XPDC 0.04 Report

--------------------------------
1 ( 24) zahori, - Affinity
8 ( 5) jtamaro, - WU Cogs
--------------------------------
5 ( 1) hurriboy, - Wreck n' Rain II
4 ( 25) LostSymphonies, - Orzhov Blink
--------------------------------
3 ( 31) Grozathia, - MUTC
6 ( 6) Lashof, - URG Ire
--------------------------------
7 ( 18) mslano, - MUA
2 ( 23) LulThyme, - MUTC
--------------------------------

Interesting T8, to say the least. Had Kaityson36 not dropped inexplicably, he would have made T8 as well, with an Affinity build of his own! I was happy to see the 3-color Ire variant had success in a diverse and unknown field, and I'm happy to share that list with you here!

THE ALLSPARC
Lashof, XPDC 0.04, Top 8

4 Reach Through Mists
3 Consuming Vortex
4 Glacial Ray
4 Peer Through Depths
3 Psychic Puppetry
3 Remove Soul
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
4 Vital Surge
4 Kodama's Reach
4 Ire of Kaminari
6 Forest
6 Island
4 Mountain
2 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Simic Growth Chamber
4 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard
4 Subterranean Shambler
3 Condescend
3 Flash Counter
2 Ancient Grudge
3 Wear Away

TOP 4:

--------------------------------
8 ( 5) jtamaro, - WU Cogs
5 ( 1) hurriboy, - Wreck n' Rain II
--------------------------------
3 ( 31) Grozathia, - MUTC
2 ( 23) LulThyme, - MUTC
--------------------------------

It's hard NOT to be excited when your best friend (Grozathia, in my case) shows up out of nowhere to T4 at your inaugural event and gets locked in a Mostly-Blue Teachings Control (MUTC) mirror match in the semifinals with a PDC heavyweight (LulThyme, in this case)! Add to that a clanmate (Hurriboy, in this case) playing a resurrected version of Wreck n' Rain at the other table in the semis, and this is a T4 I can get personally invested in!

What a format!