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[table][tr][td3]Selesnya Toxic by Rei Sato Winner[/td3][/tr]
[tr][td]Creatures (27):
4 [card]Venerated Rotpriest[/card]
4 [card]Slaughter Singer[/card]
4 [card]Skrelv, Defector Mite[/card]
4 [card]Jawbone Duelist[/card]
4 [card]Crawling Chorus[/card]
4 [card]Bloated Contaminator[/card]
3 [card]Annex Sentry[/card]
Instants (7):
4 [card]Tyvar’s Stand[/card]
3 [card]Charge of the Mites[/card][/td][td]Enchantments (4):
4 [card]Skrelv’s Hive[/card]
Lands (22):
4 [card]The Seedcore[/card]
4 [card]Razorverge Thicket[/card]
4 [card]Mirrex[/card]
4 [card]Brushland[/card]
3 [card]Overgrown Farmland[/card]
1 [card]Plains[/card]
1 [card]Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire[/card]
1 [card]Boseiju, Who Endures[/card][/td]
[td]Sideboard (15):
4 [card]Wedding Announcement[/card]
4 [card]Carnivorous Canopy[/card]
3 [card]Lantern Flare[/card]
2 [card]Unlicensed Hearse[/card]
2 [card]Destroy Evil[/card][/td][/tr]
[tr][td3]TOP8 Japan’s Regional Championship[/td3][/tr]
[tr][td2]ndr.
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[td]Details
Main Deck: 60
Sideboard: 15[/td][/tr][/table]
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"Renowned MTG player Rei Sato managed to pilot this Selesnya Toxic list to a world championship invite. This list, constructed almost entirely out of cards from Phyrexia: All Will be One, isn’t a wholly new archetype. Still, many MTG players weren’t paying any attention to this aggressive deck before Sato managed to win big. This aggressive deck focuses on Toxic synergies present in the green and white colors. [Card]Slaughter Singer[/Card], in particular, is an excellent representation of what this deck is trying to do. The two mana payoff buffs other Toxic creatures upon attacking, dealing damage and Poison counters at the same time.
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While the deck is primarily meant to be an aggressive deck with some synergies, it also runs some of the best cards in the Standard format. [Card]Skrelv, Defector Mite[/Card] is an excellent creature that functions similarly to [Card]Mother of Runes[/Card]. While this simply serves as a more aggressive version of the infamous protection creature (it only gives the card Hexproof and unblockable from a certain color instead of protection from it, so it cannot block those creatures), Skrelv is also capable of giving the enchanted creature Toxic 1 temporarily. While this doesn’t really matter in most aggressive builds, it’s really good here.
Notably, Skrelv rose to prominence on the secondary market after Benton’s second-place finish in Pro Tour Phyrexia. Skrelv had a fantastic showing in a Pioneer Auras list that managed to surprise players around the world.
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Fable of the Mirror-BreakerWedding AnnouncementMany professional MTG players also claim that, aside from , may be the best Standard card in the format. [Card]Wedding Announcement[/Card] doesn’t exactly lend itself to the aggressive strategy associated with this deck, but the amount of advantage this card provides is incredible and lends itself well to a go-wide strategy alongside the Hive."[/i]