Mike Batac Takes the 2012 Precious

Results report from MTG Gold Rush 2012 as it appears on the Neutral Grounds website.

Mike Batac Takes the 2012 Precious
MTG Gold Rush 2012 Champ pilots Junk Reanimator

by: Will Dizon

Centris Q.C. – Mike Batac emerges champion of this year’s MTG Gold Rush using a Junk Reanimator deck with Caverns, Thrags, Dorks and Angels. After finishing 3rd over all after six rounds of Swiss, Mr. Batac fought his way through UW Flash (Sherwin Aquino) and Bant Control (Werick Pagtakhan) in the quarters and semis respectively. In the finals, Mike and opponent Mikhail Red (who pilots a UWR Flash-midrange deck) agree to calls things quits with a prize split with Red conceding in favor of the newly proclaimed Gold Rush champion.

Here is a summary of the match-ups during the finals:

MTG Gold Rush 2012 Top 8 Players

Clockwise from Upper-Left: Batac, Red, Pagtakhan,
Rodas, Aquino, Ozaki, Manansala, Cardenas

Top 8 Players + Deck Archetypes

Mike Batac – Junk Reanimator
Mikhail Red – UWR Midrange
Werick Pagtakhan – Bant Control
Mikko Rodas – Esper Control
Sherwin Aquino – UW Flash
Zax Ozaki – Bant Control
Gabo Cardenas – Naya Midrange
Bayani Manansala – Esper Control

The Top 64 players from Day 1 received a considerable deal of Return to Ravnica packs and cash given the large number of participants during the eliminations plus owing to the fact that the Swiss process ran six rounds which fetched P200 for every round won.

Alfred Pascual is #9

Alfred Pascual finished 9th overall and almost made it into the quarterfinals.

Please keep yourselves posted for further details of the coverage of the recently concluded MTG Gold Rush including features on lady MTG players, local metagame analysis and tons of pictures.

I would personally like to thank everyone who made coverage duties fun and easy:
• The NG Centris Staff and Management for the full courtesy extended
• Sir Freddie Tan for recognizing the need for media presence at MTG tournaments
• The DCI Judge Team of MTG Gold Rush for the accommodation of every requirement requested
• All participating planeswalkers for allowing the coverage to be done as efficient as possible


Photos and other related articles (decklists and other features) will be posted soon.