Magic $1k Modern Constructed Event Top 8 Decklists

Thanks to all who participated in the Magic: The Gathering $1k Modern Constructed Event held Saturday, January 2nd 2016, in Poughkeepsie. Congratulations to our top 8 finishers, who all won prizes, and to the first place finisher, Rich Cali, who won a $400 spending spree at Dragon's Den! Here are the winning deck lists of the top eight finishers:

Rich Cali, 1st - UR Twin CREATURES: 12 4 Snapcaster Mage 2 Pestermite 4 Deceiver Exarch 2 Vendililion Clique SPELLS: 25 2 Dispel 2 Cryptic Command 4 Remand 4 Lightning Bolt 1 Harvest Pyre 2 Electrolyze 4 Serum Visions 2 Spell Snare 4 Splinter Twin LANDS: 23 1 Mountain 5 Island 4 Misty Rainforest 3 Sulfur Falls 3 Steam Vents 1 Stomping Ground 1 Tectonic Edge 1 Desolate Lighthouse SIDEBOARD: 15 1 Dispel 2 Blood Moon 1 Grim Lavamancer 1 Keranos, God of Storms 1 Jace, Architect of Thought 1 Negate 2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar 1 Izzet Staticaster 1 Roast 2 Pyroclasm 2 Ancient Grudge	Paul Lake, 2nd - GR Tron CREATURES: 6 3 Wurmcoil Engine 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 1 Ulamog, the Ceasless Hungar 1 Void Winnower SPELLS: 34 4 Karn Liberated 2 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 3 Oblivion Sower 4 Expedition Map 4 Ancient Stirrings 4 Sylvan Scrying 3 Pyroclasm 4 Chromatic Sphere 4 Chromatic Star 2 Relic of Progenitus LANDS: 20 1 Forest 4 Grove of the Burnwillows 1 Eye of Ugin 1 Ghost Quarter 4 Urza’s Tower 4 Urza’s Mine 4 Urza’s Power Plant 1 Cavern of Souls SIDEBOARD: 15 1 Crucible of Worlds 2 Obstinate Baloth 2 Spellskite 2 Rending Volley 4 Nature’s Claim 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Ghost Quarter 2 Sudden Shock
James Rynkiewicz, 3rd - UR Twin CREATURES: 12 4 Snapcater Mage 4 Deceiver Exarch 2 Pestermite 2 Vendilion Clique SPELLS: 25 2 Spell Snare 4 Serum Visions 3 Dispel 4 Remand 2 Cryptic Command 4 Lightning Bolt 1 Roast 4 Splinter Twin 1 Electrolyze LANDS: 23 4 Island 2 Mountain 3 Steam Vents 3 Sulfur Falls 1 Stomping Ground 2 Desolate Lighthouse 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Scalding Tarn SIDEBOARD: 1 Roast 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Pyroclasm 2 Negate 2 Jace, Architect of Thought 1 Shatterstorm 1 Rending Volley 2 Blood Moon 2 Keranos, God of Storms 2 Ancient Grudge	Craig Rocco, 4th - Blue Naya CREATURES: 28 4 Birds of Paradise 2 Wall of Roots 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Wall of Omens 1 Phantasmal Image 1 Coiling Oracle 1 Qasali Pridemage 4 Voice of Resurgence 2 Spellskite 3 Eternal Witness 2 Kitchen Finks 4 Restoration Angel 2 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker SPELLS: 8 4 Path to Exile 4 Chord of Calling LANDS: 24 4 Windswept Heath 2 Misty Rainforest 1 Wooded Foothills 1 Arid Mesa 2 Stomping Ground 1 Temple Garden 1 Breeding Pool 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Sacred Foundry 2 Forest 1 Plains 2 Horizon Canopy 2 Grove of the Burnwillows 1 Fire-Lit Thicket 2 Gavony Township SIDEBOARD: 15 2 Rest in Peace 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 3 Negate 2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar 1 Reclamation Sage 1 Thragtusk 2 Lightning Bolt 2 Engineered Explosives 1 Chalice of the Void
Jonathan Cortez, 5th - Bring to Light Scapeshift CREATURES: 5 1 Snapcaster Mage 4 Sakura Tribe Elder SPELLS: 29 1 Dispel 4 Search for Tomorrow 2 Izzet Charm 2 Anticipate 2 Farseek 4 Remand 2 Electrolyze 1 Anger of the Gods 1 Hunting Wilds 3 Scapeshift 4 Cryptic Command 3 Bring to Light LANDS: 26 1 Cinder Glade 1 Watery Grave 1 Swamp 1 Mountain 1 Flooded Grove 2 Forest 2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle 2 Breeding Pool 3 Island 4 Steam vents 4 Stomping Ground 4 Misty Rainforest SIDEBOARD: 15 1 Ancient Grudge 1 Negate 2 Spellskite 2 Destructive Revelry 2 Anger of the Gods 1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer 4 Obstinate Baloth 1 Shatterstorm 1 Slaughter Games	Michael Keating, 6th - Amulet Bloom CREATURES: 7 4 Primeval Bounty 2 Azusa, Lost but Seeking 1 Dragonlord Dromoka SPELLS: 26 4 Amulet of Vigor 4 Serum Visions 4 Ancient Stirrings 4 Summoner’s Pact 4 Summer Bloom 3 Hive Mind 2 Pact of Negation 1 Slaughter Pact LANDS: 27 4 Gemstone Mine 4 Simic Growth Chamber 3 Tolaria West 2 Selesnya Sanctuary 2 Gruul Turf 1 Golgari Rot Farm 1 Boros Garrison 1 Vesuva 1 Slayer’s Stronghold 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion 2 Forest 1 Khalani Garden 1 Radiant Fountain 1 Cavern of Souls 1 Mana Confluence 1 Tendo Ice Bridge SIDEBOARD: 15 1 Kolaghan’s Command 1 Slaughter Pact 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Sigarda, Host of Herons 2 Krosan Grip 1 Chalice of the Void 2 Thragtusk 1 Courser of Kruphix 1 Pyroclasam 1 Cavern of Souls 1 Forest 1 Bojuko Bog 1 Ghost Quarter
Thomas Fitzsimmons, 7th - Affinity CREATURES: 28 3 Memnite 4 Ornithopter 4 Signal Pest 3 Steel Overseer 3 Vault Skirge 4 Arcbound Ravager 4 Etched Champion 1 Spellskite 1 Hangarback Walker SPELLS: 16 4 Cranial Plating 4 Galvanic Blast 4 Mox Opal 4 Springleaf Drum LANDS: 16 4 Inkmothe Nexus 4 Blinkmoth Nexus 4 Darksteel Citadel 3 Glimmervoid 1 Mountain SIDEBOARD: 15 3 Ancient Grudge 2 Whipflare 2 Relic of Progenitus 2 Spell Pierce 2 Thoughtseize 1 Ethersworn Canonist 1 Ghirapur Aether Grid 1 Dismember 1 Torpor Orb	Nick Langella, 8th - Grixis Twin CREATURES: 11 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Deceiver Exarch 2 Pestermite 1 Vendilion Clique SPELLS: 26 4 Serum Visions 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Remand 1 Mana Leak 1 Dispel 2 Rise//Fall 3 Terminate 1 Murderous Cut 1 Cryptic Command 2 Kolaghan’s Command 3 Splinter Twin LANDS: 23 4 Polluted Delta 2 Bloodstained Mire 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Steam Vents 1 Watery Grave 1 Blood Crypt 4 Island 1 Swamp 1 Desolate Lighthouse 3 Sulfur Falls SIDEBOARD: 15 1 Anger of the Gods 2 Engineered Explosives 1 Rise//Fall 1 Thoughtseize 1 Vendilion Clique 1 Glen Elendra Archmage 1 Dispel 1 Bitter Blossom 1 Keranos, God of Storms 1 Blood Moon 1 Molten Rain 1 Negate 1 Tasigur, the Goldenfang 1 Izzet Staticaster