April: Ancestral Vision II (modern)

During the weekend of April 9 and 10, Manila saw three Grand Prix Trials. These GPTs were the perfect playgrounds for those Ancestral Vision and Thopter based decks. On the 9th of April we had GPT New York at Blaster Hobby Shop, Paco, Manila and GPT Taipei at HobbyPro Central, BF Homes, Parañaque. And on April 10th, GPT Taipei at Friday Quest, Gabbys, Mandaluyong.

I do not have the deck list of all participants from the said three GPTs, only the top three or four placers. 

GPT New York

Blaster Hobby Shop, Paco, Manila

UW Tron   

Infect

Living End

GPT Taipei

HobbyPro Central, BF Homes, Parañaque

Abzan Rhino

Tron

Burn
Ad Naus

GPT Taipei

Friday Quest, Gabbys, Mandaluyong

Living End

Titan ramp Shift

Through the Breach

Burn

From the said list of winners, there was not a single representative from the Ancestral Vision or Thopter decks. Let us not make any early assessment yet. The best is yet to come for them. And when that time comes, I wish you will be ready for the punishment they'll offer.

Anyway, I participated in Friday Quest's GPT Taipei. Judge Ben Ferrer (thank you very much sir) lend me his Grixis Control deck (with a couple of Ancestral Visions in it). I lost my first two games (Through the Breach and Burn) before winning my last three (UR aggro, Elves and Grixis Control). During my first two games, I did not drew the cards I needed. And for the last three games, Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet was superb. Its lifelink was, I think, is just an added bonus. Its the zombie producing triggered ability plus the deck's a ton of removals, that makes Kalitas the "you the real MVP" in this deck. 

And before I end this, I hope you will like this list even though you guys rarely see me on control:

TJB_Grixis Control

Paeng_4983

Lands (23)

4 Polluted Delta 

4 Scalding Tarn

3 Steam Vents

2 Watery Grave

2 Creeping Tar Pit

1 Wandering Fumarole 

1 Desolate Lighthouse

1 Darkslick Shores

1 Blood Crypt

1 Drown Catacomb

1 Sulfur Falls

1 Swamp

1 Island

Creatures (7)

4 Snapcaster Mage

2 Kalitas, Traitor

1 Vendilion Clique 

Non-creature spells (30)

4 Ancestral Vision

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Inquisition of Kozilek

4 Serum Vision

3 Terminate

3 Kolaghan's Command

3 Mana Leak

2 Cryptic Command

1 Murderous Cut

1 Countersquall

1 Electrolyze

Sideboard:
2 Vandalblast
1 Spellskite
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Flaying Tendrils
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Tribute to Hunger
1 Counterflux
1 Surgical Extraction

1 Batterskull

1 Negate
1 Flashfreeze
1 Damnation

1 Dispel

1 Infinite Obliteration

There you have it guys!

And in case you are wondering what's our schedule for the coming weekend, here.

April 16 GPT at Got Game (modern)
April 16 GPT at Neutral Grounds Examiner (modern)
April 16 Modern tournament at Kicks Engine 

-Paeng Paeng