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Daniel Kong and Arif Kamaruddin Wins Decards GPT: KL ’09 (27th Dec)!


Daniel Kong


Arif Kamaruddin

Mono White Tokens and Jund emerged victorious in a top 8 that is radically diverse with a whopping 6 different archetypes! Daniel Kong takes the top spot with a concession from Arif Kamaruddin, but as far as they’re concerned, they’ve both won the GPT with the 3-round Byes extended to the top 2 players with the Decards GPT having a 42 player Trial.

For Arif, it was a joyous tournament as he finally broke his Quarterfinals losing streak, and was able to go all the way. While Daniel Kong had to fight for his top 8 spot in the Swiss rounds the hard way after a 1st-round defeat. On their way to the grand prize, Daniel Kong and his Mono White Tokens halted Christopher Lee’s Naya advance in the Quarterfinals before fighting off Chye Yian Hsiang and his ‘Kazakhistan Kontrol’ (UWR Control) to get his 3-round byes. Meanwhile Arif and his Jund had to fight off a fellow Jund player (with a Vampire twist), Icky (Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir) in the Quarterfinals, before winning his byes with the defeat of Boros player Alvin Chan. The other 2 Quarterfinalists are Ng Wei San and his ‘Blue Aggro’ 4-color Control who lost to Chye in a control on control matchup and Shawn Khoo’s Mono White Tokens to Alvin.

Top 8 Matchups

Quarterfinals

Arif Kamaruddin (Jund) [won] vs Icky / Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir (Jund)

Shawn Khoo (Mono White Tokens) vs Alvin Chan (Boros) [won]

Ng Wei San (4c-Control) vs Chye Yian Hsiang (UWR Control) [won]

Christopher Lee (Naya) vs Daniel Kong (Mono White Tokens) [won]

Semifinals

Arif Kamaruddin (Jund) [won] vs Alvin Chan (Boros)

Daniel Kong (Mono White Tokens) vs Chye Yian Hsiang (UWR Control)

Finals

Arif Kamaruddin (Jund) conceded to Daniel Kong (Mono White Tokens) [won]

Top 8 Decklists - here

Read below for some event pictures of the top 8 Quarterfinals matches.

Photo Gallery


Daniel Kong vs Christopher Lee


Chye Yian Hsiang vs Ng Wei San


Arif Kamaruddin vs Icky / Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasr


Shawn Khoo vs Alvin Chan

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Decards Grand Prix Trial Kuala Lumpur 2010 (27 Dec 2009)

Decards Grand Prix Trial Kuala Lumpur 2010 (27 Dec 2009) Top 8 Decklists

Champion – Daniel Kong
Deck Name – [none]
Deck Designer – [none]

Main Deck
2 Ranger of Eos
2 Oblivion Ring
4 Emeria Angel
2 Wall of Reverence
4 Steppe Lynx
4 Honor of the Pure
4 Knight of White Orchid
2 Ajani Goldmane
4 Conqueror’s Pledge
4 Path to Exile
2 Baneslayer Angel
2 Soul Warden
3 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
4 Marsh Flats
4 Arid Mesa
13 Plains

Sideboard
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Brave the Elements
2 Lapse of Certainty
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Luminarch Ascension
2 Oblivion Ring
4 Devout Lightcaster

Finalist – Arif Kamaruddin
Deck Name – [none]
Deck Designer – [none]

Main Deck
4 Savage Lands
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Swamp
3 Dragonskull Summit
3 Forest
3 Mountain

4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Sprouting Thrinax
3 Broodmate Dragon
2 Siege-Gang Commander
2 Vampire Nighthawk

4 Bituminous Blast
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Blightning
3 Rampant Growth
3 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Terminate

Sideboard
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
3 Great Sable Stag
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Jund Charm
2 Magma Spray
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Mind Rot

Semifinalist – Chye Yian Hsiang
Deck Name – Kazakhstan Kontrol
Deck Designer – Chye Yian Hsiang

Main Deck
3 Ajani Vengeant
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Earthquake
2 Oblivion Ring
4 Wall of Denial
4 Divination
2 Path to Exile
2 Mind Spring
3 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
2 Double Negative
3 Negate
2 Essence Scatter
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Sejiri Refuge
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Arid Mesa
2 Mountain
4 Island
4 Plains

Sideboard
2 Day of Judgment
3 Flashfreeze
4 Spreading Seas
4 Baneslayer Angel
2 Mind Control

Semifinalist – Alvin Chan
Deck Name – Boros
Deck Designer – [none]

Main Deck
3 Elite Vanguard
4 Goblin Guide
4 Steppe Lynx
4 Plated Geopede
2 Goblin Bushwhacker
3 Kor Skyfisher
4 Ranger of Eos
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Burst Lightning
4 Path to Exile

4 Mountain
6 Plains
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Arid Mesa
2 Teetering Peaks
4 Marsh Flats

Sideboard
1 Burst Lightning
3 Journey to Nowhere
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Baneslayer Angel
3 Manabarbs
4 Harm’s Way

Quarterfinalist – Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir (Icky)

Deck Name – JUNDPIRES, Vampires in Disguise
Deck Designer – Count Dracula

Main Deck
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Sprouting Thrinax
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Bloodbraid Elf
3 Broodmate Dragon
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Blightning
2 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Terminate
4 Savage Lands
4 Ancient Ziggurat
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Dragonskull Summit
2 Rootbound Crag
2 Forest
2 Mountin
2 Swamp
1 Arid Mesa

Sideboard
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Jund Charm
2 Thought Hemorrhage
2 Unstable Footing
1 Maelstrom Pulse

Quarterfinalist – Shawn Khoo
Deck Name – White White
Deck Designer – Wei Han

Main Deck
4 Steppe Lynx
4 White Knight
4 Knight of the White Orchid
4 Honor of the Pure
3 Brave the Elements
4 Path to Exile
2 Soul Warden
3 Ranger of Eos
3 Emeria Angel
2 Ajani Goldmane
4 Baneslayer Angel

4 Marsh Flats
4 Arid Mesa
1 Gargoyle Castle
15 Plains

Sideboard
3 Day of Judgment
3 Harm’s Way
2 Celestial Purge
3 Safe Passage
4 Etherswon Canonist

Quarterfinalist – Christopher Lee
Deck Name – [none]
Deck Designer – [none]

Main Deck
1 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Wild Nacatl
1 Scute Mob
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Birds of Paradise
3 Colossal Might
4 Wooly Thoctar
1 Oblivion Ring
4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Ajani Vengeant
2 Ranger of Eos
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
2 Broodmate Dragon
1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
1 Arid Mesa
2 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Savage Lands
3 Sunpetal Grove
2 Rootbound Crag
4 Forest
4 Plains
4 Mountain
1 Swamp
4 Path to Exile

Sideboard
2 Unstable Footing
1 Banefire
4 Goblin Outlander
1 Celestial Purge
2 Great Sable Stag
2 Goblin Ruinblaster
1 Ajani Vengeant
2 Slave of Bolas

Quarterfinalist – Ng Wei San
Deck Name – Blue Aggro
Deck Designer – [none]

Main Deck
4 Sphinx of Lost Truths
3 Cruel Ultimatum
3 Divination
3 Earthquake

2 Double Negative
3 Essence Scatter
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Negate
4 Terminate
3 Courier’s Capsule
2 Sorin Markov

2 Akoum Refuge
4 Crumbling Necropolis
4 Dragonskull Summit
3 Drowned Catacombs
3 Jwar Isle Refuge
3 Island
2 Mountain
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Terramorhic Expanse
2 Swamp

Sideboard
2 Doom Blade
1 Earthquake
3 Flashfreeze
3 Swerve
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Vampire NighthawkRead more!

Smalltalk: I have an important presentation on Thursday between moving into my new apartment room and a finals paper on Sunday. Please excuse the seemingly random and sudden updates!

Update (Friday) - Top 8 decklists posted

Defending Champion Shamsul Bahrin does it again!


Champion, Shamsul Bahrin

Shamsul Bahrin takes the title of Decards Enterprise's year end major cash tournament once again. The dominance of Jund has been exaggerated - although he stood the only control player with his 'Atoibolan Control' (Esper Control) in the top 8, the rest of the top 8 consisted of only 2 Jund decks while a Mono Red Aggro/Burn, 2 Boros Bushwhacker, a Mono White Aggro/Tokens and a Blue White Tokens deck rounded off the top 8.


The top 8 with Decards Enterprise owner, Mr Tea. (From L-R: Irwin Leong, Woo Yit Hang, Gan Zheng Xin, Hang Sheng Kwang, Mr Tea, Dennis Yee, Chong Kin Leong, Shamsul Bahrin, Yii Terh Kuen)

After strong persuasion from his hungry and tired friends, Woo Yit Hang with his Boros Bushwhacker conceded the title to Shamsul Bahrin in the finals as Shamsul fought off Dennis Yee's Mono Red Aggro/Burn with ease after defeating Gan Zheng Xin and his Boros Bushwhacker in the quarterfinals while Woo Yit Hang halted the advance of Yii Terh Kuen's Blue/White Tokens in the other semifinals but not before he defeated Chong Kin Leong's Mono White Aggro/Tokens in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Dennis Yee defeated Irwin Leong and his Jund in the other quartefinals while Yii Terh Kuen dispatched Hang Sheng Kwang with his Jund.

Final Top 8 Standings

[1st] Shamsul Bahrin - RM 1,500
[2nd] Woo Yit Hang - RM 750
[3rd/4th] Yii Terh Kuen - RM 300
[3rd/4th] Dennis Yee - RM 300
[5th-8th] Hang Sheng Kwang - RM 100
[5th-8th] Chong Kin Leong - RM 100
[5th-8th] Gan Zheng Xin - RM 100
[5th-8th] Irwin Leong - RM 100

Top 8 Decklists - [HERE]

Top 8 Single Elimination Rounds

Quarterfinals

Shamsul Bahrin (won) vs Gan Zheng Xin [2-0] [Coverage Report - Coming Soon]

Hang Sheng Kwang vs Yii Terh Kuen (won) [0-2]

Woo Yit Hang (won) vs Chong Kin Leong [2-0]

Irwin Leong vs Dennis Yee (won) [1-2]

Semifinals

Shamsul Bahrin (won) vs Dennis Yee [2-0] [Coverage Report - Coming Soon]

Woo Yit Hang (won) vs Yii Terh Kuen [2-1]

Finals

Shamsul Bahrin (won) vs Woo Yit Hang [conceded]

Top 8 profile pictures and photos below!


5K Competitors




Learn to play here!


[1st] Shamsul Bahrin


[2nd] Woo Yit Hang


[3rd/4th] Yii Terh Kuen


[3rd/4th] Dennis Yee


[5th-8th] Hang Sheng Kwang


[5th-8th] Chong Kin Leong


[5th-8th] Gan Zheng Xin


[5th-8th] Irwin Leong


Quarterfinals - Shamsul Bahrin vs Gan Zheng Xin


Quarterfinals - Chong Kin Leong vs Woo Yit Hang


Quarterfinals - Irwin Leong vs Dennis Yee


Quarterfinals - Hang Sheng Kwang vs Yii Terh Kuen


Read more!

Smalltalk: Decards 5K Coverage coming asap! Sorry about the ultra-light 'coverage' for this PTQ, school and work commitments unfortunately had to take priority over this site. :(

Ng Kar Wye is your PTQ San Diego Eternal Magic (6th December 09) champion!



Ng Kar Wye defeated Mohd Khairul Anuar in the finals with Khairul reaching his 2nd consecutive PTQ finals. Kenny Tan, Ko Boon Ming, Stanley Sim, Yusman Adlin, Ronald Wong and Lee Chee Meng rounds off the rest of the top 8.



Photos of the top 8 and the event and final top 8 standings after swiss rounds below!

Top 8 standings after the swiss rounds
1. Ng Kar Wye
2. Kenny Tan
3. Ko Boon Ming
4. Stanley Sim
5. Adlin Yusman
6. Mohd Khairul Annuar
7. Ronald Wong
8. Lee Chee Meng

Photo Gallery


PTQ Competitors


Ng Kar Wye


Mohd Khairul Annuar


Yusman Adlin


Ko Boon Ming


Stanley Sim


Kenny Tan


Lee Chee Ming


Ronald Wong

Facebook gallery / discussion thread: here

MTG-Malaysia.com Forum thread: here

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Top 8 Decklists

Champion – Shamsul Bahrin
Deck Name – atoibolan control (Esper Control)
Deck Designer - atoibolan

Main Deck - 61 cards

4 Path to Exile
3 Baneslayer Angel
4 Knight of White Orchid
4 Day of Judgement
3 Essence Scatter
3 Negate
3 Sphinx of Lost Truth
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Wall of Reverence
2 Iona, Shield of Emeria
2 Rise from the Grave
3 Esper Charm
2 Wall of Denial
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Arcane Sanctum
4 Marsh Flats
2 Swamp
5 Plains
5 Island

Sideboard – 15 cards

4 Celestial Purge
3 Vedalkan Outlander
3 Flash Freeze
2 Oblivion Ring
1 Ethersworn Adjudicator
1 Rite of Replication
1 Negate

2nd – Woo Yit Hang
Deck Name – Boros
Deck Designer – [none]

Main Deck - 60 cards

4 Lightning Bolt
2 Earthquake
3 Kor Skyfisher
3 Burst Lightning
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant
2 Elite Vanguard
2 Goblin Bushwhacker
3 Plated Geopede
4 Steppe Lynx
4 Goblin Guide
4 Ranger of Eos
3 Teetering Peaks
4 Arid Mesa
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Marsh Flats
5 Plains
4 Mountain
4 Path to Exile

Sideboard – 15 cards

4 Celestial Purge
3 Harm's Way
3 Manabarbs
3 Oblivion Ring
1 Day of Judgement
1 Mark of Asylum

Semifinalist – Dennis Yee
Deck Name - ボール・ライトニング
Deck Designer – [none]

Main Deck - 60 cards

4 Goblin Guide
4 Plated Geopede
4 Hellspark Elemental
4 Hell's Thunder
4 Ball Lighting

4 Burst Lightning
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Earthquake
4 Quenchable Fire

12 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Arid Mesa
3 Teetering Peaks
1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Sideboard – 15 cards

3 Unstable Footing
3 Goblin Ruinblaster
2 Banefire
2 Volcanic Fallout
2 Mark of Mutiny
2 Magma Rift
1 Chandra Nalaar

Semifinalist – Yii Terh Kuen
Deck Name – W/U Tokens
Deck Designer – Yii Terh Kuen

Main Deck – 60 cards

4 Baneslayer Angel
2 Devout Lightcaster
4 Emeria Angel
4 Knight of White Orchid
2 White Knight

2 Ajani Goldmane
4 Brave the Elements
4 Path to Exile
4 Conqueror’s Pledge
4 Honor of the Pure
2 Negate
4 Fieldmist Borderpost

2 Arid Mesa
4 Marsh Flats
4 Glacial Fortress
10 Plains

Sideboard – 15 cards

4 Flashfreeze
2 Negate
4 Kor Sanctifiers
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Devout Lightcaster
1 Martial Coup

Quarterfinalist – Gan Zheng Xin
Deck Name – Boros
Deck Designer – [none]

Main Deck – 60 cards

4 Ranger of Eos
4 Plated Geopede
4 Hellspark Elemental
2 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Steppe Lynx
2 Elite Vanguard
4 Goblin Guide
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Earthquake
3 Path to Exile
2 Burst Lightning
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Plains
3 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Arid Mesa
5 Mountain
4 Marsh Flats

Sideboard – 15 cards

2 Baneslayer Angel
2 Elspeth, Knight Errant
1 Path to Exile
1 Celestial Purge
1 Journey to Nowhere
3 Manabarbs
3 Hell’s Thunder
2 Harm’s Way

Quarterfinalist – Chong Kin Leong
Deck Name – Mono White Kithkin
Deck Designer – [none]

Main Deck – 60 cards

4 Marsh Flats
4 Steppe Lynx
4 Conqueror’s Pledge
4 Honor of the Pure
14 Plains
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Eldrazi Monument
4 Arid Mesa
4 Knight of the White Orchid
1 Soul Warden
2 Gargoyle Castle
2 Brave the Elements
2 Ranger of Eos
2 Emeria Angel
4 Path to Exile
3 Oblivion Ring
3 White Knight

Sideboard – 15 cards

1 Journey to Nowhere
2 Soul Warden
1 Martial Coup
4 Devout Lightcaster
4 Lapse of Certainty
1 Brave the Elements
2 Pithing Needle

Quarterfinalist – Hang Sheng Kuang
Deck Name – Hsk Jundzzz
Deck Designer –Hang Sheng Kuang

Main Deck – 60 cards

4 Sprouting Thrinax
3 Broodmate Dragon
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
2 Burst Lightning
2 Terminiate
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Bloodbraid Elf
3 Putrid Leech
1 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Blighting
3 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Borderland Ranger
1 Caldera Hellion
1 Bituminous Blast

4 Savage Lands
3 Verdant Catacombs
4 Rootbound Crag
3 Dragonskull Summit
3 Swamp
3 Forest
3 Mountain
2 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

Sideboard – 15 cards

2 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Great Sable Stag
3 Goblin Ruinblaster
3 Jund Charm
2 Mind Rot
2 Deathmark

Quaterfinalist – Irwin Leong
Deck Name – [none]
Deck Designer – [none]

Main Deck – 62 cards

2 Master of the Wild Hunt
3 Siege-Gang Commander
3 Broodmate Dragon
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Blighting
4 Bituminous Blast
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Terminate
3 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Sprouting Thrinax
2 Rampant Growth

3 Rootbound Crag
3 Dragonskull Summit
3 Mountain
4 Swamp
4 Savage Lands
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
3 Forest

Sideboard – 15 cards

2 Terminate
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Jund Charm
3 Great Sable Stag
3 Goblin Ruinblaster
2 Pyroclasm
2 Mind Rot


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The Decards Enterprise Standard Constructed 5K Open!

Over RM3,000 in cash prizes and almost 200 booster packs in prizes for a total of way over RM5,000 in prizes!

1st - RM 1,500 CASH
2nd - RM 750 CASH
3rd to 4th - RM 300 CASH
5th to 8th - RM 100 CASH

9th to 16th - 8 booster packs
17th - 32nd - 4 booster packs
33rd - 64th - 2 booster packs

Entry Fee: RM 50
Date: 13th December 2009

Time:

10 AM (Registration starts)
11 AM (Round 1 starts)

Venue:

Ground Floor (Next to Black Canyon Coffee Shop),
The Summit USJ Shopping Complex,
Persiaran Kewajipan USJ 1,
47600 UEP Subang Jaya,
Selangor, Malaysia

http://wikimapia.org/1639702/The-Summit-Subang-USJ

Format: Standard Constructed (Swiss rounds followed by a cut to a top 8 single elimination rounds)
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Resources.aspx?x=judge/resources/sfrstandard

The following card sets are permitted in Standard tournaments:

Shards of Alara
Conflux
Alara Reborn
Magic 2010
Zendikar

SIDE EVENTS:

RM25 Drafts - 3 packs each player with 8 promos for prizes (including the new WPN Vampire Nighthawk and Kor Duelist and Extended Art Impervious Perfects!

ZENDIKAR / M10 drafts available!

Each 8-man pod will fire once filled all day long!

Please support the event by joining the main event or even just the side event if you wish to see more major cash events like these!

For more information, email decards.enterprise@gmail.com or call Mr. Tea at 016-9699727

Had enough of Zendikar sealed decks yet? Eager to crack more Zendikar packs and have more fun playing 40 card decks whole day long?

Or are you the competitive chap eager to take his game to the next level, fighting for the ultimate prize a PTQ can offer: an invite to Pro Tour San Diego 2010 and a return flight ticket to San Diego.

Either way, come join in the brawl that is PTQ San Diego 6th December 2009 and fight for the chance of earning that exclusive invite to Pro Tour San Diego and the chance to overtake Terry Soh as the most successful Malaysian Magic player and his US$15,000 winnings at the Rome 2009 World Championships!


San Diego Convention Center, - photo from the art of ORR MARSHALL

Details below!

Hello everybody,

Last BIG MAJOR Magic TOURNAMENT for the year 2009... PTQ San Diego...
SEALED DECK....

+++ SPACE ARE LIMITED so COME EARLY to REGISTER... FIRST COME FIRST
SERVE... REGISTRATION opens at 930am... STRICTLY NO PRE REGISTRATION +++

PRO TOUR QUALIFIER SAN DIEGO, USA

Venue:
Eternal Magic
Lot 1-0381st Floor, Millenium Square,
Dataran Millenium PJ,
98 Jalan 14/1,
46100 Petaling Jaya.

Date:
6th DECEMBER 2009 (Sunday)

Time:
10.30AM (Registration starts at 9.30am)

Entry Fee:
RM70.00

Format:
ZENDIKAR SEALED DECK (6 ZENDIKAR Boosters) with TOP 8 BOOSTERS DRAFT

PRIZE STRUCTURE:

1st place Invitation + Return Airline Ticket to SAN DIEGO, USA or USD
375.00
2nd place 24 ZENDIKAR Boosters
3rd – 4th place 12 ZENDIKAR Boosters
5th – 8th place 6 ZENDIKAR Boosters
9th – 16th place 3 ZENDIKAR Boosters
17th – 32nd place 2 ZENDIKAR Boosters

If U have any questions please call me 012 2608438 or U can email me at
ccgorganizer@myjaring.net

Michael Toh
KL TORead more!