Just pointing out that MP (Johan Van der Beek) ended up 98th place out of 417th at PT Austin and ended up playing the following deck.
4 Arid Mesa
4 Marsh Flats
1 Mountain
1 Plains
3 Sacred Foundry
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Stomping Ground
2 Temple Garden
21 lands
2 Gaddock Teeg
4 Goblin Guide
4 Kird Ape
1 Qasali Pridemage
2 Steppe Lynx
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Tin Street Hooligan
4 Wild Nacatl
2 Woolly Thoctar
25 creatures
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
2 Umezawa's Jitte
14 other spells
Sideboard
3 Chalice of the Void
1 Gaddock Teeg
2 Journey to Nowhere
2 Kataki, War's Wage
3 Mogg Fanatic
2 Pithing Needle
2 Wheel of Sun and Moon
15 sideboard cards
You can sample hand his deck out
here. He netted 4 Pro Points for his finish.
How he did:
Round 1: Lost 0-2 to Tsuyoshi Ikeda (PT: Austin Runner Up and 2008 Worlds 3rd place)
Round 2: Won 2-0 to Andre Mueller (PT: Valencia Runner Up)
Round 3: Draw 1-1 to Hiroki Takeda
Round 4: Lost 1-2 to Jesse Savage
Round 5: Won 2-0 to Rocky Gonzalez
Round 6: Won 2-1 to James Buckingham
Round 7: Won 2-1 to Pasqual Vierin
Round 8: Won 2-1 to Gerard Fabiano
Makes Day 2 at 5-2-1
Round 9: Won 2-0 to Axel Martinez
Round 10: Won 2-1 to Christopher Lapp
Round 11: Lost 0-2 to Robert Dougherty (Multiple PT Top 8's, Member of Team Your Move Games, Pro Tour HOF Class of 2006)
Round 12: Won 2-1 to Jonathan Pearlman
Round 13: Lost 1-2 to Yuutarou Hirashima
Round 14: Lost 1-2 to Chikara Nakajima (Constant PT Top 8 contender and loser in the "Pepsi Shiso" draft)
Round 15: Lost 1-2 to Lucas Siow
Round 16: Drew 0-0-1 to Conley Woods (PT Honohulu '09 4th place)
Finished Pro Tour Austin 8-6-2
I recognized a few of the names without notes, but couldn't recall off the top of my head.
Personally, I would've played Conley Woods if I had the chance. That guy makes crazy decks.
Ransac, cpa trash man
