Planeswalker Event Results & Standings Update

Though half of them need to buy a watch, we did get 15 players to play in the Planeswalkers Against Cancer event. Despite starting a little late and the SUB being filled with random computer science majors from other universities, we all had a great time channeling ourselves into planeswalkers and playing a variant of the new Extended. There were a lot of powerful spells and planeswalker ultimates, but in the end, a group of familiar faces comprised the top four:

11/6/10 Top Finishers: Planeswalker Extended

1. Suicide Black by Faradan, Calignomancer (a.k.a. Hunter Garrett)

2. UGR Aggro by Skye, Master of Fools

3. UW Control by Dom, Arcane Illusionist

4. Cruel Control by Michael, Master of the Scroll

Hunter's aggressive and disruptive mono-black deck netted him a win for the second straight week. He also beat me, Michael, and Skye twice on his way to victory, so he definitely earned it. With just one event to go, there are still a lot of people in contention for the last spot in the top 8:

Standings through 15 events (number of events in parentheses):

1. 47 - Skye Kutner (10)

2. 46 - Michael Smith (11)

3. 37 - Hunter Garrett (9)

4. 34 - Joe Hammond (10)

5. 32 - Emile Paul (12)

6. 26 - John Kreinbring (13)

7. 26 - Haren Lalchand (11)

8. 21 - Bryant Benson (8)

9. 21 - Dan Hooghkirk (6)

10. 20 - Michelle Karl (8)

11. 19 - Liz DiGangi (8)

12. 16 - Brent Kollinger (7)

13. 16 - Scott Record (4)

14. 14 - Nick Catalfano (6)

15. 14 - Helen Croce (3)

16. 12 - Will Sturges (5)

17. 11 - Alycia Johnson (4)

18. 9 - Kevin Crowley (4)

19. 9 - Jordan Arnold (1)

19. 9 - Tyler DeForge (1)

21. 8 - Stephen Kwok Choon (7)

21. 8 - Glen Parker (7)

23. 8 - Ben Monge (4)

23. 8 - Ethan Pepmiller (4)

25. 7 - Krystal Lutz (4)

26. 7 - Greg Lovell (3)

27. 6 - Michael Carney (5)

28. 6 - Anna Hallahan (4)

29. 6 - Dan Hoekstra (3)

30. 5 - Matt Wills (4)

31. 5 - Andrew Capik (3)

31. 5 - Dane Newton (3)

33. 5 - Mike Mooty (2)

34. 4 - Noah Senzel (3)

35. 4 - Kevin Hoover (2)

36. 3 - Shawn Brabant (3)

36. 3 - Kareem Elashmawy (3)

36. 3 - Nikita Nikolayev (3)

39. 2 - David Chesnutt (2)

39. 2 - Jennifer Mori (2)

39. 2 - Steven Nelson (2)

42. 2 - John Chandler (1)

42. 2 - Aaron Macy (1)

44. 1 - Michael Cambata (1)

44. 1 - Thomas Fitch (1)

44. 1 - Max Kruger (1)

44. 1 - Bryan Lam (1)

44. 1 - Mike Sedivy (1)

44. 1 - Hannah Sharp (1)

44. 1 - Trish Vincent (1)

Next week will be a draft in some capacity, though it may be off-site (such as at a local Friday Night Magic event) because I may not be available to run an event the weekend. However, you will still be able to earn several league points if you do well (i.e. this isn't like getting one point for attending the pre-release; you can actually earn a legitimate total). It will be the last opportunity to earn League Points for the fall semester, so make sure you attend if you're still looking to make the top 8 or reach any other personal points goal. More details on this will be posted in the near future.

The top 8 event will be the weekend of November 20 and 21, and will feature both standard and draft side events for everyone else (assuming there is enough interest). I encourage everyone to attend, especially newer players, as it will give you a good chance to play against people with relatively similar skill and experience levels as well as watch the top players play some very meaningful matches and probably learn a lot from watching them. Check back for more info very soon and have a great weekend!

- Dom