Modern Open Top 8 Profiles

Shawn Dhaliwal

Age: 21

Hometown:
Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Archetype:
Humans

Why did you play the deck you played this weekend?
Humans is the best deck in Modern.

What card from Guilds of Ravnica are you most excited about?
Assassin's Trophy

Benjamin Lao

Age: 24

Hometown:
Plainsboro, NJ

Archetype:
Living End

Why did you play the deck you played this weekend?
Because I can't play anything else.

What card from Guilds of Ravnica are you most excited about?
No new cyclers, no good split cards for Living End so far, so none :/

Branden Cline

Age: 25

Hometown:
Colonie, NY

Archetype:
Hardened Scales Affinity

Why did you play the deck you played this weekend?
Felt like one of the best decks and it makes your opponents count with you.

What card from Guilds of Ravnica are you most excited about?
I really hope a self mill deck is in Standard so probably Narcomoeba.

Paul Muller

Age: 27

Hometown:
Ocean View, DE

Archetype:
Storm

Why did you play the deck you played this weekend?
Storm is broken and I will cast Grapeshot until they ban it.

What card from Guilds of Ravnica are you most excited about?
Doom Whisperer.

Stefan Mazuroski

Age: 24

Hometown:
Oswego, NY

Archetype:
Burn

Why did you play the deck you played this weekend?
Burn is my audible so it was an easy choice for me. I didn't want to play Jund without Assassin's Trophy.

What card from Guilds of Ravnica are you most excited about?
Don't wanna be that guy but Assassin's Trophy.

Dylan Hand

Age: 25

Hometown:
Southhampton, MA

Archetype:
Humans

Why did you play the deck you played this weekend?
It's my ol' reliable and I know it like the back of my hand.

What card from Guilds of Ravnica are you most excited about?
Knight of Autumn! Time to replace Reclamation Sage in my sideboard.

Dan Lanthier

Age: 30

Hometown:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Archetype:
Azorius Control

Why did you play the deck you played this weekend?
Because you can misplay your way to Top 8's with ease.

What card from Guilds of Ravnica are you most excited about?
Narcomoeba. Fingers crossed that it's good!

Mark Gabriele

Age: 21

Hometown:
Fairport, NY

Archetype:
Burn

Why did you play the deck you played this weekend?
Emma Handy said to.

What card from Guilds of Ravnica are you most excited about?
Dude IDK Magic's dope, they all look sweet.