Jacob Maynard Wins GP ColumbusBy Andrew Cooperfauss  //  22 Jul, 2012

Congratulations to Jacob Maynard, whose Modern Affinity deck took down a field of 1,050 players at Grand Prix Columbus!

Here are the Top 8 decklists:

Jacob Maynard, Champion – Affinity

Main Deck 4 Blinkmoth Nexus 4 Darksteel Citadel 2 Glimmervoid 3 Inkmoth Nexus 2 Mountain 4 Arcbound Ravager 4 Etched Champion 4 Memnite 4 Ornithopter 4 Signal Pest 1 Steel Overseer 4 Vault Skirge 4 Cranial Plating 4 Galvanic Blast 4 Mox Opal 3 Shrapnel Blast 3 Springleaf Drum 2 Steelshaper’s Gift Sideboard 2 Ancient Grudge 4 Blood Moon 4 Ethersworn Canonist 2 Spellskite 1 Torpor Orb 2 Whipflare

Lucas Siow, Finalist – RUG Delver

Main Deck 1 Arid Mesa 1 Breeding Pool 1 Forest 6 Island 4 Misty Rainforest 1 Mountain 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Steam Vents 1 Stomping Ground 4 Delver of Secrets 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Tarmogoyf 2 Vendilion Clique 2 Cryptic Command 2 Deprive 1 Electrolyze 4 Lightning Bolt 3 Mana Leak 3 Serum Visions 1 Sleight of Hand 2 Spell Pierce 2 Spell Snare 2 Thought Scour 1 Vapor Snag 2 Vedalken Shackles Sideboard 1 Ancient Grudge 1 Combust 1 Flashfreeze 2 Grafdigger’s Cage 3 Huntmaster of the Fells 1 Krosan Grip 1 Negate 3 Sowing Salt 1 Threads of Disloyalty 1 Volcanic Fallout

Aaron Estrin, Top 4 – Naya Pod

Main Deck 4 Arid Mesa 1 Copperline Gorge 3 Fire-Lit Thicket 1 Gavony Township 4 Grove of the Burnwillows 1 Karplusan Forest 1 Mountain 1 Plains 4 Razorverge Thicket 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Stomping Ground 1 Temple Garden 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Cunning Sparkmage 1 Eternal Witness 4 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 4 Kitchen Finks 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Murderous Redcap 2 Noble Hierarch 1 Qasali Pridemage 4 Restoration Angel 1 Spellskite 1 Village Bell-Ringer 4 Wall of Roots 4 Birthing Pod 4 Chord of Calling Sideboard 2 Combust 1 Fiend Hunter 2 Fulminator Mage 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Phyrexian Metamorph 1 Qasali Pridemage 3 Relic of Progenitus 1 Sigarda, Host of Herons 2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 1 Zealous Conscripts

Max Tietze, Top 4 – UWR Delver

Main Deck 4 Arid Mesa 2 Hallowed Fountain 1 Island 2 Marsh Flats 3 Misty Rainforest 1 Moorland Haunt 1 Mountain 1 Plains 1 Sacred Foundry 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Steam Vents 4 Delver of Secrets 3 Geist of Saint Traft 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Steppe Lynx 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lightning Helix 1 Mana Leak 4 Path to Exile 2 Pillar of Flame 4 Remand 4 Serum Visions Sideboard 1 Annul 2 Kor Firewalker 4 Molten Rain 1 Negate 1 Relic of Progenitus 1 Smash to Smithereens 2 Spell Pierce 1 Surgical Extraction 1 Sword of War and Peace 1 Twisted Image

Orrin Beasley, Top 8 – Jund

Main Deck 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 2 Blood Crypt 1 Copperline Gorge 2 Forest 2 Marsh Flats 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Stomping Ground 2 Swamp 4 Treetop Village 1 Twilight Mire 4 Verdant Catacombs 4 Bloodbraid Elf 4 Dark Confidant 2 Grim Lavamancer 2 Kitchen Finks 1 Rakdos Augermage 4 Tarmogoyf 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 1 Jund Charm 4 Lightning Bolt 2 Maelstrom Pulse 2 Terminate 3 Thoughtseize 3 Liliana of the Veil Sideboard 3 Ancient Grudge 2 Duress 3 Fulminator Mage 3 Grafdigger’s Cage 1 Jund Charm 1 Maelstrom Pulse 1 Nihil Spellbomb 1 Obstinate Baloth

Chris Piland, Top 8 – UWR Delver

Main Deck 4 Arid Mesa 1 Eiganjo Castle 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Island 3 Marsh Flats 2 Misty Rainforest 1 Moorland Haunt 1 Mountain 1 Plains 1 Sacred Foundry 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Steam Vents 4 Delver of Secrets 2 Geist of Saint Traft 1 Grim Lavamancer 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Steppe Lynx 1 Vendilion Clique 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lightning Helix 4 Path to Exile 4 Remand 4 Serum Visions 2 Spell Snare Sideboard 2 Disenchant 1 Dispel 1 Grim Lavamancer 2 Kor Firewalker 4 Molten Rain 2 Relic of Progenitus 3 Spell Pierce

Caleb Estrada, Top 8 – RG Tron

Main Deck 1 Eye of Ugin 3 Forest 4 Grove of the Burnwillows 4 Urza’s Mine 4 Urza’s Power Plant 4 Urza’s Tower 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 3 Wurmcoil Engine 4 Ancient Stirrings 4 Chromatic Sphere 4 Chromatic Star 4 Expedition Map 2 Explore 3 Oblivion Ring 3 Pyroclasm 4 Relic of Progenitus 4 Sylvan Scrying 4 Karn Liberated Sideboard 2 Beast Within 3 Combust 1 Ghost Quarter 2 Grafdigger’s Cage 2 Nature’s Claim 1 Oblivion Ring 1 Pyroclasm 2 Torpor Orb 1 Wurmcoil Engine

Shahar Shenhar, Top 8 – UWR Delver

Main Deck 4 Arid Mesa 1 Eiganjo Castle 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Island 1 Marsh Flats 3 Misty Rainforest 1 Mountain 1 Plains 1 Sacred Foundry 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Steam Vents 1 Watery Grave 4 Delver of Secrets 4 Geist of Saint Traft 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Steppe Lynx 1 Faithless Looting 1 Gitaxian Probe 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lightning Helix 4 Path to Exile 4 Remand 4 Serum Visions 1 Vapor Snag Sideboard 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite 4 Gifts Ungiven 1 Isochron Scepter 4 Molten Rain 1 Smash to Smithereens 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind 1 Unburial Rites 2 Vendilion Clique

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