Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier Top 8 Deck Lists - Jan 31, 2015

Here are the Deck Lists in Standard Format from the PPTQ held January 31, 2015, at Gamer's Gambit in Danbury, CT. Congratulations to our top finishers!

1st Place – Austin Mansell Abzan Midrange Creatures: 4x Sylvan Caryatid 4x Courser of Kruphix 3x Anafenza, the Foremost 4x Siege Rhino 2x Wingmate Roc 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang Instants/Sorceries: 3x Thoughtseize 3x Abzan Charm 2x Hero’s Downfall 1x Utter End Enchantments: 1x Citadel Siege Planeswalkers: 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes 1x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon Lands: 4x Temple of Silence 4x Temple of Malady 2x Llanowar Wastes 2x Caves of Koilos 4x Sandsteppe Citadel 4x Windswept Heath 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 2x Forest 2x Plains Sideboard: 1x Thoughtseize 2x Glare of Heresy 2x Read the Bones 2x Drown in Sorrow 2x Reaper of the Wilds 2x Nissa, Worldwaker 1x Liliana Vess 1x End Hostilities 1x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 1x Duneblast	2nd Place – Mark Webb Abzan Aggro Creatures: 4x Elvish Mystic 4x Heir of the Wilds 4x Fleecemane Lion 4x Anafenza, the Foremost 2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang 4x Siege Rhino 4x Wingmate Roc Instants/Sorceries: 4x Abzan Charm 2x Hero’s Downfall 2x Bile Blight Planeswalkers: 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor Lands: 4x Windswept Heath 2x Plains 1x Forest 4x Mana Confluence 4x Sandsteppe Citadel 3x Llanowar Wastes 1x Caves of Koilos 3x Temple of Malady 2x Temple of Silence Sideboard: 3x Thoughtseize 1x Read the Bones 2x Drown in Sorrow 2x Back to Nature 1x Hero’s Downfall 3x Glare of Heresy 1x Nissa, Worldwaker 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor
3rd/4th Place – Erik Pin Abzan Midrange Creatures: 2x Rakshasa Deathdealer 4x Fleecemane Lion 2x Brimaz, King of Oreskos 4x Anafenza, the Foremost 4x Siege Rhino 4x Wingmate Roc 2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang Planeswalkers: 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor Enchantments: 1x Whip of Erebos Instants/Sorceries: 3x Bile Blight 2x Valorous Stance 3x Abzan Charm 2x Hero’s Downfall 1x Utter End Lands: 4x Sandsteppe Citadel 2x Temple of Malady 2x Temple of Silence 2x Temple of Plenty 3x Caves of Koilos 3x Llanowar Wastes 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1x Mana Confluence 2x Windswept Heath 2x Plains 1x Forest 1x Swamp Sideboard: 1x Back to Nature 2x Drown in Sorrow 2x Glare of Heresy 4x Thoughtseize 2x Hunt the Hunter 1x Silence the Believers 1x Hero’s Downfall 1x End Hostilities 1x Reclamation Sage	3rd-4th Place – Matt Rotunda Mardu Midrange Creatures: 4x Goblin Rabblemaster 3x Seeker of the Way 3x Butcher of the Horde 4x Stormbreath Dragon Instants/Sorceries: 4x Thoughtsieze 2x Valorous Stance 4x Lightning Strike 4x Hordeling Outburst 4x Crackling Doom Enchantments: 2x Outpost Siege Lands: 2x Mana Confluence 2x Caves of Koilos 4x Battlefield Forge 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 3x Bloodstained Mire 1x Temple of Silence 2x Temple of Triumph 4x Nomad Outpost Sideboard: 1x Whip of Erebos 1x Utter End 1x Glare of Heresy 2x Erase 2x Anger of the Gods 2x Hushwing Gryff 3x Mardu Charm 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor 2x Thoughtseize
5th-8th Place – Ryan Peck Jeskai Aggro Creatures: 4x Mantis Rider 3x Seeker of the Way 1x Soulfire Grandmaster 4x Goblin Rabblemaster 2x Stormbreath Dragon 2x Ashcloud Phoenix Instants/Sorceries: 4x Lightning Strike 2x Magma Jet 2x Jeskai Charm 4x Stoke the Flames 3x Valorous Stance 2x Dig Through Time Planeswalkers: 1x Chandra, Pyromaster 1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker Lands: 4x Mystic Monastery 4x Temple of Triumph 3x Flooded Strand 2x Island 2x Plains 3x Shivan Reef 3x Battlefield Forge 2x Temple of Epiphany 2x Mountain Sideboard: 1x Negate 3x Disdainful Stroke 1x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 1x Chandra, Pyromaster 2x End Hostilities 2x Glare of Heresy 2x Wild Slash 1x Anger of the Gods 2x Arc Lightning	5th-8th Place – Murray Panzer Jeskai Tokens Creatures: 4x Monastery Mentor 2x Seeker of the Way 2x Soulfire Grand Master Instants/Sorceries: 4x Dig Through Time 4x Stoke the Flames 4x Jeskai Ascendancy 2x Lightning Strike 4x Hordeling Outburst 4x Raise the Alarm 1x Ephemeral Shields Enchantments: 1x Monastery Siege Lands: 2x Island 2x Plains 4x Flooded Strand 4x Mystic Monastery 1x Temple of Enlightenment 2x Temple of Epiphany 3x Temple of Triumph 3x Shivan Reef 3x Battlefield Forge Sideboard: 2x Annul 1x Monastery Siege 2x Erase 1x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 3x Glare of Heresy 2x Soulfire Grand Master 2x Disdainful Stroke 2x Hushwing Gryff
5th-8th Place – David Haass R/W Tokens Creatures: 4x Goblin Rabblemaster 4x Monastery Mentor 2x Seeker of the Way 2x Soulfire Grand Master Instants/Sorceries: 4x Hordeling Outburst 4x Raise the Alarm 4x Lightning Strike 4x Stoke the Flames 4x Wild Slash 2x Outpost Siege 2x Valorous Stance Lands: 4x Temple of Triumph 4x Battlefield Forge 2x Wind-scarred Crag 9x Mountains 5x Plains Sideboard: 2x Arc Lightning 2x Wingmate Roc 2x Brimaz, King of Oreskos 2x Hushwing Gryff 2x Erase 2x Glare of Heresy 2x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 1x Valorous Stance	5th-8th Place – Eric Cote Abzan Aggro Creatures: 4x Rakshasa, Deathdealer 4x Fleecemane Lion 3x Anafenza, the Foremost 3x Courser of Kruphix 3x Wingmate Roc 2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang 4x Siege Rhino Instants/Sorceries: 2x Bile Blight 4x Abzan Charm 3x Hero’s Downfall 1x Murderous Cut Planeswalkers: 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor Lands: 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1x Temple of Plenty 2x Temple of Silence 3x Llanowar Wastes 3x Caves of Koilos 3x Temple of Malady 4x Sandsteppe Citadel 4x Windswept Heath 2x Forest 2x Plains Sideboard: 2x Erase 3x Thoughtseize 1x Bile Blight 2x Drown in Sorrow 1x Glare of Heresy 1x Silence the Believers 1x End Hostilities 1x Nissa, Worldwaker 1x Liliana Vess 2x Elspeth, Sun’s Champion

This Week In Comics - January 28th

Big News of the Week

First off due to "Snow-maggedon 2015" our books this week have either not gotten here yet or have just been put out. As of writing this post at 10:30 AM on the 28th they have yet to arrive. I apologize for the inconvenience this may cause some of you. The books will be available either later today or at some point tomorrow.

On the bright side the Harley Quinn variant covers for the DC books starts next week! We're also set to get in the next Squirrel Girl issue and the sequel to the superhero/zombie book Night of the Living Deadpool, with Return of the Living Deadpool #1 next week so keep an eye out for that one!

Who Ya Gonna Call?

Well we now officially/unofficially have our all female cast for the Ghostbusters reboot directed by Paul Feig of Bridesmaids fame.  Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones will be the roster for the reboot ghost hunters. Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy aren't huge surprises because their names have been more or less attached to the project since it was announced, but the surprises are Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones (both are current cast members on SNL). I'm definitely looking forward to the reboot just to see how they pull this off. As far as the villains of the movie go, there's yet to be any definitive casting, but they have a wish list for actors. For the Walter Peck-like human antagonist Feig said he'd like to have Peter Venkman himself step into the role, which is very meta-textual seeing as how Bill Murray's relationship with any Ghostbusters related movies have been of late. The other villain, which naturally will be a ghost, would hopefully go to Game of Thrones stand out Peter Dinklage. If you'd like to read a little more, here's an Ain't It Cool News Article on the big announcement.

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach

Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den

This Week In Comics - January 21st

New Releases of the Week!

This week we get to see the beginning of the Galaxy Quest comic and the next couple of entries into the Spider-verse. Galaxy Quest: The Journey Continues #1 looks like it picks right up after the movie and takes up the premise. When I originally heard this book was being made I thought it might be centered on the Star Trek like TV show characters as opposed to the actors, but not the case. As fall out from the movie, bad things happen to our intrepid crew!

Also out this week is Amazing Spider-Man #13, the next main entry into Marvel's Spider-verse event.  Within the pages of this book we'll see at lease some resolution to the big reveal at the end of last week's entry!

Crisis on Infinite Marvel Earths?!?

Marvel recently released more information on their upcoming summer event, Secret War, along with an interactive version of the Battleworld map. Shortly after, Marvel also announced that the event will also lead to a soft reboot of the universe in which the 616 universe (the original) and the Ultimate universe were to come together as one. If this sounds vaguely familiar, then you've probably read DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths. Naturally it won't be identical, but Secret War will almost assuredly serve the same purpose, restart the universe without completely ignoring ALL continuity. Make sure to keep an eye out for this when Time Runs Out.

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach

Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den

This Week In Comics - January 14th

May the Force be with you!

It's January 14th and you know what that means!  Star Wars #1 from Marvel is finally here and it looks amazing.  Written perfectly by Jason Aaron and drawn beautifully by John Cassiday, I can say that this book reads like a continuation of the original film.  There doesn't seem to be a focus on any one of the core group, which is exactly what's needed from this book.  Make sure you come in to pick this book up!  Visit our site for what's going on today!

That's how they're referencing them?

So there may be extremely minor spoilers in this one, but only very minor.  In the newest issue of Spider-verse we get references to Turn Off the Dark, Electric Company and both movie versions of Spider-Man.  For Turn Off the Dark and Electric Company Spideys the references are spot on and funny.  As far as the movie versions, they are pretty spot on and funny, but there are so many other funnier references to be had with them. Ugly crying, disco dancer for Toby Maguire anyone?  Here's the link to a quick article about it.

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach

Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den

Weekly Comics Update - January 7

Happy New Year and Some New Books!

I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year and a great holiday prior.  Next week is going to be a doozy in terms of new books.  First off is Marvel's return to the greatest of space sagas in Star Wars #1.  We've got a plethora of things planned for that release along with some sales. The event lineup is viewable on this page of our website! For more comics next week you can always visit our Upcoming Comics page!

Is it Too Late to Change the Name?

If you told me from 10 years ago that one of the most anticipated movies of this summer is Ant-Man, I'd call you crazy.  Well, we're all crazy, and they've officially put out a human sized movie trailer for said movie.  It looks like it will have a similar tone to the first Iron Man, where it won't take itself super seriously.  I'll admit that I would've liked to have seen Eric O'Grady appear as the movie Ant-Man, but that's neither here nor there. Note that Ant-Man #1 is in-store this week! Here's a link to view the trailer.

Stay Classy Denizens!
Zach

Zach "Erik" Burruby
Comics Manager
Dragon's Den