2010 National Qualifiers: California, Standard : Event Coverage : Daily MTG : Magic: The Gathering

Zach Scales

1st Place - California - 8 invitations

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Akoum Refuge
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Lavaclaw Reaches
12 Swamp

24 lands

4 Black Knight
4 Bloodghast
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Vampire Hexmage

20 creatures

4 Blightning
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Sign in Blood
4 Terminate

16 other spells

Sideboard

4 Doom Blade
4 Duress
3 Manabarbs
3 Slave of Bolas
1 Tectonic Edge

15 sideboard cards

Thomas DePew

2nd Place - California - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

1 Arid Mesa
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
6 Plains
2 Tectonic Edge

22 lands

3 Baneslayer Angel
3 Knight of the White Orchid
4 Wall of Omens

10 creatures

3 Day of Judgment
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Everflowing Chalice
3 Fieldmist Borderpost
1 Gideon Jura
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Martial Coup
2 Mind Spring
2 Negate
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Path to Exile
4 Spreading Seas

28 other spells

Sideboard

2 Cancel
3 Celestial Purge
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
3 Flashfreeze
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Kor Sanctifiers
2 Negate
1 Telemin Performance

15 sideboard cards

Philip Bau

3rd Place - California - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

1 Dragonskull Summit
1 Evolving Wilds
3 Forest
2 Lavaclaw Reaches
3 Mountain
3 Raging Ravine
2 Rootbound Crag
2 Savage Lands
3 Swamp
2 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Verdant Catacombs

26 lands

4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Broodmate Dragon
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Sprouting Thrinax
3 Vengevine

21 creatures

4 Blightning
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Terminate

13 other spells

Sideboard

1 Bituminous Blast
2 Consuming Vapors
2 Doom Blade
4 Duress
1 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Pithing Needle
2 Terminate

15 sideboard cards

Paul Beemer

4th Place - California - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

2 Dread Statuary
23 Swamp

25 lands

4 Abyssal Persecutor
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Hypnotic Specter
3 Vampire Hexmage

14 creatures

3 Consume the Meek
3 Consuming Vapors
1 Liliana Vess
3 Mind Sludge
3 Sign in Blood
3 Smother
1 Sorin Markov
4 Tendrils of Corruption

21 other spells

Sideboard

1 All Is Dust
3 Doom Blade
1 Haunting Echoes
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Pithing Needle
3 Scepter of Fugue
1 Smother
1 Vampire Hexmage

15 sideboard cards

Scott Saxton

5th Place - California - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

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

27 lands

4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Broodmate Dragon
4 Putrid Leech
3 Siege-Gang Commander
2 Sprouting Thrinax
2 Tuktuk the Explorer

17 creatures

4 Blightning
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Sarkhan the Mad
2 Terminate

16 other spells

Sideboard

2 Consuming Vapors
2 Doom Blade
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
2 Great Sable Stag
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Thought Hemorrhage

15 sideboard cards

Alex Gellerman

6th Place - California - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

2 Arid Mesa
3 Celestial Colonnade
1 Glacial Fortress
2 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Plains
1 Sejiri Steppe
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Tectonic Edge
3 Verdant Catacombs

21 lands

4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Sovereigns of Lost Alara

24 creatures

4 Duress
2 Eldrazi Conscription
1 Gideon Jura
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Negate

15 other spells

Sideboard

3 Dauntless Escort
1 Gideon Jura
3 Kor Firewalker
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Qasali Pridemage
3 Rhox War Monk
1 Vapor Snare

15 sideboard cards

Adam Mancuso

7th Place - California - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

1 Arid Mesa
3 Celestial Colonnade
4 Forest
1 Glacial Fortress
2 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Plains
2 Sejiri Steppe
2 Stirring Wildwood
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Tectonic Edge
2 Verdant Catacombs

25 lands

4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Dauntless Escort
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Sovereigns of Lost Alara

28 creatures

2 Eldrazi Conscription
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Gideon Jura
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

7 other spells

Sideboard

3 Bant Charm
1 Deprive
4 Kor Firewalker
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
4 Negate
2 Telemin Performance

15 sideboard cards

Will Fazendin

8th Place - California - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

3 Dragonskull Summit
4 Forest
2 Lavaclaw Reaches
3 Mountain
4 Raging Ravine
4 Savage Lands
2 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs

26 lands

4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
4 Putrid Leech
3 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Sprouting Thrinax

19 creatures

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Sarkhan the Mad
3 Terminate
2 Trace of Abundance

15 other spells

Sideboard

4 Deathmark
4 Duress
2 Grim Discovery
3 Jund Charm
2 Slave of Bolas

15 sideboard cards