Following Matt Scott's Top 4 showing last weekend, U/B Zombies helpedĀ Gathering Magic's own editor Andrew Wilson's took a second place finish at StarCityGames Open Series: Tampa, and Richard Parker's brain eaters gorged their way to the top at Grand Prix Lille! Here's his winning decklist:
"Richard Parker's U/B Zombies"
- Creatures (24)
- 4 Diregraf Captain
- 4 Diregraf Ghoul
- 2 Fume Spitter
- 4 Geralf's Messenger
- 4 Gravecrawler
- 4 Phantasmal Image
- 2 Phyrexian Obliterator
- Spells (14)
- 4 Geth's Verdict
- 3 Mortarpod
- 1 Sword of War and Peace
- 4 Tragic Slip
- 2 Liliana of the Veil
- Lands (22)
- 4 Darkslick Shores
- 4 Drowned Catacomb
- 14 Swamp
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Black Sun's Zenith
- 1 Cemetery Reaper
- 2 Corrosive Gale
- 1 Dismember
- 2 Go for the Throat
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
- 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
- 2 Ratchet Bomb
- 1 Sever the Bloodline
- 2 Surgical Extraction
You can check out all of the awesome coverage from Grand Prix Lille, including many articles from the illustrious Frank Karsten, at DailyMTG.com!
For a slightly different flavor, here is Andrew Wilson's second place deck from Tampa:
"Andrew Wilson's U/B Zombies"
- Creatures (23)
- 3 Diregraf Captain
- 4 Diregraf Ghoul
- 2 Fume Spitter
- 4 Geralf's Messenger
- 4 Gravecrawler
- 2 Phantasmal Image
- 2 Phyrexian Obliterator
- 2 Phyrexian Metamorph
- Spells (15)
- 3 Geth's Verdict
- 3 Tragic Slip
- 2 Distress
- 4 Mortarpod
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
- 2 Sword of Feast and Famine
- Lands (22)
- 15 Swamp
- 4 Darkslick Shores
- 3 Drowned Catacomb
- Sideboard (15)
- 2 Culling Dais
- 3 Nihil Spellbomb
- 1 Evil Twin
- 2 Phyrexian Obliterator
- 2 Go for the Throat
- 2 Distress
- 2 Zombie Apocalypse
- 1 Swamp