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Izzet Prowess wins both Modern Spotlights, but the win-rate data says it was not the best deck
Roy Varney won Magic Spotlight: The Hobbit in Dallas a week after Jefferson Lee won Brisbane with the same archetype. Across both events, Izzet Prowess won under half its matches.
- Roy Varney won Magic Spotlight: The Hobbit in Dallas with Izzet Prowess, beating Liam Kane on Belcher in a three-game final.
- Almost 1,000 players entered Dallas for a $50,000 prize pool; all of the Top 8 earned Pro Tour invitations.
- Jefferson Lee won the Brisbane Spotlight a week earlier, also with Izzet Prowess.