Subject: 
PTQ IL report - The Crew wins again
Date: 
07 Sep 1997 00:00:00 GMT


I'm going to try to keep this brief since I didn't take any notes on
who I played at all.  The actual description of play on tournament
reports is boring anyways.  I won the Chicago ptq with an overall
record of 8-0-2.  I was the only unqualifed member of my team going
into this, so I was really glad to get it out of the way.  The deck is
designed by Max Szlagor, Ron Serio, myself, and Francis Keys.  I have
to give props to Brian Schneider, the deck looks more like his version
everytime we re-work it.  Here's the decklist (that's all people read
reports for anyways, I'm just skipping the BS)

Crew Blue 

4 Waterspout Djinn 
4 Ophidian
4 Voldalian Illusionist (it took Adrian Sullivan working me with these
in Madison, Wi before I realised they were good)
4 Man-o-War
4 Impulse
2 Serrated Biskelion
(here's what sets this apart from the norm blue deck)
4 Dissipate
4 Memory Lapse
4 Power Sink
2 Desertion
(Olle Rade tried to convince us this was too many counters...no way)
19 Islands
3 Quicksands
2 Winding Canyons (ala Ron Serio)

Sideboard (by far the most usefull version of this decks sb ever)
4 Boomerangs
4 Tidal Wave (against celerity (read: Gangsta) creatures)
2 Disrupt
2 Inspiration
2 Serrated Biskilion 
1 Ray of Command 

This deck beats everything...there's not much else to say.  
Good luck to those working hard to make the tour...I know there isn't
much time left, but I hope this helps.


Sam Heckman
Team Member - The Crew
Northern Regional Co-Champion