Oops, Jeff's list was missing 3 Forbidden orchards, 1 Vamp, and 1 Scalding tarn.

I grabbed the Top 4 decklists from this event. And since one is already in the first post, here's the other 3:

Finalist - jeffthefob

1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
2 Hellkite Overlord
4 Oath of Druids
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Impulse
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Pierce
3 Thoughtseize
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Rebuild
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
2 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Island
4 Forbidden Orchard

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Ravenous Trap
2 Pithing Needle
2 Firespout
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Karthus, Tyrant of Jund
2 Mindbreak Trap


Semi-Finalist - Brett Allen

4 Force of will
4 Mana Drain
3 Dark Confidant
2 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Sower of Temptation
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Darkblast
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Gift Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Spell Pierce
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Tinker
1 Voltiac Key
1 Time Vault
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Flooded strand
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
2 Snow-Covered Island
1 Island

SB:

1 Pithing Needle
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Extirpate
3 Leyline of the Void
3 Greater Gargadon
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Ingot Chewer

Semi-finalist - Jed Dolbeer

2 Bloodgast
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Golgari Thug
1 Flame-kin Zealot
2 Dread Return
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Fatesticher
4 Serum Powder
4 Narcomeba
4 Careful Study
1 Brainstorm
3 Ichorid
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Grave Troll
1 Breakthrough
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Bridge from Below
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
2 Cephalid Coliseum

SB:

2 Wispmare
1 Ichorid
3 Darkblast
4 Chain of Vapor
2 Ingot Chewer
3 Ancient Grudge

Brainstorm will live on forever, in our hearts.

When:
6-14-2008
Where:
Adventures In Comics and Games
6026 Fair Oaks Blvd.
Carmichael, CA 95608
10 Proxy Vintage Tournament
$25 registration begins at 2PM Start time is at 3PM

For 10 or more players the prize* is a Unlimited Time Walk

For 20 or more we add on a Library of Alexandria
Additional prizes include Duals, Vintage foils, and more!*

Vintage format:
10 proxies, standard SCG style proxy rules apply. Feel free to ask me about your proxies on this site before the tournament begins.
X rounds of Swiss, followed by a cut to top 8 (top 4 with 16 or fewer).

While obviously not a DCI sanctioned event, it will be run like a regular REL event with deck lists and deck verification.
Decklists will be collected at the start of round 1. Please mark proxies on your deck lists in some way.

I just a call from Scott that they're changing the date to the 10th of nov to avoid Thanksgiving weekend conflicts.

With 16 people, 4 rounds cut to top 4 is the standard tournament procedure recommended by wizards here. (Note constructed vs limited on single elim cuts) And the alternatives (swiss +1, cut to top 8) were pretty much just moving the suckiness around, not removing it.
At +1 person, I would gladly have run 5 rounds with a cut to top 8. I run the T1 and 24k events at Adventures to the highest quality that I can, and you'll find that they are very close to a PTQ or PT side event, except with a smaller staff. If you've had issues with their other tournaments in the past, let me know the details and I'll pass it along.


Also, 9/22 Beta Ruby announcement here: http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=34038.msg482989

Where:
Adventures in Comics and Games
6026 Fair Oaks Blvd
Carmichael, CA 95608
(916) 973-9064

When:
Saturday, September 22nd
3pm Tournament start time, Registration starts at 2pm
Decklists will be collected at the start of round 1. Please mark proxies on your deck lists in some way.
$25 Entry fee

First place gets a Beta Mox Ruby, additional prizes based on attendance.
Our last tournament gave out a Mox and 2 Force of Wills to first and second. With a playset of foreign Merchant Scrolls. a foil Psychatog (OD) and a japanese Misdirection given out as door prizes.



Vintage format
10 proxies, standard proxy rules apply. Feel free to ask me about your proxies on site before the tournament begins.
X rounds of Swiss, followed by a cut to top 8 (top 4 with 16 or fewer).
While obviously not a DCI sanctioned event, it will be run by a L2 judge (me!) as a Regular REL event with deck lists and deck verification.

A big thanks to everyone who showed up, and I hope to see you again next month at our Beta Ruby tournament.
And if you have any comments or suggestions about the tournaments, let me know.


I'm going to personally PM you with the date of the next tournament when I know it.

Top 4 decklists!

#1 Web
(see first post)

#2 Sam Smith (banksz)

Combo, Combo, Combo
// Lands
    3 (ON) Flooded Strand
    2 (ON) Polluted Delta
    3 (U) Volcanic Island
    1 (OV) Library of Alexandria
    1 (AQ) Strip Mine
    1 (TE) Wasteland
    7 (P2) Island

// Creatures
    2 (CHK) Meloku the Clouded Mirror
    4 (WL) Ophidian
    3 (FUT) Magus of the Moon

// Spells
    2 (MM) Misdirection
    3 (AP) Fire/Ice
    4 (LG) Mana Drain
    2 (FD) Engineered Explosives
    1 (DS) Echoing Truth
    3 (SH) Mana Leak
    2 (HL) Merchant Scroll
    1 (B) Red Elemental Blast
    1 (NE) Dominate
    1 (WL) Disrupt
    1 (B) Black Lotus
    4 (AL) Force of Will
    1 (A) Time Walk
    1 (A) Ancestral Recall
    1 (A) Mox Sapphire
    1 (U) Mox Jet
    1 (U) Mox Pearl
    1 (A) Mox Ruby
    1 (U) Mox Emerald
    1 (U) Sol Ring

// Sideboard
SB: 1 (B) Red Elemental Blast
SB: 4 (GP) Leyline of the Void
SB: 2 (GP) Leyline of Singularity
SB: 2 (UL) Rack and Ruin
SB: 3 (PS) Flametongue Kavu
SB: 1 (OV) Pyroblast
SB: 2 (NE) Submerge


#3 Jared Borchers

Tech
// Lands
    3 (ON) Flooded Strand
    3 (ON) Polluted Delta
    2 (B) Tropical Island
    3 (B) Underground Sea
    2 (U) Volcanic Island
    1 (P2) Island

// Creatures
    4 (VI) Quirion Druid
    2 (OD) Psychatog

// Spells
    1 (R) Fastbond
    1 (R) Demonic Tutor
    1 (6E) Vampiric Tutor
    1 (P3) Imperial Seal
    1 (US) Yawgmoth's Will
    4 (7E) Duress
    1 (B) Black Lotus
    1 (U) Mox Emerald
    1 (U) Mox Jet
    1 (A) Mox Ruby
    1 (A) Mox Sapphire
    4 (MM) Gush
    1 (6E) Mystical Tutor
    1 (JU) Cunning Wish
    1 (A) Time Walk
    1 (A) Ancestral Recall
    1 (DS) Echoing Truth
    2 (MM) Misdirection
    4 (AL) Force of Will
    4 (HL) Merchant Scroll
    3 (IN) Opt
    4 (MM) Brainstorm

// Sideboard
SB: 1 (U) Berserk
SB: 1 (OV) Pyroblast
SB: 1 (B) Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 (TSP) Ancient Grudge
SB: 2 (10E) Pithing Needle
SB: 2 (ON) Smother
SB: 1 (AP) Fire/Ice
SB: 2 (R) Energy Flux
SB: 4 (GP) Leyline of the Void

#4 Erik Brown

// Lands
    3 (TE) Wasteland
    1 (AQ) Strip Mine
    4 (ON) Flooded Strand
    4 (CHK) Forbidden Orchard
    2 (B) Tropical Island
    2 (B) Underground Sea
    2 (CS) Snow-Covered Island

// Creatures
    1 (RAV) Razia, Boros Archangel
    1 (TSB) Akroma, Angel of Wrath

// Spells
    1 (TSB) Gaea's Blessing
    2 (MM) Misdirection
    4 (MM) Brainstorm
    1 (6E) Vampiric Tutor
    1 (R) Demonic Tutor
    1 (A) Time Walk
    1 (A) Ancestral Recall
    1 (DS) Echoing Truth
    3 (HL) Merchant Scroll
    3 (VI) Impulse
    1 (U) Mox Emerald
    4 (7E) Duress
    4 (AL) Force of Will
    4 (LG) Mana Drain
    4 (EX) Oath of Druids
    1 (B) Black Lotus
    1 (A) Mox Sapphire
    1 (A) Mox Ruby
    1 (U) Mox Pearl
    1 (U) Mox Jet

// Sideboard
SB: 2 (NE) Submerge
SB: 2 (SC) Stifle
SB: 1 (MR) Platinum Angel
SB: 4 (GP) Leyline of the Void
SB: 2 (MR) Triskelion
SB: 1 (NE) Massacre
SB: 3 (DS) Oxidize


Out of 16 people, there were 6 GAT decks, 2 SliverFlash,  2 Goblins and 6 others.

EDIT: Due to conflicts with other events this is now going to be held on the 11th.

Where:
Adventures in Comics and Games
6026 Fair Oaks Blvd
Carmichael, CA 95608
(916) 973-9064

When:
Saturday, August 11th
3pm Tournament start time, Registration starts at 2pm
Decklists will be collected at the start of round 1. Please mark proxies on your deck lists in some way.
$25 Entry fee

First place gets a UL Mox Jet, additional prizes based on attendance.
Our tournament last month had 19 people, and in addition to the Beta Ruby offered to first, two Forces where given to second. A fetchland, foil Psychatog and foil Top were given out as door prizes.

Vintage format
10 proxies, standard proxy rules apply. Feel free to ask me about your proxies on site before the tournament begins.
X rounds of Swiss, followed by a cut to top 8.
While obviously not a DCI sanctioned event, it will be run by a L2 judge (me!) as a Regular REL event with deck lists and deck verification.

I know this is the same day as the Eudemonia Twister tournament. Apparently our calendar was made and printed up before the dates for this month's Eudemonia were posted on their website. It's something we really did not want to happen and there will be more steps taken in the future to avoid conflicts with other vintage tournaments in the region.

Decklists!

#1 Paul Gaither

// Lands
    14 (ST) Swamp
    4 (TE) Wasteland
    1 (AQ) Strip Mine

// Creatures
    4 (RAV) Dark Confidant
    4 (B) Hypnotic Specter
    4 (UD) Phyrexian Negator
    4 (FUT) Yixlid Jailer

// Spells
    1 (R) Demonic Tutor
    3 (WL) Null Rod
    4 (GP) Leyline of the Void
    1 (IA) Demonic Consultation
    1 (6E) Vampiric Tutor
    1 (U) Sol Ring
    4 (TE) Dark Ritual
    4 (FE) Hymn to Tourach (3)
    4 (7E) Duress
    1 (B) Black Lotus
    1 (U) Mox Jet

// Sideboard
SB: 4 (UD) Masticore
SB: 4 (10E) Pithing Needle
SB: 3 (AL) Dystopia
SB: 3 (TE) Diabolic Edict
SB: 1 (DK) Maze of Ith

#2 Luis Scott-Vargas

4 Brainstorm
4 Gush
4 Merchant Scroll
4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
2 Mana Drain
2 Opt
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Cunning Wish
1 EchoingTruth
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Walk
4 Duress
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's WIll
3 Quirion Dryad
1 Fastbond
1 Regrowth
1 Psychatog
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Library of Alexandria
3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby

SB:
1 Berserk
1 Brain Freeze
1 Blue elemental blast
1 Oxidize
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Pernisious Deed
1 Enginered Explosives
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Smother
4 Leyline of the Void


#3-4 Ricky Sidher

3 Psychatog
4 Quirion Dryad
4 Gush
4 Duress
4 FOrce of WIll
4 Brainstorm
5 Merchant Scroll
3 Slight of Hand
2 Misdirection
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Cunning Wish
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
2 Tropical Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Imperial Seal
1 Time Walk

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Pyroblast
1 Berserk
1 Red Elemental Blast
3 Pithing Needle
1 Fire // Ice


#3-4 Michael Painter

// Lands
    4 (AQ) Mishra's Workshop
    4 (7E) City of Brass
    3 (WL) Gemstone Mine
    4 (TE) Wasteland
    1 (AQ) Strip Mine
    1 (AN) Bazaar of Baghdad
    1 (US) Tolarian Academy

// Creatures
    4 (UL) Goblin Welder
    1 (US) Karn, Silver Golem
    1 (DS) Sundering Titan
    1 (MR) Triskelion
    1 (AL) Gorilla Shaman (2)

// Spells
    1 (U) Mox Pearl
    1 (UL) Crop Rotation
    1 (6E) Vampiric Tutor
    1 (R) Demonic Tutor
    1 (UL) Tinker
    1 (B) Mana Vault
    1 (U) Sol Ring
    1 (PR) Mana Crypt
    1 (U) Mox Emerald
    1 (U) Mox Jet
    1 (OV) Balance
    1 (A) Mox Ruby
    1 (A) Mox Sapphire
    1 (B) Black Lotus
    3 (US) Smokestack
    4 (NE) Tangle Wire
    3 (FD) Crucible of Worlds
    1 (A) Ancestral Recall
    2 (UD) Powder Keg
    4 (EX) Sphere of Resistance
    1 (DS) Trinisphere
    1 (UL) Memory Jar
    1 (10E) Pithing Needle

// Sideboard
SB: 4 (GP) Leyline of the Void
SB: 4 (MR) Chalice of the Void
SB: 3 (B) Red Elemental Blast
SB: 2 (TSP) Ancient Grudge
SB: 1 (LG) In the Eye of Chaos
SB: 1 (JU) Ray of Revelation

#5-8 Jeff Neilson

// Lands
    4 (4E) Mishra's Factory
    2 (TE) Ancient Tomb
    4 (AQ) Mishra's Workshop
    1 (US) Tolarian Academy
    1 (AQ) Strip Mine
    3 (TE) Wasteland

// Creatures
    1 (MR) Triskelion
    4 (UD) Metalworker
    1 (FD) Razormane Masticore
    1 (US) Karn, Silver Golem
    1 (DS) Sundering Titan

// Spells
    4 (US) Smokestack
    4 (MR) Chalice of the Void
    1 (DS) Trinisphere
    4 (EX) Sphere of Resistance
    1 (MR) Mindslaver
    3 (NE) Tangle Wire
    1 (U) Sol Ring
    2 (FD) Staff of Domination
    2 (PR) Mana Crypt
    1 (B) Mana Vault
    1 (B) Black Lotus
    3 (FD) Crucible of Worlds
    1 (U) Mox Emerald
    1 (U) Mox Jet
    1 (U) Mox Pearl
    1 (A) Mox Ruby
    1 (A) Mox Sapphire
    4 (DS) Serum Powder
    1 (UL) Memory Jar
    1 (CHK) Sensei's Divining Top

// Sideboard
SB: 1 (MR) Duplicant
SB: 3 (MR) Triskelion
SB: 4 (GP) Leyline of the Void
SB: 1 (DS) Sword of Fire and Ice
SB: 1 (MR) Sculpting Steel
SB: 2 (10E) Pithing Needle
SB: 1 (5E) Jester's Cap


#5-8 David Ochoa

4 Brainstorm
4 Gush
4 Merchant Scroll
4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
2 Mana Drain
2 Opt
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Cunning Wish
1 EchoingTruth
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Walk
4 Duress
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's WIll
3 Quirion Dryad
1 Fastbond
1 Regrowth
1 Psychatog
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Library of Alexandria
3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby

SB:
1 Berserk
1 Brain Freeze
1 Blue elemental blast
1 Oxidize
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Pernisious Deed
1 Enginered Explosives
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Smother
4 Leyline of the Void


#5-8 Mike Saroca

// Lands
    3 (ON) Polluted Delta
    2 (ON) Flooded Strand
    3 (B) Underground Sea
    1 (B) Tropical Island
    2 (P2) Island

// Creatures
    4 (DIS) Protean Hulk
    4 (FUT) Virulent Sliver
    2 (TE) Heart Sliver
    1 (AL) Elvish Spirit Guide

// Spells
    4 (HL) Merchant Scroll
    4 (AL) Force of Will
    4 (FUT) Pact of Negation
    2 (MM) Misdirection
    1 (R) Demonic Tutor
    1 (6E) Mystical Tutor
    1 (PT) Vampiric Touch
    1 (A) Ancestral Recall
    4 (MM) Brainstorm
    1 (ON) Chain of Vapor
    1 (DS) Echoing Truth
    4 (FUT) Summoner's Pact
    1 (U) Mox Pearl
    1 (B) Black Lotus
    1 (U) Mox Emerald
    1 (U) Mox Jet
    4 (MI) Flash
    1 (A) Mox Ruby
    1 (A) Mox Sapphire
    1 (PR) Mana Crypt

// Sideboard
SB: 4 (GP) Leyline of the Void
SB: 4 (7E) Duress
SB: 1 (ON) Chain of Vapor
SB: 1 (DS) Echoing Truth
SB: 2 (NE) Reverent Silence
SB: 2 (NE) Massacre
SB: 1 (FUT) Summoner's Pact

#5-8 Eduardo Cervantes


// Lands
    2 (P2) Island
    1 (ON) Flooded Strand
    3 (ON) Polluted Delta
    2 (B) Tropical Island
    2 (B) Underground Sea
    1 (U) Volcanic Island

// Creatures
    1 (PLC) Simian Spirit Guide
    1 (AL) Elvish Spirit Guide
    4 (FUT) Virulent Sliver
    1 (TE) Heart Sliver
    3 (DIS) Protean Hulk

// Spells
    4 (AL) Force of Will
    1 (ON) Chain of Vapor
    1 (A) Ancestral Recall
    3 (FUT) Pact of Negation
    1 (6E) Mystical Tutor
    4 (MI) Flash
    2 (FUT) Nix
    2 (MM) Misdirection
    4 (MM) Brainstorm
    1 (PR) Mana Crypt
    4 (HL) Merchant Scroll
    1 (6E) Vampiric Tutor
    1 (R) Demonic Tutor
    4 (FUT) Summoner's Pact
    1 (TE) Lotus Petal
    1 (U) Mox Emerald
    1 (U) Mox Jet
    1 (A) Mox Ruby
    1 (A) Mox Sapphire

// Sideboard
SB: 1 (DS) Darksteel Colossus
SB: 1 (TE) Diabolic Edict
SB: 2 (TSB) Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 (ON) Chain of Vapor
SB: 3 (7E) Duress
SB: 1 (IN) Fact or Fiction
SB: 1 (UL) Tinker
SB: 2 (DS) Echoing Truth
SB: 1 (GP) Repeal
SB: 1 (UL) Rebuild
SB: 1 (FUT) Street Wraith



Yeah, it was kobold clamp and squirrel craft merged into one great deck, running no proxies,  power, search or storm.

I've seen other T4 stacks use that errata, but I use a different one because that one doesn't actually do anything. Quanar copies are new objects and should be legal targets for another Quanar flip
I went with limiting his flip face down ability to once per a turn. Gives you up to 2 uses in one turn, and a bit of skill testing on when to flip him back down.

Betrayal of Flesh is entwine 0.
Jokulmorder: in my stack has Trample, and lots of blacked out lines in his text box.
Kumano: has 'or player' removed
Krosan Tusker: Removed "basic"
Death of a thousand stings: changed "each" to "a"
Akuta: Removed "sacrifice a swamp" and changed "each" to "a"
Wurmweaver coil: Removed green
Stronghold overseer: removed "+1/+0"
And removed mention of basic lands from cards like incarnations and shackles.

Except for Quanar and Betrayal, all my errata is using a sharpie to remove text. Removing text seems to be easier for players to understand than adding or changing text.

I always thought it looked like some bacteria growth or maybe green slime mold. Or with it being aquatic, algae would work.

Seriously, if "Flower in front of a green backround" isn't good enough, then my next answer would be "Flower in front of a blown-up picture of green bacteria".

Wurmweaver coil is so much better if you take a Sharpie to the word green.

I'd give him the Whispers, unless I had an instant to deal with Agenda, or it's very early game and he couldn't use Agenda effectivly.

Intution and Gifts Ungiven are both really good in t4.

Here's the last list I typed up for the T4 group. It's a few months out of date, and I forgot a few cards. But it should be good enough to feel for what I play.




// Lands
    1  Diamond Valley
    1  Kor Haven
    1  Maze of Ith
    1  Winding Canyons
    1  Shivan Gorge
    1  Arena
    1  Volrath's Stronghold
    1  Karakas
    1  Treetop Village
    1  Nantuko Monastery

// Creatures
    1  Mischievous Quanar
    1  Chromeshell Crab
    1  Voidmage Prodigy
    1  Voidmage Apprentice
    1  Rainbow Efreet
    1  Primoc Escapee
    1  Morphling
    1  Bringer of the Blue Dawn
    1  Aven Fateshaper
    1  Dominating Licid
    1  Ertai, Wizard Adept
    1  Cognivore
    1  Stormscape Battlemage
    1  Quicksilver Dragon
    1  Riptide Shapeshifter
    1  Mist Dragon
    1  Palinchron
    1  Willbender
    1  Hoverguard Sweepers
    1  Sutured Ghoul
    1  Chainer, Dementia Master
    1  Abyssal Horror
    1  Spirit of the Night
    1  Bane of the Living
    1  Smokespew Invoker
    1  Havoc Demon
    1  Nightscape Battlemage
    1  Necrosavant
    1  Avatar of Woe
    1  Laquatus's Champion
    1  Faceless Butcher
    1  Scion of Darkness
    1 [UG] Infernal Spawn of Evil
    1  Volrath the Fallen
    1  Skinthinner
    1  Desolation Angel
    1  Bringer of the Black Dawn
    1  Nekrataal
    1  Pit Spawn
    1  Hypnox
    1  Bone Shredder
    1  Reiver Demon
    1  Ancestor's Chosen
    1  Academy Rector
    1  Karmic Guide
    1  Crowd Favorites
    1  Jareth, Leonine Titan
    1  Radiant's Dragoons
    1  Akroma, Angel of Wrath
    1  Eternal Dragon
    1  Bringer of the White Dawn
    1  Glarecaster
    1  Reya Dawnbringer
    1  Silver Seraph
    1  False Prophet
    1  Furnace Dragon
    1  Imperial Hellkite
    1  Crater Hellion
    1  Keldon Champion
    1  Shivan Phoenix
    1  Macetail Hystrodon
    1  Ashen Firebeast
    1  Rorix Bladewing
    1  Worldgorger Dragon
    1  Thunderscape Battlemage
    1  Rockshard Elemental
    1  Kamahl, Pit Fighter
    1  Thundermare
    1  Butcher Orgg
    1  Desolation Giant
    1  Flowstone Overseer
    1  Shard Phoenix
    1  Gorilla Shaman (1)
    1  Ancient Hydra
    1  Krosan Cloudscraper
    1  Plated Slagwurm
    1  Penumbra Wurm
    1  Bringer of the Green Dawn
    1  Gurzigost
    1  Root Elemental
    1  Thicket Elemental
    1  Deranged Hermit
    1  Nantuko Vigilante
    1  Living Hive
    1  Krosan Tusker
    1  Gigapede
    1  Thornscape Battlemage
    1  Thorn Elemental
    1  Silvos, Rogue Elemental
    1  Symbiotic Wurm
    1  Genesis
    1  Child of Gaea
    1  Verdant Force
    1  Gamekeeper
    1 [UG] Timmy, Power Gamer
    1  Spike Weaver
    1  Spiritmonger
    1  Nicol Bolas
    1  Pyre Zombie
    1  Phantom Nishoba
    1  Mystic Snake
    1  Fungal Shambler
    1  Vampiric Dragon
    1  Rith, the Awakener
    1  Dromar, the Banisher
    1  Tsabo Tavoc
    1  Pentavus
    1  Bosh, Iron Golem
    1  Duplicant
    1  Memnarch
    1  Platinum Angel
    1  Darksteel Colossus
    1  Suncrusher
    1  Colossus of Sardia
    1  Etched Oracle
    1  Masticore

// Spells
    1  Foil
    1  Beacon of Tomorrows
    1  Deflection
    1 [UG] Common Courtesy
    1  Confiscate
    1  Inspiration
    1  Binding Grasp
    1  Fact or Fiction
    1  Persuasion
    1  Ancestral Recall
    1  Stifle
    1  Misdirection
    1  Opportunity
    1  Browse
    1  Dreams of the Dead
    1  Control Magic
    1  Counterspell
    1  Time Stretch
    1  Ertai's Meddling
    1  Veiled Sentry
    1  Dispersing Orb
    1  Future Sight
    1  Capsize
    1  Exclude
    1  Dismiss
    1  Assert Authority
    1  Spell Blast
    1  Acquire
    1  Whispers of the Muse
    1  Vex
    1  Blatant Thievery
    1  Flash of Insight
    1  Spelljack
    1  Treachery
    1  Thwart
    1  Flood
    1  Arcane Denial (1)
    1  Discombobulate
    1  Last Word
    1  Evacuation
    1  Forbid
    1  Fervent Denial
    1  Force of Will
    1  Decree of Silence
    1  Interdict
    1  Rewind
    1  Curfew
    1  Intuition
    1  Choking Tethers
    1  Dissipate
    1  Rescind
    1  Desertion
    1  Dominate
    1  Dregs of Sorrow
    1  Tainted Pact
    1  Yawgmoth's Agenda
    1  Yawgmoth's Bargain
    1  Slaughter
    1  Skeletal Scrying
    1  Reaping the Graves
    1  Plague Wind
    1  Dawn of the Dead
    1  Dark Banishing
    1  Cruel Revival
    1  Headstone
    1  Barter in Blood
    1  Betrayal of Flesh
    1  Decree of Pain
    1  Fevered Convulsions
    1  Diabolic Edict
    1  Promise of Power
    1  Twilight's Call
    1  Death Pulse
    1  Annihilate
    1  Feast or Famine (1)
    1  Agonizing Demise
    1  Murderous Spoils
    1  Cremate
    1  Expunge
    1  Corpse Dance
    1  Oversold Cemetery
    1  Chastise
    1  Soul Nova
    1  Winds of Rath
    1  Honorable Passage
    1  Dismantling Blow
    1  Radiant's Judgment
    1  Oblation
    1  Balance
    1  Rout
    1  Catastrophe
    1  Renewed Faith
    1  Akroma's Blessing
    1  Soulscour
    1  Akroma's Vengeance
    1  Second Thoughts
    1  Afterlife
    1  Balancing Act
    1  Beacon of Immortality
    1  Congregate
    1  Reprisal (1)
    1  Orim's Thunder
    1  Miraculous Recovery
    1  Altar's Light
    1  Ancestral Tribute
    1  Wipe Clean
    1  Exile
    1  Ray of Distortion
    1  Wrath of God
    1  Turn the Tables
    1  Humility
    1  Worship
    1  Pulse of the Forge
    1  Insurrection
    1  Slice and Dice
    1  Rain of Rust
    1  Dwarven Catapult
    1  Mogg Infestation
    1  Rock Slide
    1  Grab the Reins
    1  Savage Beating
    1  Violent Eruption
    1  Obliterate
    1  Ember Shot
    1  Kaboom!
    1  Flowstone Slide
    1  Starstorm
    1  Jokulhaups
    1  Heat Ray
    1  Lightning Blast
    1  Misguided Rage
    1  Solar Blast
    1  Barbed Lightning
    1  Beacon of Destruction
    1  Fissure
    1  Scrap
    1  Decree of Annihilation
    1  Hunting Pack
    1  Crush of Wurms
    1  Bearscape
    1  Desert Twister
    1  Grizzly Fate
    1  All Suns' Dawn
    1  Reclaim
    1  Repopulate
    1  One Dozen Eyes
    1  Beast Attack
    1  Tornado
    1  Tooth and Nail
    1  Holistic Wisdom
    1  Night Soil (2)
    1  Moment of Silence
    1  Survival of the Fittest
    1  Decree of Savagery
    1  Saproling Burst
    1  Bind
    1  Void
    1  Reflect Damage
    1  Spite/Malice
    1  Yavimaya's Embrace
    1  Recoil
    1  Crosis's Charm
    1  Order/Chaos
    1  Terminate
    1  Fires of Yavimaya
    1  Captain's Maneuver
    1  Suffocating Blast
    1  Prophetic Bolt
    1  Spinal Embrace
    1  Eladamri's Call
    1  Treva's Charm
    1  Cauldron Dance
    1  Reviving Vapors
    1  Dromar's Charm
    1  Pernicious Deed
    1  Absorb
    1  Undermine
    1  Tower of Champions
    1  Tower of Fortunes
    1  Tower of Eons
    1  Soul Foundry
    1  Aladdin's Ring
    1  Aladdin's Lamp
    1  Planar Portal
    1  Shield of Kaldra
    1  Sword of Kaldra
    1  Sword of Light and Shadow
    1  Sword of Fire and Ice
    1  Legacy Weapon
    1  Smokestack
    1  Door to Nothingness
    1  Loxodon Warhammer
    1  Phyrexian Grimoire
    1  Panacea
    1  Vedalken Orrery
    1  Vedalken Shackles
    1  Illusionary Mask
    1  Citanul Flute
    1  Scroll Rack
    1  Nevinyrral's Disk
    1  Mind's Eye
    1  Grinning Totem
    1  Mindslaver
    1  Xanthic Statue
    1  Jade Statue
    1  Scythe of the Wretched
    1  Oblivion Stone
    1  Thought Prison
    1  Altar of Shadows

Grinning totem is Orrery/Slaver/Memmnarch/Tower/Fang/Lamp/Flute/Portal/Orb and Desertion/FoF/Opportunity/Deflection/Mist Dragon/Rout/Anything

All for the cost of another spell slot...

Orrey.

This one is tough, I really like Second Thoughts and Spinal Embrace. Slaver can be so good but it can also be a very mediocre effect, I've never seen it be as amazing as Smmenen claims.

Picks like this are really fueled by my deck at the time. A 1st pick like this would probably be whichever of those 3 I randomly decided was best at the time.

You can never have too many instants.
Seriously, next time you draft t4, try picking very rigidly to this order:
1. Bombs
2. Instant card draw
3. Instants
4. Cyclers.
5. other

Trying a couple drafts like this showed me just how good instants are compared to the better sorcery cards I had been taking.

I've stoped picking cards like mask, canyons and timmy early because my deck has to be so much weaker overall to support them. If I see the right pieces, I will still build a creature centric deck. But that archtype is much harder to put together than what I normaly play.

^^^^^^^^^ I've been assuming it's first set, first pick.


Hanna is so fucking bad. As in unplayably terrible.

FoF is my first pick, with crush and plaugebearer up for second.

I've never used Augury, so I'm not sure how good it is, but I seriously doubt it's better than FoF.




Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner.

You're always going to get some good cards to kill with, the important things to pick up in the draft are options (instants). Card drawing gives you access to more options (duh) and digs to your bombs faster.

Don't let the fact that the format is filled with huge fatties sway you from what you've learned about resources in normal magic.

There's very few large instant draw spells in t4, don't let them pass you by easily.

Here's the order I'd pick this set, with Goo being banned.

1. Tower of Fortunes - Card draw one, right? Activating this feels like cheating. If it resolves, you're at least at +3 cards. Card advantage wins t4, my clear first pick from this

2/3. Balance - Good wrath, but not first pick worthy.

2/3. Reiver Demon - Good sized body with a useful ability. Would be my first creature pick out of these because he pulls double duty as beats and removal, utility is so good.

4. Morphling - Small, hard to kill creature, good blocker. Tough call between this and Jareth on which is better. Morphling can be worth infy life with diamond valley though.

5. Soul Foundry - This is best with a high number of creatures in your deck, I hate having lots of creatures in my deck.

6. Jareth, Leonine Titan - Solid creature, slow kill though.


7. Treachery - I don't take sorcery speed targeted removal unless I have to

I'm going to be there for the T1 tournament, and on the other days for limited.

And I'll have T4 with me if anyone from TMD wants to play, PM me to work out some details on finding each other.

This is a cool idea, a chance to combine modern deckbuilding with oldschool card pools.
To get a good view of deck evolution, I'd suggest going with unrestricted deck changing after each round, adding restrictings to deck building will only give an example of deck evolution for this tournament, not actual magic progression.
For rules, mirror and tapped blockers are the only significant changes, could we possibly just allow for life totals to be checked at end of step? The 6th change to Mirror's interaction ruins a card that had a huge impact on the game, while the blockers thing mostly just effects factories (common in decks then anyways) and Icy.

I'd like to see the restricted list for this based off the results from the experiment, like did these cards ever need to be restricted?

Ali from Cairo 1/25/1994
Dingus Egg 1/25/1994
Gauntlet of Might 1/25/1994
Icy Manipulator 1/25/1994
Orcish Oriflamme 1/25/1994
Rukh Egg 1/25/1994
Shahrazad 1/25/1994
Candelabra of Tawnos 5/2/1994
Feldon's Cane 5/2/1994
Ivory Tower 5/2/1994
Divine Intervention 8/1/1994
Recall 8/1/1994
Sword of the Ages 8/1/1994
Underworld Dreams 8/1/1994
Maze of Ith 10/10/1994
Zuran Orb 11/1/1995


And what about cards that have either been proposed for unrestiction or re-restriction now?

Braingeyser 1/25/1994
Channel 3/23/1994
Mishra's Workshop 6/13/1994
Mirror Universe 8/1/1994

These 4 interest me the most.
Is the Braingeyser effect running more than 1 or 2 of in a world with almost no other draw, and no Misdirections?
Can we build a deck to abuse Channel without any modern combo pieces?
Aggro-Shop decks still have the base 8 creatures, and can have almost any color built around it. Can the enviroment handle that?
Would Mirror decks want to run more than one, and if so, would they be hurt by its restriction?

These things can't really be answered by one match in a tournament though, would need like some reported exhibition matches and minis to get good results on what needs to be restricted.

Quoted from Magic Comp Rules, 6/10/04

302. Untap Step

302.1 First, all permanents with phasing that the active player controls phase out, and all phased-out objects that the active player controlled when they phased out simultaneously phase in (this game action doesn't use the stack). See rule 217.8, "Phased-Out," and rule 502.15, "Phasing."

502.15. Phasing

502.15a Phasing is a static ability that modifies the rules of the untap step.

502.15b During each player's untap step, before the active player untaps his or her permanents, all permanents with phasing the player controls phase out. Simultaneously, all objects that had phased out under that player's control phase in. (See rule 217.8, "Phased-Out," and rule 302.1.)

502.15c If an effect causes a player to skip his or her untap step, the phasing event simply doesn't occur that turn.

Been awhile since I've commented on this, but I really think Visions should go lock-combo, and there's nothing for it to lose at this point.

Yeah, so it probably still loses to the control heavy decks, but atleast it can sweep the floor with the creature based decks.




//NAME: Sandsipoise
//  combo
        4 Equipoise
        4 Sands of Time
        1 Squandered Resources
//  search
        1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
        4 Anvil of Bogardan
        4 Vampiric Tutor
        2 Inspiration
        4 Impulse
        4 Foreshadow
//  other
        4 Vision Charm
        3 Coercion
// Mana
        9 Island
        6 Swamp
        6 Plains
        4 Undiscovered Paradise



If you're not familiar with the combo, it involves phasing out creatures with Equipoise and preventing them from ever phasing back in with Sands of Time. Then locking out thier lands with Squandered once the creature lock is in place.
Kill is via decking with Vision Charm, Anvil and Inspiration. All of which also have an alternate function in the deck.

You should play battle of wits.
Or tog.

First, the tournament info, so we can get more players. Then the report.

Arena Games
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Type 1 Tournaments

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-$3 entry fee.

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Unlimited
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Tonight was our first T1 event at Arena, so the turnout was kinda small and I had to loan out my madness deck to get another player.

Turnout was a massive 6 players:
Me with Meandeck Slaver
Dan (Cuandoman on TMD) with Keeper
Dave with Dragon (Judge and TO for the event)
Shawn with madness
??? with elves
??? with plains and things that are cast off plains

We use double elim for the tournament, which is still slightly confusing to me because I keep thinking it's swiss.

Round 1
VS. Bye
I eat my sour gecko and watch the two other matches.

Dragon beats elves (2-1)
Madness beats plains (2-1)

Round 2
Vs. Madness
Game 1
I get an early Welder followed by a Slaver that comes back for a few time walk effects powered by an Ancient Tomb that adds 10 to the dmg he's delt with Rootwallas and an A.wurm. I end up doing a desperate Windfall for 5 while I'm at 2, but all I get is a bunch of blue cards I can't cast, so I die.

-1 Slaver, -1 Windfall, -1 FoF, -1 Gilded Lotus, -1something else
+3 Bloodmoon +1 Plat Angel +1 Duplicant

I drop a turn 1 Welder that gets Tempered, he plays lizards, i start playing out the 3 Workshops in my hand, 3rd turn jar into Welder that gets tempered. next turn Duplicant an A.wurm (I tried getting him to cast a Roar, but he didn't go for it ). Duplicant chumps a Roar token and I go to 8 with a Roar and two Rootwallas on his side. On my turn, I go off with Thirsts and a draw 7 and wind up with a smmemnarch, Blood moon and enough mana to steal his Roar token during his attack phase. After I cast an Angel on my next turn, the game is over.

Game 3
I drop a Blood moon before he's played more than a Rootwalla, then play a Pentavus a few turns later. He Lotus's down an A.wurm, Mongrel and Tempers my Welder. Pentavus's super attack+block skills combines with his Mana Crypt to win the damage race.
2-1 (1-0)

Dragon beats Keeper (2-1)
Madness beats ????

Dan and the two unknown kids leave after this round, leaving 3 of us in.

Round 3
Vs. Dragon

Game 1
We play mana for a few turns, then I drop a Welder and  play a Chalice for 2. He Intutitions for Necromany and goes off on his turn. I make him play through, hoping to get a draw during my upkeep by welding back Jar if Laquaatus is in the last 6 cards of his deck. Laquaatus does turn out to be at the bottom of his deck, but he senses my trickery and Dematerializes my Welder after milling me.
I don't play blessing, so I lose.

Game 2
+3 Blood moon, +1 Plat Angel +2 Tormad's crypt +1 BEB
-2 Gilded lotus -1 Memnarch -1 Windfall -1 FoF -1 Pentavus -1 Brainstorm -1 Wheel

I go first, and end my turn with a LoA, Gilded Lotus and Mindslaver in play. He plays mana and a Swarm. I draw a Blood moon and Slave him. I get rid of a Lotus, FoW and Vamp on his turn, then drop Blood moon on my turn. Chalice for 0 followed by an Angel ends the game a short time later.

Game 3
Let's play Spot the Errors!
My opening hand has 2 FoW, 2 bloodmoon, a pearl and 2 volcanics.
He leads off with a Swarm which I let go, then he drops a Sapphire and another mox and plays a Null Rod. I FoW the rod. On my turn, I draw a Volcanic, play land and mox. He Intutions for Squees. On my turn I draw a Lotus, play moon #1, holding Lotus for Moon #2. Moon #1 resolves and we're off to playing draw go for a few turns while I take beats from a Swarm followed by a  Squee. He gets a Compulsion and starts digging with his blue mox.
After taking some damage from Squee, I finaly have a Welder and Gilded Lotus down and draw a Thirst, I end up pitching a Chalice to a Thirst, Time Walking, drawing another Chalice and playing it for 0 with 7 mana untapped. Then he plays a basic swamp and I'm like OMFG who plays basic lands??

At the end of my next turn, he activates Compulsion and in responce I weld his Sapphire for a Null Rod, in responce he casts Necromancy and goes off with Compulsion, along the way to Laquaatus he discards a Coffin Purge and Dematerialize. Laquaatus ends up being one of the last few cards in his deck. He mills my deck then takes his turn, sending Swarm at me, then casts a Null Rod, using his Swamp. During my upkeep, I weld the Angel out of my GY and pass the turn, he's out of cards and loses.

Yeah, this game was filled with mistakes, possibly from turn 1. But somehow I end up winning after being ready to scoop.

Anyways, next match is Dragon(2-1) V Madness(2-1) for the double elim finals against me. (Omg I hate double elim)
This match lasts a total of 5 turns, most of which are in the first game, as Dave gets a first turn kill in the 2nd game. Sometimes dragon is just nutty like that.

We worked out a split instead of playing again, since everyone there would rather play T4 than sit through 2-6 more games of slavery vs dragon.

Maindeck for my slaver is the same as Smmenen's latest(?) build with Windfall and two fetchlands.
SB was modified for missing cards and metagame and was as follows:
3x Blood Moon
3x REB
2x Trike
2x Tormod's Crypt
1X BEB
1x Platinum Angel
1x Duplicant
1x Gorilla Shaman
1x Shattering Pulse

No, all during the opponent's upkeep. Assume you start the game there.



Yes it does. Good job, I wasn't even sure if my puzzle had an answer.  

[00:46] <jetz0r> 4 cards with fading 3, one is untargetable
[00:46] <jacobLazy> hehe
[00:47] <jacobLazy> bonus points if you use the derm

Have unbounded mana, Survival of the Fittest in play, Jangling Automaton in graveyard, with a Blastoderm on top.

Play Volrath's Shapeshifter.
Survival a Death-Mask Duplicant into gy
Activate the DMD (remove Jangling Automaton on resolution), in responce, survival a Mistform Sliver into gy, Activate its change ability twice, (naming wall and nightmare on resolution), in responce, survival a Blastoderm into the gy.

(5/5 green beast nightmare wall with two card types imprinted)

Cast Read the runes for 16, discarding Dream Coat, Cooperation, Agility, Rancor , Phyrexian boon *2, Coils of the Medusa, a Breath of Dreams, Artifact Ward,  a Lance, Earthbind, Yawgmoth's Agenda, Illusions of Grandure, Pandemonium, Fires of Yavimaya, Animate Wall and Saproling Burst.

Play a Scrabbling Claw and use it to remove the RtR in your graveyard.

Cast Replenish. Put all enchantments on the Blastoshapeshifter
5/5
+1/+1
+2/+0
-2/-4
+1-1
= 7/1 Green Beast Wall Nightmare with Banding, Flanking, Trample, CU: 1, (Loses flying), Pro Artifacts, First Strike, Fading 3 (with 3 counters)

Activate Dream Coat, name Green and Red.

Here's my puzzle.

You are allowed 1 card in play, 7 in hand. Win during your opponent's upkeep.
Opponent has 7 cards in hand and 53 in deck, all are blank cards.
You have 52 cards in your deck, of whatever you wish (t1 legal)
Both players are at 20.