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He is the lead beat writer for Magic: The Gathering and Teamfight Tactics. Danny is also a solid Monopoly GO player, having beaten every main event without spending a dime. When Danny isn't writing or gaming, he's chilling by the water in Spacecoast Florida with his family and friends. He's always got a tan, because touching grass is important, and loves playing strategic digital and tabletop games. 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Teetering on the edge through each round, LSV lit up after reaching the top eight, beating Gregg Keithley and his Simic Nexus deck 2-0 in the finals.\u00a0 Related: Top MTG Standard decks for M20 Scapeshift by itself seems like an odd card at first glance. A player sacrifices their lands on the battlefield, searches their library for that many lands, and then puts them back into play tapped. Combo Scapeshift with the land card, Field of the Dead, and this seemingly mundane ability creates a horde of two\/two black zombie creature tokens\u2014one for each land put into play.\u00a0 MTG Grand Prix Bant Scapeshift deck Bant Scapeshift functions around getting lands onto the battlefield as quickly as possible through Arboreal Grazer, Elvish Rejuvenator, Circuitous Route, Grow from the Ashes, and Growth Spiral.\u00a0 In order to protect yourself while stacking lands, Hydroid Krasis provides a beefy flyer with card draw, Teferi, Time Raveler does what Tef does (control the board state), and Prison Realm locks up planeswalker and creature threats while providing a Scry.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the Bant Scapeshift deck that LSV used to win the Denver Grand Prix: Other Bant Scapeshift decks Naturally, the Bant Scapeshift deck LSV won the MTG Grand Prix in Denver with isn\u2019t the only version making rounds in the Standard meta. Some versions are using Tamiyo, Collector of Tales as a distraction for control decks (Thought Erasure) and for digging while others are beefing up life and power to survive through Explore\u2014Wildgrowth Walker, Jadelight Ranger, and Merfolk Branchwalker.\u00a0 LSV wasn't the only player at the Denver Grand Prix who brought Bant Scapeshift to the top eight, though. Chris Oien, Allen Sun, and Jackson King were also playing Bant Scapeshift. 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