Day one of many Professional Tour March of the Machine at MagicCon Minneapolis wrapped up on Might 5 with Jim Davis going undefeated after eight rounds of Draft and Normal Constructed.
It’s been simply over a yr since MTG Professional participant and content material creator Jim Davis went undefeated on the Neon Dynasty Championship. Davis gained that match and has since been on a roll with a prime end on the Magic World Championship and now an undefeated document following three rounds of March of the Machine (MOM) Draft and 5 video games of Normal Constructed.
Davis is on group ChannelFireball, which options 16 of the perfect MTG Professionals on the planet, from Eli Kasis and Reid Duke to Luis Scott-Vargas and Seth Manfield. Making ready with the group previous to the March of the Machine Pro Tour helped him begin the day undefeated by way of the three rounds of Draft.
Davis continued his run into the 5 Swiss rounds of Normal Constructed with Rakdos Breach to finish the day at 8-0. Six different gamers on the Professional Tour introduced the Rakdos Breach deck, making up solely 2.8 percent of the total field.
The Rakdos Breach deck is exclusive throughout the Normal meta, capable of cope with decks like Esper Legends by way of the sideboard and different Rakdos/Grixis builds by way of the primary deck. Etali, Primal Conqueror from March of the Machine is a robust addition, pitched into the graveyard by way of Blood tokens or Fable of the Mirror Breaker.
The dinosaur then will get reanimated by way of Breach of the Multiverse, one other MOM card that additionally positive aspects entry to your opponent’s graveyard. Rakdos Breach performs equally to Rakdos Midrange, operating staples like Bloodtithe Harvester and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse.
Sitting one level down from Davis on the leaderboard are two former Magic World Champions Javier Dominguez and Nathan Steuer, each of whom piloted Rakdos Midrange. Ending day one at 6-2 was Rei Zhang, piloting Ratagblade Combo, a one-of-a-kind deck on the MTG Professional Tour in Minneapolis.
The entire prize pool for the Professional Tour March of the Machine match is $500,000 USD, with first place taking dwelling $50,000. Gamers who end within the prime 27 earn an invitation to the Magic Professional Tour Lord of the Rings in Barcelona from July 28 to 30.
