Magic The Gathering - Malaysia

Jason Ng is your 2010 Malaysian National Champion!


Top 4 - (L-R) Kong Chong Teng, Jason Ng, Joe Soh, Ben Chio


Top 8 - (L-R) Jason Ng, Ken Lim, Justin Lim, Wesley Ng, Terry Soh, Joe Soh, Ben Chio, Kong Chong Teng

Jason on his very first National Championships rode his winning streak all the way into the top, defeating two big names, GP Manila 2008 Top 8 competitor Ken Lim in the Quarterfinals and defending and 2-time National Champion Joe Soh in the Semifinals to set up a Finals between him and Kong Chong Teng whom he eventually overcame en route to be come Malaysian National Champion 2010.

After 12 grueling rounds, the top 8 players of the 2010 Malaysian National Championships has been revealed! Leading the top of the standings is defending champion, Joe Soh, 2010 National Champion.

He is tightly followed by Kong Chong Teng, Ben Chio, Jason Ng, Wesley Ng, Justin Lim and Terry Soh, who beat out 5 others with same points by tiebreakers.

Twitter coverage can be found at http://twitter.com/qjwong !

Decklists, pictures and coverage report to follow.

Final Top 8 Standings

1. Jason Ng (Jund)
2. Kong Chong Teng (Jund)
3. Ben Chio (RG Elves / Vengevine)
4. Joe Soh (RG Ramp)
5. Ken Lim (Jund)
6. Wesley Ng (UG Ramp)
7. Justin Lim (Naya)
8. Terry Soh (UW Control)

Quarterfinals

Ken Lim (Jund) vs Jason Ng (Jund)[Won][0-2] [Coverage Report]
Joe Soh (RG Ramp) [Won] vs Terry Soh (UW Control) [2-0]
Wesley Ng (UG Ramp) vs Ben Chio (RG Elves/Vengevine) [1-2]
Justin Lim (Naya) vs Kong Chong Teng (Jund) [1-2]

Semifinals

Joe Soh (RG Ramp) vs Jason Ng (Jund) [Won] [1-2] [Coverage Report]
Ben Chio (RG Elves/Vengevine) vs Kong Chong Teng (Jund) [Won] [0-2]

3rd Place Playoff

Joe Soh (RG Ramp) vs Ben Chio (RG Elves/Vengevine) [Won] [1-2]

Finals

Kong Chong Teng (Jund) vs Jason Ng (Jund) [Won] [1-2] [Coverage Report]

Top 16 standings after the 12 swiss rounds

1. Soh, Joe
2. Kong, Chong Teng
3. Chio, Ben
4. Ng, Jason
5. Lim, Ken
6. Ng, "Wei San, Wesley"
7. Lim, Justin
8. Terry Soh
9. Muralitheran, Hari
10. Wei Han, Chin
11. Teh, Soon Leong
12. Tan, Ian
13. Hussein, Rudy
14. Shee, Dexter
15. Chee Yoong, Goh
16. Yap, Teng Fong

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2010 Malaysian National Championships – Quarterfinals
Jason Ng vs Ken Lim


L - Ken Lim R - Jason Ng



Game 1

Jason won the dice roll and elected to go first but he had a rough start as he took a mulligan twice to settle down on a 5 card hand. Missing a land drop, Justin was happy to draw a Forest on his 4th turn to summon a Sprouting Thrinax, only to have it sent to the graveyard thanks to a Lightning Bolt from Ken.

Ken’s Bloodbraid Elf cascaded into a Lightning Bolt to send Jason to 16 (after a fetch-land activation), and Ken chose to let the elf stay on the defense. Jason drew and played a Raging Ravine before he cast a Lightning Bolt on Ken’s 3/2 elf to knock down Ken’s defenses as his Saproling token army sent Ken’s life totals to 16. A Maelstrom Pulse made quick work of that small army however, while Jason followed it up with a Bloodbraid Elf of his own, revealing cards off the top in trepidation, and his worst fear became true as he revealed a Terminate to his disgust.

Ken slammed down a Broodmate Dragon the turn after but the cascade was in Jason’s favor this time as the dragons got killed by a Bituminous Blast that cascaded into a Maelstrom Pulse. Ken was not done pushing yet however as a Sylvan Ranger fetched a Swamp with a Sarkhan the Mad turning her into a 5/5 dragon. Another timely Pulse dealt with Sarkhan but the 5/5 dragon token threat still loam in the skies.

Ken attacked with his animated Raging Ravine and Dragon to send Jason to 11 as the Ravine met a Lightning Bolt. A meager defense in the form of a Putrid Leech is dealt with by a Pulse of Ken’s while the dragon’s existence got Terminate-d but an animated Lavaclaw Reaches sent Jason to 9. A Bituminous Blast cascaded into Blighting on Ken’s Lavaclaw Reaches emptied Ken’s hand and board but not before Ken fired a Lightning Bolt at Jason to send him to 6. Jason’s Raging Ravine took large chunks of Ken’s life totals before a Terminate of Ken’s put an end to that but a Bloodbraid Elf from Jason was more than enough to put him through game 2 with a win.

Jason Ng 1 – Ken Lim 0

Game 2

Ken led off the game with a bumpy start as he missed land drops while Jason had a Sprouting Thrinax which was followed up by an Obstinate Baloth. Animated Raging Ravine joined the attackers soon after as Ken crumbles to the pressure, not being able to put up any form of a defense. Ken later revealed his hand filled with multiple Thrinaxes and lots of gas, and all it was missing was the crucial 3rd land.

Jason Ng 2 – Ken Lim 0

Jason Ng advanced to the Semifinals beating Ken Lim 2-0!
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2010 Malaysian National Championships – Semifinals
Jason Ng vs Joe Soh


Joe Soh


Jason Ng

Game 1

Joe won the dice roll and elected to start first but both players started off with a mulligan to 6. Joe led off with a Khalni Heart Expedition while a Bloodbraid Elf brought a Sprouting Thrinax for Jason. The Thrinax died to a Lightning Bolt while Cultivate ramp Joe’s mana. A Blightning forced Joe to discard a Forest and an Oracle of Mul Daya while the Thrinax sent Joe to 14.

An Avenger of Zendikar created a 7 Plant tokens shaped roadblock for Jason as a plant token sacrificed himself to block a Thrinax valiantly while a 2nd Blightning killed off the rest of Joe’s hand. A Forest off the top gave them all +1/+1 counters and did 11 damage in an attack, but a Maelstrom Pulse put an end to that and Joe had another Sprouting Thrinax to worry about.

The 2 Thrinaxes went all the way unopposed as Joe’s deck didn’t not offer any form of defense and an end of turn Bituminous Blast on his own Thrinax that cascaded into a Lightning Bolt ended the game in Jason’s favor.

Jason Ng 1 – Joe Soh 0

Game 2

A first turn Duress from Jason revealed a hand of an Obstinate Baloth, Cultivate, 2 Mountains, a Forest and a Lightning Bolt off Joe’s hand. The Cultivate was sent off Joe’s hand but a top deck’ed Rampant Growth allowed Joe to summon an Obstinate Baloth the following turn to put Joe to 24 although it was Terminate-d soon after.

Bloodbraid Elf hit an empty cascade with Jason revealing a Doom Blade as Joe went on the offence with a Raging Ravine which survived to knock 4 life points off Jason. Jason then cast a Master of the Wild Hunt while Joe summoned a Siege-Gang Commander.

Jason tried to kill the Commander with the Master’s activated ability but Joe killed the wolf token in response, ensuring the 2 damage does not go through to the Commander. Jason then played a Maelstrom Pulse to finish off the rest of the goblin tokens a tad bit too late and added a Putrid Leech to his side of the board.

An Avenger of Zendikar made 7 plant tokens and they became 2/3s with the help of a Terramorphic Expanse. Bloodbraid Elf brought along a Sprouting Thrinax and not the Pulse Jason eagerly wanted but a Terminate made sure the plant tokens does not become any bigger.



Joe animated a Ravine and attacked with his whole army. A big blood bath later and thanks to Siege-Gang Commander activation and a Mountain triggering off the Valakut, Jason’s game 2 is over.

Jason Ng 1 – Joe Soh 1

After some amount of discussion between Jason and the judges, Jason is made to replace his foil Sprouting Thrinax copies that were really bent, and before long the game soon continued.

Game 3

Jason quickly chose to take a mulligan while Joe thought long and hard before choosing to mulligan as well. Joe started off with a Khalni Heart Expedition while Jason had a Sprouting Thrinax as his first play. Joe had a Cultivate while Jason summoned Bloodbraid Elf who cascaded into a Putrid Leech as his Thrinax and elf swung in for 6. An Obstinate Baloth helped shift Joe’s life to 18. Jason attacked Joe with his Leech and Thrinax and elf which saw the Baloth going up against the Leech who died to a Lightning Bolt when Jason tried to pump him.

A second Thrinax joined the fray as a Siege-Gang Commander entered the battlefield for Joe. A late Duress revealed that Joe only had a Rampant Growth and a Forest in hand, the Growth being sent off the hand as Jason’s army thrashed in. While the Commander helped to delay Joe’s impending doom, his deck offered no help as Jason’s Sarkhan the Mad turned the battle into an even more 1-sided affair as Jason crashed his way through Joe to book his place in the Finals.

Jason Ng 2 – Joe Soh 1

Jason Ng advanced to the Finals defeating Joe Soh 2-1!
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2010 Malaysian National Championships – Finals
Jason Ng vs Kong Chong Teng


Kong Chong Teng


Jason Ng

Game 1

Jason’s Putrid Leech hit in for 4 in 2 attacks as both players added Sprouting Thrinax to their board, who traded with each other as the pumped Leech took an additional 4 life points off Kong in the absence of open red mana sources. Jason’s Master of the Wild Hunt quickly died to a Maelstrom Pulse but Jason’s Bloodbraid Elf cascaded into a Blightning caused Kong to discard an Eldrazi Monument and Blighting as Jason’s army attacked, and although Kong survived the initial assault, he couldn’t stop the second wave as Jason’s animated Raging Ravine joined the fray to hit for lethal.

Jason Ng 1 – Kong Chong Teng 0

Game 2

Kong led off with a Putrid Leech that went unopposed, single handedly taking Jason to 13 before Jason summoned a Sprouting Thrinax followed by a Master of the Wild Hunt. Kong had a Thrinax of his own and it attacked the following turn along with the Leech. Jason’s Thrinax blocked the leech, made Kong pay 2 life points to kill off the Thrinax while his own Thrinax took Jason to 10. Master of the Wild Hunt then died to a Lightning Bolt while the Saproling Tokens died to Maelstrom Pulse. A Blightning ripped Kong’s hand off a Leech and Bloodbraid Elf but Kong’s offense is still relentless as Jason couldn’t find the means to muster a defense to Kong’s attacks. Another Bolt and Terminate delayed his demise, but when Jason had to rely on the cascade on his Bituminous Blast to reveal another removal, it didn’t and Kong handily won the game.

Jason Ng 1 – Kong Chong Teng 1

Game 3

Things look bleak for Kong as he kept a 5 card hand after Jason kept a 6. Kong’s Putrid Leech met a Terminate as Jason summoned an Obstinate Baloth to go to 24 but it died to a Maelstrom Pulse. A Sarkhan the Mad from Jason dug out a Sprouting Thrinax but died soon after to a Maelstrom Pulse. Jason then played a Blightning to Kong’s surprise, and ripped him off a Grave Titan and Maelstrom Pulse, to gasps from the on-looking audience. When Jason summoned multiple Thrinaxes while all Kong could muster was lands off the top of his deck, the writing was on the wall.

Jason Ng 2 – Kong Chong Teng 1

Jason Ng is your 2010 Malaysian National Champion!
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Special thanks goes out to the top 8 players who provided the writer with the decklists after the lost of the original decklists!

The 2010 Magic Malaysian National Championships Event Coverage - Top 8 Decklists


Top 8 - (L-R) Jason Ng, Ken Lim, Justin Lim, Wesley Ng, Terry Soh, Joe Soh, Ben Chio, Kong Chong Teng

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Champion - Jason Ng
Deck - Jund



4 Savage Lands
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Raging Ravine
2 Rootbound Crag
2 Dragonskull Summit
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
3 Forest
3 Swamp
3 Mountain

4 Putrid Leech
4 Sprouting Thrinax
4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Master of the Wild Hunt

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Blightning
4 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Terminate
4 Bituminous Blast
2 Sarkhan the Mad

Sideboard

2 Prophetic Prism
4 Duress
3 Obstinate Baloth
2 Doomblade
2 Jund Charm
2 Malakir Bloodwitch

Finalist - Kong Chong Teng
Deck - Jund



4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Raging Ravine
2 Lavaclaw Reaches
2 Dragonskull Summit
4 Savage Lands
4 Forest
3 Swamp
3 Mountain

4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Putrid Leech
4 Sprouting Thrinax
2 Grave Titan

4 Maelstorm Pulse
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Bituminous Blast
3 Terminate
4 Blightning
2 Eldrazi Monument

Sideboard

3 Doom Blade
4 Duress
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
4 Obstinate Baloth

First Runner-Up - Ben Chio
Deck - RG Elfvine



4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Elvish Archdruid
4 Fauna Shaman
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Birds of Paradise
3 Vengevine
1 Obstinate Baloth
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
2 Sarkhan Vol
3 Lightning Bolt
3 Ember Hauler
2 Eldrazi Monument
1 Master of the Wild Hunt
1 Inferno Titan
1 Ant Queen

2 Tectonic Edge
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Raging Ravine
4 Mountain
9 Forest

Sideboard

3 Acidic Slime
3 Combust
3 Manabarbs
2 Triskelion
2 Cunning Sparkmage
2 Obstinate Baloth

2nd Runner-up - Joe Soh
Deck - RG Ramp



4 Primeval Titan
3 Siege-Gang Commander
3 Oracle of Mul Daya
3 Avenger of Zendikar

4 Khalni Heart Expedition
4 Explore
4 Cultivate
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Comet Storm
2 Rampant Growth

4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
4 Raging Ravine
2 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Evolving Wilds
4 Forest
11 Mountain

Sideboard

4 Obstinate Baloth
2 Pelakka Wurm
3 Ricochet Trap
1 All is Dust
3 Cunning Sparkmage
2 Combust

Top 8 Finalist - Terry Soh
Deck - UW Control

3 Tectonic Edge
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Plains
5 Island
3 Sejiri Refuge
2 Arid Mesa

4 Wall of Omens
3 Cancel

1 Gideon Jura
3 Elspeth Knight-Errant
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

2 Day of Judgment
1 Martial Coup
2 Path to Exile
3 Condemn

2 Jace’s Ingenuity
3 Everflowing Chalice
4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Mana Leak


Sideboard

3 Oblivion Ring
4 Negate
3 Wall of Denial
1 Sphinx of Lost Truth
1 Martial Coup
1 Day of Judgment
1 Celestial Purge
1 Mind Control

Top 8 Finalist - Wesley Ng
Deck - UG Ramp

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Top 8 Finalist - Ken Lim
Deck - Jund

4 Sylvan Ranger
4 Thrinax
4 Bloodbraid
3 Siege-Gang
3 Broodmate Dragon

4 Lightning Bolt
3 Terminate
2 Bituminous Blast

4 Blightning
3 Maelstrom Pulse

1 Sarkhan the Mad

3 Forest
3 Swamp
2 Mountain
4 Savage Lands
4 Raging Ravine
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Oran-rief, the vastwood
1 Rootbound Crag
2 Dragonskull Summit
1 Lavaclaw Reaches

Sideboard

3 Ruinblaster
3 Doomblade
3 Duress
3 Obstinate Baloth
2 Garruk, Wildspeaker
1 Pithing Needle

Top 8 Finalist - Justin Lim
Deck - Naya

4 Noble Hierarch
1 Birds of Paradise
3 Cunning Sparkmage
4 Lotus Cobra
3 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Vengevine
4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Fauna Shaman
1 Realm Razer

1 Basilisk Collar
1 Whispersilk Cloak
2 Eldrazi Monument

2 Ajani Vengeant
2 Elspeth, Knight Errant

4 Arid Mesa
4 Forest
3 Verdant Catacombs
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Mountain
2 Plains
1 Raging Ravine
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Sejiri Steppe
2 Stirring Wildwood
2 Sunpetal Grove
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Evolving Wilds

Sideboard

2 Qasali Pridemage
3 Path to Exile
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Cunning Sparkmage
3 Luminarch Ascension
3 Dauntless Escort
2 Oblivion Ring
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