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This tournament ran along side of the JSS Challenge event that we held this
past Saturday.  Everyone seemed to be having a good time.  Several of the
players showed up with stock decks.  The field was very heavy in
Counter-Rebel madness.  That should come as no surprise to any of you.  There
was only one Fires deck however, which I found to be interesting.  Maybe
Fires is being played more among the younger crowd and Counter-Rebel is for
the older folks.  There were a couple of new deck ideas that turned up and
produced respectable records.  Adrian Sayers and Zach Karthauser were both
playing new decks.  They finished in the final 8, but neither made it to the
finals.  Just for the record, both were bumped out by Counter-Rebel.  These
results are also from four rounds of Swiss.

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As a reminder, The Game Closet will be hosting a cash event this weekend.  
This will be everyone’s last chance to practice in a competitive field for
Regionals.  If you are within driving distance, I would suggest that you show
up to view the metagame at the very least.  It looks like we will have a very
solid crowd as many people have already confirmed their attendance.  I know
we can all use a little more preperation and this is the place to do it…

Saturday April 14th 2001 !
The Game Closet
5201 Sanger Suite #K
Waco,TX 76710
254-751-7251 (phone)  {call for directions if you need them}
254-772-4989 (fax)
DQWatson@aol.com
Entry fee: $25
Registration: 10AM - 11:30PM
Start time: 12:00PM (noon)
Date: April 14th 2001

CASH WILL BE PAYED TO ALL OF THE TOP 8!!
PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN OUT THROUGH 16TH PLACE!!
(Total prize packasge is over $1,000!)
There are also door prizes and prizes to the bottom three players that finish
the tournament.

(end promo)

Anyway, most of you are here to see the list of decks and Top 8 pairings, so
here they are:

QuaterFinals    SemiFinals       Finals

Zach Karthauser
Joe Aker
         Zach Karthauser
         Jason Krysak
Adrian Sayers
Jason Krysak
                   Jason Krysak
                   Steven Livingston
Robbie Howell
Steven Livingston
         Steven Livingston
         Rob Lawing
Rob Lawing
Chris Coker



Just for those of you wondering, Jason and Steven decided not to play and
just split the prize.  They didn’t want to play that set of long games for
that matchup after such a long day.

Here are the decklists:

Steven Livingston Counter-Rebel
3 Defiant Falcon
3 Lin Sivvi
2 Power Sink
4 Counterspell
4 Absorb
2 Defiant Vangaurd
4 Wrath of God
3 Tasbo’s Web
3 Dismantling Blow
4 Brainstorm
1 Ramosian Sky Marshal
1 Rebel Informer
4 Costal Tower
4 Adarkar Waste
10 Island
8 Plains

Sideboard:
3 Mageta, the Lion
4 Exile
1 Disenchant
1 Dismantling Blow
3 Gainsay
3 Dominate


Jason Krysak Counter-Rebel
4 Counterspell
4 Absorb
2 Power Sink
3 Lin Sivvi
1 Jhovall Queen
1 Ramosian Sky Marshall
2 Defiant Falcon
2 Defiant Vanguard
4 Brainstorm
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Wrath of God
3 Disenchant
1 Rout
9 Island
9 Plains
4 Adarkar Waste
4 Coastal Tower

Sideboard:
4 Exile
1 Rebel Informer
3 Gainsay
1 Ivory Mask
1 Rout
4 Voice of All


Rob Lawing

DECKLIST WITHELD BY REQUEST


Zach Karthauser Ponza

4 Rogue Kavu
4 Skizzik
3 Chimeric Idol
1 Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
4 Stone Rain
4 Pillage
4 Tangle Wire
4 Seal of Fire
4 Urza’s Rage
2 Hammer of Bogardan
2 Ghitu Fire
19 Mountain
4 Rishadan Port
1 Dust Bowl

Sideboard:
3 Flashfire
3 Cave -In
3 Scorching Lava
2 Earthquake
2 Flowstone Slide
1 Boil
1 Obliterate

Robbie Howell Counter-Rebel

4 Absorb
4 Counterspell
4 Wrath of God
3 Fact or Fiction
3 Defiant Vangaurd
2 Mageta, the Lion
2 Tsabo’s Web
3 Power Sink
3 Dismantling Blow
1 Jhovall Queen
1 Defiant Vangaurd
1 Ramosian Sky Marshall
1 Rebel Informer
3 Lin-Sivvi
4 Adarkar Waste
4 Coastal Tower
8 Plains
9 Islands

Sideboard:

4 CoP: Red
3 Gainsay
2 CoP: Green
2 Dominate
2 Disenchant
1 Air Elemental
1 Ivory Mask


Chris Coker Mono-white rebels

3 Lin Sivvi
3 Steadfast Gaurd
2 Marble Diamond
2 Voice of all
1 Parallax Wave
3 Longbow Archer
2 Ramosian Sky Marshal
3 Crusade
1 Thermal glider
3 Defiant Falcon
4 Disenchant
1 Lawbringer
4 Ramosian Sergeant
2 Defiant Vanguard
2 Reverent Mantra
2 Jhovall Queen
2 Kor Haven
4 Coastal Tower
18 Plains

Sideboard:
2 Wrath of God
2 Armageddon
1 Rebel Informer
2 Seal of Cleansing
2 Mageta, the Lion
2 Light of day
2 Aura Fracture
2 Story Circle


Joe Aker Counter-Rebel

4 Counterspell
4 Absorb
3 Wrath of God
3 Power Sink
1 Misdirection
1 Wash Out
3 Brainstorm
2 Fact or Fiction
2 Defiant Falcon
2 Dismantling Blow
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Jhovall Queen
1 Cho-Manno
1 Ramosian Sky Marshall
2 Defiant Vangaurd
3 Lin-Sivvi
4 Adarkar Waste
3 Coastal Tower
1 Kor Haven
1 Crosis cavern
2 Underground River
7 Plains
7 Island

Sideboard:
3 Gainsay
1 Honor the Fallen
2 Disenchant
3 Exile
3 Mageta, the Lion
1 Misdirection
1 Perish
1 Tsabo’s Decree


Adrian Sayers U/B control

2 Andridite Leech
4 Undermine
4 Counterspell
2 Spite/Malice
2 Exclude
4 Probe
2 Stupor
4 Recoil
3 Repulse
4 Accumulated Knowledge
2 Yawgmoth’s Agenda
11 Island
6 Swamp
4 Underground River
4 Salt Marsh

Sideboard:
1 Washout
2 Air elemental
3 Gainsay
3 Terror
3 Tsabo’s Decree
3 Lobotomy

And there you have it.  Hope to see you all here this weekend!