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City Champs 2008: Top 8 Decklists

Thanks to tournament organizer Patricia Johnson for the decklists.

Kyle Sanchez

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Main Deck

61 cards

4 Adarkar Wastes
3 Calciform Pools
4 Desert
1 Mouth of Ronom
11 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Plains
3 Tolaria West

27 lands

1 Arbiter of Knollridge
1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
2 Magus of the Tabernacle
3 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
4 Vedalken Aethermage
3 Vendilion Clique
3 Venser, Shaper Savant

17 creatures

4 Ancestral Vision
4 Cryptic Command
2 Oblivion Ring
1 Pact of Negation
2 Remove Soul
4 Rune Snag

17 other spells

Sideboard

2 Evacuation
4 Flashfreeze
1 Island
2 Magus of the Tabernacle
1 Oblivion Ring
2 Pithing Needle
1 Plains
2 Teferi's Moat

15 sideboard cards

Michael Mauldin

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Main Deck

60 cards

10 Forest
3 Grove of the Burnwillows
9 Mountain

22 lands

1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
2 Ashling the Pilgrim
2 Birds of Paradise
3 Bogardan Hellkite
2 Chameleon Colossus
3 Cloudthresher
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Radha, Heir to Keld
2 Siege-Gang Commander
2 Spectral Force
2 Troll Ascetic

25 creatures

2 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Incinerate
3 Lash Out
2 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Stonewood Invocation

13 other spells

Sideboard

1 Bogardan Hellkite
1 Boldwyr Heavyweights
1 Krosan Grip
2 Molten Disaster
2 Naturalize
3 Ohran Viper
1 Pithing Needle
2 Quagnoth
1 Squall Line
1 Tormod's Crypt

15 sideboard cards

Mandee Peralta

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Auntie's Hovel
3 Graven Cairns
1 Kher Keep
5 Mountain
3 Mutavault
3 Sulfurous Springs
3 Swamp
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

23 lands

4 Greater Gargadon
2 Liege of the Pit
3 Marsh Flitter
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Mogg War Marshal
4 Nantuko Husk
2 Siege-Gang Commander

23 creatures

3 Bitterblossom
3 Grave Pact
2 Loxodon Warhammer
3 Sudden Death
3 Thoughtseize

14 other spells

Sideboard

2 Bitter Ordeal
3 Damnation
4 Extirpate
2 Pithing Needle
3 Sulfurous Blast
1 Thoughtseize

15 sideboard cards

David Greenberg

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Main Deck

60 cards

2 Forest
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace
4 Llanowar Wastes
2 Pendelhaven
4 Swamp
4 Treetop Village
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

22 lands

3 Birds of Paradise
2 Chameleon Colossus
3 Llanowar Elves
1 Shriekmaw
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Troll Ascetic

16 creatures

2 Damnation
3 Eyeblight's Ending
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
2 Liliana Vess
2 Loxodon Warhammer
3 Primal Command
3 Profane Command
1 Tendrils of Corruption
4 Thoughtseize

22 other spells

Sideboard

4 Bitterblossom
2 Cloudthresher
1 Damnation
4 Extirpate
2 Krosan Grip
1 Shriekmaw
1 Tombstalker

15 sideboard cards

James Fisher

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Forest
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace
4 Llanowar Wastes
1 Pendelhaven
5 Swamp
4 Treetop Village
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

23 lands

3 Birds of Paradise
1 Chameleon Colossus
2 Llanowar Elves
1 Masked Admirers
1 Shriekmaw
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Troll Ascetic

15 creatures

2 Damnation
2 Eyeblight's Ending
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
2 Liliana Vess
2 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Nameless Inversion
3 Primal Command
3 Profane Command
4 Thoughtseize

22 other spells

Sideboard

4 Bitterblossom
1 Chameleon Colossus
2 Cloudthresher
1 Damnation
4 Extirpate
2 Krosan Grip
1 Troll Ascetic

15 sideboard cards

Ben Birdwell

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Faerie Conclave
4 Island
4 Mutavault
4 River of Tears
4 Secluded Glen
4 Underground River

24 lands

4 Mistbind Clique
3 Pestermite
4 Scion of Oona
3 Sower of Temptation
4 Spellstutter Sprite
2 Vendilion Clique

20 creatures

4 Ancestral Vision
4 Bitterblossom
4 Cryptic Command
4 Rune Snag

16 other spells

Sideboard

4 Damnation
3 Flashfreeze
4 Peppersmoke
4 Thoughtseize

15 sideboard cards

Christopher Reed

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Adarkar Wastes
3 Island
3 Mountain
5 Plains
3 Shivan Reef
4 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Urza's Factory

23 lands

1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
4 Avalanche Riders
3 Aven Riftwatcher
4 Mulldrifter
4 Reveillark
4 Riftwing Cloudskate
2 Venser, Shaper Savant

22 creatures

4 Crib Swap
4 Momentary Blink
4 Prismatic Lens
3 Wrath of God

15 other spells

Sideboard

1 Aven Riftwatcher
3 Disenchant
3 Pyroclasm
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Wrath of God

15 sideboard cards

James Clarke

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Adarkar Wastes
3 Calciform Pools
8 Island
1 Nimbus Maze
5 Plains
1 Urza's Factory
1 Wanderwine Hub

23 lands

2 Body Double
3 Bonded Fetch
2 Mirror Entity
4 Mulldrifter
4 Reveillark
4 Riftwing Cloudskate
2 Venser, Shaper Savant

21 creatures

3 Mind Stone
3 Momentary Blink
2 Prismatic Lens
4 Rune Snag
2 Thieves' Fortune
2 Wrath of God

16 other spells

Sideboard

4 Aven Riftwatcher
1 Commandeer
2 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
1 Cryptic Command
1 Pact of Negation
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Thieves' Fortune
2 Tormod's Crypt

15 sideboard cards

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