Gerry Thompson is kind of good at Magic. He's kind of good in the way that leads him to win not just one, but the two main Opens at the SCG Open Pittsburgh. In Standard he ran a modified Caw-Blade build to defeat Goblins in the finals, and in Legacy he ran Team America taking down Zoo in the finals.

Standard Open

Top 16 Decklists

"1st. Gerry Thompson - Caw-Blade"

• Creatures (7)
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 2 Emeria Angel
• 4 Squadron Hawk

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 1 Gideon Jura
• 2 Jace Beleren

• Spells (24)
• 2 Day of Judgment
• 1 Dismember
• 2 Into the Roil
• 4 Mana Leak
• 3 Oblivion Ring
• 1 Ponder
• 3 Preordain
• 3 Spell Pierce
• 2 Sword of Feast and Famine
• 2 Timely Reinforcements
• 1 Twisted Image

• Lands (26)
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 3 Celestial Colonnade
• 4 Glacial Fortress
• 4 Island
• 4 Plains
• 2 Scalding Tarn
• 4 Seachrome Coast
• 4 Tectonic Edge

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Ratchet Bomb
• 1 Deprive
• 3 Flashfreeze
• 2 Mental Misstep
• 1 Twisted Image
• 1 Jace Beleren
• 1 Day of Judgment
• 2 Revoke Existence
• 2 Timely Reinforcements

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"2nd. Max Staudacher - Goblins"

• Creatures (28)
• 4 Ember Hauler
• 4 Goblin Bushwhacker
• 4 Goblin Chieftain
• 2 Goblin Fireslinger
• 4 Goblin Guide
• 4 Goblin Wardriver
• 2 Grim Lavamancer
• 4 Spikeshot Elder

• Spells (11)
• 4 Goblin Grenade
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 3 Searing Blaze

• Lands (21)
• 4 Arid Mesa
• 11 Mountain
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 2 Teetering Peaks

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Vulshok Refugee
• 4 Manabarbs
• 3 Dismember
• 4 Arc Trail
• 1 Contested War Zone
• 1 Smoldering Spires

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Legacy

Top 16 Decklists

"1st. Gerry Thompson - Team America"

• Creatures (8)
• 4 Tarmogoyf
• 2 Tombstalker
• 2 Vendilion Clique

• Spells (28)
• 4 Brainstorm
• 3 Daze
• 2 Diabolic Edict
• 2 Dismember
• 4 Force of Will
• 4 Hymn to Tourach
• 4 Mental Misstep
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Pernicious Deed
• 3 Stifle

• Planeswalkers (2)
• 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

• Lands (22)
• 2 Bayou
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 4 Polluted Delta
• 2 Tropical Island
• 4 Underground Sea
• 2 Verdant Catacombs
• 4 Wasteland

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
• 4 Leyline of the Void
• 1 Pernicious Deed
• 3 Ghastly Demise
• 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1 Life from the Loam
• 2 Perish
• 2 Thoughtseize

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"2nd. Dan Musser - Zoo"

• Creatures (23)
• 4 Goblin Guide
• 3 Grim Lavamancer
• 4 Kird Ape
• 4 Loam Lion
• 4 Tarmogoyf
• 4 Wild Nacatl

• Spells (16)
• 4 Chain Lightning
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Lightning Helix
• 3 Path to Exile
• 1 Sylvan Library

• Lands (21)
• 4 Arid Mesa
• 1 Forest
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Plains
• 2 Plateau
• 1 Savannah
• 2 Taiga
• 2 Wasteland
• 3 Windswept Heath
• 4 Wooded Foothills

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Tormod's Crypt
• 2 Phyrexian Metamorph
• 2 Qasali Pridemage
• 1 Ancient Grudge
• 1 Path to Exile
• 4 Red Elemental Blast
• 1 Umezawa's Jitte
• 2 Gaddock Teeg

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