Reanimator wins MTG Grand Prix Auckland

The first Magic: the Gathering Standard Grand Prix after Return to Ravnica was concluded hours ago at Auckland New Zealand. The deck that emerged triumphed involved reanimating angels, demon and beasts. This four color deck archetype was piloted by Walker MacMurdo, a 23 student who started Day One at 5-0-2.

Here is his winning list:

Four Color Reanimator
Winner, Grand Prix Auckland 2012
Maindeck
4 Blood Crypt
3 Clifftop Retreat
4 Overgrown Tomb
2 Rootbound Crag
1 Slayers’ Stronghold
3 Sunpetal Grove
4 Temple Garden
2 Woodland Cemetery

1 Acidic Slime
4 Angel of Serenity
3 Centaur Healer
1 Craterhoof Behemoth
1 Griselbrand
4 Thragtusk

2 Dreadbore
4 Faithless Looting
4 Grisly Salvage
3 Lingering Souls
4 Mulch
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Sever the Bloodline
4 Unburial Rites

Sideboard
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Centaur Healer
1 Craterhoof Behemoth
2 Deathrite Shaman
3 Duress
1 Mizzium Mortars
2 Rolling Temblor
1 Sever the Bloodline
2 Slaughter Games
1 Zealous Conscripts

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