The penultimate MagicFest of 2019 was held in Oklahoma City this weekend, which attracted 348 competitors to the main Standard event.
Top 8 Decklists
The top 8 consists of 2 Jeskai Fires, 2 Simic Flash, 1 Rakdos Sacrifice, 1 Jund Sacrifice, 1 Rakdos Knights and 1 Gruul Adventures! The winning Jeskai Fires deck featured a more creature heavy build – other than four of each Cavalier of Gales and Cavalier of Flame, it also had three copies of Kenrith, the Returned King, and Adventure spells as interaction – all four copies of Bonecrusher Giant and two of Brazan Borrower.
Source: @ChannelFireball
Metagame Breakdown
The Standard metagame has become quite diverse a month after the bans, albeit still heavy on green. The strong decks are still well defined, forming somewhat an equilibrium with each other. Some notes:
- The new Simic Flash hybrid deck is still performing quite well with a 33% conversion rate into day 2 and 2 copies in the top 8.
- Golgari Adventures showed a poor showing in this tournament, with only a 8% conversion rate into day 2 and no copies in the top 8.
- Aggro decks are clawing their way back into the meta, with Rakdos Knights and Gruul Aggro being the strongest.
| Archetype | Day 1 Players | Day 2 Players |
|---|---|---|
| Simic Flash | 45 | 15 |
| Jund Sacrifice | 40 | 10 |
| Jeskai Fires | 39 | 8 |
| Golgari Adventures | 38 | 3 |
| Simic Ramp | 34 | 7 |
| Azorius Control | 13 | 2 |
| Rakdos Knights | 11 | 4 |
| Izzet Flash | 9 | 4 |
| Gruul Adventures | 8 | 2 |
| Gruul Aggro | 7 | 1 |
| Rakdos Sacrifice | 7 | 2 |
| Five-Color Fires | 6 | 0 |
| Golgari Sacrifice | 6 | 0 |
| Temur Adventures | 6 | 0 |
| Other | 74 | 1 Azorius Flyers 1 Mono Black Aggro 1 Mono Red Aggro |
Source: @ChannelFireball
