Pre-Season Two Invitational Modern Gauntlet!

In a preview of the Modern action at the Invitational, Ross Merriam and his SCG Baltimore-winning Izzet Phoenix deck face a gauntlet of Bant Spirits, Grixis Death’s Shadow, and Jeskai Control piloted by special guest Ryan Overturf!

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Match 1

Izzet Phoenix Ross Merriam

Modern
1st
Star City Games Modern Open
Baltimore, MD
Nov 30, 2018
BUY DECK
Creature (13)
4
Arclight Phoenix
3
Crackling Drake
2
Monastery Swiftspear
4
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
Sorcery (9)
1
Chart a Course
4
Faithless Looting
4
Serum Visions
Instant (20)
3
Gut Shot
1
Izzet Charm
2
Lightning Axe
4
Lightning Bolt
4
Manamorphose
4
Opt
2
Thought Scour
Land (18)
1
Flooded Strand
3
Island
2
Mountain
1
Polluted Delta
4
Scalding Tarn
4
Spirebluff Canal
3
Steam Vents
Sideboard
3
Abrade
2
Alpine Moon
2
Anger of the Gods
2
Ceremonious Rejection
2
Dispel
1
Ral, Izzet Viceroy
1
Spell Pierce
2
Surgical Extraction
BUY DECK

Bant Spirits Liam Carlton

Modern
10th
Star City Games Modern Open
Baltimore, MD
Nov 30, 2018
BUY DECK
Creature (28)
4
Drogskol Captain
2
Geist of Saint Traft
4
Mausoleum Wanderer
4
Noble Hierarch
2
Phantasmal Image
1
Rattlechains
3
Selfless Spirit
4
Spell Queller
4
Supreme Phantom
Artifact (3)
3
Aether Vial
Instant (8)
4
Collected Company
4
Path to Exile
Land (21)
2
Botanical Sanctum
1
Breeding Pool
1
Cavern of Souls
2
Flooded Strand
1
Forest
1
Hallowed Fountain
2
Horizon Canopy
1
Island
3
Misty Rainforest
1
Moorland Haunt
1
Plains
1
Seachrome Coast
2
Temple Garden
2
Windswept Heath
Sideboard
1
Damping Sphere
1
Disdainful Stroke
1
Dromoka's Command
2
Knight of Autumn
3
Rest in Peace
2
Stony Silence
2
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2
Unified Will
1
Worship
BUY DECK

Match 2

Izzet Phoenix Ross Merriam

Modern
1st
Star City Games Modern Open
Baltimore, MD
Nov 30, 2018
BUY DECK
Creature (13)
4
Arclight Phoenix
3
Crackling Drake
2
Monastery Swiftspear
4
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
Sorcery (9)
1
Chart a Course
4
Faithless Looting
4
Serum Visions
Instant (20)
3
Gut Shot
1
Izzet Charm
2
Lightning Axe
4
Lightning Bolt
4
Manamorphose
4
Opt
2
Thought Scour
Land (18)
1
Flooded Strand
3
Island
2
Mountain
1
Polluted Delta
4
Scalding Tarn
4
Spirebluff Canal
3
Steam Vents
Sideboard
3
Abrade
2
Alpine Moon
2
Anger of the Gods
2
Ceremonious Rejection
2
Dispel
1
Ral, Izzet Viceroy
1
Spell Pierce
2
Surgical Extraction
BUY DECK

Grixis Death's Shadow Max Medeiros

Modern
4th
Star City Games Modern Open
Baltimore, MD
Nov 30, 2018
BUY DECK
Creature (15)
4
Death's Shadow
4
Gurmag Angler
3
Snapcaster Mage
4
Street Wraith
Artifact (3)
3
Mishra's Bauble
Sorcery (10)
1
Faithless Looting
2
Inquisition of Kozilek
3
Serum Visions
4
Thoughtseize
Instant (15)
2
Dismember
2
Fatal Push
3
Lightning Bolt
3
Stubborn Denial
2
Temur Battle Rage
3
Thought Scour
Land (17)
2
Blood Crypt
4
Bloodstained Mire
1
Island
4
Polluted Delta
2
Scalding Tarn
1
Steam Vents
1
Swamp
2
Watery Grave
Sideboard
1
Abrade
2
Disdainful Stroke
1
Fatal Push
2
Grim Lavamancer
2
Kolaghan's Command
4
Leyline of the Void
1
Radiant Flames
1
Snapcaster Mage
1
Stubborn Denial
BUY DECK

Match 3

Izzet Phoenix Ross Merriam

Modern
1st
Star City Games Modern Open
Baltimore, MD
Nov 30, 2018
BUY DECK
Creature (13)
4
Arclight Phoenix
3
Crackling Drake
2
Monastery Swiftspear
4
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
Sorcery (9)
1
Chart a Course
4
Faithless Looting
4
Serum Visions
Instant (20)
3
Gut Shot
1
Izzet Charm
2
Lightning Axe
4
Lightning Bolt
4
Manamorphose
4
Opt
2
Thought Scour
Land (18)
1
Flooded Strand
3
Island
2
Mountain
1
Polluted Delta
4
Scalding Tarn
4
Spirebluff Canal
3
Steam Vents
Sideboard
3
Abrade
2
Alpine Moon
2
Anger of the Gods
2
Ceremonious Rejection
2
Dispel
1
Ral, Izzet Viceroy
1
Spell Pierce
2
Surgical Extraction
BUY DECK

Jeskai Control Brad Nelson

Modern
7th
Star City Games Modern Open
Baltimore, MD
Nov 30, 2018
BUY DECK
Creature (4)
4
Snapcaster Mage
Planeswalker (3)
3
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
Enchantment (2)
2
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
Sorcery (2)
2
Supreme Verdict
Instant (24)
4
Cryptic Command
3
Electrolyze
3
Hieroglyphic Illumination
3
Lightning Bolt
3
Lightning Helix
3
Logic Knot
1
Negate
4
Path to Exile
Land (25)
2
Celestial Colonnade
3
Field of Ruin
4
Flooded Strand
2
Glacial Fortress
2
Hallowed Fountain
3
Island
1
Mountain
1
Plains
1
Sacred Foundry
3
Scalding Tarn
2
Steam Vents
1
Sulfur Falls
Sideboard
1
Abrade
1
Baneslayer Angel
2
Celestial Purge
2
Ceremonious Rejection
2
Dispel
1
Engineered Explosives
1
Lyra Dawnbringer
1
Negate
2
Surgical Extraction
2
Vendilion Clique
BUY DECK