Pro Tour San Diego 2010

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- Finals (138 MB zip)
- Semifinals (130 MB zip)
- Quarterfinals (153 MB zip)
- Prelude to a Championship (37 MB zip)
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Call him the giant slayer. Simon Görtzen put his stamp on history by knocking out the previously undefeated Luis Scott-Vargas in the semifinals of Pro Tour–San Diego before dispatching Kyle Boggemes in the finals. Görtzen, a German player making his Top 8 debut, played the role of dream killer to LSV and didn’t stop to savor that moment—he still had a Pro Tour to win.
Görtzen bested Boggemes in a Jund vs. Jund five-game final, showing that the most-played archetype in Standard here in San Diego still has the stuff to handle all comers. With the win, Görtzen earns $40,000, the champion’s trophy, and a place in Pro Tour history.
Scott-Vargas's run at Magic immortality ended just two rounds short. LSV's amazing 17-0 start to the Pro Tour was the best in the game's history and will long be remembered as part of the amazing Pro Tour–San Diego story.
Congratulations to Simon Görtzen and all the other top finishers here in San Diego across all the public events. We’ll see you again for Pro Tour–San Juan on May 28-30.
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Decks
- Deck Lists: Top 8 Standard
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- Deck Lists: Top Standard Lists
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- Deck Lists: Other Standard Lists A-F
by Event Coverage Staff
- Deck Lists: Other Standard Lists G-L
by Event Coverage Staff
- Deck Lists: Other Standard Lists M-R
by Event Coverage Staff
- Deck Lists: Other Standard Lists S-Z
by Event Coverage Staff
- Public Events: Saturday Extended PTQ Top 8 Decklists
by Event Coverage Staff
- Public Events: Saturday Standard Kindle DX Top 8 Decklists
by Event Coverage Staff
- Public Events: Saturday Standard Foil Set Top 8 Decklists
by Event Coverage Staff
- Public Events: Friday Legacy Top 8 Decklists
by Event Coverage Staff
- Public Events: Friday Extended PTQ Top 8 Decklists
by Event Coverage Staff
Sunday
- Video Feature: Day Three Wrap
by Rich Hagon and Brian David-Marshall
- Finals: This Is It
Kyle Boggemes (Jund) vs. Simon Görtzen (Jund)by Josh Bennett - Semifinals: “You Just Can’t Beat Me”
Kyle Boggemes (Jund) vs. Craig Wescoe (White Weenie)by Bill Stark - Semifinals: End of the Line
Simon Görtzen (Jund) vs. Luis Scott-Vargas (Boss Naya)by Nate Price - Quarterfinals: The Old Adage
Daniel Gräfensteiner (Junk) vs. Craig Wescoe (White Weenie)by Josh Bennett - Quarterfinals: Perfectly Symmetrical Fighting
Kyle Boggemes (Jund) vs. Yoshihiko Ikawa (Jund)by Nate Price - Quarterfinals: Hot under the Collar
Luis Scott-Vargas (Boss Naya) vs. Jeroen Kanis (Mono-Red)by Monty Ashley - Quarterfinals: Twisting the Screw
Simon Görtzen (Jund) vs. Niels Viaene (Esper Control)by Bill Stark - Feature: Winners Lists for Public Events
by Nate Price
- Feature: Magic Online Live Series
by Nate Price
- Top 8: Player Profiles
by Event Coverage Staff
Saturday
- Video Feature: Day Two Wrap
by Rich Hagon and Brian David-Marshall
- Feature: Massive Magic
by Josh Bennett and Craig Gibson
- Video Deck Tech: Tricked-out White Weenie with Craig Wescoe
by Brian David-Marshall
- Video Deck Tech: Mythic with Zvi Mowshowitz
by Rich Hagon
- Video Deck Tech: Eldrazi Green with Lucas Florent
by Brian David-Marshall
- Round 16: “FOCUS.”
Niels Viaene (Open the Vaults) vs. Daniel Gardnerby Bill Stark - Round 15: Coming Up Short
Yoshihiko Ikawa (Jund) vs. Craig Wescoe White Weenie)by Rashad Miller - Round 14: “What a Master”
Daniel Gardner (Bant) vs. Luis Scott-Vargas (Naya)by Josh Bennett - Video Feature: Magic Online at the PT
by Rich Hagon
- Feature: They’re Alive! – Robot Chicken and Phyrexia vs. the Coalition
by Bill Stark
- Round 13: Fairly Messy
Lucas Florent (Eldrazi Green) vs. Daniel Gardner (Bant)by Nate Price - Round 12: Nothing to Say
Peter Vieren (White Weenie) vs. Yuuya Watanabe (Jund)by Bill Stark - Feature: Pro Tour–San Diego Archetype Breakdown
by Bill Stark and Rashad Miller
- Feature: Pro Tour–San Diego Photo Essay
by Josh Bennett and Craig Gibson
- Video Draft Tech: Luis Scott-Vargas
by Brian David-Marshall
- Round 11: The Depths of Despair
Russell Heitzmann vs. Luis Scott-Vargasby Rashad Miller - Round 10: Helping Lands
Daniel Gardner vs. Masaya Kitayamaby Josh Bennett - Round 9: "What We Like to Call Inevitability"
Gabriel Nassif vs. Luis Scott-Vargasby Nate Price - Draft Viewer: Draft 2, Pod 1
by Event Coverage Staff
- Info: Pro Tour–San Diego Day 2 Country Breakdown
by Event Coverage Staff
- Info: Pro Tour–San Diego Day 2 Player List
by Event Coverage Staff
- Video Feature: From FNM to the PT
by Rich Hagon
Friday
- Video Feature: Day One Wrap
by Rich Hagon and Brian David-Marshall
- Round 8: The Punisher
Patrick Chapin vs. Gabriel Nassifby Bill Stark - Round 7: Mountain Man
Dennis Stone vs. Gabriel Nassifby Josh Bennett - Round 6: King of the Hill
Marijn Lybaert vs. Adam Koskaby Monty Ashley - Video Draft Tech: Inside the Draft Viewer
by Rich Hagon and Brian David-Marshall
- Draft Viewer: Draft 1, Pod 2
by Event Coverage Staff
- Video Deck Tech: Blue-white Control with Patrick Chapin
by Brian David-Marshall
- Video Deck Tech: Boss Naya with Tom Ross
by Brian David-Marshall
- Round 5: When Lands Attack
Luis Scott-Vargas (Naya) vs. Gaudenis Vidugiris (Bant)by Bill Stark - Round 4: The Rise of Cobra
Katsuhiro Mori (Open the Vaults) vs. Gaudenis Vidugiris (Bant)by Rashad Miller - Feature: Pro Tour–San Diego Archetype Breakdown
by Bill Stark and Rashad Miller
- Round 3: Dashed Cunning
Alan Comer (Bant) vs. Luis Scott-Vargas (Naya)by Nate Price - Round 2: "Rumors of my Death ...."
Corey Mann (Jund) vs. Gabriel Nassif (White-Blue Control)by Josh Bennett - Round 1: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Zvi Mowshowitz (Bant) vs. Olivier Ruel (Turbo-Fog)by Bill Stark - Column: San Diego Draft Watch
by Steve Sadin
- Info: Pro Tour–San Diego Country Breakdown
by Event Coverage Staff
- Info: Pro Tour–San Diego Player List
by Event Coverage Staff
- Info: Pro Tour–San Diego Main Event Information
by Event Coverage Staff
Top 8 Final Standing
1. Simon Görtzen | $40,000 | |
2. Kyle Boggemes | $20,000 | |
3. Luis Scott-Vargas | $15,000 | |
4. Craig Wescoe | $13,000 | |
5. Daniel Gräfensteiner | $11,000 | |
6. Niels Viaene | $10,500 | |
7. Yoshihiko Ikawa | $10,000 | |
8. Jeroen Kanis | $9,500 |
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