Live Coverage of 2003 Pro Tour New Orleans

Event Coverage Staff

Welcome To New Orleans

Rickard Österberg is the Pro Tour - New Orleans Champion! Armed with the mighty Punisher concoction "George W. Bosh", a Tinker deck that exploits the power of Goblin Welder, he sailed over a sea of mono-blue Tinker decks, Gob-Vantage, and Severance/Charbelcher.

In the quarters he faced Eugene Harvey, piloting the CMU-TOGIT "So Big Tinks". Chalice of the Void had been hosing people all weekend, and it continued to work its magic against Österberg. They went the full five games, with Österberg killing Harvey with a hasted Platinum Angel. Harvey's Upheaval was useless. In the semis, he showed his deck's power against Yann Hamon and the french Severance/Charbelcher deck "The Clock". It was a slaughter in three games.

On the other side of the bracket, Tomohiro Yokosuka's Psychatog deck couldn't handle Nassif's Clock, and Nassif swept. Masashi Oiso kept hope alive for Japan, defeating Hans Joachim Höh in four. He then took on Nassif, and it all came down to one Brainstorm. Nassif's deck served up Tinker he needed, and advanced to the finals.

The finals were another tight contest, but the star of the weekend, Mindslaver, was not to be denied. Nassif conceded before Österberg could steal his third consecutive turn. Congratulations to Rickard Österberg, Pro Tour - New Orleans Champion!

• Finals: Gabriel Nassif versus Rickard Österberg
  by Tomi Walamies
• Feature: Looking Forward
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Feature: Top 8 Player Profiles
  by Sideboard Staff
• Feature: Rulings Of Interest
  by Sheldon K. Menery
• Semifinals: Gabriel Nassif vs. Masashi Oiso
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Semifinals: Rickard Österberg vs. Yann Hamon
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Quarterfinals: Masashi Oiso vs. Hans Joachim Höh
  by Toby Wachter
• Quarterfinals: Gabriel Nassif vs. Tomohiro Yokosuka
  by Tomi Walamies
• Quarterfinals: Eugene Harvey vs. Rickard Österberg
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Quarterfinal News: Labarre Forfeits
  by Brian David-Marshall

• Feature: Day 2 Recap
  by Toby Wachter
• Feature: Top 8 Decks
  by Sideboard Staff
• Feature: Some Near Misses
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Feature: Japan Continues To Impress
  by Josh Bennett
• Feature: Vive La France
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Round 16: Hans Joachim Höh vs. Simon Carlsson
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 16: Stuart Wright vs. Dan Cato
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Round 15: Masashi Oiso vs. Gabe Walls
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 15: Rickard Osterberg vs. Maxime Hermes
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Round 14: Jordan Berkowitz vs. Tomi Walamies
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 13: Jens Thoren vs. Jeff Cunningham
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Round 13: Daniel Zink vs. Mattias Jorstedt
  by Toby Wachter
• Feature: Deck Tech: Twiddle Desire
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Feature: Day 2: Deck Breakdown
  by Josh Bennett
• Decklists: Day 2: Decks
  by Sideboard Staff
• Round 12: Jordan Berkowitz vs. Dave Humpherys
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Round 12: Jens Thoren vs. Jeroen Remie
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 11: Kai Budde vs. Osamu Fujita
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Round 11: Jin Okamoto vs. Andrew Cuneo
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 10: Masashi Oiso vs. Jin Okamoto
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 9: Neil Reeves vs. Osyp Lebedowicz
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Round 9: Eugene Harvey vs. Bill Stead
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Round 9: Gabriel Nassif vs. Felix Schneiders
  by Toby Wachter

• Feature: Day 1 Recap
  by Toby Wachter
• Decklists: All 318 Extended Decks from Day 1
  by StarCityGames.com
• Round 8: Richard Hoaen vs. Emanuele Canavesi
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Round 8: Peter Myrvig vs. Carlos Romao
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 7: Gary Wise vs. Mike Turian
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Round 7: Dave Williams vs. Rob Dougherty
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 6: Diego Ostrovich vs. Kai Budde
  by Toby Wachter
• Feature: YMG's Reign of Fire
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Feature: Mindslaver Stories
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Round 5: Jon Finkel vs. Tom Guevin
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Round 5: Masashi Oiso vs. Jordan Berkowitz
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 4: Gary Wise vs. Dirk Baberowski
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Round 4: Alex Shvartsman v. Jens Thoren
  by Josh Bennett
• Round 3: Justin Gary vs. Tomi Walamies
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 3: Ken Krouner vs. Jeff Cunningham
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Round 2: Pierre Malherbaud vs. Gabriel Nassif
  by Toby Wachter
• Round 2: Rob Dougherty vs. Jin Okamoto
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Round 1: Antoine Ruel vs. Masashi Ooiso
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Round 1: Eivind Nitter vs. William Jensen
  by Toby Wachter
• Feature: What To Watch For
  by Brian David-Marshall
• Feature: Chaining Goblins
  by Paul Sottosanti
• Info: Country Breakdown
  by Sideboard Staff
• Info: Player List
  by Sideboard Staff
• Info: Fact Sheet
  by Sideboard Staff