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hen Pro Tour Philadelphia opened, combo decks dominated the discussion of the Modern metagame. Italy's Samuele Estratti concluded the weekend proving that talk was warranted, piloting Splinter Twin to defeat Josh Utter-Leyton and Counter-Cat Zoo 3-1 in the finals.
As the second-most played deck archetype here in Philadelphia, Splinter Twin was one of the known commodities heading into the Pro Tour debut of the Modern format. Estratti, a two-time member of the Italian National team, fought through Andrejs Prost and Ascension Storm in the quarterfinals and Chikara Nakajima (Affinity) in the semifinals en route to the first Pro Tour title ever for Italy.
Congratulations to Samuele Estratti, the first Pro Tour champion in the Modern format!
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Max Sjöblom
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Chikara Nakajima
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Chikara Nakajima
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Samuele Estratti
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Andrejs Prost
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Samuele Estratti
3-1
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Samuele Estratti
3-1
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Samuele Estratti
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Jesse Hampton
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Sam Black
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Sam Black
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Josh Utter-Leyton
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Josh Utter-Leyton
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Josh Utter-Leyton
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Alessandro Portaro
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by Rich Hagon and Brian David-Marshall
Video Feature: Day Three Wrap-up
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by Bill Stark
Final: Goodnight Moon Samuele Estratti (Pester Twin) vs. Josh Utter-Leyton (CFB Zoo)
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by Josh Bennett
Semifinal: Slam It Sam Black (Shoal Infect) vs. Josh Utter-Leyton (CFB Zoo)
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by David Sutcliffe
Semifinal: Shattered and Splintered Samuele Estratti (Pester Twin) vs. Chikara Nakajima (Affinity)
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by Bill Stark
Quarterfinal: Combo Corner Samuele Estratti (Pester Twin) vs. Andrejs Prost (Ascension Storm)
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by Josh Bennett
Quarterfinal: A Good Draw, That Tarmogoyf Alessandro Portaro (Pester Twin) vs. Josh Utter-Leyton (CFB Zoo)
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by Blake Rasmussen
Quarterfinal: Action Pact Sam Black (Shoal Infect) vs. Jesse Hampton (Twelvepost)
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by David Sutcliffe
Quarterfinal: Take Artifacts; Apply Liberally to Face Chikara Nakajima (Affinity) vs. Max Sjöblom (Pyromancer Ascension)
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by Event Coverage Staff
Top 8: Modern Decklists
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by Event Coverage Staff
Top 8: Player Profiles
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by Frank Karsten
Feature: Answering the Modern Format
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by Event Coverage Staff
Deck Lists: Modern Decks, 18 Points or Better
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by Rich Hagon and Brian David-Marshall
Video Feature: Day Two Wrap-Up
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by Josh Bennett
Feature: Modern Across Its Sets
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by Bill Stark
Feature: The Rise of the Super-Team
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by Brian David-Marshall
Video Deck Tech: Splinter Twin with Josh Hakakian
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by Steve Sadin
Feature: Unlikely Uses for Cards in Modern
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by Craig Gibson and Rashad Miller
Feature
Wizards of the Cats
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by Josh Bennett
Deck Tech: Pyromancer Ascension with Yuuya Watanabe
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by Bill Stark
Deck Tech: Restore Balance with Peter Vieren
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by Blake Rasmussen
Deck Tech: Next Level Blue with Brad Sheppard
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by Rich Hagon
Video Deck Tech:Mono-Blue Infect with Sam Black
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by David Sutcliffe
Feature: A Good Year with Vincent Lemoine
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by David Sutcliffe
Round 16: Striking High Like Cobra Kai Sam Black (Shoal Infect) vs. Vincent Lemoine (Twelvepost)
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by Blake Rasmussen
Round 15: We've Been Here Before Jeremy Neeman (Storm) vs. Luis Scott-Vargas (Zoo)
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by Rashad Miller
Round 14: Double Your Fun Joshua Hakakian (Pester Twin) vs. Brian Demars (Zoo)
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by Josh Bennett
Round 13: It Was... Inevitable Jesse Hampton (Red-Green Twelvepost) vs. Antoine Maugard (Affinity)
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by Bill Stark
Round 12: One Match at a Time Brian Kibler (Zoo) vs. David Williams (Twelvepost)
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by Bill Stark
News
Player Disqualification
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by Rich Hagon
Video Deck Tech
Through the Breach with Antonio Fedon
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by Blake Rasmussen
Feature
Losing Control
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by Bill Stark
Feature
Fresh Faces
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by Bill Stark
Feature
Focus on the Locus
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by Brian David-Marshall
Video Deck Tech:
Project Melira with Lukas Jaklovsky
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by Brian David-Marshall
Video Deck Tech: Counter-Cat with Brian Kibler
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by Rich Hagon
Video Deck Tech: Jund with Tom Dixon
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by David Sutcliffe
Round 11:
Two POYs Enter, One POY Leaves Jon Finkel vs. Yuuya Watanabe (Draft)
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by Blake Rasmussen
Round 10: The Tan Zone Antonino De Rosa vs. Conley Woods (Draft)
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by Josh Bennett
Round 9: A Close Shave Max Sjöblom vs. Sebastian Thaler (Draft)
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by Steve Sadin
Feature: It Ain't Easy Drafting Green
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by Steve Sadin
Feature: Comparing M11 Limited and M12 Limited
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by David Sutcliffe
Feature: Checking in on the Player of the Year Race
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by Event Coverage Staff
Draft Viewer: Draft 2, Pod 1
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by Rashad Miller
Metagame Breakdown: Modern Day Two
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by Rich Hagon
Video Feature: Inside the Draft with Sebastian Thaler
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by Brian David-Marshall
Video Deck Tech: Fair-fight Faeries with Gerald Camangon
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by Rich Hagon
Video Deck Tech: Infect Combo with Martin Juza
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by Brian David-Marshall and Rich Hagon
Video Feature: Day One Wrap-up
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by Brian David-Marshall
Video Feature: Innistrad Previews with Aaron Forsythe
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by Craig Gibson and Josh Bennett
Day 1 Photo Essay
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by David Sutcliffe
Round 8: Fifteen Minutes of Fame Brad Nelson vs. William Postlethwaite
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by Blake Rasmussen
Round 7: The Plan Owen Turtenwald vs. David Williams (Draft)
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by Rashad Miller
Round 6: Don't Fear the Reaper Jeremy Neeman vs. Sebastian Thaler (Draft)
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by Event Coverage Staff
Draft Viewer: Draft 1, Pod 1
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by Rashad Miller
Metagame Breakdown:
The Dawn of Modern
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by Rich Hagon
Video Deck Tech: Pyromancer’s Swath with Conley Woods
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by David Sutcliffe
Feature: Spectacular Tentacular
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by Brian David-Marshall
Video Deck Tech: Breach-Post with Travis Woo
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by Bill Stark
Round 5: "Uuuuuuuugh" Owen Turtenwald (Naya Zoo) vs. Ben Wienburg (Naya Zoo)
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by Brian David-Marshall
Video Deck Tech: Death Cloud Rock with Antonino De Rosa
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by Blake Rasmussen
Feature: The Gifts that Keep on Giving
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by Bill Stark
Round 4: He Built My Deck Zvi Mowshowitz (Pyromancer Ascension) vs. Chris Pikula (Pyromancer Ascension)
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by David Sutcliffe
Round 3: Twenty-Four Goblins, Two Turns Patrick Chapin (Pester Twin) vs. Jon Finkel (Pyromancer Ascension)
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by Blake Rasmussen
Round 2:
Sextuple Grapeshot or Double Gifts? Frank Karsten (Pyromancer Gifts) vs. Gaudenis Vidugiris (Pyromancer's Swath)
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by Josh Bennett
Round 1: Permanents to Pachyderms Kyle Boggemes vs. Adam Yurchick
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by David Sutcliffe
Feature: A Modern Primer
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by Blake Rasmussen
Feature: Dealer Talk R U ready for some Modern?
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by Rich Hagon and
Brian David-Marshall
Video Feature: Cards to Watch
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by Rich Hagon and
Brian David-Marshall
Video Feature: Players to Watch
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Column: Phantasy Drafting
by Brian David-Marshall
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Info: Magic Weekend Philadelphia Public Events Information
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