PRO TOUR AMONKHET

Gerry Thompson was relentless throughout this weekend, crushing the competition with Mono-Black Zombies to win $50,000, an invitation to the 2017 Magic: The Gathering World Championship, and the title of Pro Tour Amonkhet Champion!

PRO TOUR AMONKHET

Sunday Coverage

It’s been a long road for Gerry Thompson of Mutiny, and over four years since his first Pro Tour Top 8 at Pro Tour Gatecrash in 2013. He has gone from the Pro Tour, to an independent series mainstay, to game designer, and then full circle back to the life of a Pro Tour regular that he missed. It took him time to get back on the train, competing regularly in Magic’s flagship tournaments, but his seasoned experience, deck tuning, and sheer skill has ensured that. And after this weekend at Pro Tour Amonkhet, we’ll be seeing even more of him for the next few years.

The Standard format at Pro Tour Amonkhet was hyped by Mardu Vehicles, defined by Aetherworks Marvel, but won by Zombies, the new beatdown deck on the block. The combination of new cards from Amonkhet with many of the Shadows over Innistrad block support for the Zombies archetype proved to be a popular choice at the event, as the deck in a few variations made up over 20% of the metagame. One of those pilots included the eventual winner, as Thompson brought the traditional Mono-Black Zombies build, which had the ability to come out fast, stave off sweepers, or slow things down for the long grind.

It took battling through some of the world’s top players, including Pro Tour Hall of Famer, No. 22-ranked, Musashi team member Yuuya Watanabe in the finals, for Thompson to take home one of Magic’s biggest titles, but in the end, he succeeded, and is already back to work at seeing what he could have done differently to improve from here. After all, there’s a tournament next week, and plenty of weeks remaining in this season plus more to come. Congratulations once again to Gerry Thompson, Pro Tour Amonkhet Champion!

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Finals: Gerry Thompson vs. (22) Yuuya Watanabe by Corbin Hosler

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Semifinals: Martin Müller vs. (22) Yuuya Watanabe

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Semifinals: Gerry Thompson vs. Ken Yukuhiro

by Frank Karsten

The two players in this semifinal match were no newcomers to the Top 8 stage. Team Mutiny's Gerry Thompson, well-respected not only for his playing skill but also for his prowess at building decks...

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Quarterfinals: Martin Müller vs. Christian Calcano

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Quarterfinals: Gerry Thompson vs. Marc Tobiasch

by Frank Karsten

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May 14 2017

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Quarterfinals: Eric Froehlich vs. Ken Yukuhiro

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Quarterfinals: Chris Fennell vs. (22) Yuuya Watanabe

by Corbin Hosler

Chris Fennell was never supposed to be here. The American had one Pro Tour Top 8 appearance—coming in 2014 at Pro Tour Born of the Gods—but with little preparation time for this event and a...

May 14 2017

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24-27 Point Standard Decklists

by Wizards of the Coast

After ten rounds of Standard at Pro Tour Amonkhet, a handful of players emerged the most successful in Constructed. These decks earned 27 points (9-1) in the Standard rounds of Pro...

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21-23 Point Standard Decklists

by Wizards of the Coast

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18-20 Point Standard Decklists

by Wizards of the Coast

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Standard Analysis: The Match-Win Percentages

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Top 8 Profiles

by Event Coverage Staff

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Saturday Coverage

The Top 8 for Pro Tour Amonkhet features a global line-up of Pro Tour legends and veterans. Leading the charge is Chris Fennell of Lingering Souls, who is competing in his second Pro Tour Top 8, followed by Ken Yukuhiro of Musashi with his third. In third seed is Team EUreka’s Marc Tobiasch, who finally broke through to his first Pro Tour Top 8, joined by MTG Bent Card’s Christian Calcano in his inaugural Sunday stage appearance. Rounding out the rest of Sunday’s competitors is Martin Müller of Genesis (Top 8 #2), Gerry Thompson of Mutiny (Top 8 #2), Eric Froehlich of Channel Fireball Ice (Top 8 #5), and finally Yuuya Watanabe of Musashi (Top 8 #4).

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Sunday at 9 a.m. local time (CT)/7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET/2 p.m. UTC to see who goes home with a $50,000 first place prize and the title of Pro Tour Amonkhet Champion!

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May 13 2017

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May 13 2017

The 6-0 Drafters of Pro Tour Amonkhet by Frank Karsten

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May 14 2017

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Deck Spotlight: Zombies

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Lingering Souls: Revenge of the "Last Picks"

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Pro Tour Amonkhet Day Two Standard Metagame Breakdown

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Pierre Dagen of team Opportunity and Chris Fennell of team Lingering Souls emerge as Day One’s sole undefeated players at Pro Tour Amonkhet! This puts them in a commanding position for the second day of competition.

However, with eight rounds left before a cut to Sunday’s playoff matches, anything can happen as the world’s top Magic players square off for their share of the $250,000 prize pool. Who will ultimately move on to Pro Tour Amonkhet’s Top 8? Tune in to twitch.tv/magic Saturday at 9 a.m. local time (CT)/7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET/2 p.m. UTC to find out!

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Fact Sheet

by Wizards of the Coast

Top 8 Decklists

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Gerry Thompson - Mono-Black Zombies

Pro Tour Amonkhet

Decklist Stats Sample Hand

Creature (24)

4 Cryptbreaker 4 Dread Wanderer 4 Metallic Mimic 4 Relentless Dead 4 Lord of the Accursed 4 Diregraf Colossus

Sorcery (4)

4 Dark Salvation

Instant (5)

2 Fatal Push 3 Grasp of Darkness

Enchantment (3)

3 Liliana's Mastery

Land (24)

2 Westvale Abbey 22 Swamp

60 Cards

Sideboard (15)

1 Grasp of Darkness 2 Lost Legacy 3 Liliana, the Last Hope 3 Scrapheap Scrounger 2 Gonti, Lord of Luxury 2 Transgress the Mind 2 Aethersphere Harvester

Deal Another Hand

Yuuya Watanabe - Temur Aetherworks Marvel