Sesongens tredje Open-turnering ble spilt på Escape søndag 6. november. 45 spillere kjempet om en direkte invitasjon til den neste Invitational-turneringen, og for å sanke Open-poeng til en potensiell poenginvitasjon i løpet av sesongen.
Metagame
Modern er et veldig åpent format, som tidligere var det flere titalls ulike decker som ble spilt. Denne gangen var det 32 ulike erketyper blant de 45 spillerne. De fordelte seg på følgende måte:
Alle erketyper
| Erketype | Antall |
| R/x Burn | 3 |
| R/x Skred Red | 3 |
| U/G Infect | 3 |
| Zooicide | 3 |
| B/W Tokens | 2 |
| Bant Spirits | 2 |
| Dredge | 2 |
| Esper Control | 2 |
| Slivers | 2 |
| Abzan | 1 |
| Affinity | 1 |
| B/G Infect | 1 |
| Bant Eldrazi | 1 |
| Elves | 1 |
| G Stompy | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 1 |
| Grixis Delver | 1 |
| Jeskai Aggro | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 |
| Jeskai Delver | 1 |
| Jeskai Thing | 1 |
| Jund | 1 |
| Merfolk | 1 |
| Ponza | 1 |
| R/G Tron | 1 |
| Soul Sisters | 1 |
| Titan Breach | 1 |
| U Delver | 1 |
| U Tron | 1 |
| U/R Storm | 1 |
| U/R Suicide Bloo | 1 |
| Zoo | 1 |
| TOTALT | 45 |
Resultater etter seks runder
Etter seks runder var det ni spillere på 13 eller flere poeng. Landslagspiller Thorbjørn Lunke måtte ta til takke med en niendeplass og følge sluttspillet fra utsiden:
- Mikael Gyhagen (16p)
- Thomas Madland (14p)
- Christopher Reyes (14p)
- Stian Buch Larsen (13p)
- Nikolai Orheim (13p)
- Nils Delphin (13p)
- Jon Magnus Christensen (13p)
- Markus Sørensen (13p)
Topp åtte
Mikael Gyhagen og Thomas Madland var begge deltakere på Invitational-turneringen forrige sommer, og kjempet seg tappert igjennom swissrundene og deretter kvart- og semifinalene med hver sin unike deck: mono-blå Delver of Secrets og en blå/rød creature-basert kombodeck med kort som Kiln Fiend og Temur Battle Rage. Denne går under navnet «U/R Suicide Bloo» på Internett, og må kunne kalles en nykommer i Modern. Til slutt var det Thomas som kom seirende ut, og dermed sikret seg en invitasjon til neste Invitational. Vi gratulerer!
Topp åtte-decklister
U/R Suicide Bloo (Mikael Gyhagen)
| Lands (17) 1 Bloodstained Mire 3 Island 1 Mountain 2 Polluted Delta 4 Scalding Tarn 4 Spirebluff Canal 2 Steam Vents Creatures (13) 2 Bedlam Reveler 4 Kiln Fiend 3 Simian Spirit Guide 4 Thing in the Ice Other spells (30) 2 Apostle’s Blessing 2 Faithless Looting 4 Gitaxian Probe 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Manamorphose 4 Mutagenic Growth 4 Serum Visions 2 Sleight of Hand 4 Temur Battle Rage | Sideboard (15) 3 Blood Moon 2 Dispel 1 Hurkyl’s Recall 2 Ravenous Trap 2 Twisted Image 2 Vapor Snag 3 Young Pyromancer |
U Delver (Thomas Madland)
| Lands (18) 4 Flooded Strand 9 Island 2 Mutavault 2 Polluted Delta 1 Prairie Stream Creatures (14) 4 Delver of Secrets 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Thing in the Ice 2 Vendilion Clique Other spells (28) 3 Cryptic Command 4 Disrupting Shoal 4 Gitaxian Probe 3 Psionic Blast 4 Remand 4 Serum Visions 2 Shadow of Doubt 4 Vapor Snag | Sideboard (15) 2 Commandeer 2 Geist of Saint Traft 2 Hibernation 3 Hurkyl’s Recall 1 Jace Beleren 2 Redirect 2 Threads of Disloyalty 1 Vedalken Shackles |
R/x Burn (Christopher Reyes)
| Lands (20) 3 Arid Mesa 4 Bloodstained Mire 2 Copperline Gorge 2 Mountain 3 Sacred Foundry 2 Stomping Ground 4 Wooded Foothills Creatures (16) 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel 4 Goblin Guide 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Wild Nacatl Other spells (24) 4 Atarka’s Command 4 Boros Charm 4 Lava Spike 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Rift Bolt 4 Searing Blaze | Sideboard (15) 1 Deflecting Palm 3 Destructive Revelry 3 Kor Firewalker 2 Lightning Helix 4 Path to Exile 2 Skullcrack |
R/x Burn (Stian Buch Larsen)
| Lands (19) 4 Bloodstained Mire 3 Mountain 2 Sacred Foundry 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Stomping Ground 4 Wooded Foothills Creatures (12) 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel 4 Goblin Guide 4 Monastery Swiftspear Other spells (29) 4 Atarka’s Command 3 Boros Charm 4 Forked Bolt 4 Lava Spike 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Rift Bolt 2 Searing Blaze 4 Skullcrack | Sideboard (15) 4 Destructive Revelry 1 Engineered Explosives 2 Grafdigger’s Cage 2 Grim Lavamancer 2 Lightning Helix 2 Path to Exile 2 Relic of Progenitus |
R/G Ponza (Nikolai Orheim)
| Lands (21) 9 Forest 1 Mountain 3 Stomping Ground 2 Verdant Catacombs 2 Windswept Heath 4 Wooded Foothills Creatures (15) 4 Arbor Elf 2 Birds of Paradise 4 Inferno Titan 3 Kitchen Finks 2 Scavenging Ooze Other spells (24) 3 Beast Within 4 Blood Moon 4 Bonfire of the Damned 2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance 4 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss 3 Stone Rain 4 Utopia Sprawl | Sideboard (15) 2 Ancient Grudge 2 Anger of the Gods 2 Dismember 2 Grafdigger’s Cage 1 Natural State 2 Obstinate Baloth 1 Relic of Progenitus 2 Sudden Shock 1 Thrun, the Last Troll |
Jeskai Ascendancy (Nils Delphin)
| Lands (18) 2 Faerie Conclave 4 Flooded Strand 1 Glacial Fortress 2 Hallowed Fountain 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Snow-Covered Island 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 2 Steam Vents Creatures (4) 4 Fatestitcher Other spells (38) 1 Faithless Looting 4 Gitaxian Probe 2 Izzet Charm 4 Jeskai Ascendancy 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Pyromancer Ascension 4 Remand 4 Serum Visions 4 Sleight of Hand 4 Thought Scour 3 Visions of Beyond | Sideboard (15) 2 Dispel 2 Lightning Helix 2 Path to Exile 1 Stony Silence 2 Timely Reinforcements 2 Wear // Tear 4 Young Pyromancer |
U/R Storm (Jon Magnus Christensen)
| Lands (16) 3 Island 3 Misty Rainforest 1 Mountain 4 Scalding Tarn 3 Shivan Reef 2 Steam Vents Creatures (4) 4 Goblin Electromancer Other spells (40) 3 Cathartic Reunion 4 Desperate Ritual 4 Gitaxian Probe 2 Grapeshot 4 Manamorphose 3 Past in Flames 4 Pyretic Ritual 4 Pyromancer Ascension 4 Serum Visions 4 Sleight of Hand 4 Thought Scour | Sideboard (15) 2 Blood Moon 2 Defense Grid 2 Echoing Truth 2 Empty the Warrens 4 Lightning Bolt 1 Pithing Needle 2 Thing in the Ice |
Skred Red (Markus Sørensen)
| Lands (23) 2 Scrying Sheets 21 Snow-Covered Mountain Creatures (8) 1 Eternal Scourge 4 Simian Spirit Guide 3 Stormbreath Dragon Other spells (29) 3 Anger of the Gods 4 Blood Moon 2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance 4 Koth of the Hammer 4 Lightning Bolt 2 Mizzium Mortars 2 Pyrite Spellbomb 4 Relic of Progenitus 4 Skred | Sideboard (15) 4 Dragon’s Claw 3 Ensnaring Bridge 3 Molten Rain 2 Shattering Spree 3 Sudden Shock |