Tier Modern Decks/Lists/Prices/etc Updated Mar-28th 6 Months Return to Ravnica Modern

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Updated March 28th 2013! Tier Modern Decklists & Prices, 6 months of post Return to Ravnica Modern.

~All decklists are of Oct-1st-2012 thru Mar-28th-2013. Decks are of Grand Prix's & other similarly large scale (100+ players) events utilized from here:
http://www.starcitygames.com/pages/decklists/
http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/for...?format=Modern
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck_search_result.asp

~Decklists are based on highest placing & most recent (Example: If it finished 1st more than once, the most recent "1st place" will be the deck noted) & for a minimum level of consistency, have to have placed 2 or more times in the top 16. The "Tcg range total" is a price sum of the decklist from here: http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck_search.asp (Current prices are as of Mar-28th-2013) You can also click on the link atop each list for the most up to date Tcgplayer info, since prices change on a constant, daily basis.

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Deck / # of top 16's / (Highest Finish) Oct-1st-2012-Mar-28th-2013
01) Jund 72 1st 10 times Newly updated decklist 3/2
02) WUR Midrange 47 1st 6 times NEWLY ADDED DECK 3/9
03) Birthing Pod 47 1st 6 times Newly updated decklist 3/10
04) Affinity 35 2nd Newly updated decklist 3/2
05) Twin Exarch 26 1st 4 times Newly updated decklist 3/2
Tron: 26 1st 2 times (Majority Eldrazi Green/RG)
06 a) Eldrazi Green Newly updated decklist 2/9
06 b) Mono Blue NEWLY ADDED DECK 3/9
07) Infect 25 1st 2 times Newly updated decklist 1/19
08) Scapeshift 25 1st 2 times Newly updated decklist 2/10
09) UW midrange/Restoration Control 21 1st 2 times Newly updated decklist 3/9
10) Red Deck Wins 21 2nd Newly updated decklist 3/9
11) Second Breakfast/Eggs 14 1st 4 times Newly updated decklist 3/17 Second Sunrise is Banned
12) GW Aggro 14 1st 2 times Newly updated decklist 3/3
13) UR storm/PiF combo 12 1st 2 times Newly updated decklist Seething Song is Banned
14) Solar Flare/Gifts 10 3rd Newly updated decklist 3/3
15) Melira Pod 8 1st 2 times Newly updated decklist 2/23
16) Zoo 8 1st 1 time Newly updated decklist 2/24
17) Gruul 7 1st 1 time NEWLY ADDED DECK 2/23
18) UBR/Grixis 7 2nd NEWLY ADDED DECK 3/9
19) The Rock 6 1st 1 time NEWLY ADDED DECK 3/3
20) UW control 6 2nd Newly updated decklist 3/17
21) Living end 5 5th NEWLY ADDED DECK 2/9
22) RUG 4 1st 1 time NEWLY ADDED DECK 3/2
23) Dredgevine 4 2nd Newly updated decklist 3/3
24) Martyr Proc 3 1st 2 times NEWLY ADDED DECK 3/2
25) Tokens 3 1st 2 times Newly updated decklist 3/2
26) BUG 3 3rd $ update only
27) American Tempo 2 3rd $ update only
28) UR 2 4th Newly updated decklist
29) Merfolk 2 5th $ update only
30) Loam Vengance 2 7th $ update only
31) Boros 2 8th NEWLY ADDED DECK 3/10

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01) Jund ~1st place - Doug Potter - PTQ, Calgary Alberta (144 players) Mar-2nd-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110382
Tcgplayer.com range total: $1,348.42 $1,583.95 $2,166.42

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [16] 1 Thrun, the Last Troll 3 Kitchen Finks 4 Dark Confidant 4 Deathrite Shaman 4 Tarmogoyf Instants [7] 1 Go for the Throat 2 Abrupt Decay 4 Lightning Bolt Sorceries [9] 1 Maelstrom Pulse 2 Profane Command 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 3 Thoughtseize Planeswalkers [4] 4 Liliana of the Veil Lands [24] 1 Blood Crypt 1 Forest 1 Stomping Ground 2 Overgrown Tomb 2 Raging Ravine 2 Swamp 3 Treetop Village 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Marsh Flats 4 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard [15] 2 Ancient Grudge 3 Fulminator Mage 1 Grafdigger's Cage 1 Jund Charm 1 Kitchen Finks 1 Maelstrom Pulse 1 Olivia Voldaren 1 Slaughter Games 2 Spellskite 1 Thrun, the Last Troll 1 Torpor Orb

02) WUR Midrange ~1st place - Ralph Betesh - PTQ, Glen Burnie, Maryland (136 players) Mar-9th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110384
Tcgplayer.com range total: $701.05 $861.65 $1,161.69

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [13] 1 Baneslayer Angel 1 Restoration Angel 3 Vendilion Clique 4 Geist of Saint Traft 4 Snapcaster Mage Instants [22] 2 Electrolyze 2 Remand 2 Spell Snare 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lightning Helix 4 Mana Leak 4 Path to Exile Artifacts [1] 1 Batterskull Lands [24] 1 Eiganjo Castle 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Mountain 1 Plains 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Sulfur Falls 2 Island 2 Steam Vents 2 Tectonic Edge 4 Arid Mesa 4 Celestial Colonnade 4 Scalding Tarn Sideboard [15] 2 Aven Mindcensor 1 Celestial Purge 1 Counterflux 1 Disenchant 1 Dispel 1 Dispense Justice 2 Engineered Explosives 2 Sowing Salt 1 Spellskite 2 Stony Silence 1 Timely Reinforcements

03) Birthing Pod ~1st place - Scott Abramowski - PTQ, Rochester, New York (119 players) Mar-10th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110403
Tcgplayer.com range total: $624.28 $760.15 $1,076.94

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [30] 1 Deceiver Exarch 1 Eternal Witness 1 Glen Elendra Archmage 1 Murderous Redcap 1 Phantasmal Image 1 Spellskite 1 Zealous Conscripts 2 Wall of Omens 3 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 3 Kitchen Finks 3 Noble Hierarch 4 Birds of Paradise 4 Restoration Angel 4 Wall of Roots Instants [3] 3 Chord of Calling Artifacts [4] 4 Birthing Pod Lands [23] 1 Forest 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Mountain 1 Plains 1 Steam Vents 1 Stomping Ground 1 Temple Garden 2 Copperline Gorge 2 Fire-Lit Thicket 3 Razorverge Thicket 4 Arid Mesa 4 Grove of the Burnwillows Sideboard[15] 2 Ancient Grudge 1 Aven Mindcensor 1 Dismember 1 Faerie Macabre 1 Harmonic Sliver 1 Kataki, War's Wage 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Obstinate Baloth 1 Phyrexian Metamorph 1 Qasali Pridemage 1 Sigarda, Host of Herons 1 Surgical Extraction 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 1 Thragtusk

04) Affinity ~5th place - Bryam De La Torre - Grand Prix San Diego (759 players) Mar-17th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1107401
Tcgplayer.com range total: $376.74 $458.57 $679.68

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [25] 2 Memnite 3 Etched Champion 4 Arcbound Ravager 4 Ornithopter 4 Signal Pest 4 Steel Overseer 4 Vault Skirge Instants [3] 3 Galvanic Blast Sorceries [4] 4 Thoughtcast Artifacts [12] 4 Cranial Plating 4 Mox Opal 4 Springleaf Drum Lands [16] 1 Island 3 Glimmervoid 4 Blinkmoth Nexus 4 Darksteel Citadel 4 Inkmoth Nexus Sideboard [15] 4 Blood Moon 3 Deglamer 1 Galvanic Blast 3 Grafdigger's Cage 4 Spellskite

05) Twin Exarch ~1st place - David Caplan - PTQ, Toronto, Ontario (181 players) Mar-2nd-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110408
Tcgplayer.com range total: $412.06 $502.37 $732.54

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [12] 2 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 2 Spellskite 4 Deceiver Exarch 4 Pestermite Instants [11] 2 Remand 3 Dispel 3 Lightning Bolt 3 Spell Pierce Sorceries [10] 2 Flame Slash 4 Serum Visions 4 Sleight of Hand Enchantments [4] 4 Splinter Twin Lands [23] 1 Arid Mesa 1 Stomping Ground 2 Mountain 3 Misty Rainforest 3 Steam Vents 3 Sulfur Falls 4 Scalding Tarn 6 Island Sideboard [15] 3 Ancient Grudge 3 Blood Moon 2 Counterflux 2 Echoing Truth 1 Flame Slash 1 Negate 2 Pyroclasm 1 Spellskite

06 a) Eldrazi Green/Tron ~1st place - Daniel Gushen - PTQ, Garden City, Michigan (196 players) Feb-9th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110412
Tcgplayer.com range total: $364.10 $444.38 $631.37

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [5] 1 Duplicant 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 2 Wurmcoil Engine Sorceries [12] 1 All Is Dust 3 Pyroclasm 4 Ancient Stirrings 4 Sylvan Scrying Planeswalkers [4] 4 Karn Liberated Artifacts [19] 3 Oblivion Stone 4 Chromatic Sphere 4 Chromatic Star 4 Expedition Map 4 Relic of Progenitus Lands [20] 1 Eye of Ugin 1 Ghost Quarter 2 Snow-Covered Forest 4 Grove of the Burnwillows 4 Urza's Mine 4 Urza's Power Plant 4 Urza's Tower Sideboard[15] 2 Combust 3 Nature's Claim 3 Nihil Spellbomb 1 Pyroclasm 3 Spellskite 2 Torpor Orb 1 Wurmcoil Engine

06 b) Mono blue Tron ~5th place - Edward Pfender - PTQ Pennsylvania (129 players) Mar-9th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1112351
Tcgplayer.com range total: $139.35 $183.25 $299.12

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [11] 1 Platinum Angel 1 Sundering Titan 2 Wurmcoil Engine 3 Solemn Simulacrum 4 Treasure Mage Instants [16] 1 Spell Burst 3 Repeal 4 Condescend 4 Remand 4 Thirst for Knowledge Artifacts [10] 1 Mindslaver 2 Oblivion Stone 3 Talisman of Progress 4 Expedition Map Lands [23] 1 Academy Ruins 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds 1 Tectonic Edge 4 Urza's Mine 4 Urza's Power Plant 4 Urza's Tower 8 Island Sideboard [15] 1 Dismember 2 Grafdigger's Cage 2 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Mindslaver 1 Myr Battlesphere 1 Oblivion Stone 2 Pithing Needle 2 Spell Pierce 2 Spellskite 1 Trinket Mage

07) Infect ~1st place - Eli Kassis - PTQ, Vestal, New York (112 players) Jan-19th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110415
Tcgplayer.com range total: $293.58 $363.49 $516.14

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [17] 2 Blight Mamba 3 Necropede 4 Glistener Elf 4 Ichorclaw Myr 4 Noble Hierarch Instants [19] 3 Apostle's Blessing 4 Groundswell 4 Might of Old Krosa 4 Mutagenic Growth 4 Vines of Vastwood Sorceries [2] 2 Gitaxian Probe Enchantments [4] 4 Rancor Lands [18] 2 Forest 2 Pendelhaven 2 Temple Garden 4 Inkmoth Nexus 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Razorverge Thicket Sideboard[15] 3 Dismember 1 Pithing Needle 4 Qasali Pridemage 4 Relic of Progenitus 2 Viridian Corrupter 1 Wild Defiance

08) Scapeshift ~4th place - David Sharfman - Grand Prix San Diego (759 players) Mar-17th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1107397
Tcgplayer.com range total: $457.83 $554.26 $766.00

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [6] 2 Snapcaster Mage 4 Sakura-Tribe Elder Instants [16] 2 Izzet Charm 3 Cryptic Command 3 Lightning Bolt 4 Peer Through Depths 4 Remand Sorceries [13] 2 Firespout 3 Search for Tomorrow 4 Farseek 4 Scapeshift Lands [25] 1 Mountain 2 Cascade Bluffs 2 Forest 2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle 3 Breeding Pool 3 Island 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Steam Vents 4 Stomping Ground Sideboard [15] 1 Counterflux 1 Dispel 1 Inferno Titan 3 Nature's Claim 1 Negate 4 Obstinate Baloth 2 Relic of Progenitus 2 Wurmcoil Engine

09) UW Midrange/Restoration ~1st place - Andrew Roystan - PTQ, Oakmont, Pennsylvania (129 players) Feb-9th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110425
Tcgplayer.com range total: $547.20 $676.79 $935.01

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [17] 2 Phantasmal Image 2 Sun Titan 2 Vendilion Clique 2 Wall of Omens 3 Kitchen Finks 3 Restoration Angel 3 Snapcaster Mage Instants [15] 2 Spell Snare 2 Sphinx's Revelation 3 Path to Exile 4 Cryptic Command 4 Mana Leak Sorceries [2] 2 Supreme Verdict Artifacts [1] 1 Ratchet Bomb Lands [25] 2 Mystic Gate 3 Plains 3 Seachrome Coast 4 Celestial Colonnade 4 Hallowed Fountain 4 Tectonic Edge 5 Island Sideboard[15] 1 Baneslayer Angel 2 Celestial Purge 1 Jace Beleren 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 2 Negate 2 Spellskite 3 Stony Silence 1 Sunlance 1 Supreme Verdict 1 Threads of Disloyalty

10) Red Deck Wins ~2nd place - Brian Baker - PTQ, Oakmont, Pennsylvania (129 players) Mar-9th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110428
Tcgplayer.com range total: $324.75 $404.97 $630.61

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [8] 4 Goblin Guide 4 Vexing Devil Instants [20] 3 Boros Charm 3 Lightning Helix 3 Searing Blaze 3 Shard Volley 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Skullcrack Sorceries [12] 4 Bump in the Night 4 Lava Spike 4 Rift Bolt Lands [20] 1 Blood Crypt 1 Sacred Foundry 2 Battlefield Forge 2 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Arid Mesa 4 Scalding Tarn 6 Mountain Sideboard[15] 3 Ensnaring Bridge 2 Flamebreak 3 Flames of the Blood Hand 3 Rakdos Charm 2 Stony Silence 2 Sudden Shock

11) Second Breakfast ~1st place - Nathan Holiday - Grand Prix San Diego (759 players) Mar-17th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1107398
Tcgplayer.com range total: $286.51 $352.11 $514.12

Spoiler:

Deck

Instants [10] 2 Twincast 4 Faith's Reward 4 Second Sunrise Sorceries [12] 2 Gitaxian Probe 2 Sleight of Hand 4 Reshape 4 Serum Visions Artifacts [21] 1 Pyrite Spellbomb 4 Chromatic Sphere 4 Chromatic Star 4 Conjurer's Bauble 4 Elsewhere Flask 4 Lotus Bloom Lands [17] 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Plains 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Scalding Tarn 4 Ghost Quarter 7 Island Sideboard[15] 1 Blind Obedience 4 Echoing Truth 1 Grafdigger's Cage 4 Leyline of Sanctity 1 Nihil Spellbomb 1 Pithing Needle 1 Rapid Hybridization 2 Silence

12) GW Aggro ~1st place - Olivier Levy - PTQ, Paris, France (153 players) Mar-3rd-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110434
Tcgplayer.com range total: $415.86 $516.05 $758.20

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [30] 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim 1 Sigarda, Host of Herons 1 Spellskite 1 Thrun, the Last Troll 2 Birds of Paradise 2 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 2 Loxodon Smiter 2 Mirran Crusader 3 Aven Mindcensor 3 Baneslayer Angel 4 Leonin Arbiter 4 Noble Hierarch 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Instants [4] 4 Path to Exile Artifacts [2] 2 Sword of War and Peace Lands [24] 1 Eiganjo Castle 1 Forest 1 Plains 1 Stirring Wildwood 4 Ghost Quarter 4 Horizon Canopy 4 Razorverge Thicket 4 Tectonic Edge 4 Temple Garden Sideboard[15] 2 Torpor Orb 2 Spellskite 2 Stony Silence 3 Rest in Peace 2 Fracturing Gust 2 Gaddock Teeg 1 Kataki, War's Wage 1 Thrun, the Last Troll

13) Storm/PiF Combo ~2nd place - Ian Barchus - PTQ, Lincoln, Nebraska (118 players) Jan-19th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110523
Tcgplayer.com range total: $193.74 $256.87 $399.12

Spoiler:

Deck

4 Goblin Electromancer Instants [19] 3 Desperate Ravings 4 Desperate Ritual 4 Manamorphose 4 Pyretic Ritual 4 Seething Song (banned) Sorceries [18] 3 Grapeshot 3 Past in Flames 4 Gitaxian Probe 4 Serum Visions 4 Sleight of Hand Enchantments [3] 3 Pyromancer Ascension Lands [16] 1 Mountain 3 Steam Vents 4 Island 4 Scalding Tarn 4 Shivan Reef Sideboard [15] 3 Echoing Truth 2 Empty the Warrens 3 Epic Experiment 3 Izzet Charm 3 Spell Pierce 1 Wipe Away

14) Solar Flare ~3rd place - Elie Pichon - PTQ, Paris, France (153 players) Mar-3rd-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110437
Tcgplayer.com range total: $667.88 $821.58 $1,108.47

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [7] 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite 1 Thragtusk 2 Snapcaster Mage 3 Deathrite Shaman Instants [14] 1 Abrupt Decay 1 Forbidden Alchemy 1 Orzhov Charm 1 Victim of Night 3 Path to Exile 3 Remand 4 Gifts Ungiven Sorceries [11] 1 Life from the Loam 1 Maelstrom Pulse 1 Raven's Crime 1 Unburial Rites 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 4 Lingering Souls Planeswalkers [2] 2 Liliana of the Veil Lands [26] 1 Celestial Colonnade 1 Forest 1 Ghost Quarter 1 Godless Shrine 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Island 1 Isolated Chapel 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Plains 1 Swamp 1 Temple Garden 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 2 Creeping Tar Pit 2 Watery Grave 3 Drowned Catacomb 3 Misty Rainforest 4 Marsh Flats Sideboard [15] 2 Spellskite 2 Kitchen Finks 3 Stony Silence 1 Go for the Throat 1 Negate 2 Shadow of Doubt 1 Darkblast 2 Vendilion Clique 1 Timely Reinforcements

15) Melira Pod ~1st place - Tim Froehlig - PTQ, Santa Clara, California (165 players) Feb-23rd-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110440
Tcgplayer.com range total: $677.48 $803.24 $1,104.56

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [28] 1 Cartel Aristocrat 1 Eternal Witness 1 Kataki, War's Wage 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Orzhov Pontiff 1 Phyrexian Metamorph 1 Ranger of Eos 1 Reveillark 1 Spellskite 1 Wall of Roots 2 Murderous Redcap 2 Viscera Seer 3 Deathrite Shaman 3 Melira, Sylvok Outcast 4 Birds of Paradise 4 Kitchen Finks Instants [5] 2 Dismember 3 Chord of Calling Artifacts [4] 4 Birthing Pod Lands [23] 1 Godless Shrine 1 Razorverge Thicket 1 Swamp 1 Temple Garden 1 Woodland Cemetery 2 Marsh Flats 2 Overgrown Tomb 3 Forest 3 Gavony Township 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard [15] 2 Abrupt Decay 1 Aven Mindcensor 1 Entomber Exarch 1 Ethersworn Canonist 1 Harmonic Sliver 1 Kataki, War's Wage 2 Lingering Souls 1 Obstinate Baloth 1 Shriekmaw 1 Sigarda, Host of Herons 3 Thoughtseize

16) Zoo ~6th place - Brian Kibler - Grand Prix San Diego (759 players) Mar-17th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1107400
Tcgplayer.com range total: $1,124.68 $1,331.30 $1,940.76

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [25] 1 Qasali Pridemage 2 Kitchen Finks 2 Lotus Cobra 2 Thundermaw Hellkite 3 Deathrite Shaman 3 Noble Hierarch 4 Knight of the Reliquary 4 Loxodon Smiter 4 Tarmogoyf Instants [7] 3 Path to Exile 4 Lightning Bolt Planeswalkers [5] 1 Ajani Vengeant 1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant 3 Domri Rade Lands [23] 1 Blood Crypt 1 Horizon Canopy 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Marsh Flats 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Temple Garden 1 Treetop Village 2 Forest 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Plains 2 Stomping Ground 4 Arid Mesa 4 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard [15] 1 Aven Mindcensor 1 Batterskull 3 Blood Moon 1 Combust 1 Qasali Pridemage 2 Stony Silence 1 Sword of Light and Shadow 2 Thrun, the Last Troll 1 Thundermaw Hellkite 1 Torpor Orb 1 Ulvenwald Tracker

17) Gruul ~1st place - Gabriel Carlton-Barnes - PTQ, Seattle, Washington (249 players) Feb-23rd-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110448
Tcgplayer.com range total: $789.82 $930.20 $1,379.34

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [27] 3 Ghor-Clan Rampager 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Experiment One 4 Flinthoof Boar 4 Goblin Guide 4 Kird Ape 4 Tarmogoyf Instants [8] 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Searing Blaze Enchantments [4] 4 Seal of Fire Lands [21] 1 Forest 1 Teetering Peaks 2 Arid Mesa 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Verdant Catacombs 4 Scalding Tarn 4 Stomping Ground 5 Mountain Sideboard [15] 3 Blood Moon 2 Deglamer 2 Dismember 2 Grim Lavamancer 2 Shatterstorm 2 Tormod's Crypt 2 Volcanic Fallout

18) Grixis ~2nd place - Takuya Okada - PTQ, Tokyo, Japan - (116 players) Mar-9th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110449
Tcgplayer.com range total: $778.60 $939.25 $1,238.78

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [8] 2 Snapcaster Mage 3 Thundermaw Hellkite 3 Vendilion Clique Instants [22] 1 Blue Sun's Zenith 1 Electrolyze 2 Forbidden Alchemy 2 Volcanic Fallout 4 Cryptic Command 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Rune Snag 4 Terminate Sorceries [3] 1 Cruel Ultimatum 2 Thoughtseize Enchantments [1] 1 Spreading Seas Lands [26] 1 Blood Crypt 1 Darkslick Shores 1 Mountain 1 Sulfur Falls 1 Watery Grave 2 Cascade Bluffs 2 Island 2 Steam Vents 3 Reflecting Pool 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Creeping Tar Pit 4 Scalding Tarn Sideboard [15] 2 Counterflux 2 Damnation 2 Duress 2 Extirpate 1 Liliana of the Veil 2 Pithing Needle 3 Rakdos Charm 1 Volcanic Fallout

19) The Rock ~ 8th place - Matt Ferrando - Grand Prix San Diego - 759( players) Mar-17th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1107403
Tcgplayer.com range total: $1,319.58 $1,546.91 $2,109.81

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [17] 1 Birds of Paradise 4 Dark Confidant 4 Deathrite Shaman 4 Knight of the Reliquary 4 Tarmogoyf Instants [6] 3 Abrupt Decay 3 Path to Exile Sorceries [9] 2 Thoughtseize 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 4 Lingering Souls Planeswalkers [4] 4 Liliana of the Veil Lands [24] 1 Forest 1 Godless Shrine 1 Horizon Canopy 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Plains 1 Swamp 1 Temple Garden 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1 Vault of the Archangel 2 Overgrown Tomb 2 Stirring Wildwood 3 Tectonic Edge 4 Marsh Flats 4 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard [15] 1 Blind Obedience 1 Bojuka Bog 1 Darkblast 2 Kitchen Finks 2 Life from the Loam 2 Nature's Claim 1 Path to Exile 2 Stony Silence 1 Sword of War and Peace 1 Thrun, the Last Troll 1 Torpor Orb

20) UW Control ~ 2nd place - Sammy Tukeman - Grand Prix San Diego - (759 players) Mar-17th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1107394
Tcgplayer.com range total: $550.80 $667.84 $943.14

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [3] 3 Snapcaster Mage Instants [26] 2 Lightning Helix 2 Sphinx's Revelation 2 Think Twice 3 Lightning Bolt 3 Mana Leak 3 Path to Exile 3 Spell Snare 4 Cryptic Command 4 Electrolyze Sorceries [3] 1 Wrath of God 2 Supreme Verdict Planeswalkers [2] 2 Ajani Vengeant Lands [26] 1 Glacial Fortress 1 Mountain 1 Plains 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Steam Vents 2 Hallowed Fountain 3 Arid Mesa 3 Island 3 Scalding Tarn 3 Sulfur Falls 3 Tectonic Edge 4 Celestial Colonnade Sideboard [15] 2 Batterskull 2 Celestial Purge 1 Combust 2 Counterflux 2 Sowing Salt 2 Spellskite 2 Stony Silence 2 Surgical Extraction

21) Living End ~5th place - Alek Jones - PTQ, Denver, Colorado - (108 players) Feb-9th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110454
Tcgplayer.com range total: $218.64 $290.73 $469.97

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [26] 1 Dryad Arbor 1 Shriekmaw 2 Avalanche Riders 2 Valley Rannet 4 Deadshot Minotaur 4 Fulminator Mage 4 Jungle Weaver 4 Monstrous Carabid 4 Street Wraith Instants [8] 4 Beast Within 4 Violent Outburst Sorceries [7] 3 Living End 4 Demonic Dread Lands [19] 1 Blood Crypt 1 Forest 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Mountain 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Stomping Ground 1 Swamp 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Copperline Gorge 4 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard [15] 2 Avalanche Riders 3 Faerie Macabre 4 Ingot Chewer 3 Kitchen Finks 2 Leyline of the Void 1 Shriekmaw

22) RUG ~1st place - Rodrigo Borba - PTQ, Porto, Portugal - (128 players) Mar-2nd-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110456
Tcgplayer.com range total: $1,065.50 $1,256.27 $1,798.27

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [16] 4 Eternal Witness 4 Phantasmal Image 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Tarmogoyf Instants [14] 1 Electrolyze 1 Izzet Charm 1 Magma Jet 3 Remand 4 Cryptic Command 4 Lightning Bolt Sorceries [4] 4 Serum Visions Artifacts [4] 4 Aether Vial Lands [22] 1 Breeding Pool 1 Forest 1 Mountain 1 Steam Vents 1 Stomping Ground 2 Copperline Gorge 2 Flooded Grove 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Scalding Tarn 5 Island Sideboard [15] 3 Kitchen Finks 1 Thrun, the Last Troll 2 Combust 2 Negate 3 Ancient Grudge 4 Threads of Disloyalty

23) Dredgevine ~2nd place - Sebastien Forreau - PTQ, Paris, France - (153 players) Mar-3rd-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110457
Tcgplayer.com range total: $603.53 $721.61 $1,072.46

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [27] 1 Golgari Thug 2 Stinkweed Imp 4 Bloodghast 4 Deathrite Shaman 4 Demigod of Revenge 4 Gravecrawler 4 Lotleth Troll 4 Vengevine Instants [8] 2 Abrupt Decay 2 Darkblast 4 Lightning Bolt Sorceries [5] 1 Life from the Loam 4 Faithless Looting Lands [20] 1 Marsh Flats 1 Mutavault 2 Blood Crypt 2 Swamp 2 Twilight Mire 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard [15] 2 Obstinate Baloth 2 Abrupt Decay 2 Rakdos Charm 2 Extirpate 2 Jund Charm 2 Ancient Grudge 3 Thoughtseize

24) Martyr Proc ~1st place - Sean Giese - PTQ, Windsor Heights, Iowa - (181 players) Mar-2nd-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110458
Tcgplayer.com range total: $306.16 $385.91 $582.21

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [14] 1 Hero of Bladehold 2 Burrenton Forge-Tender 3 Martyr of Sands 4 Squadron Hawk 4 Tidehollow Sculler Instants [7] 1 Zealous Persecution 2 Charge Across the Araba 4 Path to Exile Sorceries [11] 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 4 Lingering Souls 4 Spectral Procession Enchantments [3] 3 Honor of the Pure Lands [25] 1 Swamp 4 Arid Mesa 4 Godless Shrine 4 Marsh Flats 4 Windbrisk Heights 8 Plains Sideboard [15] 3 Aven Mindcensor 2 Duress 2 Rest in Peace 3 Stony Silence 2 Sundering Growth 2 Suppression Field 1 Zealous Persecution

25) Tokens ~1st place - Marcos A Cordero Valle - PTQ, Cadiz, La Comarca, Legends Cadiz - (131 players) Mar-2nd-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110461
Tcgplayer.com range total: $812.73 $961.63 $1,282.89

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [20] 2 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 2 Tidehollow Sculler 4 Aven Mindcensor 4 Deathrite Shaman 4 Hero of Bladehold 4 Leonin Arbiter Instants [6] 2 Path to Exile 4 Dismember Sorceries [6] 3 Lingering Souls 3 Thoughtseize Planeswalkers [3] 3 Liliana of the Veil Artifacts [1] 1 Sword of War and Peace Lands [24] 1 Caves of Koilos 1 Plains 1 Swamp 1 Vault of the Archangel 2 Cavern of Souls 2 Overgrown Tomb 4 Ghost Quarter 4 Godless Shrine 4 Isolated Chapel 4 Marsh Flats Sideboard [15] 1 Thoughtseize 1 Disenchant 4 Fulminator Mage 3 Stony Silence 2 Spellskite 3 Auriok Champion 1 Sword of War and Peace

26) BUG ~3rd place - Mathieu Hautot - Grand Prix Lyon (1,326 players) Nov-4th-2012 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1066412
Tcgplayer.com range total: $1,310.12 $1,544.24 $2,093.21

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Deck

Creatures [18] 3 Snapcaster Mage 3 Vendilion Clique 4 Dark Confidant 4 Deathrite Shaman 4 Tarmogoyf Instants [11] 2 Doom Blade 3 Abrupt Decay 3 Disfigure 3 Mana Leak Sorceries [6] 1 Duress 1 Thoughtseize 4 Inquisition of Kozilek Enchantments [1] 1 Threads of Disloyalty Planeswalkers [2] 2 Liliana of the Veil Lands [22] 1 Breeding Pool 1 Forest 1 Island 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Scalding Tarn 1 Watery Grave 2 Tectonic Edge 3 Creeping Tar Pit 3 Darkslick Shores 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard [15] 1 Creeping Corrosion 1 Damping Matrix 2 Deprive 2 Grafdigger's Cage 2 Hurkyl's Recall 3 Spreading Seas 2 Tectonic Edge 2 Threads of Disloyalty

27) American Tempo ~13th place - Dan Jordan - Pro Tour Return to Ravnica - Seattle Washington (383 players) Oct-21st-2012 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1082290
Tcgplayer.com range total: $670.75 $812.32 $1,111.85

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Deck

Creatures [17] 1 Vendilion Clique 4 Delver of Secrets 4 Geist of Saint Traft 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Steppe Lynx Instants [17] 1 Izzet Charm 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lightning Helix 4 Mana Leak 4 Path to Exile Sorceries [4] 4 Serum Visions Lands [22] 1 Eiganjo Castle 1 Island 1 Mountain 1 Plains 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Watery Grave 2 Hallowed Fountain 2 Marsh Flats 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Steam Vents 4 Arid Mesa 4 Scalding Tarn Sideboard [15] 2 Disenchant 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite 4 Gifts Ungiven 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria 2 Pyroclasm 2 Sowing Salt 2 Spell Pierce 1 Unburial Rites

28) UR ~4th place - Joan Castano - TLA Modern Toreno 2 (102 players) Mar-17th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110467
Tcgplayer.com range total: $601.20 $747.99 $1,014.28

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Deck

Creatures [8] 2 Izzet Staticaster 3 Snapcaster Mage 3 Vendilion Clique Instants [17] 2 Cryptic Command 3 Remand 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Mana Leak 4 Spell Snare Sorceries [1] 1 Call the Skybreaker Enchantments [4] 4 Blood Moon Artifacts [5] 2 Batterskull 3 Vedalken Shackles Lands [25] 1 Mountain 3 Misty Rainforest 3 Scalding Tarn 4 Steam Vents 14 Island Sideboard [15] 2 Spellskite 2 Threads of Disloyalty 2 Pyroclasm 2 Vandalblast 1 Dispel 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Relic of Progenitus 2 Tormod's Crypt 1 Wurmcoil Engine 1 Flashfreeze

29) Merfolk ~5th place - Roberto Sartini - MLL#2 - Milano (105 players) Nov-11th-2012 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1082243
Tcgplayer.com range total: $503.11 $601.20 $821.44

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Deck

Creatures [26] 2 Coralhelm Commander 4 Cursecatcher 4 Lord of Atlantis 4 Master of the Pearl Trident 4 Merrow Reejerey 4 Phantasmal Image 4 Silvergill Adept Instants [5] 1 Spell Pierce 4 Lightning Bolt Sorceries [2] 1 Forked Bolt 1 Pyroclasm Enchantments [3] 3 Spreading Seas Artifacts [4] 4 Aether Vial Lands [20] 1 Steam Vents 2 Sulfur Falls 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Mutavault 4 Scalding Tarn 5 Island Sideboard [15] 3 Pyroclasm 3 Spell Pierce 2 Relic of Progenitus 1 Spreading Seas 2 Negate 1 Electrickery 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Tormod's Crypt 1 Forked Bolt

30) Loam Vengance ~7th place - Filippo Rossetti - MLL#2 - Milano (105 players) Nov-11th-2012 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1082244
Tcgplayer.com range total: $1,161.51 $1,354.16 $1,860.95

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Deck

Creatures [10] 2 Countryside Crusher 4 Dark Confidant 4 Tarmogoyf Sorceries [16] 2 Flame Jab 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 3 Raven's Crime 4 Faithless Looting 4 Life from the Loam Enchantments [3] 3 Seismic Assault Planeswalkers [4] 4 Liliana of the Veil Lands [27] 1 Bojuka Bog 1 Fire-Lit Thicket 1 Forest 1 Lavaclaw Reaches 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Stomping Ground 1 Twilight Mire 2 Blood Crypt 2 Ghost Quarter 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Swamp 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Graven Cairns 4 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard [15] 1 Ancient Grudge 2 Jund Charm 1 Slaughter Games 2 Thoughtseize 1 Darkblast 2 Nature's Claim 2 Torpor Orb 4 Obstinate Baloth

31) Boros ~8th place - Bob Martin - PTQ, Rochester, New York - (119 players) Mar-10th-2013 http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1110465
Tcgplayer.com range total: $435.25 $537.83 $820.40

Spoiler:

Deck

Creatures [18] 3 Ash Zealot 3 Grim Lavamancer 4 Goblin Guide 4 Steppe Lynx 4 Vexing Devil Instants [16] 2 Boros Charm 2 Skullcrack 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lightning Helix 4 Searing Blaze Sorceries [4] 4 Lava Spike Lands [22] 2 Blood Crypt 2 Clifftop Retreat 3 Mountain 3 Sacred Foundry 4 Arid Mesa 4 Marsh Flats 4 Scalding Tarn Sideboard [15] 3 Flamebreak 3 Kor Firewalker 3 Molten Rain 2 Rain of Gore 4 Rakdos Charm

Past updates:
Jan-1st-2013 Thread started with Jund, Affinity, Eldrazi/Tron, Birthing Pod, PiF storm combo, Infect, UW midrange, Red Deck Wins, Twin Exarch, Scapeshift, Second Breakfast, GW aggro, American Tempo, Solar Flare, Merfolk, Loam Vengance, Melira Pod, Zoo, BUG, UR, UW Control, Tokens, & From the Graveyard.
Mar-28th-2013 1st major update, newly added decks include WUR Midrange, Gruul aggro, Grixis, The Rock, Living End, RUG, Martyr Proc, Boros.

Love Eternal Formats? For a similar type of overview for Type 1.5/Legacy go here: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=407818

[Graycross]

Wow, thanks for this. Eldrazi Green should probably be called Tron though, Solar Flare's probably better under the Gifts title, and Project Melira is just Melira Pod.

Cheers

[iamghost]

am i the only one who cannot understand why Patriot/american Delver isn't played anymore? RTR gave it some pretty decent cards

[Ember_Twilight]

Nice.thread, though I think you need to add a lifegain agro deck to the list.

[feline_o1]

Thank you Lantern, and to you and the above posters, I fixed/am fixing the names as we speak, I have been doing the same thing in the Legacy portion for almost a year now however I am much less familiar with modern, especially compared to Legacy. In either case I figured I'd do one for Modern as well.

As for what's not on the list, I didn't post it if it didn't perform and make any top placings & I was expecting Martyr Proc to be on there somewhere, but somehow it hasn't shown up even once in the top 16 at these larger events since Oct-1st-2012, which sucks cause my modern deck is Martyr Proc, though mine is more controllish, has way more enchants (runed halo, faiths fetters, ghostly prison, Oblivion ring), & has red splash for Lightning helix, Searing Meditation, & Firemane Angel.

[Kirblar]

Originally Posted by iamghost

am i the only one who cannot understand why Patriot/american Delver isn't played anymore? RTR gave it some pretty decent cards

The 1-2 punch of Abrupt Decay and Deathrite Shaman.

[msten19]

Just to point out, GW Hatebears has 2 top 16 finishes.

Kibler finished 14th at GP Chicago. I finished 10th at GP Toronto.

[feline_o1]

Originally Posted by msten19

Just to point out, GW Hatebears has 2 top 16 finishes.

Kibler finished 14th at GP Chicago. I finished 10th at GP Toronto.

Thank you, I will be fixing that now, though it will take a few moments.

-edit- Oh I see what happened, you got noted as a "The Rock" deck, instead of "Hate Bears", I think thecouncil.es had the deck listed as "The Rock" forgive me on that. Either way, fixed, The Rock/Hate Bears noted accordingly. Also grats on your finish of course ^.^

[iamghost]

Originally Posted by Kirblar

The 1-2 punch of Abrupt Decay and Deathrite Shaman.

affinity has 1-2 punch with Stony Silence and Smash to Smithereens. And it's still played.

I mean, every deck has its weaknesses.. but that's the only one that literally vanished from not only top8s but more in general tournament lists. I play it and win against everybody except Tron and Jund which is 40-60 MU. But, i think that's not enough to justify its completely vanishing...

[gereffi]

How is Storm (#10 on the list) different from Past in Flames (#12)?

[feline_o1]

Originally Posted by gereffi

How is Storm (#10 on the list) different from Past in Flames (#12)?

Fixing that now as well, thank you ^.^ Forgive the 1st post madness, I'm less familiar with modern and I didn't catch that one.

[KoSDV]

Originally Posted by iamghost

affinity has 1-2 punch with Stony Silence and Smash to Smithereens. And it's still played.

The difference is, the most dominate deck in the format plays 4 Deathrite in the main.

The cards you've given as examples are sideboard cards.

Originally Posted by Lantern

It says No to everything, and plays reactivly. Hall marks of a control deck, even if it doesnt fit the old ideas of a control deck.

I disagree, it's most definitely a tempo deck.

[Danteh]

Thank you so much for this, it is really amazing!

One suggestion though would be to add RUG Delver to the list; it is true that it has almost dissappeared from the metagame, but it's still a powerful strategy that unfortunately folds against Abrupt Decay and BBE card advantage.

I still play it and it rewards very tight play - it has a lot of 50/50 matchups and really few bad ones, unfortunately Jund being one of them.

Tarmogoyf, Delver and Snapcaster are always a fearsome combination (as you will certainly know being a Legacy player, no Mongoose here though :P) which I think will become good again with the Gatecrash Simic and Gruul goodies

[NeonPriest]

great list you got my thanks!

[Whiterun]

Jund 1st 5 times... How heart touching