[Results]Faraos Cigarer, Denmark. January 28th 05 (Mox Ruby)

[Anders Noer]

This saturday 53 players gathered in 'Faraos Cigarer', Copenhagen, Denmark to duke it out for a Mox Ruby.
All tournaments in this area are sanctioned and thus with no proxies allowed. The meta is getting quite strong with people from Sweden starting to show up and lots of power.

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Top 8 decklists:

Brian Nielsen — winner
Stax
4 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 City of Brass
3 Gemstone Mine
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Saphire
1 Sol Ring

1 Balance
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Sphere of Resistance
3 Chalice of the Void
1 Memory Jar
3 Crucible of worlds
1 Ancestrall Recall
1 Tinker
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Sundering Titan
1 Triskelion
4 Tangle Wire
4 Smokestack
4 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Welder

Sideboard:
3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Pyrostatic Pillar
3 Rack and Ruin
2 Triskelion
1 Duplicant
2 Ray of revelation

Kenny Öberg - Runner Up
TPS
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Swamp
3 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Dark Ritual
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Saphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus

1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Cunning Wish
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoths Will
1 Yawgmoths Bargain
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Necropotence
1 Minds Desire
1 Timetwister
1 Time spiral
1 Windfall
1 Memory Jar
1 Ancestrall Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Brainstorm
1 Tendrils of Agony

Sideboard:
1 Brain Freeze
1 Rushing River
1 Echoing Truth
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Hydroblast
1 Coffin Purge
1 Stifle
1 Meditate
1 Darksteel Colossus
2 Defence Grid
1 Chain of Vapor

Lars Birch – 3/4
Rectal Agony
4 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
3 Gemstone Mine
2 Scrubland
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tundra
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Saphire

4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Frantic Search
1 Timetwister
1 Minds Desire
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Duress
2 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoths Will
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoths Bargain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Academy Rector
1 Balance

Sideboard:
4 Orims Chant
3 Seal of Cleansing
3 Chill
1 Form of the Dragon
1 Illusions of Grandeur
1 Control Magic
1 Hurkyls Recall
1 Rebuild

Troels Krog – 3/4
Tinker Surprise variant
2 Volcanic Island
2 Island
4 Polluted Delta
4 Mishras Workshop
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Saphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
3 Gilded Lotus

4 Chalice of the Void
1 Memnarch
1 Sundering Titan
1 Platinum Angel
1 Mindslaver
1 Memory Jar
1 Triskelion
1 Jesters Cap
4 Force of Will
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
2 Transmute Artifact
1 Timetwister
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
4 Goblin Welder

Sideboard:
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Jesters Cap
1 Triskelion
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Duplicant
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Trinisphere
3 Blue Elemental Blast

Martin Schultz-Nielsen – 5/8
Oath
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Saphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Strip Mine
2 Wasteland
1 Tropical Island
5 Island
2 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
4 Forbidden Orchard

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Leak
4 Mana Drain
4 Brainstorm
4 Accumulated Knowledge
2 Impulse
4 Intuition
4 Oath of Druids
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Spirit of the Night
1 Rushing River
1 Echoing Truth
1 Gaeas Blessing
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall

Sideboard:
3 Arcane Laboratory
3 Energy Flux
3 Ground Seal
2 Back to Basics
2 Control Magic
1 Platinum Angel
1 Pristine Angel

Andreas Petersen – 5/8
Oath
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring

4 Oath of Druids
4 Brainstorm
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Accumulated Knowledge
3 Intuition
3 Duress
2 Cunning Wish
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Demonic Tutur
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoths Will
1 Tinker
1 Gaeas Blessing

Sideboard:
3 Energy Flux
3 Arcane Laboratory
1 Ground Seal
1 Pristine Angel
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Fire/Ice
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Balance
1 Swords to Plowshares

Ulrik Tarp – 5/8
Stax
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Saphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Mishras Workshop
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mne
2 Glimmervoid
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

4 Smokestack
4 Trinisphere
4 Juggernaut
4 Goblin Welder
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Seal of Cleansing
1 Memory Jar
1 Jesters Cap
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Duplicant
1 Triskelion
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor

Sideboard:
1 Hannas Custody
1 Arcane Laboratory
1 Damping Matrix
1 Blue Elemental Blas
1 Hurkyls Recall
1 Stifle
1 Root Maze
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Ray of Revelation
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Balance
1 Platinum Angel

Jonas Cleemann – 5/8
TPS
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
3 Island
2 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Dark Ritual
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Saphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault

4 Force of Will
4 Duress
2 Rebuild
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Cunning Wish
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoths Will
1 Yawgmoths Bargain
1 Necropotence
1 Minds Desire
1 Timetwister
1 Time Spiral
1 Windfall
1 Memory Jar
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Brainstorm
1 Tendrisl of Agony
1 Wheel of Fortune

Sideboard:
2 Hurkyls Recall
1 Stifle
1 Meditate
1 Coffin Purge
1 Brain Freeze
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Misdirection
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rebuild
1 Rushing River
3 Hydroblast
1 Chain of Vapor




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//Random obseration:
Not surprisingly, the p9 are dominating a non-proxy event like this:

The Top 8 had 66 pieces of power ~ 13,75% of their maindeck slots.
The rest of the field had 144 pieces of power ~ 5,4% of their maindeck slots.

Go figure.

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//Deck breakdown:

Combo:
2 Earthcraft/Squirrel Nest
1 Dragon
1 Intruder Alarm/elves
4 TPS
1 Rectal Agony
1 Meandeck Tendrils SX
1 Doomsday
1 Rector/Pattern

Aggro:
1 Sligh
2 FCG
2 Elves!/Mono G
2 Bazaar Madness
1 WW
2 Affinity
1 Reanimator

Aggro-control:
1 Grow
1 Landstill
3 Pale fish
4 U/R fish
6 Stax
1 The Riddler

Control:
2 Land Destruction
3 Slaver
2 Oath
2 3cC (uwb) / (uwg)
1 U/R counter-burn
1 U/W Control
1 Hulk

(please move this to the tournament forum and grant me TO status for further coverage )

(EDIT: Decklists supplied by Faraos Cigarer: http://www.faraos.dk/magic/index.phtml?page=10&sub=3&news=286 )

[majestyk1136]

Top 8: Prison, Combo, Combo, WS Aggro, Oath, Oath, Prison, Combo.  3 Prison Decks, 3 Combo and 2 Aggro/Control.  Is that pretty typical for the metagame over there?  Combo and prison seem pretty over-represented and Control seems pretty pathetic.

[JACO]

Ander, thanks for the great coverage, including the deck breakdown.

Aside from Brian Nielsen and Kenny Oberg's continued dominance of the area, some notable trends are:
Out of 2 Oath decks played, 2 made the top 8 (100%).
Out of 3 Control Slaver decks played, 0 made the top 8 (0%).
Out of 6 Stax decks played, 2 made the top 8 (33%).
Out of 4 TPS decks played, 2 made the top 8 (50%).
Out of 11 aggro decks played, 0 made the top 8 (0%).

Also, there seems to be almost no graveyard hate in the sideboards, so this environment would seem ripe for Dragon and Rector based decks to do very well. Also, with all the combo and Smokestacks around, you would think Stifle would be pretty good, yet there were only 2 total in the top 8 (and they were sideboarded).