DAY 2 COVERAGE
This inaugural outing of Hour of Devastation, the second set of Amonkhet, has been a raucous ride! After a semifinals for the ages between Hall of Fame heavyweights Jon Finkel and William "Huey" Jensen, it was Jensen who grabbed the trophy—dispatching both Finkel, then Tokyo native Atsuki Kihara in the finals. Jensen's powerful Nest of Scarabs-Archfiend of Ifnir combo wrecked havoc, making pyramid-loads of insects while laying wastes to his opponents' creatures.
Jensen has all-but clinched Platinum player status with this second win, but he's not the only one who made moves this weekend. Semifinalist (16) Martin Müller clinched Platinum himself after going 13-0 in the Swiss rounds. He too had a quiet early season, but has roared back with a vengeance, going from 14 pro points three months ago all the way to the top.
Hour of Devastation has ironically brought good tidings for so many players. The Limited format has diversified and accentuated Amonkhet's strengths making an incredible deck-building and gameplay environment. We'll see what more glory awaits us at Pro Tour Hour of Devastation next weekend!
The God-Pharaoh has rewarded us all, but he saved his final reward for Huey.
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After 15 rounds of competition, we are down to the final eight players. Let’s meet these talented players who have displayed mastery of the Amonkhet/Hour of Devastation format. Just one more...
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by Chapman Sim
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DAY 1 COVERAGE
2,398 players arrived at Kyoto, one of two stops of this exciting double Grand Prix weekend! After nine rounds of Sealed Deck, 752 players will return tomorrow for six rounds of Amonkhet/Hour of Devastation Booster Draft.
The nine 9-0 players are namely, Toshiki Okai, William Jensen, Tatsuya Kusanagi, Jacob Nagro, Marcio Carvalho, Martin Müller, Lucas Kiefer, Steven Carter, and Haruka Miyata!
On their tails are Jon Stern, Brian Braun-Duin, Pascal Maynard, Eduardo Sajgalik, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Jon Finkel, Owen Turtenwald, Sam Black, Matt Nass, and Kentaro Yamamoto, all at 8-1. More big names ensue, such as Alexander Hayne, Joel Larsson, Yuta Takahashi, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, Brad Nelson, Martin Jůza, Kelvin Chew, Ken Yukuhiro, Thiago Saporito, and Yuuya Watanabe, all at 7-2 and eager to give chase!
With the field so heavily stacked, Day 2 looks to be extremely, extemely intense. Day 1 is done here at Kyoto but things are just getting started in Toronto! We promise we'll be back tomorrow, with even more epic stories than you can imagine!
