After a few year hiatus due to COVID-related issues, the Lords of the Pit recently hosted their fourth annual Relic War, which is a private tournament for charity held in Chicago that utilizes the Swedish Old School Banned and Restricted List and rules (no Mana Burn, for example), but with a more liberalized reprint policy, shall we say.
This year’s event was held on February 11th at DMen Tap in Chicago, and raised over $380 for Open Book, a non-profit organization that works to build home libraries for under-resourced Chicago children. The scene was lively, and 5 rounds of Swiss+1. At the end of the day, fellow Lord Bob Agra was crowned Champion, going 4-1 with his version of UWB Aggro Control, besting some other noble Lords on tiebreakers.
Final Standings
Decklists, Alphabetically, by Last Name
Bob Agra – UWB Aggro Control
Tim Baran – All American Maze Control
Robert Beedle – Berserk Stompy
Ian Blank – Dreams Combo 5C
Matt Braun – Atog RUG
Lorien Elleman – UWB Aggro Control
Dave Gura – Dreams Prison BW
Scott Hawksworth – Ernhamgeddon GW
Jaco – TwiddleVault 5C
Ben Jones – Counter Burn Troll URB
Andy MacDougall – RUG Channel
Ray Mattson – Atog BerserkerNaut
Chet Miller – Ankh Merfolk
Dan Piquard – TaxEdge 5C
Nick Rohr – RUG Flyers
Shane Semmens – 5C Swedish Pizza
David Velasco – Twiddle Turns Tog
Robert Vincent – Atog Mono Red
Michael Walker – DECK PHOTO MISSING
Tournament Action and Wrapup
Semmens vs. Piquard
Baran vs. Rohr
Beedle vs. Velasco
Gura vs. Vincent
Semmens vs. Elleman
Braun vs. Rohr
Piquard vs. Jones
Beedle vs. Gura
Mattson vs. Baran
Semmens vs. Agra
Hawksworth vs. Piquard
Thank you to everybody who came out to play, and we hope to see you again soon. Thanks for reading!