Magic 2011 Game Day: Gryfalia's Aerie, Bloomington, Illinois : Event Coverage : Daily MTG : Magic: The Gathering

Paul ONeal

1st Place - Bloomington - Illinois - Gryfalias Aerie

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Marsh Flats
16 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs

24 lands

3 Bloodghast
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Vampire Hexmage
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus

21 creatures

4 Doom Blade
2 Grim Discovery
2 Mind Sludge
3 Quest for the Gravelord
4 Tendrils of Corruption

15 other spells

Sideboard

1 Bloodghast
1 Consuming Vapors
2 Deathmark
2 Disfigure
3 Duress
2 Haunting Echoes
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Mind Sludge

15 sideboard cards

Matt Norton

2nd Place - Bloomington - Illinois - Gryfalias Aerie

Main Deck

60 cards

4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Drowned Catacomb
6 Island
11 Swamp

25 lands

1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
3 Bloodghast
3 Gatekeeper of Malakir
1 Grave Titan
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
2 Vampire Hexmage
3 Vampire Nighthawk

14 creatures

2 Doom Blade
4 Duress
4 Into the Roil
1 Jace Beleren
4 Mana Leak
1 Mind Shatter
1 Sign in Blood
4 Spreading Seas

21 other spells

Sideboard

2 Agony Warp
2 Deathmark
2 Disfigure
4 Flashfreeze
2 Haunting Echoes
2 Negate
1 Sorin Markov

15 sideboard cards

Mike Nyberg

3rd Place - Bloomington - Illinois - Gryfalias Aerie

Main Deck

60 cards

4 Arid Mesa
1 Evolving Wilds
4 Forest
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Mountain
2 Plains
1 Raging Ravine
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Sejiri Steppe
1 Stirring Wildwood
2 Sunpetal Grove
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Verdant Catacombs

23 lands

4 Birds of Paradise
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Fauna Shaman
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Qasali Pridemage
4 Vengevine
3 Woolly Thoctar

28 creatures

3 Ajani Vengeant
3 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
3 Gideon Jura

9 other spells

Sideboard

4 Baneslayer Angel
3 Day of Judgment
4 Oblivion Ring
3 Path to Exile
1 Realm Razer

15 sideboard cards

Pete Steadman

4th Place - Bloomington - Illinois - Gryfalias Aerie

Main Deck

60 cards

3 Dragonskull Summit
3 Forest
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
3 Mountain
4 Raging Ravine
1 Rootbound Crag
4 Savage Lands
3 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs

26 lands

4 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Mitotic Slime
2 Obstinate Baloth
4 Putrid Leech
4 Sprouting Thrinax

15 creatures

3 Bituminous Blast
4 Blightning
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Sarkhan the Mad
2 Terminate

19 other spells

Sideboard

1 Bituminous Blast
2 Doom Blade
3 Duress
3 Goblin Ruinblaster
2 Obstinate Baloth
2 Prophetic Prism
2 Pyroclasm

15 sideboard cards

Steve Gorrie

5th Place - Bloomington - Illinois - Gryfalias Aerie

Main Deck

60 cards

4 Forest
5 Island
1 Khalni Garden
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Mountain
4 Raging Ravine
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Tectonic Edge

26 lands

3 Frost Titan
3 Primeval Titan

6 creatures

3 Cultivate
3 Destructive Force
4 Explore
4 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Lightning Bolt
4 Mana Leak
3 Rampant Growth

28 other spells

Sideboard

1 All Is Dust
1 Destructive Force
3 Flashfreeze
2 Into the Roil
3 Negate
4 Obstinate Baloth
1 Pelakka Wurm

15 sideboard cards

Don Baker

6th Place - Bloomington - Illinois - Gryfalias Aerie

Main Deck

60 cards

4 Dragonskull Summit
3 Forest
3 Mountain
4 Raging Ravine
1 Rootbound Crag
4 Savage Lands
3 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs

26 lands

4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Grave Titan
2 Obstinate Baloth
4 Putrid Leech
3 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Sprouting Thrinax

19 creatures

4 Blightning
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Sarkhan the Mad
3 Terminate

15 other spells

Sideboard

2 Back to Nature
1 Doom Blade
3 Duress
1 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Obstinate Baloth
2 Prophetic Prism
1 Terminate

15 sideboard cards

Josh Schaefer

7th Place - Bloomington - Illinois - Gryfalias Aerie

Main Deck

60 cards

4 Arid Mesa
1 Evolving Wilds
4 Forest
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Mountain
2 Plains
1 Raging Ravine
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Sejiri Steppe
1 Stirring Wildwood
2 Sunpetal Grove
1 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Verdant Catacombs

23 lands

4 Birds of Paradise
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Fauna Shaman
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Vengevine

28 creatures

3 Ajani Goldmane
3 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
3 Gideon Jura

9 other spells

Sideboard

4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Oblivion Ring
4 Path to Exile
3 Realm Razer

15 sideboard cards

Jessie Claudio

8th Place - Bloomington - Illinois - Gryfalias Aerie

Main Deck

60 cards

2 Evolving Wilds
5 Forest
11 Mountain
2 Naya Panorama
2 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

26 lands

3 Avenger of Zendikar
4 Primeval Titan
4 Siege-Gang Commander

11 creatures

4 Cultivate
3 Explore
1 Harrow
4 Khalni Heart Expedition
3 Lavaball Trap
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Rampant Growth

23 other spells

Sideboard

3 All Is Dust
3 Burst Lightning
3 Naturalize
1 Obstinate Baloth
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Ricochet Trap

15 sideboard cards