Noah Brandes

UW Econ/ACMS 2026
iruleoverkittens in many places

[Luke Brandes @LukeBrandes]

Officially won my highest-grossing tournament in the EOE Arena Open today!! (if you don't count the Cloud Promo)

I've found this format a lot deeper than folks realize - it feels incredible winning a high stakes draft 2 with something weird like 2x Memorial Vault

[Connor Mackenzie @CanMack1]

I don't get what all the hype is about this cauldron deck. Just play abrade. So lazy 🙄

[nikroulah @nikroulah]

Top 8!!
Thank you so much to Mirrorbreaker teammates for the testing, Noor for list ideas, Evan who convinced me to play a scrollshift without having cast it before Fri, Mary for the cute omnis for day 2, and ofc @LukeBrandes for the cards and emotional support this weekend <3 🧵

[Austin Brazell @austin_brazell]

after a hard fought weekend, this is my total prizing for the event, thank you to all my supports, couldn’t have done it without you

[Haven @havenmtg]

won some peach momoko lightning bolts in the most scuffed secret lair structure ever and then went for drinks with @CanMack1 and @amber_cxc , good weekend

[Oren Erlich @Tonmber]

Made top 4 of the Standard $5K tournament at SCG Con Portland! Played the only good deck in the format!

Grim Bauble was a great addition to the archetype.

Momentum Breaker should be second Spell Pierce, as today's Spell Pierce kill count was 4.

Matchups below

@fireshoes

[Luke Brandes @LukeBrandes]

Baby's first PT!!!!
Shout-out @nikroulah for card lending and emotional support, shout-out Haven for the energy talk before the event, third bombardment owned and fourth phlage won the mirrors

#nobadmatchups

[Mary @marys_mtg]

6-3, managed for day 2 my first RC :) #SCGPORTLAND #mtg #modern

[Noah Brandes @nmbrandes]

@Cherukadforest @Stanley_2099 @Nick_Odenheimer Exactly yeah, it's quite popular locally and I wanted to modify the trick suite to respect that. Same idea trimming down one snakeskin veil—giant growth is much better than both cards in the matchup.

[Noah Brandes @nmbrandes]

Took down the Cardtropolis RCQ. Played @Stanley_2099 and @Nick_Odenheimer's list with a few changes. The deck felt great.

WG Cage 🐁🐁
Bant Cage 🐁🐁
Esper Pixie 🧚‍♀️🐁🐁
ID
Homie Scoop (for seed)

--Top 8 Cut--
Esper Pixie 🐁🐁
WG Cage Rematch 🐁🐁
Espier Pixie 🐁🐁

[Noah Brandes @nmbrandes]

Hold on--I'm almost done resolving recross.

[Jake Beardsley @makememesnotwar]

Playing against lantern control be like

[Noah Brandes @nmbrandes]

@MagicOnline The modern challenge is stuck

[Luke Brandes @LukeBrandes]

5-0 with Boros Winota in the 12/12 challenge into dead in top 8

Modern isn't dead yet 😎

If the ring gets banned then boros won't have to play degenerate 4 mana draw spells to win the mirror lezgo

[Noah Brandes @nmbrandes]

@CanMack1 You drew in a mirror? Respect gone.

[Luke Brandes @LukeBrandes]

Pizza party bracket 🎉🥳

[Luke Brandes @LukeBrandes]

@Tiago_Cygnus Demons👩‍⚖️👻👰
Overlords👩‍🎓🧑‍🔬
Phoenix🧚‍♂️👻👩‍🎨
Mardu Greasefang👻🕵️‍♀️🧑‍✈️
Phoenix👻👻
RB Mice🧛‍♂️👻🦹‍♀️
RB Mice🧑‍🎤👻👩‍🏫

Phoenix🧙‍♀️👻💇‍♀️
WB Demons👨‍🌾🧑‍🍳
RB Transmog🧑‍🚀💆‍♂️

[Luke Brandes @LukeBrandes]

One Spell Pierce cast, one challenge won: I have reason to believe the relationship is linear - can anyone confirm?

Stole a list from @Tiago_Cygnus, added 1 Spell Pierce and 1 Brave the Elements and won a Pioneer Challenge! Decklist and Matchups below 👇

[Mary @marys_mtg]

Qualified for the first time today 😊 just in time for Portland RC!! #modern #mtgmordern #mtg