My wife's not down with me playing Magic on our anniversary.    But she like's the idea of going to Chicago!  Maybe, just maybe.

Thanks for the lists!  Joey Smith's decklist is missing 4x Forbidden Orchards i belive.  What was the meta breakdown like?  Was their much Derdge or Stax represented? 

Congrats on the top finish!!  How was the Oath transformation side?  What did you bring Greater gargadon in against?  Lastly how were Mind Twist and Balance in the deck?  Any changes you'd make if you could go back?  Why Crucible and not Life from the Loam?  Sorry about all the question just trying to get more insight.

I love the Watskeburt idea!  Cool name what does it mean?

I don't see how this thread is benificial to the community without even a meta report.  Who played what?  How many people showed?

How many people showed?  What decks were the top playing?

Could be fun but PA is a little too far away for me and my group.  It'll be hard enough trying to get to Chicago for the next ICBM Extreme Open.  Something this big with enough publication could be HUGE!  You'd definately get overseas players with the original prize structure.

Apparently when she comes into play you name Michael Solymossy and your opponent scoops!  New tech!!

Thanks Nico!  This is a nice glimpse into the Asian meta.  That Mirroir Magique deck looks CrAzY!

Vroman and Colin are friends.  I've scooped to a friend before when I didn't stand much of a chance of getting T8.  I'm sure other mambers of a
"Team" have worked out prize splits before.  It may not be too savory to some people but I happens.

How well did Natural Selection work out in the SCV deck?

I made my own personal Vintage Checklist about a month ago, and my list differs from Steve's as will anyone else's.  The basic skeleton is the same, but when you start comparing quantities things change.  Some of the accessories change but the the fundementals hold true.  That said Chuck Norris should definately be on the list!

Any of the Zen cards make an appearance?

I kinda like seeing a deck win that doesn't have 4x Dark Confidant in it.  But I've also played 4x Force of will and 4x Mana Drain in most every deck I've played in the last 6 years.

The 2-day, 2-Tournament thing is great and realy makes it worth driving the 8 hours one-way.  That prize structre is based on how many people?  While I'm not personally much of a legacy player I'm sure I could get a deck together to play.              

Edited due to drunkeness!

I'm sure he had quite a few drinks to pay out so he figured he'd get an early start.

What deck did you play?  Did you play in the Vintage event at GenCon?  Was it the same deck?

Congrats!!  Did you ever wish that Platinum was Inky or DS?

As posted on ManaNation.com  the top 8 lists

1st – Itou Hiromichi

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Tinker
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Inkwell Leviathan
4 Dark Confidant
1 Fire // Ice
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Magus of the Unseen
1 Misdirection
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Rack and Ruin
2 Island
2 Volcanic Island
4 Underground Sea
1 Swamp
2 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Darkblast

Sideboard
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Trinisphere
2 Pyroclasm
1 Rack and Ruin
2 Arcane Laboratory
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Darkblast


 2nd – Colin Wu

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Pyroblast
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Rebuild
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Empty the Warren
1 Platinum Angel
4 Dark Confidant
1 Intuition
1 Darkblast
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
3 Island
2 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Fire // Ice
2 Duress
1 Helm of Obedience
 
3rd – Brian DeMars

1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Wheel of Fortune
2 Goblin Welder
1 Regrowth
4 Force of Will
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Impulse
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fire // Ice
1 Misdirection
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Transmute Artifact
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Windfall
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Timetwister
1 Rebuild
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Memory Jar
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
2 Voltaic Key
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Timevault
3 City of Brass
1 Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand

Sideboard
1 Naturalize
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Pyroclasm
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Pithing Needle
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Helm of Obedience
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Leyline of the Void

 4th – Brandon Jones

4 Goblin Welder
4 Tanglewire
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Wasteland
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Lotus Petal
1 Strip mine
1 Memory Jar
1 Karn Silver Golem
1 Sundering Titan
1 Mana Crypt
4 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Vampiric tutor
1 Bazaar of Baghdad
2 Uba Mask
1 Smokestack
1 Trinisphere
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Sol Ring
1 Powder Keg
1 Mana Vault
1 Triskellion
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Tinker
1 Crop Rotationv
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 City of Brass

Sideboard
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Powder Keg
1 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Time vault
1 Voltaic Key
 
5th – Devon Ducommun

4 Wasteland
2 Bloodstained Mire
3 Underground Sea
4 Dark Confidant
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Polluted Delta
3 Duress
4 Dark Ritual
3 Thoughtseize
4 Hymn to Tourach
3 Bayou
4 Null rod
1 Strip Mine
2 Tombstalker
3 Diabolic Edict
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Time walk
1 Swamp
4 Dimir Cut Purse
1 Demonic Tutor

Sideboard
3 Energy Flux
3 Smother
3 Krosan Grip
2 Extirpate
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Oxidize

 6th – Jesse Speers

1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical tutor
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Mystic Remora
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Pyroblast
3 Painter’s Servant
2 Grindstone
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
2 Trinket Mage
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Volcanic Island
3 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Lotus Petal
2 Underground Sea

Sideboard
3 Tropical Island
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Ingot Chewer
2 Negate
1 Pithing Needle
 
7th – Mark Trogdon

4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Staff of Domination
4 Metalworker
3 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Smokestack
2 Arcbound Ravager
3 Triskelion
1 Trinisphere
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Stripmine

Sideboard
3 Jester’s Cap
4 Tangle wire
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Gaea’s Blessing
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Triskelion
1 Sculpting Steel

 8th – John Donovan

3 Gaddock Teeg
2 Heartwood Storyteller
2 Enlightened Tutor
2 Vexing Shusher
2 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Choke
4 Aven Mindcensor
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Null Rod
2 Horizon Canopy
3 Savannah
1 Plains
3 Forest
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Stripmine
4 Wasteland
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Windswept Heath
3 Kataki, War’s Wage
3 Elvish Spiritguide
1 Seal of Primordium

Sideboard
2 Vexing Shusher
2 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Tariff
2 Choke
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Seal of Primordium
 
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Steve shouldn't have to defend his deck creation.  I was playing in the same room as him when someone said something along the line of "Oh Man!  Steve just got crushed by his own deck!"  Each deck has its own short commings and this deck is no different.  I'm curious to find out if anyone had the juice to play this deck at Gencon and how they did.  But even that wouldn't matter because Steve would have done better.

Vintage Championship Prelim is tonight.  I hope for CONSTANT updates and hope for a spoiler on that Steel City Vault deck!

No kidding!  I predict a shop deck will roll the competition.  That's only cause I can't make it.  Good luck Soly!  If you don't go on tilt I see another top 8 in your future, but only top 8.   

I completely understand where you are comming from and I have had the chance to play the deck without the top/key.  I think it's a matter of preference and meta.  At the tournament I went to I did not play against a null rod all day.  Null rod does hurt the deck even with bounce and blasts/painter.  I have been looking into other directions that the deck can go but can't go into much detail without further testing.  This is my new pet deck  I enjoy any insight into ANY painter deck or card options that are pertinent.

Thanks!

My cousin and I decided to play out the match that LSV and Ochoa split.  Take into consideration we are not quite the skilled competitors that they are, I won with Ochoa's deck 2 out of 3 matches with an overall  record of 5-3 (2-1, 1-2, 2-0).  Fun decks to play, LSV your deck is no BS! what a tough deck!

Thanks for ALL the input.  This IS a great deck to play.  I haven't had this much fun playing magic in years, Stomping a mudhole in my small yet competitive playcircle.

I LOVE the Key-Top draw engine.  The thing's I've done with Mystical and/or Vampiric Tutor on the stack spell G-A-M-E.  If I'm going to include the Key for the Top I might as well have the Time Vault in there.  I couldn't take out the Trinket Mage cause he's tutoring up what you need.  Tezzeret is uber.  Darkblast is freakin great cause it takes care of Bob and his friends, and has extra synergy with the Top.  Thoughtseize and Duress kinda slowed me down a little.  I feel that in todays games people are prepared for Inky and will Hurkyl's him back to my had so it might as well be DSC to let them feel the clock.  I did however get locked in to a Null Rod-Magus of the Moon lock earlier, it made me want to put the Shamans back in.  The petal is wonderful, so is Repeal but I might cut one to try Academy Ruins. 

congrats Jake!  Our mirror match in round 5 were the best games I played all weekend!  I look forward to playing you again in the future.

Ichorid is very much alive.  There's just ALOT of hate in peoples sideboard.  I love playing Ichorid and game 1 I'm almost for sure a win. 

Thanks for the coments.  I did have a couple of hands that were a little awkward with the vault-painter, but they wern't awkward for long.  Ignot chewer was the nuts that day and should have been in my board.  Getting Tez and Gifts in this deck are a priority and I will try the thoughtseize main.  Duress in side was useless, extirpate helped but not as much as a 3rd jailer would have (I hate Ichorid).  Thanks for the info.  keep it rolling

Don't let people get you down, CHAMP.  Congrats on the win!  You cut through an Underground Sea of Champions, Some of the BEST VINTAGE PLAYERS in the world were at the tourney and you emerged the victor.  I wish I had the chance to play you.  Maybe next time I can get to Chi-Town.