Congratulations to Jason Drossis. Jason took down the house with Abzan and has received entry as well as a round 1 bye at the July 23rd Face to Face Games.com Open Series. 33 players competed in this week’s Modern Sunday Showdown. Although this is a small sample size we can easily see how open Modern is by looking at the deck breakdown. There were 22 different decks in today’s event. The top three decks were Jund, Abzan CoCo, and Delver. What is important to note from this event is that not a single deck had more than 12% of the field.

The Breakdown:

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Top 8 Lists:
Name: Jason Drossis
Deck: Abzan
Place: 1st

[Deck]
[Lands]
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Windswept Heath
1 Marsh Flats
2 Temple Garden
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Godless Shrine
2 Gavony Township
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Shambling Vent
1 Horizon Canopy
2 Forest
2 Plains
1 Swamp
[/Lands]
[Spells]
2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
4 Path to Exile
2 Abrupt Decay
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Birds of Paradise
4 Voice of Resurgence
2 Qasali Pridemage
2 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Anafenza, the Foremost
3 Kitchen Finks
4 Lingering Souls
4 Siege Rhino
1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
[/Creatures]
[Sideboard]
2 Thoughtseize
1 Fracturing Gust
2 Stony Silence
2 Memoricide
1 Zealous Persecution
1 Painful Truths
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Dromoka’s Command
1 Timely Reinforcements
1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Name: George Soules
Deck: Affinity
Place: 2nd

[Deck]
[Lands]
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Mountain
3 Glimmervoid
[/Lands]
[Spells]
4 Cranial Plating
4 Galvanic Blast
2 Welding Jar
4 Mox Opal
4 Springleaf Drum
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
2 Memnite
4 Ornithopter
4 Vault Skirge
4 Signal Pest
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Steel Overseer
1 Spellskite
3 Etched Champion
[/Creatures]
[Sideboard]
2 Thoughtseize
2 Dismember
2 Spellpierce
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Spellskite
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Ghirapur Aether Grid
1 Blood Moon
1 Etched Champion
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Name: Braydon Beacock
Deck: Dredge
Place: 3rd-4th

[Deck]
[Lands]
2 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 City of Brass
2 Dakmor Salvage
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Mana Confluence
1 Mountain
[/Lands]
[Spells]
3 Conflagrate
2 Darkblast
4 Faithless Looting
2 Life From the Loam
3 Tormenting Voice
1 Rally the Peasants
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
1 Vengeful Pharaoh
3 Street Wraith
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Prized Amalgam
4 Narcomoeba
4 Bloodghast
4 Insolant Neonate
[/Creatures]
[Sideboard]
2 Nature’s Claim
3 Gnaw to the Bone
4 Ancient Grudge
4 Lightning Axe
1 Memory’s Journey
1 Invasive Surgery
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Name: Daniel Goetschel
Deck: Gifts
Place: 3rd-4th

[Deck]
[Lands]
3 Island
1 Plains
1 Snow-Covered Plains
1 Snow-Covered Island
2 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
4 Windswept Heath
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Celestial Colonnade
2 Hallowed Fountain
1 Watery Grave
2 Ghost Quarter
[/Lands]
[Spells]
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Unburial Rites
1 Lingering Souls
4 Condemn
4 Path to Exile
1 Wrath of God
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Day of Judgment
4 Gifts Ungiven
2 Spell Snare
2 Mana Leak
2 Remand
1 Negate
2 Serum Visions
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2 Kitchen Finks
4 Snapcaster Mage
[/Creatures]
[Sideboard]
2 Kitchen Finks
2 Negate
2 Dispel
1 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Glen Elandra Arch Mage
2 Stony Silence
1 Kataki, War’s Wage
1 Celestial Purge
2 Relic of Progenitus
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Name: Chris Flink
Deck: Ad Nauseum
Place: 5th-8th

[Deck]
[Lands]
1 Plains
1 Island
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Dreadship Reef
3 Temple of Deceit
4 Temple of Enlightenment
4 Gemstone Mine
2 City of Brass
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Tolaria West
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
[/Lands]
[Spells]
4 Ad Nauseum
4 Angels Grace
3 Phyrexian Unlife
4 Lotus Bloom
4 Pentad Prism
4 Serum Visions
3 Sleight of Hand
2 Peer Through Depths
2 Spoils of the Vault
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Slaughter Pact
2 Pact of Negation
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Lightning Storm
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
4 Simian Spirit Guide
[/Creatures]
[Sideboard]
2 Darkness
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Thoughtseize
2 Sudden Shock
1 Teferi, Mage of Zalfir
1 Echoing Truth
1 Night of Soul’s Betrayal
1 Suppression Field
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Name: Dustyn Nogueira
Deck: Lantern Control
Place: 5th-8th

[Deck]
[Lands]
4 Glimmervoid
2 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Llanowar Wastes
2 Academy Ruins
1 Tendo Ice Bridge
1 Sea Gate Wreckage
1 Forest
[/Lands]
[Spells]
2 Pyxis of Pandemonium
1 Duress
2 Pyroclasm
3 Ghoulcaller’s Bell
2 Thoughtseize
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Ancient Stirrings
1 Ghirapur Aether Grid
4 Lantern of Insight
2 Surgical Extraction
4 Mox Opal
2 Abrupt Decay
3 Pithing Needle
1 Infernal Tutor
4 Codex Shredder
4 Ensnaring Bridge
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
[/Creatures]
[Sideboard]
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Pyroclasm
3 Welding Jar
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Spellskite
4 Sun Droplet
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Name: Randall Berber
Deck: Bant Eldrazi
Place: 5th-8th

[Deck]
[Lands]
4 Eldrazi Temple
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Windswept Heath
3 Brushland
2 Yavimaya Coast
1 Temple Garden
1 Breeding Pool
1 Hallowed Fountain
2 Forest
1 Plains
1 Ghost Quarter
[/Lands]
[Spells]
2 Dromoka’s Command
4 Path to Exile
4 Ancient Stirrings
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
1 Birds of Paradise
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Spellskite
3 Matter Reshaper
4 Eldrazi Displacer
4 Thought-Knot Seer
4 Reality Smasher
4 Drowner of Hope
[/Creatures]
[Sideboard]
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Engineered Explosives
2 Stony Silence
2 Timely Reinforcements
2 Stuborn Denial
1 Dismember
1 Negate
1 World Breaker
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Name: Rob Greco
Deck: Grixis Control
Place: 5th-8th

[Deck]
[Lands]
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Polluted Delta
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Island
1 Swamp
1 Mountain
2 Steam Vents
1 Watery Grave
1 Blood Crypt
2 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Darkslick Shores
2 Creeping Tar Pit
[/Lands]
[Spells]
3 Kolaghan’s Command
3 Terminate
3 Mana Leak
3 Thoughtscour
1 Slaughter Pact
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Serum Visions
2 Ancestral Vision
3 inquisition of Kozilek
1 Dreadbore
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2 Goblin Dark Dwellers
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
[/Creatures]
[Sideboard]
2 Thoughtseize
2 Dispel
2 Negate
2 Molten Rain
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Crypt Incursion
1 Crumble to Dust
1 Izzet Staticaster
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Ancestral Vision
[/Sideboard]
[/Deck]

Conclusion:
The initial breakdown, coupled with the eight unique decks in the elimination rounds, would indicate a diverse, and therefore healthy format. This is a great time to be a brewer in Modern. We’re excited to see what happens at the upcoming Open Series on July 23rd!

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