What does Standard look like without Siege Rhino and fetchlands? The answer is diverse. The Top 8 of Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad contained eight different archetypes being played by some of Magic’s very best. Going into Sunday the Top 8 was already being heralded as one of the greatest of all time and might go down in history as the very best. The Top 8 was:

The finals featured two players who had to fight through some fierce competition to reach the ultimate round. Andrea Mengucci had to take down Jon Finkel and Shota Yasooka in order to collect his spot for a chance to win the title. Steve Rubin only had to take out Brad Nelson and Seth Manfield for a chance to earn his first title.

In the last match of the weekend was a battle of board states. Both Rubin and Mengucci played their games out by flooding the battlefield with creatures, tokens, Planeswalkers and their emblems. Andrea Mengucci was piloting a deck with a target on its back. Bant Company was a known quantity coming into the weekend and Mengucci had fought through the hate until the bitter end. However it was Steve Rubin and his tokens that would emerge triumphant. Game four sealed his victory as Archangel Avacyn transformed for victory.

Congratulations to the Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad champion Steve Rubin!

Green-White Tokens ? Shadows over Innistrad Standard |Steve Rubin, Winner Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad

• Creatures (16)
• 4 Archangel Avacyn
• 4 Hangarback Walker
• 4 Sylvan Advocate
• 4 Thraben Inspector

• Planeswalkers (8)
• 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 4 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

• Spells (11)
• 4 Dromoka's Command
• 2 Secure the Wastes
• 1 Evolutionary Leap
• 3 Oath of Nissa
• 1 Stasis Snare

• Lands (25)
• 4 Canopy Vista
• 7 Forest
• 4 Fortified Village
• 7 Plains
• 3 Westvale Abbey

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Evolutionary Leap
• 1 Secure the Wastes
• 2 Lambholt Pacifist
• 1 Linvala, the Preserver
• 1 Sigarda, Heron's Grace
• 2 Clip Wings
• 3 Declaration in Stone
• 1 Quarantine Field
• 3 Tragic Arrogance

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Green-Bant Company ? Shadows over Innistrad Standard | Andrea Mengucci, Finalist Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad

• Creatures (26)
• 2 Archangel Avacyn
• 4 Bounding Krasis
• 4 Duskwatch Recruiter
• 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
• 2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
• 4 Reflector Mage
• 4 Sylvan Advocate
• 2 Tireless Tracker

• Spells (9)
• 4 Collected Company
• 4 Dromoka's Command
• 1 Ojutai's Command

• Lands (25)
• 3 Canopy Vista
• 4 Evolving Wilds
• 4 Forest
• 2 Island
• 3 Lumbering Falls
• 3 Plains
• 4 Prairie Stream
• 2 Yavimaya Coast

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
• 2 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 2 Declaration in Stone
• 2 Dispel
• 2 Invasive Surgery
• 3 Negate
• 3 Tragic Arrogance

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