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    Well, here we are.  We are just a few days away from Regionals.  Again,
like always, players from all over Texas converged on Waco.  Attendance was
medium.  This was probably because of Easter.  However, a lot of names you
recognize attended the event.  Zach Karthauser, Steven Livingston, Robert
Moore, and the ever popular Texas regular Rob Lawing all came to the event to
get practice in on the last weekend before Regionals.  Fellow Pojo writer
Jonathan Pechon was even in attendance.  There were a couple of B/R
Machinehead style decks that did well throughout the tournament.  The winner
as you can see below was a fires deck.  He had a very competitive road that
was very interesting.  The two most interesting archetype decks of the
tournament were mono-red Ponza style decks.  Two different versions made Top
8.  Both of them might have been hurt by Chill, but they didn't face any from
what I saw.  The other interesting deck of the tournament was a U/B control
style deck.  One of them piloted by Andrew Gray made Top 8 in the event.  The
other two that I saw finished just outside of the 8 and on finished near the
bottom of the order.  The two "TurboHaups" decks that were in the event
finished just outside of the Top 8 and the other finished near the bottom of
the order.  However, word has it that the finals of a store in the Dallas
area was two TurboHaups decks facing off.  A few of the Dallas regulars were
here at my event, so take that information for what you will.  Anyway, here
are the brackets and the decklists that you came here for anyway.


Quarterfinals           SemiFinals          Finals      Champion

Zach Karthauser
Tomas Vasquez
                Zach Karhauser
                Robert Moore
Vincent Johnson
Robert Moore
                                 Robert Moore
                                            Robert Moore
                                 Jason Krysak
Andrew Gray
Jason Krysak
                Jason Krysak
                Jeff Clark
Jeff Clark
Steven Livingston



Da Champ
Robert Moore        Fires

4 Birds of Paradise
4 Llanowar Elves
4 River Boa
4 Chimeric Idol
4 Fires of Yavimaya
4 Blastoderm
4 Saproling Burst
2 Shivan Wurm
1 Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
4 Ghitu Fire
2 Flametongue Kavu
5 Mountain
11 Forest
4 Karplusan Forest
3 Rishadan Port

Sideboard:
3 Tangle
4 Citadel of Pain
3 Kavu Chameleon
3 Hull Breach
2 Urza's Rage


2nd Place
Jason Krysak  Counter-Rebel

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

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


3rd Place
Zach Karthauser Ponza2K

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

Sideboard:
3 Cave-In
3 Flashfires
3 Schorching Lava
2 Flowstone Slide
2 Obliterate
2 Earthquake


4th Place
Jeff Clark   Ponza2K

4 Kris Mage
4 Rogue Kavu
4 Chimeric Idol
4 Tangle Wire
4 Urza's Rage
4 Seal of Fire
3 Shock
3 Pillage
1 Hammer of Bogardan
4 Skizzik
3 Ghitu Fire
11 Mountain
4 Rishadan Port
3 Dust Bowl
4 Karplusan Forest

Sideboard:
3 Thunderscape Battlemage
4 Flametongue Kavu
1 Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
2 Boil
1 Pillage
4 Ankh of Mishra


5th Place
Steven Livingston   B/R Aggro

4 Nightscape Familiar
4 Blazing Specter
4 Skizzik
3 Thunderscape Battlemage
2 Flametongue Kavu
2 Pyre Zombie
1 Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
1 Thrashing Wumpus
4 Terminate
4 Urza's Rage
2 Ghitu Fire
2 Void
2 Vampiric Tutor
4 Rishadan Port
4 Sulfurous Springs
4 Urborg Volcano
3 Mountain
3 Swamp
3 Darigaaz Caldera
1 Dust Bowl

Sideboard:
2 Tsabo's Decree
1 Hammer of Bogardan
1 Obliterate
4 Scorching Lava
4 Perish
1 Thunderscape Battlemage
2 Scoria Cat


6th Place
Andrew Gray     U/B Control (a.k.a. Pat My Butt)

2 Androdite Leech
2 Yawgmoth's Agenda
4 Probe
4 Counterspell
4 Accumulated Knowledge
2 Spite/malice
2 Washout
3 Stupor
4 Recoil
4 Undermine
2 Repulse
2 Exclude
4 Salt Marsh
4 Underground River
10 Island
7 Swamp

Sideboard:
3 Perish
2 Air elemental
2 Chill
3 Lobotomy
2 Cremate
3 Terror


7th Place
Vincent Johnson Vince2K

4 Rhystic Lightning
4 Seal of Fire
3 Shock
4 Stone Rain
4 Pillage
4 Tangle Wire
2 Tectonic Break
4 Flametongue Kavu
3 Scoria Cat
4 Rogue Kavu
4 Karplusan Forest
4 Rishadan Port
2 Rath's Edge
2 Dust Bowl
12 Mountain

Sideboard:
1 Obliterate
4 Flashfires
2 Boil
3 Hull Breach
1 Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
4 Urza's Rage


8th Place
Tomas Vasquez   Mono-White Rebels

2 Defiant Vanguard
3 Steadfast Guard
2 Defiant falcon
1 Mageta, the Lion
1 Ramosian Sky Marshal
1 Jhovall Queen
4 Disenchant
1 Lawbringer
4 Ramosian Sergeant
2 Wrath of God
1 thermal Glider
1 Chimeric Idol
4 Lin Sivvi
4 Parallax Wave
4 Longbow Archer
1 Rebel Informer
4 Rishadan Port
1 Kor haven
2 Dust Bowl
4 Brushland
12 Plains

Sideboard:
4 Armageddon
2 Exile
3 Story Circle
2 Wrath of God
3 Mageta, the Lion
1 Rout

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