With a different kind of Delver deck, Christian Calcano started off strong and never looked back as he crushed the competition at Grand Prix Minneapolis! That competition were no slouches either. Could you beat this gauntlet of decks in just the Top 8?

"Josh Utter-Leyton's Esper Delver"

• Creatures (14)
• 4 Delver of Secrets
• 4 Geist of Saint Traft
• 2 Hero of Bladehold
• 4 Snapcaster Mage

• Spells (25)
• 1 Dismember
• 4 Gitaxian Probe
• 2 Gut Shot
• 3 Honor of the Pure
• 4 Lingering Souls
• 3 Mana Leak
• 4 Ponder
• 4 Vapor Snag

• Lands (21)
• 4 Darkslick Shores
• 2 Evolving Wilds
• 4 Glacial Fortress
• 4 Island
• 2 Plains
• 4 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Swamp

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Celestial Purge
• 1 Moorland Haunt
• 2 Nihil Spellbomb
• 2 Phantasmal Image
• 2 Revoke Existence
• 2 Sword of Feast and Famine
• 2 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 2 Timely Reinforcements

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"Rick Stout's U/W Delver"

• Creatures (18)
• 4 Champion of the Parish
• 4 Delver of Secrets
• 2 Elite Vanguard
• 3 Geist of Saint Traft
• 1 Gideon's Lawkeeper
• 4 Snapcaster Mage

• Spells (21)
• 4 Gather the Townsfolk
• 2 Gut Shot
• 1 Mass Appeal
• 3 Mutagenic Growth
• 1 Negate
• 4 Ponder
• 1 Runechanter's Pike
• 1 Sword of War and Peace
• 4 Vapor Snag

• Lands (21)
• 2 Cavern of Souls
• 3 Glacial Fortress
• 5 Island
• 2 Moorland Haunt
• 5 Plains
• 4 Seachrome Coast

• Sideboard (15)
• 3 Celestial Purge
• 2 Divine Offering
• 2 Flashfreeze
• 1 Mental Misstep
• 2 Negate
• 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
• 3 Timely Reinforcements
• 1 Unsummon

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"Brad Nelson's Mono-Blue Architect"

• Creatures (24)
• 4 Grand Architect
• 3 Merfolk Looter
• 4 Phantasmal Image
• 4 Phyrexian Metamorph
• 4 Snapcaster Mage
• 1 Spellskite
• 4 Wurmcoil Engine

• Spells (13)
• 1 Batterskull
• 4 Gitaxian Probe
• 4 Ponder
• 4 Vapor Snag

• Lands (23)
• 4 Buried Ruin
• 2 Ghost Quarter
• 17 Island

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Dungeon Geists
• 1 Grafdigger's Cage
• 1 Hex Parasite
• 2 Jace, Memory Adept
• 2 Mental Misstep
• 3 Ratchet Bomb
• 1 Spellskite
• 2 Surgical Extraction
• 1 Trinket Mage

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What was the tool that Calcano used to slice things up? A unique twist on the standby Delver decks:

"Christian Calcano's Blue-Red Delver"

• Creatures (12)
• 4 Delver of Secrets
• 1 Dungeon Geists
• 2 Invisible Stalker
• 1 Phantasmal Image
• 4 Snapcaster Mage

• Spells (25)
• 2 Bonfire of the Damned
• 1 Devil's Play
• 1 Galvanic Blast
• 4 Gitaxian Probe
• 1 Incinerate
• 3 Pillar of Flame
• 4 Ponder
• 2 Runechanter's Pike
• 4 Thought Scour
• 3 Vapor Snag

• Lands (23)
• 1 Desolate Lighthouse
• 12 Island
• 7 Mountain
• 3 Sulfur Falls

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Bonfire of the Damned
• 1 Combust
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 1 Crush
• 1 Desolate Lighthouse
• 1 Flashfreeze
• 1 Frost Titan
• 1 Grim Lavamancer
• 1 Gut Shot
• 1 Inferno Titan
• 1 Koth of the Hammer
• 2 Mana Leak
• 1 Phantasmal Image
• 1 Zealous Conscripts

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Congratulations to Christian on his well-deserved win! And if you want to catch up on all the coverage from Grand Prix Minneapolis just head over to the official coverage on DailyMTG.com!