On Saturday, March 7, 75 players gathered in Taipei City for the MIT Championship, Taiwan's Regional Championship. Three invitations to Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven and one seat at Magic World Championship 32 were on the line. After seven rounds of Swiss and a Top 8 playoff, Hall of Fame player and five-time Pro Tour Top 8 competitor Lee Shi Tian from Hong Kong took home the title and the trophy with Dimir Excruciator. Congratulations to Regional Champion Lee Shi Tian!
Congratulations to Regional Champion Lee Shi Tian!
Lee played against Sun Chi You on Mono-White Aggro in the finals. Sun took only one other loss in the tournament in the third round of the Swiss before ultimately falling to Lee in in the finals. Sun came close to qualifying for the Pro Tour at the MIT Championship in May 2025. Though he lost in the finals of this event, he did still earn a spot at Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven!
Lee Shi Tian and Sun Chi You prepare to play in the finals.
Congratulations to the Top 8
Congratulations to the Top 8 players of the MIT Championship!
The Top 8 consisted of seven different archetypes, with Mono-White Aggro being the only deck represented twice.
Only three players could earn invitations to the Pro Tour. After the Top 8, Lee Shi Tian and Sun Chi You were joined by 3rd-place finisher Su Yu Wen as the only finalists to earn a Pro Tour invitation. You can see all three Pro Tour-qualifying decklists here.
Standout Decklists from the Regional Championships
Standard continues to evolve in the weeks and months following Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed. Mono-White Aggro is a quickly rising newcomer to the field, and Temur Aggro also had a solid showing in the MIT Championship. Dimir Excruciator and Mono-Green Landfall continue to hold their place in the format, while Badgermole Cub-centric decks continue to see a precipitous decline.
Below are a handful of interesting decklists from the MIT Championship:
1 Swamp
4 Starting Town
1 Restless Reef
2 Ill-Timed Explosion
4 Deceit
2 Harvester of Misery
2 Ardyn, the Usurper
3 Bitter Triumph
4 Superior Spider-Man
4 Ashling, Rekindled
2 Marang River Regent
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Requiting Hex
4 Watery Grave
2 Blazemire Verge
1 Riverpyre Verge
1 Oscorp Industries
2 Steam Vents
3 Blood Crypt
2 Gloomlake Verge
3 Overlord of the Balemurk
3 Quantum Riddler
2 North Wind Avatar
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Dauntless Scrapbot
1 Flashfreeze
1 Inevitable Defeat
2 Abrade
1 Jeskai Revelation
1 Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
3 Duress
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Outrageous Robbery
2 Fire Magic
1 Swamp
3 Dark Leo and Shredder
4 Floodpits Drowner
4 Dream Beavers
4 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
1 Phantom Interference
3 Starting Town
2 Hallowed Fountain
1 Get Lost
3 The Last Ronin's Technique
3 Voice of Victory
1 Spell Snare
4 Multiversal Passage
2 Bitter Triumph
1 Shoot the Sheriff
3 Requiting Hex
2 Bleachbone Verge
3 Spyglass Siren
4 Watery Grave
2 Tishana's Tidebinder
1 Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom
4 Gloomlake Verge
4 Godless Shrine
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Requisition Raid
2 Strategic Betrayal
1 Requiting Hex
2 Intimidation Tactics
2 Duress
2 Annul
1 Spider-Sense
2 Rest in Peace
1 Spell Snare
1 Restless Cottage
1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
4 Swamp
1 Deep-Cavern Bat
1 Origin of Metalbending
4 Forest
4 Llanowar Elves
1 Fabled Passage
4 Blooming Marsh
4 Wastewood Verge
1 Nowhere to Run
1 Bitter Triumph
3 Hollowmurk Siege
4 Overgrown Tomb
2 Shoot the Sheriff
1 Super Shredder
1 Tokka and Rahzar, Terrible Twos
2 Ba Sing Se
3 Requiting Hex
1 Kraven the Hunter
1 Jenova, Ancient Calamity
1 Disruptive Stormbrood
3 Pawpatch Recruit
1 Agonasaur Rex
1 Strategic Betrayal
1 Snakeskin Veil
2 Mikey and Leo, Chaos and Order
3 Ouroboroid
3 Scavenging Ooze
2 Origin of Metalbending
1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
1 Mai, Scornful Striker
1 Requiting Hex
2 Intimidation Tactics
2 Torpor Orb
1 Tokka and Rahzar, Terrible Twos
3 Duress
1 Day of Black Sun
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
It was another great Regional Championship in Taipei City, and congratulations again to Lee Shi Tian! To find out how to start your own journey to becoming a Regional Champion, find your local RC organizer here.
