Fun fact: I thought the list I submitted did have 8.

No wonder there was so much room for everything else. Although I disagree about Metalworker.

This is what I played, going 3-1-1, lost in t8:

1 Inkwell Leviathan
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Dark Confidant

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Fire/Ice
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Flusterstorm
2 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Spell Pierce
4 Force of Will

1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will

3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key

1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Poluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Mountain
1 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island

Sideboard
4 Ingot Chewer
2 Viashino Heretic
1 Pithing Needle
2 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Red Elemental Blast

Check out my latest article on Junk in Modern as well as MTGO Cube drafts. Enjoy!

If you could Steve, please change my list to include 4 Ancient Tomb and increase the Mishra's Factory count to 4.

Thanks.

It's good to see the prices of singles have been adjusted and are competitive with the rest of the market. That makes me more inclined to play for just store credit, although I would like to see a change in the entry/prize structure. I'd prefer a lower entry fee because there isn't a specific card (i.e Mox/Bazaar/Shop/etc) that is being awarded that would normally advocate a higher entry fee in order to cover costs. The most direct beneficiary of having higher entry is the store because they're taking in mostly cash for future sales, and while I'm not opposed to a symbiotic relationship with Eudemonia, I'd prefer to have the players benefit first. Lower costs will open the door for more players. Lastly, I'd like to see the minimum prize be at least equal to the entry. Making top 8 and walking away with less than you put in isn't the best feeling, even if it's only a few dollars.

I had a fun time and look forward to bashing you all again in the future. Hopefully the tournament structure will have changed.

I'll probably be going.

A few reasons, actually:

1. There's only Jace and Gifts to ramp into, which makes Sol Ring, Mana Vault/Crypt pretty bad.
2. Jaime Cano has put up some pretty good results, so I wanted to see how the deck performed as is.
3. I didn't want to put much time into preparing for the tournament.

I didn't like the fact that the deck couldn't cheat a win when it needed to take a more proactive role. For example, it's much tougher to win against Dredge with just incremental advantage.

I'll be there. Bring your A-game and some Band-Aids because not even MacGyver is going to get you out of this one.

Cube drafts have started. Check them out for some awesome content.

For those of you whom are interested in Avacyn Restored content, your wait is over. Drafts and Sealed videos have begun. Enjoy.

Dark Ascension videos have started!

Innistrad drafts have started! Make sure to keep up on my content for helpful advice. I hope you enjoy these.

Something came up so I had to shift my plans over a day, otherwise I would have been there.

I'll be there but won't be playing in the Vintage Champs due to scheduling conflicts with Nationals; I'll still have a deck to battle with though (I think).

I think it's more likely than not. This is one of the first weekends where I haven't been away traveling, and I know that with Gencon coming up and its linking with US Nationals, other people who are attending will want to get some additional practice in if possible.

July's event:

10 Proxy Vintage for Dual Lands
Sun, July 17, 12pm – 7pm

It will be similar to June's event.

New Phyrexia Drafts start next week!

12PM, just like the post says.

The release events for New Phyrexia taking place on the weekend of Sunday, May 15 have pushed the Vintage event in May to the 22nd.

Vintage for Dual Lands
When: Sun, May 22, 12pm
Where: Superstars Game Center, 30 N 3rd St, San Jose, CA
Cost: $25
Description: Vintage tournament.  10 proxies allowed.
Prizes: Dual lands to be determined.

The prize support isn't cut in half except for when the minimum number of people enter. Giving away a LoA allows the store to free up more prizes from first place and distrubute them elsewhere. For example, in a sixteen man tournament a mox will eat up nearly all of the entry costs and make additional prizes beyond it kept to a minimum. In the case of a LoA, first place only eats up roughly eight entries which lets the store distribute an extra two-hundred amongst the t4/t8.

There is NOT a tournament on the third Sunday during April, and instead there is a tournament for a Library of Alexandria on the second Sunday (4/10).

LoA event info.

http://www.superstarsgamecenter.com/?p=2064

Vintage for a Library – 10 Proxy – 4/10 – $25 Entry – Unsanctioned Vintage – 1 PM

Do you love your old cards? Interested in winning some Eternal staples? Come on down to Superstars on Sunday, April 10th at 1 PM and play Magic’s oldest format – Vintage! For only $25, you get your shot at a guaranteed Library of Alexandria! For each player that shows up beyond the first 8 players, Superstars will add another $25 in store credit to the prize pool. Don’t have Moxes and so on? No problem, because this tournament allows 10 proxies! [Pre-register now](http://store.channelfireball.com/catalog/tournament_preregistration-weekend_tournaments/april_10th_vintage_for_a_mox_emerald_10_proxy__1_pm/68618) and start working on your deck.

Decklists are required for this event. 10 proxies are allowed, and as such, the event is unsanctioned. Proxies must be indistinguishable from other cards in the deck except by looking at the card face, and they must be clear and legible. While unsanctioned, this event will be run by a DCI judge in accordance with [DCI rules](http://ow.ly/4cSi9). The tournament will not start without at least 8 players.

Format: Vintage (10 Proxy)
[Pre-Register Here!](http://store.channelfireball.com/catalog/tournament_preregistration-weekend_tournaments/april_10th_vintage_for_a_mox_emerald_10_proxy__1_pm/68618)
Start Time: 1 PM
Entry Fee: $25
Structure: Swiss Rounds + top 4 or top 8 cut
Prizes:
1st Place: Library of Alexandria or $200 store credit
Additional prizes will be added if more than 8 players show up.

Mirrodin Besieged drafts start next week!

Yep.

Nope, it's going to be on the 16th.

The tournament this Sunday the 16th is going to be 15 proxies.

Sorry for not updating this; I got backlogged with work. There will be a tournament on the 19th.

Scars of Mirrodin Drafts have begun.

Fish originated from Pro Tour Rome in 1998 where Merfolk took second place. The name 'Fish' was slang for Merfolk and has evolved to describe Blue-Based aggro control decks.

Merfolk:
Nicholas Labarre, 2nd Place, Pro Tour - Rome

Main Deck:
18 Island
4 Wasteland

4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Merfolk Raiders
4 Manta Riders
4 Suq'Ata Firewalker
4 Man-o'-War
3 Waterspout Djinn

4 Force of Will
4 Counterspell
2 Force Spike
3 Nevinyrral's Disk
2 Curiosity   
               
Sideboard:         
2 Phyrexian Furnace
2 Bottle Gnomes
2 Force Spike
2 Disrupt
4 Hydroblast
2 Serrated Arrows
1 Nevinyrral's Disk