Feb
22
Simon Gortzen Wins Pro Tour San Diego
The Pro Tour is over, with Simon Gortzen as the winner. Here is the wrap up video from Wizards:
Here is his profile and deck list:
Age: 25
Hometown: Aachen, Germany
Occupation: Ph.D. Student
Number of Times Playing on the Pro Tour: 10+
How did you qualify for Pro Tour–San Diego? Rating
Number of GP/PT Top 8s: 1/1
Other previous Magic accomplishments?
5th at Pro Tour-Charleston
Top 4 at Grand Prix-Paris
What was your record by format?
Standard: 7-2-1
Booster Draft: 5-1
How did you prepare for Pro Tour–San Diego? Who did you prepare with?
Tested with the German and Swiss.
How many hours do you spend on Magic Online in an average week?
3
What Standard deck are you playing and why?
Jund, because it’s the best deck.
Where you do you play Friday Night Magic?
Aachen.
Who taught you to play Magic and why?
I learned a lot from my brother, and Andre Muller taught me most of the rest.
What’s your favorite part of the Pro Tour coming to San Diego?
The road trip through California.
The deck he won with (download link follows):
Main Deck
60 cards
2 Dragonskull Summit
4 Forest
2 Lavaclaw Reaches
3 Mountain
4 Raging Ravine
1 Rootbound Crag
4 Savage Lands
3 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs
27 lands
4 Bloodbraid Elf
3 Broodmate Dragon
4 Putrid Leech
3 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Sprouting Thrinax
18 creatures 4 Blightning
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Rampant Growth
15 other spells
Sideboard
4 Deathmark
4 Great Sable Stag
1 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Master of the Wild Hunt
1 Pithing Needle
2 Terminate
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Source: Wizards.com