Black Dominates the ShoeCityShowdown3: Land Grant!

Sixty-four players clashed at the ShoeCityShowdown3: Land Grant at Webway Games in Marlborough, MA, and it was a bloodbath for [b] decks!

The podium was mono-[b] as Phil Lorrain's Mono[b] Rack claimed gold, Devon O'Donnell's Mono[b] Aggro caught silver, and Christopher Semisch's Money Ball [b] took bronze.

Top 8 Decklists

1st Place — Mono[b] Rack | Phil Lorrain

Creatures (13)

2 {Bane of the Living} [2][b][b]
4 {Hypnotic Specter} [1][b][b]
2 {Knight of Stromgald} [b][b]
4 {Ravenous Rats} [1][b]
1 {Withered Wretch} [b][b]

Instants (10)

2 {Diabolic Edict} [1][b]
4 {Funeral Charm} [b]
2 {Skeletal Scrying} [x][b]
1 {Smother} [1][b]
1 {Snuff Out} [3][b]

Sorceries (9)

3 {Cabal Therapy} [b]
2 {Chain of Smog} [1][b]
4 {Duress} [b]

Artifacts (4)

4 {The Rack} [1]

Lands (24)

4 {Mishra's Factory}
2 {Rishadan Port}
14 {Swamp}
4 {Wasteland}

Sideboard

1 {Cursed Scroll} [1]
3 {Dystopia} [1][b][b]
3 {Engineered Plague} [2][b]
1 {Gloom} [2][b]
1 {Perish} [2][b]
2 {Phyrexian Furnace} [1]
1 {Plaguebearer} [1][b]
1 {Powder Keg} [2]
1 {Skeletal Scrying} [x][b]
1 {Smother} [1][b]

2nd Place — Mono[b] Aggro | Devon O'Donnell

Creatures (16)

2 {Graveborn Muse} [2][b][b]
4 {Hypnotic Specter} [1][b][b]
3 {Knight of Stromgald} [b][b]
3 {Nantuko Shade} [b][b]
4 {Withered Wretch} [b][b]

Instants (9)

2 {Diabolic Edict} [1][b]
3 {Smother} [1][b]
4 {Dark Ritual} [b]

Sorceries (9)

4 {Cabal Therapy} [b]
1 {Chainer's Edict} [1][b]
4 {Duress} [b]

Artifacts (2)

2 {Cursed Scroll} [1]

Enchantments (1)

1 {Phyrexian Arena} [1][b][b]

Lands (23)

4 {Mishra's Factory}
17 {Swamp}
2 {Wasteland}

Sideboard

3 {Dystopia} [1][b][b]
4 {Engineered Plague} [2][b]
3 {Gloom} [2][b]
1 {Powder Keg} [2]
2 {Spinning Darkness} [4][b][b]
2 {Tormod's Crypt} [0]

3rd Place — Money Ball [b] | Christopher Semisch

Creatures (17)

1 {Graveborn Muse} [2][b][b]
4 {Hypnotic Specter} [1][b][b]
1 {Knight of Stromgald} [b][b]
3 {Nantuko Shade} [b][b]
4 {Ravenous Rats} [1][b]
4 {Withered Wretch} [b][b]

Instants (9)

4 {Dark Ritual} [b]
2 {Diabolic Edict} [1][b]
2 {Smother} [1][b]
1 {Snuff Out} [3][b]

Sorceries (8)

4 {Cabal Therapy} [b]
4 {Duress} [b]

Artifacts

2 {Cursed Scroll} [1]

Lands (24)

4 {Mishra's Factory}
1 {Spawning Pool}
17 {Swamp}
2 {Wasteland}

Sideboard

1 {Cursed Scroll} [1]
1 {Drain Life} [1][b]
4 {Dystopia} [1][b][b]
4 {Engineered Plague} [2][b]
1 {Graveborn Muse} [2][b][b]
1 {Plaguebearer} [1][b]
1 {Smother} [1][b]
1 Vendetta [b]
1 {Tormod's Crypt} [0]

4th Place — [g][w] Enchantress | Rich Shay

Creatures (4)

4 {Argothian Enchantress} [1][g]

Instants (3)

2 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]
1 {Abeyance} [1][w]

Sorceries (1)

1 Replenish [3][w]

Enchantments (30)

4 {Wild Growth} [g]
4 {Mirri's Guile} [g]
3 {Exploration} [g]
3 {Sterling Grove} [g][w]
1 {Sylvan Library} [1][g]
2 {Seal of Cleansing} [1][w]
2 {Solitary Confinement} [2][w]
4 {Enchantress's Presence} [2][g]
3 {Opalescence} [2][w][w]
3 {Parallax Wave} [2][w][w]

Lands (22)

4 {Brushland}
1 {City of Brass}
6 {Forest}
2 {Plains}
4 {Serra's Sanctum}
4 {Windswept Heath}
1 {Wooded Foothills}

Sideboard

1 {Abeyance} [1][w]
2 {Gaea's Blessing} [1][g]
1 {Replenish} [3][w]
1 {Solitary Confinement} [2][w]
2 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]
3 {Tormod's Crypt} [0]
2 {Tsabo's Web} [2]
3 {Xantid Swarm} [g]

5th Place — [u] Stiflenought | James Hodge

Creatures (4)

4 {Phyrexian Dreadnought} [1]

Instants (34)

4 {Stifle} [u]
4 {Vision Charm} [u]
2 {Peek} [u]
4 {Accumulated Knowledge} [1][u]
4 {Counterspell} [u][u]
3 {Impulse} [1][u]
2 {Flash of Insight} [x][1][u]
1 {Brain Freeze} [1][u]
4 {Foil} [2][u][u]
3 {Gush} [4][u]

Sorceries (4)

4 {Portent} [u]

Artifacts (2)

{Powder Keg} [2]

Lands (18)

18 {Island}

Sideboard

3 {Annul} [u]
2 {Blue Elemental Blast} [u]
1 {Brain Freeze} [1][u]
2 {Dominate} [x][1][u][u]
3 {Essence Flare} [u]
1 {Phyrexian Furnace} [1]
1 {Powder Keg} [2]
2 {Tsabo's Web} [2]

6th Place — [r] Burn | Neal Sacks

Creatures (20)

4 {Ball Lightning} [r][r][r]
4 {Goblin Cadets} [r]
4 {Grim Lavamancer} [r]
4 {Jackal Pup} [r]
4 {Mogg Fanatic} [r]

Instants (12)

4 {Fireblast} [4][r][r]
4 {Incinerate} [1][r]
4 {Lightning Bolt} [r]

Artifacts (3)

3 {Cursed Scroll} [1]

Enchantments (4)

4 {Seal of Fire} [r]

Lands (21)

3 {Barbarian Ring}
4 {Bloodstained Mire}
4 {Wooded Foothills}
2 {Mishra's Factory}
8 {Mountain}

Sideboard

3 {Earthquake} [x][r]
4 {Overload} [r]
4 {Price of Progress} [1][r]
2 {Pyroblast} [r]
2 {Red Elemental Blast} [r]

7th Place — Full English Breakfast | Will Holland

Creatures (23)

1 {Akroma, Angel of Wrath} [5][w][w][w]
4 {Birds of Paradise} [g]
1 {Elvish Spirit Guide} [2][g]
4 {Hermit Druid} [1][g]
1 {Karmic Guide} [3][w][w]
1 {Mesmeric Fiend} [1][b]
1 {Palinchron} [5][u][u]
1 {Phyrexian Devourer} [6]
1 {Psychatog} [1][u][b]
1 {Squee, Goblin Nabob} [2][r]
1 {Triskelion} [6]
2 {Volrath's Shapeshifter} [1][u][u]
4 {Wall of Roots} [1][g]

Instants (2)

1 {Coffin Purge} [b]
1 {Krosan Reclamation} {1][g]

Sorceries (9)

4 {Cabal Therapy} [b]
4 {Unearth} [b]
1 {Duress} [b]

Enchantments (4)

4 {Survival of the Fittest} [1][g]

Lands (22)

4 {City of Brass}
4 {Gemstone Mine}
4 {Llanowar Wastes}
3 {Reflecting Pool}
1 {Treva's Ruins}
1 {Underground River}
1 {Undiscovered Paradise}
4 {Yavimaya Coast}

Sideboard

1 {Animate Dead} [1][b]
1 {Auramancer} [2][w]
1 {Battlefield Scrounger} [3][g][g]
1 {Enlightened Tutor} [w]
1 {Ghitu Slinger} [2][r]
1 {Gorilla Shaman} [r]
1 {Meddling Mage} [w][u]
2 {Naturalize} [1][g]
2 {Pyroclasm} [1][r]
1 {Ray of Revelation} [1][w]
1 {Uktabi Orangutan} [2][g]
2 {Xantid Swarm} [g]

8th Place — Terrageddon | Sam Higgins

Creatures (14)

1 {Exalted Angel} [4][w][w]
4 {Meddling Mage} [w][u]
1 {Sylvan Safekeeper} [g]
4 {Terravore} [1][g][g]
4 {Weathered Wayfarer} [w]

Instants (7)

4 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]
2 {Naturalize} [1][g]
1 {Fire / Ice} [1][r]/[1][u]

Sorceries (6)

3 {Armageddon} [3][w]
3 Call of the Herd {2][g]

Artifacts (4)

4 {Mox Diamond} [0]

Enchantments (3)

3 {Sylvan Library} [1][g]

Lands (26)

1 {Adarkar Wastes}
1 {City of Brass}
2 {Forest}
4 {Gemstone Mine}
1 {Karplusan Forest}
2 {Plains}
2 {Rishadan Port}
1 {Rith's Grove}
2 {Treetop Village}
1 {Treva's Ruins}
4 {Wasteland}
4 {Windswept Heath}
1 {Yavimaya Coast}

Sideboard

1 {Aura of Silence} [1][w][w]
1 {Cataclysm} [2][w][w]
1 {Cursed Totem} [2]
1 {Phyrexian Furnace} [1]
3 {Pyroblast} [r]
3 {Pyroclasm} [1][r]
2 {Ray of Revelation} [1][w]
1 {Thornscape Battlemage} {2][g]
2 {Zuran Orb} [0]

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Featured image: The Rack by Richard Thomas