After a number of years of hosting the annual Vintage Champs and Legacy Champs at a dedicated “Eternal Weekend,” this year marked the creation of Modern Champs as another marquee event on the community calendar, thanks to organizer Nick Coss and the tremendous Card Titan staff.
84 players were registered for this year’s introductory tournament, and after accounting for 6 no shows, there were 82 players battling for a deep prize pool. This meant there would be 7 rounds of Swiss, followed by a Top 8 playoff.
Top 8 Playoff Bracket
Quarterfinals
1 Andrew Bridge (Humans) vs. 8 TJ Raymore (CopyCat StoneBlade 4C) – Raymore wins
2 Jonathan Teigesser (Whirza 4C) vs. 7 Mac Schrantz (Jund) – Teigesser wins
3 Michael Ingram (Eldrazi RG) vs. 6 Connery Knox (Burn RW) – Ingram wins
4 Robert Long (UrzaTron Mono Green) vs. 5 David Daniel (BG Rock) – Long wins
Semifinals
4 Robert Long (UrzaTron Mono Green) vs. 8 TJ Raymore (CopyCat StoneBlade 4C) – Raymore wins
2 Jonathan Teigesser (Whirza 4C) vs. Michael Ingram (Eldrazi RG) – Teigesser wins
Finals
8 TJ Raymore (CopyCat StoneBlade 4C) vs. 2 Jonathan Teigesser (Whirza 4C) – Raymore wins
Full Standings After Swiss, and Metagame Report
Below are the full standings after Swiss, along with what every single player played, in a table that is fully sortable by deck name/archetype, player name, points, final standing after Swiss, etc.
| Rank | Last Name | First Name | Points | OMW% | GW% | OGW% | Deck |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridge | Andrew | 18 | 0.4966 | 0.75 | 0.4904 | Humans |
| 2 | Teigesser | Jonathan | 17 | 0.6871 | 0.6667 | 0.6523 | Whirza 4C |
| 3 | Ingram | Michael | 17 | 0.5986 | 0.7059 | 0.5359 | Eldrazi RG |
| 4 | Long | Robert | 17 | 0.5714 | 0.7255 | 0.5225 | UrzaTron Mono Green |
| 5 | Daniel | David | 16 | 0.6735 | 0.6667 | 0.6162 | BG Rock |
| 6 | Knox | Connery | 16 | 0.6395 | 0.7333 | 0.5735 | Burn RW |
| 7 | Schrantz | Mac | 16 | 0.5544 | 0.7059 | 0.5131 | Jund |
| 8 | Raymore | TJ | 16 | 0.5374 | 0.6852 | 0.5385 | CopyCat StoneBlade 4C |
| 9 | Meissner | Andrew | 15 | 0.6735 | 0.6875 | 0.6211 | Whirza UGB |
| 10 | Walker | Michael | 15 | 0.6054 | 0.6667 | 0.5523 | Infect |
| 11 | Filburn | Corey | 15 | 0.5986 | 0.6471 | 0.569 | Affinity |
| 12 | Hertfelder | Tom | 15 | 0.551 | 0.625 | 0.5281 | Whirza UGB |
| 13 | Tardif | David | 15 | 0.5401 | 0.625 | 0.5251 | UWG Control |
| 14 | Hrala | Justin | 15 | 0.5027 | 0.7059 | 0.4915 | UrzaTron Mono Green |
| 15 | Frawley | Joshua | 15 | 0.4966 | 0.6875 | 0.4898 | Karn RG |
| 16 | Miller | William | 15 | 0.483 | 0.6471 | 0.4853 | Whirza 4C |
| 17 | Norton | Ronald | 15 | 0.4405 | 0.7059 | 0.4246 | UrzaTron Mono Green |
| 18 | Hayes | Robert | 13 | 0.585 | 0.5556 | 0.5491 | Whirza UGB |
| 19 | Montaquila | Nick | 13 | 0.517 | 0.6296 | 0.4979 | StoneBlade UWG |
| 20 | Phillips | Michael | 13 | 0.483 | 0.5397 | 0.4778 | Jund |
| 21 | Sutherland | Thomas | 12 | 0.6939 | 0.5294 | 0.6533 | Death and Taxes |
| 22 | Teagan | Kyle | 12 | 0.5918 | 0.5625 | 0.5293 | Whirza 4C |
| 23 | Hazen | Jim | 12 | 0.585 | 0.4706 | 0.5519 | Spirits UW |
| 24 | Lanigan | Michael | 12 | 0.5646 | 0.5625 | 0.5277 | Eldrazi and Taxes WG |
| 25 | Fisher | Matt | 12 | 0.5578 | 0.5 | 0.5378 | Scapeshift RG |
| 26 | Hair | Chris | 12 | 0.5476 | 0.5294 | 0.5208 | Jund |
| 27 | Jones | Brian | 12 | 0.5442 | 0.5 | 0.5169 | ElectroEnd (Living End) UR |
| 28 | Santohir | Daniel | 12 | 0.5306 | 0.5556 | 0.506 | Death's Shadow BRU |
| 29 | Kahla | Sam | 12 | 0.5306 | 0.5333 | 0.5228 | Jund |
| 30 | Bruce | Adam | 12 | 0.517 | 0.5294 | 0.504 | Goblins RGB |
| 31 | Loong | Matthew | 12 | 0.5034 | 0.5238 | 0.4776 | Jund |
| 32 | Edmister | Rick | 12 | 0.4966 | 0.5 | 0.4967 | Jund |
| 33 | Knapp | Zane | 12 | 0.4898 | 0.5294 | 0.4883 | Whirza UGB |
| 34 | Ligutom | Kevin | 12 | 0.483 | 0.5294 | 0.486 | Burn RWG |
| 35 | Arsenault | Caleb | 12 | 0.4694 | 0.625 | 0.4923 | Ascension Thing in the Ice URW |
| 36 | Burke | Spencer | 12 | 0.398 | 0.5625 | 0.4103 | Paradoxical Urza UB |
| 37 | McAdoo | Zachary | 11 | 0.4218 | 0.5098 | 0.4565 | UWG Control |
| 38 | Miller | Jonathan | 10 | 0.5782 | 0.5185 | 0.5552 | EldraziTron |
| 39 | Rothman | Daniel | 10 | 0.5238 | 0.4792 | 0.5088 | Emeria UW |
| 40 | Fry | Eric | 10 | 0.4966 | 0.4583 | 0.5104 | Naya |
| 41 | Magnin | Daniel | 9 | 0.6111 | 0.4375 | 0.5818 | Taking Turns UR |
| 42 | Gertz | James | 9 | 0.5986 | 0.4375 | 0.5452 | Death's Shadow BRU |
| 43 | Leigh | Alina | 9 | 0.551 | 0.4706 | 0.5213 | Scapeshift RG |
| 44 | Guillerm | Steve | 9 | 0.5374 | 0.4375 | 0.5013 | Affinity |
| 45 | Nez | Zachery | 9 | 0.5317 | 0.4706 | 0.5552 | BG Rock |
| 46 | Stiffler | Westley | 9 | 0.5306 | 0.5 | 0.5221 | Burn RW |
| 47 | Costello | Drew | 9 | 0.5272 | 0.4375 | 0.5071 | Humans |
| 48 | Gnieski | Ryan | 9 | 0.4898 | 0.4375 | 0.4903 | Faeries Mono Blue |
| 49 | Raia | Michael | 9 | 0.4898 | 0.4 | 0.5079 | UrzaTron Mono Green |
| 50 | McGowan | Mark | 9 | 0.4762 | 0.4375 | 0.4725 | Baral Gifts Storm |
| 51 | Eckenrode | Luke | 9 | 0.4728 | 0.5263 | 0.4456 | Through the Breach RG |
| 52 | Hafner | Chris | 9 | 0.4218 | 0.4375 | 0.4153 | Amulet Titan |
| 53 | Chichy | Christopher | 9 | 0.4014 | 0.4444 | 0.4167 | UrzaTron Mono Green |
| 54 | Nixon | Blake | 8 | 0.4286 | 0.3958 | 0.4213 | StoneBlade UWG |
| 55 | Keyser | Joseph | 7 | 0.4921 | 0.3958 | 0.475 | Whirza 4C |
| 56 | Gault | Dustin | 6 | 0.627 | 0.4 | 0.5788 | Gifts Control UWB |
| 57 | Gaines | Levi | 6 | 0.619 | 0.4 | 0.6029 | CopyCat UWR |
| 58 | Capriolo | Primo | 6 | 0.5556 | 0.3571 | 0.5622 | BUG |
| 59 | Kirk | Peter | 6 | 0.5397 | 0.3333 | 0.5209 | UW Control |
| 60 | Illig | Kevin | 6 | 0.5079 | 0.4667 | 0.4914 | ElectroBalance URG |
| 61 | Ansel | AJ | 6 | 0.4881 | 0.4444 | 0.4619 | Burn RW |
| 62 | Parker | Jon | 6 | 0.4857 | 0.4545 | 0.4662 | Stoneblade Mono White |
| 63 | Fisher | David | 6 | 0.4422 | 0.3529 | 0.4663 | Infect |
| 64 | Turner | Ryan | 5 | 0.4626 | 0.3725 | 0.4538 | UrzaTron Mono Green |
| 65 | Gibson | Sho | 4 | 0.5181 | 0.3333 | 0.5156 | UrzaTron Mono Green |
| 66 | Rabinowitz | Eliana | 3 | 0.5619 | 0.3333 | 0.5245 | Devoted Company |
| 67 | Aspell | Jorja | 3 | 0.5476 | 0.3333 | 0.5544 | Whirza UBR |
| 68 | Sacino | Joey | 3 | 0.5476 | 0.3333 | 0.5241 | StoneBlade UWR |
| 69 | Miller | Richard | 3 | 0.5079 | 0.3333 | 0.5515 | NeoBrand |
| 70 | Milasich | Nicholas | 3 | 0.4762 | 0.3333 | 0.474 | Unearth Value BG |
| 71 | Manges | James | 3 | 0.4762 | 0.3333 | 0.4643 | Amulet Titan |
| 72 | Caffrey | Eric | 3 | 0.4419 | 0.3333 | 0.4818 | Jund w/Oko |
| 73 | Orwig | Adam | 3 | 0.4167 | 0.4 | 0.4084 | Jund |
| 74 | Bonura | Joseph | 3 | 0.3929 | 0.4545 | 0.3966 | UrzaTron Mono Green |
| 75 | Hoyer | Carl | 0 | 0.8095 | 0.3333 | 0.7255 | NO SHOW |
| 76 | Kwan | Philip | 0 | 0.5476 | 0.3333 | 0.5863 | Cheerios (Sram Combo) |
| 77 | Sivi | Norman | 0 | 0.5079 | 0.3333 | 0.5192 | Delver UR |
| 78 | Ernstoff | Jeremy | 0 | 0.4921 | 0.3333 | 0.495 | BG Rock |
| 79 | Dzon | Mark | 0 | 0.4524 | 0.3333 | 0.4792 | Scapeshift RG |
| 80 | McCaulley | Daniel | 0 | 0.4444 | 0.3333 | 0.437 | UrzaTron Mono Green |
| 81 | Deminico | Matt | 0 | 0.4381 | 0.3333 | 0.4337 | Eldritch Affinity |
| 82 | Stein | Mathew | 0 | 0.4349 | 0.3333 | 0.4293 | Baral Gifts Storm |
| 83 | Sandford | Colton | 0 | 0.4286 | 0.3333 | 0.5263 | Paradoxical Urza UW |
| 84 | Ma | Anthony | 0 | 0.4286 | 0.3333 | 0.4375 | NO SHOW |
ALL Decklists, Alphabetically by Last Name
Thanks to the judging staff at Card Titan (who saved all of these lists), we were able to scan and publish ALL of the decklists from the event, which you can find below, in an easy to download PDF file (in alphabetical order, by last name). The PDF file also contains clickable bookmarks (using Acrobat reader, click on the ribbon icon), which you can use to go directly to decks from player last names starting with A, B, C, and so forth. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE IN FULL (30 MB). Use the embed below to view directly without downloading. Note that if a player’s decklist is not in the file, it is because it was not given to us (there are a few budget decklists missing, for example, that were likely pulled for prizing and not returned).
Top 8 Decklists (Rankings After Swiss)
Humans, by Andrew Bridge – 1st Place
Whirza 4C, by Jonathan Teigesser – 2n Place
Eldrazi RG, by Michael Ingram – 3rd Place
UrzaTron Mono Green, by Robert Long – 4th Place
BG Rock, by Daniel David – 5th Place
Burn RW, by Conner Knox – 6th Place
| Business (41) 4 Goblin Guide 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lava Spike 4 Lightning Helix 4 Boros Charm 4 Searing Blaze 1 Skullcrack 4 Rift Bolt 4 Skewer the Critics Mana Sources (19) 4 Inspiring Vantage 4 Sunbaked Canyon 2 Arid Mesa 2 Bloodstained Mire 2 Wooded Foothills 2 Sacred Foundry 3 Mountains | Sideboard (15) 1 Exquisite Firecraft 3 Kor Firewalker 2 Path to Exile 2 Searing Blood 3 Skullcrack 4 Smash to Smithereens |
Jund, by Mac Schrantz – 7th Place
CopyCat StoneBlade 4C, by TJ Raymore – 8th Place
Tournament Report Roundup
As tournament reports from the event slowly filter in around the web, we’ll add links to them below.
– check back soon!
We’ll have more updates and data visualizations as they become available, so check back later as well. If you have a report you’d like to submit, an unlisted/missing decklist, photos from the event (please!), or any other data, please email eternal.central@gmail.com. Thanks for reading!