Magic players around the world took part in their local Innistrad Release events, but hundreds others competed in two events: SCG Open Indy and also the "MTG Grudge Match" which took place at the EpicCon in Philadelphia, PA alongside a WoW TCG Dark Moon Faire among other things. Below are some decklists from the events! Notable at the Legacy Open in Indy, GatheringMagic.com contributor Christopher Walton finished fourth playing Reanimator (see his deck below!)

SCG Open Indy - Standard

Top 32 Decklists

"1st. David Doberne - Mono Red"

• Creatures (20)
• 3 Chandra's Phoenix
• 2 Goblin Arsonist
• 3 Grim Lavamancer
• 2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
• 2 Spikeshot Elder
• 4 Stormblood Berserker
• 4 Stromkirk Noble

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 3 Koth of the Hammer

• Spells (14)
• 3 Arc Trail
• 4 Brimstone Volley
• 3 Incinerate
• 4 Shrine of Burning Rage

• Lands (23)
• 23 Mountain

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Sword of War and Peace
• 2 Perilous Myr
• 2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
• 3 Manic Vandal
• 4 Vulshok Refugee
• 1 Arc Trail
• 1 Traitorous Blood
• 1 Mountain

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"3rd. Todd Anderson - U/W Illusions"

• Creatures (20)
• 4 Lord of the Unreal
• 4 Phantasmal Bear
• 4 Phantasmal Dragon
• 4 Phantasmal Image
• 4 Snapcaster Mage

• Spells (17)
• 4 Dismember
• 2 Dissipate
• 4 Gitaxian Probe
• 4 Mana Leak
• 3 Mental Misstep

• Lands (23)
• 4 Glacial Fortress
• 12 Island
• 3 Moorland Haunt
• 4 Seachrome Coast

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Dissipate
• 4 Flashfreeze
• 3 Gut Shot
• 3 Steel Sabotage
• 4 Revoke Existence

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"7th. Ari Lax - Tempered Steel"

• Creatures (20)
• 4 Hero of Bladehold
• 4 Memnite
• 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 4 Signal Pest
• 3 Spined Thopter
• 4 Vault Skirge

• Spells (19)
• 2 Dismember
• 4 Dispatch
• 4 Glint Hawk Idol
• 3 Mox Opal
• 2 Shrine of Loyal Legions
• 4 Tempered Steel

• Lands (21)
• 4 Inkmoth Nexus
• 17 Plains

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Shrine of Loyal Legions
• 3 Phyrexian Revoker
• 3 Spellskite
• 2 Oblivion Ring
• 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1 Gideon Jura
• 2 Revoke Existence
• 2 Timely Reinforcements

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"8th. William Allman - Solar Flare"

• Creatures (9)
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 1 Phantasmal Image
• 3 Snapcaster Mage
• 3 Sun Titan
• 1 Wurmcoil Engine

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 3 Liliana of the Veil

• Spells (23)
• 3 Day of Judgment
• 3 Doom Blade
• 4 Forbidden Alchemy
• 3 Oblivion Ring
• 3 Think Twice
• 3 Timely Reinforcements
• 1 Tribute to Hunger
• 3 Unburial Rites

• Lands (25)
• 2 Darkslick Shores
• 3 Drowned Catacomb
• 4 Glacial Fortress
• 4 Island
• 4 Isolated Chapel
• 5 Plains
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 2 Swamp

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Wurmcoil Engine
• 1 Oblivion Ring
• 2 Stony Silence
• 2 Dissipate
• 2 Surgical Extraction
• 2 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1 Day of Judgment
• 2 Revoke Existence
• 1 Timely Reinforcements

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SCG Open Indy - Legacy

Top 16 Decklists

"1st. Josh Weinundy - Reanimator"

• Creatures (7)
• 1 Angel of Despair
• 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1 Empyrial Archangel
• 3 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind

• Spells (36)
• 4 Animate Dead
• 4 Brainstorm
• 3 Careful Study
• 3 Daze
• 3 Duress
• 4 Entomb
• 4 Exhume
• 4 Force of Will
• 4 Ponder
• 3 Reanimate

• Lands (17)
• 2 Bloodstained Mire
• 2 Island
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Polluted Delta
• 2 Swamp
• 4 Underground Sea
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

• Sideboard (15)
• 3 Pithing Needle
• 1 Sundering Titan
• 1 Blazing Archon
• 3 Echoing Truth
• 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 3 Show and Tell
• 3 Thoughtseize

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"2nd. Marsh Usary - NO Bant"

• Creatures (14)
• 3 Knight of the Reliquary
• 4 Noble Hierarch
• 1 Progenitus
• 1 Qasali Pridemage
• 1 Tarmogoyf
• 4 Vendilion Clique

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

• Spells (23)
• 4 Brainstorm
• 4 Daze
• 4 Force of Will
• 3 Green Sun's Zenith
• 4 Natural Order
• 4 Swords to Plowshares

• Lands (20)
• 2 Dryad Arbor
• 1 Forest
• 1 Island
• 1 Karakas
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Savannah
• 3 Tropical Island
• 2 Tundra
• 1 Wasteland
• 4 Windswept Heath

• Sideboard (15)
• 4 Meddling Mage
• 4 Leyline of the Void
• 2 Path to Exile
• 1 Gaddock Teeg
• 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Tower of the Magistrate
• 1 Wasteland

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"3rd. Jason Golembiewski - TPS"

• Spells (46)
• 1 Ad Nauseam
• 4 Brainstorm
• 4 Burning Wish
• 3 Chrome Mox
• 4 Dark Ritual
• 2 Duress
• 1 Empty the Warrens
• 4 Infernal Tutor
• 4 Lion's Eye Diamond
• 4 Lotus Petal
• 4 Orim's Chant
• 4 Ponder
• 4 Rite of Flame
• 1 Tendrils of Agony
• 2 Thoughtseize

• Lands (14)
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 3 City of Brass
• 4 Gemstone Mine
• 2 Polluted Delta
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 2 Underground Sea
• 1 Volcanic Island

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Chain of Vapor
• 1 Echoing Truth
• 3 Pyroblast
• 1 Wipe Away
• 1 Deathmark
• 1 Diminishing Returns
• 1 Duress
• 1 Empty the Warrens
• 1 Grapeshot
• 1 Ill-Gotten Gains
• 1 Shattering Spree
• 1 Tendrils of Agony
• 1 Thoughtseize

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"4th. Christopher Walton - Reanimator"

• Creatures (8)
• 1 Angel of Despair
• 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1 Empyrial Archangel
• 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 3 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind

• Spells (35)
• 3 Animate Dead
• 4 Brainstorm
• 4 Careful Study
• 3 Daze
• 4 Entomb
• 4 Exhume
• 4 Force of Will
• 3 Ponder
• 4 Reanimate
• 2 Thoughtseize

• Lands (17)
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 2 Island
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 4 Polluted Delta
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 2 Swamp
• 4 Underground Sea
• 1 Verdant Catacombs

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Pithing Needle
• 1 Inkwell Leviathan
• 1 Blazing Archon
• 2 Dispel
• 1 Echoing Truth
• 3 Spell Pierce
• 1 Wipe Away
• 3 Show and Tell
• 1 Thoughtseize

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Magic Grudge Match

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