[Tournament] Chicago GPT, Utrecht the Netherlands january 18th

[Van Phanel]

That seems like a fair result.
A german won the whole thing and you dutch people can say "a dutch got the tickets" ;)

True that.

Also the Dreadstill-list that Bahamuth requested (the list of the winner):

2 Volcanic Island
6 Island
3 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
4 Mishra's Factory
3 Wasteland

4 Phyrexian Dreadnought
3 Trinket Mage

4 Brainstorm
4 Standstill
2 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Counterbalance
3 Spell Snare
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Stifle
2 Trickbind
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Engineered Explosives

SB:
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Blood Moon (won the finals where a Magus wouldn't have done anything against Thrash)
2 Pyroclasm
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Blue Elemental Blast
3 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Engineered Explosives



The Crucibles won him at least 2 matches in the swiss (possibly more) and the semifinals in the mirror. The idea was, that both Landstill and the mirror are close matchups and an active Crucible simply wins those. He turned out to be right.

[Waikiki]

Blood moon didn't really bother me. I simply ran out of gas and couldn't answer CB anymore. CB won the game.

[Roelke]

With special thanks to the head judge Jasper, these are the t8 decklists.

For the record: 156 players showed up and played 8 rounds of swiss. In the quarter finals Bernhard and Dennis played for a 160 GB ipod while Duncan and Mattias played for a trip to Chicago.

1. Bernhard Klinger
// Lands
6 Island
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
3 Wasteland
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Volcanic Island

// Creatures
4 Phyrexian Dreadnought
3 Trinket Mage

// Spells
3 Counterbalance
1 Crucible of Worlds
4 Brainstorm
4 Standstill
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Force of Will
4 Stifle
2 Trickbind
3 Spell Snare
4 Daze

// Sideboard
SB: 2 Pyroclasm
SB: 2 Crucible of Worlds
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Blood Moon
SB: 3 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Engineered Explosives


2. Dennis Baauw
// Lands
3 Polluted Delta
4 Volcanic Island
3 Flooded Strand
4 Wasteland
4 Tropical Island

// Creatures
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Nimble Mongoose

// Spells
4 Fire/Ice
4 Brainstorm
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Wipe Away
1 Rushing River
4 Spell Snare
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 [SC] Stifle
4 Ponder

// Sideboard
SB: 4 Submerge
SB: 4 Disrupt
SB: 4 Pyroblast
SB: 2 Pyroclasm
SB: 1 Krosan Grip

3. Duncan Keijzer
// Lands
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
4 Island
3 Wasteland
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand

// Creatures
3 Phyrexian Dreadnought
3 Tarmogoyf
2 Trinket Mage

// Spells
4 Brainstorm
4 Stifle
4 Force of Will
3 Daze
2 Spell Snare
1 Trickbind
3 Counterbalance
2 Ponder
4 Standstill
2 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Engineered Explosives

// Sideboard
SB: 2 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 3 Firespout
SB: 3 Hydroblast
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 3 Krosan Grip
SB: 1 Pithing Needle

4. Mattias Kres
// Lands
1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Savannah
4 Bayou
2 Swamp
2 Polluted Delta
3 Treetop Village
3 Windswept Heath
3 Scrubland
1 Bloodstained Mire

// Creatures
3 Tidehollow Sculler
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Eternal Witness
3 Doran, the Siege Tower
4 Dark Confidant

// Spells
2 Umezawa's Jitte
4 Thoughtseize
4 Vindicate
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Chrome Mox
2 Profane Command

// Sideboard
SB: 3 Engineered Plague
SB: 4 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 3 Krosan Grip
SB: 2 Pithing Needle
SB: 3 Jotun Grunt

5-8.Bastiaan Boel
// Lands
1 Forest
2 Polluted Delta
4 Volcanic Island
3 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island
2 Island
3 Wooded Foothills

// Creatures
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Nimble Mongoose

// Spells
1 Rushing River
4 Fire/Ice
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
2 Counterspell
3 Stifle
1 Disrupt

// Sideboard
SB: 2 Disrupt
SB: 3 Submerge
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 3 Mind Harness
SB: 3 Krosan Grip
SB: 2 Blood Moon

5-8.Bart Holkenborg
// Lands
12 Island
2 Mutavault
2 Rishadan Port
3 Wasteland

// Creatures
2 Wake Thrasher
4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Tidal Warrior
4 Cursecatcher

// Spells
4 AEther Vial
3 Echoing Truth
4 Standstill
4 Daze
4 Force of Will

// Sideboard
SB: 1 Umezawa's Jitte
SB: 3 Arcane Laboratory
SB: 3 Hydroblast
SB: 4 Stifle
SB: 4 Relic of Progenitus

5-8. Rens Feenstra
// Lands
4 Horizon Canopy
1 Pendelhaven
12 Forest

// Creatures
1 Elvish Champion
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Viridian Shaman
4 Birchlore Rangers
4 Heritage Druid
4 Llanowar Elves
1 Mirror Entity
4 Nettle Sentinel
1 Fyndhorn Elves
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Wirewood Hivemaster
4 Wirewood Symbiote

// Spells
4 Glimpse of Nature
4 Chord of Calling
2 Summoner's Pact

// Sideboard
SB: 3 Umezawa's Jitte
SB: 4 Choke
SB: 4 Thorn of Amethyst
SB: 1 Gaddock Teeg
SB: 1 Viridian Shaman
SB: 1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
SB: 1 Ethersworn Canonist

5-8. Hugo de Jong
// Lands
2 Seat of the Synod
8 Island
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors

// Creatures
4 Sea Drake
3 Glen Elendra Archmage
3 Serendib Efreet
4 Trinket Mage

// Spells
3 Trinisphere
2 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Sigil of Distinction
3 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Pithing Needle
4 Force of Will
3 Mox Diamond
1 Chrome Mox
4 Lotus Petal

// Sideboard
SB: 1 Trinisphere
SB: 1 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2 Trickbind
SB: 3 Propaganda
SB: 2 Arcane Laboratory
SB: 2 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Hydroblast
SB: 1 Umezawa's Jitte