In a riveting 5 game Finals, Yuuya Watanabe has bested Shouta ‘Shoutime’ Yasooka at the inaugural Magic Players Championship. Check out our coverage roundup below, including all 16 Modern decklists and more!
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After 3 rounds of Cube draft followed by 3 rounds of Modern on Day 1 (Wednesday), and then 3 rounds of M13 draft followed by 3 more rounds of Modern on Day 2 (Thursday), a superstar-studded Final 4 advanced to play in the Semifinals on Day 3 (Friday) in Seattle, Washington.
Feature Match Videos
Below you can find an embedded playlist of all 12 feature match videos from the Players Championship.
Modern Deck Tech and Daily Wrap-Up Videos
Below you can find an embedded playlist of all of the Modern Deck Tech videos and daily wrap-up videos from the Players Championship.
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Modern Decklists
Shouta Yasooka – Eternal Command
Business (39)
4 Aether Vial
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Vapor Snag
2 Serum Visions
3 Spell Snare
3 Mana Leak
2 Remand
2 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Cryptic Command
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Tarmogoyf
3 Eternal Witness
3 Vendilion Clique
Mana Sources (21)
1 Breeding Pool
2 Copperline Gorge
3 Flooded Grove
1 Forest
4 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
Sideboard (15)
3 Ancient Grudge
2 Combust
2 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Huntmaster of the Fells
2 Spell Pierce
2 Threads of Disloyalty
Yuuya Watanabe – Jund
Business (35)
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Thoughtseize
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Terminate
1 Jund Charm
2 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Liliana of the Veil
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Dark Confidant
4 Kitchen Finks
4 Tarmogoyf
Mana Sources (25)
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Blood Crypt
1 Forest
1 Marsh Flats
1 Overgrown Tomb
2 Raging Ravine
1 Stomping Ground
2 Swamp
4 Treetop Village
3 Twilight Mire
4 Verdant Catacombs
Sideboard (15)
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Batterskull
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Jund Charm
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Obstinate Baloth
1 Olivia Voldaren
2 Pyroclasm
2 Seal of Primordium
1 Thoughtseize
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa – 5C Zoo
Business (39)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
4 Tribal Flames
4 Kird Ape
2 Loam Lion
4 Steppe Lynx
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Qasali Pridemage
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Geist of Saint Traft
Mana Sources (21)
4 Arid Mesa
1 Blood Crypt
1 Forest
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Marsh Flats
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
1 Plains
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
Sideboard (15)
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Lingering Souls
2 Mana Leak
1 Oblivion Ring
2 Pyroclasm
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Shatterstorm
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
Jon Finkel – UW Restoration Control
Business (34)
2 Cryptic Command
2 Dismember
3 Mana Leak
4 Path to Exile
1 Remand
4 Spell Snare
2 Sword of War and Peace
3 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Kitchen Finks
4 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Vendilion Clique
Mana Sources (26)
1 Arid Mesa
4 Celestial Colonnade
1 Eiganjo Castle
3 Hallowed Fountain
3 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Mutavault
1 Plains
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge
Sideboard (15)
2 Annul
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Disenchant
1 Kitchen Finks
2 Negate
1 Phantasmal Image
2 Stony Silence
2 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Vendilion Clique
2 Wrath of God
Junya Iyanaga – Bant Delver
Business (39)
4 Serum Visions
4 Path to Exile
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
1 Mana Leak
1 Negate
3 Bant Charm
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Snapcaster Mage
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Knight of the Reliquary
Mana Sources (21)
4 Arid Mesa
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Moorland Haunt
1 Plains
1 Sacred Foundry
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
Sideboard (15)
1 Arena
3 Baneslayer Angel
1 Gaddock Teeg
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Negate
4 Stony Silence
Brian Kibler – UW Restoration Control
Business (34)
2 Cryptic Command
2 Dismember
3 Mana Leak
4 Path to Exile
1 Remand
4 Spell Snare
2 Sword of War and Peace
3 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Kitchen Finks
4 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Vendilion Clique
Mana Sources (26)
1 Arid Mesa
4 Celestial Colonnade
1 Eiganjo Castle
3 Hallowed Fountain
3 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Mutavault
1 Plains
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge
Sideboard (15)
2 Annul
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Disenchant
1 Kitchen Finks
2 Negate
1 Phantasmal Image
2 Stony Silence
2 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Vendilion Clique
2 Wrath of God
Josh Utter-Leyton – 5C Zoo
Business (39)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
4 Tribal Flames
4 Kird Ape
2 Loam Lion
4 Steppe Lynx
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Qasali Pridemage
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Geist of Saint Traft
Mana Sources (21)
4 Arid Mesa
1 Blood Crypt
1 Forest
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Marsh Flats
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
1 Plains
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
Sideboard (15)
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Lingering Souls
2 Mana Leak
1 Oblivion Ring
2 Pyroclasm
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Shatterstorm
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
Owen Turtenwald – 5C Zoo
Business (38)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
4 Tribal Flames
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Kird Ape
4 Loam Lion
4 Steppe Lynx
3 Tarmogoyf
3 Geist of Saint Traft
Mana Sources (22)
4 Arid Mesa
1 Blood Crypt
1 Hallowed Fountain
4 Marsh Flats
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Plains
1 Sacred Foundry
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
Sideboard (15)
1 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Mindbreak Trap
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Ranger of Eos
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
Reid Duke – 5C Zoo
Business (38)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
4 Tribal Flames
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Kird Ape
4 Loam Lion
4 Steppe Lynx
3 Tarmogoyf
3 Geist of Saint Traft
Mana Sources (22)
4 Arid Mesa
1 Blood Crypt
1 Hallowed Fountain
4 Marsh Flats
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Plains
1 Sacred Foundry
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
Sideboard (15)
1 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Mindbreak Trap
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Ranger of Eos
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
David Ochoa – 5C Zoo
Business (39)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
4 Tribal Flames
4 Kird Ape
2 Loam Lion
4 Steppe Lynx
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Qasali Pridemage
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Geist of Saint Traft
Mana Sources (21)
4 Arid Mesa
1 Blood Crypt
1 Forest
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Marsh Flats
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
1 Plains
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
Sideboard (15)
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Lingering Souls
2 Mana Leak
1 Oblivion Ring
2 Pyroclasm
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Shatterstorm
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
Tzu-Ching Kuo – Affinity
Business (38)
2 Steelshaper’s Gift
4 Galvanic Blast
1 Shrapnel Blast
4 Cranial Plating
4 Ornithopter
4 Memnite
4 Signal Pest
4 Vault Skirge
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Etched Champion
3 Frogmite
Mana Sources (22)
4 Mox Opal
3 Springleaf Drum
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Darksteel Citadel
2 Glimmervoid
3 Inkmoth Nexus
2 Mountain
Sideboard (15)
2 Ancient Grudge
3 Blood Moon
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Spell Pierce
2 Torpor Orb
2 Whipflare
Martin Juza – Jund
Business (35)
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Thoughtseize
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Terminate
1 Jund Charm
2 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Liliana of the Veil
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Dark Confidant
4 Kitchen Finks
4 Tarmogoyf
Mana Sources (25)
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Blood Crypt
1 Forest
1 Marsh Flats
1 Overgrown Tomb
2 Raging Ravine
1 Stomping Ground
2 Swamp
4 Treetop Village
3 Twilight Mire
4 Verdant Catacombs
Sideboard (15)
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Batterskull
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Jund Charm
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Obstinate Baloth
1 Olivia Voldaren
2 Pyroclasm
2 Seal of Primordium
1 Thoughtseize
Shuhei Nakamura – Jund
Business (35)
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Thoughtseize
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Terminate
1 Jund Charm
2 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Liliana of the Veil
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Dark Confidant
4 Kitchen Finks
4 Tarmogoyf
Mana Sources (25)
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Blood Crypt
1 Forest
1 Marsh Flats
1 Overgrown Tomb
2 Raging Ravine
1 Stomping Ground
2 Swamp
4 Treetop Village
3 Twilight Mire
4 Verdant Catacombs
Sideboard (15)
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Batterskull
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Jund Charm
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Obstinate Baloth
1 Olivia Voldaren
2 Pyroclasm
2 Seal of Primordium
1 Thoughtseize
Samuele Estratti – RUG Delver
Business (39)
4 Serum Visions
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Burst Lightning
2 Spell Pierce
3 Spell Snare
3 Mana Leak
1 Deprive
3 Vedalken Shackles
2 Cryptic Command
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Vendilion Clique
Mana Sources (21)
2 Breeding Pool
1 Forest
6 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
Sideboard (15)
1 Ancient Grudge
3 Blood Moon
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Krosan Grip
1 Mana Leak
2 Pyroclasm
2 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Twisted Image
Alexander Hayne – RUG Delver
Business (39)
3 Serum Visions
1 Gitaxian Probe
2 Thought Scour
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Vapor Snag
2 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare
3 Mana Leak
2 Deprive
1 Electrolyze
2 Vedalken Shackles
2 Cryptic Command
4 Delver of Secrets
1 Grim Lavamancer
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Vendilion Clique
Mana Sources (21)
1 Arid Mesa
1 Breeding Pool
1 Forest
6 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
Sideboard (15)
3 Ancient Grudge
2 Combust
1 Firespout
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Huntmaster of the Fells
2 Negate
1 Pithing Needle
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Threads of Disloyalty
Luis Scott-Vargas – 5C Zoo
Business (39)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
4 Tribal Flames
4 Kird Ape
2 Loam Lion
4 Steppe Lynx
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Qasali Pridemage
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Geist of Saint Traft
Mana Sources (21)
4 Arid Mesa
1 Blood Crypt
1 Forest
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Marsh Flats
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
1 Plains
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
Sideboard (15)
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Lingering Souls
2 Mana Leak
1 Oblivion Ring
2 Pyroclasm
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Shatterstorm
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
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