Jon wins the tournament on account of deck name.

Congrats to Rob and the rest of the top 8!

Completely agree. I'm an MTGO newbie, so it's super weird to open a Library of Alexandria, thinking "Oh sweet!", only to look the card up and see it's worth just a few tickets… 

Just got myself fully powered this morning, but still missing a bunch of staples to have any competitive decks put together (didn't really own any cards before Vintage Masters). Wasteland… plz reprint.

rbtabris

Invited -Z

All of the unused sideboard slots.

My brother was there and he said the count came in at 186. Pretty sweet!

EDIT:

They also have a livestream. Elimination rounds are going on now. http://www.twitch.tv/talesofadventure

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Michael Cutrone (Esper Deathblade) beats Gerard Fabiano (BUG) in the finals.

That is so awesome.

Won't be able to make this, unfortunately. Still too much packing to be done.

I'll pray for rain so that my family reunion gets pushed to Sunday.

I'm bringing three others with me. Looking forward to a fun day.

I'm planning on coming to this. I haven't been up there for a Legacy tournament in months (because there's almost always been a Vintage event the same day), so I'm very much looking forward to coming up and playing Vintage.

I'll be there, no doubt. Will be my last one for a little while.

I'll be there. Will be up nice and early to carpool over with Shawn Griffiths and Lance Ballester. TDG events are always a (long trip, but) fun day.

Nice report; thank you for writing it. It's good to hear that (at least) two Shops players won Shops (Rob & yourself).

Irony that it's only a drive away for me now, but will be a plane ride away for me come November. Regardless, I'll definitely be there for both days. Looking forward to it.

As much as I would like to make it, I have plans for a friend's birthday party down in York later in the day. I was trying to think of ways I may be able to do both, but I don't think it'll work.

I somewhat regret selling my Geists with this new change. I was planning on waiting until they had rotated out of Standard and picking them back up on the cheap. With these new rules (plus Modern, etc.), I'm unsure as to how much Geist may fall in price once it's no longer Standard-legal.

Then there's my playset of foil (& artist signed) Gaea's Cradle that I'd sold off several months ago… but I made so much value on them already, I'm happy. (I bought the playset for $90 back in 2009…)

That same seller had three Beta Swords to Plowshares listed later last week, as well. Glad I didn't bite on them. (Not that they were necessarily fake, but after seeing this, I'd rather not take my chances.)

Josh,

Congratulations on the finish. Would you be able to recall more detail on your match against Justin? I'm curious.

Due to work that was just thrown my way earlier today, I have to cancel my plans of traveling over for this. Good luck to everyone going. I'm looking forward to the results.

Completely agree. I think it's a great problem to have — I typically go to three events each month (Bloomsburg, Lancaster, Westmont). I love it, but I also recognize that with more events, there is a segment of players that get a bit more choosy about which events they attend. With so many Vintage events a month, they have the luxury to be choosy. (With the choosers also comes, of course, the diehards, who are at every event regardless. )

There are also Vintage players who are invested in other formats, as well. Some weekends have another great, non-Vintage tournament the same day a Vintage tournament is. Can't really help that. The northeast just has a ton of great events in general.  

Yeah, I imagine there won't be much innovation (but I'm hoping there will be). It being the first weekend, people too scared to try something different, and/or a lack of testing to feel confident in changing things. Still, it will be cool if we do end up seeing something new.

Another thing that will make this event so cool is the fact that it will be one of the first Vintage tournaments around where not only Dragon's Maze is legal, but Regrowth is unrestricted. It will be interesting to see how people react to these changes!

I was worried this was going to be the weekend before (May 18th). My sister's college graduation ceremony is that day. With it being on the 25th, I should be there.

Yeah, it's quite the drive. I just realized that it's Memorial Day weekend, as well. Might be a few more cars on the road for that.

Dang. Looks like a nice event.

Anyone in PA want to consider making it up there for this?

I plan on being there. Vintage an hour away + Quaker Steak & Lube = No-brainer.

So who got the NYSE invite? Justin already has his.

I'm planning to be there. Hoping for a good turnout!

Good points. (I was being mostly facetious with that line, after our match Saturday. ) It's not quite Duress (can't grab Jace, can't grab EE), but, as you say, the information gained is worthwhile. I'm not familiar enough with the archetype, so I wonder: what do you think could be cut in order to fit this?