ABU Trial Top 8 Decklists

Here's a better look in to how the tournament discussed in this article unfolded. Here are all of the top 8 decks from the ABU Games Trial. 

Nate Hohnstein - 8th Place

G/R Energy 

4x Servant of the Conduit

4x Longtusk Cub

4x Electrostatic Pummeler

4x Voltaic Brawler

4x Bristling Hydra

2x Rhonas, the Indomitable

2x Glorybringer

4x Attune with Aether

4x Blossoming Defense

4x Larger than Life

3x Harnessed Lightning

2x Invigorated Rampage

4x Aether Hub

4x Evolving Wilds

7x Forest

4x Mountain

Sideboard

4x Prowling Serpopard

4x Shock

4x Natural State

1x Lightning Axe

2x Invigorated Rampage

Caleb Day - 7th Place

U/W Flash

4x Thraben Inspector

4x Glory-Bound Initiate

4x Selfless Spirit

4x Spell Queller

4x Archangel Avacyn

2x Thalia, Heretic Cathar

4x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

4x Stasis Snare

3x Cast Out

2x Negate

4x Port Town

3x Prairie Stream

1x Westvale Abbey

1x Irrigated Farmland

10x Plains

6x Island

Sideboard

2x Dusk // Dawn

2x Dispel

2x Essence Scatter

1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar

1x Fumigatef

2x Aether Meltdown

1x Negate

2x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

1x Summary Dismissal

1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

Devon Casper - 6th Place

B/G Delirium

4x Grim Flayer

4x Winding Constrictor

3x Walking Ballista

3x Rishkar, Peema Renegade

2x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

2x Ishkanah, Grafwidow

2x Verdurous Gearhulk

2x Rhonas, the Indomitable

3x Liliana, the Last Hope

3x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

3x Oath of Nissa

3x Fatal Push

3x Grasp of Darkness

4x Hissing Quagmire

4x Blooming Marsh

8x Forest

7x Swamp

Sideboard

3x Lost Legacy

2x Dispossess

3x Yahenni's Expertise

3x Prowling Serpopard

2x Never // Return

2x To the Slaughter

Nathan Schreiner - 5th Place

Mono Black Eldrazi

4x Scrapheap Scrounger

4x Thought-Knot Seer

4x Matter Reshaper

4x Glint-Sleeve Siphoner

4x Gifted Aetherborn

3x Reality Smasher

2x Bearer of Silence

4x Fatal Push

4x Grasp of Darkness

2x Never // Return

1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

4x Aether Hub

4x Crumbling Vestige

3x Ruins of Oran-Rief

2x Canyon Slough

10x Swamp

Sideboard

4x Yahenni's Expertise

1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

1x Never // Return

1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

1x Dispossess

1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury

3x Lay Bare the Heart

3x Transgress the Mind

Luke Dale - 4th Place

Temur Energy

4x Longtusk Cub

4x Glorybringer

4x Rogue Refiner

4x Servant of the Conduit

3x Bristling Hydra

3x Tireless Tracker

2x Channeler Initiate

4x Attune with Aether

4x Harnessed Lightning

3x Saheeli Rai

2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

1x Cut // Ribbons

1x Magma Spray

4x Aether Hub

4x Botanical Sanctum

3x Spirebluff Canal

2x Game Trail

5x Forest

2x Mountain

1x Island

Sideboard

1x Negate

2x Dispel

1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

1x Cut // Ribbons

1x Magma Spray

1x Tireless Tracker

2x Manglehorn

2x Radiant Flames 

2x Baral's Expertise

1x Chandra, Flamecaller

1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Matt Boitano - 3rd Place

B/R Aggro

4x Dread Wanderer

4x Glint-Sleeve Siphoner

4x Scrapheap Scrounger

4x Bone Picker

2x Drana, Liberator of Malakir

2x Glorybringer

2x Heart of Kiran

1x Aethersphere Harvester

3x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

3x Fatal Push

3x Unlicensed Disintegration

2x Liliana, the Last Hope

2x Harnessed Lightning

2x Cut // Ribbons

4x Forboding Ruin

3x Smoldering Marsh

2x Canyon Slough

7x Swamp 

6x Mountain

Sideboard

2x Yahenni, Undying Partisanf

1x Oath of Chandra

2x Magma Spray

1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury

2x Ob Nixilis Reignited

1x Heart of Kiran

2x Harsh Scrutiny

2x Distended Mindbender

1x Liliana, Death's Majesty

Rob VanNostrand - 2nd Place

U/W Control 

3x Torrential Gearhulk

1x Kefnet the Mindful

4x Void Shatter

3x Fumigate

3x Glimmer of Genius

3x Comparative Analysis

3x Stasis Snare

2x Cast Out

2x Blessed Alliance

2x Censor

2x Essence Scatter

1x Approach of the Second Sun

1x Commit // Memory

1x Pull from Tomorrow

1x Horribly Awry

1x Immolating Glare

4x Irrigated Farmland

4x Prairie Stream

4x Port Town

6x Plains

9x Island

Sideboard
1x Essence Scatter
1x Immolating Glare
1x Blessed Alliance
1x Authority of the Consuls
1x Cast Out
1x Sphinx of the Final Word
1x Kefnet, the Mindful
1x Linvala, the Preserver
1x Gideon of the Trials
1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
2x Engulf the Shore
3x Negate

Ben Summers - 1st Place

Mardu Vehicles 

4x Thraben Inspector

4x Toolcraft Exemplar

4x Veteran Motorist

4x Scrapheap Scrounger

2x Pia Nalaar

1x Archangel Avacyn

4x Heart of Kiran

2x Cultivator's Caravan

4x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

4x Unlicensed Disintegration

2x Fatal Push

4x Concealed Courtyard

4x Inspiring Vantage

4x Spire of Industry

2x Cayon Slough

1x Needle Spires

1x Shambling Vent

1x Aether Hub

5x Plains

3x Mountain

Sideboard

2x Release the Gremlins

1x Radiant Flames

3x Transgress the Mind

1x Oath of Liliana

1x Anguished Unmaking

1x Painful Truths

1x Cast Out

1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

2x Oketra the True

1x Dusk // Dawn

1x Magma Spray

Two Trials Remain for the Real State Championships!!

Another trial is in the books as ABU Games held an event over the holiday weekend. This means there are only two chances left to get your bye in the main event, as well as earn an awesome playmat to show you've got what it takes to become the next Real State Champion of Idaho!

We want to thank ABU for their participation in this event, as well as all of the players who came out to show their support. Earning his bye and putting them one step closer to the $500 first place prize of the championship event was Ben Summers, playing Mardu Vehicles. He squared off against Rob Van Nostrad on UW Control to conclude what was a great top eight. Congratulations Ben!

With ABU's event in the books, there are only two chances left to play a trial where the winner will earn a bye in the main event July 22-23, a trial championship winner playmat, a five dollar off voucher for the main event (awarded to everyone in top 8) and some great prize support! These events will be held at All About Games in Boise and the Friday before the main event at the location of the Real State Championships: The Gem State Gaming Convention.

June 3: Enclave 

June 10: Phoenix Fire

June 17: Goliath Games

June 17: Goblin Town Games (Pocatello)

June 23: Beckmon's (Twin Falls)

June 24: Black Dragon (Twin Falls)

July 1: ABU Games

July 7 or 8: Hour of Devastation Prerelease

July 15: All About Games

July 21: Last min Trial @ Gem State Gaming Convention

The finals match in this event was between Mardu Vehicles and UW Control. This is a huge variant to what we have been seeing in the last few events, showing that standard is a very diverse format. Every deck seems viable right now and we are excited to see so much diversity as our series of trials begins to come to a close. 

Let's take a look at what deck Ben Summers played to take down the event at ABU Games last weekend:

Ben Summers - 1st Place

Mardu Vehicles aka Garbage Heap

4x Thraben Inspector

4x Toolcraft Exemplar

4x Veteran Motorist

4x Scrapheap Scrounger

2x Pia Nalaar

1x Archangel Avacyn

4x Heart of Kiran

2x Cultivator's Caravan

4x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

4x Unlicensed Disintegration

2x Fatal Push

4x Concealed Courtyard

4x Inspiring Vantage

4x Spire of Industry

2x Cayon Slough

1x Needle Spires

1x Shambling Vent

1x Aether Hub

5x Plains

3x Mountain

Sideboard

2x Release the Gremlins

1x Radiant Flames

3x Transgress the Mind

1x Oath of Liliana

1x Anguished Unmaking

1x Painful Truths

1x Cast Out

1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

2x Oketra the True

1x Dusk // Dawn

1x Magma Spray

You can see all of the decks from this event by clicking here. We can't wait to see who wins our final trials, which will take a weekend off as we celebrate the (pre) release of Hour of Devastation. Thank you to all who have come out to support these events so far, we look forward to finding the Real Idaho State Champion!!