Dave & Adam’s Magic the Gathering Invitational Recap

This past weekend, Dave & Adam’s held their Magic Invitational in which players faced off for a trip for 2 to GenCon or $1000 in cold hard cash! After 7 long rounds, 8 players remained who battled it out for the Grand Prize. These top 8 players battled their way through over 30 other participants who had been battling for over 6 months to earn the invitation to this event.

Andrew Skorik – Affinity – 1st Place

Creatures (27)
4 – Arcbound Ravger
3 – Etched Champion
1 – Master of Etherium
3 – Memnite
4 – Ornithopter
4 – Signal Pest
4 – Steel Overseer
4 – Vault Skirge

Spells (16)
4 – Cranial Plating
4 – Galvanic Blast
4 – Mox Opal
4 – Springleaf Drum

Land (17)
4 – Blinkmoth Nexus
4 – Darksteel Citadel
3 – Glimmervoid
4 – Inkmoth Nexus
1 – Mountain
1 – Seagate Wreckage

SIDEBOARD (15)
2 – Ancient Grudge
1 – Blood Moon
2 – Ghirapur Aether Grid
1 – Grafdigger’s Cage
1 – Masterof Etherium
1 – Relic of Progenitus
2 – Spellskite
2 – Stubborn Denial
1 – Thoughtseize
1 – Torpor Orb
1 – Whipflare

Steve Verheyn – GW Tron – 2nd Place

Creatures (6)
3 – Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
3 – Wurmcoil Engine

Spells (34)
4 – Ancient Stirrings
4 – Chromatic Sphere
4 – Chromatic Star
4 – Expedition Map
3 – Ghostly Prison
4 – Karn Liberated
4 – Oblivion Stone
2 – Path to Exile
4 – Sylvan Scrying
1 – Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Land (20)
3 – Brushland
2 – Forest
2 – Ghost Quarter
1 – Sanctum of Ugin
4 – Urza’s Mine
4 – Urza’s Power Plant
4 – Urza’s Tower

SIDEBOARD (15)
3 – Nature’s Claim
3 – Rest in Peace
2 – Spellskite
3 – Timely Reinforcements
3 – Warping Wail
1 – Wurmcoil Engine

Bob Martin  –  Jund  –  3rd

Creatures (12)
3 – Dark Confidant
1 – Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
1 – Kitchen Finks
3 – Scavenging Ooze
4 – Tarmogoyf

Spells (24)
2 – Abrupt Decay
3 – Inquisition of Kozilek
2 – Kolaghan’s Command
4 – Lightning Bolt
4 – Liliana of the Veil
1 – Maelstrom Pulse
1 – Painful Truths
1 – Slaughter Pact
3 – Terminate
3 – Thoughtseize

Land (24)
4 – Blackcleave Cliffs
1 – Blood Crypt
4 – Bloodstained Mire
2 – Forest
1 – Hissing Quagmire
2 – Overgrown Tomb
3 – Raging Ravine
1 – Stomping Ground
2 – Swamp
4 – Verdant Catacombs

SIDEBOARD (15)
2 – Ancient Grudge
1 – Damnation
1 – Dark Confidant
1 – Darkblast
2 – Duress
2 – Fulminator Mage
3 – Kitchen Finks
2 – Night of Souls Betrayal
1 – Wasteland Strangler

John Lynch – Abzan Midrange – 4th

Creatures (12)
3 – Scavenging Ooze
3 – Siege Rhino
4 – Tarmogoyf
2 – Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Spells (24)
3 – Abrupt Decay
1 – Garruk Wildspeaker
4 – Inquisition of Kozilek
4 – Liliana of the Veil
4 – Lingering Souls
2 – Maelstrom Pulse
4 – Path to Exile
2 – Thoughtseize

Land (24)
1 – Forest
1 – Gavony Township
1 – Godless Shrine
2 – Hissing Quagmire
2 – Marsh Flats
2 – Overgrown Tomb
1 – Plains
2 – Shambling Vent
1 – Stirring Wildwood
2 – Swamp
1 – Temple Garden
4 – Verdant Catacombs
4 – Windswept Heath

SIDEBOARD (15)
1 – Damnation
1 – Feed the Clan
2 – Fulminator Mage
1 – Kitchen Finks
2 – Night of Souls Betrayal
1 – Ob Nixilis Reignited
1 – Painful Truths
1 – Sigarda, Host of Herons
3 – Stony Silence
2 – Surgical Extraction

Jake Summers – UB Teachings – 5th Place

Creatures (8)
2 – Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
3 – Snapcaster Mage
2 – Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 – Vendilion Clique

Spells (28)
3 – Ancestral Vision
1 – Consume the Meek
2 – Cryptic Command
1 – Damnation
2 – Disfigure
1 – Dismember
2 – Far // Away
2 – Hero’s Downfall
3 – Inquisition of Kozilek
1 – Knowledge Pool
2 – Mana Leak
1 – Murderous Cut
1 – Mystical Teachings
1 – Slaughter Pact
1 – Smother
2 – Spell Snare
2 – Thoughtseize

Land (24)
2 – Cavern of Souls
4 – Creeping Tar Pit
2 – Darkslick Shores
4 – Polluted Delta
4 – Snow-Covered Island
2 – Snow-Covered Swamp
1 – Sunken Ruins
3 – Tectonic Edge
2 – Watery Grave

SIDEBOARD (15)
2 – Bribery
2 – Countersquall
1 – Damnation
2 – Illness in the Ranks
2 – Jace, Architect of Thought
1 – Ob Nixilis Reignited
3 – Scrabbling Claws
1 – Surgical Extraction
1 – Pithing Needle

Nick Cummings – Goryo’s Breach – 6th Place

Creatures (16)
4 – Emrakul, the Aeon’s Torn
4 – Griselbrand
4 – Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
4 – Simian Spirit Guide

Spells (24)
4 – Faithless Looting
4 – Goryo’s Vengeance
4 – Izzet Charm
4 – Serum Visions
4 – Slight of Hand
4 – Through the Breach

Land (20)
1 – Blackcleave Cliffs
1 – Blood Crypt
2 – Creeping Tar Pit
1 – Darkslick Shores
2 – Island
1 – Mountain
4 – Polluted Delta
4 – Scalding Tarn
2 – Steam Vents
1 – Swamp
1 – Watery Grave

SIDEBOARD (15)
2 – Anger of the Gods
1 – Boseiju, Who Shelters All
2 – Dispel
2 – Echoing Truth
2 – Engineered Explosives
2 – Painful Truths
2 – Sudden Shock
2 – Thoughtseize

Josh Horton – Faeries – 7th Place

Creatures (11)
3 – Mistbind Clique
4 – Spellstutter Sprite
2 – Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2 – Vendilion Clique

Spells (23)
4 – Ancestral Vision
4 – Bitterblossom
2 – Cryptic Command
2 – Disfigure
1 – Dismember
1 – Doom Blade
4 – Inquisition of Kozilek
2 – Mana Leak
2 – Spell Snare
1 – Victim of Night

Land (26)
4 – Creeping Tar Pit
3 – Darkslick Shores
1 – Drowned Catacomb
2 – Ghost Quarter
4 – Mutavault
4 – Polluted Delta
4 – Snow-Covered Island
1 – Snow-Covered Swamp
3 – Watery Grave

SIDEBOARD (15)
2 – Batterskull
1 – Countersquall
2 – Damnation
2 – Duress
1 – Flaying Tendrils
2 – Hurkyl’s Recall
1 – Invasive Surgery
1 – Negate
2 – Pithing Needle
1 – Sword of Feast and Famine

Alex Bianchi – America Jeskai Control – 8th Place

Creatures (8)
2 – Restoration Angel
4 – Snapcaster Mage
2 – Vendilion Clique

Spells (27)
4 – Ancestral Vision
2 – Cryptic Command
3 – Electrolyze
4 – Lightning Bolt
2 – Lightning Helix
3 – Mana Leak
4 – Path to Exile
3 – Remand
2 – Spell Snare

Land (25)
2 – Arid Mesa
4 – Celestial Colonnade
4 – Flooded Strand
1 – Hallowed Fountain
3 – Island
1 – Mountain
1 – Plains
1 – Sacred Foundry
4 – Scalding Tarn
2 – Steam Vents
2 – Tectonic Edge

SIDEBOARD (15)
1 – Celestial Purge
2 – Dispel
1 – Elspeth, Knight Errant
1 – Engineered Explosives
1 – Glen Elandra Archmage
1 – Izzet Staticaster
1 – Keranos, God of Storms
2 – Relic of Progenitus
2 – Stony Silence
1 – Supreme Verdict
1 – Timely Reinforcements
1 – Wear // Tear

In the end, Andrew Skorik emerged as the Champion, piloting his robots to a 1^st place finish! Stay tuned to dacardworld.com for more results from all of the great Dave & Adam’s gaming events!

The Dave & Adam’s Gaming Division will be set up at Grand Prix Las Angeles May 20^th-22^nd. If you’re looking to sell some of your cards, stop by the booth and turn your Magic the Gathering cards into CASH!