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Magic Weekend in Chicago!

Join us April 10th and 11th for a Magic Weekend in Chicago!

Spend the weekend playing Magic with players from around the country! Compete for your share of the cash and prizes! You could walk away with an invite to the $10,000 Midwest Masters Series Championship at GenCon or even the Magic Pro Tour! Get in some final Extended testing at the Saturday afternoon Extended 1k event! Or bring your Legacy deck and play to win cash at the Sunday afternoon Legacy 1k!

Magic Midwest Masters Series Open - April 10th, 2010
Extended 1k - April 10th, 2010
Pro Tour Qualifier for San Juan - April 11th, 2010
Legacy 1k - April 11th, 2010

Crown Plaza Ohare
5440 N River Rd
Rosemont, Illinois 60018

Registration: 9:00 am CDT
Tournament Begins: 10:00 am CDT

Minneapolis Top 8!! Decklists and congrats!

Here are the decks that took the Top 8 spots at The Midwest Masters Series event in Minneapolis! Congrats to the winners - and we will see you at the $10,000.00 Championship at Gen Con!!!

Julian Booher
1st Place
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Wild Nacatl
2 Birds of Paradise
1 Scute Mob
2 Stoneforge Mystic

Pittsburgh and Columbus Midwest Masters Series Open Events Rescheduled!

UPDATE: The Pittsburgh Midwest Masters Series Open has been rescheduled for July 17, 2010. This was previously the scheduled date for the Columbus MMS, which has been moved to June 19, 2010.

Minneapolis Masters Series Event Coverage Information

On March 6th, tcgplayer.com will be sponsoring live event coverage by ggslive.com for the Minneapolis Midwest Masters Series event! Check out ggslive.com for streaming video broadcasts of feature matches and Top 8 matches as they happen!

Indianapolis Top 8 Decklists

Indianapolis Top 8 Competitors!

Niel Michalares
1st Place
3 Eldrazi Monument
3 Siege-Gang Commander
3 Master of the Wild Hunt
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Sprouting Thrinax
4 Blightning
3 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Vampire Nighthawk
2 Terminate
3 Putrid Leech
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
2 Mountain
2 Forest
3 Swamp
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Savage Lands
Sideboard:
2 Pyroclasm
3 Great Sable Stag
3 Goblin Ruinblaster
2 Mind Rot
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Vampire Nighthawk

Indianapolis Metagame Breakdown

As expected, Jund showed up in force here in Indianapolis, comprising over 21% of the field. RWU control also has a strong showing, with 29 players adopting the deck LSV saw success with in Los Angeles. Mono Red was the other big deck, piloted by 22 players. Here's the first count of the full field:

Jund - 47
RWU Control - 29
Red Deck Wins - 22
Vampires - 17
Monowhite Beats - 12
Bushwhacker - 10
Grixis Control - 10
Naya - 10
WGB Junk - 8
Jacerator - 7
Esper Control - 7
Elves - 9
Bant - 5
Spread 'em - 5
Runeflare Trap - 5
Other decks - 17

Magic Weekend in Indianapolis!

This weekend, January 9-10, the Masters Series kicks off with a Magic Weekend in Indianapolis!

Spend the weekend playing Magic with players from around the country! Compete for your share of the cash and prizes! You could walk away with an invite to the $10,000 Midwest Masters Series Championship at GenCon or even the Magic Pro Tour!

Magic Midwest Masters Series Open - January 9th, 2010
Pro Tour Qualifier for San Juan - January 10th, 2010

Indianapolis Convention Center
100 South Capitol Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46225

Registration: 9:00 am EST
Tournament Begins: 10:00 am EST

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