Magic SCGIQ Top 8 Decklists at Gamer's Gambit on Nov 13, 2015

Thanks to all who participated in the Magic: The Gathering StarCityGames.com Invitational Qualifier held Friday, November 13, at Gamer's Gambit in Danbury. Congratulations to our top eight finishers of this Standard Format event and to the first place winner, Ross Merriam, who took home $250, a Qualification for a StarCityGames.com Invitational, and 5 Open Series Points! Here are the winning deck lists of the top 8 finishers:

1st place: Ross Merriam 4 Warden of the First Tree 3 Snapping Gnarlid 3 Den Protector 4 Anafenza, the Foremost 4 Siege Rhino 2 Wingmate Roc 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 4 Dromoka's Command 1 Valorous Stance 4 Abzan Charm 1 Murderous Cut 4 Shambling Vent 2 Llanowar Wastes 4 Windswept Heath 4 Wooded Foothills 4 Flooded Strand 2 Canopy Vista 1 Sunken Hollow 1 Smoldering Marsh 2 Forest 2 Plains Sideboard: 2 Surge of Righteousness 2 Silkwrap 1 Mastery of the Unseen 1 Tragic Arrogance 1 Wingmate Roc 3 Duress 1 Transgress the Mind 2 Self-Inflicted Wound 1 Painful Truths 1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor	2nd Place: Craig Rocco 3 Shambling Vent 1 Llanowar Wastes 4 Windswept Heath 4 Wooded Foothills 3 Flooded Strand 2 Polluted Delta 1 Cinder Glade 1 Canopy Vista 1 Prairie Stream 1 Sunken Hollow 1 Smoldering Marsh 3 Forest 1 Plains 1 Swamp 4 Warden of the First Tree 4 Hangarback Walker 4 Catacomb Sifter 3 Butcher of the Horde 4 Wingmate Roc 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 1 Ultimate Price 2 Dromoka's Command 4 Abzan Charm 3 Murderous Cut Sideboard: 1 Surge of Righteousness 3 Duress 2 Transgress the Mind 3 Den Protector 4 Anafenza, the Foremost 1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor 1 Tragic Arrogance
3rd Place: Erik Pin 3 Den Protector 2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer 3 Anafenza, the Foremost 4 Siege Rhino 1 Whisperwood Elemental 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 2 Ob Nixilis Reignited 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 1 Ultimate Price 2 Silkwrap 2 Dromoka's Command 3 Ruinous Path 4 Abzan Charm 2 Languish 4 Sandsteppe Citadel 4 Shambling Vent 2 Caves of Koilos 2 Llanowar Wastes 2 Windswept Heath 1 Wooded Foothills 1 Bloodstained Mire 2 Canopy Vista 1 Cinder Glade 1 Smoldering Marsh 3 Forest 2 Swamp 1 Plains 1 Blighted Fen Sideboard: 2 Gaea's Revenge 2 Arashin Cleric 1 Surge of Righteousness 2 Duress 2 Ultimate Price 3 Transgress the Mind 1 Virulent Plague 1 Whisperwood Elemental 1 Duneblast	4th Place: Alfons Krivickas 4 Catacomb Sifter 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 3 Hangarback Walker 4 Shambling Vent 4 Knight of the White Orchid 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited 2 Murderous Cut 4 Abzan Charm 2 Silkwrap 1 Ultimate Price 3 Secure the Wastes 3 Sorin, Solemn Visitor 3 Wingmate Roc 2 Canopy Vista 4 Sandsteppe Citadel 1 Sunken Hollow 4 Windswept Heath 4 Caves of Koilos 4 Flooded Strand 1 Forest 2 Plains Sideboard: 2 Den Protector 2 Surge of Righteousness 4 Anafenza, the Foremost 2 Dromoka's Command 1 Utter End 2 Duress 2 Transgress the Mind
5th Place: Nate Cooney 2 Prairie Stream 4 Mystic Monastery 4 Polluted Delta 1 Plains 1 Island 2 Mountain 1 Swamp 4 Bloodstained Mire 1 Sunken Hollow 1 Nomad Outpost 4 Flooded Strand 1 Smoldering Marsh 2 Wild Slash 2 Fiery Impulse 1 Dragonmaster Outcast 1 Dispel 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy 2 Soulfire Grand Master 4 Crackling Doom 4 Mantis Rider 2 Kolaghan's Command 1 Utter End 3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 3 Ojutai's Command 1 Wingmate Roc 2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 2 Dig Through Time Sideboard: 1 Silumgar's Command 3 Arashin Cleric 1 Jeskai Charm 1 Felidar Cub 2 Radiant Flames 2 Disdainful Stroke 2 Despise 1 Roast 2 Exert Influence	6th Place: Jesse Mcgowan 4 Silkwrap 4 Stasis Snare 2 Spell Shrivel 3 Utter End 2 Titan's Presence 2 Dig Through Time 2 Grip of Desolation 2 End Hostilities 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 3 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger 3 Oblivion Sower 3 Blight Herder 3 Wasteland Strangler 2 Fathom Feeder 2 Prairie Stream 2 Sunken Hollow 4 Flooded Strand 2 Shambling Vent 3 Polluted Delta 3 Caves of Koilos 4 Plains 2 Swamp 2 Island Sideboard: 2 Disdainful Stroke 3 Infinite Obliteration 2 Hallowed Moonlight 2 Radiant Purge 3 Arashin Cleric 2 Ulamog's Nullifier 1 Virulent Plague
7th Place: Alex Sikora 4 Dragonlord's Servant 4 Soulfire Grand Master 4 Thunderbreak Regent 2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor 2 Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury 2 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker 2 Dragonlord Kolaghan 4 Draconic Roar 4 Crackling Doom 2 Radiant Flames 2 Exquisite Firecraft 2 Utter End 2 Murderous Cut 1 Mountain 1 Swamp 4 Battlefield Forge 2 Shambling Vent 2 Smoldering Marsh 4 Nomad Outpost 4 Bloodstained Mire 2 Haven of the Spirit Dragon 4 Caves of Koilos Sideboard: 4 Hordeling Outburst 2 Radiant Flames 2 Roast 3 Infinite Obliteration 2 Mastery of the Unseen 2 Exquisite Firecraft	8th Place: Scott Bowers-Defino 2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy 2 Hangarback Walker 4 Rattleclaw Mystic 4 Deathmist Raptor 4 Savage Knuckleblade 3 Den Protector 4 Thunderbreak Regent 1 Sagu Mauler 2 Kiora, Master of the Depths 2 Gather the Pack 1 Stubborn Denial 2 Roast 2 Exquisite Firecraft 1 Set Adrift 1 Spell Shrivel 1 Crater's Claws 4 Cinder Glade 3 Lumbering Falls 1 Evolving Wilds 3 Frontier Bivouac 1 Yavimaya Coast 1 Shivan Reef 4 Wooded Foothills 3 Forest 2 Island 2 Mountain Sideboard: 2 Rending Volley 1 Stratus Dancer 1 Encase in Ice 1 Ainok Survivalist 2 Naturalize 1 Brutal Expulsion 3 Radiant Flames 1 Feed the Clan 1 Twin Bolt 1 Reality Shift 1 Fiery Impulse