Team Constructed Open Top 8 Profiles

Noah Walker, Oliver Tomajko and Dylan Donegan

Age: 23, 18 and 22

Hometown:
MA, NY and NC

Archetype:
Temur Delver, Hogaak and Bant Ramp

What is the best deck in Standard? Why?
Scapeshift, it's what Corey Baumeister and Brad Nelson play!

What gets banned/unbanned in Modern next update?
Something from the Hogaak deck that isn't from MH1.

Is Legacy better with the addition of cards from Modern Horizons? Why?
I'm glad Deathrite Shaman got a reprint!

Nathan Grossfield, Will Reu and Ryan Mochal

Age: 29, 24 and 32

Hometown:
IL, NC and NC

Archetype:
Rakdos Reanimator, Infect, Bant Scapeshift

What is the best deck in Standard? Why?
Bant Scapeshift because of how much Ryan's back hurts.

What gets banned/unbanned in Modern next update?
Banned: Hogaak. Unbanned pipedream: Stoneforge Mystic

Is Legacy better with the addition of cards from Modern Horizons? Why?
Yes, Legacy gained a lot of great cards from Modern Horizons. It allows people to play a bigger variety of decks.

Hunter Nance, Eli Kassis and Ali Aintrazi

Age: 26, 35 and 32

Hometown:
NC, NY and NC

Archetype:
Temur Delver, Four-Color Urza and Golos Nexus

What is the best deck in Standard? Why?
Vampires and Bant Scapeshift, they just are!

What gets banned/unbanned in Modern next update?
Stitcher's Supplier, Vengevine and Chalice of the Void

Is Legacy better with the addition of cards from Modern Horizons? Why?
Nope, Wrenn and Six should not exist. Thanks, Tom Ross!

Brian Rogers, Lirek Kulik and Charles Azuelos

Age: 23, 24 and 27

Hometown:
PA, NY and PA

Archetype:
Depths, Azorius Control and Bant Scapeshift

What is the best deck in Standard? Why?
Bant Ramp, we don't know how to play the matchup.

What gets banned/unbanned in Modern next update?
Unban Green Sun's Zenith and ban Faithless Looting

Is Legacy better with the addition of cards from Modern Horizons? Why?
No, I can't play Elves anymore.

Rudy Briksza, Alex Beebe and Aaron Barich

Age: 30, 25 and 22

Hometown:
SC, NJ and MS

Archetype:
Four-Color Delver, Four-Color Urza and Mono-Red Aggro

What is the best deck in Standard? Why?
Mono-Red, it's the best card advantage deck in the format.

What gets banned/unbanned in Modern next update?
Hogaak banned.

Is Legacy better with the addition of cards from Modern Horizons? Why?
No. Wrenn and Six and Plague Engineer have warped the format in an unhealthy way.

Collins Mullen, Lee McLeod and Jeremy Bertarioni

Age: 24, 26 and 25

Hometown:
NC, NC and NC

Archetype:
Rakdos Reanimator, Charge Tron and Mono-Red Aggro

What is the best deck in Standard? Why?
I tested Bant Ramp for 2 weeks, Collins texted me that Mono-Red was secretly broken and it was confirmed in 4 hours

What gets banned/unbanned in Modern next update?
Hogaak ban only

Is Legacy better with the addition of cards from Modern Horizons? Why?
Legacy is better with the new cards because they all had a big impact without any single card taking over the format.

Casey Lancaster, Evan Whitehouse and Cain Rianhard

Age: 29, 22 and 24

Hometown:
ME, NC and CT

Archetype:
Lands, Humans and Bant Ramp

What is the best deck in Standard? Why?
Bant Pile! It plays the three best cards: Llanowar Elves; Teferi, Time Raveler and Nissa, Who Shakes the World.

What gets banned/unbanned in Modern next update?
Ban Hogaak

Is Legacy better with the addition of cards from Modern Horizons? Why?
Sure, Wrenn is so broken.

Justin Miller, Drew Miles and James Lu

Age: 25, 22 and 21

Hometown:
Maryland

Archetype:
Sneak and Show, Mono-Red Phoenix and Bant Scapeshift.

What is the best deck in Standard? Why?
Vampires, Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord is a stupid card.

What gets banned/unbanned in Modern next update?
Hogaak is egregious. Why was this card printed.

Is Legacy better with the addition of cards from Modern Horizons? Why?
Yea, Magmatic Sinkhole is fire.