Richmond was the hotbed of Magic this weekend as players descended on the city for the first ever StarCityGames $50,000 Invitational, as well as the first Standard, Legacy and Draft events of the 2011 Season.

2010 Invitational

Winning the invitational is Gerry Thompson, recent winner of Grand Prix Nashville, who defeated reigning StarCityGames Player of the Year Alex Bertoncini in the finals, winning 2-1.

"1st. Gerry Thompson - Valakut Ramp"

• Creatures (11)
• 2 Avenger of Zendikar
• 1 Inferno Titan
• 4 Overgrown Battlement
• 4 Primeval Titan

• Spells (21)
• 4 Khalni Heart Expedition
• 4 Harrow
• 2 Summoning Trap
• 4 Cultivate
• 4 Explore
• 3 Pyroclasm

• Lands (28)
• 5 Forest
• 11 Mountain
• 3 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Khalni Garden
• 3 Terramorphic Expanse
• 4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1 Verdant Catacombs

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Ratchet Bomb
• 3 Acidic Slime
• 2 Obstinate Baloth
• 1 Rampaging Baloths
• 1 Terastodon
• 2 Lightning Bolt
• 2 Summoning Trap
• 2 Koth of the Hammer
• 1 Pyroclasm

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"2nd. Alex Bertoncini - RUG Control"

• Creatures (13)
• 1 Acidic Slime
• 2 Avenger of Zendikar
• 3 Frost Titan
• 4 Lotus Cobra
• 3 Oracle of Mul Daya

• Spells (20)
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Mana Leak
• 4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 4 Explore
• 4 Preordain

• Lands (27)
• 3 Forest
• 5 Island
• 2 Mountain
• 3 Copperline Gorge
• 2 Halimar Depths
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 4 Raging Ravine
• 4 Scalding Tarn

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Acidic Slime
• 2 Gaea's Revenge
• 3 Obstinate Baloth
• 2 Flashfreeze
• 2 Spell Pierce
• 4 Pyroclasm

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"3rd. Andrew Steckley - Valakut Ramp"

• Creatures (10)
• 3 Avenger of Zendikar
• 2 Inferno Titan
• 4 Primeval Titan
• 1 Terastodon

• Spells (22)
• 4 Khalni Heart Expedition
• 4 Harrow
• 2 Lightning Bolt
• 3 Summoning Trap
• 3 Cultivate
• 4 Explore
• 2 Pyroclasm

• Lands (28)
• 6 Forest
• 12 Mountain
• 3 Evolving Wilds
• 3 Terramorphic Expanse
• 4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

• Sideboard (15)
• 4 Acidic Slime
• 2 Gaea's Revenge
• 4 Obstinate Baloth
• 2 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Summoning Trap
• 2 Pyroclasm

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"4th. Charles Gindy - Boros Deck Wins"

• Creatures (22)
• 4 Goblin Guide
• 4 Plated Geopede
• 3 Spikeshot Elder
• 4 Squadron Hawk
• 4 Steppe Lynx
• 3 Stoneforge Mystic

• Spells (13)
• 2 Adventuring Gear
• 1 Sword of Body and Mind
• 2 Journey to Nowhere
• 2 Burst Lightning
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 2 Koth of the Hammer

• Lands (25)
• 5 Mountain
• 5 Plains
• 4 Arid Mesa
• 4 Marsh Flats
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Teetering Peaks
• 2 Terramorphic Expanse

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 4 Cunning Sparkmage
• 2 Kor Firewalker
• 1 Journey to Nowhere
• 1 Koth of the Hammer
• 2 Arc Trail
• 4 Mark of Mutiny

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Standard Open Richmond

"1st. Christian Calacano - Valakut Ramp"

• Creatures (8)
• 4 Avenger of Zendikar
• 4 Primeval Titan

• Spells (24)
• 4 Khalni Heart Expedition
• 4 Harrow
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Summoning Trap
• 4 Cultivate
• 4 Explore

• Lands (28)
• 7 Forest
• 12 Mountain
• 2 Evolving Wilds
• 3 Terramorphic Expanse
• 4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

• Sideboard (15)
• 3 Acidic Slime
• 2 Gaea's Revenge
• 3 Obstinate Baloth
• 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 4 Pyroclasm
• 1 Eye of Ugin

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"2nd. Shaheen Soorani - UW Control"

• Creatures (8)
• 2 Baneslayer Angel
• 2 Sun Titan
• 4 Wall of Omens

• Spells (26)
• 3 Journey to Nowhere
• 2 Ratchet Bomb
• 4 Mana Leak
• 3 Spell Pierce
• 2 Elspeth Tirel
• 2 Gideon Jura
• 3 Jace Beleren
• 3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1 Venser, the Sojourner
• 3 Day of Judgment

• Lands (26)
• 4 Island
• 3 Plains
• 4 Celestial Colonnade
• 4 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 4 Seachrome Coast
• 4 Tectonic Edge
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Ratchet Bomb
• 1 Baneslayer Angel
• 3 Kor Firewalker
• 3 Leyline of Sanctity
• 3 Luminarch Ascension
• 1 Deprive
• 3 Flashfreeze

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"3rd. Jordan Wicht - UB Control"

• Creatures (8)
• 3 Abyssal Persecutor
• 2 Grave Titan
• 3 Sea Gate Oracle

• Spells (27)
• 2 Everflowing Chalice
• 3 Mimic Vat
• 1 Consume the Meek
• 4 Doom Blade
• 2 Into the Roil
• 4 Mana Leak
• 4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1 Consuming Vapors
• 2 Duress
• 4 Preordain

• Lands (25)
• 5 Island
• 2 Swamp
• 4 Creeping Tar Pit
• 4 Darkslick Shores
• 4 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mystifying Maze
• 3 Tectonic Edge
• 1 Verdant Catacombs

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Consume the Meek
• 4 Disfigure
• 4 Flashfreeze
• 2 Jace Beleren
• 3 Memoricide

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"4th. Mike Potente - Eldrazi Ramp"

• Creatures (18)
• 3 Wurmcoil Engine
• 4 Joraga Treespeaker
• 4 Overgrown Battlement
• 4 Primeval Titan
• 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
• 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

• Spells (16)
• 4 Summoning Trap
• 2 Everflowing Chalice
• 2 Cultivate
• 4 Explore
• 4 Growth Spasm

• Lands (26)
• 11 Forest
• 4 Eldrazi Temple
• 4 Khalni Garden
• 2 Mystifying Maze
• 4 Tectonic Edge
• 1 Eye of Ugin

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Ratchet Bomb
• 1 Wurmcoil Engine
• 2 Gaea's Revenge
• 3 Obstinate Baloth
• 3 Terastodon
• 3 Fog
• 1 Nature's Claim

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Legacy Open Richmond

"1st. Chris McCord - GW Survival"

• Creatures (29)
• 2 Basking Rootwalla
• 1 Dauntless Escort
• 1 Faerie Macabre
• 4 Knight of the Reliquary
• 4 Mother of Runes
• 4 Noble Hierarch
• 3 Qasali Pridemage
• 4 Tarmogoyf
• 4 Vengevine
• 1 Wonder
• 1 Gaddock Teeg

• Spells (11)
• 4 Survival of the Fittest
• 1 Path to Exile
• 4 Swords to Plowshares
• 2 Umezawa's Jitte

• Lands (20)
• 3 Forest
• 1 Plains
• 3 Horizon Canopy
• 4 Savannah
• 1 Tropical Island
• 4 Wasteland
• 4 Windswept Heath

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Aven Mindcensor
• 2 Faerie Macabre
• 2 Choke
• 2 Krosan Grip
• 3 Mindbreak Trap
• 2 Path to Exile
• 1 Umezawa's Jitte
• 2 Gaddock Teeg

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"2nd. John Gatza - UW Aggro"

• Creatures (22)
• 4 Fathom Seer
• 2 Jotun Grunt
• 4 Mother of Runes
• 4 Serra Avenger
• 2 Stoneforge Mystic
• 2 Vexing Sphinx
• 4 Weathered Wayfarer

• Spells (21)
• 2 Aether Vial
• 4 Brainstorm
• 3 Daze
• 4 Force of Will
• 2 Spell Pierce
• 4 Swords to Plowshares
• 2 Umezawa's Jitte

• Lands (17)
• 1 Island
• 2 Plains
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 2 Marsh Flats
• 4 Tundra
• 3 Wasteland

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Pithing Needle
• 1 Powder Keg
• 2 Relic of Progenitus
• 1 Ethersworn Canonist
• 1 Absolute Law
• 2 Enlightened Tutor
• 2 Hibernation
• 2 Submerge
• 2 Llawan, Cephalid Empress

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"3rd. James Miller - Aggro Loam"

• Creatures (14)
• 4 Countryside Crusher
• 4 Dark Confidant
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 4 Tarmogoyf
• 1 Terravore

• Spells (19)
• 3 Seismic Assault
• 4 Chalice of the Void
• 2 Engineered Explosives
• 4 Mox Diamond
• 4 Life from the Loam
• 2 Maelstrom Pulse

• Lands (27)
• 1 Forest
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Badlands
• 1 Bayou
• 3 Bloodstained Mire
• 4 Forgotten Cave
• 2 Taiga
• 4 Tranquil Thicket
• 4 Wasteland
• 4 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Volrath's Stronghold

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Zuran Orb
• 4 Leyline of the Void
• 3 Extirpate
• 3 Krosan Grip
• 3 Firespout

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"4th. James Rynkiewicz - Bant Survival"

• Creatures (18)
• 1 Shield Sphere
• 3 Basking Rootwalla
• 4 Noble Hierarch
• 1 Qasali Pridemage
• 4 Vengevine
• 1 Waterfront Bouncer
• 3 Wild Mongrel
• 1 Wonder

• Spells (23)
• 4 Survival of the Fittest
• 4 Brainstorm
• 2 Daze
• 4 Force of Will
• 2 Intuition
• 3 Spell Pierce
• 4 Swords to Plowshares

• Lands (19)
• 2 Forest
• 1 Bayou
• 2 Horizon Canopy
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Savannah
• 4 Tropical Island
• 4 Windswept Heath

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Ethersworn Canonist
• 1 Aven Mindcensor
• 1 Faerie Macabre
• 1 Gilded Drake
• 1 Stoneforge Mystic
• 3 Extirpate
• 2 Krosan Grip
• 1 Umezawa's Jitte
• 1 Progenitus
• 3 Natural Order

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