Yes they do.

And 6 of Time Vault. By the way, we were 4 players playing Turbo Tezz (http://www.morphling.de/top8decks.php?id=1343), and we all made 4-2-0, winning through odious top-decks all day long. The card cuts sooo many interest from the game...

I left before the end, final results within a few hours I guess, but here's some information.

41 people, 6 rounds + TOP8. I would say 1/3 of the room was full of MUD, the other 1/3 with Vault Control and the rest with Oath and randoms.

TOP8 : 2 MUD and 6 Vault Controls. At least one MUD went on semi, the other one was kicked by a Vault. Dunno how the tourny ended.

I was playing Turbo Tezz (list somewhere on Morphling), did 4-2-0 and finished 15th with the worst opp % of the day I guess  . Hiromichi beat me on the first round but did crap the rest of the day (shame on him to have been playing MUD).

Great perf Stan, now you just have to come back to Japan for the Worlds and try to beat to become the Japanese Champion :p

I heard that Hiromichi aka World Champ made 1-2-drop, and Stanley aka Cyberpunker won the first tournament.

GG to you Stan, the deck is definitly a pain in the neck to fight against, but I wish I could beat you on finals again  Next time for sure 

17 people showed up (such ridiculous compared to the 180 Legacy players who were playing in the same room the probably most important Legacy event in the history of Japan ).

Metagame:

Oath x2
Dredge x1
MUD x2
Evagreen x1
Selkie Fish x1
Vault Control x5
TPS-like x1
Tarmo.deck x1
Painter x1
Forgot.deck x2

I spent more time on train than playing Magic.
I/ BYE
II/ Painter : my opp takes a GL, I overwhelm him with AK ftw.
III/ Hiromichi : G3, I mull into nothing while he resolves a Darconfi, gg.
IV/ kooaznboi1088 : Mull 2 times into something weaker than him, gg.
V/ Vault control : AK ftw.

3-2-0, I finished 5th while it's a Top4 \(^o^)/.

As we already talked bout it, I think Twister doesn't belong to the deck. It's not like it would give you mana acceleration to put your combo on board ftw, it just full your opponent's hand with responses or threats, at least as much as you. I guess Top is better.

Fixed.

Here are the lists of the Final Top 8:

5-8　place
Affinity
Arcbound Ravager x　4
Frogmite x　4
Skullclamp x　4
Metalworker x　4
Thorn of Amethyst x　4
Sphere of Resistance x　4
Triskelion x　3
Myr Retriever x　3
Karn, Silver Golem x　2
Crucible of Worlds x　2
Sol Ring x　1
Mox Emerald x　1
Mox Pearl x　1
Mox Sapphire x　1
Mox Ruby x　1
Mox Jet x　1
Black Lotus x　1
Mana Crypt x　1
Memory Jar x　1
Mana Vault x　1
Mishra’s Factory x　4
Mishra’s Workshop x　4
Wasteland x　4
Tolarian Academy x　1
Strip Mine x　1
City of Traitors x　1
Ancient Tomb x　1
SB
Jester’s Cap x　3
Smokestack x　4
Pithing Needle x　3
Tormod’s Crypt x　2
Chalice of the Void x　3



5-8　place
Top Deck Wins
Ancestral Recall x　1
Black Lotus x　1
Demonic Tutor x　1
Mana Crypt x　1
Mox Emerald x　1
Mox Pearl x　1
Mox Sapphire x　1
Mox Ruby x　1
Mox Jet x　1
Mystical Tutor x　1
Time Vault x　1
Time Walk x　1
Yawgmoth’s Will x　1
Tinker x　1
Merchant Scroll x　1
Vampiric Tutor x　1
Sol Ring x　1
Voltaic Key x　1
Magus of the Unseen x　1
Rack and Ruin x　1
Sensei’s Divining Top x　2
Hurkyl’s Recall x　1
Misdirection x　1
Lightning Bolt x　2
Force of Will x　4
Mana Drain x　4
Dark Confidant x　4
Inkwell Leviathan x　1
Tezzeret the Seeker x　1
Chain of Vapor x　1
Darkblast x　1
Brainstorm x　1
Tolarian Academy x　1
Library of Alexandria x　1
Volcanic Island x　2
Underground Sea x　4
Polluted Delta x　3
Flooded Strand x　1
Scalding Tarn x　1
Island x　2
Swamp x　1
SB
Pyroblast x　1
Red Elemental Blast x　1
Tendrils of Agony x　1
Rebuild x　1
Rack and Ruin x　2
Perish x　2
Darkblast x　1
Magus of the Unseen x　1
Jester’s Cap x　1
Trinisphere x　1
Leyline of the Void x　4



5-8　place
ZOO
Qasali Pridemage x　3
Tin Street Hooligan x　4
Null Rod x　4
Lightning Bolt x　4
Chain Lightning x　4
Wild Nacatl x　4
Kird Ape x　4
Tarmogoyf x　4
Red Elemental Blast x　3
Ethersworn Canonist x　2
Rancor x　2
Fireblast x　2
Plateau x　4
Taiga x　4
Savannah x　2
Wasteland x　2
Arid Mesa x　2
Windswept Heath x　4
SB
Tormod’s Crypt x　3
Viridian Shaman x　3
Path to Exile x　4
Pyroblast x　3
Ethersworn Canonist x　2



5-8　place
Tezzeret
Mana Vault x　1
Mana Crypt x　1
Sol Ring x　1
Mox Pearl x　1
Mox Sapphire x　1
Mox Ruby x　1
Mox Jet x　1
Sphinx of the Steel Wind x　1
Sensei’s Divining Top x　3
Force of Will x　4
Mana Drain x　4
Goblin Welder x　3
Brainstorm x　1
Strategic Planning x　3
Mystical Tutor x　1
Thirst for Knowledge x　1
Time Vault x　1
Yawgmoth’s Will x　1
Demonic Tutor x　1
Vampiric Tutor x　1
Time Walk x　1
Tezzeret the Seeker x　1
Darkblast x　1
Tinker x　1
Mindslaver x　1
Voltaic Key x　1
Hurkyl’s Recall x　1
Merchant Scroll x　1
Polluted Delta x　4
Scalding Tarn x　2
Strip Mine x　1
Library of Alexandria x　1
Volcanic Island x　3
Underground Sea x　3
Academy Ruins x　1
Tolarian Academy x　1
Island x　2
Tundra x　1
SB
Red Elemental Blast x　3
Pyroblast x　1
Rack and Ruin x　1
Mogg Salvage x　1
Extirpate x　1
Relic of Progenitus x　1
Ravenous Trap x　1
Pithing Needle x　1
Trinisphere x　1
Pyroclasm x　2
Firespout x　1
Tormod’s Crypt x　1



3-4 place
Affinity
Counterbalance x　4
Force of Will x　4
Sensei’s Divining Top x　4
Frogmite x　4
Trinket Mage x　4
Master of Etherium x　4
Arcbound Ravager x　4
Arcbound Worker x　4
Time Walk x　1
Lotus Petal x　1
Brainstorm x　1
Sol Ring x　1
Mana Crypt x　1
Ancestral Recall x　1
Black Lotus x　1
Mox Emerald x　1
Mox Pearl x　1
Mox Sapphire x　1
Mox Ruby x　1
Mox Jet x　1
Mana Vault x　1
Tolarian Academy x　1
Mishra’s Factory x　4
Island x　4
Seat of the Synod x　4
Flooded Strand x　2
SB
Engineered Explosives x　2
Pithing Needle x　4
Tormod’s Crypt x　2
Echoing Truth x　3
Hurkyl’s Recall x　3
Relic of Progenitus x　1
Cursed Scroll x　1


3-4 place
Fish
Cursecatcher x　4
Lord of Atlantis x　4
Silvergill Adept x　4
Grimoire Thief x　4
Waterfront Bouncer x　4
Daze x　4
Force of Will x　4
Null Rod x　3
Stifle x　3
Misdirection x　1
Echoing Truth x　1
Brainstorm x　1
Gush x　1
Mystical Tutor x　1
Time Walk x　1
Ancestral Recall x　1
Mox Sapphire x　1
Black Lotus x　1
Strip Mine x　1
Wasteland x　4
Polluted Delta x　4
Flooded Strand x　2
Island x　8
SB
Energy Flux x　3
Umezawa’s Jitte x　3
Tormod’s Crypt x　1
Relic of Progenitus x　2
Thorn of Amethyst x　3
Curfew x　3



Runner up
時間の魔術師(UB-Tez)
Force of Will x　4
Mana Drain x　4
Night’s Whisper x　4
Thoughtseize x　3
Gifts Ungiven x　1
Fact or Fiction x　1
Ancestral Recall x　1
Time Walk x　1
Timetwister x　1
Voltaic Key x　1
Time Vault x　1
Tezzeret the Seeker x　1
Tinker x　1
Inkwell Leviathan x　1
Demonic Tutor x　1
Vampiric Tutor x　1
Mystical Tutor x　1
Merchant Scroll x　1
Thirst for Knowledge x　1
Brainstorm x　1
Ponder x　1
Mox Emerald x　1
Mox Pearl x　1
Mox Sapphire x　1
Mox Ruby x　1
Mox Jet x　1
Black Lotus x　1
Mana Crypt x　1
Sol Ring x　1
Echoing Truth x　1
Rebuild x　1
Skeletal Scrying x　1
Yawgmoth’s Will x　1
Polluted Delta x　4
Underground Sea x　4
Island x　6
Swamp x　1
Library of Alexandria x　1
SB
Sower of Temptation x　4
Duress x　2
Hurkyl’s Recall x　2
Planar Void x　3
Yixlid Jailer x　3
Sundering Titan x　1



Winner
UBR from Tokyo
Force of Will x　4
Mana Drain x　3
Thoughtseize x　2
Darkblast x　1
Chain of Vapor x　1
Hurkyl’s Recall x　1
Ancestral Recall x　1
Brainstorm x　1
Dark Confidant x　4
Time Vault x　1
Voltaic Key x　1
Thirst for Knowledge x　1
Demonic Tutor x　1
Vampiric Tutor x　1
Mystical Tutor x　1
Merchant Scroll x　1
Tinker x　1
Sphinx of the Steel Wind x　1
Intuition x　1
Tendrils of Agony x　1
Lotus Petal x　1
Black Lotus x　1
Time Walk x　1
Mox Emerald x　1
Mox Pearl x　1
Mox Sapphire x　1
Mox Ruby x　1
Mox Jet x　1
Sol Ring x　1
Mana Crypt x　1
Sensei’s Divining Top x　1
Yawgmoth’s Will x　1
Accumulated Knowledge x　4
Island x　3
Polluted Delta x　2
Flooded Strand x　2
Tolarian Academy x　1
Volcanic Island x　2
Underground Sea x　4
Scalding Tarn x　2
SB
Engineered Explosives x　1
Sundering Titan x　1
Pyroclasm x　3
Sower of Temptation x　1
Misdirection x　1
Red Elemental Blast x　2
Thoughtseize x　2
Rack and Ruin x　2
Hurkyl’s Recall x　1
Rebuild x　1



時間の魔術師(UB-Tez) is Stan's list, Top Deck Wins is Hiromichi's one (sorry to beat you on 1/4 guy) and the last one, UBr from Tokyo, mine.

Yes, there must be a God for top deck .

Gratz for OUR perf, 2 foreigners to the Japanese Championship final, what else?


You're so jealous bababa I am the bababa Japanese champion bababa :p.

I am afraid they can't : they don't speak english  . Regarding Hiromichi's list, Bolt is just a metagame call (supposed to be a lot of random aggro here in Tokyo).

Fixed (at least here).

Sorry for the (one month)delay...



http://nicofromtokyo.com/oscommerce/catalog/vft18.php?language=en

Here's the 18th edition of Vintage from Tokyo!


The tournament will be held in the middle of the otakuest part of the town, Akihabara.


【 Vintage from Tokyo #18 】

【Place】 Amenity Dream Akihabara
【Date】 12th September 2009 (Satursday)
Registration from 11:30 to 12:30 (Start at 12:45)
【Format】 VINTAGE with PROXIES　
【Rounds】 Five Suiss rounds + TOP2 or Four rounds + TOP4
【Players】 59 maximum
【Entry Fees】 500 yens (5 US dollars)
【Prizes】
One Box of From the Vault : Exiled for the winner!
Boosters, singles, deck cases and more for the rest!
【Organizer】 nicofromtokyo
【e-mail】 nicolas.pujol@rapid.ocn.ne.jp　　

【Proxy rules】NO restriction on the number or the way to make them, but the proxies have to be clearly understandable (Color copies prefered). 

The official HP:
http://nicofromtokyo.com/oscommerce/catalog/vft.php?language=en


Be sure to play in a friendly atmosphere among the most fair-play players  .


The 2009 World Champion, eroma! aka Hiromichi Itou will be there! Don't miss the opportunity to see his big emerald irl!

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

I spent a lot of time translating Hiromichi's interview as I thought the article would be available to everyone, but actually it's not the case and I feel sorry for all the people who would like to know more about the Japanese Vintage scene and our new World Champion. FYI, you can find the original interview in japanese here (it's not Smmenen's article translation):

http://nicofromtokyo.diarynote.jp/200908281030326727/

So happy you remember me  . Still waiting for american challengers at Vintage from Tokyo, Hiromichi should be there next month! 

He should come back to Japan today, I'll contact him for you.

Btw, he played a T1 side-event yesterday and seemed to have done something like 4-0-2 and lost on semi  .

Eroma's blog 

http://eroma.diarynote.jp/200908151959028426/

Eroma! (=Hiromichi) did it!! He went to USA only for the Champs, as we went together on May in France for Bazaar of Moxen 3! So happy for him!!! 

Here's the 12th edition of Vintage from Tokyo! Happy birthday to me.


The tournament will be held in the middle of the otakuest part of the town, Akihabara.

【 Vintage from Tokyo #12 】

【Place】 Amenity Dream Akihabara
【Date】 13th September 2008(Satursday)
Registration from 11:30 to 12:30 (Start at 12:40)
【Format】 VINTAGE with PROXIES　
【Rounds】 Five Suiss rounds
【Players】 59 maximum
【Entry Fees】 1000 yens (8 US dollars)
【Prizes】
An italian Black Border Tundra for the winner!
Boosters for TOP4
【Organizer】 nicofromtokyo
【e-mail】 nicolas.pujol@rapid.ocn.ne.jp　　

【Proxy rules】NO restriction on the number or the way to make them, but the proxies have to be clearly understandable (Color copies prefered). 

The official HP:
http://nicofromtokyo.com/oscommerce/catalog/vft.php?language=en

Proxies available for free at the beginning of the tournament, just PM me if you want me to hold anything for you.

Be sure to play in a friendly atmosphere among the most fair-play players  .

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Edit : Modification in the starting hour.

Here's the eleventh edition of Vintage from Tokyo!

The tournament will be held in the middle of the otakuest part of the town, Akihabara.

【 Vintage from Tokyo #11 】

【Place】 Amenity Dream Akihabara
【Date】 12th July 2008(Satursday)
Registration from 12:00 to 13:50 (Start at 14:00)
【Format】 VINTAGE with PROXIES　
【Rounds】 Five Suiss rounds
【Players】 59 maximum
【Entry Fees】 500 yens (4 US dollars)
【Prizes】
Boosters for TOP4
【Organizer】 nicofromtokyo
【e-mail】 nicolas.pujol@rapid.ocn.ne.jp　　

【Proxy rules】NO restriction on the number or the way to make them, but the proxies have to be clearly understandable (Color copies prefered). 

The official HP:
http://nicofromtokyo.com/oscommerce/catalog/vft.php?language=en

Proxies available for free at the beginning of the tournament, just PM me if you want me to hold anything for you.

Be sure to play in a friendly atmosphere among the most fair-play players  .

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Jean Baptiste Aymes, one of the best french T1 builder  .

This is a strictly better REB in Belcher, as you can cast it with SSG and ESG, and with Bayou, Tropi or Taiga. The point weakness is it cannot counter Tinker, but who cares if you can cast your Belcher ftw with it?

Because it's boring?

Any player (included me) played the deck at least one time in tournament. But all the people I know who played the deck (included me), just didn't want to play it anymore.

My most awful souvenir : last December, Tokaido Vintage tournament in Shizuoka, TOP8 : 4 Flash, TOP4 : 3 Flash, Winner : Flash, the 3 rounds took like 90 minutes...

"I got Flash, you got Fow?"
"No"
"Next?"

"I got Merchant to get Flash, you got Fow?"
"Yeah"
"Anyway I got PoN, Next?"....

By the way, side-event of the French Cup was won yesterday by Flash piloted by our French Smennen (aka Toad), and the Vintage side-event of the GP Shizuoka put 3 Flash in Top 8 (4 Flash in total, the 4th dropped out after the 1st round).

BUT, the problem is not to know if Flash is the strongest deck or not, neither if it wins all the tournaments of the world or not. Shock Wave quoted it many times : Flash breaks some basic rules of the game, and it must be punished for that.

According you don't play FoW (well, it happens), what are you supposed to do when you don't play first?

The problem with Flash is not to know wether it's broken or not. The deck is not the best deck ever.

BUT, you can win games and tournaments only by drawing Flash and Hulk. Anyone can do that, no matter you're good or not at Magic, no matter your opponent has the best deck of the world, no matter whatever. And playing against or with the deck is soo boring and frustrating.

Usually, to kill turn 1, you have to face heavy risks, like being screwed by a counter when you play Belcher, or coping with a puzzle in front of you like SX Tendrils, but Flash just ignores these 2 points : you will always have at least one counter, and the only thing to have to do is casting Flash. You can win without effort and with a lot of back-up.

Remember Legacy? The card was banned not because the deck won every tournaments but because it warped the metagame so heavily : everybody had to play 4 Leyline to hope having a chance against it... So fun...

Here's the 8th edition of Vintage from Tokyo!

The tournament will be held in the middle of the otakuest part of the town, Akihabara.

【 Vintage from Tokyo #8 】

【Place】 Amenity Dream Akihabara
【Date】 16th March 2008(Sunday)
Registration from 11:30 to 12:30 (Start at 12:40)
【Format】 VINTAGE with PROXIES　
【Rounds】 Five Suiss rounds
【Players】 59 maximum
【Entry Fees】 500 yens (4 US dollars)
【Prizes】
Boosters for TOP4
【Organizer】 nicofromtokyo
【e-mail】 nicolas.pujol@rapid.ocn.ne.jp　　

【Proxy rules】NO restriction on the number or the way to make them, but the proxies have to be clearly understandable (Color copies prefered). 

The official HP:
http://nicofromtokyo.com/oscommerce/catalog/vft.php?language=en

Proxies available for free at the beginning of the tournament, just PM me if you want me to hold anything for you.

Be sure to play in a friendly atmosphere among the most fair-play players  .

By the way, I created this week the first Eternal japanese forum:
http://nicofromtokyo.com/eternal-japan/


Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!