Worlds 2009 Deck Tech: Spread 'Em with Gerry Thompson

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Rob Dougherty's White Weenie at Worlds 2009

Here's the deck tech vid of Rob Dougherty's version of White Weenie in Zendikar Standard.

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Grixis Seas Initial List

Here's my first version of the deck which is a Grixis version of the one played in our local tourney weeks ago. I favored red to utilize powerful Grixis spells like Double Negative and Cruel Ultimatum. Here's the list:

Grixis Seas version 1
by Mark Ian Alloso
Lands
3 Drowned Catacomb
5 Island
2 Swamp
4 Mountain
1 Akoum Refuge
1 Jwar Isle Refuge
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Dragonskull Summit
4 Crumbling Necropolis

Creatures
4 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
4 Goblin Ruinblaster

Spells
4 Jace Beleren
2 Earthquake
2 Pyroclasm
2 Cruel Ultimatum
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Double Negative
4 Convincing Mirage
4 Spreading Seas

This was made an anti on the current meta which is dominated by Jund. Do you think it can cope up? Hit the comments. :)

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Jund Redux in Zendikar Standard

Here's our update for Jund that has been doing great in our local tournament. For those who can't afford to buy Verdant Catacombs, this list is for you.

Deck Name: Jund Vengeant
Deck Designer: Oliver
Rank: 1st (Oct. 3 tournament)
Record: 6-0

// Lands
4 [ALA] Jungle Shrine
4 [ZEN] Swamp
4 [ALA] Savage Lands
4 [M10] Terramorphic Expanse
3 [M10] Dragonskull Summit
1 [ZEN] Plains
4 [ZEN] Forest
2 [ZEN] Mountain

// Creatures
4 [ALA] Sprouting Thrinax
3 [ALA] Broodmate Dragon
1 [ARB] Enlisted Wurm
4 [ARB] Bloodbraid Elf
4 [ARB] Putrid Leech

// Spells
3 [ALA] Ajani Vengeant
3 [ARB] Bituminous Blast
4 [ARB] Maelstrom Pulse
4 [M10] Lightning Bolt
4 [ALA] Blightning

// Sideboard
SB: 3 [M10] Duress
SB: 3 [ARB] Terminate
SB: 2 [ARB] Thought Hemorrhage
SB: 3 [ALA] Jund Charm
SB: 4 [M10] Great Sable Stag

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5 Color Control Domination in Iloilo

Hi guys, this is just an update of Iloilo Mtg community tournaments. The remaining two weeks of Lorwyn Standard here in Iloilo was dominated by Mark Anthony Co's 5-color control. Tonton, known to master the deck and has been using it for a months now, got back to back first place in the two previous weekly tournaments. His previous achievement was when he placed second in the Standard segment of MTG Philippine Open 2009 in Glorietta last July.

Here are the top four players of the recent two weekly tournaments here in Iloilo.

Standard (September 12, 2009)
First Place: Tonton (5 Color Control)
Second Place: Gian (Kithkins)
Third Place: Oliver (Jund Blood)
Fourth Place: Mark Ian (Kithkins) (me! ^^)

Standard (September 19, 2009)
First Place: Tonton (5 Color Control)
Second Place: Mao (Kithkins)
Third Place: John Paul (UW Lark)
Fourth Place: Jegjeg (Naya Aggro)

I'm sorry I didn't get to copy Tonton's 5CC list but I'll be posting it soon. Anyway, Zendikar Prerelease will be this weekend so I hope you, or we rather, will enjoy. You might want to check out my Zendikar posts in my other blog. Until next time y'all. :)

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Updated Kithkins Build

Hello. I've updated my build on my Mono white Kithkins by bringing back Goldmeadow Stalwarts maindeck and putting the Burrenton Forge Tenders in the sideboard. This is because the local metagame switched back to non-red aggro decks which made the pro-red kithkin irrelevant.

Here's the latest list. The cavaliers are in the main deck. I still lack the fourth Honor of the Pure so I substituted a 3rd Ajani Goldmane.

Maindeck
4 Cloudgoat Ranger
3 Figure of Destiny
3 Goldmeadow Stalwart
4 Knight of Meadowgrain
3 Stillmoon Cavalier
4 Wizened Cenn

3 Honor of the Pure
3 Ajani Goldmane
4 Spectral Procession
4 Path to Exile

3 Rustic Clachan
4 Windbrisk Heights
18 Plains

Sideboard
3 Burrenton Forge-tender
3 Hallowed Burial
3 Lapse of Uncertainty
2 Harm's Way
2 Oblivion Ring
1 Ranger of Eos
1 Unmake

This list got me on fourth place last Saturday. I'm pretty happy with the result despite of still having a lot of wrong decisions. Oh well.

You might be interested on my analysis of post Zendikar Standard decks. Visit my other blog.

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