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

Nicky Rucker

1st Place - Texas - 8 invitations

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Main Deck

60 cards

1 Arid Mesa
3 Celestial Colonnade
5 Forest
2 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Plains
2 Sejiri Steppe
2 Stirring Wildwood
2 Sunpetal Grove
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
2 Gideon Jura
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

7 other spells

Sideboard

4 Kor Firewalker
2 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
3 Negate
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Qasali Pridemage
2 Rhox War Monk

15 sideboard cards

Chad Dubiel

2nd Place - Texas - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

3 Celestial Colonnade
5 Forest
2 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Plains
1 Sejiri Steppe
3 Stirring Wildwood
2 Sunpetal Grove
4 Verdant Catacombs

25 lands

2 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

26 creatures

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

9 other spells

Sideboard

2 Kor Firewalker
4 Negate
2 Oblivion Ring
3 Qasali Pridemage
4 Rhox War Monk

15 sideboard cards

Matthew Cline

3rd Place - ----- United States -----

Main Deck

60 cards

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

27 lands

4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Broodmate Dragon
4 Putrid Leech
2 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Sprouting Thrinax

16 creatures

4 Blightning
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Sarkhan the Mad
2 Terminate

17 other spells

Sideboard

2 All Is Dust
3 Doom Blade
4 Duress
3 Goblin Ruinblaster
3 Pithing Needle

15 sideboard cards

Michael Ferri

4th Place - Texas - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

10 Island
3 Marsh Flats
6 Plains

19 lands

3 Filigree Angel
4 Glassdust Hulk
3 Pilgrim's Eye
4 Sphinx of Lost Truths
4 Wall of Omens

18 creatures

3 Courier's Capsule
3 Day of Judgment
3 Fieldmist Borderpost
2 Mistvein Borderpost
4 Open the Vaults
4 Path to Exile
4 Spreading Seas

23 other spells

Sideboard

1 Day of Judgment
2 Into the Roil
4 Kor Firewalker
4 Negate
3 Pithing Needle
1 Sanguine Bond

15 sideboard cards

David Love Shakarisaz

5th Place - Texas - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

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

26 lands

4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Broodmate Dragon
3 Goblin Ruinblaster
3 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Sprouting Thrinax

16 creatures

4 Blightning
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Sarkhan the Mad
2 Terminate
3 Trace of Abundance

18 other spells

Sideboard

2 Consuming Vapors
4 Dragon's Claw
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Pithing Needle
3 Thought Hemorrhage

15 sideboard cards

Bobby Hilbun

6th Place - Texas - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

4 Arid Mesa
4 Marsh Flats
4 Mountain
4 Plains
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Sejiri Steppe
3 Terramorphic Expanse

24 lands

2 Elite Vanguard
3 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Goblin Guide
3 Kor Skyfisher
4 Plated Geopede
4 Ranger of Eos
4 Steppe Lynx

24 creatures

3 Devastating Summons
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
3 Lightning Bolt
4 Path to Exile

12 other spells

Sideboard

2 Basilisk Collar
4 Cunning Sparkmage
3 Kor Firewalker
4 Manabarbs
2 Stoneforge Mystic

15 sideboard cards

Joe DAntoni

7th Place - Texas - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

4 Arid Mesa
12 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Teetering Peaks

23 lands

4 Ball Lightning
3 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Goblin Guide
4 Hell's Thunder
3 Hellspark Elemental
4 Plated Geopede

22 creatures

2 Burst Lightning
3 Devastating Summons
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Searing Blaze
3 Staggershock

15 other spells

Sideboard

3 Act of Treason
4 Blazing Torch
3 Manabarbs
3 Stone Idol Trap
2 Unstable Footing

15 sideboard cards

Trey Dismukes

8th Place - Texas - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

3 Arid Mesa
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Island
2 Mountain
5 Plains
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Tectonic Edge

26 lands

4 Wall of Omens

4 creatures

3 Ajani Vengeant
3 Day of Judgment
3 Divination
3 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
3 Gideon Jura
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Martial Coup
3 Oblivion Ring
4 Path to Exile
4 Spreading Seas

30 other spells

Sideboard

3 Celestial Purge
3 Flashfreeze
3 Goblin Assault
1 Martial Coup
4 Negate
1 Oblivion Ring

15 sideboard cards