A Week Late and a Marvel Short (RSC Trial Top 8 Decklists)

Last weekend was Phoenix Fire's RSC Trial. Today, we wanted to bring you the top eight decklists from our event and share a few photos from the elimination rounds.

I've tried to order these based on placing to give you a feel for how the decks fared after the break to top eight, as well as a few photos from the single elimination rounds. First, our top 8:

1: Tim Z U/R Control:

4x Magma Spray

4x Harnessed Lightning

3x Sweltering Suns

4x Censor

3x Essence Scatter

2x Negate

4x Disallow

4x Glimmer of Genius

1x Hieroglyphic Illumination

1x Pull from Tomorrow

4x Torrential Gearhulk

4x Wandering Fumarole

4x Spirebluff Canal

4x Aether Hub

5x Mountain

9x Island

Sideboard:

1x Confiscation Coup

1x Commit/Memory

1x Chandra, Flamecaller

2x Thing in the Ice

1x Glorybringer

2x Dragonmaster Outcast

1x Summary Dismissal

2x Sphinx of the Final Word

2x Negate

2x Dispel

Tim Z weighing his options.

2: Ryan Bowyer U/R Control:

4x Magma Spray

4x Harnessed Lightning

4x Censor

2x Negate

2x Essence Scatter

3x Sweltering Suns

4x Disallow

4x Glimmer of Genius

2x Hieroglyphic Illumination

4x Torrential Gearhulk

1x Pull from Tomorrow

4x Aether Hub

4x Wandering Fumarole

6x Mountain

11x Island

Sideboard:

2x Dispel

2x Dragonmaster Outcast

1x Essence Scatter

1x Negate

3x Thing in the Ice

1x Scatter to the Winds

1x Summary Dismissal

1x Brutal Expulsion

2x Glorybringer

1x Release the Gremlins

 Ryan doing what UR players do, tap and untap lands. A LOT.

3. Temur Marvel, Unknown Pilot:

4x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

4x Rogue Refiner

1x Whirler Rogue

4x Attune with Aether

1x Nissa’s Renewal

1x Negate

3x Censor

3x Harnessed Lightning

2x Dissenter's Deliverance

4x Glimmer of Genius

4x Woodweaver’s Puzzleknot

4x Aetherworks Marvel

2x Chandra, Flamecaller

4x Aether Hub

2x Lumbering Falls

4x Botanical Sanctum

3x Spirebluff Canal

1x Sheltered Thicket

5x Forest

2x Mountain

2x Island

Sideboard:

2x Dispel

1x Negate

3x Tireless Tracker

1x Confiscation Coup

1x Chandra, Flamecaller

1x Appetite for the Unnatural

2x Aether Meltdown

2x Shielded Aether Thief

1x Sweltering Suns

1x Kozilek’s Return

Dear unknown pilot of Marvel,

I am sorry I don't have your name. Please put your name on your deck registration sheet next time so we can get you the love you deserve!! :) 

4. B/W Zombies Tucker Deines

4x Cryptbreaker

4x Diregraf Colossus

4x Lord of the Accursed

1x Never//Return

3x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

2x Anguished Unmaking

3x Liliana’s Mastery

3x Binding Mummy

4x Wayward Servant

3x Dark Salvation

4x Dread Wanderer

1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

4x Concealed Courtyard

3x Shambling Vent

12x Swamp

5x Plains

Sideboard:

2x Fatal Push

2x Anguished Unmaking

3x Liliana, the Last Hope

2x Dispossess

2x Lost Legacy

2x Grasp of Darkness

2x Dusk//Dawn

A zombie player is a man after my own heart.

5. GB Energy Tim Allen

2x Verdurous Gearhulk

2x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

2x Rhonas, the Indomitable

3x Rishkar, Peema Renegade

4x Winding Constrictor

4x Walking Ballista

4x Glint-Sleeve Siphoner

3x Sylvan Advocate

4x Greenbelt Rampager

3x Grasp of Darkness

3x Fatal Push

2x Blossoming Defense

4x Attune with Aether

3x Hissing Quagmire

4x Blooming Marsh

4x Aether Hub

5x Forest

4x Swamp

Sideboard:

1x Heroic Intervention

2x Dissenter’s Deliverance

1x Disposses

1x Lost Legacy

2x To the Slaughter

2x Never//Return

2x Yahenni’s Expertise

1x Ob Nixilis, Reignited

1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

2x Lifecrafter’s Bestiary

I magically missed a good photo of Tim Allen.

Sorry buddy!

6. Temur Marvel Luke Dale

4x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

4x Aetherworks Marvel

4x Woodweaver’s Puzzleknot

4x Glimmer of Genius

4x Harnessed Lightning

4x Attune with Aether

4x Rogue Refiner

3x Dissenter’s Deliverance

3x Censor

2x Chandra, Flamecaller

1x Negate

4x Aether Hub

4x Spirebluff Canal

3x Botanical Sanctum

2x Cinder Glade

2x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods

5x Forest

1x Mountain

1x Island

1x Lumbering Falls

Sideboard:

1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods

1x Negate

2x Dispel

1x Confiscation Coup

3x Aether Meltdown

2x Radiant Flames

3x Tireless Tracker

2x Ulvenwald Hydra

I first met Luke when he started playing MTG competitively. Congrats on the top 8 Luke! It's great to see your progress!

7. Jund Gods Nathan Schreiner

4x Scrapheap Scrounger

4x Voltaic Brawler

4x Attune with the Aether

2x Blossoming Defense

3x Fatal Push

4x Heart of Kiran

2x Rhonas the Indomitable

2x Hazoret the Fervant

3x Unlicensed Disintegration

2x Longtusk Cub

2x Glorybringer

2x Bristling Hydra

4x Greenbelt Rampager

1x Arlinn Kord

4x Forest

4x Game Trail

4x Aether Hub

3x Mountain

1x Sheltered Thicket

4x Blooming Marsh

1x Swamp

Sideboard:

2x Disposses

4x Transgress the Mind

1x Magma Spray

1x Nissa, Vital Force

2x Release the Gremlins

2x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

3x Radiant Flames

Nathan in the tank playing Jund. A ton of options available!

8. RW Exert Zeb Olsen

4x Always Watching

4x Declaration in Stone

2x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

4x Glory-Bound Initiate

4x Selfless Spirit

2x Stasis Snare

4x Thraben Inspector

4x Glorybringer

4x Magma Spray

4x Honored Crop-Captain

4x Inspiring Vantage

7x Mountain

4x Needle Spires

9x Plains

Sideboard:

2x Blessed Alliance

2x By Force

3x Cast Out

2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

4x Shock

2x Sweltering Suns

 

 Zeb Olsen, leading a charge with R/W Exert.

This was a great event! We are grateful to all of our participants and would like to congratulate Tim Zaleski on a big trial win. Good luck in the next set of trials!

Happy Battles, 

Josh