2011 U.S. National Championship

Asi es muchachos, se llevó la gloria un Merfolks en el torneo. Ninguna sorpresa realmente, excepto quizá por el Manriki-Gusari de side, jeje..

Los mazos que hicieron top:

David Gleicher – Team America

Main Deck:

1 Bayou
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
2 Tropical Island
4 Underground Sea
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland

4 Tarmogoyf
4 Tombstalker

4 Brainstorm
4 Daze
2 Dismember
4 Force of Will
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Mental Misstep
4 Ponder
4 Stifle
3 Thoughtseize

Sideboard:

1 Darkblast
2 Diabolic Edict
1 Dispel
2 Ghastly Demise
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Pernicious Deed
2 Spell Pierce
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Thoughtseize
1 Tormod's Crypt

Reed Hartman – NO-RUG

Main Deck:

1 Dryad Arbor
1 Forest
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Taiga
4 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
4 Wooded Foothills

4 Noble Hierarch
1 Progenitus
1 Scavenging Ooze
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Vendilion Clique

4 Brainstorm
3 Daze
1 Fire // Ice
3 Force of Will
3 Green Sun's Zenith
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Mental Misstep
3 Natural Order
1 Sylvan Library

Sideboard:

3 Ancient Grudge
1 Force of Will
4 Red Elemental Blast
1 Spell Pierce
3 Surgical Extraction
2 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Vendilion Clique

Jared Kohler – Merfolk

Main Deck:

13 Island
1 Mishra's Factory
4 Mutavault
4 Wasteland

4 Coralhelm Commander
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Silvergill Adept
2 Sower of Temptation

4 Aether Vial
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
1 Umezawa's Jitte

Sideboard:

2 Back to Basics
1 Dismember
2 Energy Flux
2 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
1 Pithing Needle
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Spell Pierce
3 Submerge
1 Tormod's Crypt

Mark Larson – Zoo

Main Deck:

4 Arid Mesa
1 Forest
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Mountain
1 Plains
3 Plateau
1 Savannah
2 Taiga
3 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills

4 Grim Lavamancer
1 Kird Ape
3 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Steppe Lynx
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wild Nacatl

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
2 Price of Progress
2 Sylvan Library

Sideboard:

2 Ancient Grudge
3 Gaddock Teeg
1 Karakas
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Swords to Plowshares
3 Tormod's Crypt

Eric Markowicz – Reanimator

Main Deck:

2 Island
2 Marsh Flats
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
2 Swamp
4 Underground Sea
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2 Hapless Researcher
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
2 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Terastodon

2 Animate Dead
4 Brainstorm
4 Careful Study
1 Darkblast
1 Daze
4 Entomb
4 Exhume
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
2 Ponder
3 Reanimate
1 Spell Pierce

Sideboard:

1 Blazing Archon
2 Echoing Truth
2 Extirpate
3 Ghastly Demise
2 Hymn to Tourach
1 Null Rod
2 Pithing Needle
2 Thoughtseize

Ian Rogerson – Non-LED Ichorid

Main Deck:

4 Cephalid Coliseum
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
2 Tarnished Citadel

4 Golgari Grave-Troll
3 Golgari Thug
4 Ichorid
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
4 Narcomoeba
4 Putrid Imp
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Tireless Tribe

4 Breakthrough
4 Bridge from Below
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Careful Study
2 Dread Return

Sideboard:

3 Ancient Grudge
1 Angel of Despair
4 Chain of Vapor
4 Firestorm
2 Nature's Claim
1 Ray of Revelation

Mark Sun – NO-RUG

Main Deck:

2 Dryad Arbor
1 Forest
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Taiga
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
4 Wooded Foothills

1 Birds of Paradise
2 Grim Lavamancer
3 Noble Hierarch
1 Progenitus
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Trygon Predator
3 Vendilion Clique

4 Brainstorm
3 Daze
1 Fire // Ice
2 Force of Will
3 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Mental Misstep
4 Natural Order
1 Ponder
1 Sylvan Library

Sideboard:

2 Ancient Grudge
3 Counterspell
1 Force of Will
2 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Submerge
2 Umezawa's Jitte

Bernie Wen – U/W Standstill

60 cards

4 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Karakas
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Plains
4 Polluted Delta
3 Tundra
4 Wasteland

4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Vendilion Clique

1 Batterskull
4 Brainstorm
1 Counterspell
1 Crucible of Worlds
4 Force of Will
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Snare
4 Standstill
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
4 Swords to Plowshares

Sideboard:

3 Angel's Grace
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Manriki-Gusari
1 Misdirection
3 Path to Exile
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Wrath of God

Fuente: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/usnat11/day2#17a

Phyrexian Freakman:



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Featured Deck:

Steve Walsh U/G Poison

Main Deck:

2 Breeding Pool
1 Forest
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Tropical Island
3 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills

4 Blighted Agent
4 Glistener Elf

4 Berserk
4 Bounty of the Hunt
4 Brainstorm
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Invigorate
4 Mental Misstep
2 Might of Old Krosa
4 Mutagenic Growth

Sideboard

2 Divert
2 Misdirection
2 Nix
3 Spell Pierce
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Vines of Vastwood

Juega NIX de sideboad!!