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Video Playtesting with GerryT & Kibler

Gerry Thompson

By Gerry Thompson
12/09/2011

About Gerry Thompson: 2010 StarCityGames Invitational champion GerryT has eight Grand Prix Top 8s, including wins in Denver and Nashville.

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In this groundbreaking article we sit down with two of the game's biggest names for a unique playtesting session between U/W Illusions and Grixis Control. Ever wanted to be a fly-on-the-wall while the best playtest? Now you can!

Here are the two decklists:

U/W Illusions
Featured by Gerry Thompson on 2011-12-11 (Standard)
As written about in http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/23248.html
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Maindeck:

Creatures
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Lord of the Unreal
4 Phantasmal Bear
4 Phantasmal Image
4 Snapcaster Mage

Instants
4 Gut Shot
4 Mana Leak
4 Vapor Snag

Legendary Creatures
2 Geist of Saint Traft


Sorceries
3 Gitaxian Probe
4 Ponder

Basic Lands
9 Island

Lands
3 Glacial Fortress
3 Moorland Haunt
4 Seachrome Coast
Sideboard:

3 Oblivion Ring
3 Dissipate
3 Flashfreeze
3 Mental Misstep
2 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Timely Reinforcements



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Grixis Control
Featured by Brian Kibler on 2011-12-11 (Standard)
As written about in http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/23248.html
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Maindeck:

Creatures
4 Snapcaster Mage

Instants
3 Dissipate
3 Doom Blade
4 Forbidden Alchemy
3 Galvanic Blast
1 Go for the Throat
4 Mana Leak
3 Think Twice

Legendary Creatures
2 Olivia Voldaren


Planeswalkers
2 Chandra, the Firebrand

Sorceries
2 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Life's Finale
2 Sorin's Vengeance

Basic Lands
6 Island
1 Mountain
5 Swamp

Lands
4 Darkslick Shores
2 Dragonskull Summit
3 Drowned Catacomb
1 Stensia Bloodhall
4 Sulfur Falls
Sideboard:

1 Mimic Vat
3 Phantasmal Image
1 Doom Blade
1 Flashfreeze
1 Geth's Verdict
2 Negate
1 Sorin's Thirst
1 Steel Sabotage
3 Surgical Extraction
1 Stensia Bloodhall



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