Magic: the Gathering

Deck Guide

Sideboard Guide: Brad Barclay's Historic UW Control

, updated , Comment regular icon0 comments

I'll talk about Brad Barclay's victory on Zendikar Rising Championship and bring a Sideboard Guide to his Azorius Control deck.

Writer image

translated by Romeu

Writer image

revised by Tabata Marques

Edit Article

Hey guys, my name is Mateus de Carvalho (Black) and this is my first article for HG TEAM. I will address Brad Barclay's victory at the Zendikar Rising Championship and bring a sideguide from the deck.

In the last Zendikar Rising Championship we had a Top 8 Historic full of decks that we were already expected there. Among the decks we had the incredible Sultai with all its responses and threats; the 4 Color variants piloted by popular players like Andrea Mengucci and Brad Nelson; the Goblins deck piloted by Autumn Burchett, which has become the one of the top players and bringing incredible representativeness into the game; and, finally, the Champion playing UW control: Brad Barclay.

Ad

Since the beginning of the Top 8, we have followed narrators and commentators saying that UW was not their favorite and would not be their choice for this top 8.

But with so many people betting against and discrediting, why did Brad become champion? It's simple, and that's one of the reasons why Magic is so incredible: it used all available resources and showed an unmatched quality of control players, playing calmly and keeping the games always within reach, and became the tournament underdog.

And here is the list of the champion:

Loading icon

After playing a bit with the list and rewatching Brad's matchups, I've come up with the following sideboard guide:

Goblins

IN

Loading icon

OUT

Loading icon

Rakdos Pyromancer

IN

Loading icon

OUT

Loading icon

Mono-Red Burn

IN

Loading icon

OUT

Loading icon

Coco Citadel Decks (Jund, Golgari, Abzan)

IN

Loading icon

OUT

Loading icon

Jund Food

IN

Loading icon

OUT

Loading icon

Azorius Control (The Mirror)

IN

Loading icon

OUT

Loading icon

Sultai Uro/ Bant Uro

IN

Loading icon

OUT

Loading icon

Well, that's all folks !

See you next time !