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Culminating the TCGPlayer.com tournament season, despite the loss of their partner Wizard World Conventions, TCGPlayer.com hosted their $75,000 tournament this weekend in Chicago, IL. With 200 players competing for the first place prize purse of $20,000; it was Todd Anderson who came out as champion.
GatheringMagic.com contributor Darwin Kastle reached the Top 8 of the event running his build of Red Deck Wins for the weekend. Other notable top 8 competitors are Caleb Durward, Nick Spagnolo and Alex Bertoncini.
"1st. Todd Anderson - Caw-Blade"
- Creatures (9)
- 1 Consecrated Sphinx
- 2 Emeria Angel
- 1 Phantasmal Image
- 4 Squadron Hawk
- 1 Sun Titan
- Planeswalkers (4)
- 3 Gideon Jura
- 1 Jace Beleren
- Spells (20)
- 2 Day of Judgment
- 2 Dismember
- 2 Into the Roil
- 3 Mana Leak
- 2 Oblivion Ring
- 4 Preordain
- 2 Spell Pierce
- 2 Sword of Feast and Famine
- 1 Timely Reinforcements
- Lands (27)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 4 Celestial Colonnade
- 3 Glacial Fortress
- 2 Inkmoth Nexus
- 4 Island
- 2 Misty Rainforest
- 3 Plains
- 4 Seachrome Coast
- 4 Tectonic Edge
- Sideboard (15)
- 2 Azure Mage
- 4 Flashfreeze
- 3 Mental Misstep
- 1 Day of Judgment
- 3 Timely Reinforcements
- 2 Journey to Nowhere
"2nd. Tim Landale - Valakut Ramp"
- Creatures (13)
- 1 Avenger of Zendikar
- 4 Inferno Titan
- 3 Oracle of Mul Daya
- 4 Primeval Titan
- 1 Solemn Simulacrum
- Spells (19)
- 2 Cultivate
- 4 Explore
- 3 Khalni Heart Expedition
- 2 Nature's Claim
- 4 Rampant Growth
- 4 Summoning Trap
- Land (28)
- 3 Evolving Wilds
- 3 Forest
- 11 Mountain
- 3 Raging Ravine
- 2 Terramorphic Expanse
- 4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
- 2 Verdant Catacombs
- Sideboard (15)
- 4 Obstinate Baloth
- 3 Act of Aggression
- 2 Combust
- 1 Nature's Claim
- 2 Creeping Corrosion
- 3 Pyroclasm
"8th. Darwin Kastle - Red Deck Wins"
- Creatures (20)
- 4 Chandra's Phoenix
- 4 Goblin Guide
- 4 Grim Lavamancer
- 4 Kargan Dragonlord
- 4 Kiln Fiend
- Spells (16)
- 4 Burst Lightning
- 4 Forked Bolt
- 4 Galvanic Blast
- 4 Lightning Bolt
- Lands (24)
- 20 Mountain
- 4 Teetering Peaks
- Sideboard (15)
- 3 Hero of Oxid Ridge
- 2 Manic Vandal
- 2 Act of Aggression
- 4 Combust
- 4 Dismember
