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6 years ago  ::  Aug 01, 2007 - 9:56AM #11
FrankKarsten
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Seth Manfield, 2007 U.S. Nationals, Standard (12 points)

2 x Hallowed Fountain
4 x Sacred Foundry
4 x Steam Vents
1 x Battlefield Forge
1 x Izzet Boilerworks
4 x Shivan Reef
2 x Plains
2 x Island
1 x Azorius Chancery
2 x Nimbus Maze
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4 x Court Hussar
4 x Riftwing Cloudskate
4 x Lightning Angel
3 x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
3 x Venser, Shaper Savant
3 x Bogardan Hellkite
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4 x Azorius Signet
4 x Aethermage's Touch
4 x Momentary Blink
4 x Remand
Sideboard
4 x Lightning Helix
4 x Aven Riftwatcher
4 x Avalanche Riders
3 x Cryoclasm
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6 years ago  ::  Aug 01, 2007 - 10:03AM #12
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Stuart Wright, 2007 GB Nationals Top 8

4 x Breeding Pool
4 x Watery Grave
3 x Yavimaya Coast
3 x Gemstone Caverns
3 x Gemstone Mine
2 x Horizon Canopy
1 x Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
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4 x Drowned Rusalka
4 x Magus of the Bazaar
4 x Merfolk Looter
4 x Narcomoeba
4 x Stinkweed Imp
4 x Golgari Grave-Troll
3 x Llanowar Mentor
2 x Bonded Fetch
2 x Flame-Kin Zealot
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4 x Bridge from Below
3 x Dread Return
2 x Life from the Loam
Sideboard
4 x Wall of Roots
3 x Darkblast
3 x Krosan Grip
3 x Pithing Needle
2 x Golgari Brownscale Some decks run Greenseeker as an extra discard outlet; or in the sideboard Leyline of the Void for the mirror or an Akroma, Angel of Wrath to reanimate.

There is also a slower but more resilent list out there, with more green cards and less blue cards, and a different kill mechanism:Vengeful Dredge
by Benjamin Peebles-Mundy


4 x Golgari Grave-troll
4 x Greenseeker
4 x Llanowar Mentor
3 x Nantuko Husk
4 x Narcomoeba
1 x Phantasmagorian
1 x Shambling Shell
3 x Stalking Vengeance
4 x Stinkweed Imp
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4 x Bridge From Below
3 x Darkblast
4 x Dread Return
2 x Life From The Loam
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4 x Forest
2 x Swamp
1 x Dakmor Salvage
4 x Horizon Canopy
4 x Llanowar Wastes
4 x Overgrown Tomb
Sideboard:
4 x Pithing Needle
3 x Ghosts Of The Innocent
3 x Golgari Brownscale
1 x Darkblast
2 x Delirium Skeins
1 x Life From The Loam
1 x Svogthos, The Restless Tomb
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6 years ago  ::  Aug 01, 2007 - 10:10AM #13
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Luis Scott-Vargas, 2007 U.S. Nationals, Standard (16 points)

4 x Breeding Pool
4 x Yavimaya Coast
2 x Temple Garden
2 x Hallowed Fountain
2 x Calciform Pools
2 x Simic Growth Chamber
1 x Nimbus Maze
2 x Forest
2 x Plains
2 x Island
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1 x Arcanis the Omnipotent
3 x Vesuvan Shapeshifter
2 x Willbender
1 x Brine Elemental
1 x Venser, Shaper Savant
1 x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 x Crovax, Ascendant Hero
3 x Loxodon Hierarch
4 x Wall of Roots
2 x Mystic Snake
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4 x Rune Snag
4 x Compulsive Research
4 x Remand
3 x Farseek
3 x Chord of Calling
Sideboard
1 x Brine Elemental
1 x Riftsweeper
1 x Loxodon Hierarch
2 x Indrik Stomphowler
2 x Calciform Pools
3 x Spell Snare
3 x Aven Riftwatcher
2 x Serrated Arrows Faith's Fetters and Cancel are other sideboard options. A newer list with tweaks such as the Power Rangers:Robert van Medevoort, Winner 2007 Dutch Nationals

3 x Breeding Pool
3 x Temple Garden
3 x Hallowed Fountain
2 x Yavimaya Coast
1 x Brushland
1 x Adarkar Wastes
4 x Simic Growth Chamber
1 x Azorius Chancery
4 x Forest
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4 x Skyshroud Ranger
1 x Birds of Paradise
4 x Wall of Roots
4 x Court Hussar
2 x Loxodon Hierarch
1 x Mystic Snake
1 x Venser, Shaper Savant
1 x Magus of the Disk
4 x Vesuvan Shapeshifter
1 x Arcanis the Omnipotent
1 x Crovax, Ascendant Hero
1 x Brine Elemental
1 x Simic Sky Swallower
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4 x Rune Snag
4 x Remand
4 x Chord of Calling
Sideboard
1 x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
2 x Voidslime
1 x Razormane Masticore
1 x Ghosts of the Innocent
4 x Serrated Arrows
3 x Carven Caryatid
1 x Loaming Shaman
1 x Harmonic Sliver
1 x Brine Elemental
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6 years ago  ::  Aug 01, 2007 - 10:14AM #14
FrankKarsten
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Chase Lamm, 1st place at Kentucky open


4 x Birds Of Paradise
4 x Loxodon Hierarch
4 x Tarmogoyf
4 x Wall Of Roots
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4 x Seismic Assault
4 x Incinerate
4 x Lightning Helix
4 x Edge Of Autumn
4 x Life From The Loam
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1 x Forest
1 x Mountain
1 x Plains
4 x Horizon Canopy
3 x Sacred Foundry
4 x Stomping Ground
2 x Temple Garden
4 x Treetop Village
4 x Flagstones Of Trokair
Sideboard:
4 x Tormod's Crypt
3 x Ancient Grudge
2 x Krosan Grip
4 x Boom / Bust
2 x Ghost Quarter Other ideas are adding Troll Ascetic, or Glittering Wish for Stormbind, Mystic Enforcer, etcetera. For the sideboard, Ronom Unicorn, Martyr of Ashes, Condemn, and Pithing Needle could be considered.
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6 years ago  ::  Aug 01, 2007 - 10:20AM #15
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Marco Orsini-Jones, 2007 GB Nationals Top 8

6 x Snow-Covered Swamp
4 x Treetop Village
4 x Overgrown Tomb
4 x Llanowar Wastes
2 x Golgari Rot Farm
2 x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
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3 x Ravenous Rats
4 x Augur of Skulls
4 x Tarmogoyf
4 x Dark Confidant
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4 x The Rack
4 x Smallpox
4 x Cry of Contrition
4 x Funeral Charm
3 x Stupor
4 x Putrefy
Sideboard
3 x Extirpate
2 x Withered Wretch
4 x Bottle Gnomes
3 x Terror
2 x Call of the Herd
1 x Stupor Other cards that sometimes see play in this kind of deck are maindeck Epochrasite and Plagued Rusalka, or sideboard Deathmark, Seal of Primordium, Riftsweeper, and Tombstalker.

A more recent version:Kitayama Masaya, Winner 2007 Japanese Nationals

2 x Golgari Rot Farm
4 x Llanowar Wastes
4 x Overgrown Tomb
4 x Treetop Village
1 x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
7 x Swamp
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4 x Augur of Skulls
4 x Dark Confidant
4 x Tarmogoyf
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4 x Cry of Contrition
2 x Damnation
4 x Smallpox
4 x Stupor
4 x Terror
4 x Call of the Herd
4 x The Rack
Sideboard
1 x Damnation
3 x Darkblast
4 x Extirpate
3 x Tombstalker
2 x Riftsweeper
2 x Putrefy
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6 years ago  ::  Aug 01, 2007 - 10:22AM #16
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Anatoli Lightfoot, Top Eight, Australian National Championships


1 x Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
2 x Selesnya Sanctuary
5 x Plains
3 x Horizon Canopy
3 x Brushland
4 x Temple Garden
4 x Llanowar Reborn
2 x Treetop Village
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3 x Loxodon Hierarch
3 x Troll Ascetic
3 x Tarmogoyf
4 x Serra Avenger
4 x Selesnya Guildmage
4 x Saffi Eriksdotter
4 x Watchwolf
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2 x Glare of Subdual
3 x Griffin Guide
3 x Gather Courage
3 x Call of the Herd
Sideboard
4 x Sunlance
3 x Temporal Isolation
3 x Faith's Fetters
2 x Seed Spark
1 x Gather Courage
1 x Glare of Subdual
1 x Pentarch Paladin
A card to consider for the sideboard is Hurricane.
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6 years ago  ::  Aug 01, 2007 - 10:30AM #17
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Patrick Chapin, 2007 U.S. Nationals, Standard (18 points)


4 x River of Tears
4 x Watery Grave
3 x Overgrown Tomb
1 x Godless Shrine
1 x Urza's Factory
1 x Academy Ruins
3 x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 x Swamp
1 x Island
2 x Tolaria West
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4 x Tarmogoyf
4 x Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
1 x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 x Triskelavus
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1 x Mind Stone
4 x Damnation
2 x Slaughter Pact
1 x Tendrils of Corruption
4 x Mystical Teachings
3 x Careful Consideration
1 x Pact of Negation
1 x Beacon of Immortality
1 x Simic Signet
3 x Prismatic Lens
4 x Coalition Relic
1 x Spell Snare
Sideboard
3 x Muse Vessel
2 x Pull from Eternity
1 x Krosan Grip
3 x Extirpate
2 x Terror
1 x Slaughter Pact
1 x Darkblast
1 x Haunting Hymn
1 x Tormod's Crypt This archetype can take many shapes; instead of Tarmogoyf and Careful Consideration, one may see Dimir Hourse Guard or Clutch of the Undercity to tutor, or Aeon Chronicler to draw, or cards like Sudden Death; many possibilities in these colors.
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6 years ago  ::  Aug 01, 2007 - 10:36AM #18
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Stephen Neal, 2007 U.S. Nationals, Standard (15 points)

7 x Island
3 x Fungal Reaches
4 x Steam Vents
4 x Shivan Reef
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4 x Pyromancer's Swath
4 x Remand
4 x Repeal
3 x Perilous Research
4 x Hatching Plans
4 x Grapeshot
3 x Empty the Warrens
3 x Claws of Gix
3 x Chromatic Star
4 x Lotus Bloom
4 x Rite of Flame
2 x Mishra's Bauble
Sideboard
3 x Ignite Memories
2 x Spell Snare
4 x Gigadrowse
2 x Pyroclasm
4 x Rift Bolt Other cards to consider for the board are Ornithopter and Martyr of Ashes.

A more recent version:Ishikawa Ren, 2007 Japanese Nationals Top 8

2 x Calciform Pools
4 x Flagstones of Trokair
2 x Hallowed Fountain
2 x Sacred Foundry
4 x Shivan Reef
4 x Steam Vents
1 x Tolaria West
3 x Island
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4 x Hatching Plans
4 x Perilous Research
4 x Remand
3 x Repeal
3 x Empty the Warrens
4 x Grapeshot
4 x Pyromancer's Swath
4 x Rite of Flame
4 x Claws of Gix
4 x Lotus Bloom
Sideboard
2 x Brine Elemental
2 x Court Hussar
2 x Logic Knot
1 x Pact of Negation
1 x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
2 x Vesuvan Shapeshifter
1 x Empty the Warrens
3 x Martyr of Ashes
1 x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
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6 years ago  ::  Aug 01, 2007 - 10:39AM #19
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Michael Jacob, 2007 U.S. Nationals, Standard (16 points)

16 x Forest
2 x Pendelhaven
4 x Treetop Village
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4 x Llanowar Elves
4 x Boreal Druid
4 x Scryb Ranger
4 x Silhana Ledgewalker
4 x Troll Ascetic
4 x Giant Solifuge
3 x Timbermare
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4 x Moldervine Cloak
4 x Might of Old Krosa
2 x Loxodon Warhammer
1 x Stonewood Invocation
Sideboard
4 x Groundbreaker
3 x Spectral Force
3 x Serrated Arrows
2 x Viridian Shaman
3 x Pithing Needle
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6 years ago  ::  Aug 01, 2007 - 10:41AM #20
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Gerard Fabiano, 2007 U.S. Nationals, Standard (15 points)


1 x Kher Keep
3 x Swamp
4 x Sulfurous Springs
4 x Blood Crypt
2 x Pendelhaven
9 x Mountain
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4 x Mogg Fanatic
4 x Greater Gargadon
4 x Epochrasite
4 x Dark Confidant
4 x Keldon Marauders
4 x Mogg War Marshal
4 x Scorched Rusalka
1 x Nantuko Husk
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2 x Fatal Frenzy
2 x Char
4 x Threaten
Sideboard
3 x Terror
3 x Magus of the Moon
2 x Shattering Spree
2 x Cryoclasm
1 x Deathmark
1 x Avalanche Riders
2 x Bottle Gnomes
1 x Slaughter Pact
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