Modern Open Top 8 Profiles

Zan Syed

Age: 26

Hometown:
Atlanta, GA

Archetype:
Humans

Why did you play the deck you played this Weekend?
I decided to play humans because it fell to the 5th most played deck on magic online.

Was Creeping Chill a mistake? Is Dredge too good?
Yes, Creeping Chill was definitely a mistake. It is a good deck but is beatable with the proper sideboard hate.

Ian Thorne

Age: 19

Hometown:
Round Rock, Texas

Archetype:
Dredge

Why did you play the deck you played this Weekend?
I've been playing Dredge for around three years now and I love it. Plus I'm Really confident in my play skill with it.

Was Creeping Chill a mistake? Is Dredge too good?
Probably. I don't think so there. Just seemed to not be enough graveyard hate here this weekend.

Kevin Ambler

Age: 32

Hometown:
Plano, TX

Archetype:
Humans

Why did you play the deck you played this Weekend?
It's the best deck against an open field.

Was Creeping Chill a mistake? Is Dredge too good?
Dredge was a mistake, creeping chill is just the next big card to benefit. Dredge is borderline too good, still up in the air.

Dariusz Szylman

Age: 40

Hometown:
Cumming, GA

Archetype:
Humans

Why did you play the deck you played this Weekend?
Know the deck pretty well and mediocre success with sprits.

Was Creeping Chill a mistake? Is Dredge too good?
No. Metagame will adjust.

Alek Jones

Age: 30

Hometown:
Borger, TX

Archetype:
Dredge

Why did you play the deck you played this Weekend?
Creeping Chill takes the deck to a new level.

Was Creeping Chill a mistake? Is Dredge too good?
Yes, No.

Tannon Grace

Age: 33

Hometown:
Baton Rouge, LA

Archetype:
Tron

Why did you play the deck you played this Weekend?
Tron. It's broken and has decent matchup vs dredge, which I expected a lot of.

Was Creeping Chill a mistake? Is Dredge too good?
Creeping CHill is kind of a mistake in that it wasn't designed to do this in modern. Dredge is good the first week people play it. Then the meta will change, and it'll be good again in 4 months.

Thomas Barry

Age: 35

Hometown:
Reston, VA

Archetype:
Infect

Why did you play the deck you played this Weekend?
It's never bad.

Was Creeping Chill a mistake? Is Dredge too good?
No

Peter Hollman

Age: 29

Hometown:
Baton Rogue, LA

Archetype:
Four-Color Death's Shadow

Why did you play the deck you played this Weekend?
I wasn't confident in UW and am not comfortable with another deck.

Was Creeping Chill a mistake? Is Dredge too good?
It buffs my Death's Shadows.