Martell Calls Down Reckoning at Pro Tour

Pro Tour Gatecrash 2013

The Pro Tour Gatecrash Top 8 opened with a moment of history hanging in the balance for all eight players. When the dust had cleared, Tom Martell emerged victorious over Joel Larsson in a battle highlighting the power of Boros Reckoner. Martell and his Aristocrats deck defeated Larsson's Blue-White-Red deck in a thrilling four-game final match.

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 1: Reid Duke vs. Ben Stark

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 2: Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa vs. Luis Scott-Vargas

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 3: Gabriel Nassif vs. Matt Sperling

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 4: Sam Black vs. Martin Juza

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 5: Raphael Levy vs. David Gleicher (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 6: Brian Kibler vs. Tom Martell (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 7: Shahar Shenhar vs. Raphael Levy (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 8: Melissa DeTora vs. Paul Renie (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash - Round 9: Grgur Petric Maretic vs. Jeremie Ross-Latour

Pro Tour Gatecrash - Round 10: Gerry Thompson vs. Robert Jurkovic

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 11 - Don van Ravenswaaij vs Ben Stark

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 12: Melissa DeTora vs Gerry Thompson

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 13: Lukas Jaklovsky vs. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 14: Jon Stern vs. Jeremy Dezani (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 15: Gianluca Spanu vs. Gerry Thompson (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 16: Eric Froehlich vs. Gianluca Spanu (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Finals: Tom Martell vs. Joel Larsson

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 1: Reid Duke vs. Ben Stark

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 2: Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa vs. Luis Scott-Vargas

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 3: Gabriel Nassif vs. Matt Sperling

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 4: Sam Black vs. Martin Juza

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 5: Raphael Levy vs. David Gleicher (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 6: Brian Kibler vs. Tom Martell (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 7: Shahar Shenhar vs. Raphael Levy (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 8: Melissa DeTora vs. Paul Renie (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash - Round 9: Grgur Petric Maretic vs. Jeremie Ross-Latour

Pro Tour Gatecrash - Round 10: Gerry Thompson vs. Robert Jurkovic

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 11 - Don van Ravenswaaij vs Ben Stark

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 12: Melissa DeTora vs Gerry Thompson

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 13: Lukas Jaklovsky vs. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 14: Jon Stern vs. Jeremy Dezani (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 15: Gianluca Spanu vs. Gerry Thompson (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Round 16: Eric Froehlich vs. Gianluca Spanu (Standard)

Pro Tour Gatecrash Quarterfinals

Pro Tour Gatecrash Semifinals

Pro Tour Gatecrash Finals: Tom Martell vs. Joel Larsson

The Sunday field in Montreal featured notable first-time Top 8ers Gerry Thompson, Owen Turtenwald, and Melissa DeTora. Thompson and Turtenwald, spotlighted just before the tournament as two of the top players yet to reach the Top 8, fell to Larsson and Eric Froehlich, respectively, in the quarterfinals. DeTora, who became the first female player to make a Pro Tour Top 8, lost to eventual champion Martell. Ben Stark, who was chasing his second Pro Tour title, defeated Stephen Mann in the quarters but lost to Larsson in the semis.

The other big news coming during Day Two of the Pro Tour was the announcement of a fourth Pro Tour being added to the 2013-14 schedule. It will be run in conjunction with the summer Core Set. Further details can be found here.

Top 8 Decks of Pro Tour Gatecrash
Top Standard Decks, 18 Points or Better
Day-by-Day Coverage: Friday | Saturday | Sunday
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Pro Tour Player Statistics:
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top 8 bracket

Quaterfinals

(1) Ben Stark

(8) Stephen Mann

(4) Joel Larsson

(5) Gerry Thompson

(2) Owen Turtenwald

(7) Eric Froehlich

(3) Melissa DeTora

(6) Tom Martell

Semi-finals

Ben Stark, 3-1

Joel Larsson, 3-1

Eric Froehlich, 3-1

Tom Martell, 3-1

Finals

Joel Larsson, 3-2

Tom Martell, 3-2

Champion

Tom Martell, 3-1

Decks

by Event Coverage Staff
Top 8 Decks of Pro Tour Gatecrash
by Event Coverage Staff
Decklists:
Top Standard Decks, 18 Points or Better
by Brian David-Marshall
Video Deck Tech:
Esper Control with Ben Stark
by Brian David-Marshall
Video Deck Tech:
Reckoner Control with Gerry Thompson
by Brian David-Marshall
Video Deck Tech:
'I've Got a Feeling' with Denniz Rachid
by Brian David-Marshall
Video Deck Tech:
Gruul Aggro with Shahar Shenhar
by Zac Hill
Video Deck Tech:
Bant Control with Melissa DeTora
by Zac Hill
Video Deck Tech:
Lucky Charms with David Sharfman
by Zac Hill
Video Deck Tech:
Mono-Black with Conley Woods

Sunday

by Event Coverage Staff
Top 5 Cards of Pro Tour Gatecrash :
by Brian David-Marshall and Rich Hagon
Video Feature:
Day Three Wrap-up
by Event Coverage Staff
Decklists: Top 8 Standard Decks
by Event Coverage Staff
Profiles: Top 8 Players
by Paul Jordan
Feature:
Archetype Breakdown for Pro Tour Gatecrash
by Blake Rasmussen
Finals:
Triumphant Aristocracy
Joel Larsson (UWR Flash) vs.
Tom Martell (The Aristocrats)
by Josh Bennett
Semifinals:
Spiraling Out of Control
Joel Larsson (UWR Flash) vs.
Ben Stark (Esper Control)
by Blake Rasmussen
Semifinals:
Royal Reckonings
Eric Froehlich (Saito Zoo) vs.
Tom Martell (The Aristocrats)
by Blake Rasmussen
Quarterfinals:
The Reason We Play the Games
Melissa DeTora (Wolf Run Bant) vs.
Tom Martell (The Aristocrats)
by Josh Bennett
Quarterfinals:
Serenity Supreme
Stephan Mann (Jund Midrange) vs.
Ben Stark (Esper Control)
by Nate Price
Quarterfinals:
Planeswalking Perils
Eric Froehlich (Saito Zoo) vs.
Owen Turtenwald (Jund)
by Mike Rosenberg
Quarterfinals:
Charming
Joel Larsson (UWR Flash) vs.
Gerry Thompson (UWR Flash)

Saturday

by Rich Hagon and Brian David-Marshall
Video Feature:
Day Two Wrap-Up
by Event Coverage Staff
CoverItLive:
Day Two Chat Archive
by Blake Rasmussen
Feature:
Friends, Grecians, Countrymen
by Nate Price
Feature:
The Geist Effect, and the Variations of UWR
by Marshall Sutcliffe and Brian David-Marshall
Video Feature:
Day 2 Draft with Melissa DeTora
by Nate Price
Feature:
Drafting Gruul with Tom Martell and Reid Duke
by Zac Hill
Video Feature:
Draft Tech with Ben Stark
by Rich Hagon and Zac Hill
Video Feature:
Draft Recap
by Josh Bennett
Feature:
Drafting Simic
by Blake Rasmussen
Feature:
Team Performances on Day One
by Nate Price and Nick Fang
Feature:
Day Two Standard Metagame Breakdown
by Blake Rasmussen
Feature:
Drafting Orzhov with Ben Stark
by Event Coverage Staff
Draft Viewer:
Draft 2, Pod 1
by Nate Price
Feature:
Drafting Dimir
by Event Coverage Staff
Feature:
Pods: Draft 2
by Blake Rasmussen
Round 16:
Grueling Odds
Stephan Mann (Jund Midrange) vs.
Shahar Shenhar (Gruul Aggro)
by Josh Bennett
Round 15:
Angelic Action
Melissa DeTora (Wolf Run Bant) vs.
Dave Shiels (UWR Flash)
by Nate Price
Round 14:
No Return on Investment
Pat Cox (Jund Midrange) vs.
Yuuya Watanabe (UWR Gideon)
by Josh Bennett
Round 12:
Oh the Humanity!
Shahar Shenhar (Gruul Aggro) vs.
Paul Rietzl (The Aristocrats)
by Mike Rosenberg
Round 9:
Spies in the Skies
Raphael Levy vs.
Shahar Shenhar (Draft)

Friday

by Rich Hagon and Brian David-Marshall
Video Feature:
Day One Wrap-Up
by Event Coverage Staff
CoverItLive:
Day One Chat Archive
by Zac Hill
Video Feature:
Game Time with Zac Hill
by Event Coverage Staff
Feature:
5 Cards to Watch Out For This Weekend
by Brian David-Marshall
Video Feature:
Draft Tech with Gaudenis Vidugiris
by Blake Rasmussen, Nate Price, and Josh Bennett
Feature:
Standard Metagame Breakdown
by Marshall Sutcliffe
Video Feature:
Marshall Law - "Best Case Scenario Mentality"
by Blake Rasmussen
Feature:
Drafting Boros with Paul Rietzl
by Event Coverage Staff
Draft Viewer:
Draft 1, Pod 27
by Event Coverage Staff
Feature:
Pods: Draft 1
by Trick Jarrett
Feature:
More Features, Fewer Matches
by Brian David-Marshall and Rich Hagon
Video Feature:
Pro Tour Gatecrash Preview
by Nate Price
Round 8:
Banes, Blue Spells, and Brawls
Raphael Levy (Wolf Run Bant) vs.
Ben Stark (Esper Control)
by Josh Bennett
Round 6:
Snapbacks, Slaughters, and Combacks
Guillaume Wafo-Tapa (Esper Control) vs.
Conley Woods (Black By Popular Demand)
by Blake Rasmussen
Round 5:
Lords of the Lands
David Gleicher (Bant Black) vs.
Raphael Levy (Bant)
by Josh Bennett
Round 4:
Running Out of Time
Melissa DeTora (Bant) vs.
Robert Jurkovic (UWR Control)
by Blake Rasmussen
Round 3:
The Minds that Bind
Robert Jurkovic vs.
Denniz Rachid (Draft)
by Mike Rosenberg
Round 2:
Soldiers and Standoffs
Ben Friedman vs.
Grgur Petric Maretic (Draft)
by Brian David-Marshall
Column:
Next Man Up!
by Rich Hagon
Feature:
Looking Ahead to Pro Tour Gatecrash
by Mike Flores
Column:
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Gatecrash
by Jacob van Lunen
Column:
Setting a New Standard
by Marshall Sutcliffe
Column:
Expected Results
by Event Coverage Staff
Info:
Pro Tour Gatecrash Event Information

Top 8 Final Standing


1. Tom Martell	$40,000
2. Joel Larsson	$20,000
3. Ben Stark	$12,500
4. Eric Froehlich	$12,500
5. Owen Turtenwald	$10,000
6. Melissa DeTora	$10,000
7. Gerry Thompson	$10,000
8. Stephen Mann	$10,000