If you expected a room full on Jund in San Diego, you would have been right. The shell of Dark Confidant, Liliana of the Veil, and Deathrite Shaman seems to define the format, while the specific decks are defined by their splashes for cards like Snapcaster Mage, Lightning Bolt, or Lingering Souls.

However, as the rounds played out and a Top 8 was determined, Jund seemed to drop off, and only two copies of the deck made the cut to Top 8. The top eight was star-studded, featuring Pro Tour Champions Brian Kibler and David Sharfman, as well as Eric Froehlich fresh of of his Top 4 at Pro Tour Gatecrash. In the end though, it was Nathan Holiday who took down the event, going through Brian Kibler in the quarterfinals, Eric Froehlich in the semifinals, and finally Sammy Tukeman in the finals.

Congratulations to Nathan Holiday, Champion of Grand Prix San Diego. Check out the Top 8 decklists below and head over to DailyMTG.com to check out the official coverage.

[Cardlist Title=Eggs Combo - Modern | Nathan Holiday, Champion Grand Prix San Diego]

• Lands (17)
• 4 Ghost Quarter
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 7 Island
• 2 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Plains
• 2 Scalding Tarn

• Spells (43)
• 4 Chromatic Sphere
• 4 Chromatic Star
• 4 Conjurer's Bauble
• 4 Elsewhere Flask
• 4 Faith's Reward
• 2 Gitaxian Probe
• 4 Lotus Bloom
• 1 Pyrite Spellbomb
• 4 Reshape
• 4 Second Sunrise
• 4 Serum Visions
• 2 Sleight of Hand
• 2 Twincast

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 4 Echoing Truth
• 1 Grafdigger's Cage
• 4 Leyline of Sanctity
• 1 Nihil Spellbomb
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 1 Rapid Hybridization
• 2 Silence

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[Cardlist Title=UWR Control - Modern | Sammy Tukeman, Finalist Grand Prix San Diego]

• Lands (26)
• 3 Arid Mesa
• 4 Celestial Colonnade
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 2 Hallowed Fountain
• 3 Island
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Plains
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 3 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Steam Vents
• 3 Sulfur Falls
• 3 Tectonic Edge

• Creatures (3)
• 3 Snapcaster Mage

• Spells (29)
• 4 Cryptic Command
• 4 Electrolyze
• 3 Lightning Bolt
• 2 Lightning Helix
• 3 Mana Leak
• 3 Path to Exile
• 3 Spell Snare
• 2 Sphinx's Revelation
• 2 Supreme Verdict
• 2 Think Twice
• 1 Wrath of God

• Planeswalkers (2)
• 2 Ajani Vengeant

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Batterskull
• 2 Celestial Purge
• 1 Combust
• 2 Counterflux
• 2 Sowing Salt
• 2 Spellskite
• 2 Stony Silence
• 2 Surgical Extraction

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[Cardlist Title=Scapeshift Combo - Modern | David Sharfman, T4 Grand Prix San Diego]

• Lands (25)
• 3 Breeding Pool
• 2 Cascade Bluffs
• 2 Forest
• 3 Island
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mountain
• 4 Steam Vents
• 4 Stomping Ground
• 2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

• Creatures (6)
• 4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 2 Snapcaster Mage

• Spells (29)
• 3 Cryptic Command
• 4 Farseek
• 2 Firespout
• 2 Izzet Charm
• 3 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Peer Through Depths
• 4 Remand
• 4 Scapeshift
• 3 Search for Tomorrow

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Counterflux
• 1 Dispel
• 1 Inferno Titan
• 3 Nature's Claim
• 1 Negate
• 4 Obstinate Baloth
• 2 Relic of Progenitus
• 2 Wurmcoil Engine

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[Cardlist Title=White Jund - Modern | Eric Froehlich, T4, Grand Prix San Diego]

• Lands (24)
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 4 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Forest
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 4 Marsh Flats
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Plains
• 2 Raging Ravine
• 2 Stirring Wildwood
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Swamp
• 4 Verdant Catacombs

• Creatures (14)
• 4 Dark Confidant
• 4 Deathrite Shaman
• 4 Tarmogoyf
• 2 Thundermaw Hellkite

• Spells (15)
• 1 Abrupt Decay
• 2 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 3 Lingering Souls
• 2 Path to Exile
• 3 Thoughtseize

• Planeswalkers (7)
• 3 Ajani Vengeant
• 4 Liliana of the Veil

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Aven Mindcensor
• 1 Batterskull
• 4 Fulminator Mage
• 1 Olivia Voldaren
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 3 Stony Silence
• 3 Timely Reinforcements

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[Cardlist Title=Junk Midrange - Modern | Matt Fernando, T8 Grand Prix San Diego]

• Lands (24)
• 1 Forest
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Horizon Canopy
• 4 Marsh Flats
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Plains
• 2 Stirring Wildwood
• 1 Swamp
• 3 Tectonic Edge
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 4 Verdant Catacombs

• Creatures (17)
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 4 Dark Confidant
• 4 Deathrite Shaman
• 4 Knight of the Reliquary
• 4 Tarmogoyf

• Spells (15)
• 3 Abrupt Decay
• 3 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4 Lingering Souls
• 3 Path to Exile
• 2 Thoughtseize

• Planeswalkers (4)
• 4 Liliana of the Veil

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Darkblast
• 2 Kitchen Finks
• 2 Life from the Loam
• 2 Nature's Claim
• 1 Path to Exile
• 2 Stony Silence
• 1 Sword of War and Peace
• 1 Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1 Torpor Orb

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[Cardlist Title=Affinity - Modern | Bryan De La Torre, T8 Grand Prix San Diego]

• Lands (16)
• 4 Blinkmoth Nexus
• 4 Darksteel Citadel
• 3 Glimmervoid
• 4 Inkmoth Nexus
• 1 Island

• Creatures (25)
• 4 Arcbound Ravager
• 3 Etched Champion
• 2 Memnite
• 4 Ornithopter
• 4 Signal Pest
• 4 Steel Overseer
• 4 Vault Skirge

• Spells (19)
• 4 Cranial Plating
• 3 Galvanic Blast
• 4 Mox Opal
• 4 Springleaf Drum
• 4 Thoughtcast

• Sideboard (15)
• 4 Blood Moon
• 3 Deglamer
• 1 Galvanic Blast
• 3 Grafdigger's Cage
• 4 Spellskite

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[Cardlist Title=Naya Midrange - Modern | Brian Kibler, T8 Grand Prix San Diego]

• Lands (23)
• 4 Arid Mesa
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 2 Forest
• 1 Horizon Canopy
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 2 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Plains
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 2 Stomping Ground
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Treetop Village
• 4 Verdant Catacombs

• Creatures (25)
• 3 Deathrite Shaman
• 2 Kitchen Finks
• 4 Knight of the Reliquary
• 2 Lotus Cobra
• 4 Loxodon Smiter
• 3 Noble Hierarch
• 1 Qasali Pridemage
• 4 Tarmogoyf
• 2 Thundermaw Hellkite

• Spells (7)
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 3 Path to Exile

• Planeswalkers (5)
• 1 Ajani Vengeant
• 3 Domri Rade
• 1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Aven Mindcensor
• 1 Batterskull
• 3 Blood Moon
• 1 Combust
• 1 Qasali Pridemage
• 2 Stony Silence
• 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
• 2 Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1 Thundermaw Hellkite
• 1 Torpor Orb
• 1 Ulvenwald Tracker

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[Cardlist Title=Domain Zoo - Modern | Ken Yukuhiro, T8 Grand Prix San Diego]

• Lands (23)
• 4 Arid Mesa
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 2 Marsh Flats
• 2 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Plains
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Steam Vents
• 2 Stomping Ground
• 1 Temple Garden

• Creatures (17)
• 4 Deathrite Shaman
• 4 Geist of Saint Traft
• 3 Noble Hierarch
• 2 Snapcaster Mage
• 4 Tarmogoyf

• Spells (18)
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Lightning Helix
• 4 Lingering Souls
• 2 Might of Alara
• 4 Tribal Flames

• Planeswalkers (2)
• 2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

• Sideboard (30)
• 3 Aven Mindcensor
• 2 Leyline of Sanctity
• 2 Obstinate Baloth
• 2 Path to Exile
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 3 Stony Silence
• 2 Tribute to Hunger
• 15 sideboard cards

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