After 16 rounds of Magic, the Top 8 of Mythic Championship II London is set.

Don’t miss our recaps of Day 1 and the Top 8.

Thien Nguyen finished in first place with 43 points, followed by Eli Loveman in second place with 39 points. They will be joined by Magic Pro League members Alexander Hayne, Brian Braun-Duin, and Javier Dominguez with 37 points, as well as Adrian Zhu and Chris Kvartek also at 37 points, and Matt Sperling on 36 points.

This will be Matt Sperling’s third career Pro Tour/Mythic Championship Top 8 and Alexander Hayne’s second—though Hayne won Pro Tour Avacyn Restored in his first Top 8. It will also be both 2018 World Champion Javier Dominguez and 2016 World Champion Brian Braun-Duin’s first Pro Tour/Mythic Championship Top 8s.

Mythic Championship II is also Adrian Zhu’s first Mythic Championship after he won a PTQ earlier this year, which he has now converted into his first Top 8. The number one seed, Thien Nguyen finished Day 2 with a 14-1-1 record in the swiss, which is the second best swiss record in history, only behind Hall of Famer Luis Scott-Vargas’s 16-0 run at Pro Tour San Diego in 2010, in reaching his first Pro Tour/Mythic Championship Top 8.

Just before the Mythic Championship II London Top 8 was announced, Hall of Famer and Magic Pro League member Yuuya Watanabe was disqualified for marked cards. He had appeared that he had locked his spot in the Top 8 with an intentional draw in Round 16 to end at 37 points. It would have been his sixth career Pro Tour/Mythic Championship Top 8, though he has yet to win one.

The Top 8 Metagame

Day 2 Modern metagame at Mythic Championship II London

Mythic Championship II London’s Top 8 metagame is representative of the overall and Day 2 Modern metagames. Both Humans and Tron were two of the most popular choices for the tournament, at 10.3% and 14.6% of the field, and both put three and two copies into the Top 8, respectively. Only one Izzet Phoenix deck, the second most popular choice at 12% of the field, made the Top 8, along with a single copy of both Titanshift and Affinity.

Top 8 Decklists

Note: Wizards of the Coast did not post the number of copies of the cards in players’ sideboards, so they are listed as all one-ofs.

Thien Nguyen

Thien Nguyen's Modern Titanshift

Planeswalkers (1)
Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Creatures (8)
Primeval Titan
Sakura-Tribe Elder

Spells (20)
Scapeshift
Farseek
Search for Tomorrow
Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
Summoner’s Pact
Lightning Bolt

Artifacts (4)
Relic of Progenitus
Engineered Explosives
Lands (27)
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Wooded Foothills
Windswept Heath
Forest
Mountain
Cinder Glade
Stomping Ground

Sideboard (12)
Lightning Bolt
Relic of Progenitus
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Engineered Explosives
Shatterstorm
Ancient Grudge
Reclamation Sage
Tireless Tracker
Dragonlord Atarka
Damping Sphere
Anger of the Gods
Obstinate Baloth

Eli Loveman

Eli Loveman's Modern Humans

Creatures (37)
Noble Hierarch
Champion of the Parish
Thalia’s Lieutenant
Meddling Mage
Phantasmal Image
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
Kitesail Freebooter
Reflector Mage
Militia Bugler
Deputy of Detention
Mantis Rider

Artifacts (4)
Aether Vial
Lands (19)
Ancient Ziggurat
Cavern of Souls
Horizon Canopy
Unclaimed Territory
Seachrome Coast
Island
Plains

Sideboard (9)
Militia Bugler
Deputy of Detention
Auriok Champion
Damping Sphere
Dismember
Gaddock Teeg
Sin Collector
Whirler Rogue
Izzet Staticaster

Alexander Hayne

Alexander Hayne's Modern Tron

Planeswalkers (6)
Karn Liberated
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Creatures (8)
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Walking Ballista
Wurmcoil Engine

Spells (8)
Ancient Stirrings
Sylvan Scrying

Artifacts (19)
Chromatic Sphere
Chromatic Star
Expedition Map
Oblivion Stone
Relic of Progenitus
Lands (19)
Ghost Quarter
Sanctum of Ugin
Forest
Urza’s Mine
Urza’s Power Plant
Urza’s Tower

Sideboard (7)
Ghost Quarter
Dismember
Nature’s Claim
Spatial Contortion
Surgical Extraction
Thragtusk
Unravel the Aether

Brian Braun-Duin

Brian Braun-Duin's Modern Humans

Creatures (37)
Noble Hierarch
Champion of the Parish
Meddling Mage
Phantasmal Image
Kitesail Freebooter
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
Thalia’s Lieutenant
Mantis Rider
Reflector Mage
Militia Bugler

Artifacts (4)
Aether Vial
Lands (19)
Unclaimed Territory
Cavern of Souls
Horizon Canopy
Ancient Ziggurat
Seachrome Coast
Plains

Sideboard (10)
Militia Bugler
Damping Sphere
Deputy of Detention
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Dismember
Auriok Champion
Chalice of the Void
Grafdigger’s Cage
Gaddock Teeg
Sin Collector

Adrian Zhu

Adrian Zhu's Modern Tron

Planeswalkers (6)
Karn Liberated
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Creatures (8)
Walking Ballista
Thragtusk
Wurmcoil Engine
World Breaker
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Spells (8)
Ancient Stirrings
Sylvan Scrying

Artifacts (19)
Chromatic Sphere
Chromatic Star
Expedition Map
Relic of Progenitus
Oblivion Stone
Lands (19)
Forest
Ghost Quarter
Sanctum of Ugin
Urza’s Mine
Urza’s Power Plant
Urza’s Tower

Sideboard (6)
Thragtusk
Nature’s Claim
Dismember
Thought-Knot Seer
Surgical Extraction
Spatial Contortion

Chris Kvartek

Adrian Zhu's Modern Humans

Creatures (37)
Champion of the Parish
Noble Hierarch
Thalia’s Lieutenant
Meddling Mage
Phantasmal Image
Kitesail Freebooter
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
Mantis Rider
Reflector Mage
Anafenza, the Foremost

Artifacts (4)
Aether Vial
Lands (19)
Ancient Ziggurat
Cavern of Souls
Unclaimed Territory
Horizon Canopy
Island
Plains
Seachrome Coast

Sideboard (7)
Deputy of Detention
Dismember
Militia Bugler
Auriok Champion
Grafdigger’s Cage
Damping Sphere
Leyline of the Void

Javier Dominguez

Javier Dominguez's Modern Izzet Phoenix

Creatures (9)
Thing in the Ice
Arclight Phoenix
Crackling Drake

Spells (31)
Sleight of Hand
Serum Visions
Faithless Looting
Flame Slash
Set Adrift
Thought Scour
Manamorphose
Lightning Bolt
Surgical Extraction
Lightning Axe
Gut Shot
Spell Pierce

Enchantments (2)
Pyromancer Ascension
Lands (18)
Flooded Strand
Polluted Delta
Scalding Tarn
Spirebluff Canal
Steam Vents
Island
Mountain

Sideboard (11)
Crackling Drake
Flame Slash
Spell Pierce
Ceremonious Rejection
Alpine Moon
Abrade
Blood Moon
Ravenous Trap
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Shatterstorm
Anger of the Gods

Matt Sperling

Matt Sperling's Modern Affinity

Creatures (23)
Master of Etherium
Memnite
Ornithopter
Signal Pest
Steel Overseer
Vault Skirge
Arcbound Ravager

Instants (4)
Galvanic Blast

Artifacts (14)
Mox Opal
Springleaf Drum
Welding Jar
Cranial Plating

Enchantments (2)
Experimental Frenzy
Lands (17)
Darksteel Citadel
Inkmoth Nexus
Spire of Industry
Mountain
Blinkmoth Nexus

Sideboard (9)
Experimental Frenzy
Etched Champion
Damping Sphere
Karn, Scion of Urza
Ancient Grudge
Dispatch
Thoughtseize
Rest in Peace
Relic of Progenitus

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