Jacob Wilson with Spirit Jund won the 1,115-man Modern Grand Prix in Chicago this weekend! In an event where Lingering Souls had its breakout performance as a Modern staple, Jund splashing for the card fittingly finished first and second, with Jacob Wilson defeating Josh Utter-Leyton in the mirror match in the final.
Top 8 decklists:
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Blood Crypt
1 Forest
1 Godless Shrine
4 Marsh Flats
1 Overgrown Tomb
4 Raging Ravine
1 Stomping Ground
2 Swamp
1 Treetop Village
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Tarmogoyf
Spells (20)
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lingering Souls
2 Terminate
3 Thoughtseize
3 Liliana of the Veil
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Batterskull
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Olivia Voldaren
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Rakdos Charm
2 Rule of Law
2 Shatterstorm
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Blood Crypt
1 Forest
1 Godless Shrine
4 Marsh Flats
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
4 Raging Ravine
1 Stomping Ground
1 Swamp
1 Treetop Village
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Tarmogoyf
Spells (20)
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lingering Souls
2 Terminate
3 Thoughtseize
3 Liliana of the Veil
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Batterskull
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Olivia Voldaren
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Rakdos Charm
2 Rule of Law
2 Shatterstorm
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Darksteel Citadel
3 Glimmervoid
4 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Island
Creatures (24)
4 Arcbound Ravager
2 Master of Etherium
2 Memnite
4 Ornithopter
4 Signal Pest
4 Steel Overseer
4 Vault Skirge
4 Cranial Plating
3 Galvanic Blast
4 Mox Opal
4 Springleaf Drum
4 Thoughtcast
1 Welding Jar
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Dismember
4 Etched Champion
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Ray of Revelation
2 Rest in Peace
2 Thoughtseize
1 Unified Will
4 Celestial Colonnade
1 Eiganjo Castle
2 Hallowed Fountain
4 Island
1 Marsh Flats
1 Moorland Haunt
1 Plains
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge
Creatures (19)
1 Baneslayer Angel
2 Blade Splicer
3 Geist of Saint Traft
4 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Vendilion Clique
2 Wall of Omens
2 Cryptic Command
2 Dismember
4 Mana Leak
4 Path to Exile
4 Spell Snare
1 Baneslayer Angel
2 Celestial Purge
2 Negate
1 Ratchet Bomb
2 Rest in Peace
2 Spellskite
3 Stony Silence
2 Supreme Verdict
1 Eye of Ugin
2 Forest
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
4 Urza's Mine
4 Urza's Power Plant
4 Urza's Tower
Creatures (5)
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Spellskite
3 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Chromatic Sphere
4 Chromatic Star
4 Expedition Map
1 Explore
3 Oblivion Stone
4 Pyroclasm
4 Relic of Progenitus
3 Sylvan Scrying
4 Karn Liberated
2 Combust
1 Dismember
1 Electrickery
1 Grim Poppet
4 Nature's Claim
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Spellskite
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Vandalblast
1 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Arid Mesa
1 Copperline Gorge
4 Fire-Lit Thicket
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Mountain
1 Plains
4 Razorverge Thicket
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
Creatures (29)
1 Aven Mindcensor
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Deceiver Exarch
1 Eternal Witness
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Izzet Staticaster
3 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Murderous Redcap
2 Noble Hierarch
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Qasali Pridemage
3 Restoration Angel
1 Spellskite
4 Wall of Roots
1 Zealous Conscripts
4 Birthing Pod
4 Chord of Calling
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Avalanche Riders
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Qasali Pridemage
2 Sowing Salt
2 Surgical Extraction
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Arid Mesa
2 Cascade Bluffs
6 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
2 Sulfur Falls
1 Watery Grave
Creatures (16)
4 Deceiver Exarch
3 Grim Lavamancer
2 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
4 Pestermite
3 Spellskite
2 Cyclonic Rift
1 Dispel
2 Mizzium Skin
4 Serum Visions
4 Sleight of Hand
2 Spell Pierce
4 Splinter Twin
3 Ancient Grudge
3 Blood Moon
3 Dispel
2 Duress
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Mizzium Skin
1 Breeding Pool
3 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Forest
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Island
3 Marsh Flats
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
1 Swamp
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Temple Garden
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Vault of the Archangel
3 Verdant Catacombs
1 Watery Grave
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
2 Snapcaster Mage
Spells (26)
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Crime // Punishment
1 Damnation
1 Darkblast
1 Dismember
4 Gifts Ungiven
1 Life from the Loam
4 Lingering Souls
1 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Mana Leak
2 Path to Exile
1 Raven's Crime
1 Unburial Rites
3 Liliana of the Veil
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Dispel
1 Duress
1 Fracturing Gust
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Golgari Charm
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Stony Silence
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Terastodon
1 Thoughtseize
1 Timely Reinforcements
1 Wurmcoil Engine
Yet the decklist is RG Tron!
EDH:
RNorin the WaryR <-Link! (Primer - Mono Red Control)
GUEdric, Spymaster of TrestUG <- Link! (Mini-Primer - Dredge)
Duel Commander:
WUGeist of Saint TraftUW <- Link! (Aggro-Control)
BGSkullbriar, the Walking GraveGB <- Link! (Aggro)
BUGDamia, Sage of StoneGUB <- Link! (Extinction Control)
Church of the Wary
Oops, thought I saw a feature match with him playing Affinity. Fixed!