With 4,003 competitors, Grand Prix New Jersey clocked in as the third largest Grand Prix of all time. Day Two, with 446 players, was larger than many of the early Grand Prix. At the end of the second day two well known players remained with a chance to win a trophy in one of Magic's largest formats. Tom Ross was piloting Infect against Brian Braun-Duin and his Jeskai Stoneblade. Both decks featured new additions from Khans of Tarkir, with Treasure Cruise making a four-of appearance in Braun-Duin's deck while one copy joined a singleton Become Immense in Ross' weapon of choice.

The finals were decided in a tense game two where Braun-Duin's Meddling Mage wielding an Umezawa's Jitte made short work of Ross' trio of Inkmoth Nexus. The win gave Braun-Duin his second Grand Prix title (the other being Grand Prix Louisville 2013).

Jeskai Stoneblade ? Legacy | Brian Braun-Duin, Winner, Grand Prix New Jersey 2014

• Lands (18)
• 3 Volcanic Island
• 3 Tundra
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 2 Arid Mesa
• 1 Plains
• 1 Island

• Creatures (10)
• 4 Young Pyromancer
• 4 Stoneforge Mystic
• 2 True-Name Nemesis

• Spells (32)
• 1 Batterskull
• 1 Umezawa's Jitte
• 4 Gitaxian Probe
• 4 Brainstorm
• 4 Ponder
• 4 Treasure Cruise
• 4 Force of Will
• 2 Spell Pierce
• 2 Pyroblast
• 3 Lightning Bolt
• 3 Swords to Plowshares

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Pyroblast
• 3 Meddling Mage
• 1 Hydroblast
• 1 Vendilion Clique
• 2 Flusterstorm
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Council's Judgment
• 1 Grafdigger's Cage
• 1 Wear//Tear
• 2 Containment Priest
• 1 Electrickery

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Infect ? Legacy | Tom Ross, Finalist, Grand Prix New Jersey 2014

• Lands (20)
• 4 Verdant Catacombs
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 4 Tropical Island
• 1 Forest
• 1 Wasteland
• 4 Inkmoth Nexus
• 1 Pendelhaven

• Creatures (12)
• 4 Glistener Elf
• 4 Blighted Agent
• 4 Noble Hierarch

• Spells (28)
• 3 Daze
• 3 Force of Will
• 2 Spell Pierce
• 4 Brainstorm
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 3 Gitaxian Probe
• 4 Invigorate
• 3 Vines of Vastwood
• 1 Become Immense
• 2 Crop Rotation
• 2 Berserk

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Wasteland
• 1 Force of Will
• 1 Spell Pierce
• 2 Krosan Grip
• 1 Spellskite
• 1 Sylvan Library
• 1 Submerge
• 1 Nature's Claim
• 2 Hydroblast
• 1 Blue Elemental Blast
• 1 Umezawa's Jitte
• 1 Necropede
• 1 Bojuka Bog

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Lam Phan made top 8 with a deck that was more at home in 2004 than 2014. Piloting Blue-Red Standstill, Pham was able to mimic Ancestral Recall in an entirely different fashion.

Blue-Red Standstill ? Legacy | Lam Phan, Top 8, Grand Prix New Jersey 2014

• Lands (24)
• 4 Wasteland
• 4 Mishra's Factory
• 2 Faerie Conclave
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 4 Volcanic Island
• 2 Snow-Covered Island
• 1 Snow-Covered Mountain

• Creatures (3)
• 3 Snapcaster Mage

• Planeswalkers (1)
• 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

• Spells (32)
• 4 Stifle
• 3 Spell Pierce
• 3 Spell Snare
• 2 Counterspell
• 4 Force of Will
• 4 Brainstorm
• 3 Standstill
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 1 Dig Through Time
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 3 Sudden Shock

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Engineered Explosives
• 4 Relic of Progenitus
• 2 Surgical Extraction
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 1 Red Elemental Blast
• 2 Pyroblast
• 3 Pyroclasm

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Joseph Santonassino eschewed colors entirely. Running a deck comprised entirely of artifacts, Santonassino borrowed a page from the Vintage Championships and ran MUD. This deck wants to stop its opponent's from casting spells with Chalice of the Void and Trinisphere to buy the time to power out huge machine-like threats.

MUD ? Legacy | Joseph Santonassino, Top 8, Grand Prix New Jersey 2014

• Lands (24)
• 4 Ancient Tomb
• 4 City of Traitors
• 4 Cloudpost
• 4 Glimmerpost
• 3 Vesuva
• 3 Cavern of Souls
• 2 Wasteland

• Creatures (20)
• 4 Metalworker
• 4 Lodestone Golem
• 4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 3 Wurmcoil Engine
• 3 Sundering Titan
• 1 Platinum Angel
• 1 Blightsteel Colossus

• Spells (16)
• 4 Chalice of the Void
• 4 Trinisphere
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Staff of Nin
• 1 Staff of Domination
• 4 Grim Monolith
• 1 Spine of Ish Sah

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 2 Tormod's Crypt
• 1 Ensnaring Bridge
• 1 Phyrexian Revoker
• 2 Ratchet Bomb
• 1 Bottled Cloister
• 1 Duplicant
• 1 Witchbane Orb
• 1 Steel Hellkite
• 1 Platinum Emperion
• 3 Mindbreak Trap

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