On the weekend (Sept 10th), 29 players took to the AIS in Canberra to play the Legacy side event at the Australian Nationals.

Here’s a breakdown of the meta on the day;

So, plenty of Emrakul’s came down on Sunday, and even though we had 3 DnTs and Grixis Delvers, we didn’t see any in our Top 8!

This meta took us to a Top 8 made up of the following decks:

1st/2nd: OmniShow, UR Control ft. Delver

3rd/4th: ANT, Elves

5th-8th: OmniShow, Belcher, BR Reanimator, Eldrazi Post

Now, Dillon and Tim (1st and 2nd) actually prize split, and have yet to battle it our for glory, so they remain equal in our eyes.

Onto the deck lists for our Top 8! 4 out of the 8 are members of the CBR MTG family, making all of us proud.

1st/2nd: OmniShow – Dillon Kikkawa

Lands (19)

4 Scalding Tarn

2 Flooded Strand

1 Misty Rainforest

3 Volcanic Island

3 Ancient Tomb

2 City of Traitors

3 Island

1 Mountain

Spells (35)

4 Ponder

4 Brainstorm

4 Force of Will

4 Show and Tell

3 Preordain

3 Sneak Attack

3 Cunning Wish

3 Omniscience

1 Intuition

1 Impulse

1 Spell Pierce

1 Flusterstorm

3 Lotus Petal

Creatures (3)

3 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

3 Griselbrand

Sideboard (15)

2 Bloodmoon

2 Surgical Extraction

1 Pyroclasm

1 Boseiju,who Shelters All

1 Wipe Away

1 Hurkyl’s Recall

1 Abrade

1 Kozilek’s Return

1 Through the Breach

1 Intuition

1 Firemind’s Foresight

1 Sudden Shock

1 Flusterstorm

1st/2nd: UR Control ft. Delver – Tim Evers

Lands (18)

4 Scalding Tarn

4 Flooded Strand

1 Wooded Foothills

2 Volcanic Island

5 Island

2 Mountain

Spells (28)

4 Brainstorm

4 Ponder

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Force of WIll

3 Spell Snare

2 Flusterstorm

2 Price of Progress

1 Abrade

1 Counterspell

1 Into the Roil

1 Fire//Ice

1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Creatures (14)

4 Snapcaster Mage

4 Delver of Secrets

2 Grim Lavamancer

2 True-Name Nemesis

2 Vendilion Clique

Sideboard (15)

2 Sudden Demise

2 Surgical Extraction

2 Forked Bolt

2 Invasive Surgery

2 Blood Moon

2 Pyroblast

1 Abrade

1 Into the Roil

1 Pithing Needle

3rd/4th: ANT – Lachlan Saunders

Lands (15)

4 Polluted Delta

2 Scalding Tarn

2 Bloodstained Mire

2 Underground Sea

2 Island

1 Volcanic Island

1 Badlands

1 Swamp

Spells (45)

4 Brainstorm

4 Gitaxian Probe

4 Ponder

4 Cabal Ritual

4 Dark Ritual

4 Infernal Tutor

3 Cabal Therapy

3 Duress

2 Preordain

1 Ad Nauseam

1 Dark Petition

1 Rain of Filth

1 Tendrils of Agony

1 Past in Flames

4 Lion’s Eye Diamond

4 Lotus Petal

Sideboard (15)

3 Hurkyl’s Recall

2 Abrade

2 Surgical Extraction

2 Chain of Vapor

1 Cabal Therapy

1 Defense Grid

1 Empty the Warrens

1 Fatal Push

1 Flusterstorm

1 Tormod’s Crypt

3rd/4th: Elves – Nicholas Fennell

Lands (20)

4 Gaea’s Cradle

4 Wooded Foothills

3 Misty Rainforest

2 Bayou

2 Dryad Arbor

2 Forest

1 Cavern of Souls

1 Pendelhaven

1 Windswept Heath

Spells (13)

4 Glimpse of Nature

4 Green Sun’s Zenith

3 Natural Order

2 Nissa, Vital Force

Creatures (27)

4 Elvish Visionary

4 Heritage Druid

4 Nettle Sentinel

4 Quirion Ranger

4 Wirewood Symbiote

4 Deathrite Shaman

2 Craterhoof Behemoth

1 Birchlore Rangers

1 Reclamation Sage

Sideboard (15)

3 Abrupt Decay

3 Thoughtseize

2 Surgical Extraction

2 Cabal Therapy

2 Choke

2 Mindbreak Trap

1 Scavenging Ooze

5th-8th: OmniShow – Chris Darmanin

Lands (19)

4 Scalding Tarn

3 Polluted Delta

3 Volcanic Island

3 Ancient Tomb

2 City of Traitors

3 Island

1 Mountain

Spells (35)

4 Ponder

4 Brainstorm

4 Preordain

4 Show and Tell

4 Force of Will

3 Omniscience

3 Sneak Attack

3 Spell Pierce

1 Intuition

1 Cunning Wish

4 Lotus Petal

Creatures (6)

3 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

3 Griselbrand

Sideboard (15)

3 Bloodmoon

2 Surgical Extraction

1 Ashen Rider

1 Engineered Explosives

1 Pithing Needle

1 Hurkyl’s Recall

1 Through the Breach

1 Flusterstorm

1 Red Elemental Blast

1 Pyroblast

1 Intuition

1 Kozilek’s Return

5th-8th: Belcher – Jake Kearney

Lands (1)

1 Taiga

Spells (47)

4 Rite of Flame

4 Gitaxian Probe

4 Desperate Ritual

4 Land Grant

4 Manamorphose

4 Burning Wish

3 Seething Song

3 Empty the Warrens

2 Pyretic Ritual

4 Goblin Charbelcher

4 Lion’s Eye Diamond

4 Lotus Petal

3 Chrome Mox

Creatures (12)

4 Simian Spirit Guide

4 Elvish Spirit Guide

4 Tinder Wall

Sideboard (15)

3 Xantid Swarm

1 Telemin Performance

1 Hull Breach

1 Reverent Silence

1 By Force

1 Reforge the Soul

1 Diminishing Returns

1 Infernal Tutor

1 Mizzix’s Mastery

1 Tendril’s of Agony

1 Empty the Warrens

1 Goblin War Strike

1 Cave-In

5th-8th: Eldrazi Post – Scott Fulko

Lands (25)

4 Ancient Tomb

4 Eldrazi Temple

4 Eye of Ugin

4 Cloudpost

4 Vesuva

4 Glimmerpost

1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Spells (12)

2 Warping Wail

2 All is Dust

4 Chalice of the Void

4 Thorn of Amethyst

Creatures (23)

4 Reality Smasher

4 Endless One

4 Thought-Knot Seer

4 Matter Reshaper

4 Eldrazi Mimic

2 Simian Spirit Guide

1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Sideboard (15)

4 Leyline of the Void

2 Pithing Needle

2 Wastes

2 Oblivion Sower

1 Umezawa’s Jitte

1 Phyrexian Revoker

1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

1 Karakas

1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

5th-8th: BR Reanimator – Angus McKay

Lands (12)

4 Bloodstained Mire

3 Polluted Delta

2 Badlands

2 Swamp

1 Scrubland

Spells (38)

4 Animate Dead

4 Dark Ritual

4 Entomb

4 Exhume

4 Faithless Looting

4 Reanimate

4 Unmask

2 Collective Brutality

2 Thoughtseize

4 Lotus Petal

2 Chrome Mox

Creatures (10)

4 Chancellor of the Annex

4 Griselbrand

1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

1 Iona, Shield of Emeria

Sideboard (15)

3 Wear//Tear

2 Stronghold Gambit

2 Pyroclasm

2 Pithing Needle

2 Grave Titan

2 Blood Moon

1 Archetype of Endurance

1 Tidespout Tyrant