Subject: Washington State Championships
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:07:16 EST
From: MagicMike4@aol.com
To: fkusumot@IX.NETCOM.COM

Subject: Tournament
Date: November 17th 1998
From: Mike Thompson (magicmike4@aol.com)

This is a small tournament overview from the Washington State Championships
held at the Wizard's of the Coast Game Center in Seattle, WA on November 14th.
This is to let people know of the decks that were successful at the
tournament.  89 people showed up for this 7 round, swiss style, standard
tournament for a chance to be named state champion for Washington.  The
following is a type of decks that won each of the single elminiation playoff
rounds.

Quarter-finals:
Sligh #1 w/ 4 Meltdowns in his main deck beat Academy #1
Sligh #2 beat Suicide Black
Weenie White w/ splash black for Duress beat Necro
Sligh#3 beat Academy #2

Semi-finals:
Sligh #3 beat Sligh #1 (4 Meltdowns)
Weenie White beat Sligh #2

Finals:
Sligh #3 beat Weenie White

Standings:
1st - Sligh
2nd - Weenie White
3rd/4th - Sligh w/ 4 Meltdown
3rd/4th - Sligh
5th/8th - Necro
5th/8th - Suicide Black
5th/8th - Academy
5th/8th - Academy

Other decks that placed high (top 16) were:
Acamdemy
Living Death / Recur
Sligh
Green / White (fast, big creatures)

Deck-types of the tournament:
(Out of 89 people)
16 people played Academy        18%
12 Mono White
9 Mono Black (Necro or Suicide Black)
6 Mono Red / Sligh
5 Green / White
3 Living Death / Recur

I am sure that some of the top finishers will main in tournament reports but
for now this is just an overview of the tournament.