The first Modern Grand Prix of the 2012 season was topped by a not-so-popular deck choice in the format. This was piloted by Bronson Magnan which edged out the powerhouse Melira Pod deck by Andrew Cuneo in the grinding three-game finals.

It was in the epic Game Three that I thought Cuneo was about to win it with Thrun, but a top decked Liliana of the Veil dealt with the troll and sealed the victory for Magnan with two swings of a full-pumped Lavaclaw Reaches.

Here is the winning decklist of Grand Prix Lincoln:

Confidant Aggro Loam by Bronson Magnan
Maindeck
4 Countryside Crusher
4 Dark Confidant
4 Tarmogoyf

3 Flame Jab
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Life from the Loam
4 Raven’s Crime
3 Seismic Assault
3 Liliana of the Veil

4 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Blood Crypt
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Fire-Lit Thicket
1 Forest
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Graven Cairns
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Stomping Ground
1 Swamp
1 Twilight Mire
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Verdant Catacombs

Sideboard
3 Ancient Grudge
2 Darkblast
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Jund Charm
2 Nature’s Claim
3 Obstinate Baloth
1 Pyroclasm
2 Torpor Orb