Gerard Fabiano is a man with a plan. Sitting down to draft in the Top 8 with Pro Tour Champions Ben Stark and Craig Wescoe, as well as Josh Utter-Leyton, the two-time Grand Prix Champion first picked a Dig Through Time and followed it up with Rakshasa's Secret. From there on out Fabiano filled his deck with powerful Delve spells early, removal in the middle, and creatures, including a Sagu Mauler later on in the draft.

Gerard's opponent in the finals was David Foster, playing in his second Grand Prix. Foster drafted an Abzan deck that was light on fixing but featured the potent graveyard hoser Anafenza the Foremost. It seemed to be the perfect card to sputter Fabiano's engine.

The finals took three games. The first went long - so long Gerard nearly decked himself with his two copies ofAbomination of Gudul. The second game saw Foster with an early Anafenza doing work. After an attack from Anafenza and Abzan Guide the players failed to adjust life totals correctly and Gerard ended up with a turn when he should have been dead. During the judge call, in a show of sportsmanship Gerard conceded and they were on to game three. In the final bout Foster again had an early Anafenza but Gerard managed to get it off the board with a Dead Drop. David Foster was never able to recover and Gerard clinched his third Grand Prix trophy.

Congratulations to Gerard Fabiano, your Grand Prix Baltimore champion!

Sultai ? Khans of Tarkir Limited | Gerard Fabiano, Winner, GP Baltimore

• Creatures (12)
• 1 Dragon's Eye Savants
• 1 Jeskai Elder
• 1 Monastery Flock
• 1 Archers' Parapet
• 1 Highland Game
• 1 Hooting Mandrills
• 1 Sultai Flayer
• 3 Abomination of Gudul
• 1 Sagu Mauler
• 1 Sultai Soothsayer

• Spells (10)
• 1 Dig Through Time
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 1 Bitter Revelation
• 1 Dead Drop
• 1 Debilitating Injury
• 2 Rakshasa's Secret
• 1 Throttle
• 1 Sultai Charm

• Lands (18)
• 5 Forest
• 4 Island
• 6 Swamp
• 2 Dismal Backwater
• 1 Thornwood Falls

• Sideboard (17)
• 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1 Cranial Archive
• 1 Jeskai Banner
• 1 Lens of Clarity
• 1 Mardu Banner
• 1 Sultai Banner
• 1 War Behemoth
• 1 Blinding Spray
• 1 Singing Bell Strike
• 1 Dutiful Return
• 1 Empty the Pits
• 1 Sidisi's Pet
• 1 Ainok Tracker
• 1 Tormenting Voice
• 1 Kin-Tree Warden
• 1 Become Immense
• 1 Jeskai Charm

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Abzan ? Khans of Tarkir Limited | David Foster, Finalist, GP Baltimore

• Creatures (14)
• 1 Ainok Bond-Kin
• 1 Mardu Hateblade
• 1 Mardu Hordechief
• 1 Ruthless Ripper
• 2 Alpine Grizzly
• 1 Archers' Parapet
• 1 Heir of the Wilds
• 2 Longshot Squad
• 2 Abzan Guide
• 1 Anafenza, the Foremost
• 1 Chief of the Scale

• Spells (8)
• 1 Kill Shot
• 1 Dead Drop
• 1 Debilitating Injury
• 1 Murderous Cut
• 1 Throttle
• 1 Awaken the Bear
• 1 Abzan Ascendancy
• 1 Abzan Charm

• Lands (18)
• 7 Forest
• 5 Plains
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Scoured Barrens

• Sideboard (17)
• 1 Thornwood Falls
• 1 Abzan Banner
• 2 Sage-Eye Harrier
• 1 Salt Road Patrol
• 1 Scaldkin
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 1 Kheru Dreadmaw
• 1 Molting Snakeskin
• 1 Shambling Attendants
• 1 Sidisi's Pet
• 1 Unyielding Krumar
• 1 Feed the Clan
• 1 Naturalize
• 1 Scout the Borders
• 2 Tusked Colossodon

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