In a star-studded Top 8, featuring former Grand Prix and Pro Tour champions such as Hall of Fame member William Jensen, Shaun McLaren, and Chris Fennell, Jon Stern overran the aggressive forces fellow finalist Tomoharu Saito had mustered. Coming off the Pro Tour last weekend, Day 2 in Atlanta was packed with pros that had hung on (or returned) through the week.

Journey into Nyx Limited is among the most open and interesting in recent memory. Here's a sample of the Draft decks in the Top 8:

Blue-Green ? Theros Block Draft | Jon Stern, Winner Grand Prix Atlanta

• lands (17)
• 9 Forest
• 8 Island

• creatures (13)
• 2 Breaching Hippocamp
• 2 Deepwater Hypnotist
• 1 Fleetfeather Cockatrice
• 1 Golden Hind
• 1 Goldenhide Ox
• 1 Humbler of Mortals
• 1 Kiora's Follower
• 1 Oakheart Dryads
• 1 Prognostic Sphinx
• 1 Ravenous Leucrocota
• 1 Setessan Oathsworn

• spells (10)
• 1 Curse of the Swine
• 1 Divination
• 1 Hubris
• 1 Pin to the Earth
• 1 Raised by Wolves
• 1 Rise of Eagles
• 1 Savage Surge
• 3 Time to Feed

• Sideboard (19)
• 1 Astral Cornucopia
• 1 Chromanticore
• 1 Coastline Chimera
• 1 Commune with the Gods
• 1 Felhide Minotaur
• 2 Floodtide Serpent
• 1 Font of Ire
• 1 Gainsay
• 1 Hunt the Hunter
• 1 Karametra's Favor
• 1 Lightning Volley
• 1 Reprisal
• 1 Satyr Wayfinder
• 1 Scouring Sands
• 1 Solidarity of Heroes
• 1 Stonewise Fortifier
• 1 Tethmos High Priest
• 1 Unknown Shores[/sideboard]

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White-Red ? Theros Block Draft | Tomoharu Saito, Runner Up Grand Prix Atlanta

• lands (16)
• 7 Mountain
• 9 Plains

• creatures (16)
• 3 Akroan Mastiff
• 1 Bladetusk Boar
• 1 Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1 Forgeborn Oreads
• 1 Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
• 1 Leonin Snarecaster
• 2 Minotaur Skullcleaver
• 1 Oreskos Sun Guide
• 1 Oreskos Swiftclaw
• 1 Satyr Hoplite
• 1 Sigiled Skink
• 1 Spearpoint Oread
• 1 Wingsteed Rider

• spells (8)
• 1 Bolt of Keranos
• 1 Chained to the Rocks
• 1 Divine Verdict
• 1 Dragon Mantle
• 1 Ordeal of Heliod
• 2 Rise to the Challenge
• 1 Spear of Heliod

• Sideboard (18)
• 1 Acolyte's Reward
• 1 Akroan Crusader
• 1 Bearer of the Heavens
• 1 Dictate of Erebos
• 1 Elite Skirmisher
• 1 Nyxborn Rollicker
• 1 Peak Eruption
• 1 Priest of Iroas
• 1 Quarry Colossus
• 2 Reckless Reveler
• 1 Satyr Wayfinder
• 1 Searing Blood
• 1 Silent Artisan
• 1 Starfall
• 1 Thassa's Rebuff
• 1 Thunderous Might
• 1 Tormented Thoughts[/sideboard]

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Black-Green ? Theros Block Draft | William Jensen, Top 8 Grand Prix Atlanta

• lands (17)
• 8 Forest
• 9 Swamp

• creatures (15)
• 1 Baleful Eidolon
• 1 Bloodcrazed Hoplite
• 1 Disciple of Phenax
• 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1 Felhide Minotaur
• 1 Fleshmad Steed
• 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1 Nessian Courser
• 1 Noble Quarry
• 1 Nyx Weaver
• 1 Pharika's Mender
• 1 Renowned Weaver
• 1 Satyr Grovedancer
• 1 Spiteful Returned
• 1 Tormented Hero

• spells (8)
• 1 Aspect of Gorgon
• 1 Asphyxiate
• 1 Feast of Dreams
• 1 Grisly Transformation
• 2 Lash of the Whip
• 1 Nyx Infusion
• 1 Unravel the AEther

• Sideboard (19)
• 1 Archetype of Endurance
• 1 Cruel Feeding
• 1 Culling Mark
• 1 Destructive Revelry
• 1 Eye Gouge
• 2 Felhide Brawler
• 1 Flamecast Wheel
• 1 Font of Return
• 2 Forsaken Drifters
• 1 Glare of Heresy
• 2 Kruphix's Insight
• 1 Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
• 1 Messenger's Speed
• 1 Rotted Hulk
• 2 Setessan Oathsworn

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