MTGO Modern Showcase Challenge #1 Results - May 9 2026
Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-showcase-challenge-2026-05-0912842046
Winner
- ShzockChan on BG Persist
Decklists
| 225 | Modern Showcase Challenge #1 (May 9 2026) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BG Persist | (12-0) ShzockChan | |||
| 2. | UB Pensive Professor | (9-3) May_Chang | |||
| 3. | 4c Samwise | (9-2) Zoru | [Twitch] | ||
| 4. | Domain Thrull Zoo | (8-3) moon11 | @Ruben811301531 | ||
| 5. | Sultai Birthing Ritual | (8-2) Dioferreira | |||
| 6. | Jeskai Blink | (8-2) karatedom | @Karatedom10 | ||
| 7. | Jeskai Control | (7-3) strgn7 | |||
| 8. | 61-cards Abzan Devoted Druid | (7-3) daibloXSC | @MarcTobiasch | [Twitch] | |
| 9. | UB Frog | (7-2) cntrlfreak_ttv | @FetchAndShock | [Twitch] | [YouTube] |
| 10. | Grixis Persist | (7-2) GLSwadow | |||
| 11. | RW Energy | (7-2) Lennny | @LennnyMTGO | ||
| 12. | RW Energy | (7-2) dani_tb | |||
| 13. | RW Energy | (7-2) BigDadChad | |||
| 14. | 61-cards Amulet Titan | (7-2) DFrank | |||
| 15. | Affinity | (7-2) SoulStrong | @Mtg_SoulStrong | [Twitch] | |
| 16. | UW Tameshi Belcher | (7-2) 532at | |||
| 17. | RG Eldrazi | (7-2) Odin2015 | |||
| 18. | Esper Blink | (7-2) toondoslav | @toondoslav | ||
| 19. | UB Frog | (6-3) alessandro81 | |||
| 20. | Sultai Balemurk Living End | (6-3) Hravv | |||
| 21. | RW Energy | (6-3) xfile | |||
| 22. | RW Fields | (6-3) jessy_samek | @Jessy_samek | ||
| 23. | 4c Goryo's Vengeance | (6-3) VampireDiaries | |||
| 24. | RW Energy | (6-3) DcNo | |||
| 25. | RW Energy | (6-3) BERNASTORRES | @P22Bernas | ||
| 26. | Jeskai Blink | (6-3) McWinSauce | @McWinSauce | ||
| 27. | RW Fields | (6-3) medvedev | @m3dvedev | ||
| 28. | Esper Frog | (6-3) mami | |||
| 29. | 61-cards UW Tameshi Belcher | (6-3) Savior0117 | |||
| 30. | Mono B Necrodominance | (6-3) Boin | |||
| 31. | RG Broodscale | (6-3) RCMerriam | |||
| 32. | BW Necrodominance | (6-3) xdd |
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Top 32 Archetype Breakdown
6 RW Energy
3 Blink (2 Jeskai, 1 Esper)
3 Frog (2 UB, 1 Esper)
2 Persist (1 BG, 1 Grixis)
2 UW Tameshi Belcher
2 RW Fields
2 Necrodominance (1 Mono B, 1 BW)
1 UB Pensive Professor
1 4c Samwise
1 Domain Thrull Zoo
1 Sultai Birthing Ritual
1 Jeskai Control
1 Abzan Devoted Druid
1 Amulet Titan
1 Affinity
1 RG Eldrazi
1 Sultai Balemurk Living End
1 4c Goryo's Vengeance
1 RG Broodscale
X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown
3 RW Energy
2 Blink (1 Jeskai, 1 Esper)
2 Persist (1 BG, 1 Grixis)
1 Frog (1 UB)
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 UB Pensive Professor
1 4c Samwise
1 Domain Thrull Zoo
1 Sultai Birthing Ritual
1 Jeskai Control
1 Abzan Devoted Druid
1 Amulet Titan
1 Affinity
1 RG Eldrazi
New Cards (SOS)
[[Decorum Dissertation]]
[[Pensive Professor]]
[[Witherbloom Charm]]
[[Erode]]
[[Flow State]]
Tournament Highlights
Anyone can cook! 🐀 The winner is ShzockChan on BG Persist! Not only did our champion go 12-0, there is also a lot to like about this deck. This is a Crypt of Agadeem deck trying to do value self-mills that can connect into reanimation via Persist. Never in a million years I would have expected a deck like this to win it all, HUGE fan
May_Chang is our runner-up and played UB Pensive Professor! Another spicy one! Aspiringspike fans are probably familiar with this combo, the goal is to use Agatha's Soul Cauldron to give Psychic Frog's discard ability to Pensive Profesor, where the thinker will be able to discard a card to get a +1/+1 counter and draw a card, establishing a loop that either ends with Thassa's Oracle, or a big attack with the frog jump! Verdict: real
Zoru was on 4c Samwise. This archetype sees success once in a while, it's awesome to see it work to this day
moon11 was on Domain Thrull Zoo. Thrull the anti-meta card continues to be a mainstay in the Domain shell
Dioferreira was on Sultai Birthing Ritual. This archetype has been around for a bit now, who had Fblthp as a Modern staple on their bingo card? (it was only a matter of time, look at Ragavan who started off as a silly monkey)
karatedom was on Jeskai Blink. Only one in the Top 8, does that mean Jeskai Blink is washed or not?
strgn7 was on Jeskai Control. Speaking of washed Jeskai decks, Jeskai Control make an appearance! Two Scepters to really try to lock the opponent out, among my favorite type of Magic
daibloXSC rounds out our T8 with 61-cards Abzan Devoted Druid! What a wild Top 8 without any RW Energy!
Shoutout to ShzockChan for going undefeated in the Swiss!
Congrats to ShzockChan for taking the tournament down!