Pro Tour–Los Angeles Qualifying Season: Top 8 Decklists

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Thanks to tournament organizer Conan Blackwell for the decklists.

Avri Rahamim - Gifts Ungiven
1st Place - California - Mountain View - 8/20
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Main Deck

60 cards

8  Forest
1  Island
1  Miren, the Moaning Well
9  Swamp
4  Tendo Ice Bridge
23 lands


1  Ghost-Lit Stalker
1  Hana Kami
1  Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
2  Kagemaro, First to Suffer
1  Keiga, the Tide Star
1  Kodama of the North Tree
3  Kokusho, the Evening Star
4  Sakura-Tribe Elder
14 creatures		 1  Cranial Extraction
1  Death Denied
2  Footsteps of the Goryo
4  Gifts Ungiven
2  Goryo's Vengeance
1  Hero's Demise
4  Kodama's Reach
1  Rending Vines
4  Sensei's Divining Top
2  Sickening Shoal
1  Soulless Revival
23 other spells

Sideboard
2  Cranial Extraction
1  Exile into Darkness
1  Godo, Bandit Warlord
2  Hero's Demise
1  Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1  Mountain
2  Nezumi Graverobber
1  Rend Flesh
2  Sickening Shoal
1  Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang
1  Umezawa's Jitte
15 sideboard cards


Alex Alepin - White Weenie
2nd Place - California - Mountain View - 8/20
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Main Deck

60 cards

1  Eiganjo Castle
22  Plains
23 lands


3  Celestial Kirin
4  Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
4  Hand of Honor
4  Isamaru, Hound of Konda
4  Kami of Ancient Law
4  Lantern Kami
23 creatures		 2  Charge Across the Araba
3  Manriki-Gusari
3  Otherworldly Journey
2  Pithing Needle
4  Umezawa's Jitte
14 other spells

Sideboard
4  Ghostly Prison
4  Hokori, Dust Drinker
3  Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo
2  Pithing Needle
2  Shining Shoal
15 sideboard cards


Daniel Schulman - White Weenie
3rd Place - California - Mountain View - 8/20
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Main Deck

60 cards

1  Eiganjo Castle
20  Plains
21 lands


3  Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
4  Hand of Honor
3  Hokori, Dust Drinker
3  Isamaru, Hound of Konda
2  Kitsune Blademaster
3  Lantern Kami
2  Nagao, Bound by Honor
2  Patron of the Kitsune
2  Samurai of the Pale Curtain
24 creatures		 3  Manriki-Gusari
3  Otherworldly Journey
2  Pithing Needle
3  Shining Shoal
4  Umezawa's Jitte
15 other spells

Sideboard
3  Empty-Shrine Kannushi
4  Ghostly Prison
1  Hokori, Dust Drinker
1  Otherworldly Journey
1  Pithing Needle
1  Samurai of the Pale Curtain
1  Shining Shoal
3  Terashi's Grasp
15 sideboard cards


Jeremy Hoffman - Black Hand
4th Place - California - Mountain View - 8/20
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Main Deck

60 cards

1  Shizo, Death's Storehouse
22  Swamp
1  Tomb of Urami
24 lands


4  Hand of Cruelty
2  Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
4  Nezumi Cutthroat
4  Razorjaw Oni
4  Takenuma Bleeder
18 creatures		 2  Cranial Extraction
4  Distress
4  Hero's Demise
4  Psychic Spear
4  Umezawa's Jitte
18 other spells

Sideboard
4  Manriki-Gusari
3  Ogre Marauder
3  Sickening Shoal
2  Wicked Akuba
3  Yukora, the Prisoner
15 sideboard cards


Standish Choi - Monoblue Control
5th Place - California - Mountain View - 8/20
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Main Deck

60 cards

20  Island
1  Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
1  Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1  Miren, the Moaning Well
1  Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
1  Shizo, Death's Storehouse
25 lands


3  Azami, Lady of Scrolls
4  Jushi Apprentice
2  Keiga, the Tide Star
3  Meloku the Clouded Mirror
12 creatures		 3  Consuming Vortex
4  Disrupting Shoal
4  Hinder
3  Hisoka's Defiance
3  Minamo's Meddling
2  Pithing Needle
4  Threads of Disloyalty
23 other spells

Sideboard
1  Hisoka's Defiance
2  Journeyer's Kite
1  Meloku the Clouded Mirror
2  Overwhelming Intellect
4  River Kaijin
1  Time Stop
4  Umezawa's Jitte
15 sideboard cards


Phuong Tran - Gifts Ungiven
6th Place - California - Mountain View - 8/20
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Main Deck

60 cards

7  Forest
1  Island
1  Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
1  Shizo, Death's Storehouse
9  Swamp
4  Tendo Ice Bridge
23 lands


1  Ghost-Lit Stalker
1  Hana Kami
1  Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
3  Kagemaro, First to Suffer
2  Kokusho, the Evening Star
1  Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1  Myojin of Night's Reach
4  Sakura-Tribe Elder
14 creatures		 1  Death Denied
1  Exile into Darkness
4  Gifts Ungiven
1  Goryo's Vengeance
2  Hideous Laughter
4  Kodama's Reach
4  Sensei's Divining Top
4  Sickening Shoal
1  Soulless Revival
1  Wear Away
23 other spells

Sideboard
1  Cranial Extraction
2  Eradicate
1  Ghost-Lit Stalker
2  Godo, Bandit Warlord
1  Horobi's Whisper
1  Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1  Mountain
1  Nezumi Graverobber
1  Rending Vines
1  Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang
1  Three Tragedies
1  Umezawa's Jitte
1  Wear Away
15 sideboard cards


Enrique Ramirez - Black Hand
7th Place - California - Mountain View - 8/20
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Main Deck

60 cards

1  Miren, the Moaning Well
1  Shizo, Death's Storehouse
21  Swamp
1  Tomb of Urami
24 lands


4  Hand of Cruelty
2  Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
2  Kagemaro, First to Suffer
4  Kiku, Night's Flower
4  Kokusho, the Evening Star
3  Yukora, the Prisoner
19 creatures		 3  Cranial Extraction
1  Death Denied
4  Distress
1  Eradicate
3  Pithing Needle
4  Sickening Shoal
1  Tenza, Godo's Maul
17 other spells

Sideboard
1  Cranial Extraction
1  Eradicate
4  Hero's Demise
2  Hideous Laughter
3  Nezumi Graverobber
3  Psychic Spear
1  Soulless Revival
15 sideboard cards


Tim Valdez - Monoblue Control
8th Place - California - Mountain View - 8/20
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Main Deck

60 cards

22  Island
1  Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1  Miren, the Moaning Well
1  Shizo, Death's Storehouse
25 lands


3  Azami, Lady of Scrolls
4  Jushi Apprentice
2  Keiga, the Tide Star
3  Meloku the Clouded Mirror
12 creatures		 3  Consuming Vortex
4  Disrupting Shoal
4  Hinder
3  Hisoka's Defiance
3  Minamo's Meddling
2  Pithing Needle
4  Threads of Disloyalty
23 other spells

Sideboard
2  Journeyer's Kite
1  Quash
4  River Kaijin
2  Sakashima the Impostor
2  Squelch
4  Umezawa's Jitte
15 sideboard cards