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Decks of the Week: Jan. 14
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-01-14 00:29:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Decks of the Week, DOTW
Here's what's hot from this week's installment of Decks of the Week. Read the full installment on DailyMTG.com here.
StarCityGames.com and former US National team member Todd Anderson finished 2nd at a PTQ in Atlanta using this Zoo deck:
4 Arid Mesa
1 Blood Crypt
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
3 Marsh Flats
1 Mountain
1 Plains
1 Sacred Foundry
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
2 Verdant Catacombs
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Figure of Destiny
3 Gaddock Teeg
4 Kird Ape
4 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Ranger of Eos
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
4 Tribal Flames
Sideboard
2 Aven Mindcensor
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Deathmark
1 Extirpate
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Meddling Mage
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Yixlid Jailer
Travis Gibson finished just behind Todd at that event playing Hive Mind combo. Here's his decklist:
3 Cascade Bluffs
4 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Steam Vents
2 Tolaria West
1 Watery Grave
2 Ethereal Usher
4 Hive Mind
3 Lotus Bloom
2 Manamorphose
3 Pact of Negation
3 Pact of the Titan
4 Ponder
4 Remand
4 Rite of Flame
4 Seething Song
4 Serum Visions
1 Slaughter Pact
2 Summoner's Pact
Sideboard:
4 Blood Moon
3 Firespout
4 Ravenous Trap
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Vexing Shusher
In other developments, it looks like Zoo will be the deck to beat at this year's Extended PTQs. The format seems wide open with numerous different archetypes Top 8ing, though Zoo and Scapeshift based decks were the most popular.
On the Standard side, check out the return of Solar Flare:
4 Arcane Sanctum
4 Drowned Catacomb
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Island
4 Marsh Flats
4 Plains
3 Swamp
3 Iona, Shield of Emeria
3 Sphinx of Lost Truths
2 Agony Warp
4 Courier's Capsule
3 Day of Judgment
4 Esper Charm
2 Essence Scatter
3 Flashfreeze
2 Into the Roil
2 Negate
3 Path to Exile
3 Rise from the Grave
Sideboard:
2 Agony Warp
4 Celestial Purge
1 Day of Judgment
4 Duress
2 Essence Scatter
1 Flashfreeze
1 Negate
You can read more about that development from TheStarkingtonPost.com here.
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.