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Pro Tour Return to Ravnica Photo Diary

Adam Styborski
Posted on October 20, 2012
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Top 8, 9:30PM

The competition leading up to the Top 8 was incredible, and featured two exciting and interesting formats. As such, it's only fitting that the Top 8 itself is just as intense! The Top 8 metagame featured all manner of interesting decks. Jund was the deck to beat this weekend, and managed to put three players through to Sunday. The rest of the Top 8 was comprised of one each UGr Scapeshift, UW Midrange, Second Sunrise, Affinity, and Infect. In the end though, Stanislav Cifka piloting Second Sunrise combo emerged triumphant after a dominating performance throughout the weekend.

 

"Stanislav Cifka's Second Sunrise Combo

 

"Yuuya Watanabe's Jund

 

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The feature match area is much quieter on Sunday morning. (photo courtesy of John Wade)

 

 

 

 

Pro Tour Return to Ravnica Champion, Stanislav Cifka. (photo courtesy of John Wade)

Congratulations again to Pro Tour Return to Ravnica Champion, Stanislav Cifka and the rest of the Top 8 competitors! Special thanks to John Wade for providing additional photo updates for our Facebook page!

Day Two, 11:17 PM

After two days and sixteen grueling rounds of Magic, our Top 8 has been decided! Stanislav Cifka has been on top of the standings since early on in the event and has locked up the top seed, but the competition is only getting tougher from here! There are a few big names in this top David Ochoa, Willy Edel, and reigning Player of the Year Yuuya Watanabe to contend with. The Top 8 is rounded out by Pedro Carvalho, Kelvin Chew, Eduardo Sajgalik, and Shi Tian Lee, each of whom have ground through some incredibly fierce competition to make their Top 8 berth. Congratulations to the Top 8 competitiors!

 

 

Sam Stoddard and Tom LaPille cubing up a storm! (photo Courtesy of John Wade)

 

There's plenty of Magic to be had even after you strike out of the main event (photo courtesy of John Wade)

 

David Ochoa battling it out on his way to his first Pro Tour Top 8! (photo courtesy of John Wade)

 

The Top 8 will be Modern Constructed, which promises to be incredibly exciting to watch. Though the format has been dominated by Jund, we've seen all kinds of awesome decks throughout the weekend. From Bloodbraid Elf into Geralf's Messenger to Nivmagus Elemental combo and Dredge decks with Vengevine and Gravecrawler, we've seen just about everything this weekend, and it'll be awesome to see what comes out on top!

Top 8 coverage starts tomorrow at 1:45 PM EST, so be sure to check out the livestream! There will be additional updates both here and on our Facebook page throughout the day!

Day Two, 4:55 PM

We've just wrapped up the final three rounds of Return to Ravnica Draft, and Stanislav Cifka is still pacing the field at 11-0. Right behind him we have Yuuya Watanabe at 10-1 and Ivan Floch, David Ochoa, Gabriel Nassif, and Mario Pascoli at 9-2, with even more big names like Jon Finkel and Kenji Tsumura just behind at 8-3.  There's still plenty of Magic to be played, and things are only heating up from here!

 

 

 

 

 

Josh Utter-Leyton preparing for the last three rounds of Draft, still in the hunt for a Top 8! (photo courtesy of John Wade)

 

Trick Jarret is picking up some tips from a true master, Shuuhei Nakamura. (photo courtesy of John Wade)

With Return to Ravnica Draft in the books, it's time for five more rounds of Modern to decide the Top 8! How much has the Draft portion shaken up what we'll be seeing at the top tables? Will it still be mostly Jund, or will we start seeing more Nivmagus Elemental and Glistener Elf? Check out the livestream to find out, and watch for more of our updates on Facebook!

Day One

This morning, 383 of the best Magic players in the world assembled in Seattle for Pro Tour Return to Ravnica! Day one started off with the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, where Patrick Chapin, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, Masashi Oiso, and Kenji Tsumura joined the ranks of the all-time greats!

Shortly after the Pro Tour itself began with five rounds of Modern, which looked to be dominated by Jund, URx Delver of Secrets, and different Scapeshift decks. This led in to three rounds of Return to Ravnica Booster Draft to wrap up the day! Adam couldn't be on site until tomorrow, but we've still got photo updates coming in, courtesy of John Wade!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cedric Phillips did most of his preparation for the Pro Tour live on his stream!  Will it pay off? (photo courtesy of John Wade)

 

Frank Karsten showed up to battle with a singleton Mono Red deck! (photo courtesy of John Wade)

 

Luis Scott-Vargas and the rest of his team are on Jund for this event.  Will Dark Confidant and Bloodbraid Elf be kind? (photo courtesy of John Wade)

 

Only one person can lift the trophy on Sunday. Who will it be? (photo courtesy of John Wade)

 

After eight rounds, only Stanislav Cifka remains has emerged undefeated.  However, there are quite a few big names right behind him at  7-1, including Player of the Year Yuuya Watanabe and Hall of Fame inductee Kenju Tsumura, as well as Reid Duke, Tom Martell, Samuelle Estratti, Conley Woods, and Christian Calcano!  There's still a ton of Magic left to be played, so be sure to tune in for Day two!  The livestream resumes at 12 PM EST tomorrow with three rounds of booster draft; be sure to check it out!  In the meantime, take a look at the rest of @THEJRRR's awesome photos on Facebook!

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