The Games Club - Great Britain National Qualifier '08

The Games Club results Great Britain National Qualifier '08

Qualifying Players

Rank	Player
1	Vladimir Marko (Reveillark / Pickles)
2	Panagiotis Tsaknias (Red-Green Burn)
3	Steve Bernstein (Black-Green Elves / Rock)
4	Ioannis K Kyriazis (Elves)
5	Yew Vern Chooi (Merfolk)
6	Geoff L Fletcher (Doran)
7	Tim S Hazlehurst (Faeries)
8	Russ J Davies (Black-Green Big Mana)
9	Chris J Stocking (Black-Green Elves / Rock)
10	Rob Wagner (Faeries)
11	Philip C Griffiths (Reviellark)
12	Matthew Moate (Red-Green Big Mana)

Top 12 Deck Lists

1st - Vladimir Marko - Reveillark / Pickles
Main Deck		Sideboard
3 Mystic Gate	4 Rune Snag	4 Krosan Grip
4 Yavimaya Coast	4 Momentary Blink	2 Stonecloaker
4 Brushland	3 Garruk Wildspeaker	3 Willbender
1 Plains	11 other spells	2 Cloudthresher
1 Wooded Bastion		1 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
4 Forest		3 Riftsweeper
6 Island		15 sideboard cards
23 lands

4 Birds of Paradise
4 Mystic Snake
3 Vesuvan Shapeshifter
3 Body Double
3 Brine Elemental
3 Reveillark
3 Mulldrifter
1 Farhaven Elf
1 Mirror Entity
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
26 creatures

2nd - Panagiotis Tsaknias - Red-Green Burn
Main Deck		Sideboard
7 Mountain	4 Rift Bolt	4 Naturalize
3 Forest	4 Incinerate	4 Vexing Shusher
3 Treetop Village	4 Flame Javelin	2 Kitchen Finks
4 Karplusan Forest	3 Sulfurous Blast	2 Fulminator Mage
2 Mutavault	1 Shard Volley	2 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Pendelhaven	1 Tarfire	1 Sulfurous Blast
1 Keldon Megaliths	17 other spells	15 sideboard cards
21 lands

4 Mogg Fantaic
4 Tattermunge Maniac
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Boggart Ram-Gang
2 Kitchen Finks
22 creatures

3rd - Steve Bernstein - Black-Green Elves / Rock
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Mutavault	3 Nameless Inversion	4 Thoughtseize
4 Treetop Village	3 Garruk Wildspeaker	3 Primal Command
4 Llanowar Wastes	3 Profane Command	2 Shriekmaw
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace	9 other spells	2 Squall Line
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth		2 Kitchen Finks
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth		2 Krosan Grip
1 Pendelhaven		15 sideboard cards
3 Forest
2 Swamp
23 lands

4 Llanowar Elves
2 Boreal Druid
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
4 Wolf-Skull Shaman
4 Imperious Perfect
2 Chameleon Colossus
4 Wilt-Leaf Liege
4 Cloudthresher
28 creatures

4th - Ioannis K Kyriazis - Elves
Main Deck		Sideboard
3 Treetop Village	3 Garruk Wildspeaker	3 Cloudthresher
1 Pendelhaven	4 Shields of the Oversoul	3 Squall Line
18 Forest	7 other spells	3 Krosan Grip
22lands		3 Oversoul of Dusk
		3 Wheel of Sun and Moon
4 Wilt-Leaf Liege		15 sideboard cards
4 Wilt-Leaf Cavalier
4 Imperious Perfect
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
4 Kitchen Finks
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Safehold Elite
3 Chameleon Colossus
31 creatures

5th - Yew Vern Chooi - Merfolk
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Wanderwine Hub	2 Mirrorweave	3 Bottle Gnomes
3 Mutavault	2 Aquitect's Will	2 Merfolk Assassin
4 Mystic Gate	4 Ancestral Vision	2 Wrath of God
11 Island	4 Cryptic Command	3 Flashfreeze
22 lands	3 Sage's Dousing	3 Sower of Temptation
	3 Ponder	2 Teferi's Moat
4 Lord of Atlantis	18 other spells	15 sideboard cards
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Cursecatcher
4 Stonybrook Banneret
20 creatures

6th - Geoff L Fletcher - Doran
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Reflecting Pool	3 Thoughtseize	1 Teneb, the Harvester
1 Forest	4 Glitter Wish	1 Profane Command
2 Grove of the Burnwillows	2 Crib Swap	1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
4 Vivid Grove	2 Profane Command	3 Riftsweeper
4 Wooded Bastion	11 other spells	1 Fracturing Gust
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace		3 Oversoul of Dusk
4 Murmuring Bosk		2 Squall Line
23 lands		2 Firespout
		1 Doran, the Siege Tower
4 Cloudthresher		15 sideboard cards
3 Wilt-Leaf Leige
3 Kitchen Finks
3 Shriekmaw
3 Doran, the Siege Tower
3 Saffi Eriksdotter
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers
26 creatures

7th - Tim S Hazlehurst - Faeries
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Secluded Glen	4 Rune Snag	3 Fledgling Mawcor
4 River of Tears	3 Cryptic Command	3 Damnation
4 Underground River	3 Terror	4 Thoughtseize
4 Island	4 Ancestral Vision	2 Slaughter Pact
2 Pendelhaven	4 Bitterblossom	3 Flashfreeze
4 Mutavault	18 other spells	15 sideboard cards
3 Faerie Conclave
25 lands

4 Scion of Oona
4 Spellstutter Sprite
2 Pestermite
3 Sower of Temptation
4 Mistbind Clique
17 creatures

8th - Russ J Davies - Black-Green Big Mana
Main Deck		Sideboard
2 Swamp	2 Nameless Inversion	2 Extirpate
4 Snow-Covered Swamp	2 Into the North	3 Damnation
3 Forest	3 Search for Tomorrow	2 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
4 Snow-Covered Forest	3 Garruk Wildspeaker	2 Creeping Mold
4 Llanowar Wastes	4 Harmonize	1 Mystic Melting
1 Mouth of Ronom	3 Primal Command	1 Kitchen Finks
4 Treetop Village	3 Profane Command	1 Spike Feeder
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	1 Loxodon Warhammer	1 Cloudthresher
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	2 Lilliana Vess	1 Chameleon Colossus
23 lands	23 other spells	1 Squall Line
		15 sideboard cards
2 Cloudthresher
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wall of Roots
2 Shriekmaw
1 Masked Admirers
1 Chameleon Colussus
14 creatures

9th - Chris J Stocking - Black-Green Elves / Rock
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace	4 Thoughtseize	3 Primal Command
4 Treetop Village	4 Nameless Inversion	3 Squall Line
1 Pendelhaven	2 Terror	2 Cloudthresher
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	4 Profane Command	1 Shriekmaw
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	14 other spells	3 Kitchen Finks
4 Llanowar Wastes		3 Extirpate
5 Forest		15 sideboard cards
3 Swamp
2 Mutavault
24 lands

2 Cloudthresher
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Imperious Perfect
2 Chameleon Colossus
2 Civic Wayfinder
22 creatures

10th - Rob Wagner - Faeries
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Mutavault	4 Ancestral Vision	3 Nameless Inversion
1 Sunken Ruins	4 Rune Snag	4 Thoughtseize
1 Swamp	4 Bitterblossom	2 Flashfreeze
6 Island	4 Cryptic Command	3 Damnation
2 Pendelhaven	4 Terror	3 Fledgling Mawcor
4 Secluded Glen	20 other spells	15 sideboard cards
1 River of Tears
4 Underground River
2 Faerie Conclave
25 lands

4 Spellstutter Sprite
3 Pestermite
4 Scion of Oona
4 Mistbind Clique
15 creatures

11th - Philip C Griffiths - Reviellark
Main Deck		Sideboard
4 Mystic Gate	4 Primatic Lens	1 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
3 Reflecting Pool	4 Rune Snag	2 Pithing Needle
3 Calcifrom Pools	3 Wrath of God	3 Magus of the Tabernacle
3 Vivid Creek	3 Terror	3 Condem
1 Vivid Meadow	2 Momentary Blink	3 Teferi's Moat
2 Adarkar Wastes	16 other spells	3 Whispermare
2 Underground River		15 sideboard cards
6 Plains
24 lands

4 Reveillark
2 Body Double
2 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
2 Venser, Shaper Savant
4 Mulldrifter
3 Aven Riftwatcher
2 Riftwing Cloudskate
1 Mirror Entity
20 creatures

12th - Matthew Moate - Red-Green Big Mana
Main Deck		Sideboard
6 Snow-Covered Mountain	3 Harmonize	1 Detritivore
6 Snow-Covered Forest	3 Primal Command	2 Akroma, Angel of Fury
4 Highland Weald	4 Firespout	3 Kitchen Finks
4 Treetop Village	4 Skred	1 Seal of Primordium
2 Fire-Lit Thicket	4 Into the North	1 Krosan Grip
1 Mouth of Ronom	18 other spells	1 Cloudthresher
1 Scrying Sheets		2 Eyes of the Wisent
24 lands		4 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
		15 sideboard cards
1 Masked Admirers
1 Kitchen Finks
2 Couldthresher
2 Deus of Calamity
4 Chameleon Colossus
4 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Wall of Roots
18 creatures

Metagame Breakdown

No.	Archtype
16	Faeries
8	Red Deck Wins
8	Reveillark
8	Elves
6	Black-Green Control
6	White-Green Persist
5	Doran
5	Red-Green Big Mana
4	Black-Green Elves / Rock
3	Black-Green Big Mana
3	Kithkin
3	Red-Green Burn
2	Black-Green Elf Ball
2	Grave Pact
2	Merfolk
2	Predator
2	Slivers
1	Black-Red Sligh
1	Dragonstorm
1	Mono-Blue Control
1	Mono-White Control
1	Red-Green Land Destruction
1	Reveillark / Pickles
1	Rogues
1	Swans Assault
1	White-Blue Control
1	White-Blue-Red Control
1	White-Green Big Mana
1	White-Green Wish
1	Zombies

Final Standings

Rank	Player	Points	OMW%	Prizes
1	Marko, Vladimir	21	53.7415%	16 Boosters + Invitation
2	Tsaknias, Panagiotis	18	68.7075%	12 Boosters + Invitation
3	Bernstein, Steve	16	73.8095%	8 Boosters + Invitation
4	Kyriazis, Ioannis K	16	61.4966%	8 Boosters + Invitation
5	Chooi, Yew Vern V	16	57.8231%	8 Boosters + Invitation
6	Fletcher, Geoff L	16	57.8231%	8 Boosters + Invitation
7	Hazlehurst, Tim S	16	57.4830%	8 Boosters + Invitation
8	Davies, Russ J	16	55.7823%	8 Boosters + Invitation
9	Stocking, Chris J	16	53.0612%	8 Boosters + Invitation
10	Wagner, Rob	16	52.6531%	8 Boosters + Invitation
11	Griffiths, Philip C	15	69.3878%	6 Boosters + Invitation
12	Moate, Matthew	15	65.0340%	6 Boosters + Invitation
13	Cullarn, Martin	15	59.1837%	6 Boosters
14	Tan, Eric	15	57.0068%	6 Boosters
15	Sebastian, Bryan J	15	55.7823%	6 Boosters
16	Phillips, Paul A	15	54.6939%	6 Boosters
17	Wright, Mick J	15	51.7007%	6 Boosters
18	Roberts, Kyle	15	51.7007%	6 Boosters
19	Valteris, Mantas 1	15	48.5714%	6 Boosters
20	Victor, Daniel	15	39.1156%	6 Boosters
21	Murphy, Paul N	13	56.9161%	4 Boosters
22	Buchanan, Andrew G	13	54.8753%	4 Boosters
23	Grover, Charlie	12	66.2585%	2 Boosters
24	Grover, James A	12	63.0385%	2 Boosters
25	Mills, James R	12	59.1837%	2 Boosters
26	adams, george	12	58.7755%	2 Boosters
27	Weiss, Zohren	12	57.8231%	2 Boosters
28	Parker, Michael	12	57.0748%	2 Boosters
29	Wat, Raymond	12	56.0544%	2 Boosters
30	Barnes, Gordon J	12	55.7823%	2 Boosters
31	Wetz, Chris	12	54.6939%	2 Boosters
32	Cleak, James	12	52.6531%	2 Boosters
33	Dawes, Laura M	12	51.2925%	2 Boosters
34	Balhatchet, Alex	12	50.2041%	2 Boosters
35	Salinger, Damien	12	49.6599%	2 Boosters
36	Yeung, Kenny	12	49.3197%	2 Boosters
37	Dimakos, Michail G	12	45.8503%	2 Boosters
38	bennett, ian	12	41.9048%	2 Boosters
39	Grafham, Darren V	12	41.7687%	2 Boosters
40	Jensen, Sonny	12	37.0748%	2 Boosters
41	May, Luke M	10	54.4218%
42	Morris, Simon	10	53.7415%
43	Geach, James	10	50.9259%
44	Barrett, Dan	10	47.3923%
45	Cox, Tobias L	10	46.2585%
46	Nunn, Richard	10	45.1701%
47	Gouveia, Elvis	9	62.4490%
48	Smith, Sean A	9	60.3704%
49	Kamola, Konrad	9	58.6667%
50	Baker, Graham R	9	54.4218%
51	Taylor, Ben	9	53.7415%
52	Speck, Michael C	9	52.1088%
53	Bowden, Colin	9	51.0204%
54	adams-cortez, michael a	9	47.8912%
55	Pincham, Jamie	9	45.5782%
56	Harborne, Daniel J	9	45.1701%
57	Saxton, Joseph l	9	41.4966%
58	Sanders, Benjamin M	9	40.4082%
59	Cuomo, Marco	9	39.4558%
60	Payne, Edward	9	36.5079%
61	Lynch, Gary J	7	54.8753%
62	Smith, Martin	6	68.0000%
63	Darlet, Florent	6	65.3333%
64	Lailey, Mark J	6	58.6667%
65	Kelly, Susan	6	55.5556%
66	Leare, Robin	6	53.3333%
67	Hansard, Jack	6	53.3333%
68	Sanger, Lionel	6	51.7007%
69	Douglass, Marc P	6	50.6667%
70	Boulton, Keith J	6	49.6599%
71	Pake, Shawn R	6	46.2585%
72	Aronica, Pietro	6	45.5782%
73	Byers, Martin	6	44.4444%
74	Early, Richard B	6	43.2540%
75	Gold, Jasper	4	46.2585%
76	Bakaliaou, Kyrtacos	3	77.7778%
77	Royde, Daniel	3	68.7500%
78	Elkin, Robert D	3	66.6667%
79	Devis, Larry	3	62.5000%
80	Evans, Paul	3	55.5556%
81	Stephenson, Calum R	3	55.5556%
82	Hawker, Matthew	3	55.5556%
83	Bawden, Kev	3	55.0000%
84	Cheshire, Stuart	3	54.8299%
85	Nayak, Gaurav	3	50.6667%
86	Keen, Jason K	3	41.6667%
87	Cant, Jon	3	38.3333%
88	McMichael, Ian	0	75.0000%
89	Dattani, Amar	0	75.0000%
90	Chong, Allan	0	75.0000%
91	Horsley, Kevin	0	58.3333%
92	Welsh, Jason	0	50.0000%
93	Fenton, Christopher T	0	50.0000%
94	Vonk, Warren	0	50.0000%
95	Lim, Timothy	0	44.4444%
96	Williams, Luke	0	43.7500%
97	Wukovich, Aleksandar	0	41.6667%
98	Pires, Wayne	0	33.3333%