In the latest installment of the Playground, The Immortal One:
----Rides the Bull!
----The Djinn plays name a deck, any deck.
----Breaks down Denver's latest Amsterdam PTQ
----PTQ struggles and righting the ship
----Thoughts on Pro Tour San Juan
----Playground News and Community Calendar (who's coming to the M11 Pre-release???)
Thomas Ma — 1st Place — 6-1-1, 8th in Swiss
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Crumbling Necropolis
2 Lavaclaw Reaches
3 Drowned Catacomb
3 Dragonskull Summit
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Swamp
2 Island
2 Mountain
27 lands
4 Sedraxis Specter
3 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Siege-Gang Commander
10 creatures
4 Blightning
4 Spreading Seas
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Terminate
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Cruel Ultimatum
2 Staggershock
23 other spells
1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
2 Consuming Vapors
2 Thought Hemorrhage
3 Countersquall
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
15 sideboard cards
Tom Carmody — 2nd Place — 6-1-1, 6th in Swiss
4 Celestial Colonnade
6 Island
6 Plains
2 Sejiri Refuge
3 Tectonic Edge
4 Glacial Fortress
25 lands
4 Wall of Omens
3 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
7 creatures
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Negate
3 Everflowing Chalice
2 Gideon Jura
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Martial Coup
4 Spreading Seas
3 Mind Spring
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Path to Exile
3 Day of Judgment
28 other spells
1 Negate
2 Jace Beleren
2 Celestial Purge
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Cancel
2 Wall of Denial
3 Kor Firewalker
3 Flashfreeze
15 sideboard cards
Jeff Randall — 3rd Place — 6-1-1, 5th in Swiss
7 Island
4 Plains
1 Reliquary Tower
4 Kabira Crossroads
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Sejiri Refuge
24 lands
3 Wall of Omens
3 creatures
2 Day of Judgment
4 Howling Mine
4 Time Warp
1 Rest for the Weary
2 Negate
4 Jace Beleren
3 Safe Passage
2 Archive Trap
4 Angelsong
3 Silence
4 Font of Mythos
33 other spells
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Negate
3 Rest for the Weary
1 Day of Judgment
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Telemin Performance
3 Into the Roil
1 Hindering Light
15 sideboard cards
Gerald Clas — 4th Place — 6-1-1, 7th in Swiss
4 Celestial Colonnade
7 Plains
4 Island
4 Glacial Fortress
1 Arid Mesa
3 Tectonic Edge
23 lands
4 Wall of Omens
4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Knight of the White Orchid
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
14 creatures
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Path to Exile
3 Oblivion Ring
4 Fieldmist Borderpost
3 Day of Judgment
2 Gideon Jura
3 Mind Spring
1 Martial Coup
23 other spells
3 Flashfreeze
3 Kor Firewalker
3 Negate
3 Kor Sanctifiers
1 Day of Judgment
2 Path to Exile
15 sideboard cards
Brett Piazza — 5th Place — 7-0-1, 1st in Swiss
3 Marsh Flats
1 Swamp
7 Island
4 Plains
15 lands
2 Glassdust Hulk
2 creatures
4 Angelsong
4 Prophetic Prism
4 Mistvein Borderpost
4 Kaleidostone
4 Open the Vaults
3 Time Sieve
4 Howling Mine
4 Fieldmist Borderpost
4 Time Warp
2 Tezzeret the Seeker
3 Jace Beleren
3 Silence
43 other spells
4 Perimeter Captain
2 Into the Roil
4 Negate
2 Path to Exile
3 Thopter Foundry
15 sideboard cards
Daniel Bragg — 6th Place — 7-1, 2nd in Swiss
12 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Arid Mesa
4 Teetering Peaks
24 lands
4 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Goblin Guide
4 Plated Geopede
4 Kargan Dragonlord
2 Ball Lightning
18 creatures
4 Devastating Summons
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Searing Blaze
4 Burst Lightning
2 Staggershock
18 other spells
3 Earthquake
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
4 Unstable Footing
2 Mark of Mutiny
2 Shatter
15 sideboard cards
Gabriel Willmon — 7th Place — 7-1, 3rd in Swiss
4 Teetering Peaks
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Arid Mesa
12 Mountain
24 lands
4 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Goblin Guide
4 Kargan Dragonlord
4 Plated Geopede
3 Kiln Fiend
19 creatures
4 Devastating Summons
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Burst Lightning
1 Staggershock
4 Searing Blaze
17 other spells
4 Dragon's Claw
4 Unstable Footing
2 Staggershock
2 Mark of Mutiny
3 Manabarbs
15 sideboard cards
Daniel Vigil — 8th Place — 6-0-2, 4th in Swiss
4 Plains
1 Arid Mesa
1 Marsh Flats
2 Sejiri Refuge
2 Halimar Depths
3 Island
1 Scalding Tarn
3 Tectonic Edge
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Celestial Colonnade
25 lands
4 Wall of Omens
3 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
7 creatures
3 Everflowing Chalice
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 See Beyond
4 Spreading Seas
2 Oblivion Ring
1 Path to Exile
2 Mind Spring
1 Martial Coup
2 Day of Judgment
1 Gideon Jura
2 Deprive
2 Negate
28 other spells
1 Cancel
2 Negate
3 Flashfreeze
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Day of Judgment
2 Jace Beleren
2 Celestial Purge
2 Kor Firewalker
1 Devout Lightcaster
15 sideboard cards
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