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Pro Tour Murders at Karlov Manor

Pro Tour Murders at Karlov Manor Top 8 Pioneer Decklists

Top 8 Pioneer decks from Pro Tour Murders at Karlov Manor.

Pro Tour Murders at Karlov Manor took place in MagicCon: Chicago over the weekend featuring 258 players and a $500,000 prize pool! Lets take a look at the tournament metagame and decklists in the top 8 bracket!

Metagame

Pro Tour Metagame - Murders at Karlov Manor
Source: Pro Tour Murders at Karlov Manor Pioneer Metagame Breakdown

Top 8 Decks

Source: Pro Tour Murders at Karlov Manor Top 8 Players and Decks

Seth Manfield took the tournament victory with the surprise Rakdos Vampire deck that was tailored specifically to target the top decks of the Pioneer metagame! Fittingly, it also featured four copies of the new MKM card Vein Ripper which the best target to cheat out with Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord. Another team effort from the pros at ChannelFireball, Sam Pardee also made the top 8 with the same deck.

Rakdos Vampires by Seth Manfield – 1st
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $348.02
Pioneer
best of 3
16 mythic
29 rare
9 uncommon
6 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Planeswalkers (4)
4
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
$23.96
Creatures (14)
4
Bloodtithe Harvester
$1.40
2
Dusk Legion Zealot
$0.70
3
Preacher of the Schism
$4.47
1
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$94.99
4
Vein Ripper
$39.96
Instants (5)
4
Fatal Push
$3.16
1
Bitter Triumph
$0.49
Sorceries (6)
4
Thoughtseize
$33.96
2
Duress
$0.70
Artifacts (2)
2
Smuggler’s Copter
$2.98
Enchantments (4)
4
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$39.96
Lands (25)
2
Swamp
$0.70
4
Mutavault
$21.96
4
Blackcleave Cliffs
$9.16
2
Blightstep Pathway
$14.98
2
Sulfurous Springs
$4.58
3
Cavern of Souls
$173.97
2
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
$1.38
4
Blood Crypt
$47.96
1
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
$16.99
1
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
$3.49
60 Cards
$541.9
Sideboard
1
Liliana of the Veil
$6.99
1
Krenko’s Buzzcrusher
$0.49
1
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
$6.49
1
Rending Volley
$0.35
1
Bitter Triumph
$0.49
2
Duress
$0.70
2
Path of Peril
$0.98
2
Damping Sphere
$1.58
4
Leyline of the Void
$3.16
15 Cards
$21.23
Boros Heroic by Simon Nielsen – 2nd
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $72.43
Pioneer
best of 3
1 mythic
16 rare
25 uncommon
18 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Creatures (16)
4
Monastery Swiftspear
$1.40
4
Favored Hoplite
$1.40
4
Illuminator Virtuoso
$1.40
4
Tenth District Legionnaire
$1.40
Instants (18)
4
Monstrous Rage
$1.40
4
Defiant Strike
$1.40
2
Spikefield Hazard
$1.38
4
Loran’s Escape
$9.96
2
Reckless Rage
$1.58
1
Gods Willing
$0.35
1
Sejiri Shelter
$2.29
Sorceries (8)
4
Ancestral Anger
$1.40
4
Homestead Courage
$1.40
Lands (18)
1
Plains
$0.35
4
Battlefield Forge
$1.96
4
Inspiring Vantage
$9.96
3
Needleverge Pathway
$16.47
1
Mana Confluence
$44.99
4
Sacred Foundry
$63.96
1
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
$8.49
60 Cards
$172.94
Sideboard
1
Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.49
2
Rending Volley
$0.70
2
Light of Hope
$0.70
2
Reckless Rage
$1.58
1
Torch the Tower
$0.69
1
Get Lost
$6.49
1
Damping Sphere
$0.79
4
Showdown of the Skalds
$1.96
1
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
$3.49
15 Cards
$16.89
Amalia Combo by Christoffer Larsen – 3rd
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $175.89
Pioneer
best of 3
8 mythic
35 rare
13 uncommon
4 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Creatures (26)
1
Haywire Mite
$0.79
2
Selfless Savior
$2.98
3
Lunarch Veteran
$2.37
2
Cenote Scout
$0.70
4
Wildgrowth Walker
$1.40
3
Fauna Shaman
$10.47
4
Prosperous Innkeeper
$1.56
4
Amalia Benavides Aguirre
$3.96
1
Extraction Specialist
$0.49
1
Skyclave Apparition
$0.49
1
Sentinel of the Nameless City
$0.79
Instants (6)
4
Chord of Calling
$27.96
2
Collected Company
$4.98
Sorceries (5)
1
Thoughtseize
$8.49
4
Return to the Ranks
$2.36
Artifacts (1)
1
Aetherflux Reservoir
$29.99
Lands (22)
1
Plains
$0.35
4
Mana Confluence
$179.96
3
Razorverge Thicket
$4.47
3
Blooming Marsh
$10.47
1
Scattered Groves
$0.49
3
Temple Garden
$29.97
2
Godless Shrine
$27.98
3
Overgrown Tomb
$32.97
1
Boseiju, Who Endures
$69.99
1
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
$16.99
60 Cards
$473.42
Sideboard
1
Selfless Savior
$1.49
1
Knight of Dusk’s Shadow
$0.35
1
Archon of Emeria
$2.29
2
Sentinel of the Nameless City
$1.58
2
Loran of the Third Path
$10.98
1
Thrun, Breaker of Silence
$0.49
2
Tamiyo’s Safekeeping
$11.98
2
Fatal Push
$1.58
2
Thoughtseize
$16.98
1
Painful Truths
$0.49
15 Cards
$48.21
Lotus Field Combo by Mingyang Chen – 4th
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $377.52
Pioneer
best of 3
3 mythic
30 rare
15 uncommon
12 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Creatures (11)
3
Arboreal Grazer
$1.05
1
Fae of Wishes
$0.49
2
Voyaging Satyr
$0.70
4
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
$1.40
1
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
$1.79
Instants (5)
2
Impulse
$0.70
3
Archdruid’s Charm
$32.97
Sorceries (20)
4
Sylvan Scrying
$1.40
4
Hidden Strings
$3.16
3
Bala Ged Recovery
$28.47
1
Dark Petition
$6.99
4
Pore Over the Pages
$1.40
1
Behold the Beyond
$1.79
3
Emergent Ultimatum
$1.77
Enchantments (1)
1
Omniscience
$8.99
Lands (23)
1
Forest
$0.35
1
Lair of the Hydra
$0.79
4
Lotus Field
$15.96
2
Temple of Mystery
$0.98
3
Thespian’s Stage
$1.47
4
Botanical Sanctum
$7.96
1
Yavimaya Coast
$0.59
1
Hedge Maze
$20.99
1
Breeding Pool
$16.99
1
Zagoth Triome
$32.99
1
Otawara, Soaring City
$39.99
3
Boseiju, Who Endures
$209.97
60 Cards
$442.1
Sideboard
1
Voyaging Satyr
$0.35
1
Elder Gargaroth
$2.29
1
Dragonlord Dromoka
$2.99
1
Atraxa, Grand Unifier
$18.99
1
Zacama, Primal Calamity
$1.79
1
Narset’s Reversal
$4.49
2
Mystical Dispute
$1.98
1
Sunfall
$0.79
1
Approach of the Second Sun
$5.99
1
Emergent Ultimatum
$0.59
3
Temporary Lockdown
$1.77
1
Leyline of Sanctity
$0.59
15 Cards
$42.61
Rakdos Vampires by Sam Pardee – 5th
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $377.56
Pioneer
best of 3
15 mythic
28 rare
9 uncommon
8 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Planeswalkers (4)
4
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
$23.96
Creatures (15)
4
Bloodtithe Harvester
$1.40
4
Dusk Legion Zealot
$1.40
3
Preacher of the Schism
$4.47
4
Vein Ripper
$39.96
Instants (5)
4
Fatal Push
$3.16
1
Bitter Triumph
$0.49
Sorceries (5)
1
Duress
$0.35
4
Thoughtseize
$33.96
Artifacts (2)
2
Smuggler’s Copter
$2.98
Enchantments (4)
4
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$39.96
Lands (25)
3
Swamp
$1.05
3
Sulfurous Springs
$6.87
3
Blackcleave Cliffs
$6.87
3
Cavern of Souls
$173.97
4
Mutavault
$21.96
2
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
$1.38
2
Blightstep Pathway
$14.98
4
Blood Crypt
$47.96
1
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
$16.99
60 Cards
$444.12
Sideboard
1
Liliana of the Veil
$6.99
1
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$94.99
1
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
$6.49
1
Bitter Triumph
$0.49
2
Duress
$0.70
2
Path of Peril
$0.98
3
Damping Sphere
$2.37
4
Leyline of the Void
$3.16
15 Cards
$116.17
Lotus Field Combo Alex Friedrichsen – 6th
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $349.25
Pioneer
best of 3
4 mythic
29 rare
15 uncommon
12 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Planeswalkers (1)
1
Chandra, Hope’s Beacon
$4.49
Creatures (10)
4
Arboreal Grazer
$1.40
4
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
$1.40
1
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
$1.79
1
Dragonlord Dromoka
$2.99
Instants (6)
2
Impulse
$0.70
4
Archdruid’s Charm
$43.96
Sorceries (19)
4
Sylvan Scrying
$1.40
4
Hidden Strings
$3.16
3
Bala Ged Recovery
$28.47
1
Dark Petition
$6.99
4
Pore Over the Pages
$1.40
3
Emergent Ultimatum
$1.77
Enchantments (1)
1
Omniscience
$8.99
Lands (23)
2
Forest
$0.70
1
Yavimaya Coast
$0.59
4
Lotus Field
$15.96
4
Temple of Mystery
$1.96
3
Thespian’s Stage
$1.47
4
Botanical Sanctum
$7.96
1
Lair of the Hydra
$0.79
1
Hedge Maze
$20.99
1
Otawara, Soaring City
$39.99
2
Boseiju, Who Endures
$139.98
60 Cards
$339.3
Sideboard
2
Voyaging Satyr
$0.70
1
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
$2.79
1
Krenko’s Buzzcrusher
$0.49
1
Atraxa, Grand Unifier
$18.99
1
Zacama, Primal Calamity
$1.79
1
Silence
$8.99
1
Narset’s Reversal
$4.49
1
Unauthorized Exit
$0.35
1
Soul Partition
$0.99
2
Mystical Dispute
$1.98
3
Temporary Lockdown
$1.77
15 Cards
$43.33
Izzet Phoenix by Adam Edelson – 7th
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $310.91
Pioneer
best of 3
6 mythic
22 rare
8 uncommon
24 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Creatures (13)
4
Ledger Shredder
$37.96
4
Picklock Prankster
$1.56
1
Brazen Borrower
$1.99
4
Arclight Phoenix
$3.96
Instants (21)
3
Fiery Impulse
$1.05
4
Opt
$1.40
3
Lightning Axe
$1.05
4
Consider
$2.76
2
Spell Pierce
$0.70
1
Torch the Tower
$0.69
1
Galvanic Iteration
$0.69
1
Jwari Disruption
$0.79
2
Prismari Command
$0.98
Sorceries (8)
3
Sleight of Hand
$1.05
4
Treasure Cruise
$1.40
1
Temporal Trespass
$4.49
Lands (18)
3
Island
$1.05
4
Riverglide Pathway
$25.96
4
Spirebluff Canal
$27.96
1
Hall of Storm Giants
$0.69
1
Stormcarved Coast
$2.29
4
Steam Vents
$63.96
1
Otawara, Soaring City
$39.99
60 Cards
$224.42
Sideboard
1
Ashiok, Dream Render
$2.49
2
Young Pyromancer
$0.78
2
Crackling Drake
$0.70
1
Aether Gust
$0.35
1
Negate
$0.35
1
Narset’s Reversal
$4.49
2
Mystical Dispute
$1.98
2
Anger of the Gods
$0.98
1
Unlicensed Hearse
$0.59
1
Alpine Moon
$0.49
1
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$9.99
15 Cards
$23.19
Izzet Phoenix by Jean-Emmanuel Depraz – 8th
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $276.66
Pioneer
best of 3
5 mythic
21 rare
10 uncommon
24 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Creatures (12)
4
Ledger Shredder
$37.96
4
Picklock Prankster
$1.56
4
Arclight Phoenix
$3.96
Instants (20)
2
Spell Pierce
$0.70
4
Consider
$2.76
4
Lightning Axe
$1.40
4
Fiery Impulse
$1.40
4
Opt
$1.40
1
Galvanic Iteration
$0.69
1
Jwari Disruption
$0.79
Sorceries (9)
3
Sleight of Hand
$1.05
1
Chart a Course
$0.39
4
Treasure Cruise
$1.40
1
Temporal Trespass
$4.49
Lands (19)
2
Island
$0.70
1
Mountain
$0.35
2
Hall of Storm Giants
$1.38
4
Spirebluff Canal
$27.96
4
Riverglide Pathway
$25.96
1
Stormcarved Coast
$2.29
4
Steam Vents
$63.96
1
Otawara, Soaring City
$39.99
60 Cards
$222.54
Sideboard
3
Young Pyromancer
$1.17
3
Crackling Drake
$1.05
1
Rending Volley
$0.35
1
Aether Gust
$0.35
2
Negate
$0.70
1
Test of Talents
$0.35
2
Mystical Dispute
$1.98
2
Brotherhood’s End
$2.58
15 Cards
$8.53

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