As part of our coverage of GenCon we are posting the top eight lists for all of their major Magic the Gathering tournaments. Please see below for the top 8 deck lists from the the first Pro Tour Austin Qualifier held on Saturday, August 15th, 2009. (There was an earlier PTQ.) Our thanks to the tournament organizers, Pastimes, for their cooperation in bringing you these decks.
[deck place="1" player="Ed Roman"]2 Harm's Way 4 Glacial Fortress 2 Plains 6 Island 4 Wanderwine Hub 4 Mystic Gate 4 Mutavault 2 Path to Exile 1 Reveillark 4 Silvergill Adept 3 Wake Thrasher 4 Merrow Reejery 3 Sygg River Guide 4 Sage's Dousing 3 Merfolk Sovereign 3 Stonebrook Bannerett 3 Vendillion Clique 4 Cryptic Command
Sideboard 3 Sleep 1 Jace Beleren 2 Glen Elendra Archmage 3 Ethersworn Canonist 3 Burrtenton Forge-Tender 2 Path to Exile 1 Reveillark[/deck] |
[deck place="2" player="Michael Belfatto"]3 Plumeveil 4 Volcanic Fallout 3 Cruel Ultimatum 2 Broken Ambitions 1 Negate 2 Lightning Bolt 4 Cryptic Command 2 Baneslayer Angel 4 Esper Charm 1 Broodmate Dragon 3 Hallowed Burial 2 Mulldrifter 2 Runed Halo 1 Identity Crisis 2 Vivid Marsh 4 Vivid Creek 2 Island 4 Reflecting Pools 3 Vivid Meadow 2 Mystic Gates 2 Cascade Bluffs 3 Sunken Ruins 2 Exotic Orchard 2 Vivid Crag
Sideboard 1 Jace Beleren 1 Runed Halo 3 Anathemancer 2 Glen Elendra Archmage 1 Identity Crisis 2 Ajani Vengeant 2 Negate 3 Burrenton Forge-Tender[/deck] |
[deck place="3" player="Dustin Ochoa"]3 Plumeveil 4 Cryptic Command 3 Cruel Ultimatum 4 Esper Charm 2 Baneslayer Angel 1 Broodmate Dragon 1 Ajani Vengeant 2 Path to Exile 1 Lightning Bolt 2 Hallowed Burial 2 Firespout 2 Volcanic Fallout 3 Broken Ambitions 2 Mulldrifter 1 Jace Beleren 4 Reflecting Pool 1 Exotic Orchard 3 Island 4 Sunken Ruins 2 Mystic Gates 2 Cascade Bluffs 4 Vivid Creek 3 Vivid Marsh 2 Vivid Crag 2 Vivid Meadow
Sideboard 2 Volcanic Fallout 2 Identity Crisis 4 Great Stable Stag 2 Glen Elendra Archmage 1 Ajani Vengeant 1 Liliana Vess 2 Runed Halo 1 Exotic Orchard[/deck] |
[deck place="4" player="Shaun Piazza"]4 Anathemancer 3 Maelstrom Pulse 4 Volcanic Fallout 3 Makeshift Mannequin 2 Burrenton Forge-Tender 4 Putrid Leech 4 Mulldrifter 4 Kitchen Finks 4 Bloodbraid Elf 3 Shriekmaw 3 Twilight Mire 3 Vivid Marsh 4 Vivid Grove 3 Vivid Crag 2 Forest 1 Graven Cairns 1 Exotic Orchard 2 Fire-lit Thicket 4 Reflecting Pool 1 Swamp 1 Mountain
Sideboard 1 Deathmark 1 Maelstrom Pulse 2 Burrenton Forge-Tender 3 Thought Hemorrhage 4 Great Sable Stag 2 Puppeteer Clique 2 Cloudthresher[/deck] |
[deck place="5" player="Rich Stachurski"]4 Baneslayer Angel 3 Meddling Mage 4 Glen Elendra Archmage 4 Mulldrifter 4 Knight of the White Orchid 4 Fieldmist Borderpost 4 Cryptic Command 3 Broken Ambitions 4 Path to Exile 4 Vendilion Clique 1 Reveillark 8 Island 6 Plains 4 Mystic Gate 3 Glacial Fortess
Sideboard 3 Burrenton Forge-Tender 2 Celestial Purge 2 Hallowed Burial 2 Austere Command 3 Ethersworn Canonist 1 Meddling Mage 2 Reveillark[/deck] |
[deck place="6" player="Elijah Fannin"]2 Chameleon Colossus 2 Great Sable Stag 1 Sign in Blood 4 Boggart Ram-gang 3 Maelstrom Pulse 4 Bloodbraid Elf 3 Wren's Run Vanquisher 4 Putrid Leech 2 Bituminous Blast 2 Nameless Inversion 4 Lightning Bolt 3 Anathemancer 3 Jund Charm 4 Mountain 5 Forest 2 Auntie's Hovel 2 Reflecting Pool 1 Rootbound Crag 2 Fire-lit Thicket 2 Twilight Mire 1 Dragonskull Summit 1 Vivid Crag 1 Vivid Grove 2 Gilt-leaf Palace
Sideboard 1 Great Sable Stag 2 Snakeform 3 Kitchen finks 3 Deathmark 1 Thoughtseize 2 Duress 2 Volcanic Fallout 1 Jund charm[/deck] |
[deck place="7" player="Chris Osinski"]1 Cruel Ultimatum 4 Boggart Ram-Gang 3 Lightning Bolt 1 Broodmate Dragon 1 Volcanic Fallout 4 Putrid Leech 3 Anathemancer 2 Sygg River Cutthroat 2 Jund Charm 4 Bloodbraid Elf 3 Maelstrom Pulse 3 Bituminous Blast 4 Cryptic Command 1 Cascade Bluffs 1 Mountain 1 Forest 1 Swamp 2 Flooded Grove 1 Graven Cairns 4 Vivid Grove 3 Vivid Crag 4 Twilight Mire 4 Reflecting Pool 3 Vivid marsh
Sideboard 3 Great Sable Stag 2 Thought Hemorrhage 2 Infest 1 Primal Command 3 Death Mark 3 Kitchen Finks 1 Anathemancer[/deck] |
[deck place="8" player="Peter Tragos"]4 Reflecting Pool 4 Vivid Grove 3 Vivid Crag 3 Vivid Marsh 4 Twilight Mire 2 Flooded Grove 1 Graven Cairns 1 Cascade Bluffs 1 Swamp 1 Forest 1 Mountain 4 Putrid Leech 4 Boggart Ram-gang 4 Anathemancer 4 Bloodbraid Elf 1 Broodmate Dragon 3 Sign in Blood 3 Maelstrom Pulse 2 Jund Charm 1 Volcanic Fallout 3 Bituminous Blast 1 Behemoth Sledge 1 Cruel Ultimatum 4 Cryptic Command
Sideboard 3 Deathmark 3 Great Sable Stag 2 Infest 3 Kitchen Finks 1 Primal Command 2 Thought Hemmorrhage 1 Behemoth Sledge[/deck] |