Shiel Wins GP Dallas/Fort Worth

by News | posted at 2011-04-11 04:07:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Standard, Grand Prix, Dallas/Fort Worth, David Shiels, Caw-Blade, RUG

The largest tournament ever held in Texas has come to an end! Nearly 1,200 players used the Standard format at Grand Prix Dallas/Fort Worth, and the big question headed into the weekend was whether or not Caw-Blade would continue its dominance over the Standard format. Early on in the tournament a number of innovative decks lurked at the top tables, including a Boros build championed by the ChannelFireball crew, but when the dust settled the Top 8 was a two deck show: four players brought RUG and four players brought Caw-Blade.

 

Despite a number of big name players making the cut to the single elimination rounds (Josh Utter-Leyton, Owen Turtenwald, Michael Jacob), it was two rookies who battled for the title. Orrin Beasley (RUG) fell to David Shiels( Caw-Blade) to award the Caw-Blade player the honor of becoming Grand Prix Dallas/Fort Worth champion. The winning decklist:

 

David Shiels - Top 8

4 Celestial Colonnade

4 Glacial Fortress

1 Inkmoth Nexus

4 Island

4 Plains

1 Scalding Tarn

4 Seachrome Coast

4 Tectonic Edge

 

4 Squadron Hawk

4 Stoneforge Mystic

 

2 Condemn

2 Day of Judgment

3 Gideon Jura

1 Into the Roil

4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

3 Mana Leak

1 Mortarpod

4 Preordain

3 Spell Pierce

1 Sword of Feast and Famine

2 Tumble Magnet

 

Sideboard:

1 Baneslayer Angel

1 Condemn

1 Day of Judgment

1 Deprive

2 Divine Offering

2 Flashfreeze

2 Journey to Nowhere

1 Sun Titan

1 Sword of Feast and Famine

1 Sylvok Lifestaff

2 Volition Reins

 

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