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The field wasn't too large today. However, it was very competitive. Some out of town regulars even made the trip to Waco. An interesting fact to note is that Fires decks were still in full effect. Other than the fires decks, most of the other decks ere different. We saw a variety of decks played from U/W/R control to B/W landkill.

I get to brag on myself for a second here, because I was the only player to go undefeated on the day. I posted an impressive 5-0 record. We split the prizes in the round of four. My odds were good though as I had already beaten Jeff Zandi and Zach Karthauser in swiss rounds. They were two of the other three competitors in the final four. The other unknown being Rob Lawing.

Khai Ha took the tournament to show that merfolk, as always, are still in. He was able to maneuver his way to the top eight with his deck.

I think this new environment will stay variable. There were both creatureless decks and beatdown decks. There was one combo-ish deck. With this much variability, the field looks to very entertaining for weeks to come, if not months.

This tournament was a good setup for our cash event next weekend, July 7th 2001. By the way, that's my birthday, so if you attend the event, come bearing gifts J Anyway, most of you are checking this out for deckslists anyway, so here are the top eight decks and bracketing…

Quarterfinals Semifinals

DeQuan Watson
Mark Sheffield
DeQuan Watson
Jeff Zandi
Jeff Zandi
Chad Koss

Bud Schreiber
Rob Lawing
Rob Lawing
Zach Karthauser
Khai Ha
Zach Karthauser

DeQuan Watson

Normally I would post my deck here, but after such a good showing, you will have to come by my store or get some personal requests in to get it J

Zach Karthauser

4 Birds of Paradise
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Yavimaya Barbarian
3 Fires of Yavimaya
2 Urza's Rage
2 Chimeric Idol
3 Thornscape Battlemage
4 Blastoderm
2 Flemtongue Kavu
4 Saproling Burst
2 Shivan Wurm
3 Ghitu Fire
11 Forest
4 Mountain
4 Karplusan Forest
4 Battlefield Forge

Sideboard:
3 Kavu Chameleon
3 Blood Oath
3 Aura Mutation
2 Hull Breach
2 Tangle
2 Urza's Rage

Rob Lawing

3 Urza's Rage
3 Fires of Yavimaya
4 Blastoderm
4 Yavimaya Barbarian
3 Flametongue Kavu
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Shivan Wurm
2 Chimeric Idol
2 Ghitu Fire
4 Saproling Burst
3 Thornscape Battlemage
11 Forest
4 Mountain
4 Karplusan Forest
4 Battlefield Forge

Sideboard:
1 Urza's Rage
2 Hull Breach
3 Aura Mutation
3 Kavu Chameleon
3 Blood Oath
3 Tangle

Jeff Zandi

4 Fires of Yavimaya
4 Saproling Burst
2 Ghitu Fire
3 Urza's Rage
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Shivan Wurm
4 Yavimaya Barbarian
4 Blastoderm
3 Flametongue Kavu
4 Chimeric Idol
2 City of Brass
2 Brushland
3 Mountain
8 Forest
3 Sulfurous Spring
4 Karplusan Forest

Sideboard:

2 Kavu Chameleon
3 Tsabo's Decree
2 Obliterate
3 Tangle
2 Aura Mutation
3 Scorching Lava

Bud Schreiber

4 Fires of Yavimaya
4 Blastoderm
4 Terminate
4 Urza's Rage
3 Ghitu Fire
4 Spiritmonger
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Llanowar Dead
2 Pernicious Deed
4 Flametongue Kavu
1 Darigaaz, the Igniter
4 Saproling Burst
3 Karplusan Forest
3 Sulfurous Spring
1 Darigaaz' Caldera
3 Mountain
4 Swamp
3 Llanowar Wastes
5 Forest

Sideboard:

3 Cremate
3 Gaea's Herald
4 Kavu Chameleon
2 Pyre Zombie
3 Mask of Intolerance

Chad Koss

2 Disenchant
4 Mystic Snake
4 Absorb
4 Millstone
3 Fact or Fiction
4 Spiketail Hatchling
3 Merfolk Looter
4 Accumulated Knowledge
3 Opt
1 Thieving Magpie
4 Counterspell
2 Thwart
3 Temporal Adept
12 Island
4 Yavimaya Cost
1 Plains
1 Brushland
1 Treva's Ruin
4 Adarkar Waste

Sideboard:

1 Disenchant
4 Gainsay
3 Reprisal
2 Sacred Ground
3 Misdirection
2 Teferi's Response

Khai Ha

3 Gush
3 Jilt
4 Razorfoot Hunter
2 Skizzik
4 Rootwater Thief
4 Darting Merfolk
3 Thwart
2 Flametongue Kavu
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Counterspell
2 Saparazzan Heir
2 Ghitu Fire
4 Shivan Reef
12 Island
7 Mountain

Sideboard:

3 Teferi's Response
4 Mana Maze
4 Hibernation
4 Fire/Ice

Mark Sheffield

4 Absorb
4 Counterspell
4 Urza's Rage
1 Lightning Angel
1 Suffocating Blast
2 Dismantling Blow
4 Fact or Fiction
3 Foil
4 Wrath of God
4 Prophetic Bolt
2 Exclude
2 Tsabo's Web
3 Force Spike
8 Island
2 Mountain
2 Plains
3 Coastal Towers
2 Battlefield Forge
4 Shivan Reef
4 Adarkar Waste

Sideboard:

2 Sacred Ground
2 Disenchant
1 Dismantling Blow
1 Ivory Mask
2 Misdirection
3 Hibernation
2 Millstone
2 Scorching Lava

For those of you interested in winning some cash and playing some Magic next weekend, The Game Closet is hosting a Standard (Type 2) cash event next weekend July 7th 2001. E-mail me for more details. Hope to see you all next weekend.

Until next time,

DeQuan Watson
a.k.a. PowrDragn
PowrDragn@pojo.com