SCG Standard IQ November 29 at Gamer's Gambit

Congratulations to SCG
Standard IQ Winner Luiz Tassi

Here are the Finalists and Deck Lists from the StarCityGame.com Standard Invitational Qualifier held November 29, 2014, at Gamer's Gambit in Danbury, CT. Congratulations to the winners!

Standard Final Standings
Winners
& Deck Lists

First Place: Luiz Tassi 1 Murderous Cut 1 Villainous Wealth 2 Disdainful Stroke 1 Divination 2 Thoughtseize 3 Despise 4 Perilous Vault 4 Dissolve 4 Hero's Downfall 3 Bile Blight 2 Jace's Ingenuity 4 Dig Through Time 2 Pearl Lake Ancient 1 Bloodstained Mire 4 Temple of Deceit 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1 Jungle Hollow 3 Opulent Palace 1 Radiant Fountain 5 Swamp 4 Island 3 Dismal Backwater 4 Polluted Delta Sideboard: 1 Silence the Believers 1 Murderous Cut 1 Liliana Vess 1 Disdainful Stroke 3 Jorubai Murk Lurker 2 Negate 4 Drown in Sorrow 2 Thoughtseize	Second Place: Chris Albino 4 Siege Rhino 4 Sylvan Caryatid 2 Wingmate Roc 2 Brimaz, King of Oreskos 1 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes 3 Elspeth, Sun's Champion 2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor 4 Abzan Charm 3 Hero's Downfall 1 Murderous Cut 4 Thoughtseize 1 Utter End 4 Courser of Kruphix 2 Forest 2 Plains 2 Caves of Koilos 2 Llanowar Wastes 1 Mana Confluence 4 Sandsteppe Citadel 4 Temple of Malady 1 Temple of Plenty 2 Temple of Silence 4 Windswept Heath 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Sideboard: 1 Utter End 1 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes 1 Duneblast 1 Unravel the Aether 1 Liliana Vess 2 Nissa, Worldwaker 3 Bile Blight 3 Drown in Sorrow 1 Murderous Cut
Third Place: Thomas Roth 4 Siege Rhino 2 Polukranos, World Eater 4 Sylvan Caryatid 3 Courser of Kruphix 2 Anafenza, the Foremost 2 Wingmate Roc 3 Bile Blight 2 Abzan Charm 2 Murderous Cut 2 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes 3 Hero's Downfall 3 Thoughtseize 2 Utter End 2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion 2 Caves of Koilos 2 Temple of Malady 1 Temple of Silence 3 Mana Confluence 2 Llanowar Wastes 3 Windswept Heath 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 4 Sandsteppe Citadel 3 Forest 3 Plains Sideboard: 2 Ajani Steadfast 2 Drown in Sorrow 2 Silence the Believers 1 Garruk, Apex Predator 1 Whip of Erebos 2 Reaper of the Wilds 2 Stain the Mind 2 Mistcutter Hydra 1 Utter End	Fourth Place: Eric Cote 4 Magma Jet 4 Stoke the Flames 4 Lightning Strike 2 Steam Augury 4 Jeskai Charm 2 Dig Through Time 2 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker 4 Goblin Rabblemaster 4 Mantis Rider 3 Seeker of the Way 2 Ashcloud Phoenix 1 Keranos, God of Storms 4 Temple of Triumph 4 Temple of Epiphany 4 Flooded Strand 3 Mountain 3 Island 2 Mystic Monastery 2 Shivan Reef 1 Plains 1 Battlefield Forge Sideboard: 4 Disdainful Stroke 3 Banishing Light 3 Anger of the Gods 3 Negate 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion 1 Dig Through Time
Fifth Place: David Haass 4 Seeker of the Way 4 Goblin Rabblemaster 4 Mantis Rider 2 Prognostic Sphinx 3 Magma Jet 4 Lightning Strike 4 Jeskai Charm 4 Stoke the Flames 4 Nullify 3 Dig Through Time 4 Flooded Strand 4 Mystic Monastery 2 Plains 2 Island 2 Mountain 4 Shivan Reef 2 Battlefield Forge 2 Temple of Epiphany 2 Temple of Enlightenment Sideboard: 2 Anger of the Gods 2 End Hostilities 2 Negate 3 Disdainful Stroke 2 Suspension Field 4 Hordeling Outburst	Sixth Place: Matt Rotunda 1 Murderous Cut 4 Hordeling Outburst 4 Crackling Doom 4 Lightning Strike 2 Magma Jet 3 Chained to the Rocks 4 Goblin Rabblemaster 3 Seeker of the Way 3 Butcher of the Horde 3 Stormbreath Dragon 2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor 2 Wingmate Roc 2 Caves of Koilos 2 Battlefield Forge 4 Temple of Triumph 4 Bloodstained Mire 4 Nomad Outpost 2 Temple of Silence 6 Mountain 1 Swamp Sideboard: 3 Anger of the Gods 2 Magma Spray 1 End Hostilities 3 Thoughtseize 1 Chandra, Pyromaster 1 Utter End 2 Read the Bones 1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor 1 Banishing Light
Seventh Place: Taylor Rowe 4 Soldier of the Pantheon 4 Bloodsoaked Champion 4 Heir of the Wilds 2 Rakshasa Deathdealer 4 Fleecemane Lion 4 Siege Rhino 2 Boon Satyr 4 Anafenza, the Foremost 4 Abzan Charm 3 Gather Courage 1 Become Immense 1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor 1 Mana Confluence 1 Temple of Malady 1 Temple of Plenty 3 Caves of Koilos 4 Llanowar Wastes 4 Sandsteppe Citadel 4 Windswept Heath 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 2 Forest 2 Plains Sideboard: 1 Bile Blight 1 Abzan Ascendancy 2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor 2 Banishing Light 2 Glare of Heresy 3 Nyx-Fleece Ram 4 Thoughtseize	Eighth Place: Matt DeNove 4 Seeker of the Way 4 Goblin Rabblemaster 4 Mantis Rider 3 Wingmate Roc 4 Lightning Strike 3 Magma Jet 4 Jeskai Charm 4 Hordeling Outburst 4 Stoke the Flames 2 Dig Through Time 2 Mountain 2 Island 2 Plains 4 Flooded Strand 3 Mystic Monastery 4 Temple of Triumph 2 Temple of Epiphany 3 Battlefield Forge 2 Shivan Reef Sideboard: 4 Negate 3 Disdainful Stroke 3 Reprisal 2 End Hostilities 2 Anger of the Gods 1 Erase

MNM League Standings - 11/24/14

To our Monday Night Magic players in Danbury, here are the Gamer's Gambit MNM League current standings. We welcome your comments!

GGCT Monday Night Magic League Standings
(On mobile, swipe to scroll right)

	Row Labels	Sep-8	Sep-15	Sep-22	Sep-29	Oct-6	Oct-13	Oct-20	Oct-27	Nov-3	Nov-10	Nov-17	Nov-24	Total Points
1	Rocco	10	10	9	20	10	6	9	24	6	9	6	8	127
2	Miller	7	7	6	14	9	7	10	18	3	10	10	12	113
3	Denove	6	6	9	14	6	7	3	24	9	9	3	11	107
4	Peck		9	12	6	7	12	9	12	9	6	6	17	105
5	Cote			6	18	3	3	9	36	3	7	9	11	105
6	Jeffries	7				6	6	9	36	12	6		3	85
7	Cooney				14	7	7	7	12	6	7	3	8	71
8	Badolato	6			6	6	9	3	12	4	3	6	13	68
9	Boianghu	3	6		6	6	0	6	12	9	6		9	63
10	Krivickos				12	9	0	3		6	10	9	8	57
11	Williams	10	7	9			3	9	12					50
12	Monagan	9					3	10			6	9	6	43
13	Danas	6		3	12		3	6	12	0	0			42
14	White				20			3	12		3	0	4	42
15	Pin				14	10	9	6						39
16	Fox		6					6		7		10	9	38
17	Perez						14						19	33
18	Wong	6	6						18	3				33
19	Soares		3		12		0	3			12			30
20	Machin						9	3	6		3	3	6	30
21	O'Brien					3	7	4	6				6	26
22	Hinger								6		9	6	0	21
23	Rotunda				12								6	18
24	Andreasen	7		4				6	0					17
25	Kowalski								12		3			15
26	Frey		3									3	9	15
27	Dauz	3	7	4			0							14
28	Laufer						12							12
29	Burke					6		6	0					12
30	Kennedy	6			6									12
31	Knapp												10	10
32	Rogalski			6		3								9
33	Green						7							7
34	Wilson						7							7
35	Nicholson										6			6
36	Griggs									6				6
37	Gavlik										6			6
38	Rowe									6				6
39	Albano												6	6
40	Levine								6					6
41	Farber						6							6
42	Dickson										3			3
43	Yager	3												3
44	Search										0			0
45	Evans-Boyajian										0			0

MNM League Standings - 11/17/14

To our Monday Night Magic players in Danbury, here are the Gamer's Gambit MNM League current standings. We welcome your comments!

GGCT Monday Night Magic League Standings
(On mobile, swipe to scroll right)

	Row Labels	8 Sep	15 Sep	22 Sep	29 Sep	6 Oct	13 Oct	20 Oct	27 Oct	3 Nov	10 Nov	17 Nov	Total Points
1	Rocco	10	10	9	20	10	6	9	24	6	9	6	119
2	Miller	7	7	6	14	9	7	10	18	3	10	10	101
3	Denove	6	6	9	14	6	7	3	24	9	9	3	96
4	Cote			6	18	3	3	9	36	3	7	9	94
5	Peck		9	12	6	7	12	9	12	9	6	6	88
6	Jeffries	7				6	6	9	36	12	6		82
7	Cooney				14	7	7	7	12	6	7	3	63
8	Badolato	6			6	6	9	3	12	4	3	6	55
9	Boianghu	3	6		6	6	0	6	12	9	6		54
10	Williams	10	7	9			3	9	12				50
11	Krivickos				12	9	0	3		6	10	9	49
12	Danas	6		3	12		3	6	12	0	0		42
13	Pin				14	10	9	6					39
14	White				20			3	12		3	0	38
15	Monagan	9					3	10			6	9	37
16	Wong	6	6						18	3			33
17	Soares		3		12		0	3			12		30
18	Fox		6					6		7		10	29
19	Machin						9	3	6		3	3	24
20	Hinger								6		9	6	21
21	O'Brien					3	7	4	6				20
22	Andreasen	7		4				6	0				17
23	Kowalski								12		3		15
24	Perez						14						14
25	Dauz	3	7	4			0						14
26	Rotunda				12								12
27	Kennedy	6			6								12
28	Burke					6		6	0				12
29	Laufer						12						12
30	Rogalski			6		3							9
31	Wilson						7						7
32	Green						7						7
33	Griggs									6			6
34	Rowe									6			6
35	Gavlik										6		6
36	Nicholson										6		6
37	Farber						6						6
38	Levine								6				6
39	Frey		3									3	6
40	Yager	3											3
41	Dickson										3		3
42	Evans-Boyajian										0		0
43	Search										0		0

Posted by
Gamer's Gambit
Danbury, CT

Weekly Comics Update - November 19th

Next Week's Releases

Continuing the new tradition of our weekly blog entries for comics, I bring you the next entry of WHAT TO LOOK FOR NEXT WEEK, that's the working title for now. Starting us off is the first issue of a new ongoing series called Capture Creatures. Both Jess and I are very excited about this series. If you can imagine a cross of post-apocalypse, Pokémon and magic then you've more or less got the idea of the series.  With gorgeous artwork and a cool concept, I'm willing to back this book 100%!

Next week we'll also be getting a restock on Death of Wolverine #3 & #4, which will be 2nd printings. I've got one more book to plug this week, Batman '66 #17. I'm plugging the new Batman '66 because it will feature my favorite '66 villain of all time, King Tut.  It ought to be a fun read. Also check out our Comics Specials section on our website at gamersgambit.com, we've got all our available variant covers up, and you can pick them up in store once you've ordered them!

Super Flemish

There is a French photographer named Sacha Goldberger who has taken the Flemish School of portraits, which is the stereotypical kind of portraits for 1600's gentry, and applied it to Superheroes, Star Wars characters and a few Disney heroes. It sounds like a strange mash up, but surprisingly interesting to look at.  She even managed to find some stand in models that look just like Christopher Reeves, Carrie Fisher, Lynda Carter and a few others as their iconic roles.  Here's a link to her site to take a gander!

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach

Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den

Weekly Comics Update - November 12th

Teen Titans Earth One is Coming!

Coming out next Wednesday, November 19th, is the newest graphic novel entry to the Earth One series and it's the Teen Titans.  For those of you who are fans of the classic Perez-Wolfman run on New Teen Titans, this is well worth a pick up.  It'll be in store on the 19th so keep an eye out.

Finally an Explanation of Marvel's Secret Wars 2015 Event!

Since Marvel started dropping those cryptic event announcements roughly about a month ago starting with Secret Wars and continuing with things like Civil War and Planet Hulk we've been wondering how they can possibly squeeze that many events into a single summer. We now know how thanks to a video released about Battleworld!  So apparently all of those events won't be individual events, instead they will be alternate realities, in which those events are currently happening, all of which will have been destroyed in someway to recreate a new Battleworld.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the history of Battleworld, the original was created by the Beyonder to have a battle royale between Marvel's greatest heroes and villains in the original Secret War. I'm surprisingly intrigued by this event and hope they pull this one off right!  Here's a link to Bleeding Cool with said video!

We Finally get a Live Action Dr. Quinzel!

A few weeks back DC released their planned schedule for comic movies and on the list was Suicide Squad.  Actor names have popped up a few times, but with no definitive line-up of the Squad in place, no one could quite figure out who would play who.  Well only two days ago we've gotten a nailed down character and actress to play her.  Harley Quinn, Joker's psychotic psychiatrist girlfriend, will be appearing in Suicide Squad played by Margot Robbie. Between this and the fact that Jared Leto is supposedly in talks to play Mr. J himself, we've got quite the beginnings of an interesting film. I haven't seen enough of Margot Robbie to say how well she'll pull of the black and red tights of everyone's favorite Clown Princess of Crime, but I'm sure we won't be let down!

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach

Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den