ooooo... sick altered shiz! i think i just might attend

Wow. Anybody who lives within at least a 1000 mile radius of Pittsburgh who enjoys the world of vintage magic should be required to attend this. Goddamn this is gonna be sick! 

-sick playmats btw

Unfortunately i will not be attending this event

Aw man Ichorids the only deck I know how to beat in the top8. I thrash that deck like an unwanted step child.

Yes! I cant wait to be there!

Regardless of what you do Stu, i will make it to the top8. Nothing can stop me, and i do mean nothing.

If things go according to plan, my apprentice will be showing up to his first vintage event! Hell be trained in the dark side of vintage, and is quite promising. Hopefully hell be ready....

Who? Rick Shay or Rit_necro_win? i would assume anyone who goes would want that sapphire/jet, unless youre in it to pwn ppl like me.

YES!!! Its gna be so epic! I cant wait! XD

Ritnecrowin you are more than happy to request the underground sea you let me use at any time. Just say "when".

Im am very unhappy at the unforeseen circumstance that is a wedding, but do have fun with it!

Regardless I will still be there to pwn anyone that shows up at the event!

Why spend money on constructed when u can spend it all on vintage? A perfectly fine example of this is rit_necro_win's german foiled shenanigans. Its quite a spectacular site to behold for any majik player, and i do mean any majik player.

Stu, is "Rick Shay" attending? If so it will be an EPIC SLAVER MIRROR MATCHUP!!! That is of course if I get paired up against him.

Holy shit im going! Cant wait to bring the pain!

If you have another one of these events i hope "Rick Shay" stops by again. It was awesome having another slaver player around.

no t8 decklists?

STU!!! We need results! PLZ!

So uhh...where's the results? Iono if stu noticed but he should probably put them up. Would be nice.

im pretty sure ill be there on sat. Cant say for certain though.

Wow that tourney was really sick. many thanks to brian for organizing the event and ron for hosting the tourney at nice guys. i had a great time and i hope everyone else did as well.

Hmmm.... I would say that Meandeck is more of a godhead. You may not have the father present, but the son and holy spirit will be there to pwn u.

ONE MORE EFFEN DAY LEFT! SUPER EXCITING!
 If anyone is having second thoughts about this event, don't.THIS EVENT IS GONNA ROCK SOCKS!


Tournament Entry: $20
Getting an amazing artist proof from Moeller : $10
Sandwich at Primanti Bros. : $7
Watching Twaun get pwned by Meandeck again : Priceless

Keeper 2k8

5 Moxen
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Wasteland
3 Island
4 Force Of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Thirst For Knowledge
3 Impulse
2 Tarmogoyf
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Gush
1 Sundering Titan
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Regrowth
1 Fact Or Fiction
1 Brainstorm
1 Tinker
1 Echoing Truth
1 Crucible Of Worlds
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Triskelion
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall

Although there are only 2 tarmos in the deck, he does make quite an impact on the field, regardless of the p/t he posesses. I honestly dont think that tarmogoyf needs to be a central force in any deck to make him significant, as he just simply does that by being an automatic 3/4- 5/6 in games and only costing a green and a colorless to play. Granted though I do think that certain cards need to be included or taken into consideration when adding tarmo to the deck.

-strip effects
-counterspells or removal (force of will to counter an artifact to make tarmo +2/+2 or tarfire to make +3/+3)
-potential discard effects

Now granted not all of these options need to be maximized or fulfilled in one deck. Keeper doesnt focus on discard or removal but excels at counters and strip effects making tarmo almost always a 4/5 or 5/6.  As I have found in about 90% of games with keeper, tarmogoyf gets there with just being a 4/5 or 5/6 (heh "just being" a 4/5 or 5/6). The other 10% of the time comes from running into DSC.

Holy shit a top 8 with manaplasm.dec! Thats amazing. Mad kudos to the person who ran that.

Im so going to this. I missed the last one here in august but not this one!

I have purpose!

Regardless i do apologize for being a dumbass.

wow my bad. I clearly did not read that whole top paragraph. if you want at any time im more than willing to commit suicide. plz iont mind.

Yea I dont see the casting of Tidehollow being such a big deal in your deck. I would actually see him being an artifact the bigger downside, but thats a very minor concern. Tidehollows a 2/2 as well, which beats fiend in the p/t department as well. Overall Scullers better.

-Your deck at the meandeck open was interesting as well. I enjoyed seeing gaddock teeg and his company back in action. Did you feel that this deck might've been far more superior than Parfait? or did you just wanna pwn noobs with the teeg?

I tested out against new age keeper, tps and a r/b version of my deck. Keeper i lost about 70% of my games to while tps remained at about 50/50. My helm of nothing deck beat the hybrid red black one all three games that i played. Here are some of the current changes that i made to deck during that day:

-3 duress
-monolith
-petal
-2 swamps

+4 wasteland
+1 strip
+1 cow
+1 bazaar

The more and more i play this deck the more i want to play an Uba Stax version of it. I honestly just wanna take out bobs, put in welders, and take whisper out for Uba. That way i can splash red and i think present my deck as being a more potent and obnoxious threat. Im still thinkin about the sideboard, i really dont kno what to put in.

Hmm i think i might just take out duress for something...iono what yet. Jeez this is obnoxious. Urborg i dont need for llotv the 8-10 swamps work just fine.

      I tried out 1 demonic and 1 vampiric tutor yesterday and i wasnt able to cast them a whole lot through spheres. I am not too concerned about ppl bouncing my leylines partly because i either play them when im about to win the game or i play it turn zero. I almost never play it over something else that might be more important for the current gamestate. Bazaar is in there to help the deck draw through itself. My gameplan for this deck is to play an early soft lock via spheres and chalice. Second part is to draw through my deck or disrupt my opponent as much as possible, and third to ultimately win. Duress is in there as a three of and im still deciding if i really need them. Ive thought about this for about two days straight. I cant seem to find a better card to fit the spot that duress would be taken from. Serum powder is used if i dont like my hand or i need to get out a Llotv in case im playin a deck that abuses the yard (which seems like every deck in vintage). I like having grim monolith in there iono why and lotus petal just helps out as another black mana source if i need it. If i wanted to add in welder i would just make a slaver//shop aggro version of this. This combo seems a little bit more difficult in those because i might never be able to get the manas needed to cast a late Llotv. I will not be using any duals in this deck. Ive thought about and felt that it would just be better to run basics so i dont have to worry about wasteland. But these are just thoughts and theories, i have yet to really test this pile out. All this deck is to me right now is an outlet for this silly combo that no one has really constructed a tourney quality deck to yet.