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City Champs 2008: Top 8 Decklists

Thanks to tournament organizer Mark Aronowitz for the decklists.

Alex Bertoncini

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Faerie Conclave
4 Mutavault
1 Pendelhaven
4 River of Tears
4 Secluded Glen
4 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground River

25 lands

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

18 creatures

4 Ancestral Vision
4 Bitterblossom
3 Cryptic Command
2 Nameless Inversion
4 Rune Snag

17 other spells

Sideboard

4 Flashfreeze
1 Nameless Inversion
2 Peppersmoke
3 Terror
2 Thoughtseize
3 Unsummon

15 sideboard cards

Christopher Knecht

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Main Deck

61 cards

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

23 lands

1 Boreal Druid
4 Bramblewood Paragon
3 Chameleon Colossus
3 Elvish Champion
4 Imperious Perfect
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Shriekmaw
3 Wolf-Skull Shaman
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher

28 creatures

4 Nameless Inversion
2 Profane Command
4 Thoughtseize

10 other spells

Sideboard

2 Cloudthresher
3 Eyeblight's Ending
4 Hurricane
3 Naturalize
3 Tormod's Crypt

15 sideboard cards

Chris Mascioli

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Adarkar Wastes
11 Island
4 Mutavault
4 Wanderwine Hub

23 lands

4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Sower of Temptation
4 Stonybrook Angler

20 creatures

4 Ancestral Vision
4 Cryptic Command
4 Ponder
2 Remove Soul
3 Sage's Dousing

17 other spells

Sideboard

4 Dragon's Claw
4 Flashfreeze
2 Merfolk Assassin
2 Reveillark
3 Teferi's Moat

15 sideboard cards

Corey Mann

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Main Deck

60 cards

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

22 lands

3 Boreal Druid
4 Chameleon Colossus
4 Imperious Perfect
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Shriekmaw
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher

27 creatures

3 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Profane Command
4 Thoughtseize

11 other spells

Sideboard

4 Cloudthresher
3 Extirpate
4 Nameless Inversion
2 Sudden Spoiling
2 Withered Wretch

15 sideboard cards

Jaroslav Nachtigall

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Main Deck

60 cards

4 Adarkar Wastes
3 Faerie Conclave
7 Island
3 Mutavault
1 Rustic Clachan
1 Snow-Covered Plains
4 Wanderwine Hub

23 lands

4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Merrow Reejerey
2 Mothdust Changeling
4 Silvergill Adept
2 Sygg, River Guide
4 Tideshaper Mystic
2 Voidmage Prodigy

22 creatures

2 Cryptic Command
3 Mana Tithe
3 Ponder
3 Psionic Blast
4 Rune Snag

15 other spells

Sideboard

3 Honorable Passage
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Sower of Temptation
3 Sunlance
2 Teferi's Moat
3 Wispmare

15 sideboard cards

Michael Lapine

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Main Deck

60 cards

1 Academy Ruins
3 Dreadship Reef
4 River of Tears
1 Secluded Glen
1 Snow-Covered Forest
4 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
4 Terramorphic Expanse
3 Tolaria West
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Urza's Factory

25 lands

1 Mulldrifter
3 Shadowmage Infiltrator
3 Shriekmaw
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Triskelavus
1 Venser, Shaper Savant

10 creatures

1 Careful Consideration
2 Coalition Relic
4 Cryptic Command
4 Damnation
1 Extirpate
1 Grim Harvest
4 Mystical Teachings
2 Nameless Inversion
4 Prismatic Lens
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Tendrils of Corruption

25 other spells

Sideboard

3 Bottle Gnomes
1 Faerie Trickery
1 Krosan Grip
1 Pact of Negation
1 Piracy Charm
1 Shriekmaw
1 Strangling Soot
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Trickbind

15 sideboard cards

Matt Brocking

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Main Deck

60 cards

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

23 lands

4 Groundbreaker
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Shriekmaw
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Timbermare
4 Wall of Roots

23 creatures

2 Damnation
1 Dread Return
4 Makeshift Mannequin
4 Nameless Inversion
3 Profane Command

14 other spells

Sideboard

3 Cloudthresher
1 Damnation
3 Extirpate
3 Krosan Grip
2 Pithing Needle
3 Thoughtseize

15 sideboard cards

Michael A. Bauer

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Main Deck

60 cards

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

23 lands

4 Mistbind Clique
4 Oona's Blackguard
4 Pestermite
4 Scion of Oona
3 Sower of Temptation
4 Spellstutter Sprite

23 creatures

3 Bitterblossom
3 Cryptic Command
2 Notorious Throng
2 Profane Command
4 Rune Snag

14 other spells

Sideboard

4 Deathmark
2 Familiar's Ruse
4 Flashfreeze
3 Peppersmoke
2 Razormane Masticore

15 sideboard cards

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