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It all built up to this! 80 players qualified for the $10,000 Midwest Masters Series Championship, but only 8 could share in the $10,000 prize pool. After six rounds of swiss, we had our final eight:

• Mark Mehochko
• Sam Black
• Kurtis Droge
• Owen Turtenwald
• Joe Bernal
• Justin Meyer
• James Bush
• Julian Booher

In the end, Sam Black's Mythic Conscription overcame Owen Turtenwald's Jund in three games to take the top spot. Congratulations to Sam Black, the 2010 Midwest Masters Series Champion! And congratulations to all of our top 8 competitors!

Sam Black - 1st Place

4 Birds of Paradise

4 Noble Hierarch

4 Lotus Cobra

4 Fauna Shaman

4 Knight of the Reliquary

3 Mana Leak

1 Eldrazi Conscription

2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

1 Garruk Wildspeaker

1 Finest Hour

1 Sovereigns of Lost Alara

2 Primeval Titan

2 Vengevine

1 Baneslayer Angel

1 Stirring Wildwood

4 Celestial Colonnade

1 Sejiri Steppe

2 Sunpetal Grove

5 Forest

2 Island

1 Plains

Sideboard:

2 Primeval Titan

3 Qasali Pridemage

2 Sovereigns of Lost Alara

1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence

1 Eldrazi Conscription

2 Leyline of Vitality

2 Summoning Trap

1 Negate

Owen Turtenwald - 2nd Place

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Putrid Leech

2 Terminate

4 Blightning

4 Sprouting Thrinax

4 Maelstrom Pulse

4 Bloodbraid Elf

4 Bituminous Blast

1 Mitotic Slime

2 Sarkhan the Mad

1 Lavaclaw Reaches

2 Rootbound Crag

3 Dragonskull Summit

4 Savage Lands

4 Verdant Catacombs

4 Raging Ravine

3 Mountain

3 Swamp

3 Forest

Sideboard:

4 Obstinate Baloth

4 Duress

2 Doom Blade

2 Pyroclasm

2 Prophetic Prism

1 Malakir Bloodwitch

Julian Booher - 3rd-4th Place

4 Birds of Paradise

4 Noble Hierarch

4 Fauna Shaman

1 Stoneforge Mystic

4 Cunning Sparkmage

4 Knight of the Reliquary

1 Linvala, Keeper of SIlence

4 Vengevine

4 Bloodbraid Elf

1 Realm Razer

1 Inferno Titan

1 Basilisk Collar

2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

6 Forest

2 Mountain

2 Plains

1 Evolving Wilds

4 Misty Rainforest

4 Arid Mesa

3 Raging Ravine

2 Sejiri Steppe

1 Rootbound Crag

Sideboard:

2 Forked Bolt

3 Manabarbs

2 Oblivion Ring

1 Journey to Nowhere

1 Sun Titan

3 Qasali Pridemage

1 Realm Razer

1 Dauntless Escort

1 Ranger of Eos

Kurtis Droge - 3rd-4th Place

4 Frost Titan

4 Lotus Cobra

4 Birds of Paradise

4 Oracle of Mul Daya

4 Mana Leak

4 Time Warp

4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

4 Rite of Replication

4 Ponder

4 Misty Rainforest

3 Scalding Tarn

3 Verdant Catacombs

7 Island

7 Forest

Sideboard:

2 Naturalize

1 Jace Beleren

2 Negate

1 Acidic Slime

2 Flashfreeze

3 Fog

4 Obstinate Baloth

Justin Meyer - 5th-8th Place

3 Lotus Cobra

4 Noble Hierarch

1 Realm Razer

2 Birds of Paradise

3 Cunning Sparkmage

1 Basilisk Collar

1 Inferno Titan

1 Stoneforge Mystic

1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence

4 Bloodbraid Elf

2 Elspeth, Knight Errant

4 Vengevine

4 Fauna Shaman

4 Knight of the Reliquary

4 Verdant Catacombs

4 Arid Mesa

3 Raging Ravine

1 Rootbound Crag

2 Mountain

2 Plains

1 Evolving Wilds

6 Forest

2 Sejiri Steppe

Sideboard:

2 Forked Bolt

2 Oblivion Ring

2 Dauntless Escort

1 Sun TItan

3 Manabarbs

1 Realm Razer

2 Qasali Pridemage

1 Cunning Sparkmage

1 Gideon Jura

James Bush - 5th-8th Place

2 Eldrazi Conscription

3 Sovereigns of Lost Alara

3 Dauntless Escort

4 Knight of the Reliquary

3 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

4 Mana Leak

4 Lotus Cobra

4 Noble Hierarch

4 Birds of Paradise

1 Sejiri Steppe

2 Island

2 Plains

4 Forest

2 Sunpetal Grove

2 Stirring Wildwood

4 Celestial Colonnade

4 Misty Rainforest

4 Verdant Catacombs

Sideboard:

3 Negate

1 Dauntless Escort

2 Linvala, Keeper of Silence

1 Tectonic Edge

2 Bant Charm

2 Oblivion Ring

1 Path to Exile

3 Obstinate Baloth

Joe Bernal - 5th-8th Place

4 Putrid Leech

4 Sprouting Thrinax

4 Bloodbraid Elf

3 Siege-Gang Commander

3 Garruk Wildspeaker

4 Maelstrom Pulse

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Blightning

4 Terminate

4 Savage Lands

4 Raging Ravine

3 Lavaclaw Reaches

2 Rootbound Crag

3 Mountain

3 Forest

3 Swamp

4 Verdant Catacombs

Sideboard:

3 Eldrazi Monument

4 Thought Hemorrhage

3 Master of the Wild Hunt

2 Bituminous Blast

3 Doom Blade

Mark Mehochko - 5th-8th Place

4 Birds of Paradise

4 Noble Hierarch

4 Dauntless Escort

4 Lotus Cobra

3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

3 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

4 Knight of the Reliquary

3 Finest Hour

3 Baneslayer Angel

2 Mana Leak

4 Forest

2 Plains

2 Island

1 Evolving Wilds

1 Tectonic Edge

2 Stirring Wildwood

2 Sunpetal Grove

1 Sejiri Steppe

3 Celestial Colonnade

2 Verdant Catacombs

4 Misty Rainforest

1 Glacial Fortress

1 Arid Mesa

Sideboard:

3 Qasali Pridemage

3 Luminarch Ascension

2 Linvala, Keeper of Silence

1 Oblivion Ring

3 Path to Exile

3 Negate