10 PROXY TYPE 1 UNLIMITED MOX PEARL TOURNAMENT TUCSON, AZ ON FEBRUARY 12TH

There will be a 10 proxy type 1 tournament for an UNLIMITED MOX PEARL at
HARDCASTLE in Tucson, AZ on february 12th.

REGISTRATION BEGINS AT NOON
TOURNAMENT BEGINS AT 1PM

PRICE:  $20.00

1st place prize: UNLIMITED MOX PEARL (guaranteed)
2nd place prize: depends on attendance, possible LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA or BETA
DEMONIC TUTOR

HARDCASTLE
1130 S. Wilmot road
Tucson, AZ 85711
(520)393-3512  10am-6pm Mountain Time

If coming from out of town, easiest way to get to HARDCASTLE is to take the
Broadway/Congress exit from I-10, head east through downtown and keep driving
until Wilmot road.  Turn right on Wilmot then keep going for little less then 1
mile until there is a LUCKY WISHBONE on the right, turn right into the parking
lot right after the lucky wishbone.  The store is between the lucky wishbone
and the gas station on the corner(Wilmot&22nd).

Bump

Gamemaster Gamers is Gilbert, AZ is holding a T1 Tournament for an excellent condition Mox Pearl on Saturday, Jan. 8th at 2PM


5 Proxies allowed. (Proxies must be modified basic lands, with all appropriate text and mana cost added using a sharpie.)
Collector's Edition cards ARE NOT ALLOWED.

Last time there were 22 people in attendence, so we expect at least that much this time around.

There will be four rounds of Swiss, followed by a cut to top 4/top 8 (depending on attendence).

Cost: $15
Date: January 8th , 2005
Time: 2:00 PM
Number of Proxies: 5

1st Prize: Mox (based on 16+ attendence to cover cost of mox)
2nd-4th prizes will be based on attendence.

Directions: 2 Blocks South of Warner Rd., West Side, off Gilbert Road, next to Gilbert Wallace movie complex (480-558-0750)
Store owner is Nate.
(Directions, once in Phoenix: Take I-10 to US-60 East, to Gilbert Rd., South on Gilbert Rd about 4 miles)

You can also PM me for more info (KSesler)
-- Keith

There were 17 people at this event.
First prize was a Mox Pearl.
I was not at the event, so have only decklists and no commentary.

1st--JPeter Van Duyne--Goth Slaver

1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
4 Polluted Delta
5 Island
1 Strip Mine
2 Darksteel Citadel
4 Volcanic Island
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Brainstorm
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Goblin Welder
4 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Intuition
2 Mindslaver
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Pentavus
1 Platinum Angel
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor
=60
SIDEBOARD
3 Blood Moon
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Sundering Titan
1 Triskelion
1 Dublicant
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Fire/Ice
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Hydroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Pyroblast
=15

2nd--Michael Fimbres--Oath

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Misdirection
2 Mana Leak
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Enlightened Tutor
4 Intuition
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Oath of Druids
4 Brainstorm
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Spirit of the Night
2 Gaea's Blessing
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
3 Island
1 Tropical Island
2 Tundra
2 Volcanic Island
4 Flooded Strand
=60
SIDEBOARD
4 Energy Flux
1 Pristine Angel
1 Platinum Angel
4 Red Elemental Blast
3 Replenish
2 Seal of Cleansing
=15

3rd/4th--Justin Chavez--Sligh

4 Price of Progress
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Chain Lightning
3 Reckless Abandon
4 Fireblast
4 Jackal Pup
4 Gorilla Shaman
4 Goblin Cadets
3 Reckless Charge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Bloodstained Mire
8 Mountain
2 Volcanic Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
=60
SIDEBOARD
2 Mogg Salvage
3 Meltdown
3 Blood Moon
4 Pyroblast
3 Scald
=15

3rd/4th--Sean McCusker--Bazaar Madness

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Island
2 Forest
3 Volcanic Island
4 Tropical Island
1 Mox Emerald
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Arrogant Wurm
2 Roar of the Wurm
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Deep Analysis
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Circular Logic
2 Wonder
2 Stifle
1 Gush
1 Intuition
=61
SIDEBOARD
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Suq'Ata Firewalker
3 Chill
3 Null Rod
2 Slice and Dice
3 Fire/Ice
=15

Type 1 5 Proxy Tucson, AZ Mox Pearl 11/13
Amazing Discoveries

Start time 10:00 am.
Cost: $15 to enter
5 proxies allowed (use sharpie on basic land)

1st prize is Mox Emerald (16 people minimum).
If <16 people, prize will be all the cash value from the tourney.

Tucson has a vibrant Type 1 Community, despite their size relative to Phoenix, so I fully expect more than 16 people.

Address:
Amazing Discoveries
2928 E. Broadway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85716
(520)-320-0338

Directions: Take I-10 to Broadway Exit.
West on Broadway
It will be on South (right) side about 3 miles down.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to make this even myself, as I will be taking most of my Phoenix-based staff to an ASU Football game and tail gate this day.  

However, I strongly encourage people to attend this event, as they should be a good crowd.

Keith

22 people attended this event.
Miklos Szidarowsky (4CC Control) and Jared Sandler (Fish) decided to split first, so they took home a NM Mox Ruby and $50.
I believe they were going to sell the mox and split the money.

3 of the top 4 reps were from Team Tucson, which had a very strong showing.
Here are the Top 8 Decklists:

Decklists

1st Place Miklos Szidarowsky 4CC Control

4 FOW
4 Mana Drain
3 Cunning Wish
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
3 Brainstorm
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Skeletal Scrying
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mind Twist
1 Fire/Ice
2 STP
1 Balance
1 DOJ
3 Exalted Angel
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
4 Flooded Strand
3 Tundra
2 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
2 City of Brass
1 LOA
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 FOF
1 COW

SB
3 Damping Matrix
1 COW
1 Fire/Ice
1 STP
1 Disenchant
1 Stifle
1 Gush
3 REB
3 R&R

2nd Place Jared Sandler (Fish) NO DECKLIST AVAILABLE

3rd Place Brandon Gallegos TriniStax

4 Goblin Welder
4 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 TFK
3 COW
4 Smokestack
4 Tangle Wire
2 COTV
4 Trinisphere
2 Shivan Reef
4 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
1 Time Walk
1 Mox Ruby
1 mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
1 Memory Jar
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sundering Titan
1 Triskelion
1 Platinum Angel
1 Tinker

SB
1 Triskelion
2 R&R
2 BEB
4 Pyroblast
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Hurkyl’s Recall

4th Place J Peter VanDyne (Dragon)

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Entomb
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
3 Bayou
3 Tropical Island
1 Verdant Force
3 Squee
1 Sundering Titan
1 Sliver Queen
3 Xantid Swarm
3 Intuition
4 Worldgorger Dragon
3 Animate Dead
3 Necromancy
1 Dance of the Dead
1 Ambassador Laquatus
3 Mana Leak
2 Lim Dul’s Vault
2 Compulsion
1 Pernicious Deed

SB
3 Duress
4 COTV
3 Null Rod
1 Tinker
1 Eternal Witness
1 Caller of the Claw
1 Xantid Swarm
1 Darksteel Colossus

5th-8th Owen Davis Food Chain Goblins
4 Skirk Prospector
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Goblin Recruiter
4 Goblin Piledriver
3 Goblin Warchief
3 Gempalm Incinerator
2 Goblin Matron
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
4 Goblin Ringleader
2 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Food Chain
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Chrome Mox
4 Taiga
5 Mountain
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Strip Mine
4 Waste Land

SB
4 COTV
4 REB
4 R&R
3 Lava Dart

5th-8th     PJ Melies Parfait Belcher

4 Argivian Find
4 STP
4 Seal of Cleansing
4 Land Tax
4 Humility
4 Blood Moon
2 Slice and Dice
4 Scroll Rack
1 Replenish
1 Karmic Justice
1 Balance
1 Enlightened Tutor
2 Zuran Orb
3 Goblin Charbelcher
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Diamond
1 Sol Ring
3 Mountains
11 Plains

SB
3 Pyroblast
2 True Believer
4 R&R
2 Orim’s Prayer
2 Ivory Mask
2 COP:Red

5th-8th Jason Sprague Food Chain Goblins
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Goblin Recruiter
3 Mountain
4 Food Chain
1 Mana Crypt
1 Forest
2 Goblin Matron
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Sol Ring
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Goblin Piledriver
3 Goblin Warchief
4 Goblin Ringleader
2 Skirk Prospector
4 Taiga
3 Gempalm Incinerator
4 Wasteland
1 Black Lotus
2 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Strip Mine
1 Mox Emerald
2 Siege Gange Commander
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Ruby

SB
3 REB
3 Naturalize
3 Mogg Salvage
3 Artifact Mutation
3 Tormod’s Crypt

5th-8th Tony Turner GAT
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Underground Sea
2 Bayou
3 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Mox Emerald
1 Strip Mine
2 Volcanic Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Psychatog
4 Quirion Dryad
3 Duress
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Regrowth
1 Berserk
2 Pernicious Deed
2 Fire/Ice
4 Brainstorm
1 Gush
1 FOF
4 FOW
2 Cunning Wish
4 Counterspell
3 AK

SB
1 REB
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Oxidize
1 Berserk
1 Misdirection
1 Intuition
2 Energy Flux
1 AK
1 Stifle
1 BEB
1 Fire/Ice
1 R&R
1 Artifact Mutation
1 Naturalize

Thanks to everyone for the good turnout today (22 players).
There would have been more, but the carload of people could not make it because their car broke down just outside Vegas.

3 of the Top 4 players were from the Tucson area.
Miklos Szidarowsky (4cc Control) and Jared Sandler (Fish) decided to draw in the finals, and will share the NM Mox Ruby and the $50 for 1st and 2nd.

Deck lists have been posted in the Open Forum

Keith

I'll be there for sure. (I've had my plane tickets in hand for the last month).

Hi Gandalf:

You stole my line "Other than that, it looks like it's going to be a great event... too bad I am several thousand miles away" :lol:

Since I am out here in the desert, I miss 99% of the great tournaments held on a regular basis out east.

I was at Origins, though, and have my plane ticket for the SCG event in Richmond on the 23rd.

Regarding the format of the proxies, this was the preference of the owner.
He has been running 5 proxy events regularly, and I don't remember any problems with the slips of paper.

Given what you have said about card manipulation, though, I will ask the store owner to encourage people to cut opponent's deck after every library manipulation and to do thorough side shuffles just to keep everyone honest.

I will also try to talk to the store owner and try to get him to do the proxies the SCG way (land cards with sharpies used to list card and text).
(I will brand land cards for others to use in case I am successful in getting this changed).

Here is the Metagame you can expect at the Tournament Saturday.
(Depending on what the players from Tucson, Flagstaff and Las Vegas bring, this may change)

The Phoenix area is a very aggro-heavy enviroment, due to few players having full power. (I am one of the few exceptions).

The store runs smaller 5 proxy T1 events a couple of times/month, and there is another local store that runs T1 on Tuesdays.
Food Chain Goblins is very popular, as is SUI, so expect to see alot of both of these decks.

One or two players run Dragon, so you will see that too.
Only one person has been running Stax, but I feel it is a very effective build.
Expect to see a couple madness decks as well.


If this event draws a decent turnout, the store will try to run tournaments for Power about every other month, so I hope many of those who have contacted me can make it.

Razvan:

You are correct that there is a right and wrong way to go about shuffling someone else's deck.
I don't think most of us have an issue with an opponent shuffling if it is done right. (I certainly don't).

I also think that the opponent should show at least the tiniest bit of courtesy by saying he would like to shuffle the deck, rather than to just grab the deck and go nuts shuffling it.

Unfortunately, most of the yahoos the posters are referring to can't even spell courtesy, let alone practice it.

I have to agree with everyone else that just grabbing your opponents deck and shuffling it without permission is extremely disrespectful, expecially when they take little care in the shuffling they do.

From observing the people who do this sort of thing, almost without exception they strike me as the sort of people that will be spending most of the rest of their life in and out of prisons (social misfits who have difficulty functioning in society in general).

The first thought that always goes through my mind when someone does this to my own deck is to snap the person's neck (and I've never met a Magic player with whom I feel I would have difficulty accomplishing this.)
However, being a rational human being, I can control my more primal thoughts, and usually ask my opponent to either table shuffle my cards, or call a judge to shuffle the cards.

On the subject of my opponent's insufficient/stacked shuffling of his own deck, generally asking him to shuffle a bit more is enough.
If not, I usually do pile shuffles (3 piles if I really think he stacked his deck).

Update:
The Mox being offered will be a Mox Ruby.

I have heard from folks in Flagstaff and Tucson that will be attending, as well as the people in Phoenix.

For those of you in San Diego, LA, Las Vegas, etc., this is a good chance for you to win a mox without having to fly 2000+ miles east.

Super congratulations to Rich for winning this.

Off Topic: Too bad you are not looking for jobs in the Phoenix area.
I have staff here in the IT as well as manufacturing arenas, and my IT staff members are all in the 80k-95k range.

Keith

Zherbus:
I tried out the 4cc with Tinker several months ago, and tested it for a few weeks.
I agree with the comments that most of the suggested cards other than the Darksteel and the Tinker are just clutter.

I did not have consistent results with this deck, so dropped the idea after awhile.
Perhaps you will do better.

Keith

Now that fork is unrestricted, it will be interesting to see if it actually now sees USE in any decks.

Gamemaster Gamers is Gilbert, AZ is holding a T1 Tournament for a Mox Ruby on October 16th at 2:00PM


5 Proxies allowed.
The store owner prefers proxies with pictures on it.
(You can go to http://magiccards.info/ to print out pictured cards, cut out slips of paper, and put them in front of a land card in a sleeve).

Collector's Edition cards ARE allowed, but DO count against the 5 proxies.

This is a great opportunity for those of you in Tucson, L.A., San Diego, and Las Vegas to win a mox, because the T1 players in Phoenix are not very good.
It will be like shooting fish in a barrel. :lol:

There will be four rounds of Swiss, followed by a cut to top 4/top 8 (depending on attendence).

Cost: $15
Date: October 16, 2004
Time: 2:00 PM
Number of Proxies: 5 (Proxies must have full text and picture ex: photocopy of card on slip of paper added to sleeved card)

1st Prize: Mox (based on 16+ attendence to cover cost of mox)
2nd-4th prizes will be based on attendence.

Directions: 2 Blocks South of Warner Rd., West Side, off Gilbert Road, next to Gilbert Wallace movie complex (480-558-0750)
Store owner is Nate.
(Directions, once in Phoenix: Take I-10 to US-60 East, to Gilbert Rd., South on Gilbert Rd about 4 miles)

You can also PM me for more info (KSesler)
-- Keith

Klown:
What Airport would you recommend for people flying in?

Congratulations, Windfall, for winning, and double congrats for doing so with Control Slaver.

I am very disappointed not to have been at Gencon with my own Control Slaver deck.
Unfortunately, I had to cancel my plans to attend recently due to pressing business matters at work.

Paradigm:
I am more than familiar with the idea of Citadel, as Richard Shay and I talked about it at Origins.

I used the Citadels for a few weeks, including at one of the Origins tournament, but have found the Mishra's much more effective in my area.
In the Columbus meta, though, the Citadels may be the better card.

As Richard points out, there are still cons to using the Mishra's.
So far, though, the pros outweigh the cons for me.

For artifact counting purposes, I count the Mishra's as 1/2 of an artifact.
My build, then, has 13 artifacts, plus 2 1/2 artifacts, for a total of 14.
For thirst purposes, this seems to be the right amount of artifact sources.

Mixing Mike:
Yes, the factories help against Fish and Control, among other decks, like FCG.
Also, sometimes people will waste the factories, allowing some of my red mana sources a better chance to stick around.

In the past, I was running 18 land and 8 non-land mana.
That seemed to be the bare minimum of land to run for both consistency reasons and with all the waste effects that are in many decks now.

19 lands has been working for me in an environment where lots of null rods, stifles and waste effects are used.

Strip mine can be used for mana as necessary, to finally give me a way to deal with opponent's libraries, and, occasionally, to handle man-lands.

Atog Lord:

I have PM'd you before about using Mishra's for the Citadels, and they have been working very well.
I can still activate and weld them when necessary, they can do damage, they block lackeys, work when null rod is out (unlike the Citadels), etc., etc.

I also added a strip mine and took out an off-color mox. I have also been pleased with this change.

Here is my current list:

// Creatures
1 Platinum Angel
1 Pentavus
1 Darksteel Colossus
4 Goblin Welder
1 Gorilla Shaman
// Counter
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
// Drawing
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
1 Mind's Eye
1 Ancestral Recall
// Other
1 Cunning Wish
2 Mindslaver
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Fire/Ice
// Black
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
// Mana
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus

// Land
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Mishra's Factory
2 Underground Sea
4 Flooded Strand
1 City of Brass
4 Volcanic Island
4 Island
1 Strip Mine
// Sideboard
SB: 1 Fire/Ice
SB: 1 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Mogg Salvage
SB: 1 Rack and Ruin
SB: 1 Echoing Truth
SB: 2 Blood Moon
SB: 2 Gorilla Shaman
SB: 1 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Fact or Fiction
SB: 2 FTK
SB: 1 Hibernation
SB: 1 Shattering Pulse


I had been running 2 Pentavus, but swapped one out for a Colossus, which has worked well so far in limited testing.

This looks like it will be a blast.
I happen to have several relatives in Richmond.

SO, I will be able to strengthen some family ties, do a bit of Geneology, and then spend the rest of my time doing what's REALLY important in life -- playing Type 1 Magic against lots of top quality players.

Regarding Balance, I am sure Kerz will come around eventually.

In 1995, I suggested to Brian Weismann in an e-mail to add Balance to "The Deck".
He disagreed, mainly because of the insane card advantage 4 Tomes gave players of "The Deck" over the other archetypes of the time, crappy as they were.
He felt that using Balance would give up some of that advantage (cards in hand, lands in play).

Eventually, Brian added it to his build, and it has been a staple for 8-9 years.

Personally, I could never conceive of NOT running Balance in 4cc Control, but, to each his own I guess.

Eddie:
I tested Artificer's Intuition out awhile back, and concur with your findings.
It just did not seem to work at all in the deck.

Can someone with access please move this over to the Tournaments Forum, since I don't have access?

When: Tuesday, July 6th, 6PM
Where: Gamer's Inn, Gilbert, Arizona
Type: Type 1. SANCTIONED, no proxies
Cost: FREE
Directions: Just North of Southern, NE Corner of Southern and Gilbert Rd.
Phone: 480-507-0509
Prize: Packs, but, hey, it's Free!

Rich:

Great report.
Despite Carls' comment about your taking notes slowing down the game the two of your were playing, the notes paid off in a well written report.

It was nice meeting you and discussing Control Slaver in more detail.
I also met many other TMD'ers for the first time at the Con as well.

Regarding the DCI judge in question, your efforts to pursue this will have much greater effect if you have corroborating testimony.

Since I was at the same event, seated nearby, and saw/heard the whole thing, please let me know when/how/to whom you would like me to send corroborating testimony.

Keith

Flight, Hotel, rental car all booked.
I will be there Wed evening -Sunday evening

Anyone looking for a casual game at a time other than when the 4 T1 tourneys are going on can call my cell at: 480-467-8819

Looking forward to meeting many of you there!

Keith

What type of a T1 following is there up in B.C, and how many people usually show up for T1 tournies?

I am always looking for an excuse to escape the Phoenix summer heat, and am considering flying up for the tournament.
However, not really keen on flying up to find tourney cancelled due to low turnout.

Keith

Hi:
I will be in Detroit June 5th-12, and am looking for suggestions for places to play Type 1 in Detroit area, either casual play or tournaments.

I moved from Detroit 7 years ago, and so am not familar with current scene.

From looking through old posts, it looks like some possible stores are:
Pandemonium, Masquerade Game, and Awesome Comics (Wixom and Wyandotte).

Could someone let me know if these are still around, other places to play, and any other suggestons.

Thanks.

Keith

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