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A Standard RCQ produced an unusual winner this weekend: Juan Sebastian Molina Morales took first place with Golgari Wolf typal, using new support from Magic: The Gathering | The Hobbit. The result is notable because typal strategies rarely break through at this level in Constructed.
Chief Warg’s Company is the deck’s central payoff, with Bejeweled Warg and Head of the Hunt accelerating its token engine. Llanowar Elves can put the Company into play on turn two, while Unholy Annex, Firdoch Core and a broad removal suite give the deck a conventional Golgari midrange fallback when the first wave is answered.
MTG Rocks argues that the build is well positioned against Mono-Green Landfall and has plausible games against Dimir Midrange and Izzet Spellementals, but struggles against Four-Color Control. This is one verified RCQ win rather than proof of an established metagame trend; the significance is that a previously fringe shell now has a concrete competitive result and a clear roadmap for further iteration.
Chief Warg’s Company is the deck’s central payoff, with Bejeweled Warg and Head of the Hunt accelerating its token engine. Llanowar Elves can put the Company into play on turn two, while Unholy Annex, Firdoch Core and a broad removal suite give the deck a conventional Golgari midrange fallback when the first wave is answered.
MTG Rocks argues that the build is well positioned against Mono-Green Landfall and has plausible games against Dimir Midrange and Izzet Spellementals, but struggles against Four-Color Control. This is one verified RCQ win rather than proof of an established metagame trend; the significance is that a previously fringe shell now has a concrete competitive result and a clear roadmap for further iteration.
Original source: Unexpected Typal Strategy Wins MTG Event Thanks To Hobbit Support ↗MTG Rocks