Gen Con 2011 Legacy Champs Top 8 Decks

Here are the Top 8 decklists for the 2011 Legacy Champs, held at Gen Con. Congratulations to winner Jared Kohler, who unbelievably took home the Force of Will painting trophy in his first sanctioned Legacy tournament!1!1

Merfolk, by Jared Kohler – 1st place
Business (38)
4 Coralhelm Commander
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Silvergill Adept
2 Sower of Temptation
4 Aether Vial
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
1 Umezawa’s Jitte

Mana Sources (22)
13 Island
1 Mishra’s Factory
4 Mutavault
4 Wasteland

Sideboard (15)
2 Back to Basics
1 Dismember
2 Energy Flux
2 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
1 Pithing Needle
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Spell Pierce
3 Submerge
1 Tormod’s Crypt

NO RUG, by Reed Hartman – 2nd place
Business (41)
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Progenitus
1 Scavenging Ooze
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Vendilion Clique
4 Brainstorm
3 Daze
1 Fire // Ice
3 Force of Will
3 Green Sun’s Zenith
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Mental Misstep
3 Natural Order
1 Sylvan Library

Mana Sources (19)
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Forest
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Taiga
4 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
4 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard (15)
3 Ancient Grudge
1 Force of Will
4 Red Elemental Blast
1 Spell Pierce
3 Surgical Extraction
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Vendilion Clique

UW Stoneforge Landstill, by Bernie Wen – 3rd place
Business (36)
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Snare
1 Counterspell
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Brainstorm
4 Standstill
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Batterskull
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Crucible of Worlds

Mana Sources (24)
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Karakas
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
3 Tundra
3 Island
1 Plains

Sideboard (15)
3 Angel’s Grace
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Manriki-Gusari
1 Misdirection
3 Path to Exile
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Wrath of God

Team America, by David Gleicher – 4th place
Business (40)
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Mental Misstep
4 Stifle
3 Thoughtseize
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Dismember
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Tombstalker

Mana Sources (20)
4 Wasteland
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Bayou

Sideboard (15)
1 Darkblast
2 Diabolic Edict
1 Dispel
2 Ghastly Demise
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Pernicious Deed
2 Spell Pierce
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Thoughtseize
1 Tormod’s Crypt

NO RUG, by Mark Sun – 5th place
Business (41)
2 Force of Will
3 Daze
3 Mental Misstep
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Fire // Ice
4 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Sylvan Library
4 Natural Order
3 Green Sun’s Zenith
2 Grim Lavamancer
1 Birds of Paradise
3 Noble Hierarch
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Trygon Predator
3 Vendilion Clique
1 Progenitus

Mana Sources (19)
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Dryad Arbor
1 Taiga
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
1 Forest

Sideboard (15)
2 Ancient Grudge
3 Counterspell
1 Force of Will
2 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Submerge
2 Umezawa’s Jitte

Dredge, by Ian Rogerson – 6th place
Business (46)
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
4 Ichorid
4 Narcomoeba
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
3 Golgari Thug
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Tireless Tribe
4 Putrid Imp
4 Careful Study
4 Breakthrough
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Bridge from Below
2 Dread Return

Mana Sources (14)
4 Cephalid Coliseum
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
2 Tarnished Citadel

Sideboard (15)
3 Ancient Grudge
1 Angel of Despair
4 Chain of Vapor
4 Firestorm
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Ray of Revelation

Reanimator, by Eric Markowitz – 7th place
Business (43)
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
1 Spell Pierce
1 Daze
1 Darkblast
4 Brainstorm
2 Ponder
4 Careful Study
4 Entomb
3 Reanimate
2 Animate Dead
4 Exhume
2 Hapless Researcher
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
2 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Terastodon

Mana Sources (17)
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Marsh Flats
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea
2 Island
2 Swamp

Sideboard (15)
1 Blazing Archon
2 Echoing Truth
2 Extirpate
3 Ghastly Demise
2 Hymn to Tourach
1 Null Rod
2 Pithing Needle
2 Thoughtseize

Steppe Lynx Zoo, by Mark Larson – 8th place
Business (39)
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Wild Nacatl
1 Kird Ape
3 Steppe Lynx
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Path to Exile
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
2 Price of Progress
2 Sylvan Library

Mana Sources (21)
1 Horizon Canopy
4 Arid Mesa
3 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Plateau
1 Savannah
2 Taiga
1 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Plains

Sideboard (15)
2 Ancient Grudge
3 Gaddock Teeg
1 Karakas
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Swords to Plowshares
3 Tormod’s Crypt

Results
Standings after swiss
1st place – Bernie Wen (UW Stoneforge Landstill)
2nd place – Reed Hatman (NO RUG)
3rd place – David Gleicher (Team America)
4th place – Jared Kohler (Merfolk)
5th place – Mark Sun (NO RUG)
6th place – Ian Rogerson (Dredge)
7th place – Eric Markowicz (Reanimator)
8th place – Mark Larson (Steppe Lynx Zoo)

Top 8 Quarterfinals
Bernie Wen (UW Stoneforge Landstill) defeats Mark Larson (Steppe Lynx Zoo) 2-0
Reed Hartman (NO RUG) defeats Eric Markowicz (Reanimator) 2-0
David Gleicher (Team America) defeats Ian Rogerson (Dredge) 2-1
Jared Kohler (Merfolk) defeats Mark Sun (NO RUG) 2-1

Top 4 Semifinals
Jared Kohler (Merfolk) defeats David Gleicher (Team America) 2-1
Reed Hartman (NO RUG) defeats Bernie Wen (UW Stoneforge Landstill) 2-0

Legacy Champs Finals
Jared Kohler (Merfolk) defeats Reed Hartman (NO RUG) 2-1, and is your 2011 Legacy Champs winner!