Meandeck Open, Top 8 Decklists/metagame Breakdown

[Smmenen]

Before I show you the metagame breakdown and the top 8 decklists, let me just say that this was the most fun I’ve had at a Magic tournament that I can remember despite being my worst Legacy performance ever.

Judging by this thread, http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/s...t=14375&page=5 I think many of you feel the same way. I feel sorry for people who couldn’t make it.

For those folks, the good news is that the next Meandeck Open has been scheduled. Don’t miss this one:

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for October 25, 2009.

With that announcement out of the way, here is your metagame breakdown and your top 8 decklists

40 players:
4 Goblins (1 R/g/b, 2 R/b, 1 Mono Red)
4 3c and 4c Counterbalance/Thresh (one is red splash, not black)
4 Canadian Threshold
3 B/G Beatz
2 Mono-White Stax
2 Doomsday
2 Dredge
2 Merfolk
2 Coatl/Counterbalance (1 UG and 1 UBG)
1 UBW Fish
1 Suicide Black
1 4c Threshold Natural Order
1 4c Natural Order Counterbalance
1 Doran Rock
1 Sea Stompy
1 Burn
1 Zoo
1 Red Stompy
1 White Weenie
1 Enchantress
1 Goyf Burn
1 UBGW Loam Control
1 Affinity
1 UGW Worb Aggro Control


The cash payout was pretty juicy. 1st place took home $256!! 2nd took $128. 3rd and 4th took home $64. 5th-8th place took home $32 a piece.

1st Place: Goblins
Jonathan Benson
4 Aether Vial
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Goblin Piledriver
3 Mogg War Marshall
3 Stingscourger
4 Goblin Chieftan
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Goblin Matron
3 Goblin Incinerator
4 Goblin Ringleader
2 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Wasteland
18 Snow-Covered Mountain

Sideboard:
4 Relic of Progenitus
4 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
2 Boartusk Liege
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Goblin Tinkerer
1 Zo-Zu the Punisher

2nd Place: Canadian Thresh
Ben Wienburg
4 Ponder
4 Spell Snare
4 Brainstorm
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Fire/Ice
2 Vendillion Clique
4 Tropical Island
4 Volcanic Island
3 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
4 Wasteland
4 Stifle

Sideboard:
4 Pyroblast
4 Submerge
2 Trygon Predator
2 Krosan Grip
1 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Pyroclasm

3rd Place: Bob Holland
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Dark Confidant
3 Mesmeric Fiend
3 Tidehollow Sculler
2 Tombstalker
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Thoughtseize
3 Dark Ritual
2 Vindicate
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
3 Aether Vial
1 Chainer’s Edict
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Bayou
3 Scrubland
4 Wasteland
2 Swamp
1 Plains
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Bloodstained Mire
3 Windswept Heath

Sideboard:
3 Perish
1 Extirpate
3 Leyline of the Void
2 Pernicious Deed
3 Engineered Plague
3 Choke

4th Olwen Wee
Affinity
4 Ornithopter
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Disciple of the Vault
1 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Master of Etherium
4 Frogmite
3 Myr Enforcer
1 Aether Vial
4 Springleaf Drum
1 Thopter Foundry
4 Cranial Plating
4 Thoughtcast
4 Ancient Den
4 Seat of Synod
4 Vault of Whispers
2 Blinkmoth Nexus
2 Darksteel Citadel
1 City of Brass
1 Glimmervoid

Sideboard:
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Enlightened Tutor
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Runed Halo
1 Seal of Cleansing
2 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Meddling Mage
1 Dystopia
2 Engineered Plague
1 Relic of Progenitus

5th Place: Mike Magby
1 Forest
1 Swamp
2 Island
2 Flooded Strand
2 Wooded Foothsills
4 Polluted Delta
3 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Bayou
4 Force of Will
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Mold Adder
4 Ponder
3 Counterbalance
2 Smother
4 Dark Confidant
2 Trygon Predator
1 Lorescale Coatl
3 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Brainstorm
2 Daze
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Putrify

Sideboard:
2 Krosan Grip
3 Pithing Needle
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Engineered Plague
2 Yixlid Jailer

6th Place: Dewitt Kane
Thresh
1 Swamp
1 Forest
2 Island
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
4 Underground Sea
4 Tropical Island
4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Dark Confidant
2 Trygon Predator
4 Spell Snare
4 Thoughtseize
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
4 Daze
4 Doomblade
4 Force of Will

Sidebaord:
1 Krosan Grip
2 Pithing Needle
2 Threads of Disloyalty
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Diabolic Edict
4 Engineered Plague

7th Place: Nathan Budney

2 Island
4 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Tundra
4 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand
3 Tarmogoyf
4 Dark Confidant
1 Noble Hierarch
2 Lorescale Coatl
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Qasali Pridemage
4 Force of Will
3 Daze
4 Brainstorm
3 Counterbalance
4 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Vedalken Shackles
2 Ponder
1 Engineered Explosives

Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
1 Serenity
2 Krosan Grip
2 Duress
4 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Blue Elemental Blast

8th Place: Ben Steiner
4 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
2 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
4 Windswept Heath
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Dryad Arbor
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Rhox War Monk
2 Qasali Pridemage
1 Trygon Predator
3 Natural Order
1 Progenitus
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Counterbalance
4 Brainstorm
4 Swords to Plowshares

Sideboard:
2 Krosan Grip
2 Trygon Predator
2 Hydroblast
1 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Volcanic Island
3 Firespout

Congrats to the top 8! See you in October!

[Jedi Knight]

Can't wait till the 25th.......I'm coming for YOU Don...
Team AK

[yawg07]

Yeah, I'll definitely be there. I love these.

My I <3 CP shirt was pretty popular at the last one XD

[OneBigSquirrelGod]

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I'm There!

[yawg07]

I like this version even better XD

[Mark Sun]

I like this version even better XD

LOL

That's so wonderful.

[Shanghi Knights]

looking forward to the next tournament.

[OneBigSquirrelGod]

I like this version even better XD

LOL!

At first, I didn't see the difference, it took about 15 seconds. Thats Great