In contrast to the Standard day of competition, the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Los Angeles truly was open: no deck posted more than a 10% threshold of the field! Early on the question was whether or not Life from the Loam-based decks would be as successful as they had been in St. Louis a few weeks prior. As the Top 8 rolled around, the answer was a resounding NO!
Instead, Dredge, Threshold, White Weenie, and even Enchantress made the top tables. Lou Christopher, running his innovative Enchantress list, managed to take it all down. He agreed to a split with Shane Downey in the Finals that allowed him to take the title as well as a generous portion of the cash prize.
Congratulations to Lou Christopher and Luis Scott-Vargas, the StarCityGames.com Open Series Los Angeles Champions!
Hear some of the biggest names in attendance at the StarCityGames.com Los Angeles Legacy Open chime in with their thoughts on which decks are big in the format and why.
This match pitted two decks that cared more about the graveyard than the battlefield, with Blau's Threshold deck squaring off against Neufeld's Dredge.
In a sea of Jund, All-American Control stated its case as “The Answer.” Is it the players or the deck? This article has all the information that you need to come to your own conclusions.
LSV, regarded as one of the better players in the world, was a name any opponent could tremble at being paired against, but Sherwin Pu gave no indication he was intimidated by his more experienced Semifinals opponent.
Sherwin Pu was the youngest member of the Top 8 at the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Los Angeles. The high school student had a tough Quarterfinals draw, sitting down to face Alex Tamblyn.
Sherwin Pu was the youngest member of the Top 8 at the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Los Angeles. The high school student had a tough Quarterfinals draw, sitting down to face Alex Tamblyn.
Matt Sperling sat down to his first match in the Top 8 as a well-known professional entity who frequently tests with some of the best players in the United States.
On full stomachs the competitors had made it back just in the nick of time, and with only a single loss a piece they were within striking distance of the Top 8.
Every tournament and format brings about interactions, combos, and complexities that take a talented, with-it judge staff to help players get through an event.
At the first major Standard tournament of 2010, we asked a host of the game's top minds whether Jund is beatable and how the powerful deck stands up to "best" decks historically.
On full stomachs the competitors had made it back just in the nick of time, and with only a single loss a piece they were within striking distance of the Top 8.
Live from the StarCityGames.com Open series in Los Angeles, we sat down with some of the game's biggest names to ask them how they feel about the Open series.
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