Putting the Pro in Proliferate: A Scars PTQ Top 8

This past weekend Matt, Kurtis, and I headed to Indianapolis to play in a Scars sealed PTQ. Two of us Top 8'd , while Kurtis finished a bit out of the money. Matt and I had very different pools and strategies that got us through the swiss, so I felt it worthwhile to write about my experiences. Enjoy!

Going for a Tumble: A Scars PTQ Top 8

After a dissapointing finish in Toronto, Kai, Kurtis, and I decided to drive down to Indianapolis for a chance to redeem ourselves at a PTQ.

A PTQ Top 4... and More!

Today, I talk a bit about what Scars limited has to offer, both in terms of sealed and in terms of drafting, and featuring examples from this weekend's past PTQ in Detroit. With the limited PTQ season in full swing and two limited GPs coming up, this may be the most (or only) relevant article I ever write!

Reaching for Victory - 2 - Sealed Build

Sealed Build for Richard Franklin's pool, PTQ Paris on 10/10/10 in Garden City.

Richard Franklin's Sealed | The Rusty Machete

14 Creatures:  
1 Chrome Steed
1 Copper Myr
1 Darksteel Sentinel
1 Glimmerpoint Stag
2 Gold Myr
1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
1 Iron Myr
1 Necropede
1 Skinrender
1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
2 Snapsail Glider
1 Sylvok Replica

9 Spells:  
1 Contagion Clasp
1 Darksteel Axe
1 Glint Hawk Idol
1 Horizon Spellbomb
1 Revoke Existence
1 Shatter
1 Trigon of Corruption
1 Turn to Slag
1 Venser, the Sojourner

17 Lands:  
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
3 Plains
3 Island
5 Mountain
5 Swamp

2 Sideboard:  
1 Words of Wilding
1 Reach Through Mists

What do you like, and what do you not like about it?  Post it up in the comments!

Reaching for Victory - 1 - Build this pool!

Richard Franklin has given us his sealed pool from the PTQ on 10/10/10, and this is great practice for anyone who intends on trying to qualify.  Show us how you would build it in the comment section!

How Rich built it will automatically be published tonight at midnight.

(Edit: Forgot to include the land.  There is a Blackcleave Cliffs.)

Sealed Pool | The Rusty Machete

7 White:  
1 Abuna Acolyte
1 Glimmerpoint Stag
1 Kemba, Kha Regent
1 Loxodon Wayfarer
1 Revoke Existence
1 Seize the Initiative
1 Soul Parry

12 Blue:  
1 Bonds of Quicksilver
2 Plated Seastrider
1 Screeching Silcaw
1 Steady Progress
1 Stoic Rebuttal
2 Thrummingbird
1 Turn Aside
1 Twisted Image
1 Vault Skyward
1 Vedalken Certarch

8 Black:  
1 Contagious Nim
1 Moriok Reaver
1 Painsmith
1 Plague Stinger
1 Psychic Miasma
1 Relic Putrescence
1 Skinrender
1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

11 Red:  
1 Assault Strobe
2 Flameborn Hellion
1 Furnace Celebration
1 Goblin Gavaleer
1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
2 Ogre Geargrabber
1 Shatter
1 Turn to Slag
1 Vulshok Heartstoker

10 Green:  
1 Blight Mamba
1 Blunt the Assault
1 Carapace Forger
1 Cystbearer
1 Ezuri's Archers
1 Tel-Jilad Defiance
2 Wing Puncture
1 Untamed Might
1 Withstand Death

34 Colorless:  
1 Auriok Replica
1 Chrome Steed
1 Clone Shell
1 Contagion Clasp
1 Copper Myr
1 Darksteel Axe
1 Darksteel Myr
1 Darksteel Sentinel
1 Flight Spellbomb
1 Glint Hawk Idol
1 Golden Urn
2 Gold Myr
1 Golem Foundry
1 Grindclock
1 Horizon Spellbomb
1 Iron Myr
1 Ichorclaw Myr
1 Memnite
1 Necropede
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Perlious Myr
1 Razorfield Thresher
2 Snapsail Glider
1 Strata Scythe
2 Strider Harness
1 Sylvok Replica
1 Throne of Geth
1 Trigon of Corruption
1 Vector Asp
1 Vulshok Replica

1 Land:
1 Blackcleave Cliffs (RB)

1 Multicolor:
1 Venser, the Sojourner