The top decks in the U.S. nationals are listed
below. Price's, Gary's, Maher's and Weissman's decks are confirmed,
the others are a best guess.
| Weissman/Nicoloff/Robaina
"Turbo-Abeyance" Deck |
4 Abeyance
2 Disenchant
3 Wrath of God
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Armageddon
2 Gerrards Wisdom
1 Island Sanctuary
1 Enlightened Tutor
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4 Arcane Denial
2 Counterspell
4 Impulse
2 Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Paradigm Shift
1 Relearn
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4 Howling MIne
3 Mind Stone
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1 Kjeldoran Outpost
2 Gemstone Mine
4 Adarkar Wastes
7 Plains
8 Island
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Sideboard:
2 Jesters Cap
2 Time Elemental
2 Political Trickery
2 COP: Black
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Sideboard (cont):
2 Disenchant
2 Divine Offering
1 Gerrard's Wisdon
2 Sleight of Mind
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Both versions played (by Brian Weissman and Chris Pantages) went 4-1-1. The
deck does poorly against Counter Post, but Pantages and Weissman correctly
guessed that the field at Nationals would be 'post poor.
Brian had these comments on the deck: "I was happy to assuage all
skepticism about my deck with my 4-1-1 showing. Actually, my record would
have been 5-1 had I now been cheesed over by Henry Stern. He was watching
my third round match against Brett Quorn, and in the third game, with about
thirty seconds left in the match and five cards left in his library, Brett,
the true sportsman that he is, tried to concede. Now, this situation would
have been fine and dandy had I been playing the very familiar turbo
stasis(against which MANY people have conceded in the middle of a third game),
but, because my deck was new, Brett's concession looked like collusion to
Henry, and he wouldn't allow it. I tried to argue that the concession was
totally justified, since there were three howling mines in play, and I was
going to recall for four Abeyances on my next turn, but Henry wouldn't listen.
He gave me the whole "players can only concede when they have a distinct
strategic reason for doing so" bit, and I was screwed. Oh well, I at least
know that I went 5-1 :-). If I were to play the deck again, I would lose
the Armageddon and make it 60 cards. While I feel like this deck is nearly
invincible against everything but a well tuned counterpost deck, I must stress
that it is extremely taxing to play, and that it isn't really viable unless
you have ninety minute rounds. Every match that went to three games used
up almost all of the allotted time, and I didn't finish one of them."
| Dave Price's Deadguy
Sligh Deck |
4 Goblin Vandals
3 Goblin Digging Team
4 Ironclaw Orcs
2 Dwarven Soldier
4 Ball Lightning
2 Viashino Sandstalkers
4 Lava Hounds
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4 Incinerate
4 Hammer of Bogardan
4 Fireblast
3 Kaervak's Torch
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4 Dwarven Ruins
18 Mountain
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Sideboard:
4 Anarchy
4 Detonate
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Sideboard (cont):
4 Straw Golem
3 Pyrokinesis
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Dave went 6-0 in the T2 portion of the U.S. Nationals and handed the
eventual Champion his only loss in the constructed deck portion.
| 1st, Justin Gary's
U/R Deck |
4 Man 'O War
3 Rainbow Efreet
1 Air Elemental
4 Counterspell
4 Dissipate
4 Force of Will
2 Binding Grasp
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3 Wildfire
2 Incinerate
3 Disintegrate
3 Earthquake
1 Frenetic Efreet
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2 Serrated Arrows
2 Nevinyrral's Disk
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4 Thawing Glaciers
10 Island
8 Mountain
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Sideboard:
1 Pyroclasm
2 Hydroblast
1 Incinerate
2 Shatter
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Sideboard (cont):
3 Pyroblast
2 Energy Flux
3 Anarchy
1 Mind Harness
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| 2nd, Kyle Bigos' 4CB
Deck |
2 Shadow Guildmage
2 Erg Raiders
4 Black Knight
4 Fallen Askari
3 Knight of Stromgald
1 Crypt Rat
2 Necratog
4 Nekrataal
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1 Demonic Consultation
1 Kaervak's Spite
2 Bad Moon
4 Man 'O War
3 Arcane Denial
4 Incinerate
1 Kaervek's Torch
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2 Winter Orb
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1 City of Brass
3 Undiscovered Paradise
3 Underground River
2 Sulfurous Springs
3 Gemstone Mine
3 Island
5 Swamp
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Sideboard: *UNKNOWN*
2 Mind Bend
3 Hydroblast
2 Knights of the Mist
2 Infernal Darkness
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Sideboard (cont):
2 Pyroblast
1 Forsaken Wastes
1 Serentiy
2 Disenchant
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| 3rd, Bob Maher's
Buried Alive Deck |
3 Shadow Guildmage
4 Fallen Askari
4 Black Knight
4 Knight of Stromgald
2 Nether Shadow
4 Ashen Ghoul
2 Krovikan Horror
1 Nekrataal
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3 Buried Alive
2 Choking Sands
2 Necropotence
1 Bad Moon
4 Incinerate
1 Fireball
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1 Nevinyrral's Disk
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4 Gemstone Mine
3 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Sulfurous Springs
11 Swamp
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Sideboard:
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Contagion
2 Pyroblast
1 Disenchant
3 Winter Orb
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Sideboard (cont):
2 Ebony Charm
1 Fireball
3 Dystopia
1 Serenity
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Bob had this to say about the deck: "As far as changes I would make to the
deck, I would be to take out 2 Necropotence, 1 Krovikan horror and add 1
Swords to Plowshares, 1 Armageddon, and probably one Contagion. Normally
I really hate having single cards in a deck but in this deck they really
work."
| 4th, Jeff Butz's
"Bone Dancer" Deck |
1 Shadow Guildmage
4 Black Knight
3 Knight of Stromgald
4 Nether Shadow
4 Ashen Ghoul
2 Bone Dancer
2 Krovikan Horror
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4 Buried Alive
3 Suq'Ata Lancer
4 Incinerate
2 Death Spark
2 Hammer
1 Firestorm
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2 Nevinyrral's Disk
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1 Thawing Glaciers
1 City of Brass
1 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Gemstone Mine
4 Sulfurous Springs
6 Mountain
8 Swamp
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Sideboard: *UNKNOWN*
4 Pyroblast
2 Pillage
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Sideboard (cont):
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