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 All Worldwake product and singles now available for preorder. 
All preorders will ship out Friday, February 5th
 
 
 
 
 
Worldwake product:
 
 
 
 

 
February 5:     Worldwake releases and we'll start shipping all singles along with sealed product.
 
February 6:      Worldwake Launch party at A Place to Game in Marysville, CA.  It's a $25.00 entry fee for 3 packs of Zendikar and 3 packs of Worldwake.  As always, free pizza will be provided to all paid entrants into the event and we will be doing several raffles throughout the day, including a box of Worldwake.  We'll start at noon.
 
February 7:     We will be hosting a Grand Prix trial for Grand Prix Oakland at A Place to Game.  This will be one of your last chances to win 3 byes for the tournament.  This tournament will be 2 days after the new set is released, so we are expecting to see what exciting new cards make the cut in this awesome format.  It's super bowl Sunday also, so we'll have the game playing and be doing some other promotional things for anyone who can show up to this super Sunday event.  The results will be posted right here as well.
Where   502 J st. Marysville, CA 95901
When    Deck Regristration begins at 11:00 am
Cost      Cost for the event is $20.00
Format   Extended with a cut to top 8
Prizes    Winner to receive 3 byes at Grand Prix Oakland Next Weekend.  Other prizes to be determined by attendance.
Decklists will be required for this event.
 

February 13&14:     Matchplay is going to be hosting Grand Prix Oakland.  This will be a huge event and we encourage every one of you to come by our booth and say hello.  If you are needing specific cards for the tournament, we encourage you to place an order so we can bring along the items to the event.  If interested, be sure to send an email prior to making your order and we will make it happen.

 

Here are the top 8 decklists from ptq San Juan 1/23/10

 

Brett Allen – Winner    

 

4 Thirst for Knowledge

4 Muddle the Mixture

4 Chrome Mox

3 Thopter Foundry

2 Sword of the Meek

1 Engineered Explosives

1 Vendilion Clique

1 Into the Roil

4 Vampire Hexmage

4 Dark Confidant

4 Thoughtseize

2 Beseech the Queen

1 Doom Blade

1 Slaughter Pact

4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

4 Dark Depths

4 Sunken Ruins

4 River of Tears

3 Tolaria West

1 Academy Ruins

2 Island

2 Swamp

 

Sideboard

1 Tormod’s Crypt

1 Hurkyl’s Recall

1 Dimir Signet

1 Ghost Quarter

2 Extirpate

1 Cranial Extraction

1 Chalice of the Void

1 Meloku, the Clouded Mirror

2 Duress

2 Deathmark

1 Darkblast

1 Damnation

 

Tom Raney – Finalist

 

4 Bitterblossom

4 Mistbind Clique

4 Spellstutter Sprite

4 Vendilion Clique

4 Tarmogoyf

4 Mana Leak

3 Cryptic Command

3 Spell Snare

4 Ancestral Vision

2 Umezawa’s Jitte

4 Mutavault

4 Secluded Glen

4 Misty Rainforest

4 Scalding Tarn

1 Breeding Pool

2 Watery Grave

1 Steam Vents

4 Island

 

Sideboard

4 Thoughtseize

3 Ancient Grudge

2 Firespout

3 Deathmark

1 Umezawa’s Jitte

2 Extirpate

 

Orie Guo – T4

 

4 Secluded Glen

4 River of Tears

4 Mutavault

2 Misty Rainforest

2 Scalding Tarn

5 Island

2 Watery Grave

1 Chrome Mox

4 Bitterblossom

4 Spellstutter Sprite

3 Doom Blade

4 Mana Leak

3 Vendilion Clique

3 Mistbind Clique

3 Cryptic Command

3 Spell Snare

1 Dark Confidant

1 Thoughtseize

3 Umezawa’s Jitte

4 Ancestral Vision

 

Sideboard

1 Chalice of the Void

1 Thoughtseize

1 Duress

1 Engineered Explosives

1 Sower of Temptation

1 Agony Warp

1 Ravenous Trap

1 Relic of Progenitus

1 Extirpate

1 Flashfreeze

1 Deathmark

1 Countersquall

1 Slaughter Pact

1 Glen Elendra Archmage

1 Jace Beleren

 

James Gates – T4

 

4 Scapeshift

2 Duress

4 Sakura Tribe Elder

4 Thoughtseize

1 Akroma, Angel of Fury

1 Slaughter Pact

3 Kitchen Finks

1 Extirpate

1 Primal Command

1 Maelstrom Pulse

1 Night of Soul’s Betrayal

2 Eternal Witness

4 Beseech the Queen

4 Wood Elves

4 Search for Tomorrow

4 Snow-Covered Forest

3 Snow-Covered Swamp

4 Blood Crypt

4 Stomping Ground

1 Overgrown Tomb

2 Twilight Mire

2 Verdant Catacombs

2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

1 Snow-Covered Mountain

 

Sideboard

3 Firespout

1 Seal of Primordium

1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

3 Night of Soul’s Betrayal

2 Cranial Extraction

2 Thought Hemorrhage

2 Akroma, Angel of Fury

1 Kitchen Finks

 

Ellis Edmunds – T8

 

3 Qasali Pridemage

4 Arid Mesa

4 Knight of the Reliquary

4 Wild Nacatl

1 Stomping Ground

4 Kird Ape

4 Lightning Bolt

2 Verdant Catacombs

1 Forest

4 Bant Charm

1 Steam Vents

4 Tribal Flames

1 Sacred Foundry

3 Lightning Helix

3 Misty Rainforest

3 Marsh Flats

4 Path to Exile

2 Gaddock Teeg

1 Plains

1 Godless Shrine

4 Tarmogoyf

1 Temple Garden

1 Hallowed Fountain

 

Sideboard

4 Meddling Mage

1 Gaddock Teeg

1 Aven Mindcensor

1 Ravenous Trap

1 Tormod’s Crypt

1 Relic of Progenitus

1 Damping Matrix

1 Ethersworn Canonist

2 Umezawa’s Jitte

2 Negate

 

Marshall Fine – T8

 

4 Nettle Sentinel

4 Heritage Druid

4 Llanowar Elves

4 Elves of the Deep Shadow

1 Essence Warden

4 Cloudstone Curio

4 Summoner’s Pact

2 Eternal Witness

1 Primal Command

1 Viridian Shaman

1 Thoughtseize

4 Elvish Visionary

4 Glimpse of Nature

1 Regal Force

2 Boreal Druid

2 Misty Rainforest

4 Verdant Catacombs

4 Gilt-Leaf Palace

8 Forest

1 Overgrown Tomb

 

Sideboard

3 Pithing Needle

3 Umezawa’s Jitte

3 Thoughtseize

1 Vexing Shusher

2 Gleeful Sabotage

1 Krosan Grip

1 Viridian Shaman

1 Ghost Quarter

 

Alex Alepin – T8

 

4 Chrome Mox

3 Thopter Foundry

3 Tolaria West

1 Academy Ruins

1 Slaughter Pact

4 Thoughtseize

1 Engineered Explosives

2 Island

4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

1 Into the Roil

2 Swamp

4 River of Tears

4 Thirst for Knowledge

2 Sword of the Meek

4 Sunken Ruins

4 Dark Confidant

1 Ghost Quarter

4 Vampire Hexmage

4 Dark Depths

3 Beseech the Queen

4 Muddle the Mixture

 

Sideboard

2 Darkblast

1 Hurkyl’s Recall

3 Deathmark

1 Tormod’s Crypt

1 Chalice of the Void

1 Meloku, the Clouded Mirror

2 Duress

1 Dimir Signet

3 Extirpate

 

Brandon Tabaldo – T8

 

4 Deadshot Minotaur

4 Monstrous Carabid

4 Twisted Abomination

4 Street Wraith

4 Valley Rannet

4 Fulminator Mage

3 Shriekmaw

3 Living End

3 Demonic Dread

4 Violent Outburst

4 Blood Moon

8 Mountain

2 Forest

2 Swamp

3 Graven Cairns

3 Fire-Lit Thicket

1 Overgrown Tomb

 

Sideboard

4 Maelstrom Pulse

4 Leyline of the Void

4 Tarmogoyf

3 Kitchen Finks

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