From a Standard Top 8 filled with the usual suspects, Nam Sung-Wook emerged victorious wielding the power of Mono-Black Devotion.
Mono-Black Devotion - Standard | Nam Sung-Wook, Champion Grand Prix Melbourne
- Creatures (16)
- 4 Pack Rat
- 4 Nightveil Specter
- 4 Desecration Demon
- 4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Spells (18)
- 4 Underworld Connections
- 4 Hero's Downfall
- 2 Bile Blight
- 4 Devour Flesh
- 4 Thoughtseize
- Lands (26)
- 4 Mutavault
- 4 Temple of Deceit
- 2 Watery Grave
- 16 Swamp
- Sideboard (15)
- 4 Duress
- 2 Doom Blade
- 1 Drown in Sorrow
- 4 Lifebane Zombie
- 1 Dark Betrayal
- 2 Erebos, God of the Dead
- 1 Notion Thief
Esper Control - Standard | Patty Robertson, Runner-Up Grand Prix Melbourne
- Creatures (1)
- 1 Aetherling
- Spells (32)
- 4 Supreme Verdict
- 4 Sphinx's Revelation
- 4 Detention Sphere
- 4 Dissolve
- 2 Azorius Charm
- 2 Thoughtseize
- 2 Doom Blade
- 2 Syncopate
- 1 Last Breath
- 4 Jace, Architect of Thought
- 3 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Lands (27)
- 4 Temple of Enlightenment
- 4 Temple of Deceit
- 4 Temple of Silence
- 4 Hallowed Fountain
- 4 Island
- 4 Plains
- 2 Mutavault
- 1 Godless Shrine
- Sideboard (15)
- 2 Doom Blade
- 3 Blood Baron of Vizkopa
- 2 Gainsay
- 1 Negate
- 2 Thoughtseize
- 1 Revoke Existence
- 1 Fated Retribution
- 1 Archangel of Thune
- 2 Ultimate Price
Jund Midrange - Standard | Ash Webster, Top 4 Grand Prix Melbourne
- Creatures (26)
- 3 Ghor-Clan Rampager
- 4 Elvish Mystic
- 4 Sylvan Caryatid
- 4 Courser of Kruphix
- 4 Reaper of the Wilds
- 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
- 4 Stormbreath Dragon
- 2 Scavenging Ooze
- Spells (11)
- 2 Dreadbore
- 2 Mizzium Mortars
- 4 Domri Rade
- 2 Xenagos, the Reveler
- 1 Garruk, Caller of Beasts
- Lands (23)
- 3 Stomping Ground
- 4 Blood Crypt
- 2 Mutavault
- 3 Overgrown Tomb
- 3 Temple of Abandon
- 3 Temple of Malice
- 5 Forest
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Mizzium Mortars
- 1 Golgari Charm
- 2 Abrupt Decay
- 3 Ultimate Price
- 1 Chandra, Pyromaster
- 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
- 2 Rakdos's Return
- 1 Xenagos, the Reveler
- 3 Mistcutter Hydra
Esper Control - Standard | Yifan Wei, Top 4 Grand Prix Melbourne
- Creatures (1)
- 1 Aetherling
- Spells (32)
- 2 Thoughtseize
- 2 Azorius Charm
- 2 Fated Retribution
- 2 Quicken
- 2 Syncopate
- 4 Dissolve
- 4 Sphinx's Revelation
- 4 Supreme Verdict
- 4 Detention Sphere
- 4 Jace, Architect of Thought
- 2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Lands (27)
- 3 Mutavault
- 4 Plains
- 4 Island
- 3 Temple of Silence
- 3 Temple of Deceit
- 2 Watery Grave
- 4 Temple of Enlightenment
- 4 Hallowed Fountain
- Sideboard (15)
- 2 Glare of Heresy
- 1 Negate
- 3 Gainsay
- 1 Pithing Needle
- 3 Doom Blade
- 2 Dark Betrayal
- 1 Revoke Existence
- 2 Blood Baron of Vizkopa
R/G Midrange - Standard | Huang Hao-Shan, Top 8 Grand Prix Melbourne
- Creatures (27)
- 4 Stormbreath Dragon
- 4 Ghor-Clan Rampager
- 2 Xenagos, God of Revels
- 4 Courser of Kruphix
- 4 Sylvan Caryatid
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 4 Polukranos, World Eater
- 4 Elvish Mystic
- Spells (10)
- 3 Mizzium Mortars
- 1 Flesh & Blood
- 4 Domri Rade
- 2 Xenagos, the Reveler
- Lands (23)
- 2 Mutavault
- 8 Forest
- 5 Mountain
- 4 Stomping Ground
- 4 Temple of Abandon
- Sideboard (15)
- 2 Shock
- 4 Mistcutter Hydra
- 1 Chandra, Pyromaster
- 2 Destructive Revelry
- 1 Arbor Colossus
- 2 Plummet
- 1 Mizzium Mortars
- 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
- 1 Bow of Nylea
Esper Control - Standard | Joe Zheng Jingwei, Top 8 Grand Prix Melbourne
- Creatures (1)
- 1 Aetherling
- Spells (32)
- 2 Syncopate
- 4 Detention Sphere
- 4 Dissolve
- 4 Sphinx's Revelation
- 2 Thoughtseize
- 2 Last Breath
- 2 Doom Blade
- 1 Fated Retribution
- 4 Supreme Verdict
- 4 Jace, Architect of Thought
- 3 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Lands (27)
- 4 Temple of Deceit
- 2 Watery Grave
- 4 Temple of Silence
- 4 Temple of Enlightenment
- 4 Hallowed Fountain
- 3 Island
- 4 Plains
- 2 Mutavault
- Sideboard (15)
- 4 Blood Baron of Vizkopa
- 2 Doom Blade
- 2 Ultimate Price
- 1 Fated Retribution
- 1 Negate
- 1 Dispel
- 2 Thoughtseize
- 2 Gainsay
W/B Midrange - Standard | Craig Chapman, Top 8 Grand Prix Melbourne
- Creatures (14)
- 2 Desecration Demon
- 2 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
- 4 Lifebane Zombie
- 3 Obzedat, Ghost Council
- 3 Blood Baron of Vizkopa
- Spells (21)
- 4 Thoughtseize
- 1 Devour Flesh
- 3 Ultimate Price
- 4 Hero's Downfall
- 3 Bile Blight
- 3 Underworld Connections
- 1 Whip of Erebos
- 2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Lands (25)
- 2 Mutavault
- 7 Swamp
- 4 Plains
- 4 Orzhov Guildgate
- 4 Godless Shrine
- 4 Temple of Silence
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Underworld Connections
- 1 Devour Flesh
- 1 Pithing Needle
- 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- 2 Revoke Existence
- 2 Erebos, God of the Dead
- 3 Doom Blade
- 4 Duress
Mono-Blue Devotion - Standard | Luke McGlaughlin, Top 8 Grand Prix Melbourne
- Creatures (28)
- 4 Frostburn Weird
- 4 Judge's Familiar
- 4 Cloudfin Raptor
- 4 Tidebinder Mage
- 4 Nightveil Specter
- 4 Thassa, God of the Sea
- 4 Master of Waves
- Spells (7)
- 2 Bident of Thassa
- 2 Rapid Hybridization
- 1 Cyclonic Rift
- 1 Domestication
- 1 Claustrophobia
- Sideboard (15)
- 3 Gainsay
- 1 Dispel
- 1 Cyclonic Rift
- 2 Negate
- 2 Jace, Memory Adept
- 2 Domestication
- 1 Claustrophobia
- 1 Ætherling
- 1 Curse of the Swine
- 1 Dissolve
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