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218 players showed up this past weekend in Madison to vie for a share of the prizes in the Midwest Masters Series Open. After all was said and done, 8 players qualified for the $10,000 MMS Championship at GenCon. Here's the decks they piloted to their Top 8 finishes!

Justin Meyer – 1st after swiss, 5th-8th in top 8

4 Noble Hierarch

4 vengevine

2 ranger of eos

2 sphinx of lost truths

1 scute mob

4 wall of omens

2 birds of paradise

1 borderland ranger

4 Sea Gate Oracle

1 gideon Jura

3 elspeth, knight-errant

3 jace, the mind sculptor

2 oblivion ring

2 path to exile

1 bant charm

5 forest

1 plains

2 island

1 stirring wildwood

4 seaside citadel

3 sunpetal grove

4 celestial colonnade

4 misty rainforest

Sideboard:

1 enclave cryptologist

1 sphinx of jwar isle

2 negate

2 deprive

2 martial coup

1 mold shambler

1 wall of denial

2 celestial purge

3 oust

Garner Perigo – 2nd after swiss, 1st-4th after top 8

4 lightning bolt

4 putrid leech

2 terminate

4 blightning

4 sprouting thrinax

3 maelstrom pulse

4 bloodbraid elf

2 abyssal persecutor

2 bituminous blast

2 sarkhan the mad

3 siege-gang commander

1 broodmate dragon

4 savage lands

4 raging ravine

4 verdant catacombs

4 dragonskull summit

3 swamp

3 mountain

3 forest

1 lavaclaw reaches

Sideboard:

1 maelstrom pulse

1 bituminous blast

1 mind rot

3 prophetic prism

3 duress

3 malakir bloodwitch

4 goblin ruinblaster

Owen Turtenwald – 3rd after swiss, 5th-8th after T8

4 lightning bolt

2 terminate

4 putrid leech

4 sprouting thrinax

4 maelstrom pulse

4 blightning

4 bloodbraid elf

4 bituminous blast

2 sarkhan the mad

1 siege-gang commander

1 broodmate dragon

4 raging ravine

4 savage lands

4 verdant catacombs

4 dragonskull summit

1 lavaclaw reaches

3 swamp

3 forest

3 mountain

Sideboard:

4 goblin ruinblaster

4 duress

2 royal assassin

2 doom blade

2 prophetic prism

1 malakir bloodwitch

Adam Gunderson – 4th after swiss, 1st-4th after top 8

4 wall of omens

3 elspeth, knight-errant

2 ranger of eos

2 oblivion ring

2 path to exile

1 gideon jura

1 bant charm

4 sea gate oracle

3 jace, the mind sculptor

2 sphinx of lost turths

4 vengevine

4 noble hierarch

2 birds of paradise

1 scute mob

1 borderland ranger

1 stirring wildwood

1 plains

2 island

5 forest

3 sunpetal grove

4 celestial colonnade

4 seaside citadel

4 misty rainforest

Sideboard:

2 oust

2 deprive

2 negate

3 celestial purge

1 gideon jura

1 mold shambler

2 sphinx of jwar isle

1 oblivion ring

1 martial coup

Daniel Kopman – 5th after swiss, 5th-8th after T8

2 Mind Spring

4 spreading seas

3 jace, the mind sculptor

4 baneslayer angel

3 gideon jura

2 elspeth, knight-errant

3 oblivion ring

4 wall of omens

4 path to exile

2 martial coup

2 day of judgment

3 everflowing chalice

3 tectonic edge

5 island

5 plains

1 marsh flats

1 arid mesa

2 sejiri refuge

4 glacial fortress

4 celestial colonnade

Sideboard:

1 sphinx of lost truths

2 jace beleren

3 flashfreeze

4 negate

1 day of judgment

1 kor sanctifiers

1 elspeth, knight-errant

2 celestial purge

Phil Jones – 6th after swiss, 1st-4th after T8

4 birds of paradise

4 noble hierarch

4 dauntless escort

4 knight of the reliquary

3 sovereigns of lost alara

4 lotus cobra

2 baneslayer angel

4 jace, the mind sculptor

3 elspeth, knight-errant

2 gideon jura

2 eldrazi conscription

4 misty rainforest

4 forest

2 island

2 plains

2 verdant catacombs

2 sejiri steppe

3 celestial colonnade

2 sunpetal grove

1 tectonic edge

1 arid mesa

1 stirring wildwood

Sideboard:

2 rhox war monk

2 oblivion ring

2 sphinx of the jwar isle

2 path to exile

2 bant charm

2 negate

2 deprive

1 emerge unscathed

Jon Hartling – 7th after swiss, 5th-8th in top 8

13 forest

4 rootbound crag

4 raging ravine

2 mountain

4 llanowar elves

3 Joraga treespeaker

3 borderland ranger

4 nest invader

4 kozilek’s predator

4 bloodbraid elf

3 lightning bolt

3 staggershock

4 bestial menace

4 overrun

1 garruk wildspeaker

Sideboard:

3 cunning sparkmage

3 goblin ruinblaster

4 river boa

2 naturalize

1 lightning bolt

1 tuktuk the explorer

1 kazandu tuskcaller

Brian Kowal – 8th after swiss, 1st-4th after T8

3 lightning bolt

2 terminate

4 maelstrom pulse

4 blightning

3 bituminous blast

3 sarkhan the mad

4 putrid leech

4 sprouting thrinax

4 bloodbraid elf

2 siege-gang commander

1 prophetic prism

4 verdant catacombs

4 savage lands

4 raging ravine

3 forest

3 mountain

2 swamp

1 lavaclaw reaches

4 dragonskull summit

1 rootbound crag

Sideboard:

3 doom blade

4 duress

4 goblin ruinblaster

2 forked bolt

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