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Live Coverage of StarCityGames.com Open Series: Kansas City

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It’s over. After eight grueling rounds and a stacked Top 8, the Kansas City Legacy Open has wound to a close. Our Champion is Chris Osinski, a Goblins player from Minnesota who audibled from the Draft Open to the Legacy Open at the last-minute, running the tables after a Round 1 loss. It was a tribal battle, with Corbin Hosler’s undefeated Merfolk list falling prey to Goblin Piledriver in three games. The story of the day was that Legacy is healthy, and even ripe for innovation. We saw plenty of interesting new takes on existing archetypes over the course of the day. Everyone should be even more excited for the San Jose Open Series next weekend—SCGLive will be there!StarCityGames.com Open Series Event Coverage!

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It’s over. After eight grueling rounds and a stacked Top 8, the Kansas City Legacy Open has wound to a close. Our Champion is Chris Osinski, a Goblins player from Minnesota who audibled from the Draft Open to the Legacy Open at the last-minute, running the tables after a Round 1 loss. It was a tribal battle, with Corbin Hosler’s undefeated Merfolk list falling prey to Goblin Piledriver in three games. The story of the day was that Legacy is healthy, and even ripe for innovation. We saw plenty of interesting new takes on existing archetypes over the course of the day. Everyone should be even more excited for the San Jose Open Series next weekend—SCGLive will be there!

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Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Finals   Champion
1 Shea Hart   Lewis Laskin        
8 Lewis Laskin   Corbin Hosler
       
4 AJ Sacher   Corbin Hosler   Chris Osinski
5 Corbin Hosler    
       
2 Julian Booher   Julian Booher
7 Dru Elwell   Chris Osinski
       
3 Gene Richtsmeier   Chris Osinski
6 Chris Osinski    

Chris Osinski
Legacy Open Champion

Pairings Results Standings
8 8 8
7 7 7
6 6 6
5 5 5
4 4 4
3 3 3
2 2 2
1 1 1
Final Standings
1 Chris Osinski $2,000
2 Corbin Hosler $600
3 Julian Booher $400
4 Lewis Laskin $400
5 Shea Hart $200
6 Gene Richtsmeier $200
7 AJ Sacher $200
8 Dru Elwell $200
9 Christian Calcano $100
10 Michael Jacob $100
11 Alex Bertoncini $100
12 Mike Hawthorne $100
13 Jacob Baugh $100
14 Andy Ellis $100
15 Rick Poehling $100
16 Caleb Durward $100
17 Rob Vaca $50
18 Mike Meier $50
19 James Morrison $50
20 Gus Landt $50
21 Burt Hamenick $50
22 Martin Lohman $50
23 Michael Herrin $50
24

Ben Wienburg

$50
25 Scott Grawe $50
26 Addison Wallace $50
27 John Petterson $50
28 Peter Knudson $50
29 Ryan Rolen $50
30 John Penick $50
31 Chris McCord $50
32 Matt Reitz $50

By Glenn Jones

Top 16 Legacy Open Decklists

Check out the decks that finished at the top in the Kansas City Legacy Open!

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By Glenn Jones

Legacy Open Top 8 Profiles

Meet the Top 8 competitors in the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open: Kansas City!

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By Glenn Jones

Finals: Chris Osinski vs. Corbin Hosler

“I feel like the die roll is kind of important in this matchup,” Corbin said, and Chris agreed—he was probably pretty glad he rolled an eleven, then. Chris hung onto his starting hand, and played his thousandth turn one Goblin Lackey of the tournament.

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By Glenn Jones

Semifinals: Chris Osinski vs. Julian Booher

“That’s pretty high, and that’s pretty key in this matchup,” Chris said after rolling double digits. Julian failed to match, and he also failed to keep his starting seven cards.

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By Glenn Jones

Quarterfinals: AJ Sacher vs. Corbin Hosler

AJ had languished in “fake” feature matches all day long, and now it was time to give him a real one. With a Counterbalance list he described as possessing “perfect numbers,” he’d been among the first competitors to lock up the Top 8.

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By Glenn Jones

Round 8: Julian Booher vs. Ben Wienburg

Julian Booher and Ben Wienburg faced off in a common matchup on the weekend—Goblins vs. Counterbalance. The winner of this matchup would likely be playing in the Top 8, and the tension was high.

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By Glenn Jones

Round 7: Matt Reitz vs. Chris Osinski

At 6-1 with two rounds to go, Chris Osinski and Matt Reitz squared off.

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By Glenn Jones

Deck Tech: Jacob Baugh Spring Tide

At 5-0, Jacob Baugh only a win or two away from locking up his Top 8 berth. The weapon of choice? Time Spiral and High Tide.

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By Glenn Jones

Quick Question: Is Time Spiral Going to Change Legacy?

What will the unbanning of Time Spiral mean for the Legacy format?

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By Glenn Jones

Deck Tech: Green and Taxes with Lewis Laskin

“This is the best audible I’ve ever made,” Lewis decided. “It’s so sick against the expected metagame.” Lewis had come to this tournament planning to play the Painter’s Servant build that he worked on with Nick Spagnolo and Caleb Durward, but he found himself falling in love at first sight with this G/W build.

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By Glenn Jones

Quick Question: How Will Legacy Change with Survival Gone?

We asked some players how they thought Legacy would change with the banning of Survival of the Fittest.

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By Glenn Jones

Deck Tech: Gerry Thompson Reanimator

Survival’s gone, and now Gerry needed to craft a new weapon. Naturally, he turned to an old favorite—Reanimator.

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By Glenn Jones

Round 1: Michael Jacob vs. Ben Stepka

“This is gonna be embarrassing,” Mike said. “I haven’t played a game of Legacy since Columbus . . . got turn 2’d three times in that tournament.”

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Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Finals   Champion
1 Christian Valenti   Orrin Beasley        
8 Orrin Beasley   Pat McGregor
       
4 Andrew Pekios   Pat McGregor   Pat McGregor
5 Pat McGregor    
       
2 Landon Doty   Landon Doty
7 Darin Minard   Conley Woods
       
3 Conley Woods   Conley Woods
6 Chris VanMeter    

Pat McGregor
Standard Open Champion

Pairings Results Standings
10 10 10
9 9 9
8 8 8
7 7 7
6 6 6
5 5 5
4 4 4
3 3 3
2 2 2
1 1 1
Final Standings
1 Pat McGregor $2,000
2 Conley Woods $800
3 Landon Doty $500
4 Orrin Beasley $500
5 Christian Valenti $250
6 Andrew Pekios $250
7 Chris VanMeter $250
8 Darin Minard $250
9 Michael Pozsgay $100
10 Gerry Thompson $100
11 Anthony Eason $100
12 Alex Bertoncini $100
13 Matthew Landstrom $100
14 Austin Fritz $100
15 Chad Meyer $100
16 Andrew Ellis $100
17 Brian Boss $50
18 Doug Peters $50
19 Alex Shaffer $50
20 William Choi $50
21

Jeremy Banks

$50
22 Jeremy Klein $50
23 Shaheen Soorani $50
24

Dylan Allen

$50
25 Peter Tragos $50
26 Michael Hilton $50
27 Garner Perigo $50
28 Chris Osinski $50
29 Matt Norton $50
30 Dustin Sendejas $50
31 Chris McCord $50
32 Kevin Bopp $50

By Event Staff

Top 16 Standard Open Decklists

Check out the decks that finished at the top in the Kansas City Standard Open!

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By Glenn Jones

Finals: Conley Woods vs. Pat McGregor

Even as he fought in his own match, Conley had been rooting for Orrin Beasley to take down the other semifinal—U/B control was one of his better pairings, while Boros was the worst.

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By Glenn Jones

Semifinals: Conley Woods vs. Landon Doty

Landon had big plans for the Kansas City Chiefs playoff game after the Top 4, while Conley had big plans for Legacy.

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By Glenn Jones

Standard Open Top 8 Profiles

Meet the Top 8 competitors in the StarCityGames.com Standard Open: Kansas City!

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By Glenn Jones

Quarterfinals: Christian Valenti vs. Orrin Beasley

Christian Valenti has yet to lose a match in this tournament—in fact, he’s barely even lost a game, just steamrolling every opponent and entering the Top 8 with one of the highest tiebreaker 2s I’ve seen at the end of the Swiss.

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By Glenn Jones

Round 10: Chris McCord vs. Michael Pozsgay

Richmond Legacy Open champ Chris McCord had a fiery start this morning, but the wheels had fallen off as he found himself fighting for a Top 16 finish to pad his healthy 21 Open points.

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By Glenn Jones

Quick Question: What’s the Best Underplayed Card in Extended?

Find out what the pros think are some of the best unsung heroes to watch for this PTQ season!

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By Glenn Jones

Round 9: Gerry Thompson vs. Conley Woods

Friends, columnists, and professional mages Conley Woods and Gerry Thompson met in Round 9 for a clash of Magic titans.

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By Glenn Jones

Quick Question: Phyrexian Crusader or Mirran Crusader, Which Will See the Most Constructed Play?

What do people think of these two Mirrodin Besieged previewed cards?

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By Glenn Jones

Deck Tech: Conley Woods‘ U/G Genesis Wave

Conley Woods just took his first loss, falling to 7-1, with Top 8 looming. So what inspired Conley to pick up the Waves?

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By Glenn Jones

Quick Question: How Should Players Look to Beat U/B Control?

See how some of the big names on the Open Series circuit go after the format’s best deck.

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By Glenn Jones

Round 6: Jeremy Banks vs. Pat McGregor

The Boros vs. U/B matchup is a subject of some debate, and we decided to let it play out in print this weekend.

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By Glenn Jones

Deck Tech: Pyromancer Ascension

In the wake of the World Championships, following the rise of U/B and the dominance of control in the Standard format, three players decided it was time to break out the Ascensions once more.

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By Glenn Jones

Round 1: Christian Calcano vs. Cody Weaver

Calcano had been on the fence about Kansas City this week, but eventually decided to go—hopping on a last-minute flight that would get him to the airport at 9:55 am. An early arrival combined with the player meeting gave him just enough time to get his decklist turned in.

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Draft Open #1

Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Finals   Champion
1 Curtis Nower   Dan Cole        
8 Dan Cole   Dan Cole
       
4 David Saylor   David Saylor   Michael Donovan
5 Matt Devlin    
       
2 Michael Donovan   Michael Donovan
7 George Temple   Michael Donovan
       
3 Zach Neumann   Thomas Maggio
6 Thomas Maggio    

Draft Open #2

Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Finals   Champion
1 Rob Hinton   Joseph Price        
8 Joseph Price   Joseph Price
       
4 Matthew Beverley   William Boyer   Joseph Price
5 William Boyer    
       
2 William Cruse   William Cruse
7 Dan Crawford   Forrest Ryan
       
3 Forrest Ryan   Forrest Ryan
6 Sean Weihe    

Michael Donovan
Draft Open #1 Champion

Draft Open #1
Final Standings
1 Michael Donovan $500
2 Dan Cole $200
3 Thomas Maggio $100
4 David Saylor $100
5 Curtis Nower $50
6 Zach Neumann $50
7 George Temple $50
8 Matt Devlin $50

By Glenn Jones

Draft Open #2 Champion Joseph Price

Joseph Price won our second Draft Open as the Legacy tournament wound to a close, scooping a cool pot and the Open points that come with it.

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By Glenn Jones

Draft Open #1 Champion Mike Donovan

The first Draft Open champion of 2011 is Mike Donovan!

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By Glenn Jones

Top 16 Legacy Open Decklists

Check out the decks that finished at the top in the Kansas City Legacy Open!

Read Article >>

By Glenn Jones

Deck Tech: Jacob Baugh Spring Tide

At 5-0, Jacob Baugh only a win or two away from locking up his Top 8 berth. The weapon of choice? Time Spiral and High Tide.

Read Article >>

By Glenn Jones

Deck Tech: Green and Taxes with Lewis Laskin

“This is the best audible I’ve ever made,” Lewis decided. “It’s so sick against the expected metagame.” Lewis had come to this tournament planning to play the Painter’s Servant build that he worked on with Nick Spagnolo and Caleb Durward, but he found himself falling in love at first sight with this G/W build.

Read Article >>

By Glenn Jones

Deck Tech: Gerry Thompson Reanimator

Survival’s gone, and now Gerry needed to craft a new weapon. Naturally, he turned to an old favorite—Reanimator.

Read Article >>

By Event Staff

Top 16 Standard Open Decklists

Check out the decks that finished at the top in the Kansas City Standard Open!

Read Article >>

By Glenn Jones

Deck Tech: Conley Woods‘ U/G Genesis Wave

Conley Woods just took his first loss, falling to 7-1, with Top 8 looming. So what inspired Conley to pick up the Waves?

Read Article >>

By Glenn Jones

Deck Tech: Pyromancer Ascension

In the wake of the World Championships, following the rise of U/B and the dominance of control in the Standard format, three players decided it was time to break out the Ascensions once more.

Read Article >>