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Updates added:
Top 8 Draft Picks + Decklist - Terry Soh (winner)
Quarterfinals Coverage - Terry vs Tze Kang
Semfinals Coverge - Terry vs Mun Yip
Finals Coverage - Terry vs Khairul

Terry Soh is your PTQ San Diego 18th October 2009 Champion!


Terry Soh, PTQ San Diego @ Eternal Magic (18 August 2009) Champion!

Terry Soh drafted a mean Ally-based red black deck backed up with plenty of removals including double Disfigure and triple Torch Slinger that powered their way through the entire top 8 elimination rounds, all the way to the top. Terry had a little trouble against Mohd Khairul Anuar who is here on a back to back top 8, just fresh from a top 8 appearance in the Cardmaster 1K Standard tournament just the day before. His fast red white deck which featured a very lean and low curve but with plenty of burn to finish off games proved to be a challenge in the finals but Terry managed to pull through ahead after all in 3 very tight and closely fought games.

Terry on his way to the finals fought off strong contenders like PTQ veteran Yau Mun Yip and his green based 4-color special that could power out bombs like Iona, Shield of Emeria early thanks to a large abundance of green mana acceleration and a certain mythic snake - Lotus Cobra during the Semifinals but not before defeating 2009 Nationals top 16 competitor Chen Tze Kang and his heavy green deck filled with haymakers such as Baloth Woodcrasher and Territorial Baloth with some red burn and triple Bladetusk Boar to complement it in the Quarterfinals.


The top 8 drafts with the PT:SD invite on the line

Meanwhile, Mohd Khairul Anuar stopped the advancement of Siew Han Liang and his white red landfall, with triple Steppe Lynx and a Plated Geopede who failed to get past Mohd Khairul in the Semifinals, and before that, he also fought off Arif Kamaruddin's challenge for a spot in the PTQ finals in the Quarterfinals as Arif's blue black concoction with double Whiplash Trap, Lorthos, the Tidemaker and a sizable amount of creatures with evasion

On the other side of the brackets, Ken Lim drafted a blue black deck that featured a Roil Elemental which wasn't enough to push him past the Quarterfinals against Siew Han Liang in the Quarterfinals while Ong Joe Lin and his blue green with a white splash for double Shepherd of the Lost fell to Yau Mun Yip in his bid for this PTQ.

Draft Picks + Decklist – Terry Soh (winner)

Final Top 8 Standings

[1st] Terry Soh
[2nd] Mohd Khairul Anuar
[3rd/4th] Yau Mun Yip
[3rd/4th] Siew Han Liang
[5th-8th] Ong Joe Lin
[5th-8th] Arif Kamaruddin
[5th-8th] Chen Tze Kang
[5th-8th] Ken Lim

Top 8 Single Elimination Rounds

Quarterfinals

Terry Soh (won) vs Chen Tze Kang [Coverage Report]

Yau Mun Yip (won) vs Ong Joe Lin

Ken Lim vs Siew Han Liang (won)

Mohd Khairul Anuar (won) vs Arif Kamaruddin

Semifinals

Terry Soh (won) vs Yau Mun Yip [Coverage Report]

Mohd Khairul Anuar (won) vs Siew Han Liang

Finals

Terry Soh (won) vs Mohd Khairul Anuar [Coverage Report]

Top 8 profile pictures and mini photo gallery below!


Champion - Terry Soh


Finalist - Mohd Khairul Anuar


Semifinalist - Yau Mun Yip


Semifinalist - Siew Han Liang


Quarterfinalist - Chen Tze Kang


Quarterfinalist - Ken Lim


Quarterfinalist - Ong Joe Lin


Quarterfinalist - Arif Kamaruddin


PTQ San Diego 18 October 2009 competitors!







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