F2F Tour Championship Ottawa

The F2F Tour Championship (Canada’s Regional Championship) is the top level of competitive Magic: the Gathering in Canada. Each Season One Tour Championship grants 8 top players invitations to represent Canada at the next Pro Tour, with the winner earning a spot at the World Championships.

Multiple players from our store were able to attend this event, earning their spots in previous qualifier tournaments. To see what they were competing for, check out the prizing below:

  • 1st $4200, Pro Tour + Worlds Invite Dragonlord Silumgar (f)
  • 2nd $3,000, Pro Tour + Worlds Invite Dragonlord Silumgar (f)
  • 3-4th $2,000, Pro Tour Invite, Dragonlord Silumgar (f)
  • 5-8th $1,200, Pro Tour Invite, Dragonlord Silumgar (f)
  • 9-16th $1,000, Dragonlord Silumgar (f)
  • 17th-32nd $500
  • 33-64 $250

We have a couple of our local players to spotlight from this event:

Alex

Alex Papadopoulos played his Calibrated Blast deck and rolled through opponents on day 1.

Main Deck4 x Autochthon Wurm4 x Scion of Draco4 x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn4 x Shadow of Mortality4 x Calibrated Blast2 x Throes of Chaos4 x Arid Mesa1 x Blood Crypt2 x Boseiju, Who Endures4 x Gemstone Caverns4 x Hidden Volcano1 x Mountain (343)1 x Raffine’s Tower4 x Scalding Tarn2 x Ramunap Ruins2 x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance1 x Spara’s Headquarters1 x Stomping Ground4 x Sunken Citadel4 x Sunscorched Desert2 x Boseiju, Who Shelters All1 x Mount Doom
Sideboard2 x Boseiju, Who Endures2 x Boseiju, Who Shelters All4 x Nephalia Academy3 x Otawara, Soaring City4 x Scavenger Grounds
 
4 Autochthon Wurm
4 Scion of Draco
4 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Shadow of Mortality
4 Calibrated Blast
2 Throes of Chaos
4 Arid Mesa
1 Blood Crypt
2 Boseiju, Who Endures
4 Gemstone Caverns
4 Hidden Volcano
1 Mountain (343)
1 Raffine's Tower
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Ramunap Ruins
2 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
1 Spara's Headquarters
1 Stomping Ground
4 Sunken Citadel
4 Sunscorched Desert
2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Mount Doom

Sideboard
2 Boseiju, Who Endures
2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
4 Nephalia Academy
3 Otawara, Soaring City
4 Scavenger Grounds
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At the end of Day 1 Alex was 7-1 with this list, losing only to a Temur Midrange deck in round 8 and narrowly missing being the only 8-0 player on the first day! Here are what his match ups and results looked like on day 1.

RoundOpponentDecklistResult
Round 1Jacob DanilkiewiczColorless PrisonAlex Papadopoulos won 2-1-0
Round 2JasonPAmulet TitanAlex Papadopoulos won 2-0-0
Round 3Gareth AntleTemur RhinosAlex Papadopoulos won 2-1-0
Round 4Tom CairnsGrixis WizardsAlex Papadopoulos won 2-0-0
Round 5Alexis Marquis-MasseHardened ScalesAlex Papadopoulos won 2-0-0
Round 6Shayne BrownBurnAlex Papadopoulos won 2-1-0
Round 7Patrick WuAzorius PrisonAlex Papadopoulos won 2-0-0
Round 8AndK7Temur MidrangeAndK7 won 2-1-0

Day 2 proved to be much more difficult for the Calibrated Blast deck, as Alex faced a couple of different decks in Four-Color Omnath and Living End. Nearing the conclusion of day 2 Alex was in 13th place, just behind Pascal Maynard after a long fight for a spot in the top 8.

Round 9Tyler SimonFour-Color OmnathTyler Simon won 2-1-0
Round 10Drew ChristensenTemur RhinosAlex Papadopoulos won 2-1-0
Round 11Tman85Temur RhinosAlex Papadopoulos won 2-1-0
Round 12Ulysse Gagnon ParadisLiving EndUlysse Gagnon Paradis won 2-0-0
Round 13Jordan TebbyAmulet TitanJordan Tebby won 2-0-0

Unfortunately for Alex, in round 13 he fell to Jordan Tebby’s Amulet Titan deck in 2 games, ending with a 9-4 record in 28th place. Alex got to take home $500 of the prize pool this time. It is worth noting that despite being the only Calibrated Blast deck in the room, Alex won 69% of his matches at the tournament. Here’s a quick little deck tech on Alex’s unique deck:

Zak

Another local player, Zak Turchansky also performed exceptionally well on day 1 running their Four-Color Control deck:

Main Deck1 x Cosmic Rebirth2 x Prismatic Ending2 x Misty Rainforest1 x Omnath, Locus of Creation1 x Boseiju, Who Endures4 x Lorien Revealed4 x Leyline Binding1 x Raugrin Triome4 x Flooded Strand3 x Supreme Verdict4 x Counterspell1 x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries3 x Teferi, Time Raveler1 x Steam Vents1 x Zagoth Triome2 x Stern Scolding1 x Force of Negation2 x Plains (331)2 x City of Solitude1 x March of Otherworldly Light – Showcase2 x Windswept Heath2 x Tishana’s Tidebinder1 x Minamo, School at Water’s Edge1 x Breeding Pool3 x Island (335)4 x The One Ring1 x Meticulous Archive1 x Hallowed Fountain3 x Preordain1 x Otawara, Soaring City
Sideboard3 x Chalice of the Void2 x Alpine Moon1 x Veil of Summer1 x Cosmic Rebirth2 x Dovin’s Veto3 x Leyline of Sanctity1 x Stern Scolding1 x Temporary Lockdown1 x Prismatic Ending
 
1 Cosmic Rebirth
2 Prismatic Ending
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Omnath, Locus of Creation
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
4 Lorien Revealed
4 Leyline Binding
1 Raugrin Triome
4 Flooded Strand
3 Supreme Verdict
4 Counterspell
1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
3 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Steam Vents
1 Zagoth Triome
2 Stern Scolding
1 Force of Negation
2 Plains (331)
2 City of Solitude
1 March of Otherworldly Light - Showcase
2 Windswept Heath
2 Tishana's Tidebinder
1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1 Breeding Pool
3 Island (335)
4 The One Ring
1 Meticulous Archive
1 Hallowed Fountain
3 Preordain
1 Otawara, Soaring City

Sideboard
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Alpine Moon
1 Veil of Summer
1 Cosmic Rebirth
2 Dovin's Veto
3 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Stern Scolding
1 Temporary Lockdown
1 Prismatic Ending
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Zak also had an good run on day 1, and finished the day up with a 6-2 record, good enough to hit day 2 with a fairly solid record! Here’s what Zak’s matchups looked like that day:

RoundOpponentDecklistResult
Round 1Lan NguyenTemur RhinosZak Turchansky won 2-0-0
Round 2Dan MacDonaldAmulet TitanZak Turchansky won 2-0-0
Round 3Christopher LeonardDomain ZooChristopher Leonard won 2-1-0
Round 4Zack ChatelMono-Green TronZack Chatel won 2-1-0
Round 5Steven NguyenIzzet MurktideZak Turchansky won 2-0-0
Round 6Liam HobanIzzet MurktideZak Turchansky won 2-1-0
Round 7Ryan PrimdahlIzzet MurktideZak Turchansky won 2-1-0
Round 8Riccardo PileggiLiving EndZak Turchansky won 2-1-0

Zak was able to perform quite well on day 2 as well, and notably faced off against Pascal Maynard in round 11 in which they took a 2-0 win against the Domain Rhinos deck!

Round 9Maxim BélangerMerfolkZak Turchansky won 2-1-0
Round 10DJ CorlessRakdos ScamZak Turchansky won 2-0-0
Round 11Pascal MaynardDomain RhinosZak Turchansky won 2-0-0
Round 12AndK7Temur MidrangeAndK7 won 2-1-0
Round 13Mathew SteinGrixis WizardsZak Turchansky won 2-1-0

After powering through the day with an 80% match win rate, Zak finished up the day 10-3 and landed in 14th place at the end of swiss rounds. Short of making the top 8, but earning $1,000 of the prize pool and a Dragonlord Silumgar promo.

Conclusion

When the dust settled, our local players did not make the top 8 and get the Pro Tour Invites we wanted them to, but they put up a very good effort and achieved some excellent results at the highest level of competition in Canada. Here’s what our locals & regular OCG Series players records looked like at the end of swiss rounds when the cut to top 8 came down:

PlaceNameDeckRecord
14Zak Turchansky  Four-color Control 10-3-0
28Alex PapadopoulosCalibrated Blast 9-4-0
87Jordan Reid  Golgari Yawgmoth 8-5-0
109Samson Rast Rakdos Death’s Shadow 7-6-0
143Farrell Pujokusumo Izzet Murktide 6-6-0
222Ken Darlington  Azorius Control (Kaheera) 4-4-0
278Travis Dubois Domain Zoo 3-4-0
307Sugar Shane  Mono-Blue Merfolk 3-5-0