As Will said our Sundays are jam-packed at the Blue Bell location (which is running better than ever). That was the reason for moving the event to our Holmes location. The Holmes store has a good feel to it with tons of parking and is also the location of our Online Store. Everyone should enjoy themselves.

Obviously some key information changed with the reschedule and I wanted to make sure everyone was aware. We've had to change locales to our store in Holmes, PA. Directions can be found HERE. Prizes will be Guaranteed for this event. Also the date has been moved to 8-16-15 so that we can work in conjunction with Mr. Calvin Hodges. We're excited to be back in the vintage mix and look forward to seeing everyone the day of!

Alternate Universes in conjunction with Black Magic Gaming is proud to be hosting a weekend full of Vintage Magic in preparation for Eternal Weekend.

Details for Saturday's event (hosted by Mr. Calvin240sx) can be found at (http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=47928.0)

Details for Sunday's event are as follows:

Alternate Universes Holmes
2129 MacDade Blvd
Holmes, PA, 19043
(610) 583-9960

Sunday August 16th, 2015
Format: Vintage (Unsanctioned)
Registration Start: 11:00 AM
Tournament Start: Noon
Entry Fee: $30 (up to 10 proxies allowed, $1 for each additional proxy; 15 proxies total max)

PRIZES(Guaranteed):
1st Place: Unlimited Mox Ruby
2nd: English Mana Drain
3rd & 4th: 1x Force of Will each
5th - 8th: $50 store credit each (redeemable at any AU location)

Come and join us for one last chance to test before the big show in Philadelphia!

40 players showed up yesterday to welcome the return of regular vintage events to Alternate Universes Blue Bell. I want to thank everyone who was able to make it out and congratulations to everyone who did well!

Craig Berry is the person to thank when it comes to holding these events. We look forward to doing more events in the future and we only hope to improve.

Meta Report

I've chosen these breakdowns because I think it gives the clearest picture of how Vintage is currently shaping up. Workshop lists continue to flourish while Gush-based tempo lists slowly creep up on their heels. Mana Drains are slowly being eliminated from the format with only seven copies between two landstill pilots in the whole tournament. One Oath player even went so far as to name their deck "Mana Drain Control" while choosing to play two copies of the card Counterspell instead.

Shops: 10
Martello – 8
-w/o Metalworker – 6
- w/ Metalworker - 2
Espresso – 1
Rage Extractor – 1

Gush: 9
UR/x Delver – 7
   -Temur – 4
   -Pure – 2
   -Jeskai – 1
Jeskai Stoneblade – 1
4C GushBond – 1

Bazaars: 5
Fatestitcher – 2
Turtle – 2
Lab Maniac – 1

Oath: 5
Oath and Show – 4
Steel City Oath – 1

Fish/Hatebears: 5
Death and Taxes – 2
-Boros (aka Simian’s Mom) – 1
-Mono-White – 1
Bant – 1
Jund – 1
Junk – 1

Drains: 2
UR Landstill – 2

Rituals: 2
Long – 1
Tin Fins – 1

Other: 2
Grixis Slaver – 1
UW – 1

Quarterfinals
Ryan Glackin(1) (URg Delver) v Ryan Tigro(8) (Bant Hatebears): Glackin Wins
Nick DiJohn(2) (Martello Shops) v Anthony Schoenacher(7) (UR Delver): DiJohn Wins
Roland Chang(3) (Martello Shops) v Matthew Bevenour(6) (Fatesticher Dredge): Chang Wins
Daniel Miller(4) (Grixis Slaver) v Andrew Varsallona(5) (Martello SHops): Miller Wins

Semifinals
Glackin(1) v Miller(4): Glackin Wins
Dijohn(2) v Chang(3): Chang Wins

Finals
Glackin(1) v Chang(3): Chang Wins!

Spreadsheet of Top 8 Lists can be found here: http://goo.gl/o12Azr

   *WINNER*
Name   Roland Chang
Deck   Martello Shops
1   Black Lotus
1   Mana Crypt
1   Mox Emerald
1   Mox Jet
1   Mox Pearl
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mox Sapphire
4   Chalice of the Void
1   Sol Ring
3   Sphere of Resistance
4   Phyrexian Revoker
4   Thorn of Amethyst
1   Trinisphere
4   Tangle Wire
3   Phyrexian Metamorph
4   Lodestone Golem
4   Kuldotha Forgemaster
1   Duplicant
1   Steel Hellkite
1   Sundering Titan
1   Strip Mine
1   Tolarian Academy
4   Ancient Tomb
4   Mishra's Factory
4   Mishra's Workshop
4   Wasteland
60   
3   Crucible of Worlds
2   Dismember
1   Duplicant
1   Ghost Quarter
1   Pithing Needle
4   Tormod's Crypt
1   Triskelion
2   Wurmcoil Engine
15   

   *FINALIST*
Name   Ryan Glackin
Deck   Urg Delver
4   Delver of Secrets
4   Young Pyromancer
2   Snapcaster Mage
4   Force of Will
4   Lightning Bolt
4   Mental Misstep
4   Preordain
3   Treasure Cruise
2   Dack Fayden
2   Fire//Ice
2   Grafdigger's Cage
2   Gush
2   Pyroblast
1   Ancestral Recall
1   Brainstorm
1   Ponder
1   Time Walk
4   Scalding Tarn
3   Misty Rainforest
3   Volcanic Island
2   Island
1   Black Lotus
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Strip Mine
1   Tropical Island
60   
4   Ingot Chewer
4   Ravenous Trap
2   Grafdigger's Cage
2   Ancient Grudge
1   Izzet Staticaster
1   Misdirection
1   Mountain
15   

   *SEMI-FINALISTS*
Name   Nick DiJohn
Deck   Martello Shops
4   Lodestone Golem
4   Kuldotha Forgemaster
3   Phyrexian Revoker
3   Phyrexian Metamorph
1   Sundering Titan
1   Duplicant
1   Steel Hellkite
1   Batterskull
4   Chalice of the Void
4   Tangle Wire
4   Thorn of Amethyst
3   Sphere of Resistance
1   Trinisphere
1   Mox Pearl
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Mox Jet
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mox Emerald
1   Black Lotus
1   Mana Crypt
1   Sol Ring
4   Mishra's Workshop
4   Mishra's Factory
4   Ancient Tomb
4   Wasteland
1   Strip Mine
1   Tolarian Academy
60   
3   Crucible of Worlds
1   Ghost Quarter
4   Grafdigger's Cage
1   Duplicant
1   Wurmcoil Engine
1   Witchbane Orb
1   Jester's Cap
2   Dismember
1   Surgical Extraction
15   

Name   Daniel Miller
Deck   Grixis Slaver
1   Black Lotus
1   Mana Crypt
1   Mindslaver
1   Mox Emerald
1   Mox Jet
1   Mox Pearl
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Nihil Spellbomb
1   Pithing Needle
1   Sensei's Divining Top
1   Sol Ring
1   Time Vault
1   Voltaic Key
1   Demonic Tutor
1   Ponder
1   Time Walk
1   Tinker
1   Yawgmoth's Will
1   Ancestral Recall
1   Brainstorm
1   Darkblast
1   Dig Through Time
4   Force of Will
4   Mental Misstep
1   Vampiric Tutor
1   Lightning Bolt
4   Dack Fayden
1   Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1   Tezzeret the Seeker
2   Goblin Welder
1   Myr Battlesphere
3   Notion Thief
1   Island
1   Library of Alexandria
1   Mountain
3   Polluted Delta
3   Scalding Tarn
1   Swamp
1   Tolarian Academy
2   Underground Sea
2   Volcanic Island
60   
1   Flusterstorm
4   Grafdigger's Cage
2   Ingot Chewer
1   Izzet Staticaster
2   Mystic Remora
1   Pyroclasm
1   Strip Mine
1   Viashino Heretic
1   Wasteland
1   Yixlid Jailer
15   

   *QUARTERS*
Name   Matthew Bevenour
Deck   Fatestitcher Dredge
4   Bazaar of Baghdad
4   Mana Confluence
4   Undiscovered Paradise
2   Gemstone Mine
1   Dakmor Salvage
4   Golgari Grave-Troll
4   Stinkweed Imp
2   Golgari Thug
1   Darkblast
4   Narcomoeba
4   Bloodghast
3   Ichorid
4   Serum Powder
2   Mental Misstep
2   Ingot Chewer
4   Bridge from Below
4   Cabal Therapy
3   Dread Return
1   Flame-Kin Zealot
1   Sun Titan
2   Fatestitcher
60   
4   Nature's Claim
4   Chain of Vapor
2   Ingot Chewer
1   Firestorm
3   Serenity
1   Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
15   

Name   Andrew Varsallona
Deck   Martello Shops
4   Wasteland
1   Black Lotus
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Mox Jet
1   Mox Emerald
1   Mox Pearl
1   Tolarian Academy
4   Ancient Tomb
4   Mishra's Workshop
1   Strip Mine
4   Mishra's Factory
1   Duplicant
1   Mana Crypt
1   Trinisphere
4   Phyrexian Revoker
4   Kuldotha Forgemaster
4   Lodestone Golem
4   Chalice of the Void
1   Steel Hellkite
1   Sol Ring
3   Phyrexian Metamorph
4   Thorn of Amethyst
4   Tangle Wire
4   Sphere of Resistance
60   
2   Contagion Engine
1   Sundering Titan
1   Witchbane Orb
2   Wurmcoil Engine
1   Duplicant
2   Dismember
3   Crucible of Worlds
2   Tormod's Crypt
1   Ghost Quarter
15   

Name   Anthony Schoenacher
Deck   UR Delver
4   Delver of Secrets
4   Young Pyromancer
1   Snapcaster Mage
4   Force of Will
4   Preordain
4   Gush
4   Mental Misstep
4   Lightning Bolt
3   Treasure Cruise
2   Pyroblast
1   Ponder
1   Brainstorm
1   Time Walk
1   Ancestral Recall
1   Fire//Ice
1   Flusterstorm
1   Misdirection
1   Spell Pierce
1   Dack Fayden
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Black Lotus
4   Volcanic Island
4   Scalding Tarn
4   Misty Rainforest
1   Island
1   Strip Mine
60   
4   Ingot Chewer
4   Grafdigger's Cage
2   Ravenous Trap
2   Electrickery
1   Flusterstorm
1   Mountain
1   Steel Sabotage
15   

Name   Ryan Tigro
Deck   Bant Hatebears
4   Noble Hierarch
3   Stoneforge Mystic
3   True-Name Nemesis
2   Containment Priest
2   Vendilion Clique
3   Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3   Qasali Pridemage
1   Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1   Trinket Mage
1   Trygon Predator
1   Batterskull
1   Sword of Fire and Ice
2   Relic of Progenitus
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mox Pearl
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Mox Emerald
1   Black Lotus
1   Pithing Needle
1   Sensei's Divining Top
3   Mental Misstep
3   Swords to Plowshares
1   Ancestral Recall
1   Time Walk
4   Wasteland
1   Strip Mine
3   Tropical Island
2   Tundra
1   Savannah
4   Flooded Strand
1   Misty Rainforest
1   Scalding Tarn
1   Karakas
60   
2   Grafdigger's Cage
1   Pithing Needle
2   Engineered Explosives
1   Swords to Plowshares
1   Path to Exile
2   Rest in Peace
1   Echoing Truth
1   Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4   Force of Will
15   

With that if anyone has any tips for improvement we're listening! Feel free to contact Craig or myself (Chas Hinkle) on Facebook and we'll do what we can to make these events better and better.

(Chas): Hello Vintage people! I just wanted to add a short message before all of the details. Alternate Universes used to host some of the most active vintage tournaments in the country. Playing host to tournament organizers such as Mike Smith & Nick Coss we were in my opinion a centerpiece of Vintage Magic for a long time. After talking with a number of regulars (namely Will Magrann who made the biggest push) we've decided to put Blue Bell back on the map. We're going to work with local Vintage expert (lol :p) Craig Berry to run regular events again @ AUBB. We look forward to seeing a lot of you. Now, here's the boring stuff:

Alternate Universes Blue Bell is pleased to resume hosting regular 10 proxy MTG Vintage Tournaments beginning on Saturday December 20th. Our first tournament will offer an Unlimited MOX EMERALD to the winner. Each player is allowed 10 proxies in they’re deck and may purchase up to 5 additional proxies for $1 each. Here are the details:

Registration: 11:00AM
Tournament Start: Noon
Entry Fee: $30 ( up to 10 proxies, $1 for each addtional proxy; 15 proxies total max)

PRIZES:

1st Place: Mox Emerald

2nd Place: Mishra’s Workshop

3rd & 4th Places: Italian Mana Drain

5th – 8th: TBA

Side events will also be held.

GET HYPE!

Yes Mike,

Sundays are a no-go for us. We have our weekly YuGiOh tournament which gets 30-60 players as well as our pokemon league which gets 10-20 weekly. It not only gets crowded, but also presents a situation a good portion of vintage players would not feel comfortable playing in.

Guys, Alternate Universes is a gaming store. Magic the gathering is not the only game we support. Solely to Magic itself, Vintage is a format that we have hosted in the past (be it with Mike Smith or Nick Coss) but it is not the only format that events need to be scheduled for. In December, AU as a store is booked for events outside of 12/1.

12/1 - Our store is empty.
12/8 - Our store is booked with a 20 man Warhammer 40K tournament.
12/15 - We're hosting our PLS Legacy Championship. (expecting 50-60 players)
12/22- We're hosting s Standard GPT (expecting 30-50 players)
12/29 We're hosting a Modern PTQ in Philadelphia (expecting 150-200 players so all of our MTG staff will be working)

Please consider just how difficult it actually is to schedule events in the NY, NJ, PA area before we start throwing words like "classless and disrespectful". This date AFAIK was originally slotted(4 months ago) for a YuGiOh pre-release that was pushed up a full month ahead of time. The date opened for us. We talked to Coss. He approved it.

Again, we're sorry for the conflict and the delay in announcing it, but this is the only day we have available.

--Chas

We're aware of the timing. Unfortunately, these are the only dates available. Sorry everyone.

New York?

New Jersey?

Alabama?

Who's looking to play some Vintage in The Real PA?

WEEEEEERRRRRRRREEEEEEEE BBBBBAAAAACCCKKKKKK

Alternate Universes is proud to announce our NEV Series Qualifier

Format: Vintage
Date: Saturday, December 1, 2012
Time: 12:00 (Registration @ 11:00 AM)
Entry Fee: $25
Where:
Alternate Universes Blue Bell
1530 Dekalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA, 19422
610 277 7251
www.alternateu.com

10 proxies allowed for free. You can purchase up to five more proxies at $1 each.
Decklists will be required (and published).

Prizes

1st Place

1 Invite to end of the year NEV CHAMPIONSHIP (No NEV Points; sorry  )
$350 Store Credit

2nd Place

4 NEV Points
$150 Store Credit

3rd & 4th

2 NEV POINTS
$75 Store Credit

5th - 8th

1 NEV POINT
$50 Store Credit

I know there are quite a few of you looking for those last few points before the NEV Championship. Come and join us at AU for what will definitely be a clutch tournament for those in the hunt of an invitation.

I've been trying to imagine the tone you have to use to exclaim such a question!?

The problem is that these win conditions are so fast to end games, that the format becomes less about these cards being individual one-ofs, and more of 60-card "kev-vault" or "Tinker" decks.

My favorite part of these Bingo boards is how not even Mark put up my name. We played the same exact 75 on my recommendation for god's sake. Jerks! All of you!

Had I practiced more, I surely would've won the dieroll against Chris in the finals this weekend . Congrats again, Nick.

Paul, you're a pretty cool guy and all, but its going to take a hell of a lot more to dissuade Jason from playing Vintage...especially with his second T8 in a row with TPWA.

I seem to be getting this question a lot so I wanted to tell everyone at once.

No, you cannot play in both events at the same time. If you play in Legacy and would like to play in Vintage you will have to drop from the Legacy event. This is done in the interest of time and tournament progression. Sorry.

This should be a lot of fun, looking forward t...wait. I'm working this all day. FML

=-) j/k Look forward to seeing everyone.

@Gambit - that would be optimal, yes, but I'm pretty sure Magic is not scripted and cards are not drawn in a specific order every game. Bottle can be played both prior to and after Chalice on 1, where Needle can only be played prior to Chalice on 1. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Seeing as City in a Bottle has a narrow subset of cards it prevents from being played, I feel I must point out ALL of the other cards which do not allow lands to be played, no matter how narrow:

Cornered Market
Damping Engine
Limited Resources
Moonhold
Null Chamber
Pardic Miner
Rock Jockey
Solfatara
Territorial Dispute
Turf Wound
Ward of Bones
Worms of the Earth

You're welcome Smmenen.

What Smmenen pointed out about City in a Bottle is mostly true except that DCI Foil City of Brass do not have the Arabian Nights expansion symbol so Bottle will not destroy these. Also, Bottle can be cast through Chalice on 1, which is one of the key plays for Shops against Dredge to protect its permanents.

Smmenen, from the standpoint of your average Magic player, I prefer my TOs to be without bias. Adding the comments that you did is simply not necessary from a TOs standpoint. TO reports are not articles and your ego-stroking does not belong there.

I love how I get involved in the pre-game trash talk without even being aware or notified. I definitely couldn't even compare to Corey's PTQ stats with Kithkin alone. Kid is a master.

Congrats again on doing so well Rich. Unfortunate that you had to lose in the finals but a great showing nonetheless.

To be fair Brad, Demars' lists contains only one "pro" if we're using the Pro Tour to define such a word...

Guys..just go to work...D3G is gonna take this one down pretty easily. Though I'm sure Nick would appreciate you contributing your money to the prize pool.

Fogo is nice but maggiano's is a half block walk from the convention center. Also, interesting note looking up the exact address of Fogo, it is located at 1337 Chestnut Street. Pretty sick imo.

Sorry i couldn't make this one Nick. Au was running a YGO regional and I was needed to cover the fort at bluebell. Sounds like everyone had fun and i swear I'm going to make one of these tournaments. Someday...

Congrats again to Max, and everyone else who made Top 8. I also believe Nick Detweiler(NYSE Stax) and Ronald Konak(FOW Ichorid) split the Sanctioned Vintage side event, though feel free to correct me. The finals were a bit of a downer for such a great event, but that is magic.

Also as an employee of AUBB, I just want to say how awesome it is to have that many people in our store at once. While we didn't top the largest tournament AU has held at that location, I'm sure the Mid-Atlantic Vintage crew won't disappoint in making it happen.

AU Legacy Showdown II

Saturday, January 16th at
Alternate Universes Blue Bell
1530 DeKalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422
610-277-7251
www.alternateu.com

Registration opens at 10AM, play begins at 11AM

Format: Legacy (1.5) Constructed Swiss with top cut single elimination

Sanctioned Event - No Proxies

$20.00 entry fee

Prizes:

1st place: 4x Volcanic Island Dual Lands (RV)
2nd place: 1x Underground Sea (RV) & 1 Tundra (RV)
3rd & 4th place: $50.00 store credit
If 25 or more players then prizes will be extended to 5th-8th places


Random door prizes: From the Vault - Exiled Set & Premium Deck Series: Slivers

From the japanese text the card had the numbers 3 and 2 on it...it is therefore confirmed as a brainstorm for 0 loyalty.

Haven't we been over this before Flash(inventing nicknames by the post)...You were playing a fish deck. Not a shop deck. The face that 4 Mishra's Workshop made it onto your decklist is nothing more than simple coincidence.

Awesome, another road trip to break up the monotony of not traveling. Plus I get to have fun on top, ding.