Congratulations to Jason Chung, 2009 New Zealand National Champion. New Zealand will be represented at World Champs in Rome by a strong mix of veteran talent and the best of the new generation of New Zealand players. Each of the top 4 players are simply continuing a run of good form, this being back-to-back National Championship top 4 finishes for Jason, recent Pro Tour appearances from Remi Pearce and Andrew Plinston and Matthew Griffin coming off a PTQ Austin victory two weeks ago.

Congratulations to all of the Top 8 competitors and best of luck to the boys who represent NZ in Rome!

National Champion 2009 - Jason Chung

3 Anathemancer
4 Boggart Ram-gang
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Putrid Leech
3 Sygg River Cutthroat

2 Bitumous Blast
2 Cruel Ultimatum
4 Crytic Command
1 Jund Charm
4 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Volcanic Fallout

2 Cascade Bluffs
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Forest
1 Mountain
4 Reflecting Pool
1 Swamp
3 Twilight Mire
3 Vivide Crag
4 Vivid Grove
4 Vivid Marsh


Sideboard
1 Anthemancer
1 Bitumous Blast
3 Kitchen Finks
3 Pithing Needle
3 Puppeteer Clique
3 Snakeform
1 Volcanic Fallout

Finalist - Remi Pearce

3 Anathemancer
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Boggart Ram Gang
3 Chameleon Colossus
4 Putrid Leech
2 Sygg River Cutthroat
4 Wrens Run vanquisher

2 Colossal Might
3 Jund Charm
3 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Nameless Inversion

3 Aunties Hovel
2 Fire-Lit Thicket
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace
1 Graven Cairns
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Mountain
3 Savage Lands
2 Sulfurous Springs
1 Swamp
4 Treetop Village
3 Twilight Mire

Sideboard
1 Anathemancer
2 Chaotic Backlash
3 Kitchen Finks
1 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Puppeteer Clique
2 Snakeform
2 Thought Haemorrage
2 Volcanic Fallout

3rd - Matthew Griffin

3 Cloadgoat Ranger
4 Kitchen Finks
3 Muderous Recap
4 Tidehollow Sculler

3 Ajani Goldmane
4 Bitterblossom
4 Glorious Anthem
3 Path to Exile
4 Spectral Procession
3 Zealous Persecution

4 Arcane Sanctum
4 Cave of Kolios
4 Fetid Heath
2 Mutavault
2 Plains
4 Reflecting Pool
1 Swamp
4 Windbrisk Heights

Sideboard
1 Ajani Goldmane
2 Burrenton Forge Tender
1 Celestial Purge
1 Elspeth Knight Errant
1 Identity Crisis
2 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Paladin en Vec
2 Pithing Needle
1 Thoughtseize
3 Wrath of God

4th - Andrew Plinston - Green White

3 Cloudgoat Ranger
3 Dauntless Escort
4 Kitchen Finks
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Steward of Valeron
4 Wilt-Leaf Liege

3 Ajani Goldmane
3 Overrun
4 Path to Exile
4 Spectral Procession

4 Brushland
4 Forest
4 Plains
4 Treetop Village
4 Windbrisk Heights
4 Wooded bastion

Sideboard
4 Burreton Forge-Tender
1 Dauntless Escort
3 Guttural Response
3 Pithing Needle
4 Wrath of God

Quarter-finalist - Chris Hall

3 Anathemancer
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Boggart Ram-gang
4 Chameleon Colossus
4 Putrid Leech
4 Wrens Run vanquisher

2 Bitumous Blast
3 Jund Charm
1 Loxodon Warhammer
4 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Nameless Inversion

3 Aunties Hovel
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace
2 Karplusan Forest
2 Llanowar Wastes
1 Mountain
4 Savage Lands
2 Sulfurous Springs
1 Swamp
3 Treetop Village
2 Twilight Mire

Sideboard
1 Anthemancer
2 Cloudthresher
2 Deathmark
3 Kitchen Finks
3 Thought Hemorrhage
4 Thoughtseize

Quarter-finalist - Digby Carter

3 Meddling Mage
4 Merfolk Reejery
2 Reveillark
4 Silvergill Adept
3 Sower of Temptation
4 Stonybrook Banneret
3 Sygg Riverguide

4 Cryptic Command
4 Path to Exile
2 Ponder
4 Sages Dousing

2 Adarkar Wastes
2 faerie Conclave
4 Island
4 Mutavault
4 Mystic Gate
1 Plains
4 Wanderwine Hub
2 Windbrisk Heights


Sideboard
3 Aura of Silence
3 Burreton Forge-Tender
2 Declaration of Naught
3 Kitchen Finks
1 Meddling Mage
1 Reveillark
3 Windborn Muse

Quarter-finalist - Loren D'Ambrosio

3 Kitchen Finks
4 Knight of the White Orchid
4 Meddling Mage
4 Mulldrifter
3 Reviellark
4 Sower of Temptaion
2 Stillmoon Cavalier
3 Vendillion Clique
2 Windborn Muse

3 Ajani Goldmane
3 Cryptic Command
3 Fieldmist Borderpost

4 Ardarkar Wastes
6 Island
4 Mystic Gate
6 Plains
2 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard
2 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Marshall Coup
2 Paladin en-Vec
4 Path to Exile
2 Pithing Needle
1 Stillmoon Cavalier
3 Wrath of God

Quarter-finalist - Paul Carson

4 Mistbind Clique
2 Puppeteer Clique
4 Scion of Oona
2 Sower of Temptation
3 Spell Stutter Sprite

3 Agony Warp
4 Bitterblossom
4 Broken Ambitions
4 Cryptic Command
1 Peppersmoke
4 Thoughtseize

1 Faerie Conclave
6 Island
4 Mutavault
4 Secluded Glen
4 Sunken Ruins
2 Swamp
4 Underground River

Sideboard
2 Deathmark
3 Flashfreeze
3 Jace Beleren
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Pithing Needle
2 Plumveil
1 Razormane Masticore
2 Sower of Temptation