Japan is now back in the pinnacle of Magic. This is after an all-Japanese Finals on the Sunday and last day of Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar (Milwaukee). The champion, Kazuyuki Takimura playing Abzan aggro, battled fellow countryman Ryoichi Tamada, which was piloting a straightforward Jeskai deck. It took a decider Game 5 wherein the board advantage were swinging back and forth to both players. It was then that Takimura outlasted his opponent with Abzan’s superstar Siege Rhino and took down the trophy and title of Champion of the Pro Tour.

Here is the winning decklist of Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar:

Maindeck
4 Shambling Vent
4 Flooded Strand
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Plains
2 Llanowar Wastes
2 Forest
2 Canopy Vista
1 Sunken Hollow
1 Smoldering Marsh

4 Warden of the First Tree
4 Siege Rhino
4 Den Protector
4 Anafenza, the Foremost
3 Hangarback Walker
2 Wingmate Roc

4 Dromoka’s Command
4 Abzan Charm
1 Murderous Cut
4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Sideboard
1 Wingmate Roc
1 Self-Inflicted Wound
3 Silkwrap
3 Transgress the Mind
2 Duress
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor