One of them is interested, but he wants to wait until Friday to decide, as he's not sure if he will be getting paid.

WHAT A DAY!

Three Flensburgers in the Top 8. MEP making the final match. Terrible prizes. My unbeaten run in the Swiss (3-0-2).

I was very happy with my pool and built a very tasty Sultai control deck:

Mardu Strike Leader
Hooded Assassin
Silumgar Butcher
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
Foul-Tongue Invocation x2
Flatten
Reach of Shadows (!)

Silumgar Spell-Eater
Updraft Elemental
Profaner of the Dead
Gurmag Drowner
Mistfire Adept
Sage-Eye Avengers
Anticipate

Atarka Beastbreaker
Whisperer of the Wilds
Glade Watcher
Frontier Mastodon
Colossodon Yearling
Foe-Razer Regent

Grim Contest


The other rare was an Avatar of the Resolute, which I guess I should have played...?

I ran really well; my two "bad" games ending undecided.

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The top 8 draft went ok, I think. I first-picked a Necromaster Dragon, which was by far the most powerful card, despite being UB. But Blue was definitely the colour that was open to me, so it worked out, with me building an Esper control deck. Unfortunately, I didn't see the better cards in either of my two games with Nikolaj, and his synergistic WG deck ran me over. Here is that deck:

Gudal Lurker
Palace Familiar
Elusive Spellfist
Silumgar Sorcerer
Gurmag Drowner
Aven Surveyor x3
Anticipate x2
Reduce in Stature x2
Rite of Undoing
Ojutai's Summons

Silumgar Assassin
Hooded Assassin
Defeat
Douse in Gloom
Reach of Shadows

Pacifism

Necromaster Dragon
Cunning Breezedancer

Ojutai Monument
Dismal Blackwater

Looking back, the Monument was silly as part of the splash, as it meant I never activated it as a dragon.

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It was a really fun day, with a good atmosphere. There was controversy surrounding the lack of prize support, but that means maybe we'll go to Olli's instead next time. Or...one of the drafts that MEP's organising from November on...