June 2024 Monthly – Event – Capital Chaos

We had 14 wizards join us for the June monthly at the Royal Oak on Kent Street.

Seven players were returning from the TUNDRA WOLVES CHALLENGE VII in Montreal, a week earlier. They were still hungry for more Magic.

This month, we tried the X-point Old School format. By assigning points to certain (powerful) cards, it creates a different meta for the format. Everyone liked it, but agreed that next time, we should allow 4 Strip Mine, costing 1 point each.

PS: A huge thank you to Jason for hosting the June monthly, collecting deck pics, and writing the report.
Patrick

8 players were on mono-colored deck, and the meta was really fast. 3 players opted for a more control-oriented deck, two of which were unpowered and ended up in the top 4.

Francois is in control behind his Moat against Kostas white weenie. But the 3 Black Vise force Francois to stay under 4 cards.

Using the Mind Bomb, Jason threw a Deep Spawn in the graveyard first turn. Then his Will-O-Wisp and 1/3 Brass Man kept aggro creatures in check, while he waited to draw his Soul Exchange, which stirred the 6/6 trample/shroud lobster out of its muck, right into the battlefield, toward victory against Jimmy, who had no answer for graveyard deck.

The Tin Man, the Lion and the Scarecrow; straight out of The Wizard of Oz.

All evening, Francois had success with Ivory tower, an underplayed card in our group. Dylan had a dozen land destruction spells, supporting Underworld Dreams / Howling Mine / Black Vise punishing synergy.

One of the Arabian Nights tale concerns an evil blacksmith who repented his ways and, as a result, found that he could handle fire and forge metal with his bare hands — thus, a 1/2 creature with protection from Red. With 4 of these, Chelsea was able to easily handle Fred Atogs.

Jason have to do complex math during his Upkeep; he need to mill two cards for the Deep Spawn, feed diner to the Lord of the Pit, chose which land and creature to untap under Brian Winter Orb/Smoke lock, keep the Will-O-Wisp available to block the Gauntlet of Might-powered-Shivan Dragon and try to dodge the two Icy Manipulators.

After 3 rounds, two 3-0s remained; Joe’s Mono Green Horde versus Chelsea White Weenie. This is the final match between Chelsea and Joe.

Congrats Chelsea!

Between game, some played Unlimited 40. Each of those Plague Rats are 6/6.

Five of us stayed at the Royal Oak after the tournament, to do a free-for-all multiplayer match. Fred tough he outsmarted us with his first turn Ankh of Mishra, but Dilan won with a double Underworld Dreams/Wheel of Fortune, dealing 14 to everyone.