaze of Granite

::EDITOR’S NOTE:: Patrick’s Sideboard is incomplete.

Matthew Nemchik’s Gruul Aggro

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Creatures (29) 4 Stromkirk Noble 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Flinthoof Boar 2 Scavenging Ooze 4 Boros Reckoner 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager 3 Hellrider Instants (4) 4 Searing Spear Sorceries (3) 3 Pillar of Flame Enchantments (2) 2 Mapcap Skills Lands (22) 12 Mountain 4 Stomping Ground 4 Rootbound Crag 2 Temple Garden Sideboard (15) 3 Volcanic Strength 3 Mizzium Mortars 3 Skullcrack 3 Domri Rade 2 Burning Earth 1 Pillar of Flame