Results April 24th, 2009

The second season is off to a fresh new start. I'll write up a tournament report later. Sadly my rogue deck didn't make T8 (I finished 9th). In total we had 18 participants, another nice turnout! One important change was the unbanning of artifact lands and the banning of Cranial Plating. There was one affinity deck, but it wasn't very succesful. So far it doesn't look like affinity will warp the meta like it used to do. Anyway, on to the decks that did make the top 8!

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T8 Decklists

1. Maarten Jacobs (12 - Tortured Existence)
2. Douwe van Noordenburg (12 - Taïga)
3. Wouter Scholtens (11 - GW Slivers)
4. Michiel Deunk (10 - RG Fires)
5. Gijsbert Haaksman (9 - Storm Combo)
6. Martijn Beljaars (9 - Quillspike Combo)
7. Allard van der Made (9 - WU Blink)
8. Rob de Jonge (9 - Blightning Beatdown)

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Maarten Jacobs - Tortured Existence
1st place (12 points)

PS. I couldn't find Maarten's decklist between the paper lists, because he provided the decklist digitally. Here it is!

Creatures
3 Spore Frog
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Crypt Rats
2 Eternal Witness (U)
4 Golgari Brownscale
4 Stinkweed Imp
3 Yavimaya Elder
4 Wickerbough Elder
1 Krosan Tusker

Spells
4 Tortured Existence
1 Unearth
1 Grim Harvest
3 Sylvan Library (U)
1 Sylvan Bounty

Lands
11 Swamp
11 Forest

Sideboard
SB: 4 Duress
SB: 2 Grim Harvest
SB: 4 Nourish
SB: 1 Crypt Rats
SB: 4 Festercreep

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Douwe van Noordenburg - Taïga
2nd place (12 points)

Creatures
2 Ghazban Ogre
3 Jungle Lion
4 Kird Ape
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Scab-Clan Mauler

Spells
3 Chain Lightning
3 Lava Dart
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Rancor
4 Reckless Charge
2 Incinerate

Lands
2 Gemstone Mine (U)
9 Forest
10 Mountain

Sideboard
SB: 3 Bloodfire Dwarf
SB: 4 Martyr of Ashes
SB: 2 Ancient Grudge
SB: 3 Compost (U)
SB: 3 Smash to Smittereens

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Wouter Scholtens - GW Slivers
3rd place (11 points)

Creatures
4 Plated Sliver
4 Sidewinder Sliver
4 Virulent Sliver
4 Muscle Sliver
4 Sinew Sliver
4 Spinneret Sliver
4 Talon Sliver
3 Victual Sliver (U)

Spells
3 Gather Courage
4 Thrill of the Hunt
3 Prismatic Strands

Lands
8 Forest
7 Plains
2 Secluded Steppe
2 Tranquil Thicket

Sideboard
SB: 3 Hallow
SB: 3 Obsidian Acolyte
SB: 3 Ray of Revelation
SB: 4 Holy Light
SB: 2 Root Sliver (U)

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Michiel Deunk - RG Fires
4th place (10 points)

Creatures
3 Llanowar Elves
3 Kird Ape
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Horned Kavu
4 Scab-Clan Mauler
4 Blastoderm
2 Flametongue Kavu (U)

Spells
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Rancor
3 Fires of Yavimaya (U)
4 Rift Bolt

Lands
10 Forest
9 Mountain
3 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard
SB: 3 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 3 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 3 Naturalize
SB: 3 Rain of Embers
SB: 1 Smash to Smittereens
SB: 2 Smash

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Gijsbert Haaksman - Storm Combo
5th place (9 points)

Spells
4 Lotus Petal
4 Chromatic Sphere
4 Chromatic Star
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation (U)
4 Rite of Flame
4 Ideas Unbound
4 Grapeshot
4 Manamorphose
4 Words of Wisdom
4 Seething Song
4 Ignite Memories (U)

Lands
4 Ancient Spring
4 Irrigation Ditch
3 Island
4 Sulfur Vent

Sideboard
SB: 3 Disrupt
SB: 4 Force Spike
SB: 4 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 4 Unsummon

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Martijn Beljaars - Quillspike Combo
6th place (9 points)

Creatures
4 Carrion Feeder
2 Essence Warden
4 Devoted Druid
4 Safehold Elite
4 Quillspike (U)
4 Rendclaw Trow

Spells
4 Commune with Nature
4 Rancor
4 Unearth
1 Demonic Tutor (U)
3 Rite of Consumption

Lands
4 Desert
8 Forest
6 Swamp
4 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard
SB: 2 Hidden Spider
SB: 4 Echoing Decay
SB: 3 Moment's Peace
SB: 4 Naturalize
SB: 2 Phyrexian Ghoul

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Allard van der Made - WU Blink
7th (9 points)

Creatures
4 Aven Riftwatcher
4 Temple Acolyte
3 Trinket Mage
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours
4 Mulldrifter

Spells
1 Æther Spellbomb
2 Brainstorm
2 Condescend
1 Dispeller's Capsule
1 Path to Exile (U)
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Repeal
4 Swords to Plowshares (U)
4 Momentary Blink

Lands
1 Ancient Den
1 Azorius Chancery
8 Island
8 Plains
1 Seat of the Synod
4 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard
SB: 4 Icatian Javelineers
SB: 1 Disenchant
SB: 3 Divine Offering
SB: 3 Echoing Truth
SB: 2 Hindering Light
SB: 1 Wispmare
SB: 1 Deep Analysis

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Rob de Jonge - Blightning Beatdown
8th place (9 points)

Creatures
4 Mogg Fanatic
2 Gobhobbler Rats
3 Keldon Marauders
2 Ravenous Rats
2 Rotting Rats
4 Ashenmoor Gouger (U)
1 Shambling Remains (U)

Spells
4 Duress
4 Lightning bolt
4 Unearth
4 Terminate
4 Blightning

Lands
11 Mountain
11 Swamp

Sideboard
SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 4 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 3 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 3 Nausea
SB: 4 Smash to Smithereens

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Decks that didn't finish in the T8 included Elfball, IsoMUC, and Affinity.