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

Adam Edelson

1st Place - Illinois - 8 invitations

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

7 other spells

Sideboard

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

15 sideboard cards

Jon Grob

2nd Place - Illinois - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

4 Glacial Fortress
16 Plains

20 lands

4 Akrasan Squire
4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Knight of the White Orchid
4 Kor Firewalker
4 Student of Warfare
4 White Knight

24 creatures

3 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
4 Fieldmist Borderpost
3 Gideon Jura
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Path to Exile

16 other spells

Sideboard

3 Demystify
1 Devout Lightcaster
2 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
4 Meddling Mage
1 Oblivion Ring
4 Unified Will

15 sideboard cards

Edward Esparza

3rd Place - Illinois - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

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

26 lands

4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Master of the Wild Hunt
4 Putrid Leech
3 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Sprouting Thrinax

17 creatures

1 Bituminous Blast
4 Blightning
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Rampant Growth
2 Sarkhan the Mad
1 Terminate
1 Thought Hemorrhage

17 other spells

Sideboard

2 Consume the Meek
3 Doom Blade
3 Duress
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
1 Mind Rot
2 Thought Hemorrhage

15 sideboard cards

Moses Tomacruz

4th Place - Illinois - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

4 Arcane Sanctum
4 Celestial Colonnade
1 Creeping Tar Pit
3 Glacial Fortress
4 Island
4 Marsh Flats
2 Plains
3 Swamp

25 lands

4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Wall of Omens

8 creatures

3 Day of Judgment
3 Deprive
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
4 Esper Charm
1 Gideon Jura
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Mind Rot
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Path to Exile
4 Spreading Seas

27 other spells

Sideboard

2 Consume the Meek
1 Day of Judgment
3 Duress
2 Haunting Echoes
1 Jace Beleren
4 Kor Firewalker
2 Scepter of Dominance

15 sideboard cards

Ryan Spindler

5th Place - Illinois - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

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

26 lands

4 Wall of Omens

4 creatures

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

30 other spells

Sideboard

1 Celestial Purge
3 Flashfreeze
2 Kor Firewalker
2 Kor Sanctifiers
4 Negate
1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
2 Wall of Denial

15 sideboard cards

Reed Hartman

6th Place - Illinois - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

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

23 lands

4 Birds of Paradise
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Vengevine
4 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
4 Path to Exile

15 sideboard cards

Steven Deng

7th Place - Illinois - 8 invitations

Main Deck

61 cards

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

26 lands

4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Dauntless Escort
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Rhox War Monk
4 Sovereigns of Lost Alara

28 creatures

2 Eldrazi Conscription
2 Gideon Jura
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

7 other spells

Sideboard

3 Dauntless Escort
2 Kor Firewalker
4 Negate
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Path to Exile

15 sideboard cards

Nate Fritts

8th Place - Illinois - 8 invitations

Main Deck

60 cards

4 Marsh Flats
15 Swamp
1 Tectonic Edge
4 Verdant Catacombs

24 lands

3 Arrogant Bloodlord
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Vampire Hexmage
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus

22 creatures

3 Doom Blade
2 Grim Discovery
1 Liliana Vess
2 Mind Sludge
3 Sign in Blood
3 Tendrils of Corruption

14 other spells

Sideboard

2 Consuming Vapors
4 Deathmark
4 Duress
3 Pithing Needle
2 Suffer the Past

15 sideboard cards