September Little League 2026 - SCT Qualifier

"G1 we both stumble and got to a point where I could win on the next turn, ral tried to go off on had too many bad flips and died from them. G2 got a really good start and missplay the analyst loop and ral took the win through a chasm G3 had a mull to 5 and couldn't found a win line before ral went off"

"my opponent messed up game 2 and i won because of it, game 3 ral was utterly awful, brainfreeze good card"

"Game 1 I got omega blown out by Boseju and Wrenn and Six from Opponent. I had no shot. Games 2 and 3 I was able to get the control pieces I need to leave Marath fully stalled out which allowed me to clear the Dungeon of the Mad Mage and find my combo off of it both games. In both games Bubbling Muck came in clutch netting me extra mana on crucial turns. Sylex was very helpful in removing a Damping Sphere and buying me a turn off from Marath in game 3. Tinybones Joins Up also helped to strip a land drop in the same game. I am always on the fence between TJU and Bontu’s Monument but in this game I would have rather had the TJU. Although… Bontu’s would have survived that Sylex or forced a cast of Marath to make me X=3… Overall Ace is still a meta deck worth sideboarding against as three of them were present in this event and one took a 4-0. There probably would have been better records for the other Ace pilots too if we didn’t cannibalize each other in earlier rounds. The deck has access to some of the best removal and disruption, can be adapted significantly for various expected metas, and presents a game ending combo that also can be done non-infinitely to farm value or kill over time. Get your Damping Spheres and Rule of Laws ready, everyone, this deck ain’t going anywhere. (Ps: I am really sad I got the pair down. Wish I had a shot to get first place. Maybe the 2 other 3-0 players will all draw…) "

"Pile of removal vs. pile of gas. Never felt worse about [[Gitaxian Probe]] and shock lands."

"Entreat is just that thing Portal does with The Part Where She Kills You"

"damping sphere locked me out game 2 ei is hard to cast"

"Fortunately my risky keep g1 wasn't punished"

"spooderman goes bonk"

"Marit Lage go brr"

"Mirror match. Ace is a deck that other decks need to be prepared for in the sideboard that is for sure. Not a lot to say about this one besides "better lucky than good". I naturally drew and cast the combo more or less on curve both games and opponent was unable to find the cards they needed. "

"I miss my [[magebane lizard]] :("

"G1 stabilized the board but burned out by Bolt + Lightning Helix + Phlage, Deathrite almost saved me :( G2 Triple boardwipe hand got solo'd by Ajani flipping from Broadside. Sorcery speed interaction is buns?!"

"I don't think I'm ever allowed to remove this card from my deck at this point I did not deserve this win CHECK YOUR CREATURES FOR HASTE YOU BUMBLEFRICK (me not Helix)"

"game 1: The bad fetchable targets struck again with no red source seen. Made a fetch call early to play frog, but it got walled off by moleman. game 2: t1 halfling made for a quick tempo game. Nothing to write home about. game 3: kept a 5 land hand after game 1's no land trauma. A natural draw into yavimaya, thespian, dark depths from Mecha made for every land players early game dream come true."

"In a best of three, especially in a deck like this, I can pretty much count on seeing most of the cards in my list at least once. However, the list is engineered to give me opportunities to see Depths and Stage as much as possible. [[Marit Lage]] is good at killing people."

"Decks with lots of access to one mana removal and quick ways to close the game fair well into Rogdog and this is one of those decks. I thought this matchup was 40/60 against me but some changes to the deck and the banning of Flawman allowed me to confidently keep hands with a single one mana kill spell knowing I could buy 2 turns against the dog. Game I lost I got stuck on three lands. Rogdog is a scary deck for sure but mono black removal pile with a combo finisher that spews blockers into play is uniquely good against it, and Ace is also an A-tier deck in its own right. "

"REMEMBER HASTE"

"Sadly didn't get to use my commander's ult for the historical purpose of destroy target [[Stasis]] lock. [[Black Vise]] dies to [[Temporary Lockdown]] just like most things."

"put as draw, but was L"

"blood moon be mooning. I definitely forgot to put 2 dual lands in my deck, rip. No volc island is doable, no badlands is bad mang."

"Although Taking the 0-2 loss is rough, I did get to do the thing G2. One card away from the win seeing every card in my deck, my only misfortune is that Shifting Woodland was on the bottom of the library. Overall very fun games, and GGs to Buldozer"

"G1 gained 18 life from [[Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath]] casts, without getting a chance to attack in a sketchy game. G2 opened on sideboard cards and then fumbled around a bit missing Leo triggers before slapping a... [[Uro, Titans of Nature's Wrath]] to convert. "

"Flooded despite a one land hand on game 2"