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Round 8: Brian Speicher Blue-Red defeated by Nathan Holiday White-Blue In a match that leaped to the small screens at home, Nathan Holiday and his white-blue deck challenged the defending King of the Hill. Holiday, winner of Grand Prix San Diego in , wrangled a strong troupe to battle with: Soul of Theros and a bevy of ways to draw cards gave him the edge to overpower the ruler. However, Speicher's ability to bounce creatures, counter haymaker burn spells, and draw plenty of card along the way was enough to touch it out under the heat. Round 7: Brian Speicher Blue-Red defeats Brad Maxwell Black-Red Brad Maxwell wielded the wonderful weapons of black-red in his challenge to the reigning king, bringing plenty of burn in Stoke the Flames , Goblin Kaboomist , Chandra, Pyromancer, and two copies of Lightning Strike. Round 4: 2 Owen Turtenwald Blue-Black defeats Erik Stokes Blue-Black Beginning with a run of victories Round 1 through Round 3, Erik Stokes began as the challenger for the King of the Hill chair in Round 4. Backed up with Cone of Flame and Chandra, Pryomancer it was more damage than Turtenwald could take. There isn't an exact science to determine who begins, but it's always someone riding high in competitive Magic by the end of the day. Between Turtenwald, third-ranked Reid Duke, and fourth-ranked and Pro Tour Hall of Fame member William Jensen, the trio had taken down Grand Prix Portland by defeating every other team they faced in Magic Limited. Round 5: 2 Owen Turtenwald Blue-Black defeated by Shaun Hughes White-Red While Turtenwald had won the match against a deck similar to his own, the aggressive power of Shaun Hughes' red-white amalgam rose to the challenge. Round 9: Nathan Holiday White-Blue defeated Jamie Parke White-Blue As one of the several battles for undefeated playing out, holding on to the King of the Hill chair for Day 2 would mean seating at the Draft pod filled with the most successful players from today. Splashing a little blue, Hughes' deck built off the power of two copies of Triplicate Spirits and Raise the Alarm to go wide and fast. With two copies of Generator Servant , playing an early and haste-enhanced Soul of Shandalar or Stormtide Leviathan let might trump flight, passing the crown to yet another. Achieving perfection meant McLaren had more chops than his Modern-fueled success might indicate. Left to Right 11th-ranked Shaun McLaren used his green tools to pick victory from Sammy Batarseh's Soul of Shandalar and Jace, the Living Guildpact Sealed deck. The Other Undefeated The final fight for King of the Hill wasn't the only undefeated decision happening. Riding high was, perhaps, a bit of an understatement. And in a match that went right up into extra turns in Game 2, Allen Sun used a powerful control deck with Stormtide Leviathan , Cruel Sadist , Chasm Skulker , and Jace, the Living Guildpact to slowly grind away at Neil Anderson's Genesis Hydra and Garruk, Apex Hunter machinations. Nicholas LeBlanc's Goblin Rabblemaster deck wasn't fast enough to overtake Ian Robertson's Soul of Shandalar -and- Liliana Vess -powerhouse. Left to Right It took two full games and all the time in the round, but Allen Sun's control deck finally wrenched victory from Neil Anderson's Garruk, Apex Hunter. Starting a day undefeated is a reasonable feat, and it put him on solid ground to build up from. Left to Right Ian Robertson took control against Nicholas LeBlanc's Goblin Rabblemaster aggressive deck. The only thing better than winning a recent Grand Prix in a format would be winning the most recent Pro Tour, which both Turtenwald and Jensen tried with their dual Top 8 appearances immediately before their victorious Grand Prix.

What does it mean to be King of the Hill? It's an honor to be king, but it's a tough road to follow. In king of the hill william end, Stokes was unable to article source the powerful professional.

Marching through opponents, including longtime Magic competitor and Grand Prix winner David Williams, Stokes would face a blue-black mirror match against Turtenwald. Round 6: Shaun Hughes White-Red defeated by Brian Speicher Blue-Red While Hughes' powerful deck could amp up the attackers quickly, Brian Speicher brought a potent blue-red pair to the challenge.

Congratulations to the Day 1 undefeated players, and reigning King of the Hill, of Grand Prix Salt Lake City!

Soul of Shandalar Itself was more than enough in the decisive third game. Three other matches brought long wars to determine who would remain perfect into the second day of Grand Prix Salt Lake City. But if Magic guarantees anything it's excitement: Anything can happen. With a Top 8 at Pro Tour Journey into Nyx Parke was primed as one of the best challengers of the day. With Nathan Holiday, Ian Robertson, and 11 Shaun McLaren all going , and Allen Sun slipping in with a record of , the four undefeated would start anew with Magic Draft the next day. Despite deathtouch beasts and Hydra summonings, Sun stayed true to his plans with bounce and flying cutting the path to victory. At Grand Prix Salt Lake City, the highest second ranked member of the Peach Garden Oath brothers Owen Turtenwald was chosen to seed the day, though any of those three would have done as well. Armed with a Soul of Theros of his own, Parke and Holiday fought to three games where Holiday's Master of Predicaments helps overcome Parke splash of red mana. Early in the day it isn't much more than a moniker and coveted seat in the feature match area. Jamie Parke was one of the many resurgent pros returning to the game in recent years, demonstrating that excellence in Magic is a skill that sticks around. Left to Right Nathan Holiday, Ian Robertson, 11 Shaun McLaren, and Allen Sun are your undefeated players from Day 1 at Grand Prix Salt Lake City.