After eight rounds of Standard on MTG Arena, Pro Tour Dominaria champion Wyatt Darby won Week 2 of Fandom Legends’ $4k MTG Arena tournament series, defeating Mythic Championship I Cleveland champion Autumn Burchett in the finals.
Darby was one of two players to bring Mono-Red Aggro to the tournament, the same archetype he piloted to victory at PT Dominaria a year ago. He went 4-1 in the Swiss rounds and advanced past streamers Allison “Skybilz” Maino in the quarterfinals and Kenji “Nummy” Egashira in the semifinals. In the finals, he soundly defeated Burchett’s Mono-Blue Tempo deck…which was also the same archetype that Burchett won Mythic Championship I with.
Wyatt Darby's Standard Mono-Red Aggro
Creatures (20) 4 Fanatical Firebrand 4 Ghitu Lavarunner 4 Runaway Steam-Kin 4 Viashino Pyromancer 4 Goblin Chainwhirler Spells (22) 4 Shock 4 Lightning Strike 4 Light Up the Stage 2 Risk Factor 4 Skewer the Critics 4 Wizard’s Lightning | Lands (18) 18 Mountain Sideboard (15) 4 Lava Coil 4 Legion Warboss 2 Risk Factor 3 Experimental Frenzy 2 Rekindling Phoenix |
Autumn Burchett's Standard Mono-Blue Tempo
Creatures (17) 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald 4 Pteramander 4 Siren Stormtamer 4 Merfolk Trickster 4 Tempest Djinn Spells (20) 4 Dive Down 4 Opt 3 Spell Pierce 1 Chart a Course 1 Entrancing Melody 2 Essence Capture 1 Negate 4 Wizard’s Retort Enchantments (4) 4 Curious Obsession | Lands (19) 19 Island Sideboard (15) 1 Island 1 Disdainful Stroke 3 Entrancing Melody 2 Essence Capture 3 Negate 4 Surge Mare 1 Jace, Cunning Castaway |
A Scattered Metagame
While Week 1 saw a large number of players choose to bring Esper Control and Mono-Blue Tempo, Week 2 saw a much more varied metagame, including the return of 5-Color Chromatic Black with four Mastermind’s Acquisitions in the hands of Ali Aintrazi.
Fandom Legend’s $4k MTG Arena tournament series will continue next Thursday at 2PM Easter on twitch.tv/fandom.