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City Champs 2008: Top 8 Decklists

Thanks to tournament organizer Jennifer Bedell for the decklists.

Adam Westnedge

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Faerie Conclave
3 Island
2 Mutavault
1 Pendelhaven
4 River of Tears
4 Secluded Glen
2 Swamp
4 Underground River

24 lands

4 Mistbind Clique
3 Pestermite
4 Scion of Oona
4 Spellstutter Sprite
3 Vendilion Clique

18 creatures

4 Ancestral Vision
4 Bitterblossom
3 Cryptic Command
4 Rune Snag
3 Terror

18 other spells

Sideboard

3 Bottle Gnomes
3 Deathmark
3 Flashfreeze
3 Peppersmoke
3 Thoughtseize

15 sideboard cards

Jeffrey Hulbert

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Adarkar Wastes
3 Desert
6 Island
3 Nimbus Maze
6 Plains
1 Urza's Factory

23 lands

3 Aven Riftwatcher
3 Body Double
2 Mirror Entity
4 Mulldrifter
4 Reveillark
3 Riftwing Cloudskate
2 Venser, Shaper Savant

21 creatures

2 Careful Consideration
2 Momentary Blink
4 Prismatic Lens
4 Rune Snag
4 Wrath of God

16 other spells

Sideboard

3 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
2 Pact of Negation
4 Sower of Temptation
3 Stonecloaker
3 Wispmare

15 sideboard cards

Justin Cavenaugh

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Main Deck

60 cards

2 Horizon Canopy
2 Karplusan Forest
4 Mutavault
2 Pendelhaven
9 Snow-Covered Mountain
4 Treetop Village

23 lands

4 Greater Gargadon
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Mogg War Marshal
4 Tarmogoyf

16 creatures

4 Incinerate
1 Loxodon Warhammer
4 Rift Bolt
4 Shard Volley
2 Sulfurous Blast
4 Tarfire
2 Threaten

21 other spells

Sideboard

2 Avalanche Riders
4 Cryoclasm
1 Loxodon Warhammer
4 Manabarbs
2 Sulfurous Blast
2 Threaten

15 sideboard cards

Robert Saville

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Main Deck

63 cards

4 Adarkar Wastes
5 Forest
4 Horizon Canopy
4 Island
3 Plains
4 Yavimaya Coast

24 lands

3 Aven Riftwatcher
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Body Double
1 Cloudthresher
1 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
1 Mirror Entity
3 Mulldrifter
3 Mystic Snake
3 Reveillark
3 Riftwing Cloudskate
3 Saffi Eriksdotter
2 Sower of Temptation

28 creatures

4 Momentary Blink
3 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
4 Primal Command

11 other spells

Sideboard

2 Cloudthresher
3 Gaddock Teeg
3 Harmonic Sliver
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Stonecloaker

12 sideboard cards

Troy Doyle

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Main Deck

60 cards

2 Desert
4 Faerie Conclave
4 Island
2 Mutavault
1 River of Tears
4 Secluded Glen
2 Swamp
4 Underground River

23 lands

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

17 creatures

4 Ancestral Recall
4 Bitterblossom
4 Cryptic Command
4 Nameless Inversion
4 Rune Snag

20 other spells

Sideboard

4 Deathmark
3 Extirpate
4 Flashfreeze
4 Thoughtseize

15 sideboard cards

James Hess

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Main Deck

64 cards

12 Island
4 Mutavault
3 Plains
3 Wanderwine Hub

22 lands

4 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Grimoire Thief
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Merrow Reejerey
2 Mirror Entity
4 Silvergill Adept
2 Sygg, River Guide
4 Tideshaper Mystic

27 creatures

4 Ancestral Vision
4 Cryptic Command
3 Psionic Blast
4 Rune Snag

15 other spells

Sideboard

1 Aquitect's Will
4 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Reveillark
2 Teferi's Moat
3 Trickbind

15 sideboard cards

Orrin Beasly

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Adarkar Wastes
8 Island
2 Mutavault
4 Nimbus Maze
6 Plains

24 lands

3 Aven Riftwatcher
2 Body Double
1 Mirror Entity
4 Mulldrifter
4 Reveillark
4 Riftwing Cloudskate
2 Sower of Temptation
1 Venser, Shaper Savant

21 creatures

2 Careful Consideration
4 Mind Stone
2 Momentary Blink
4 Rune Snag
3 Wrath of God

15 other spells

Sideboard

1 Aven Riftwatcher
2 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
2 Pact of Negation
3 Remove Soul
1 Sower of Temptation
3 Teferi's Moat
3 Wispmare

15 sideboard cards

John Mahon

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Main Deck

61 cards

1 Academy Ruins
3 Desert
3 Dreadship Reef
6 Island
3 River of Tears
1 Secluded Glen
2 Tolaria West
3 Underground River
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Urza's Factory

25 lands

1 Bottle Gnomes
1 Mulldrifter
1 Shriekmaw
2 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

5 creatures

3 Bitterblossom
1 Careful Consideration
1 Careful Consideration
4 Cryptic Command
4 Damnation
1 Extirpate
1 Grim Harvest
3 Mystical Teachings
2 Nameless Inversion
2 Remove Soul
4 Rune Snag
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Think Twice

31 other spells

Sideboard

3 Bottle Gnomes
1 Careful Consideration
1 Commandeer
1 Flashfreeze
1 Nameless Inversion
1 Plagiarize
1 Sudden Death
1 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Thoughtseize
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

15 sideboard cards

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