Video Deck Tech: Spirit Delver with Jon Finkel

By Brian David-Marshall

Brian David-Marshall is a New York–based game designer who has been involved with Magic since 1994, when he started organizing tournaments and ran a Manhattan game store. Since then, he has been a judge, a player, and one of the longest-tenured columnists on DailyMTG.com, as he enters his second decade writing for the site. He is also the Pro Tour Historian and one of the commentators for the Pro Tour.

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Pro Tour Hall of Famer Jon Finkel added a 13th Pro Tour Top 8 to his amazing resume at Pro Tour Dark Ascension, helped greatly by his Blue-white Standard deck featuring Delver of Secrets and a heavy dose of spirits that came from the deckbuilding mind of Sam Black.

Jon Finkel

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Creature (17)

4 Drogskol Captain 4 Delver of Secrets 3 Phantasmal Image 4 Snapcaster Mage 2 Dungeon Geists

Sorcery (13)

4 Ponder 4 Gitaxian Probe 4 Lingering Souls 1 Revoke Existence

Instant (8)

4 Vapor Snag 2 Mana Leak 1 Divine Offering 1 Gut Shot

Land (22)

5 Island 1 Swamp 1 Plains 2 Evolving Wilds 2 Moorland Haunt 3 Glacial Fortress 4 Darkslick Shores 4 Seachrome Coast

60 Cards

Sideboard (15)

1 Phantasmal Image 2 Dungeon Geists 1 Mana Leak 1 Divine Offering 1 Revoke Existence 2 Gut Shot 1 Celestial Purge 1 Negate 1 Dissipate 1 Dismember 2 Surgical Extraction 1 Demystify

White (10)

4 Lingering Souls 2 Divine Offering 2 Revoke Existence 1 Celestial Purge 1 Demystify

Blue (33)

4 Delver of Secrets 4 Phantasmal Image 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Dungeon Geists 4 Ponder 4 Gitaxian Probe 4 Vapor Snag 3 Mana Leak 1 Negate 1 Dissipate

Black (3)

1 Dismember 2 Surgical Extraction

Red (3)

3 Gut Shot

Multi colored (4)

4 Drogskol Captain

Colorless (22)

5 Island 1 Swamp 1 Plains 2 Evolving Wilds 2 Moorland Haunt 3 Glacial Fortress 4 Darkslick Shores 4 Seachrome Coast

75 Cards

1 (22)

4 Delver of Secrets 4 Ponder 4 Gitaxian Probe 4 Vapor Snag 3 Gut Shot 2 Surgical Extraction 1 Demystify

2 (17)

4 Phantasmal Image 4 Snapcaster Mage 3 Mana Leak 2 Divine Offering 2 Revoke Existence 1 Celestial Purge 1 Negate

3 (10)

4 Drogskol Captain 4 Lingering Souls 1 Dissipate 1 Dismember

4 (4)

4 Dungeon Geists

53 Cards

Common (37)

5 Island 1 Swamp 1 Plains 2 Evolving Wilds 4 Ponder 4 Gitaxian Probe 4 Vapor Snag 4 Lingering Souls 3 Mana Leak 2 Divine Offering 2 Revoke Existence 3 Gut Shot 1 Dismember 1 Demystify

Uncommon (11)

4 Drogskol Captain 4 Delver of Secrets 1 Celestial Purge 1 Negate 1 Dissipate

Rare (19)

2 Moorland Haunt 3 Glacial Fortress 4 Phantasmal Image 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Dungeon Geists 2 Surgical Extraction

Mythic (8)

4 Darkslick Shores 4 Seachrome Coast

75 Cards

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Posted in Competitive Gaming on February 11, 2012

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Video Deck Tech: Spirit Delver with Jon Finkel

Jon Finkel

Creature (17)

Sorcery (13)

Instant (8)

Land (22)

Sideboard (15)

White (10)

Blue (33)

Black (3)

Red (3)

Multi colored (4)

Colorless (22)

1 (22)

2 (17)

3 (10)

4 (4)

Common (37)

Uncommon (11)

Rare (19)

Mythic (8)

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