Team Open Top 8 Profiles

Aaron Rubin| Kevin Bishop| Roy Varney

Age: 29|25|30

Hometown:
Austin, TX|Austin, TX|San Marino, CA

Archetype:
Grixis Delver|Humans|Mono-Red Aggro

What was the most memorable moment of the tournament?
Tripe Izzet Staticaster against Hardened Scales Affinity. (2 of them were Phantasmal Images)

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
No, it's healthy right now.

What's the best Legacy deck following the Pro Tour? Why?
Grixis Delver, it's aggressive, resilient and bolt/pyroblast are very strong.

Chad Harney|Joe Stempo| John Phillip Whetstone

Age: 24|31|22

Hometown:
Huntsville, AL|Catasauqua, PA|Crawfordsville, IN

Archetype:
Grixis Delver|B/R Vengevine| Mono-Red Aggro

What was the most memorable moment of the tournament?
Having to draw double zero drop to win the game against turn 2 Scavenging Ooze.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Ban KCI. Unban Stoneforge Mystic.

What's the best Legacy deck following the Pro Tour? Why?
Grixis Delver, not close. Ban all the cards from it, you can't stop us.

The Tannon Grace|Ross Merriam|Brennan DeCandio

Age: ∞|29|28

Hometown:
Baton Rouge, LA|Middletown, CT|Denver, CO

Archetype:
Grixis Delver|Humans|B/U Midrange

What was the most memorable moment of the tournament?
Nick Miller killing it in the booth.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
No, format is medium.

What's the best Legacy deck following the Pro Tour? Why?
Whatever Bob Huang tells Tannon to play.

Alan Hubbard|Mac Blanchard|Scott McNamara

Age: 37|23|22

Hometown:
Houston, TX|Morehead City, NC| College Station, TX

Archetype:
U/B Death's Shadow|Storm|B/U Midrange

What was the most memorable moment of the tournament?
Scott jokingly suggesting to pitch 2 creatures to Champion of Wits in the face of a Scarab God, and it ending up being the right play.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Storm, becasue Mac can Top 8 with it.

What's the best Legacy deck following the Pro Tour? Why?
U/B Death's Shadow. It's solid versus the field.

David Thomas|Brian Basoco|Jonathan Job

Age: 30|31|35

Hometown:
Houston, TX|Baton Rouge, LA|Houston, TX

Archetype:
U/B Death's Shadow|Humans|Bant Nexus

What was the most memorable moment of the tournament?
Dave crushing Tannon on camera.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Unban Stoneforge Mystic, ban Ancient Stirrings.

What's the best Legacy deck following the Pro Tour? Why?
Grixis Control.

Chris Kusenberger|Michael Byars|KC Johnson

Age: 29|20|22

Hometown:
Little Rock, AR|Fayetteville, AR|Little Rock, AR

Archetype:
Grixis Delver|Mono-Green Tron|Grixis Midrange

What was the most memorable moment of the tournament?
Keeping a no lander on a mulligan to 6 against Sneak and Show with 2 Force of Will and a Flusterstorm in Round 15.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Potentially Faithless Looting as it fuels the graveyard decks that are difficult to interact with.

What's the best Legacy deck following the Pro Tour? Why?
Grixis Delver is still the best deck even post ban. It is the best deck at finding Sideboard cards and can win in any matchup.

Aaron Barich|Gregory Stiver|Nathan Fountain

Age: 21|28|30

Hometown:
Gulfport|Pascagoula, MS|D'iberville, MS

Archetype:
Infect|R/B Hollow One|Esper Control

What was the most memorable moment of the tournament?
Beating Jim Davis on turn 5 of turns in the fourth game.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
No, format is the most popular. Don't change it.

What's the best Legacy deck following the Pro Tour? Why?
Not Infect because Grixis Delver is the best.

Max Medeiros|Matt Pitzer|Evan Whitehouse

Age: 20|25|21

Hometown:
North Kingstown, RI|Fargo, ND|Poolsville, MD

Archetype:
Sneak and Show|Storm|Mono-Red Aggro

What was the most memorable moment of the tournament?
Winning our win and in for Day 2 (Modern) on a mull to 5 on the draw against Tron with a turn 3 Karn.

Should anything be banned or unbanned in Modern? Why?
Ban 8th Edition, it's a problem child.

What's the best Legacy deck following the Pro Tour? Why?
Omni-show, it's like Sneak and Show, but with better matchups against decks like Death and Taxes.