Day 2 Coverage
"I mean, I don't know even know what to say right now," was all seventh-ranked Brad Nelson could utter when he realized he was about to face his brother Corey Baumeister in the semifinals. It was already an historic moment, as before this Brad and Corey became the first brothers in the history of Magicto both Top 8 Grands Prix back to back! They finished in the elimination rounds at Grand Prix Minneapolis two weeks ago, and now they're here.
And to think, Brad didn't even want to come because he didn't know what to play. It was finalist Brian Braun-Duin who provided him the Temur Energy list that he wielded against the World Champ in the finals—and why shouldn't he? He had just done the same thing to his brother, also on the tri-color list.
Look at whatever stat you want—Brad will now be Ranked 1 in the world and Corey Ranked 2; Brad, Brian, and Corey finished first, second, and fourth; none of the three friends lost to anyone in the Top 8 but each other. Cherry-pick whichever you like the most, or find yet another in the innumerable historically cool things about Grand Prix Denver.
Hour of Devastation Standard is great. Friends succeeding together is better. Brothers doing the same is magic.
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August 20 2017
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by Marc Calderaro
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Day 1 Coverage
What an amazing day it's been in Denver! The Hour of DevastationStandard format is filling out exactly as we all hoped. Tons of decks are not just playable, but good! You like Zombies, play those duders. What about casting Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger? Gotchu covered. How about a slow, grinding control deck that makes everyone else miserable? Oh yeah! What about Horses? Ok, well maybe not horses...yet.
Pro Tour Hour of Devastationprovided the guidebook, but now everyone's venturing out into the wilderness. Four players whose excursions have proven most fruitful are current World Champion Brian Braun-Duin, GP Las Vegas 9-0 finisher Collin Rountree, three-time Pro Tour combatant Charles League, and new-coming, deck-borrowing, no-practicing, first-time-Day-2-ing Jonathan Coleman. All these players checked the win box in each round today.
But there's plenty of players following closely behind. Way too many to name here, but the Bash Brothers, (7) Brad Nelson and Corey Baumeister are just a step behind in the standings, and they don't take too kindly to that.
We'll see tomorrow which players can stand up to the pressure cooker, and which fold like a cheap card table.
Join us at 9 am MDT at twitch.tv/magic for all the action! See you then!
