Monday, November 16, 2015

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

Monday, November 9, 2015

Regional Pro Tour Qualifier Top 8 Deck Lists

Thank you to all 85 invitees who participated in the Magic: The Gathering Modern Regional Pro Tour Qualifier held Saturday, October 31, at Dragon's Den in Poughkeepsie. Congratulations to our top four finishers who received the travel award to Pro Tour #1 of 2016! Here are the winning deck lists of the top 8 finishers:

Timothy Muzio - 1st Place


1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Simic Growth Chamber
3 Tolaria West
3 Gruul Turf
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Vesuva
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Slayers' Stronghold
1 Boros Garrison
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Khalni Garden
1 Mana Confluence
1 Radiant Fountain
1 Tendo Ice Bridge
1 Forest
4 Primeval Titan
1 Dragonlord Dromoka
2 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
4 Summoner's Pact
4 Amulet of Vigor
4 Serum Visions
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Summer Bloom
2 Pact of Negation
3 Hive Mind
1 Slaughter Pact

Sideboard:
2 Pyroclasm
2 Seal of Primordium
3 Thragtusk
1 Nature's Claim
1 Hornet Queen
1 Swan Song
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
3 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Fracturing Gust

Jonathan Orr - 2nd Place


2 Grove of the Burnwillows
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Copperline Gorge
1 Forest
1 Swamp
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Stomping Ground
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Blood Crypt
1 Godless Shrine
1 Jungle Weaver
4 Architects of Will
4 Street Wraith
4 Monstrous Carabid
4 Deadshot Minotaur
4 Fulminator Mage
3 Pale Recluse
3 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Violent Outburst
4 Demonic Dread
3 Beast Within
3 Living End

Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Ricochet Trap
2 Shriekmaw
2 Brindle Boar
4 Ingot Chewer

Michael Keating - 3rd Place


1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
1 Slayers' Stronghold
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Simic Growth Chamber
3 Tolaria West
2 Selesnya Sanctuary
2 Gruul Turf
2 Forest
1 Khalni Garden
1 Tendo Ice Bridge
1 Mana Confluence
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Boros Garrison
1 Vesuva
1 Radiant Fountain
4 Primeval Titan
2 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
1 Dragonlord Dromoka
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Serum Visions
4 Amulet of Vigor
4Summoner's Pact
4 Summer Bloom
3 Hive Mind
2 Pact of Negation
1 Slaughter Pact

Sideboard:
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Scavenging Ooze
3 Thragtusk
2 Krosan Grip
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Forest
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Slaughter Pact

Brandon Pascal - 4th Place


3 Glimmervoid
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
1 Mountain
4 Arcbound Ravager
1 Hangarback Walker
1 Master of Etherium
2 Spellskite
2 Memnite
3 Steel Overseer
3 Etched Champion
4 Ornithopter
4 Signal Pest
4 Vault Skirge
4 Mox Opal
4 Springleaf Drum
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Cranial Plating

Sideboard:
1 Etched Champion
2 Blood Moon
2 Thoughtseize
2 Whipflare
1 Torpor Orb
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Spell Pierce
1 Spellskite
1 Wear // Tear
1 Ghirapur Aether Grid

Larry Jordan - 5th Place


4 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Blood Crypt
1 Stomping Ground
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Twilight Mire
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Raging Ravine
2 Swamp
2 Forest
4 Dark Confidant
3 Scavenging Ooze
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Kolaghan's Command
3 Thoughtseize
3 Terminate
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Abrupt Decay
1 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Liliana of the Veil

Sideboard:
1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
1 Outpost Siege
1 Damnation
1 Olivia Voldaren
1 Unravel the Aether
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Shatterstorm
1 Golgari Charm
3 Fulminator Mage
2 Feed the Clan
2 Kitchen Finks

John Healy - 6th Place


3 Forest
1 Plains
1 Swamp
1 Wooded Bastion
2 Temple Garden
1 Marsh Flats
1 Godless Shrine
1 Overgrown Tomb
2 Gavony Township
4 Windswept Heath
3 Verdant Catacombs
2 Razorverge Thicket
3 Viscera Seer
4 Birds of Paradise
2 Noble Hierarch
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
2 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
1 Scavenging Ooze
3 Voice of Resurgence
2 Wall of Roots
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Fiend Hunter
2 Eternal Witness
4 Kitchen Finks
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
4 Chord of Calling
4 Collected Company
2 Path to Exile

Sideboard:
1 Kataki, War's Wage
3 Kor Firewalker
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Spellskite
3 Fulminator Mage
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Orzhov Pontiff
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Thoughtseize

Keenan Kelly - 7th Place


3 Glacial Fortress
3 Tectonic Edge
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Hallowed Fountain
3 Flooded Strand
2 Temple of Enlightenment
4 Celestial Colonnade
1 Mystic Gate
3 Plains
5 Island
2 Restoration Angel
2 Snapcaster Mage
3 Kitchen Finks
2 Wall of Omens
3 Mana Leak
2 Spell Snare
3 Cryptic Command
2 Sphinx's Revelation
3 Think Twice
1 Anticipate
4 Path to Exile
2 Supreme Verdict
1 Detention Sphere
1 Spreading Seas
1 Negate
1 Gideon Jura
1 Jace, Architect of Thought

Sideboard:
2 Timely Reinforcements
1 Condemn
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Celestial Purge
2 Dispel
2 Supreme Verdict
2 Stony Silence
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
2 Vendilion Clique

Jake Bartlett - 8th Place


4 Wooded Foothills
3 Arid Mesa
2 Bloodstained Mire
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Sacred Foundry
1 Stomping Ground
3 Copperline Gorge
2 Mountain
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Goblin Guide
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lava Spike
4 Atarka's Command
4 Boros Charm
3 Searing Blaze
1 Lightning Helix
4 Rift Bolt

Sideboard:
3 Path to Exile
2 Skullcrack
3 Destructive Revelry
3 Kor Firewalker
1 Searing Blaze
3 Molten Rain

Monday, October 26, 2015

Battle for Zendikar Game Day Winners

Congratulations to the back-to-back winners of the Battle for Zendikar Game Day events at Gamer's Gambit in Danbury, CT!


Derek Reda placed first in our Standard Format on Saturday, October 24.



Ken Debroske finished first in the Standard Format on Sunday, October 25.

Both winners took home a Game Day promo card, 2 packs per match win, a full-art foil promo and a Game Day playmat. Thanks to all the players who participated in our Game Day event!

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Top 8 Yu-Gi-Oh! Regionals Deck Lists


Thanks to all who participated in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Regional World Championship Qualifier 2016 held Saturday, October 10th, at Gamer's Gambit in Danbury. We had over 200 players attend! Congratulations to our top eight finishers and to first place winner, Matthew Herrera, who took home 48 booster packs, a Regional Playmat, a Regional Deck Box, and a WCQ Invite! Here are the winning deck lists of the top 8 finishers:

1st Place - Matthew Herrera

Monster Cards:
Nekroz of Valkyrus (3)
Nekroz of Unicore (3)
Nekroz of Brionac (2)
Nekroz of Clausolas (2)
Nekroz of Decisive Armor (2)
Nekroz of Trishula (1)
Nekroz of Gungnir (1)
Shurit, stratigist of the nekroz (1)
Grand soccerer of the nekroz (1)
Dance princess of the nekroz (1)
Maxx "C" (3)
Manju of the ten thousand hands(3)
Senju of the one thousand hands (3)
Performage hat tricker (1)

Spell Cards:
Mystical space typhoon(3)
Reinforcement of the army (3)
Nekroz kalideiscope (2)
Nekroz cycle (2)
Instant fusion (1)
Preparation of rites (1)

Side Deck:
Denko sekka (3)
Cyber dragon (2)
Chimeratech, fortress dragon(1)
Effect veiler (1)
Zevrasaber, swordmaster of the nekroz(1)
Dark hole (1)
Raggekai(1)
Mind crush (2)
Debunk(1)
Vanitites emptyness (1)

Extra Deck:
Elder entity norden(1)
Hearld of the arc light(2)
Star eater(1)
Shooting Qusar dragon(1)
Gagaga Cowboy (1)
Abyss dweller(1)
Daigusto emerald (1)
Number 80 Rhapsody of berserk(1)
Evilswarm excition knight (1)
Diamond dire wolf(1)
Castel, the skyblaster muskeeteer(1)
Number 101 silent honor(1)
Performage trapeze magician(1)
Number 104 masquerade(1)

2nd Place - James McGivney

Monster Cards:
Tour guide from the underworld(1)
Scarm, Malebranche of B.Abyss(3)
Graff, Malebranche of B Abyss(3)
Cir, Malebranche of B Abyss(3)
Drahig, MAlebranche of B abyss(1)
Libic, Malebranche of B Abyss (1)
Alich, malebranche of B Abyss(1)
Cagne, Malebranche of B Abyss(1)
Barbar, Malebranche of B Abyss(1)
Calcab, Malebranche of B Abyss(1)
Rubic, malebranche of B Abyss(1)
Farfa, Malebranche of B Abyss (2)
Maxx "C" (3)

Spell Cards:
Book of moon(1)
Raigeki(1)
Foolish burial(1)

Trap Cards:
Bottomless trap hole(1)
Solemn warning (1)
Vanities emptiness(1)
Torential tribute(1)
Mistake(1)
Skill drain(1)
Breakthrough skill(2)
Karma cut(2)
Raigeki break(2)
Fire lake of B. Abyss(2)
Traveller of burning abyss(2)
Fiend Griefling (2)

Side Deck:
Magesty's fiend(2)
Vanitites fiend(2)
Spell cancelles(2)
Mystical space typhoon(3)
Poisionous winds (1)
Black horn of heaven(2)
Ojama trio(2)
Mistake(1)

Extra Deck:
Dante Traveler of burning abyss(3)
Number 20 Giga_brilliant(1)
Downerd magican(3)
Number 47: Nightmare shark(2)
Number 30 Acid Gabeim(1)
Ghosttrick alucard(1)
Mechquipeed Angineer(1)
Wind up Zenmainies(1)
Number FO Vtopic Future(1)
Virgil, Rock Star of the B Abyss(1)

3rd Place - Charles Clark

Monster Cards:
Satellarknight Deneb(3)
Satellarknight Altair(3)
Satellarknight Unukslhai(3)
Satellarknight Vega (2)
Effect veilor(2)

Spell Cards:
Reinforcement of the army (3)
Upstart goblin(2)
Mysticak space typhoon(2)
Raigeki(1)
Darkhole(1)
Soul charge(1)

Trap Cards:
Stellernova Alpha(3)
Call of the haunted(3)
Oasis of dragon souls(1)
Mind crush(3)
Fiendish chain(2)
Breakthrough skill(1)
Torrential tribute(1)
Bottomless trap hole(1)
Vanity's emptiness(1)
Solemn warning(1)

Side Deck:
Retallitiating "c"(3)
Flying "C" (2)
Maxx "C" (1)
Imperial iron wall(2)
Mind drain(2)
Fairy wind(2)
Soul drain(1)
Shadow imprisoning mirror(1)
Mystical space typhoon(1)

Extra Deck:
Stellarknight triverr (2)
Stellarknight delteros (1)
Stellarknight constellar diamond (1)
Tellerknight ptolemaus (1)
Cairngorgon, Antilumiescent knight (1)
Heroic champion-excalibur (1)
Castel, the skyblaster musketeer (1)
Evilswarm Exciton Knight (1)
Bujintei Tsukuyomi (1)
Daigusto emeral (1)
Abyss Dweller (1)
Gagaga Cowboy (1)
Number 86 Heroic champion-rhongomaiyad

4th Place - Juan Black

Monster Cards:
Qliphort Scout(2)
Maxx "C" (2)
Effect Vielon(2)
Qliphort Stealth(2)
Qliphort Cephalpod(1)
Qliphort disk(1)
Qliphort carrier (3)
Qliphort Monolith(1)
Apolqliphort tower (1)
Qliphort helix(3)
Qliphort Shell(1)

Spell Cards:
Summoner's art(3)
Wavering eyes(3)
Saquifice(1)

Trap Cards:
Solumn warning(1)
Lose 1 turn(3)
Skill drain(1)
Vanities emptiness(1)
Soul transition(3)
Mirror Force(3)
Re-qliate (3)
Qlimate change (1)

Side Deck:
The monarchs stormforth(3)
Pot of richs(2)
Mystical space typhoon(3)
Imperial iron wall(3)
Royal decree(3)
Soul drain(1)

Extra Deck:
Number 103: Rangnezero(1)
Number 82 heartlanddraco(1)
Diamond dire wolf(1)
Number 80 rhapsody in berserk(1)
Dark rebellion XYZ dragon(1)
Constellar ptolemy m7(1)
Gaia dragon, the thundercharger(1)
Number 61 volcanasarus(1)
Castel, the skyblaster musketteer(1)
Gagaga Cowboy(1)
Number 101: silent Honor ARK(1)
Number 85: crazy box(1)
Abyss dweller (1)
Evilswarm exciton knight(1)
Carngorgon, Antilumenesent knight(1)

5th Place - David Lin Wu

Monster Cards:
Performage damage juggler(3)
Performage Hat tricker(1)
Performage Trick clown(1)
Shaddoll beast(2)
Shaddoll squamofa(2)
Shaddoll hedgehog(1)
shaddoll falco(1)
Shaddoll dragon(1)
Effect Vieler(2)
Ghost ogre+snow rabbit(2)
Archfiend eccenntrick(1)
Madolche Hootake(2)
Madolche Messengelato(2)
Madolche mewfeuille(1)

Spell Cards:
Shaddoll fusion(3)
El shaddoll fusion(3)
Instant fusion(3)
Madolche chateau(1)
Madolche ticket(1)
Book of moon(1)
Mind control(1)
Foolish burial(1)
Creature swap(1)

Side Deck:
Maxx "C" (2)
Retalitation "c" (2)
Artifact Lanced (2)
Lyla, lightsworn sorceress(2)
Mystical space typhoon (3)
Ragekai(1)
Creature swap(1)
Breaksthrough skill(1)
El shaddoll anoyatyllis(1)

Extra Deck:
Maddolche queen Tiaramisu(2)
Leviair The sea dragon(1)
Castel, the skyblaster musketeer(1)
Abyss dweller(1)
Evilsworn excition knight(1)
Flame ghost(1)
Elder entity norden(1)
Panzer dragon(1)
El shaddoll construct(2)
El shaddoll winda(1)
El shaddol shekchinaga(2)
Trishula, dragon of the ice barrier(1)

6th Place - Joesph Bogli

Monster Cards:
Cardcar D (3)
Psy- Frame Drive(3)
PSy- FrameGear Gamma (3)
Psy- FrameGear Beta (3)
Psy- FrameGear Delta (3)
Psy- FrameGear Alpha (3)
Wind-up Rabbit (3)
Maxx "C" (3)

Spell Cards:
Psy- Frame circuit (3)
Psychic feel Zone (3)
Pot of Duality (3)
Soul Charge (1)

Trap Cards:
Psy-Frame overlord (3)
Breakthrough skill (1)
Torrential Tribute (1)
Mind Crush (3)

Side Deck:
Mystical Space Typhoon (3)
Non Fusion Area (2)
Royal Decree (2)
Vanity's Emptiness (1)
Mistake (3)
Artifact Lancea (3)
Raigeki (1)

Extra Deck:
Psychic lifetrancer (1)
Psy-framelord Zeta (1)
Black rose moonlight dragon (1)
Black rose dragon (2)
Ancient fairy dragon (1)
Yazi, Evil king of the Yang Zing (1)
Clear wing synchro dragon (1)
Stardust spark dargon (1)
Hot red dragon archfeind (1)
Scrap dragon (1)
Thought ruler archfeind (1)
Psy-framelord omega (3)

7th Place - Reinaldo Jose Lainez Diaz

Monster Cards:
Nekroz of Valkyrus (3)
Nekroz of toishula (1)
Nekroz of decisive armor (1)
Nekroz of Unicore (3)
Nekroz of clausolas (2)
Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz (1)
Dance princess of the Nekroz (1)
Manju of the ten thousand hands (3)
Senju of the ten thousnad hand (3)
Performage damage juggler (2)
Performage trick clown (1)
Performage hat tricker (1)
Great sorcerer of the Nekroz (1)
Nekroz of Brionac (2)

Spell Cards:
Nekroz Kaleidoscope (3)
Nekroz cycle (3)
Nekroz mirror (1)
Raigeke (1)
Preportaion of rites (1)
Galaxy cyclone (2)
Mystical space typhoon (1)
Dark hole (1)

Trap Cards:
Torrential Tribute (1)
Bottomless trap hole (1)
Side Deck:
Mirror force (2)
Kycoo the ghost destroyer (3)
Artifact Lancea (2)
Royal Decree (1)
Typhoon (3)
Creature swap (2)
Shared ride (2)

Extra Deck:
Dragon master knight (1)
Star eater (1)
Orient dragon (1)
Herald of the arc light (2)
Castel the sky blaster musketeer (1)
Abyss dweller (1)
Diamond dire wolf (1)
Daigusto emeral (1)
Evilswarm Excition Knight (1)
Number 101: Silent honor ARK
Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk (1)
Gagaga Cowboy (1)
Performance mage trapese magician (1)
Dark rebellion XYZ dragon (1)

8th Place - Jerry Burbon

Monster Cards:
Kozmo farmgirl (3)
Kozmo forerunner(3)
Kozmo goodwitch(3)
Kozmo sliprider(3)
Maxx "C" (3)
Honest(2)
Thunder kind rai-oh(1)
Ghost ogre+Snow rabbit(1)

Spell Cards:
Kozmotown(3)
Dark hole(2)
Emergency teleport(3)
Mystical space typhoon(2)
Raigeki(1)

Trap Cards:
Mirror force(2)
Void Traphole(2)
Bottomless trap hole(1)
Torriental tribute(1)
Fiendish chain(2)
Vanities emptyness(1)
Solumn warning(1)

Side Deck:
Artifact lancer (3)
Cyber dragon(3)
Flying "c" (3)
Retaliating "C" (3)
Non-fusion arena (2)
Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit(1)

Extra Deck:
Black rose dragon(1)
Abyss dweller (1)
52: diamond crab king(1)
Gagaga Cowboy (1)
Castel, the skyblaster musketeer(1)
101:silent honor ARK(1)
Evilsworn Excitan knight(1)
Daigusto emerald (1)
61; volcanasarus(1)
Constellar pleides(1)
Mecha phantom beast dracosack(1)
Guia dragon, The thunder charges(1)
Red-eyes flare metal dragon(1)
Chimeratech fortress dragon(2)

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Magic: The Gathering Standard PPTQ Top 8 Deck Lists



Thanks to all who participated in the Magic: The Gathering Standard Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier held Saturday, September 5, at Gamer's Gambit in Danbury. We had an excellent turnout! Congratulations to our top eight finishers and to the first place winner, Craig Rocco, who won 2 booster boxes of MTG Origins plus an invite to the Regional PTQ! Here are the winning deck lists of the top 8 finishers:



1st Place - Craig Rocco


4 Sandsteppe Citadel
4 Temple of Silence
4 Windswept Heath
4 Llanowar Wastes
2 Mana Confluence
2 Caves of Koilos
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Forest
1 Plains
4 Warden of the First Tree
4 Fleecemane Lion
4 Anafenza, the Foremost
4 Siege Rhino
3 Rakshasa Deathdealer
2 Herald of Torment
2 Gather Courage
1 Bile Blight
1 Self-Inflicted Wound
2 Ultimate Price
3 Dromoka's Command
3 Abzan Charm
1 Hero's Downfall

Sideboard:
2 Thoughtseize
2 Duress
2 Bile Blight
1 Self-Inflicted Wound
1 Ultimate Price
1 Hero's Downfall
2 Hunt the Hunter
2 Den Protector
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Surrak, the Hunt Caller

2nd Place - Shane Moschillo


3 Den Protector
4 Courser of Kruphix
4 Siege Rhino
4 Hangarback Walker
3 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
2 Thoughtseize
1 Bile Blight
1 Dromoka's Command
1 Ultimate Price
4 Abzan Charm
4 Hero's Downfall
3 Languish
4 Sandsteppe Citadel
4 Temple of Malady
4 Temple of Silence
4 Windswept Heath
3 Caves of Koilos
2 Llanowar Wastes
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Forest
2 Plains

Sideboard:
3 Anafenza, the Foremost
2 Hushwing Gryff
1 Gaea's Revenge
1 Mastery of the Unseen
1 Back to Nature
2 Thoughtseie
1 Duress
1 Tragic Arrogance
3 Drown in Sorrow


3rd Place - Jacob Bard


4 Hangarback Walker
4 Fleecemane Lion
4 Den Protector
4 Siege Rhino
4 Anafenza, the Foremost
2 Wingmate Roc
2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
3 Dromoka's Command
1 Bile Blight
1 Ultimate Price
3 Abzan Charm
2 Hero's Downfall
4 Sandsteppe Citadel
3 Temple of Silence
3 Temple of Malady
3 Llanowar Wastes
3 Caves of Koilos
4 Windswept Heath
2 Forest
2 Plains
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sideboard:
2 Herald of Torment
2 Thoughtseize
2 Duress
2 Glare of Heresy
2 Self-Inflicted Wound
2 Ultimate Price
2 Tragic Arrogance
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion

4th Place - Matthew DeNove


3 Warden of the First Tree
4 Fleecemane Lion
4 Hangarback Walker
2 Den Protector
4 Anafenza, the Foremost
4 Siege Rhino
2 Wingmate Roc
3 Dromoka's Command
2 Ultimate Price
1 Bile Blight
3 Abzan Charm
2 Hero's Downfall
1 Sorin, solemn Visitor
4 Windswept Heath
3 Forest
2 Plains
4 Sandsteppe Citadel
2 Temple of Malady
2 Temple of Silence
1 Temple of Plenty
4 Llanowar Wastes
2 Caves of Koilos
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sideboard:
3 Thoughtseize
2 Duress
3 Self-Inflicted Wound
2 Bile Blight
1 Ultimate Price
2 Tragic Arrogance
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion


5th Place - Robert Seder


3 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
2 Dissolve
2 Crux of Fate
1 Ultimate Price
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
4 Silumgar's Scorn
3 Hero's Downfall
4 Dragonlord Ojutai
4 Dig Through Time
3 Thoughtseize
1 Dragonlord Silumgar
1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
2 Bile Blight
2 Foul-Tounge Invocation
4 Polluted Delta
4 Temple of Deciet
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
4 Temple of Enlightenment
3 Island
1 Temple of Silence
4 Dismal Backwater
2 Swamp
1 Flooded Strand
1 Caves of Koilos

Sideboard:
2 Disdainful Stroke
2 Drown in Sorrow
1 Dragonlord Perogative
1 Orb of Warding
1 Ultimate Price
1 Dragonlord Silumgar
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Thoughtseize
1 Perilous Vault
1 Virulent Plague
2 Foul-Tounge Invocation
1 Hero's Downfall

6th Place - Roman Fusco


4 Siege Rhino
4 Courser of Kruphix
2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
3 Den Protector
3 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
4 Abzan Charm
1 Bile Blight
3 Hero's Downfall
2 Languish
1 Silence the Believers
4 Thoughtseize
1 Tragic Arrogance
1 Ultimate Price
2 Caves of Koilos
3 Forest
2 Llanowar Wastes
2 Plains
4 Sandsteppe Citadel
4 Temple of Malady
4 Temple of Silence
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Windswept Heath

Sideboard:
1 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
1 Bile Blight
1 Dromoka's Command
2 Drown in Sorrow
1 Duress
2 Fleecemane Lion
2 Glare of Heresy
1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
1 Tragic Arrogance
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
1 Ultimate Price
1 Unravel the Aether

7th Place - John Franczak


4 Abbot of Keral Keep
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Monastary Swiftspear
3 Lightning Berserker
3 Zurgo Bellstriker
2 Goblin Heelcutter
4 Wild Slash
4 Lightning Strike
4 Searing Blood
4 Exquisite Firecraft
4 Stoke the Flames

Sideboard:
3 Magma Spray
4 Roast
1 Scouring Sands
2 Arc Lightning
1 Outpost Siege
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
3 Satyr Firedancer

8th Place - Yuanji Li


4 Den Protector
3 Deathmist Raptor
4 Satyr Wayfinder
4 Courser of Kruphix
4 Siege Rhino
4 Abzan Charm
3 Hero's Downfall
1 Ultimate Price
2 Dromoka's Command
4 Thoughtseize
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
4 Llanowar Wastes
4 Temple of Malady
3 Temple of Silence
4 Windswept Heath
2 Plains
2 Forest
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Sandsteppe Citadel

Sideboard:
3 Fleecemane Lion
2 Languish
2 Self-Inflicted Wound
1 End Hostilities
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
1 Bile Blight
2 Ultimate Price
1 Duress
1 Garruk, Apex Predator
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang