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Insider Information – A Sealed Deck Cardpool Experiment (Part 1)

Cedric Phillips

By Cedric Phillips
11/05/2009

About Cedric Phillips: Cedric Phillips is a constant fixture at the highest level of Magic competition. He recently made Top 8 at Pro Tour: Kyoto.

#Zendikar Limited, #Cedric Phillips
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Sealed deck and I are simply not getting along this season. With a column that is read regularly, I decided to turn to you, the reader, to help me in my quest for a Top 32 finish at Grand Prix: Minnesota. Grand Prix: Minnesota is the most important tournament of the year for me, as a Top 32 will qualify me for Worlds. With Day 1 being Sealed, I am open to any and all suggestions on how to go about building a Sealed Deck from the following cardpool. I fancy myself somewhat of a Sealed Deck expert, as I normally win a Sealed PTQ per season, but with my 0-3 at Grand Prix: Tampa Bay and my 0-2 at a PTQ in Cincinnati this past weekend, I felt it might be time to re-evaluate what I am doing. And above all, this interactive format should prove to be fun, so come along for the ride!

Below is the Sealed Deck cardpool that I had at the PTQ in Cincinnati. That is all this part of the article will contain. If you feel so inclined, post what you would do in the forums, with an explanation, and check back on Friday to find out where we agree/disagree.

Here is my Sealed Deck cardpool!

Zendikar Sealed Cardpool
Featured by Cedric Phillips on 2009-11-08 (Zendikar Limited)
As written about in http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/zenlimited/18247_Insider_Information_A_Sealed_Deck_Cardpool_Experiment_Part_1.html
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1 Arrow Volley Trap
1 Bold Defense
1 Cliff Threader
2 Kor Cartographer
1 Kor Sanctifiers
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Makindi Shieldmate
1 Nimbus Wings
1 Quest for the Holy Relic
1 Steppe Lynx

1 Baloth Cage Trap
1 Beast Hunt
1 Harrow
1 Joraga Bard
1 Mold Shambler
1 Oran-Rief Recluse
1 Primal Bellow
1 Relic Crush
2 Scythe Tiger
1 Summoning Trap
1 Tajuru Archer
1 Tanglesap
1 Turntimber Basilisk
2 Vastwood Gorger
1 Vines of Vastwood

3 Bladetusk Boar
1 Demolish
1 Geyser Glider
1 Goblin Bushwhacker
1 Goblin War Paint
1 Magma Rift
1 Mark of Mutiny
1 Molten Ravager
1 Runeflare Trap
1 Spire Barrage
1 Tuktuk Grunts
1 Warren Instigator
1 Zektar Shrine Expedition
1 Bloodchief Ascension
2 Desecrated Earth
1 Grim Discovery
1 Hagra Crocodile
1 Hagra Diabolist
1 Heartstabber Mosquito
1 Hideous End
1 Marsh Casualties
1 Mire Blight
1 Needlebite Trap
2 Nimana Sell-Sword
1 Vampire's Bite

1 Caller of Gales
1 Cancel
1 Ior Ruin Expedition
2 Lethargy Trap
1 Roil Elemental
1 Tempest Owl
1 Trapfinder's Trick
1 Trapmaker's Snare
2 Whiplash Trap

1 Blade of the Bloodchief
1 Blazing Torch
1 Explorer's Scope
1 Hedron Scrabbler
2 Spidersilk Net
1 Stonework Puma
2 Trailblazer's Boots

2 Akoum Refuge
1 Crypt of Agadeem
1 Piranha Marsh
1 Soaring Seacliff
1 Teetering Peaks
1 Turntimber Grove
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So, get to the forums and share your Sealed Deck builds. See everyone tomorrow for the real article!

Cedric Phillips

caphilli@purdue.edu


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