Magic The Gathering - Malaysia

Grand Prix Manila 2010 Top 32 finisher, Arif Kamaruddin won the PTQ last Sunday with Conscription Bant, defeating a mirror matchup in the finals against Kenneth Wong. The rest of the top 8 consisted of a RUG Land-Destruction deck by Qu, Hsueh M, a RW Control deck by Kelvin Tan, Lim Teng Howe's UW Control, RDW by Razif Rosdin, another UW Control by Eddy Ng and lastly, Au Yong Wai Kin's RG Monument.

This writer ended up at a heartbreaking 9th place, missing out the top 8 by 1.11% in tie breaks. :(

Top 16 Final Standings

1. Han, Kelvin Tan Choon 15
2. Kenneth, Wong 14
3. Rosdin, Razif 14
4. Kamaruddin, Arif b 13
5. Au Yong, Wai Kin 13
6. Ng, Eddy 13
7. Lim, Teng Howe 13
8. Qu, Hsueh M 12
9. Wong, Qin Jin 12
10. Neo, Alvin 12
11. Yang, Joshua 12
12. Luo, Ryan 10
13. Soon Yong, Yeap 9
14. Chye, Yian Hsiang 9
15. Chong, Kin Leong 9
16. Karfatt, Calson C 9

Full matchups, decklists (Top 8, including some interesting top finishers) below!

Top 8 Pairings

Han, Kelvin Tan Choon vs Qu, Hsueh M (Qu won)
Au Yong, Wai Kin vs Kamaruddin, Arif b (Arif won)
Rosdin, Razif vs Ng, Eddy (Eddy won)
Kenneth, Wong vs Lim, Teng Howe (Kenneth won)

Top 4 Pairings
Qu, Hsueh M vs Kamaruddin, Arif b (Arif won)
Kenneth, Wong vs Ng, Eddy (Kenneth won)

Finals Pairings
Kenneth, Wong vs Kamaruddin, Arif b (Arif won)


Arif defeated Kenneth to win the Pro Tour Qualifier Amsterdam!!!



Top8 decklist as below:



Name : Qu, Hsueh M
Deck Name : Land-D
Deck Designer : Qu, Hsueh M

Main Board
4 Jace, the Mind Sculpter
4 Spreading Seas
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Nest Invader
4 Acidic Slime
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Roiling Terrain
3 Golbin Ruinblaster
4 Lightning Bolt

4 Scalding Torn
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Raging Ravine
3 Island
3 Forest
3 Mountain

Side Board
1 Burst Lighting
4 Basilisk Collan
4 Cunning Sparkmage
2 Mold Shambler
2 Oracle of Mul Oaya
2 Spellbreaker Behemoth

 
Name : Han, Kelvin Tan Choon
Deck Name :
Deck Designer : Han, Kelvin Tan Choon

Main Board
3 Ajani Vangeant
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant
3 Siege-Gang Commander
2 Chandra Nallar
1 Baneslayer Angel
3 Earthquake
4 Kor Firewalker
4 Wall of Omens

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path to Exile
4 Volcanic Fallout
1 Oblivian Ring
4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Arid Mesa
2 Tectonic Edge
8 Mountain
8 Plains

Side Board
4 Luminarch Ascension
3 Celestial Purge
3 White Knight
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
1 Oblivion Ring


 
Name : Lim, Teng Howe
Deck Name : UW Control
Deck Designer :

Main Board
4 Wall of Omens
3 Baneslayer Angel
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
2 Emeria Angel

3 Path to Exile
4 Spreading Seas
3 Everflowing Chalice
3 Elspeth, Knight Errant
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Day of Judgement
1 Gideon Jura
2 Deprive
2 Mind Spring
1 Journey to Nowhere
6 Plains
5 Island
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Sejiri Refuge
3 Tectonic Edge
1 Scalding Tarn

Side Board
3 Negate
1 Emeria Angel
1 Path to Exile
1 Kor Firewalker
1 Jace Beleren
2 Celestial Purge
2 Kor Sanctifiers
2 Oust
2 Day of Judgement


Name : Rosdin, Razif
Deck Name :
Deck Designer :

Main Board
2 Quenchable Fire
4 Golbin Guide
4 Blightning
4 Hellspark Elemental
4 Hells Thunder
4 Ball Lightning
4 Searing Blaze
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Burst Lightning
3 Earthquake
4 Arid Mesa
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Lavaclaw Reaches
8 Mountain


Side Board
2 Cunning Sparkmage
3 Golbin Ruinblaster
2 Manabarbs
2 Quenchable FIre
2 Deathmark
2 Doomblade
 

Name : Eddy, Ng
Deck Name :
Deck Designer :

Main Board
4 Sea Gate Oracle
4 Wall of Omens
4 Path to Exile
4 Spreading Seas
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Elspeth, Knight Errant
3 Day of Judgement
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Gideon Jura
2 Deprive
1 Mind Spring
1 Martial Coup
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
2 Sejiri Refuge
2 Tectonic Edge
2 Arid Mesa
7 Island
5 Plains

Side Board
3 Baneslayer Angel
3 Kor Firewalker
3 Negate
2 Flashfreeze
2 Celestial Purge
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1 Sphinx of Lost Truths

 
Name : Kenneth, Wong
Deck Name : Bant is the Best !!!@!
Deck Designer :

Main Board
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Gideon Jura
3 Baneslayer Angel
3 Soveriegns of Lost Alara
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Eldrazi Conscription
4 Rhox War Monk
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Noble Hierarch

2 Sunpetal Groove
3 Celestial Colonnade
2 Sejiri Steppe
1 Stirring Wildwood
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Verdant Catacombs
1 Evolving Wilds
2 Plains
4 Forest
3 Island

Side Board
2 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
3 Celestial Purge
2 Bant Charm
2 Oblivion Ring
1 Rampaging Baloths
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
4 Negate


Name : Kamaruddin, Arif
Deck Name :
Deck Designer :

Main Board
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Dauntless Esort
4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Soveriegns of Lost Alara
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Gideon Jura
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
4 Lotus Cobra
2 Eldrazi Conscription
4 Birds of Paradise

4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Celestial Colonnade
2 Sunpetal Groove
1 Stirring Wildwood
2 Sejiri Steppe
4 Forest
2 Plains
2 Island

Side Board
2 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
2 Negate
2 Deprive
2 Path to Exile
2 Bant Charm
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
2 Mold Shambler
1 Vines of Vastwood

 
Name : Au Yong, Wai King
Deck Name :
Deck Designer :

Main Board
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Birds of Paradise
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Nest Invader
2 Borderland Ranger
4 Vengevine
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Siege-Gang Commander
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
2 Kozilek’s Predator
4 Eldrazi Monument
1 Overrun

4 Misty Rainforest
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Raging Ravine
2 Khalni Garden
4 Rootbound Crag
5 Forest
3 Mountain

Side Board
4 Cunning Sparkmage
1 Island
2 Basilisk Collar
2 Forked Bolt
3 Manabarbs
3 Vapor Snare



Some other interesting decks that did quite well from the weekend:

Name : Ryan, Luo
Deck Name :
Deck Designer :

Main Board
4 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Eldrazi Monument
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Birds of Paradise
4 Vengevine
4 Seagate Oracle
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Nest Invader
4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Lotus Cobra
2 Leatherback Baloth

2 Tectonic Edge
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Forest
3 Island
2 Mountain
4 Raging Ravine
3 Rootbound Crag

Side Board
3 Flame Slash
2 Into the Roil
3 Basilisk Collar
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
4 Cunning Sparkmage
1 Leatherback Baloth
 

Name : Wong, Qin Jin
Deck Name : Dredgevine
Deck Designer : The Internet!

Main Board
4 Sedraxis Alchemist
4 Extractor Demon
4 Enclave Cryptologist
4 Hedron Crab
2 Grim Discovery
4 Renegade Doppelganger
2 Eldrazi Monument
4 Bloodghast
4 Vengevine

2 Mistvein Borderpost
3 Misty Rainforest
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Creeping Tar Pit
6 Island
2 Swamp


Side Board
4 Doom Blade
4 Calcite Snapper
4 Deprive
3 Inquisition of Kozilek


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