The third Modern Grand Prix of the weekend took place in Detroit. The story of the weekend was the Eldrazi menace and could it be contained. In Melbourne and Bologna the answer was no with four White-Blue Eldrazi decks in the finals across those events. Detroit was shaping up for a similar fate with 47 of the Top 100 decks on Day 2 featuring some flavor of Eldrazi.

The Top 8 was fully 75% Eldrazi and was headlined by Gerry Thompson and Eduardo Sajgalik both piloting the White-Blue version. Only two players- Ralph Betesh on Abzan Company and James Zornes on Storm Combo- resisted the alien urge. Betesh found himself in the finals against Evan Buchholz, who was also piloting White-Blue Eldrazi. Buchholz was unable to complete the clean sweep and finally in Detroit, the Eldrazi fell.

Abzan Company ? Modern |Ralph Betesh, Winner Grand Prix Detroit

• Creatures (29)
• 4 Birds of Paradise
• 3 Noble Hierarch
• 2 Viscera Seer
• 2 Spellskite
• 2 Voice of Resurgence
• 2 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 2 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 2 Wall of Roots
• 1 Fiend Hunter
• 1 Orzhov Pontiff
• 3 Eternal Witness
• 4 Kitchen Finks
• 1 Murderous Redcap

• Spells (8)
• 4 Collected Company
• 4 Chord of Calling

• Lands (23)
• 2 Gavony Township
• 2 Forest
• 1 Plains
• 1 Swamp
• 2 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 2 Temple Garden
• 4 Windswept Heath
• 4 Verdant Catacombs
• 2 Razorverge Thicket
• 2 Horizon Canopy

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Reveillark
• 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1 Intrepid Hero
• 1 Kataki, War's Wage
• 1 Scavenging Ooze
• 1 Qasali Pridemage
• 1 Phyrexian Revoker
• 1 Sin Collector
• 2 Thoughtseize
• 2 Abrupt Decay
• 3 Path to Exile

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White-Blue Eldrazi ? Modern |Evan Buchholz, Finalist Grand Prix Detroit

• Creatures (28)
• 4 Reality Smasher
• 4 Thought-Knot Seer
• 4 Eldrazi Displacer
• 4 Eldrazi Skyspawner
• 4 Drowner of Hope
• 2 Endless One
• 2 Phyrexian Metamorph
• 4 Eldrazi Mimic

• Spells (7)
• 4 Path to Exile
• 3 Dismember

• Lands (25)
• 4 Adarkar Wastes
• 4 Eldrazi Temple
• 4 Eye of Ugin
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 2 Hallowed Fountain
• 2 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Island
• 1 Plains
• 1 Wastes
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Vesuva

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Worship
• 2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 3 Hurkyl's Recall
• 2 Stony Silence
• 2 Disenchant
• 2 Rest in Peace
• 2 Gut Shot

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