Mono-Blue Devotion

"Mono-Blue Devotion by Artur Villela, Twelfth Place at Grand Prix Dallas/Fort Worth"

• Creatures (28)
• 4 Cloudfin Raptor
• 4 Frostburn Weird
• 4 Judge's Familiar
• 4 Master of Waves
• 4 Nightveil Specter
• 4 Tidebinder Mage
• 4 Thassa, God of the Sea

• Planeswalkers (1)
• 1 Jace, Architect of Thought

• Spells (6)
• 3 Cyclonic Rift
• 3 Bident of Thassa

• Lands (25)
• 20 Island
• 3 Mutavault
• 2 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Jace, Architect of Thought
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Rapid Hybridization
• 3 Negate
• 1 Wall of Frost
• 2 Aetherling
• 2 Blustersquall
• 2 Mizzium Skin
• 2 Pithing Needle

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Other examples:

• Second-place deck at StarCityGames Open Oakland with Curse of the Swine in the sideboard
• Fourth-place deck at SCG Open Oakland with Domestication in the sideboard

Mono-Black Devotion

"Mono-Black Devotion by Haibing Hu, Fifth Place at GP Dallas/Fort Worth"

• Creatures (17)
• 4 Desecration Demon
• 4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4 Nightveil Specter
• 4 Pack Rat
• 1 Erebos, God of the Dead

• Spells (17)
• 1 Doom Blade
• 2 Devour Flesh
• 2 Ultimate Price
• 4 Hero's Downfall
• 4 Thoughtseize
• 4 Underworld Connections

• Lands (26)
• 19 Swamp
• 3 Temple of Deceit
• 4 Mutavault

• Sideboard (15)
• 3 Lifebane Zombie
• 3 Dark Betrayal
• 3 Duress
• 2 Doom Blade
• 2 Pharika's Cure
• 1 Shrivel
• 1 Erebos, God of the Dead

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Other examples:

• Thirteenth-place deck at SCG Open Oakland with Whip of Erebos

W/U Control

"W/U Control by William Jensen, Second Place at GP Dallas/Fort Worth"

• Planeswalkers (4)
• 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 3 Jace, Architect of Thought

• Spells (30)
• 2 Quicken
• 2 Syncopate
• 4 Azorius Charm
• 4 Dissolve
• 4 Sphinx's Revelation
• 4 Divination
• 4 Supreme Verdict
• 4 Detention Sphere
• 1 Elixir of Immortality
• 1 Ratchet Bomb

• Lands (26)
• 8 Island
• 8 Plains
• 2 Mutavault
• 4 Azorius Guildgate
• 4 Hallowed Fountain

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Jace, Memory Adept
• 3 Last Breath
• 1 Ratchet Bomb
• 3 Fiendslayer Paladin
• 3 Gainsay
• 2 Negate
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 1 Blind Obedience

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Other examples:

• Stanislav Cifka’s fifth-place deck at Grand Prix Vienna with Last Breath in the main and Soldier of the Pantheon and Archangel of Thune in the sideboard
• First-place deck at SCG Open Oakland replicating Cifka’s main-deck success
• Fifteenth-place deck at SCG Open Oakland with Omenspeaker and Quicken in the main deck

R/W Aggro

"R/W Aggro by Nathan McWilliams, Seventh Place at SCG Open Oakland"

• Creatures (28)
• 4 Banisher Priest
• 4 Boros Elite
• 4 Daring Skyjek
• 4 Dryad Militant
• 4 Imposing Sovereign
• 4 Precinct Captain
• 4 Soldier of the Pantheon

• Planeswalkers (2)
• 2 Ajani, Caller of the Pride

• Spells (8)
• 2 Boros Charm
• 4 Brave the Elements
• 2 Spear Of Heliod

• Lands (22)
• 10 Plains
• 4 Mutavault
• 4 Sacred Foundry
• 4 Temple of Triumph

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Glare of Heresy
• 2 Fiendslayer Paladin
• 2 Burning Earth
• 2 Boros Charm
• 4 Boros Reckoner
• 2 Frontline Medic
• 1 Pacifism

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Other Examples:

• Third-place deck from GP Vienna with Electrickery and Renounce the Guilds in the sideboard

More Top 16 Decks

• Esper control finished second at Grand Prix Vienna with over twenty removal and counter spells in the main deck and Pack Rat and Blood Baron of Vizkopa in the side.
• R/W devotion finished second at SCG Open Oakland with four Fanatic of Mogis.
• B/G aggro finished fifth at SCG Open Oakland with Boon Satyr and Reaper of the Wilds.
• Three of the Top 16 at Grand Prix Dallas/Fort Worth played W/B aggro. Ben Stark (fourth) and Josh Utter-Leyton (tenth) played the same deck with twenty-nine creatures, mostly Humans, including Xathrid Necromancer. Orrin Beasley (fourteenth) skipped the Necromancers and included Ajani, Caller of the Pride instead in his version of the deck.
• W/B midrange won Grand Prix Dallas/Fort Worth with Pack Rat, Desecration Demon, Blood Baron of Vizkopa, and a lot of control, including Last Breath.
• R/W burn finished eighth at Grand Prix Dallas/Fort Worth with more burn (twenty-four cards) than lands (twenty-two cards), Young Pyromancer in the main deck, and Spark Trooper in the sideboard.
• W/U devotion finished eleventh at Grand Prix Dallas/Fort Worth—less devoted to blue than its monochromatic counterparts, it added white for Detention Sphere, Sphinx's Revelation, and Supreme Verdict in the sideboard.