European Legacy Champs 2019 Coverage, Decklists, and Results

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This past week the tournament organizers Magic Bazaar hosted the European Eternal Weekend 2019, and held the European Vintage Champs on Saturday December 21, 2019.

This year’s event was held in Nanterre, France, just outside of Paris, and drew roughly 200 players, which meant 9 rounds of Swiss, followed by a cut to Top 8 playoff. Prizes for the event included the notorious “prize wall tickets,” as well as a piece of exclusive original art for the winner, commissioned by Wizards of the Coast. This year the painting was a beautiful reinterpretation of Tropical Island, by artist Mark Poole!

There was no official coverage in English of the event, so most of this is derived from the Magic Bazaar website, the Magic Bazaar Facebook page, as well as some Twitter posts, and adapted here with our analysis for digestion by English speaking audiences.

Amazingly, 4 players would Top 8 both the Legacy Champs and Vintage Champs at the same event this year. Congratulations to Alex Samaniego, Gael Bailly Maitre, Rodrigo Togores, and Thomas Mar! But it was the Kaiser himself, Hans Jacob Goddik, who would go on to win his second European Legacy Champs title with his trusty Delvers, this time buttressed by Bedlam Reveler.

Top 8 Decklists

Delver URB, by Hans Jacob Goddik – 1st Place

Business (41)
4 Force of Will
1 Force of Negation
4 Daze
3 Thoughtseize
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Fatal Push
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
2 Preordain
4 Delver of Secrets / Insectile Aberration
3 Dreadhorde Arcanist
2 Young Pyromancer
2 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
2 Bedlam Reveler

Mana Sources (19)
2 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
4 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
4 Wasteland
Sideboard (15)
2 Abrade
1 Dread of Night
1 Mystic Sanctuary
1 Null Rod
2 Painful Truths
2 Plague Engineer
3 Pyroblast
3 Surgical Extraction

SnOkoSition, by Gael Bailly Maitre – 2nd Place

Business (60)
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
2 Arcum’s Astrolabe
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
3 Oko, Thief of Crowns
2 Opposition
4 Green Sun’s Zenith
2 Natural Order
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Gilded Goose
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
4 Ice-Fang Coatl
1 Knight of Autumn
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Questing Beast
1 Archon of Valor’s Reach
1 Craterhoof Behemoth
2 Gaea’s Cradle
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
2 Tropical Island
1 Savannah
3 Snow-Covered Forest
1 Snow-Covered Island
2 Dryad Arbor

Mana Sources (26)
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
4 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
2 Island
Sideboard (15)
2 Carpet of Flowers
1 Collector Ouphe
1 Faerie Macabre
1 Karakas
1 Natural Order
2 Rest in Peace
1 Submerge
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Trinisphere
3 Veil of Summer

Delver URB, by Maximilan Lorenz – Top 8

Business (41)
4 Force of Will
1 Force of Negation
4 Daze
3 Thoughtseize
2 Fatal Push
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
2 Preordain
4 Delver of Secrets / Insectile Aberration
3 Dreadhorde Arcanist
2 Young Pyromancer
2 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
2 Bedlam Reveler

Mana Sources (19)
3 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
4 Wasteland
Sideboard (15)
2 Abrade
1 Dread of Night
1 Kolaghan’s Command
1 Mystic Sanctuary
2 Painful Truths
2 Plague Engineer
3 Pyroblast
3 Surgical Extraction

TES, by Rodrigo Togores – Top 8

Business (25)
4 Veil of Summer
2 Defense Grid
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Wishclaw Talisman
4 Burning Wish
1 Ad Nauseam
1 Echo of Eons

Mana Sources (35)
4 Dark Ritual
3 Rite of Flame
3 Chrome Mox
4 Lion’s Eye Diamond
4 Lotus Petal
4 Mox Opal
4 Polluted Delta
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Badlands
1 Underground Sea
1 Bayou
1 Volcanic Island
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
Sideboard (15)
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Crash
1 Echo of Eons
1 Echoing Truth
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Grapeshot
1 Infernal Tutor
1 Pulverize
1 Rite of Flame
1 Tendrils of Agony
3 Xantid Swarm

Snow Control UBR, by Thomas Mar – Top 8

Business (40)
4 Force of Will
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Hymn to Tourach
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Drown in the Loch
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
3 Arcum’s Astrolabe
3 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Oko, Thief of Crowns
4 Baleful Strix
2 Snapcaster Mage

Mana Sources (20)
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Bayou
1 Scrubland
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
Sideboard (15)
2 Force of Negation
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Plague Engineer
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Sylvan Library
2 Veil of Summer

Delver UR, by Duncan Keyzer – Top 8

Business (41)
4 Force of Will
1 Force of Negation
4 Daze
1 Spell Pierce
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Chain Lightning
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
3 Preordain
4 Delver of Secrets / Insectile Aberration
4 Dreadhorde Arcanist
3 Young Pyromancer
2 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
2 True-Name Nemesis

Mana Sources (19)
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Bloodstained Mire
3 Volcanic Island
3 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Mountain
4 Wasteland
Sideboard (15)
2 Abrade
1 Blood Moon
1 Flusterstorm
1 Izzet Staticaster
1 Magmatic Sinkhole
1 Null Rod
1 Pithing Needle
3 Pyroblast
1 Submerge
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Tormod’s Crypt

Snow Control 4C, by Johannes Gutbrod – Top 8

Business (40)
4 Force of Will
2 Force of Negation
1 Counterspell
1 Veil of Summer
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Terminus
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Arcum’s Astrolabe
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Teferi, Time Raveler
3 Oko, Thief of Crowns
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Ice-Fang Coatl
1 Entreat the Angels

Mana Sources (20)
4 Flooded Strand
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Mystic Sanctuary
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
4 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Forest
1 Snow-Covered Plains
Sideboard (15)
1 Carpet of Flowers
1 Containment Priest
1 Entreat the Angels
1 Flusterstorm
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Rest in Peace
2 Return to Nature
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Terminus
2 Veil of Summer
1 Volcanic Island

BUG Snow Control, by Alex Samaniego – Top 8

Business (39)
4 Force of Will
2 Abrupt Decay
4 Brainstorm
2 Arcum’s Astrolabe
1 Sylvan Library
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Green Sun’s Zenith
4 Oko, Thief of Crowns
2 Noble Hierarch
2 Gilded Goose
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Tarmogoyf
2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Tireless Tracker
4 Ice-Fang Coatl
2 Plague Engineer
1 Questing Beast

Mana Sources (21)
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Polluted Delta
3 Verdant Catacombs
1 Bayou
1 Tropical Island
1 Underground Sea
2 Snow-Covered Forest
2 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Dryad Arbor
2 Wasteland
Sideboard (15)
2 Carpet of Flowers
1 Karakas
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Meekstone
2 Pithing Needle
1 Plague Engineer
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Trinisphere
3 Veil of Summer

Tournament Action

Here are a few pics from the event, courtesy of the organizers, and from various players in the event.

European Legacy Champs 2019 Top 8 Players

European Legacy Champs 2019 Winner Hans Jacob Godder

Thanks for reading, and we’ll catch you next time.