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Ben Friedman - Melira Pod
Grand Prix Richmond Top 8 - Modern



Main Deck
60 cards

3  {Forest}
3  {Gavony Township}
1  {Godless Shrine}
4  {Misty Rainforest}
2  {Overgrown Tomb}
3 { Razorverge Thicket}
1  {Swamp}
1  {Temple Garden}
4  {Verdant Catacombs}
1  {Woodland Cemetery}
23 lands

4  {Birds of Paradise}
1  {Eternal Witness}
4  {Kitchen Finks}
1  {Linvala, Keeper of Silence}
1  {Melira, Sylvok Outcast}
1  {Murderous Redcap}
3  {Noble Hierarch}
1  {Orzhov Pontiff}
1  {Qasali Pridemage}
1  {Ranger of Eos}
1  {Restoration Angel}
1  {Reveillark}
1  {Scavenging Ooze}
1  {Shriekmaw}
1  {Spellskite}
1  {Thrun, the Last Troll}
1  {Viscera Seer}
2  {Voice of Resurgence}
1  {Wall of Roots}
28 creatures

2  {Abrupt Decay}
4  {Birthing Pod}
3  {Chord of Calling}
9 other spells

Sideboard
1  {Big Game Hunter}
2  {Dismember}
1  {Entomber Exarch}
1  {Ethersworn Canonist}
1  {Harmonic Sliver}
1  {Kataki, War's Wage}
1  {Sin Collector}
2  {Slaughter Pact}
4  {Thoughtseize}
1  {Voice of Resurgence}
15 sideboard cards



Michael Silgrist - Affinity
Grand Prix Richmond Top 8 - Modern



Main Deck
60 cards

4  {Blinkmoth Nexus}
4  {Darksteel Citadel}
4  {Glimmervoid}
4{  Inkmoth Nexus}
1 { Island}
17 {lands}

4 { Arcbound Ravager}
2 { Etched Champion}
2  {Master of Etherium}
3 { Memnite}
4 { Ornithopter}
4  {Signal Pest}
3  {Steel Overseer}
4  {Vault Skirge}
26 creatures

4  {Cranial Plating}
2  {Galvanic Blast}
4  {Mox Opal}
4  {Springleaf Drum}
2 { Thoughtcast}
1  {Welding Jar}
17 other spells

Sideboard
3  {Ancient Grudge}
1 { Blood Moon}
1  {Dismember}
1  {Etched Champion}
1 { Grafdigger's Cage}
2  {Rule of Law}
1  {Spell Pierce}
2 { Spellskite}
2 { Thoughtseize}
1 { Whipflare}
15 sideboard cards



Oscar Jones - Melira Pod
Grand Prix Richmond Top 8 - Modern



Main Deck
60 cards

3  {Forest}
3 { Gavony Township}
1  {Godless Shrine}
4  {Misty Rainforest}
2  {Overgrown Tomb}
3  {Razorverge Thicket}
1  {Swamp}
1  {Temple Garden}
4  {Verdant Catacombs}
1  {Woodland Cemetery}
23 lands

4  {Birds of Paradise}
1 { Eternal Witness}
4  {Kitchen Finks}
1 { Linvala, Keeper of Silence}
1 { Melira, Sylvok Outcast}
2  {Murderous Redcap}
3  {Noble Hierarch}
1 { Orzhov Pontiff}
1  {Qasali Pridemage}
1  {Ranger of Eos}
1  {Reveillark}
1  {Scavenging Ooze}
1  {Shriekmaw}
1  {Spellskite}
1 { Viscera Seer}
3  {Voice of Resurgence}
1  {Wall of Roots}
28 creatures

2 { Abrupt Decay}
4 { Birthing Pod}
3  {Chord of Calling}
9 other spells

Sideboard
2  {Dismember}
1 { Entomber Exarch}
1  {Ethersworn Canonist}
1  {Harmonic Sliver}
1 { Kataki, War's Wage}
1  {Obstinate Baloth}
1  {Scavenging Ooze}
1  {Sin Collector}
1  {Slaughter Pact}
4  {Thoughtseize}
1  {Thrun, the Last Troll}
15 sideboard cards



Vipin Chackonal - Affinity
Grand Prix Richmond Top 8 - Modern



Main Deck
60 cards

4  {Blinkmoth Nexus}
4  {Darksteel Citadel}
3 { Glimmervoid}
4  I{nkmoth Nexus}
1  {Island}
16 lands

4  {Arcbound Ravager}
3  {Etched Champion}
2  {Memnite}
4 { Ornithopter}
4  {Signal Pest}
3  {Steel Overseer}
4  {Vault Skirge}
24 creatures

4 { Cranial Plating}
4  {Galvanic Blast}
4  {Mox Opal}
4  {Springleaf Drum}
4  {Thoughtcast}
20 other spells

Sideboard
2  {Ancient Grudge}
1  {Blood Moon}
1  {Etched Champion}
1  {Grafdigger's Cage}
2  {Relic of Progenitus}
1  {Spell Pierce}
2 { Spellskite}
4  {Thoughtseize}
1  {Torpor Orb}
15 sideboard cards



Brian Liu - Kiki Pod
Grand Prix Richmond Top 8 - Modern



Main Deck
60 cards

3  {Arid Mesa}
1  {Breeding Pool}
2 { Fire-Lit Thicket}
1  {Forest}
2 { Gavony Township}
4  {Grove of the Burnwillows}
1  {Hallowed Fountain}
4  {Misty Rainforest}
1  {Plains}
1  {Sacred Foundry}
1 { Steam Vents}
1  {Stomping Ground}
1  {Temple Garden}
23 lands

4  {Birds of Paradise}
1  {Deceiver Exarch}
1  {Eternal Witness}
1 { Glen Elendra Archmage}
2 { Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker}
2  {Kitchen Finks}
1 { Linvala, Keeper of Silence}
1  {Murderous Redcap}
3  {Noble Hierarch}
1 { Qasali Pridemage}
4  {Restoration Angel}
2  {Scavenging Ooze}
1  {Spellskite}
2  {Voice of Resurgence}
3 { Wall of Roots}
1  {Zealous Conscripts}
30 creatures

4  {Birthing Pod}
3  {Chord of Calling}
7 other spells

Sideboard
1  {Ancient Grudge}
1 { Avalanche Riders}
2 { Combust}
1 { Ethersworn Canonist}
1  {Fiery Justice}
1  {Kataki, War's Wage}
2 { Negate}
3 { Path to Exile}
1  {Shatterstorm}
1  {Thragtusk}
1  {Thrun, the Last Troll}
15 sideboard cards



Jamie Parke - UR Twin
Grand Prix Richmond Top 8 - Modern



Main Deck
60 cards

1  {Desolate Lighthouse}
5  {Island}
3 { Misty Rainforest}
2  {Mountain}
4  {Scalding Tarn}
3  {Steam Vents}
1  {Stomping Ground}
3  {Sulfur Falls}
1  {Tectonic Edge}
23 lands

4  {Deceiver Exarch}
1  {Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker}
2  {Pestermite}
4 { Snapcaster Mage}
2  {Spellskite}
2 { Vendilion Clique}
15 creatures

2  {Cryptic Command}
1  {Dispel}
1  {Electrolyze}
1 { Flame Slash}
4  {Lightning Bolt}
1  {Peek}
3  {Remand}
4  {Serum Visions}
1  {Spell Snare}
4 { Splinter Twin}
22 other spells

Sideboard
2  {Ancient Grudge}
2  {Anger of the Gods}
2  {Batterskull}
2 { Blood Moon}
1 { Dispel}
1 { Echoing Truth}
1 { Engineered Explosives}
1  {Flame Slash}
2  {Relic of Progenitus}
1  {Threads of Disloyalty}
15 sideboard cards



Josh McClain – Melira Pod
Grand Prix Richmond Top 8 - Modern



Main Deck
60 cards

3  {Forest}
3  {Gavony Township}
1 { Godless Shrine}
4  {Misty Rainforest}
2 { Overgrown Tomb}
3 { Razorverge Thicket}
1 { Swamp}
1 { Temple Garden}
4  {Verdant Catacombs}
1  {Woodland Cemetery}
23 lands

4  {Birds of Paradise}
1  {Eternal Witness}
4  {Kitchen Finks}
1  {Linvala, Keeper of Silence}
1  {Melira, Sylvok Outcast}
2  {Murderous Redcap}
3  {Noble Hierarch}
1 { Orzhov Pontiff}
1  {Qasali Pridemage}
1  {Ranger of Eos}
1 { Reveillark}
1 { Scavenging Ooze}
1  {Shriekmaw}
1  {Spellskite}
1  {Viscera Seer}
3  {Voice of Resurgence}
1  {Wall of Roots}
28 creatures

2  {Abrupt Decay}
4 { Birthing Pod}
3 { Chord of Calling}
9 other spells

Sideboard
2  {Dismember}
1  {Entomber Exarch}
1 { Ethersworn Canonist}
1  {Harmonic Sliver}
1  {Kataki, War's Wage}
1  {Obstinate Baloth}
1  {Scavenging Ooze}
1  {Sin Collector}
1  {Slaughter Pact}
4  {Thoughtseize}
1 { Thrun, the Last Troll}
15 sideboard cards



Luis Scott-Vargas - Melira Pod
Grand Prix Richmond Top 8 - Modern



Main Deck
60 cards

3  {Forest}
3 { Gavony Township}
1  {Godless Shrine}
4 { Misty Rainforest}
2  {Overgrown Tomb}
3  {Razorverge Thicket}
1  {Swamp}
2 { Temple Garden}
4  {Verdant Catacombs}
23 lands

1  {Archangel of Thune}
4 { Birds of Paradise}
1  {Eternal Witness}
4  {Kitchen Finks}
1 { Linvala, Keeper of Silence}
1  {Melira, Sylvok Outcast}
1  {Murderous Redcap}
3 { Noble Hierarch}
1 { Qasali Pridemage}
1  {Ranger of Eos}
1 { Reveillark}
1 { Scavenging Ooze}
1 { Shriekmaw}
1  {Spellskite}
1 { Spike Feeder}
1{  Thrun, the Last Troll}
1  {Viscera Seer}
2 { Voice of Resurgence}
1  {Wall of Roots}
28 creatures

2  {Abrupt Decay}
4  {Birthing Pod}
3  {Chord of Calling}
9 other spells

Sideboard
1 { Burrenton Forge-Tender}
1 { Entomber Exarch}
1 { Ethersworn Canonist}
1 { Harmonic Sliver}
1  {Kataki, War's Wage}
1  {Orzhov Pontiff}
2  {Path to Exile}
1  {Sin Collector}
1  {Slaughter Pact}
4  {Thoughtseize}
1 { Thrun, the Last Troll}
15 sideboard cards

[Kaworu, the Fifth Child]

Taysby already did this! Good try... Now you just need to top him!

[Spencer Addington]

Pod going ham!

[MisterJH]

BAN BIRTHING POD, TOO MUCH TOP 8!

[Spencer Addington]

BAN ALL ARTIFACT!!! THATLL BALANCE AFFINITY AND BIRTHING POD!!!!

[MisterJH]

BAN EVERYTHING WITH AN EFFECT!

[Spencer Addington]

!VIVA LA {BRONZE SABLE}¡

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Rlly?  I put in a .poo. ton of work to compile a list, make it look nice and you just go ".love. you, I'm doing it myself."  Douchebag.

Whoa there bud....let's calm down and talk it out...

[Spencer Addington]

Rlly?  I put in a .poo. ton of work to compile a list, make it look nice and you just go ".love. you, I'm doing it myself."  Douchebag.

No reason to be salty bro.

[Spencer Addington]

Did yours ever get pinned?

[Spencer Addington]

Nope.  He said "they were discussing it" and then he did this.  So obviously mine "wasn't good enough". ...

I gotta say yours was nice and pertty

[DeathlyFoiend]

Nope.  He said "they were discussing it" and then he did this.  So obviously mine "wasn't good enough". ...

I gotta say yours was nice and pertty

I don't and happy that is wasn't pinned. I think that having decklists for the top archetypes dilutes the value of knowing what those archetypes are. They are just decklists and inconsistent in knowing what the top 8s are. This is actual knowledge for the recent top decks, and it provides much needed info for that meta. Not every meta is going to be the same and your decklists are noting that they are going to be the same in some manner. Have knowledge of the past metas to influence your input for the next, but don't get stuck on just thinking you know the meta because of that. 

[Rass]

Nope.  He said "they were discussing it" and then he did this.  So obviously mine "wasn't good enough". ...

Sorry wasn't trying to cock block you on this. I didn't feel like cross referencing your list and the last top 8. I just put up the last top 8 from the most recent tournament. If enough people want me to move this and post yours by all means I will. I'm not trying to steal your idea. Just wanted to put the last top 8

[MisterJH]

I dont see any reason why they cant both exist together? I thoroughly enjoyed Taysbys list of the competitive decks, not just the ones chance decided to put top 8 most recently(these are obviously top tier decks, im not arguing that)

However i also like seeing what the latest happenings are.
They both serve a purpose, i think they both deserve a spot up here. Its rather crappy Taysbys didnt get stickied i agree, i think the best/fairest/most logical solution would be to just remedy that

Taysbys was betterfor people looking to get into modern becase they can see the entire metagame, whereas this caters to those who just want to look at what wins and netdeck so they can win, which is a viable market as well. Regardless i appreciate Taysby's work, and have give multiple karmas for it and would like to see it have its own place.

[DeathlyFoiend]

I dont see any reason why they cant both exist together? I thoroughly enjoyed Taysbys list of the competitive decks, not just the ones chance decided to put top 8 most recently(these are obviously top tier decks, im not arguing that)

However i also like seeing what the latest happenings are.
They both serve a purpose, i think they both deserve a spot up here. Its rather crappy Taysbys didnt get stickied i agree, i think the best/fairest/most logical solution would be to just remedy that

Taysbys was betterfor people looking to get into modern becase they can see the entire metagame, whereas this caters to those who just want to look at what wins and netdeck so they can win, which is a viable market as well. Regardless i appreciate Taysby's work, and have give multiple karmas for it and would like to see it have its own place.

I can't agree with this at all because it doesn't help newer players, only players who have knowledge of the concepts. Decklists don't help players to come into the new meta, and that all that Tasby's post is. The point of it is to post current tier decklists. The way to help new players into a meta is to teach them what the top decks are, ways to combat it and ways to understand how they play. If new players just look at a decklist, they might not know what the point of the deck is. Even I have trouble looking at a decklist just trying to figure what the point of the deck is, and some people have trouble doing that when I make a decklist.

Tasby's idea is helpful in a sense, but it lacks any information that would further the knowledge of a player. The Top 8 thread is helpful though because it tells up the top contending decks for that meta. The thing is: Modern isn't a straight forward meta. I mean, Rug Delver, Dega Control and Zur Control have made top 16 before. Relic Quest made top 100 not too long ago. Each tournament is going to be different and people should learn that. Yes, decks are going to be prevalent from one to the next and so-on, but people should know what those decks do instead of knowing the contents of it. And there would be some pretty interesting tech in a lot of decks.