2009 Grand Prix Chicago: Top 8 Decks


Saturday, March 07, 2009
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Brian Kowal
GP Chicago 2009 Top 8
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Main Deck

60 cards

4  Bayou
4  Bloodstained Mire
1  Plains
4  Scrubland
1  Swamp
4  Wasteland
4  Windswept Heath
22 lands


4  Dark Confidant
4  Mesmeric Fiend
4  Tarmogoyf
3  Tombstalker
15 creatures		 4  Dark Ritual
4  Hymn to Tourach
3  Sensei's Divining Top
4  Swords to Plowshares
4  Thoughtseize
4  Vindicate
23 other spells

Sideboard
4  Duress
4  Engineered Plague
3  Extirpate
4  Pernicious Deed
15 sideboard cards

Paul Rietzl
GP Chicago 2009 Top 8
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Main Deck

60 cards

4  Bayou
4  Bloodstained Mire
4  Polluted Delta
6  Swamp
4  Wasteland
22 lands


2  Dark Confidant
4  Hypnotic Specter
4  Nantuko Shade
4  Tarmogoyf
2  Tombstalker
16 creatures		 4  Dark Ritual
1  Diabolic Edict
2  Duress
4  Hymn to Tourach
4  Sinkhole
2  Snuff Out
4  Thoughtseize
1  Umezawa's Jitte
22 other spells

Sideboard
1  Choke
1  Diabolic Edict
1  Dodecapod
4  Engineered Plague
4  Leyline of the Void
1  Pithing Needle
3  Seal of Primordium
15 sideboard cards

Gabriel Nassif
GP Chicago 2009 Top 8
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Main Deck

60 cards

4  Flooded Strand
2  Island
4  Polluted Delta
3  Tropical Island
3  Tundra
4  Underground Sea
20 lands


4  Dark Confidant
2  Sower of Temptation
4  Tarmogoyf
2  Trygon Predator
12 creatures		 4  Brainstorm
4  Counterbalance
3  Daze
4  Force of Will
1  Krosan Grip
2  Ponder
4  Sensei's Divining Top
4  Swords to Plowshares
2  Vedalken Shackles
28 other spells

Sideboard
1  Blue Elemental Blast
1  Burrenton Forge-Tender
1  Darkblast
1  Energy Flux
1  Engineered Plague
1  Enlightened Tutor
1  Hydroblast
1  Kataki, War's Wage
1  Krosan Grip
1  Perish
1  Planar Void
1  Relic of Progenitus
1  Threads of Disloyalty
1  Tormod's Crypt
1  Umezawa's Jitte
15 sideboard cards

David Caplan
GP Chicago 2009 Top 8
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Main Deck

60 cards

3  Flooded Strand
3  Polluted Delta
4  Tropical Island
4  Volcanic Island
4  Wasteland
18 lands


4  Nimble Mongoose
4  Tarmogoyf
8 creatures		 4  Brainstorm
4  Daze
4  Fire // Ice
4  Force of Will
4  Lightning Bolt
4  Ponder
1  Rushing River
4  Spell Snare
4  Stifle
1  Wipe Away
34 other spells

Sideboard
4  Disrupt
1  Engineered Explosives
1  Krosan Grip
2  Pyroblast
1  Pyroclasm
2  Red Elemental Blast
4  Submerge
15 sideboard cards

Tommy Kolowith
GP Chicago 2009 Top 8
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Main Deck

60 cards

1  Badlands
3  Bloodstained Mire
4  Gemstone Mine
3  Polluted Delta
2  Underground Sea
1  Volcanic Island
14 lands


0 creatures		 2  Ad Nauseam
4  Brainstorm
4  Burning Wish
2  Cabal Ritual
3  Chrome Mox
4  Dark Ritual
4  Duress
1  Ill-Gotten Gains
3  Infernal Tutor
4  Lion's Eye Diamond
4  Lotus Petal
3  Mystical Tutor
1  Orim's Chant
2  Ponder
4  Rite of Flame
1  Tendrils of Agony
46 other spells

Sideboard
1  Empty the Warrens
1  Ill-Gotten Gains
1  Infernal Tutor
2  Meltdown
1  Orim's Chant
2  Pyroclasm
1  Rushing River
1  Telemin Performance
1  Tendrils of Agony
1  Thoughtseize
3  Vexing Shusher
15 sideboard cards

Andy Probasco
GP Chicago 2009 Top 8
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Main Deck

60 cards

2  Academy Ruins
4  Flooded Strand
6  Island
4  Polluted Delta
3  Tropical Island
1  Underground Sea
2  Volcanic Island
22 lands


3  Sower of Temptation
4  Tarmogoyf
3  Trinket Mage
10 creatures		 4  Brainstorm
4  Counterbalance
1  Engineered Explosives
4  Force of Will
2  Krosan Grip
1  Pithing Needle
3  Ponder
4  Sensei's Divining Top
3  Spell Snare
2  Vedalken Shackles
28 other spells

Sideboard
2  Ancient Grudge
3  Duress
3  Firespout
2  Hydroblast
1  Krosan Grip
1  Pithing Needle
1  Relic of Progenitus
2  Tormod's Crypt
15 sideboard cards

Brian Six
GP Chicago 2009 Top 8
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Main Deck

60 cards

4  Bloodstained Mire
3  Mountain
2  Plateau
3  Taiga
3  Wasteland
3  Windswept Heath
4  Wooded Foothills
22 lands


3  Grim Lavamancer
4  Kird Ape
4  Tarmogoyf
4  Wild Nacatl
15 creatures		 4  Chain Lightning
3  Fireblast
4  Lightning Bolt
1  Lightning Helix
4  Magma Jet
4  Price of Progress
3  Rift Bolt
23 other spells

Sideboard
3  Ethersworn Canonist
3  Krosan Grip
2  Pyroblast
4  Pyroclasm
3  Vexing Shusher
15 sideboard cards

James Mink
GP Chicago 2009 Top 8
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Main Deck

60 cards

4  Ancient Tomb
4  City of Traitors
11  Mountain
19 lands


4  Arc-Slogger
4  Gathan Raiders
4  Magus of the Moon
4  Rakdos Pit Dragon
4  Simian Spirit Guide
3  Taurean Mauler
23 creatures		 2  Blood Moon
4  Chalice of the Void
4  Chrome Mox
4  Seething Song
4  Trinisphere
18 other spells

Sideboard
1  Blood Moon
4  Boil
1  Pithing Needle
3  Powder Keg
4  Pyroclasm
2  Umezawa's Jitte
15 sideboard cards