Regional Championship Qualifier - Pioneer - Top 8 Decklists [May 27, 2023]

On May 27th we hosted our fourth Regional Championship Qualifier Tournament, which was Pioneer format. Below are the decklists for the Top 8 Winners. Gamers Grove would like to thank everyone who came to participate and also to our judge, Rob, who helped make the tournament run smoothly. 

1^st Place - Gabriel Nicholas

4 Thoughtseize
4 Fatal Push
4 Bonecrusher Giant
4 Bloodtithe Harvester
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Kroxa, Titan of Death’s Hunger
2 Go for the Throat
1 Dreadbore
4 Fable of the Mirror Breaker
2 Graveyard Trespasser
2 Reckoner Bankbuster
2 Misery’s Shadow
1 Power Word Kill
4 Blood Crypt
4 Blightstep Pathway
3 Swamp
2 Castle Locthwain
1 Den of the Bugbear
2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
4 Haunted Ridge
1 Urborg Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

Sideboard:
1 Sorin, the Mirthless
1 Rending Volley
2 Extinction Event
1 Noxious Grasp
3 Duress
2 Invoke Despair
1 Abrade
1 Reckoner Bankbuster
1 Go Blank
1 The Meathook Massacre
1 Unlicensed Hearse

2^nd Place - Stewart Haas

4 Thoughtseize
4 Fatal Push
4 Bloodtithe Harvester
4 Fable of the Mirror-breaker
4 Sheoldred, The Apocalypse
4 Bonecrusher Giant
2 Reckoner Bankbuster
2 Misery’s Shadow
2 Power Word Kill
1 Dreadbore
1 Go for the Throat
1 Liliana of the Veil
2 Graveyard Trespasser
4 Blood Crypt
4 Haunted Ridge
3 Blackcleae Cliffs
3 Mutavailt
2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
2 Sulfurous Springs
2 Swamp
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
1 Blightstep Pathway
1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Den of the Bugbear

Sideboard:
3 Duress
3 Extinction Event
2 Kolaghan’s Command
2 Noxious Grasp
1 Reckoner Bankbuster
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
1 Hidetsugu Consumes All
1 Go Blank
1 The Meathook Massacre

3^rd/ 4^th Place - Blake McAleavey

1 Jwari Disruption
3 Okiba, Reckoner Raid
3 Nighthawk Scavenger
2 Jace, the Perfected Mind
1 Into the Story
4 Silver-fur Master
2 Go for the Throat
4 Thoughtseize
3 Faerie Mastermind
4 Fatal Push
4 Drown in the Loch
4 Thieves Guild Enforcer
4 Soaring Thought Thief
1 Castle Locthwain
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
1 Otawara, Soaring City
1 Swamp
2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
3 Clearwater Pathway
3 Shipwreck Marsh
1 Underground River
4 Darkslick Shores
4 Watery Grave

Sideboard:
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalpse
2 Mystical Dispute
2 Cling to Dust
2 Zareth San, the Trickster
2 Glistening Deluge
3 Ray of Enfeeblement
2 Feed the Swarm

3^rd / 4^th Place - Andrew Sullano

4 Riverglide Pathway
1 Island
3 Mountain
4 Stormcarved Coast
1 Spirebluff Canal
3 Shivan Reef
1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
1 Field of Ruin
1 Mirrex
4 Steam Vents
2 Volcanic Spite
1 Jwari Disruption
2 Spikefield Hazard
1 Spell Pierce
3 Make Disappear
4 Fiery Impulse
3 Prismari Command
1 Swelting Suns
1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
3 Torrential Gearhulk
4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
4 Magma Opus
4 Indomitable Creativity
4 Divide by Zero

Sideboard:
2 Shark Typhoon
1 Brotherhood’s End
1 Chandra, Hopes Beacon
2 Behold the Multiverse
1 Disdainful Stroke
2 Aether Gust
1 Rending Volley
1 Fry
1 Teaching of the Archaics
1 Mascot Exhibition

5^th – 8^th Place - Chris Kral

4 Llanowar Elves
4 Elvish Mystic
4 Old Growth Troll
3 Polukranos Return
4 Cavalier of Thorns
4 Oath of Nissa
4 Wolfwillow Haven
4 Kiora, Behemoth Breaker
4 Karn, The Great Creater
4 Storm the Festival
2 Lair of the Hydra
2 Bosejiu, who Endures
4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
13 Forest

1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Haywire Mite
1 Pithing Needle
1 The Filigree Sylex
1 Damping Sphere
1 The Stone Brain
1 Pestilent Cauldron
1 Transmogrifying Wand
1 Esika’s Chariot
1 The Chain Veil
1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
1 God-Pharoh Statue
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
1 Cityscape Leveler

5^th – 8^th Place - Joshua Watts

2 Adeline, Respendent Cathar
2 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
2 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
2 God-Eternal Oketra
3 Leonin Warleader
3 Regal Caracal
2 Trostani, Selesnya’s Voice
3 Voice of Resurgence
4 Tribute to the World Tree
4 Fatal Push
4 Go for the Throat
3 Oketra’s Monument
2 Path of Peril
1 Castle Ardenvale
4 Deathcap Glade
1 Forest
4 Indatha Triome
1 LLanowar Wastes
2 Mana Confluence
4 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
2 Shattered Sanctum
3 Temple Garden

Sideboard:
2 Duress
3 Go Blank
2 Mythos of Nethroi
4 Necromentia
2 Path of Peril
2 The Wanderer

5^th – 8^th Place - Chad Roberson

3 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
4 Thoughseize
4 Foundry of the third path
4 Hooting Mandrils
1 Duress
4 Strategic Planning
2 Stubborn Denial
4 Neoform
3 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
4 Consider
3 Oathworldly Gaze
3 Fatal Push
2 Godless Shrine
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Breeding Pool
2 Hallowed Fountain
4 Darkslick Shores
4 Blooming Marsh
4 Botanical Sanctum
2 Watery Grave
1 Swamp
1 Barkchannel Pathway
1 Llanowar Wastes

Sideboard:
2 Stubborn Denial
2 Illness in the Ranks
2 Duress
2 Glissa Sunslayer
2 Abrupt Decay
3 Ray of Enfeeblement
1 Tear Asunder
1 Tyrranax Rex

5^th – 8^th Place - Jason Cornell

2 Power Word Kill
1 Heartless Act
1 Go for the Throat
4 Thoughtseize
4 Fatal Push
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Duress
4 Bonecrusher Giant
2 Misery’s Shadow
2 Graveyard Trespasser
4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
4 Bloodtithe Harvester
3 Reckoner Bankbuster
1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
3 Mutavault
3 Swamp
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Haunted Ridge
4 Blood Crypt
4 Blightstep Pathway
3 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant

Sideboard:
2 Hidestugu Consumes All
3 Extinction Event
2 Noxious Grasp
1 Rending Volley
1 Duress
2 Damping Sphere
2 Go Blank
2 Kolaghan’s Command