Roy Varney received Magic Highlight: The Hobbit™ with Izzet Prowess at SCG CON Dallas on Sunday.
After sneaking into the Prime 8 of Magic Highlight: The Hobbit™ because the No. 8 seed on tiebreakers, Varney was merely, “completely satisfied to be right here.” He battled it out within the ultimate rounds of Swiss uncertain if he might even make the lower, however a pair of victories for him and an unintentional draw at a better desk cleared the way in which for the Houstonian to play a bit extra Magic and an opportunity at a little bit of glory he’s been chasing for greater than a decade.
Together with his first ever Professional Tour invite secured, Varney settled down for the most important matches of Magic in his profession. Together with his buddies already on the way in which residence, Varney shortly dispatched Sean Goddard within the quarterfinals to arrange a rematch towards Mark Jacobson, a longtime professional who gave Varney certainly one of his two losses on Day 1. Varney acquired the perfect of Jacobson in three video games to advance to the finals and face PT common, Liam Kane on Tameshi Belcher.
Kane took the primary recreation in typical vogue, touchdown a Flip-4 Goblin Charbelcher on the play whereas Varney’s interplay resided in his sideboard. Loaded with 4 copies of Consign to Reminiscence and extra counterspells, Varney was well-equipped for the remaining video games. He had all of the solutions in Sport 2 and within the deciding recreation, Kane had a sluggish begin whereas Varney had loads of stress and simply the correct solutions. When Kane brute-forced a Belcher onto the battlefield, Varney was in a position to ship a deadly assault on the next flip with Kane’s shields down.
Your complete Prime 8 earned Professional Tour invitations, money prizes, and a foil copy of the Riddles within the Darkish promo card, however Varney walked away the massive winner with $10,000 and a ravishing Black Lotus trophy.
Izzet Prowess topped the metagame on Day 1, taking over 10 p.c of the greater than 900-person discipline following Jefferson Lee’s victory on the Highlight Collection occasion in Brisbane final weekend. Esper Goryo’s and Esper Blink adopted in second and third place, however each archetypes didn’t put a participant into the Prime 8. Izzet Affinity and Devoted Druid Combo rounded out the 5 most-played decks.
Day 2 consisted of 208 gamers that reached 18 match factors on Day 1. See how the archetypes transformed beneath.
View the Top 8 decklists from the Magic Highlight: The Hobbit™. For all of the decklists from the occasion and ultimate standings take a look at the Melee page for the match.
SCG CON will likely be again in motion in Baltimore on September 11-13, that includes the Regional Championship.
