We’re quickly approaching the WMCQ/5K September 17th-18th weekend and you’ll need a deck to play!Check out these recent top 8 lists for insights or new brews. Remember to preregister for the big weekend.

Next Sunday (September 11th) we’re be hosting another Modern Showdown, except this time a round 1 bye to the September 18th 5K Open is on the line.

Name:David Neganiwina
Deck: R/G Ponza
Place: 1st

[Deck]
[Spells]
4 Utopia Sprawl
4 Blood Moon
3 Harmonize
3 Stone Rain
3 Beast Within
3 Mwonvuli Acid Moss
3 Bonfire of the Damned
2 Garruk, Primal Hunter
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Primal Command
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
2 Obstinate Baloth
1 Birds of Paradise
4 Inferno Titan
4 Arbor Elf
[/Creatures]
[Lands]
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Stomping Ground
9 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Kessig Wolf Run
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
4 Kitchen Finks
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Sudden Shock
1 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Batterskull
[/Sideboard]
[/deck]

Name: Daniel Fournier
Deck: Jund
Place: 2nd

[Deck]
[Spells]
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Thoughtseize
1 Collective Brutality
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Terminate
1 Dreadbore
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Liliana of the Veil
2 Liliana, the Last Hope
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Dark Confidant
2 Scavenging Ooze
3 Grim Flayer
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
[/Creatures]
[Lands]
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Raging Ravine
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Bloodstained Mire
1 Wooded Foothills
2 Overgrown Tomb
1 Stomping Ground
1 Blood Crypt
2 Swamp
1 Forest
1 Twilight Mire
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Kitchen Finks
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Duress
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Damnation
1 Liliana, the last Hope
2 Grim Lavamancer
1 Terminate
2 Ancient Grudge
[/Sideboard]
[/deck]

Name: Jack Cooke
Deck: Bant Eldrazi
Place: 3rd-4th

[Deck]
[Spells]
4 Path to Exile
4 Ancient Stirrings
1 Dismember
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Thought-knot Seer
4 Eldrazi Displacer
4 Reality Smasher
4 Drowner of Hope
2 Spellskite
2 Eldrazi Skyspawner
3 Matter Reshaper
[/Creatures]
[Lands]
4 Eldrazi Temple
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Windswept Heath
3 Brushland
2 Yavimaya Coast
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Temple Garden
1 Breeding Pool
1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Wastes
1 Ghost Quarter
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Stuborn Denial
2 Stony Silence
2 Worship
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Rest in Peace
2 Blessed Alliance
1 Unravel the Aether
[/Sideboard]
[/deck]

Name: Jeff Swaluk
Deck: Jund
Place: 3rd-4th

[Deck]
[Spells]
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Thoughtseize
4 Lightning Bolt
2 terminate
1 Dreadbore
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Kolaghan’s Command
2 Liliana, the Last Hope
3 Liliana of the Veil
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
4 Dark Confidant
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Scavenging Ooze
4 Grim Flayer
[/Creatures]
[Lands]
1 Forest
2 Swamp
1 Blood Crypt
1 Stomping Ground
2 Overgrown Tomb
3 Raging Ravine
1 Wooded Foothills
3 Bloodstained Mire
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Twilight Mire
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Kozilek’s Return
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Kolaghan’s Command
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Duress
1 Collective Brutality
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Jund Charm
1 Damnation
1 Night of Soul’s Betrayal
3 Kitchen Finks
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
1 Terminate
[/Sideboard]
[/deck]

Name: Elliot Tzaneteas
Deck: Mardu Burn
Place: 5th-8th

[Deck]
[Spells]
4 Bump in the Night
4 Lava Spike
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Rift Bolt
3 Searing Blaze
1 Shard Volley
2 Skullcrack
4 Boros Charm
1 Lightning Helix
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
4 Goblin Guide
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
2 Grim Lavamancer
4 Monastery Swiftspear
[/Creatures]
[Lands]
2 Arid Mesa
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Blood Crypt
4 Bloodstained Mire
3 Mountain
3 Sacred Foundry
4 Scalding Tarn
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
2 Deflecting Palm
2 Lightning Helix
2 Path to Exile
2 Rain of Gore
2 Rakdos Charm
1 Searing Blaze
2 Skullcrack
2 Wear//Tear
[/Sideboard]
[/deck]

Name: Lucas Lim
Deck: Blue Tron
Place: 5th-8th

[Deck]
[Spells]
2 Chalice of the Void
4 Condescend
3 Repeal
4 Remand
1 Cyclonic Rift
4 Expedition Map
2 Spatial Contortion
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fabricate
2 Mindslaver
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
1 Oblivion Stone
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
1 Spellskite
1 Treasure Mage
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Platinum Angel
1 Sundering Titan
[/Creatures]
[Lands]
4 Urza’s Mine
4 Urza’s Powerplant
4 Urza’s Tower
1 Academy Ruins
1 Tolaria West
1 Oboro, Palace in the clouds
1 Ghost Quarter
2 Gemstone Cavern
7 Island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Tormods Crypt
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Chalice of the Void
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
2 Spatial Contortion
3 Dismember
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Negate
[/Sideboard]
[/deck]

Name: Andrew Lai
Deck: U/W Merfolk
Place: 5th-8th

[Deck]
[Spells]
2 Vapor Snag
4 Spreading Seas
4 AEther Vial
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Spell Pierce
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
4 Cursecatcher
4 Silvergill Adept
3 Master of Waves
3 Harbinger of the Tides
4 Lord of Atlantis
3 Merrow Reejerey
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
[/Creatures]
[Lands]
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
1 Minamo, School at Water’s Edge
4 Mutavault
1 Cavern of Souls
3 Wanderwine Hub
10 Island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
3 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Ghost Quarter
1 Swan Song
2 Dismember
2 Spellskite
1 Hibernation
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
3 Path to Exile
[/Sideboard]
[/deck]

Name: Lam Phan
Deck: U/W Control
Place: 5th-8th

[Deck]
[Spells]
1 Serum Visions
3 Ancestral Vision
1 Jace, Architecht of Thought
1 Gideon Jura
4 Path to Exile
1 Condemn
1 Blessed Alliance
3 Supreme Verdict
1 Sphinx’s Revelation
2 Spell Snare
1 Negate
3 Mana Leak
3 Cryptic Command
[/Spells]
[Creatures]
4 Wall of Omens
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendillion Clique
2 Restoration Angel
[/Creatures]
[Lands]
2 Tectonic Edge
3 Ghost Quarter
1 Mystic Gate
3 Celestial Colonnade
2 Glacial Fortress
4 Flooded Strand
2 Hallowed Fountain
2 Plains
6 Island
[/Lands]
[Sideboard]
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Relic of Progenitus
1 Dispel
1 Negate
1 Celestial Purge
1 Blessed Alliance
1 Stony Silence
1 Rest in Peace
1 Timely Reinforcements
1 Kitchen Finks
3 Geist of Saint Traft
[/Sideboard]
[/deck]