MTG Top 8 Analysis | EoE Store Championship @ Magic World Podil

Ladies, Gentlemen and Kavus, we are up for another round of MTG Top 8 analysis, this time being th Edge of Eternities Championship at Magic World Podil (Kyiv, Ukraine) September 7th 2025, where we are going to examine the Top 8 placings at this event and evaluate their decks, strategies, matchups, sideboards etc.

5th – 8th place | Pavlo Kalashnyk

UW Control by Pavlo Kalashnyk, The main concept of this UW Control deck is to heavily disrupt the opponent’s strategy while maintaining control of the game. This is achieved through a combination of cards that allow the player to counter and remove threats, gain card advantage, and stall the game until they can establish a dominant position. Cards like Day of Judgment, Authority of the Consuls, and Get Lost help control the board, while cards like Elspeth, Storm Slayer and Marang River Regent provide win conditions. The deck aims to outlast the opponent and win through attrition and card advantage.

Under this Top 8, half the decks contain black and 2 of them being mono black, sideboard against these is really hard because Deep-Cavern Bat brings pressure into information control, revealing hand a taking hostage a card that could really benifit you in that moment is difficult to handle.

5th – 8th | Oleksiy Bilyaze

This deck aims to overwhelm the opponent with a fast and aggressive strategy, using a combination of low-cost creatures and powerful instant spells to disrupt and dismantle their game plan. By putting pressure on the opponent early on and maintaining a steady flow of threats, the deck can control the pace of the game and finish off the opponent quickly. The focus is on building a strong board presence and leveraging the synergy between creatures and spells to secure a swift and decisive victory.

8 Demon sources to activate Unholy Annex, is a really powered up board state, this deck relies too much on reaping value from early game efforts to decisive win later on.

5th – 8th | Pavlo Biletskyi

The main focus of this deck is to quickly overwhelm the opponent with a swarm of aggressive creatures and disruptive spells. The deck includes powerful aggressors like Cecil, Dark Knight and Forsaken Miner, along with support cards like Sunset Saboteur and Bitter Triumph to control the battlefield. Overall, the deck aims to apply early pressure and maintain board control to secure a fast victory.

Second Mono black of the Top 8, really strong aggro that dilingently looks for the mid game win, with really strong pressure for everybody in the table.

5th – 8th | Vladyslav Kolosov

The main concept of this Azorius Aggro deck is to quickly build up a strong board presence through low-cost creatures and efficient enchantments like [cardname=”Ethereal Armor”]. The deck aims to overwhelm the opponent with a combination of evasive threats like [cardname=”Fae Flight”] and disruptive spells like [cardname=”Spell Pierce”]. By utilizing cards like Gremlin Tamer and Sharmage's Rescue for protection, the deck aims to maintain tempo and pressure. The deck’s goal is to quickly establish dominance and close out the game before the opponent can stabilize.

3rd-4th | Oleksandr Volynskyi

This deck focuses on maintaining a fast and aggressive playstyle, utilizing a mix of creatures and spells to quickly overwhelm the opponent. The key strategy involves utilizing cards like Vengeful Bloodwitch and to deal damage quickly, while also using Raise the past and Bitter Triumph to bring back key creatures from the graveyard. The mana base is designed to provide consistent access to both white and black mana sources, allowing for efficient casting of spells and creatures.

First Orzhov aparition in this top 8, Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar, Bartolome del Presidio, Vengeful Bloodwitch and Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER take advantage from creatures dying and leveling up their value for a stronger board state, and wide revival spells for a strong comeback later on after the board wipes season passes during the game.

3rd – 4th | Ivan Goriachykh

The main focus of this deck is to overwhelm the opponent with aggressive red creatures and powerful burn spells. By quickly deploying threats like Emberheart Challenger and Nova Hellkite, while also removing opposing blockers with cards like Abrade and Lightning Strike, the deck aims to close out the game before the opponent has a chance to stabilize. With a low mana curve and efficient removal options, this Aggro Red Deck Wins archetype is designed for quick and decisive victories in the fast-paced Standard 1 vs 1 format.

2nd Place | Oleksandr Bagan

The main concept of this Dimir Aggro deck is to quickly overwhelm the opponent with a combination of aggressive creatures and disruptive spells. By utilizing cards like Spyglass Siren and Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, the deck aims to control the board and disrupt the opponent’s strategy while steadily applying pressure with creatures like Floodpits Drowner and Deep-Cavern Bat. The deck also includes support cards like Restless Reef and Faebloom Trick to provide additional utility and resilience. Overall, the strategy focuses on efficiently advancing the board state and maintaining pressure to secure a swift victory.

I think there’s a clear why this deck was outmatched by the Orzhov claiming 1st place, on the sideboard side of things, only Tishana's Tidebinder is the only card good enough to negate the aristocrat effect but inefective against blink effects, and the other side having better options to sideboard against, so this ends up being a terrible matchup for this deck.

1st Place | Bohdan Sorozhynskyi

The deck focuses on aggressive plays, utilizing cards that can quickly deal damage to the opponent while also disrupting their strategy. It includes a mix of removal spells, creature buffs, and evasion abilities to overwhelm the opponent before they can set up their game plan. The Orzhov color combination provides a mix of white’s efficiency and black’s power, creating a deadly combination that can quickly close out games. The deck aims to control the board early on and maintain pressure throughout the game to secure victory.

Blink evasion is key here, avoiding your opponent removal efforts is always a good play to deny efforts, and what I love about blinks is you deny spells without the use of blue for counterspells.

Final Thoughts

There’s always a reason why I pick an specific tournament standings to showcase the meta standard state, and also how this deck performs against matchups, in this case its obvious that everyone is going for the early kill, and properly avoiding Vivi Ornitier Cauldron decks, which I was shocked first that there wasn’t any present, everything here went directly into who’s fastest on aggression and who’s better at disabling critical threats.

Until the next one Kavus, uncle Code is out, stay away from using counterspells they are bad for your health.