Coverage: MMM Showdown June

CM Insight Team
2022-06-25

We invited the best of the local Modern community as well as a host of international stars to the first MMM Showdown streamed live from Berlin. Tune in and catch Andrea Mengucci, Eli Loveman, and Simon Nielsen playing on camera, with commentary from Thoralf Severin, Arne Huschenbeth, and Jamin Kauf!

After five rounds of Swiss and three single-elimination rounds, Denmark's Simon Nielsen claimed the title and the trophy. Throughout the day we saw lots of interesting strategies at the top tables, out of a metagame almost too diverse, and seven distinct archetypes made it to the Top 8. In the end, Nielsen's Glimpse of Tomorrow combo deck proved strongest of them all.

Top 8 Players & Bracket

Eli Loveman finished the Swiss rounds in third place but had to leave. He dropped before the Top 8, meaning the player in ninth place, Luca Steiner, advanced to the playoffs instead.

Top 16 Decklists

Here you can find the Top 16 decks listed in the order of the players' Swiss standing.

Lewin Keller's Amulet Titan, 1st
Main Deck		Sideboard
3 Arboreal Grazer 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking 4 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove 4 Primeval Titan 2 Cultivator Colossus 4 Amulet of Vigor 1 Expedition Map 2 Explore 1 Relic of Progenitus 4 Summoner's Pact 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood	1 Bojuka Bog 1 Boros Garrison 2 Boseiju, Who Endures 3 Castle Garenbrig 2 Cavern of Souls 1 Crumbling Vestige 2 Gruul Turf 2 Selesnya Sanctuary 4 Simic Growth Chamber 1 Slayers' Stronghold 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion 2 Tolaria West 4 Urza's Saga 2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle 1 Vesuva	1 Boseiju, Who Endures 2 Dismember 2 Endurance 2 Engineered Explosives 2 Force of Vigor 1 Cavern of Souls 1 Radiant Fountain 1 Reclamation Sage 1 Soul-Guide Lantern 2 Tireless Tracker

Simon Nielsen's Glimpse of Tomorrow, 2nd
Main Deck		Sideboard
3 Glimpse of Tomorrow 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki 4 Endurance 4 Violent Outburst 4 Shardless Agent 4 Risen Reef 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation 4 Wavesifter 4 Fury	4 Cavern of Souls 4 Khalni Garden 4 Misty Rainforest 3 Scalding Tarn 2 Wooded Foothills 1 Steam Vents 1 Stomping Ground 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Temple Garden 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Island 1 Forest 1 Mountain	3 Subtlety 4 Mystical Dispute 3 Foundation Breaker 1 Force of Vigor 2 Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp 2 Dead // Gone

Eli Loveman's Hammer Time, 3rd
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Esper Sentinel 1 Gingerbrute 2 Giver of Runes 4 Ornithopter 4 Puresteel Paladin 4 Stoneforge Mystic 1 The Reality Chip 2 Blacksmith's Skill 4 Colossus Hammer 1 Kaldra Compleat 1 Shadowspear 4 Sigarda's Aid 2 Spell Pierce 3 Springleaf Drum 1 Steelshaper's Gift	2 Arid Mesa 2 Hallowed Fountain 3 Inkmoth Nexus 2 Marsh Flats 3 Plains 3 Seachrome Coast 1 Silent Clearing 4 Urza's Saga 2 Windswept Heath	2 Hushbringer 2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade 3 Mana Leak 2 March of Otherworldly Light 1 Path to Exile 1 Pithing Needle 1 Relic of Progenitus 2 Sanctifier en-Vec 1 Spell Pierce

Florian Böhme's Domain Zoo, 4th
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Bloodbraid Elf 4 Mantis Rider 4 Scion of Draco 4 Shardless Agent 4 Territorial Kavu 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lightning Helix 4 Tribal Flames 3 Hidetsugu Consumes All // Vessel of the All-Consuming 2 Wrenn and Six	1 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Breeding Pool 3 Flooded Strand 1 Forest 1 Indatha Triome 1 Island 2 Misty Rainforest 3 Polluted Delta 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Savai Triome 2 Scalding Tarn 1 Steam Vents 1 Stomping Ground 1 Temple Garden 1 Watery Grave 2 Wooded Foothills	2 Assassin's Trophy 1 Cindervines 2 Force of Vigor 2 Fury 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring 2 Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate 1 Path to Exile 2 Rest in Peace 2 Teferi, Time Raveler

Viktor Bunzer's Four-Color Omnath, 5th
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Ice-Fang Coatl 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation 4 Solitude 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 2 Endurance 1 Fury 4 Teferi, Time Raveler 4 Wrenn and Six 4 Expressive Iteration 4 Abundant Growth 4 Counterspell 2 Mishra's Bauble 4 Prismatic Ending 4 Traverse the Ulvenwald 4 Unholy Heat 1 Dress Down	2 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Breeding Pool 4 Flooded Strand 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Ketria Triome 4 Misty Rainforest 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Snow-Covered Forest 1 Snow-Covered Island 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 1 Snow-Covered Plains 1 Spara's Headquarters 1 Steam Vents 1 Stomping Ground 1 Temple Garden 4 Windswept Heath 3 Wooded Foothills	1 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Dress Down 1 Endurance 1 Engineered Explosives 2 Force of Vigor 2 Supreme Verdict 4 Veil of Summer 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad 2 Relic of Progenitus

Florian Binder's Amulet Titan, 6th
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Arboreal Grazer 2 Azusa, Lost but Seeking 4 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove 4 Primeval Titan 1 Cultivator Colossus 4 Amulet of Vigor 1 Expedition Map 4 Explore 4 Summoner's Pact	4 Forest 2 Castle Garenbrig 4 Simic Growth Chamber 2 Gruul Turf 2 Selesnya Sanctuary 1 Boros Garrison 2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle 4 Urza's Saga 2 Tolaria West 2 Cavern of Souls 2 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Vesuva 1 Radiant Fountain 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion 1 Slayers' Stronghold	1 Bojuka Bog 2 Endurance 2 Tireless Tracker 1 Relic of Progenitus 2 Engineered Explosives 2 Dismember 2 Force of Vigor 1 Cavern of Souls 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Emrakul, the Promised End

Andrea Mengucci's Vivien Combo, 7th
Main Deck		Sideboard
2 Felidar Guardian 2 Renegade Rallier 2 Karmic Guide 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 4 Solitude 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation 1 Planebound Accomplice 1 Endurance 4 Risen Reef 3 Oath of Nissa 4 Eladamri's Call 4 Teferi, Time Raveler 4 Vivien on the Hunt 2 Lightning Bolt 4 Utopia Sprawl 4 Wrenn and Six 4 Prismatic Ending	1 Stomping Ground 2 Flooded Strand 1 Steam Vents 1 Snow-Covered Plains 2 Snow-Covered Forest 1 Sacred Foundry 4 Misty Rainforest 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Breeding Pool 4 Windswept Heath 4 Wooded Foothills 1 Temple Garden 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 1 Snow-Covered Island 2 Arid Mesa 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Ketria Triome 1 Raugrin Triome	3 Endurance 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad 4 Flusterstorm 2 Knight of Autumn 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade 2 Veil of Summer 1 Magus of the Moon 1 Boseiju, Who Endures

Tarek Bokelmann's Merfolk, 8th
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Tide Shaper 4 Silvergill Adept 4 Merfolk Trickster 4 Lord of Atlantis 4 Master of the Pearl Trident 4 Merrow Reejerey 4 Svyelun of Sea and Sky 3 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner 4 Aether Vial 2 Force of Negation 3 Spreading Seas	4 Mutavault 2 Cavern of Souls 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge 1 Otawara, Soaring City 2 Fiery Islet 9 Island	2 Chalice of the Void 2 Unlicensed Hearse 2 Spell Pierce 2 Dress Down 2 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner 2 Subtlety 2 Ashiok, Dream Render

Luca Steiner's Enchantress, 9th
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Sythis, Harvest's Hand 3 Destiny Spinner 4 Sanctum Weaver 4 Enchantress's Presence 4 Sterling Grove 2 Commune with Nature 3 Solitary Confinement 2 Jeskai Ascendancy 2 Blood Moon 4 On Thin Ice 4 Utopia Sprawl 4 Abundant Growth	4 Snow-Covered Forest 2 Snow-Covered Plains 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 1 Snow-Covered Island 1 Breeding Pool 1 Stomping Ground 1 Temple Garden 4 Windswept Heath 4 Prismatic Vista 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity 1 Boseiju, Who Endures	1 Jegantha, the Wellspring 3 Rest in Peace 2 Veil of Summer 3 Prismatic Ending 1 Blood Moon 1 Force of Vigor 1 Seal of Primordium 2 Stony Silence 1 Heroic Intervention

Florian Bremer's Grixis Shadow, 10th
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Death's Shadow 3 Dragon's Rage Channeler 2 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger 4 Ledger Shredder 4 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer 4 Expressive Iteration 4 Thoughtseize 4 Drown in the Loch 1 Fatal Push 1 Lightning Bolt 2 Terminate 4 Unholy Heat 4 Mishra's Bauble	2 Blood Crypt 4 Bloodstained Mire 1 Mountain 4 Polluted Delta 3 Scalding Tarn 2 Steam Vents 1 Swamp 2 Watery Grave	1 Alpine Moon 2 Dress Down 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Flusterstorm 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring 1 Kaito Shizuki 1 Kolaghan's Command 1 Mystical Dispute 2 Spell Pierce 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor 2 Unlicensed Hearse

Stefan Kramm's Burn, 11th
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel 4 Goblin Guide 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Boros Charm 4 Lava Spike 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lightning Helix 4 Rift Bolt 4 Searing Blaze 4 Skewer the Critics	3 Bloodstained Mire 4 Inspiring Vantage 2 Mountain 2 Sacred Foundry 3 Wooded Foothills 4 Sunbaked Canyon 2 Fiery Islet	2 Deflecting Palm 3 Path to Exile 2 Roiling Vortex 2 Sanctifier en-Vec 2 Wear // Tear 4 Exquisite Firecraft

Marcel Broska's Yawgmoth, 12th
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Grist, the Hunger Tide 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Blood Artist 1 Endurance 1 Geralf's Messenger 4 Ignoble Hierarch 4 Strangleroot Geist 4 Wall of Roots 4 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 4 Young Wolf 4 Eldritch Evolution 4 Chord of Calling	2 Blooming Marsh 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Dryad Arbor 2 Forest 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Nurturing Peatland 2 Overgrown Tomb 1 Swamp 2 Twilight Mire 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 4 Verdant Catacombs 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	2 Endurance 2 Crime // Punishment 2 Force of Vigor 3 Necromentia 1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker 1 Scavenging Ooze 4 Thoughtseize

Kai Sawatari's Murktide, 13th
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer 4 Murktide Regent 3 Ledger Shredder 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft 4 Consider 4 Mishra's Bauble 4 Expressive Iteration 4 Spell Pierce 4 Counterspell 2 Archmage's Charm 4 Unholy Heat 3 Lightning Bolt	2 Flooded Strand 2 Polluted Delta 2 Scalding Tarn 2 Misty Rainforest 3 Island 3 Steam Vents 3 Spirebluff Canal 2 Fiery Islet	2 Fury 3 Mystical Dispute 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 2 Blood Moon 2 Engineered Explosives 2 Relic of Progenitus 1 Flusterstorm 1 Pyroclasm

Guiliano Smaldino's Affinity, 14th
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Thought Monitor 4 Memnite 1 Gingerbrute 3 Myr Enforcer 4 Ornithopter 4 Frogmite 4 Sojourner's Companion 4 Thoughtcast 4 Cranial Plating 1 Pithing Needle 4 Springleaf Drum 2 Welding Jar 1 Aether Spellbomb 1 Shadowspear 1 Tormod's Crypt	4 Urza's Saga 4 Mistvault Bridge 4 Darksteel Citadel 1 Spire of Industry 1 Inkmoth Nexus 2 Treasure Vault 2 Island	1 Mystical Dispute 2 Tormod's Crypt 2 Relic of Progenitus 1 Damping Sphere 1 Ceremonious Rejection 2 Hurkyl's Recall 4 Metallic Rebuke 2 Etched Champion

David Mora's Blue Tron, 15th
Main Deck		Sideboard
1 Trinket Mage 2 Walking Ballista 1 Sundering Titan 4 Karn, the Great Creator 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 3 Condescend 2 Remand 2 Repeal 3 Thirst for Knowledge 3 Dismember 1 Test of Talents 1 Shark Typhoon 1 Talisman of Progress 1 Talisman of Creativity 1 Chalice of the Void 1 Engineered Explosives 4 Expedition Map 4 Relic of Progenitus	1 Tolaria West 1 River of Tears 1 Field of Ruin 1 Otawara, Soaring City 1 Hall of Storm Giants 1 Academy Ruins 1 Blast Zone 4 Urza's Tower 4 Urza's Power Plant 4 Urza's Mine 5 Island	1 Mindslaver 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Wurmcoil Engine 1 Liquimetal Coating 1 Torpor Orb 1 Tormod's Crypt 1 Ensnaring Bridge 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 1 Pithing Needle 1 Walking Ballista 1 Elixir of Immortality 1 Chalice of the Void 1 Negate 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Test of Talents

Raphael Montermann's Four-Color Omnath, 16th
Main Deck		Sideboard
3 Ice-Fang Coatl 2 Eternal Witness 1 Endurance 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation 4 Solitude 1 Fury 4 Abundant Growth 4 Prismatic Ending 3 Lightning Bolt 2 Ephemerate 2 March of Otherworldly Light 4 Expressive Iteration 4 Wrenn and Six 4 Counterspell 2 Dress Down 2 Eladamri's Call 4 Teferi, Time Raveler	4 Flooded Strand 4 Misty Rainforest 3 Windswept Heath 2 Scalding Tarn 2 Wooded Foothills 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Breeding Pool 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Stomping Ground 1 Temple Garden 1 Steam Vents 1 Raugrin Triome 1 Ketria Triome 2 Snow-Covered Island 1 Snow-Covered Forest 1 Snow-Covered Plains 2 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance	1 Yorion, Sky Nomad 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 2 Force of Vigor 2 Supreme Verdict 2 Endurance 1 Magus of the Moon 1 Knight of Autumn 1 Meddling Mage 2 Veil of Summer 2 Chalice of the Void

Metagame Breakdown

Omnath, Locus of Creation rules supreme! Control-oriented four-color builds turned out the most popular among players. But that wasn't the biggest story from the metagame's side. More than that the breakdown told a tale of utmost diversity. The "Others" category made up more than 40%. It represents Yawgmoth, Merfolk, Spirits, Monastery Mentor, Domain Zoo, Blue Tron, Glimpse of Tomorrow, Infect, Affinity, Crashing Footfalls, Living End, Enchantress, and Vivien on the Hunt.