Yesterday, Adam “AgraveiN” Skotak won the second Twitch Rivals MTG Arena $10k tournament with Selesnya Tokens, defeating Jeff Hoogland’s Temur Midrange deck 2-1 in the finals.
AgraveiN’s victory capped a tournament in which he didn’t drop a match, beating Thundermo_Hellkite, Bestmarmotte, AKAWonder, Todd Anderson, and Admirable to go 5-0 in the Swiss rounds. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Brian Kibler, who was on Gruul Midrange, two games to one. The semifinals turned out to be a rematch between AgraveiN’s Selesnya Tokens and AKAWonder’s Sultai Midrange, with AgraveiN again emerging victorious.
The viewership on Twitch Rivals’s Twitch page peaked at 25k viewers and averaged over 15k viewers. However, those numbers do not include the viewers from the individual streamer’s streams.
46 players entered the tournament, 14 of which brought to format’s most popular deck: Sultai Midrange. That was followed by seven Mono-Blue Tempo players, and four copies each of Rakdos Aggro and Gruul Midrange.
- 14 x Sultai Midrange
- 7 x Mono-Blue Tempo
- 4 x Gruul Midrange
- 4 x Rakdos Aggro
- 2 x Esper Control
- 2 x Gruul Aggro (Mono-Red splashing Green)
- 2 x Izzet Drakes
- 1 x Azorious Aggro
- 1 x Burn
- 1 x Gates Control
- 1 x Golgari Midrange
- 1 x Jund Midrange
- 1 x Mono-White Aggro
- 1 x Selesnya Tokens
- 1 x Simic Nexus
- 1 x Sultai Control
- 1 x Temur Control
- 1 x Temur Midrange
The Top 8 decks were fairly representative of the larger metagame of the tournament, with three copies of Sultai Midrange, and one each of Gruul Midrange, Mono-Blue Temp, Rakdos Aggro, Selesnya Tokens, and Temur Midrange.
1st Place: AgraveiN
Selesnya Tokens
| Creatures (14) 3 Tithe Taker 3 Emmara, Soul of the Accord 1 Incubation Druid 4 Venerated Loxodon 3 Trostani Discordant Spells (25) 3 Legion’s Landing 4 Flower // Flourish 4 Saproling Migration 4 History of Benalia 2 Unbreakable Formation 4 Conclave Tribunal 4 march of the Multitudes | Lands (21) 9 Plains 4 Forest 4 Sunpetal Grove 4 Temple Garden Sideboard (15) 3 Adanto Vanguard 3 Baffling End 3 Kruul Harpooner 3 Knight of Autumn 2 Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants 1 Vivien Reid |
2nd Place: Jeff Hoogland
Temur Midrange
| Creatures (27) 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Growth-Chamber Guardian 4 Merfolk Branchwalker 4 Wildgrowth Walker 4 Jadelight Ranger 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker 2 Ravager Wurm 4 Hydroid Krasis Spells (9) 4 Incubation // Incongruity 2 Collision // Colossus 3 Hadana’s Climb | Lands (24) 2 Island 6 Forest 4 Breeding Pool 2 Hinterland Harbor 2 Steam Vents 2 Sulfur Falls 2 Rootbound Crag 4 Stomping Ground Sideboard (15) 2 Disdainful Stroke 3 Negate 3 Lava Coil 2 Thrashing Brontodon 3 Frilled Mystic 2 Vivien Reid |
3rd Place: Amazonian
Rakdos Aggro
| Creatures (19) 4 Dire Fleet Daredevil 4 Goblin Chainwhirler 4 Rekindling Phoenix 4 Rix Maadi Reveler 3 Siege-Gang Commander Spells (16) 1 Karn, Scion of Urza 3 Carnival // Carnage 4 Lava Coil 2 Shock 2 The Eldest Reborn 4 Treasure Map | Lands (25) 4 Blood Crypt 1 Cinder Barrens 4 Dragonskull Summit 14 Mointain 1 Rakdos Guildgate 1 Swamp Sideboard (15) 1 Angrath, the Flame-Chained 1 Banefire 4 Duress 2 Fiery Cannonade 1 Fight with Fire 3 Legion Warboss 1 Status // Statue 2 Theater of Horrors |
4th Place: AKAWonder
Sultai midrange
| Creatures (24) 1 Carnage Tyrant 2 Hostage Taker 4 Hydroid Krassis 4 Jadelight Ranger 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Merfolk Branchwalker 1 Ravenous Chupacabra 4 Wildgrowth Walker Spells (11) 1 Assassin’s Trophy 2 Cast Down 3 Find // Finality 3 Vivien Reid 2 Vraska’s Contempt | Lands (25) 4 Breeding Pool 3 Drowned Catacomb 5 Forest 2 Memorial to Folly 4 Overgrown Tomb 3 Watery Grave 4 Woodland Cemetary Sideboard (14) 1 Cast Down 1 Crushing Canopy 1 Cry of the Carnarium 4 Duress 2 Kraul Harpooner 2 Midnight Reaper 2 Negate 1 Vraska’s Contempt |
5th Place: Todd Anderson
Sultai Midrange
| Creatures (24) 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Merfolk Branchwalker 4 Wildgrowth Walker 4 Jadelight Ranger 4 Hydroid Krasis 1 Ravenous Chupacabra 2 Hostage Taker 1 Carnage Tyrant Spells (11) 2 Cast Down 1 Assassin’s Trophy 2 Vraska’s Contempt 3 Viven Reid 3 Find // Finality | Lands (25) 3 Watery Grave 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Woodland Cemetary 4 Breeding Pool 2 Memorial to Folly 5 Forest 3 Drowned Catacomb Sideboard (15) 4 Duress 2 Negate 1 Cast Down 2 Kraul Harpooner 1 Cry of the Carnarium 2 Midnight Reaper 1 Crushing Canopy 1 Vraska’s Contempt 1 Hostage Taker |
6th Place: Jack Torrance
Sultai Midrange
| Creatures (24) 1 Carnage Tyrant 2 Hostage Taker 4 Hydroid Krasis 4 Jadelight Ranger 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Merfolk Branchwalker 1 Ravenous Chupacabra 4 Wildgrowth Walker Spells (11) 3 Viven Reid 1 Assassin’s Trophy 2 Cast Down 3 Find // Finality 2 Vraska’s Contempt | Lands (25) 4 Breeding Pool 3 Drowned Catacomb 2 Memorial to Folly 4 Overgrown Tomb 3 Watery Grave 4 Woodland Cemetary 5 Forest Sideboard (15) 1 Cry of the Carnarium 4 Duress 1 Hostage Taker 2 Kraul Harpooner 2 Midnight Reaper 2 Negate 1 Vraska’s Contempt 1 Cast Down 1 Crushing Canopy |
7th Place: Semulin
Mono-Blue Tempo
| Creatures (19) 3 Mist-Cloaked Herald 4 Pteramander 4 Siren Stormtamer 4 Merfolk Trickster 4 Temptest Djinn Spells (22) 4 Curious Obsession 2 Dive Down 4 Opt 3 Spell Pierce 1 Blink of an Eye 3 Chart a Course 1 Essence Capture 4 Wizard’s Retort | Lands (19) 19 Island Sideboard (15) 2 Faerie Duelist 3 Negate 1 Search for Azcanta 3 Surge Mare 2 Deep Freeze 2 Exclusion mage 2 Entrancing Melody |
8th Place: Brian Kibler
Gruul Midrange
| Creatures (30) 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Pelt Collector 4 Growth-Chamber Guardian 4 Zhur-Taa Goblin 2 Legion Warboss 4 Gruul Spellbreaker 4 Rekindling Phoenix 3 Skarrgan Hellkite 1 Kraul Harpooner Spells (6) 2 Lava Coil 4 Collision // Colossus | Lands (24) 7 Mountain 9 Forest 4 Rootbound Crag 4 Stomping Ground Sideboard (15) 2 Shivan Fire 2 Lava Coil 1 Kraul Harpooner 3 Cindervines 2 Fiery Cannonade 2 Thrashing Brontodon 1 Domri, Chaos Bringer 2 Vivien Reid |