In the third Modern Grand Prix in three weeks it was time for another staple of the format to shine: Hitomi Masaaki's Affinity assembled final victory at Grand Prix Singapore. It was a robot-filled showdown in the finals against Steven Tan, who defeated the talented Reid Duke playing a Jund deck he hadn't planned on using:
So apparently @ReidDuke lost his Goryos/Griselbrand deck on the plane and was forced to play his backup Jund deck. Easy top4. #GPSing
— Martin Juza (@Juzam_) June 28, 2015
While Modern is slipping back into the small store stage it's also popular for, through the past few weeks the format has shown both the tenacity of its best archetypes as well as the diversity of decks ready to change that. Answering "What will you play in Modern?" is now tougher than it ever was before.
Affinity - Modern | Hitomi Masaaki, Winner GP Singapore
- Creatures (27)
- 4 Ornithopter
- 4 Etched Champion
- 4 Vault Skirge
- 4 Signal Pest
- 4 Arcbound Ravager
- 2 Spellskite
- 2 Memnite
- 3 Steel Overseer
- Spells (17)
- 4 Cranial Plating
- 4 Springleaf Drum
- 4 Galvanic Blast
- 4 Mox Opal
- 1 Welding Jar
- Lands (16)
- 4 Blinkmoth Nexus
- 4 Inkmoth Nexus
- 4 Darksteel Citadel
- 3 Glimmervoid
- 1 Mountain
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Torpor Orb
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
- 2 Whipflare
- 2 Spell Pierce
- 2 Blood Moon
- 2 Thoughtseize
- 3 Ancient Grudge
Jund - Modern | Reid Duke, Top 4 GP Singapore
- Creatures (13)
- 4 Tarmogoyf
- 4 Dark Confidant
- 3 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Olivia Voldaren
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
- Spells (23)
- 4 Liliana of the Veil
- 1 Chandra, Pyromaster
- 4 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 2 Thoughtseize
- 4 Lightning Bolt
- 2 Abrupt Decay
- 2 Terminate
- 2 Maelstrom Pulse
- 2 Kolaghan's Command
- Lands (24)
- 1 Forest
- 2 Swamp
- 2 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 4 Verdant Catacombs
- 4 Bloodstained Mire
- 2 Wooded Foothills
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 3 Raging Ravine
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 2 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Ancient Grudge
- 1 Shatterstorm
- 1 Duress
- 3 Kitchen Finks
- 2 Huntmaster of the Fells
- 1 Slaughter Pact
- 1 Fulminator Mage
- 1 Disfigure
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
Congratulations again to Hitomi Masaaki, champion of Grand Prix Singapore! For more action on the weekend check out the complete coverage of Grand Prix Singapore on MagicTheGathering.com.