Live Coverage of StarCityGames.com Open Series: Nashville

StarCityGames.com Open Legacy Open Champion, Jessie Butler

The nearly 200 players who showed up for the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Nashville all had one question on their mind: how would Scars of Mirrodin impact the Legacy format? The new set’s influence was felt from the first round as Affinity cluttered the tables. With powerful new additions to the archetype in the form of Memnite, Mox Opal, and Galvanic Blast players were looking to see if it could return to is previous prominence in Magic. Before long, the answer was in: not this weekend in Nashville. Midway through the day, there were barely any robot players to be found at the top tables!

Instead, Rion Marmulstein’s innovative Necrotic Ooze combo, powered by Survival of the Fittest and abusing the graveyard interaction between the Ooze, Phyrexian Devourer, and Triskelion, became the talk of the tournament. By slotting the combo into the shell of a Survival Madness deck, Rion gave himself an additional means of instantly winning outside of the red zone and Vengevines by dealing a gigantic amount of damage to anyone unprepared for his trick. The innovation was good enough to send him off to a 6-0 start, allowing him to double draw into the Top 8.

His trip ended there, however, as he was felled in the Quarterfinals by Zack Strait. But his deck’s engine, Survival of the Fittest, was everywhere to be seen. A full 75% of players in the Semifinals ran the enchantment, and both of the Finalists used it. Ultimately it was Jessie Butler’s white-green version that took down Zack Strait’s blue-green traditional build to claim the top spot.

The 2010 StarCityGames.com Legacy Open champion in Nashville is Jessie Butler!

Top 16 Legacy Decklists	By SCG Staff
Checkout the decks used by the Top 16 finishers in the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Nashville!

Finals: Jessie Butler vs. Zack Strait	By Bill Stark
Adam Cai entered the Semifinals in his second StarCityGames.com Open Top 8 in as many days.

Semifinals: Adam Cai vs. Zack Strait	By Bill Stark
Adam Cai entered the Semifinals in his second StarCityGames.com Open Top 8 in as many days.

Quarterfinals: Jessie Butler vs. David Gleicher	By Bill Stark
After being talked into attending the StarCityGames.com Open in Nashville on a whim, Chicagoan David Gleicher found himself in the Top 8 of the Legacy portion of the event.

Round 8: Jason Welden vs. Mike Fyrberg	By Bill Stark
What were the odds two Legacy rookies would find themselves paired against one another in the last round of the day, the Top 8 within grasp?

5:35 – Gearing Up for the Invitational	By Bill Stark
The inaugural StarCityGames.com Open Series is well into the home stretch.

Round 6: Adam Prosak vs. Alix Hatfield	By Bill Stark
The sixth round feature match at the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Nashville featured two very accomplished Legacy players: Adam Prosak and Alix Hatfield.

Deck Tech: Searching for New Affinity	By Bill Stark
A new artifact set means lots of new eyes on THE artifact deck: Affinity.

Deck Tech: Knock Knock. Ooze There?	By Bill Stark
Scars of Mirrodin has already had an impact on the world of Legacy, but one card in particular has spawned an entirely new archetype in the format: Necrotic Ooze.

Round 3: Ben Wienburg vs. Christian Valenti	By Bill Stark
Both Ben Wienburg and Christian Valenti are alumni of the StarCityGames.com Open Series Top 8 stage.

12:20 – Scars for Legacy	By Bill Stark
Because the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Nashville is the first major Legacy event since the set went on sale, it’s a good chance to get a peek at what the new format might be shaping into.

Elves are Back!	By Bill Stark
Jacob Baugh is the 2010 StarCityGames.com Standard Open champion in Nashville!

Top 16 Standard Decklists	By SCG Staff
Checkout the decks used by the Top 16 finishers in the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Nashville!

Finals: Jacob Baugh vs. David McDarby	By Bill Stark
The color green was the talk of the tournament throughout the day, and two decks featuring it wound up in the Finals.

Semifinals: Jacob Baugh vs. David Vo	By Bill Stark
For the second round in a row in the Top 8, Jacob Baugh found himself facing off against a green deck in David Vo’s Eldrazi Ramp.

Quarterfinals: Jacob Baugh vs. Michael Flynn	By Bill Stark
Monogreen versus Monogreen, a matchup that would make Jamie Wakefield himself proud.

Quarterfinals: David Glore vs. Adam Cai	By Bill Stark
David Glore’s Bant deck had its work cutout for it against Adam Cai’s blue, red, and white control strategy as they sat down to square off in the Quarterfinals of the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Nashville.

9:30 – Suiting Up	By Bill Stark
The phenomenon of dressing in specific fashion for large Magic events is a phenomenon that dates back to one of the very first World Championships.

Round 9: Michael Flynn vs. Derrick Roper	By Bill Stark
The StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Nashville had finished eight rounds of Swiss leaving just one left to play to determine who would battle in the Top 8.

Deck Tech: Monoblack Control	By Bill Stark
Phillip Green attempted to make his imprint on Standard at the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Nashville with a more unique concoction.

Round 6: Lewis Laskin vs. David McDarby	By Bill Stark
The StarCityGames.com Open Series has been a national success, and one of its stars is Lewis Laskin.

Open Series PotY Contender Ben Wienburg	By Bill Stark
The StarCityGames.com Playerof the Year points race is heating up as we wind down to the final few Open events in the season.

2:34 – Hot Buys from Scars of Mirrodin	By Bill Stark
New sets mean new cards for players to prospect, trade, buy, and sell, and Scars of Mirrodin has brought some doozies along with it.

Round 3: Joey Mispagel vs. Jason Latham	By Bill Stark
On its second trip to St. Louis, the StarCityGames.com Open Series crowned Joey Mispagel its Standard champion.

Quick Hits: What’s the Best Deck in Standard?	By Bill Stark
What’s the best deck in Standard? See what some of the standout players at the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Nashville have to say!