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219 Competitors arrived to play for 8 Invitations, cash and other prizes in Indianapolis on January 9th. At the end of the day we had our first 8 qualified players for the Midwest Masters Series ( www.magicmastersseries.com )

This Magic weekend was followed by a PTQ on Sunday (ok, it just started 10 minutes ago) with 182 players looking for an invite to PT Puerto Rico. We will post the Top 8 decklists from this event after it is done, but for now - here are the Masters Series Decklists.

Make sure to check out the coming 8 chances to qualify for the Masters Series, as well as winning big cash prizes and Gen Con badges - see the schedule at www.magicmastersseries.com

Below are the Top 8 Decklists and Meta breakdown for the 1/9/10 Masters Series Open in Indianapolis:

1st Place - Niel Michalares

2 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

2 Mountain

2 Forest

3 Swamp

4 Dragonskull Summit

4 Rootbound Crag

4 Verdant Catacombs

4 Savage Lands

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

Sideboard:

2 Pyroclasm

3 Great Sable Stag

3 Goblin Ruinblaster

2 Mind Rot

3 Malakir Bloodwitch

1 Maelstrom Pulse

1 Vampire Nighthawk

2nd Place - David Gleicher

4 Putrid Leech

4 Bloodbraid Elf

4 Sprouting Thrinax

4 Gatekeeper of Malakir

2 Vampire Nighthawk

4 Blightning

4 Sign in Blood

3 Maelstrom Pulse

3 Bituminous Blast

4 Lightning Bolt

6 Swamp

1 Mountain

1 Forest

4 Dragonskull Summit

4 Kazandu Refuge

4 Savage Lands

4 Verdant Catacombs

Sideboard:

3 Duress

3 Malakir Bloodwitch

2 Burst Lightning

2 Deathmark

4 Goblin Ruinblaster

1 Bituminous Blast

3rd Place - Daniel Neeley

4 Dragonskull Summit

4 Rootbound Crag

4 Savage Lands

4 Verdant Catacombs

3 Swamp

3 Mountain

3 Forest

3 Siege-Gang Commander

4 Bloodbraid Elf

4 Sprouting Thrinax

4 Broodmate Dragon

2 Maelstrom Pulse

3 Bituminous Blast

3 Rampart Growth

4 Terminate

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Blightning

Sideboard:

4 Goblin Ruinblaster

2 Mind Rot

3 Duress

2 Malakir Bloodwitch

2 Jund Charm

1 Maelstrom Pulse

1 Burst Lightning

4th Place - Justin Brown

2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle

3 Couriers Capsule

3 Divination

3 Flashfreeze

3 Earthquake

4 Lightning Bolt

3 Cruel Ultimatum

1 Sorin Markov

2 Into the Roil

1 Terminate

3 Essence Scatter

1 Mind Shatter

1 Double Negative

4 Dragonskull Summit

4 Drowned Catacombs

4 Scalding Tarn

4 Swamp

3 Island

2 Mountain

1 Jwar Isle Refuge

Sideboard:

3 Duress

2 Thought Hemorrhage

3 Dragons Claw

3 Vampire Nighthawk

2 Malakir Bloodwitch

2 Terminate

5th Place - Andrew Shrout

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Terminate

2 Earthquake

3 Sphinx of Jwar Isle

1 Sorin Markov

1 Mind Control

4 Courier's Capsule

3 Damnation

1 Agony Warp

2 Double Negative

3 Flashfreeze

3 Essence Scatter

3 Cruel Ultimatum

3 Swamp

3 Island

2 Mountain

2 Dragonskull Summit

2 Akuom Refuge

2 Terramorphic Expance

4 Drowned Catacomb

4 Scalding Torm

4 Crumbling Necropollis

Sideboard:

2 Malakir Bloodwitch

3 Vampire Nighthawk

3 Negate

4 Duress

2 Into the Roil

1 Swerve

6th Place - Charles Thomas Morrison

4 Dragonskull Summit

3 Mountain

1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

3 Forest

3 Swamp

4 Verdant Catacombs

3 Rootbound Crag

4 Savage Lands

1 Master of the Wild Hunt

2 Borderland Ranger

2 Garruk Wildspeaker

3 Maelstrom Pulse

2 Bituminous Blast

4 Putrid Leech

4 Lightning Bolt

1 Burst Lightning

4 Bloodbraid Elf

4 Sprouting Thrinax

2 Broodmate Dragon

2 Terminate

4 Blightning

Sideboard:

2 Malakir Bloodwitch

4 Golin Ruinblaster

1 Master of the Wild Hunt

3 Jund Charm

4 Dragon's Claw

7th Place - Pete Steadman

4 Putrid Leech

4 Sprouting Thrinax

4 Bloodbraid Elf

3 Broodmate Dragon

4 Lightning Bold

3 Terminate

4 Blightning

3 Maelstrom Pulse

3 Garruk Wildspeaker

3 Bituminous Blast

2 Mountain

3 Forest

3 Swamp

2 exotic Orchard

4 Savage Lands

4 Verdant Catacombs

3 Dragonskull Summit

4 Rootbound Crag

Sideboard:

3 Malakir Bloodwitch

3 Goblin Ruinblaster

2 Borderland Ranger

2 Mind Rot

2 Jund Charm

1 Terminate

1 Maelstrom Pulse

1 Chandra Nalaar

8th Place - Noah Swartz

4 Goblin Guide

4 Plated Geopede

4 Hellspark Elemental

4 Hell's Thunder

4 Ball Lightning

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Burst Lightning

4 Earthquake

3 Quenchable Fire

1 Siege-Gang Commander

4 Arid Mesa

4 Scalding Tarn

4 Teetering Peaks

12 Mountain

Sideboard:

4 Dragon's Claw

3 Siege-Gang Commander

3 Manabarbs

4 Chandra Nalaar

2 Magma Rift

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