Team Modern Open Top 8 Profiles

Jonathan Benson|Nicholas Montaquila|Nick Cowden

Age: 29|29|28

Hometown:
Canton|Akron|Akron,OH

Archetype:
Ironworks|Colorless Eldrazi|Jeskai Control

How did your team determine what decks to play?
Nick & Jon- Play what you know Nick-Metagame Choice

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Probably something in Ironworks

What is the best deck in Modern? Why?
Ironworks. It's Consistent and fights through hate well.

Chris Turnbull| Evan Whitehouse| Zachary Kiihne

Age: 21|21|22

Hometown:
Westford,MA|Storrs,CT|Amherst,MA

Archetype:
Dredge|Ironworks|Storm

How did your team determine what decks to play?
Zack always plays storm, Ironworks is broken, Creeping Chill

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Don't(Ban Ironworks) It's Fun for Everyone

What is the best deck in Modern? Why?
Ironworks is broken (And fun for everyone)

Omar Beldon| Tariq Patel| Dominic Harvey

Age: 27|27|26

Hometown:
Toronto|Milton,Ontario|Toronto

Archetype:
Grixis Death's Shadow|Izzet Phoenix|Ironworks

How did your team determine what decks to play?
Decided in the car ride.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Tron Lands, Prime Time, Unban Preordain

What is the best deck in Modern? Why?
Tron

Daryl Ayers| Edgar Magalhaes| Matthew Dilks

Age: 25|24|28

Hometown:
Chesapeake,VA| Burlington Ontario

Archetype:
Amulet Titan

How did your team determine what decks to play?
We got one mode

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Just chill on Ancient Stirrings

What is the best deck in Modern? Why?
#amuLIT #nobadmatchups

Richard Nixon| Ben Stewart|Tyler Lutes

Age: 22|25|25

Hometown:
Advance|Oakridge|Jackson, MO

Archetype:
Dredge|Dredge|Humans

How did your team determine what decks to play?
Play what you like.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Ban Ancient Stirrings & Faithless Looting,because the cards are OP

What is the best deck in Modern? Why?
Even Format

Scott Bass| Isaac Vermilion| Jon Mann

Age: 31|25|30

Hometown:
Columbus, OH

Archetype:
Amulet Titan|Affinity|Humans

How did your team determine what decks to play?
Decks that didn't use the graveyard and we were comfortable with.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Ironworks makes for non fun/interactive games. Unban Twin. Makes for interactive matches

What is the best deck in Modern? Why?
Ironworks is overly consistent.

Dan Jessup| Peter Ingram| Frank Skarren

Age: 26|28|28

Hometown:
Long Island, NY

Archetype:
Bant Spirits|Izzet Phoenix|Izzet Phoenix

How did your team determine what decks to play?
Dan and Pete did well with their decks at the Invi, and Frank Audibled to Pete's deck

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Ban Ancient Stirrings, Unban Jitte

What is the best deck in Modern? Why?
Ironworks

Abe Corrigan| Ethan Gaieski| Luke Feeney

Age: 19|21|22

Hometown:
Brooklyn|Philadelphia|Philadelphia

Archetype:
Ironworks|Hollow One|Bant Spirits

How did your team determine what decks to play?
We were all going to play Hollow one but it's too difficult, so we played what we were comfortable with.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Unban Twin, and top in Legacy. Ban Search for Azcanta

What is the best deck in Modern? Why?
Hollow One because it's the hardest deck by far.