With the recent Star City Open showing a whopping 47.7% of day two to be Eldrazi decks many are crying out for bans or suggesting people ‘rug up for Eldrazi winter’. It is in the midst of this turmoil that one man isn’t afraid to go against the grain and speak out against the popular opinion held by some of the most prolific players ever to sleeve up an Eldrazi Skyspawner.

Marcus “Hollywood” Chirpson recently had an impressive finish at his local MTG store, going 3-0 in Modern and, despite many pros saying that ‘Eldrazi Temple is completely broken’, Marcus had not even a single scion in his undefeated 75.

GAS reporters caught up with the visionary and he had this to say on his impressive run: “I’ve never played the ‘best deck’, I mean, if you can’t win with a deck of your own design then what’s the point? On that particular Friday I was playing a spicy vampire tribal deck I built myself, I don’t think it’s necessarily tier one but it certainly beats a lot of the best netdecks and is at least tier 1.5-2.”

In the now infamous Friday evening event Marcus faced off and dispatched both Five Colour Slivers and Mono White Angels, coming hot off of his round one bye. In his tournament report, which can be found at /r/spikes, he went on a long rant at ‘alarmist idiots’ that are clamouring for Eldrazi bans and stated that ‘People just need to play their own decks, then they’ll see how easy it is to crush these stupid netdeckers.’

“Modern is my favourite format, it’s a true brewer’s paradise – and honestly it’s never been healthier! Now that Splinter Twin is gone, I’ve brewed up 7 decks that are all easily strong enough to take down even the most competitive Game Day. When you see events like the Star City Opens and the so-called ‘Professional Tour’ their results are so skewed because everyone just netdecks instead of actually building a deck, so of course you see lots of the same strategy.”

When asked if he had tested vs the Eldrazi deck, Marcus conceded that he had only played against it once and would have won except his opponents draws in both games were ‘fucking bullshit.’

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