A fairly small “crowd” gathered on a BEAUTIFUL May Day in Des Moines for the 2nd Legion Run Magic Masters Series. A series of 9 events leading to a $10k finale at Gencon. Top 8 players win their share of $3200 in cash, plus each get a 4day Gen Con pass and invitation to play in the (free, invitation only) $10k.


114 player battled it out, the top 8 made a full chop though, splitting the prize 8 ways and heading home 3 hours early.


top 8 Decklists follow:



Chris Miller, 1st after swiss
3 siege-gang commander
3 eldrazi monument
4 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Bloodbraid elf
4 lotus cobra
4 putrid leech
4 sprouting thrinax
4 lightning bolt
4 goblin ruinblaster
4 verdant catacombs
4 savage lands
3 swamp
3 forest
3 mountain
4 raging ravine
1 misty rainforest
1 scalding tarn
2 rootbound crag
1 dragonskull summit
sideboard:
2 gem discovery
3 deathmark
2 duress
2 thought hemorrhage
2 terminate
4 dragon’s claw


Louis Kaplan, 2nd after swiss
4 lotus cobra
4 putrid leech
4 sprouting thrinax
4 bloodbraid elf
4 vengevine
4 lightning bolt
4 terminate
4 blightning
3 eldrazi monument
4 forest
3 swamp
2 mountain
4 savage lands
4 verdant catacombs
3 rootbound crag
3 raging Ravine
2 dragonskull
sideboard:
4 goblin ruinblaster
3 thought hemmhorage
4 duress
4 deathmark


Jason Golliher, 3rd after swiss
4 wall of omens
3 sphinx of Jwar Isle
4 Spreading Seas
3 Everflowing Chalice
3 day of judgement
2 martial coup
3 oblivion ring
2 path to exile
3 mind spring
3 jace, the mind sculptor
2 Gideon Jura
1 Negate
4 Celestial Colonade
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Sejeri Refuge
3 Tectonic edge
7 plains
6 island
sideboard:
3 flashfreeze
2 celestial purge
1 wall of denial
2 jace beleren
3 negate
1 oblivion ring
1 cancel
2 kor firewalker


Trevor Boeckmann, 4th after swiss
4 raging ravine
4 verdant catacombs
1 scalding tarn
1 misty rainforest
1 oran-rief, the vastwood
4 savage lands
3 dragonskull summit
2 swamp
3 mountain
3 forest
4 lotues cobra
4 putrid leech
4 sprouting thrinax
2 goblin ruinblaster
4 bloodbraid elf
3 master of the wild hunt
4 siege-gang commander
3 eldrazi monument
3 lightning bolt
3 maelstrom pulse
sideboard:
2 goblin ruinblaster
3 doomblade
3 deathmark
1 lightning bolt
4 duress
2 haunting echoes


James Bush, 5th after swiss
3 everflowing chalice
4 spreading seas
3 baneslayer angel
3 mindspring
4 oblivian ring
3 day of judgment
2 martial coup
4 wall of omens
2 gidean jura
2 elspeth, knight-errant
3 jace, the mind scultor
2 path to exile
4 celestial colonnade
4 glacial fortress
4 tectonic edge
7 plains
6 islands
sideboard:
2 celestial purge
3 kor firewalker
3 flashfreeze
4 negate
3 luminarch ascension


Alex Black, 6th after swiss
1 arid Mesa
4 baneslayer angel
4 celestial colonnade
4 day of judgment
2 elspeth, knight-errant
1 everflowing chalice
4 fieldmist borderpost
4 glacial fortress
4 island
3 jace, the mindscultor
4 knight of the white orchid
1 martial coup
3 mind spring
3 oblivion ring
2 path to exile
7 plains
2 sphinx of jwar isle
4 spreading seas
3 tectonic edge
sideboard:
2 devout lightcaster
1 everflowing chalice
3 flashfreeze
3 kor firewalker
1 kor sanctifiers
1 martial coup
3 negate
1 path to exile


Matthew Longford 7th after swiss
1 Iona, shield of emeria
1 emrakul, the aeons torn
4 polymorph
4explore
4 see beyond
4 ponder
4 growth spasm
1 garruk wildspeaker
1 awakening zone
4 jace, the mindsculptor
2 negate
4 deprive
2 into the roil
4 forest
7 island
4 misty rainforest
1 scalding tarn
4 halimar depths
4 khalni garden
sideboard:
4 whiplash trap
4 flashfreeze
2 negate
1 emrakul, the aeons torn
1 iona, shield of emeria
3 vapor snare


Aaron Speer, 8th after swiss
4 arbor elf
4 llanowar elves
4 elvish visionary
4 nissa’s chosen
4 leatherback baloth
4 elvish archdruid
3 lodestone golem
4 vengevine
4 nissa revane
3 eldrazi monument
19 forest
3 oran-rief, the vastwood
sideboard:
4 vines of vastwood
2 naturalize
3 slingbow trap
3 pelakka wurm
3 great stable stag