[Results] Vintage Championships Finland 12.6. /w T8 decks

[Nastaboi]

This tournament was part of the Vintage Championships series in which French Vintage Championships belongs as well. Two byes to GenCon with Mox Emerald was given to winner, and the best unpowered player received Mox Pearl. This was the first power tournament ever held in my country, and I was happy to pick Pearl up as the only powerless player to make T8.

There were 41 players and 20 of them unpowered. There were loads of Oath, plenty of fish, some workshops and a good deal of budget aggro in all forms. Rozetta was not present, but all the other notable Finnish players were.

Top 8 was as follows:

1 Rautiola, Joonas /w Monobrown Stax
2 Lähdesmäki, Perttu /w Oath
3 Puranen, Jari /w Tinker Tog
4 Rimpilä, Raine /w UG Madness
5 Ihonen, Juha /w Bird Sh*t (me)
6 Niinistö, Juha /w Oath
7 Pirttiniemi, Seppo /w 5c Stax
8 Sjöblom, Max /w Tinker Sensei

Quarters:

Sjöblom beat Rautiola
I beat Rimpilä
Puranen beat Niinistö
Lähdesmäki beat Pirttiniemi

Semis:

Sjöblom beat me
Puranen beat Lähdesmäki

Finals:

Puranen beat Sjöblom

Decklists:

1. Jari Puranen - "Poikahan on hullu tai tavattoman rohkea" (i.e. something like "This boy is crazy or extraordinary brave")

3 Duress
3 Deep Analysis
4 Brainstorm
3 Cunning Wish
3 Intuition
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Flooded Strand
3 Island
3 Volcanic Island
4 Underground Sea
3 Polluted Delta
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mind Twist
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Psychatog
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pear
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire

SB:
1 Coffin Purge
1 Fling
1 Misdirection
1 Snuff Out
1 Lava Dart
1 Firestorm
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Stifle
1 Rushing River
1 Chain of Vapor
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Shattering Pulse
1 Fact or Fiction

2. Max Sjöblom - Top Deck.dec 

4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Accumulated Knowledge
3 Thirst for Knowledge
2 Intuition
2 Cunning Wish
1 Deep Analysis
1 Brain Freeze
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Darksteel Colossus
3 Future Sight
3 Senseis Divining Top
3 Helm of Awakening
6 Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
 
SB:
2 Energy Flux
2 Duress
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Brain Freeze
1 Stifle
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Annul
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Coffin Purge

3. Perttu Lähdesmäki - Oath 

4 Oath of Druids
1 Spirit of the Night
1 Akroma Angel of Wrath
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Annul
2 Duress
2 Misdirection
3 Cunning Wish
4 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Skeletal Scrying
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
1 Tropical Island
1 Swamp
2 Island
1 Lotus Petal
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring

SB:
3 Arcane Laboratory
2 Energy Flux
1 Pristine Angel
1 Tinker
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Oxidize
1 Coffin Purge
1 Krosan Reclamation
1 Echoing Truth
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Fact or Fiction

4. Me - Bird Sh*t (unpowered)

4 Polluted Delta
4 Tundra
4 Tropical Island
2 Flooded Strand
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Werebear
4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Meddling Mage
3 Ninja of the Deep Hours
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
3 Mental Note
1 Gush
3 Stifle
2 Misdirection
3 Daze
3 Null Rod
3 Swords to Plowshares

SB:
1 Swords to Plowshares
3 Ray of Revelation
2 Seal of Cleansing
1 Null Rod
2 Ground Seal
3 Oxidize
3 Blue Elemental Blast

5. Joonas Rautiola - Artifaktiläjä (i.e. Artifact Pile)

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
2 Petrified Field
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
1 City of Traitors
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Metalworker
4 Smokestack
4 Tanglewire
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
3 Orb of Dreams
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Sundering Titan
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Mindslaver
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Triskelion
1 Staff of Domination
 
SB:
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Triskelion
2 Jester's Cap
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Duplicant
3 Damping Matrix
3 Defense Grid

6. Raine Ripilä (UG Madness)

1 Ancestral Recall
2 Annul
4 Brainstorm
4 Circular Logic
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Time Walk
1 Deep Analysis
4 Arrogant Wurm
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Aquamoeba
3 Waterfront Bouncer
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Strip Mine
4 Island
4 Forest
4 Tropical Island
4 Wasteland
2 Flooded Strand
2 Windswept Heath
 
SB:
2 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Hydroblast
3 Ground Seal
4 Naturalize
3 Null Rod
2 Wonder

7. Juha Niinistö (Oath)

4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Polluted Delta
1 Library of Alexandria
3 Island
1 Swamp
2 Tropical Island
1 Underground Sea
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Brainstorm
2 Misdirection
4 Oath of Druids
1 Akroma Angel of Wrath
1 Spirit of the Night
1 Gaea's Blessing
3 Duress
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Skeletal Scrying
2 Cunning Wish
1 Impulse
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Daze
1 Regrowth
1 Echoing Truth
1 Pernicious Deed

SB:
1 Coffin Purge
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Platinum Angel
1 Echoing Truth
1 Oxidize
2 Naturalize
2 Ground Seal
1 Null Rod
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Arcane Laboratory
2 Energy Flux

8. Seppo Pirttiniemi (5c Stax)

4 City of Brass
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mindslaver
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Trinisphere
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Balance
1 Reanimate
1 Sundering Titan
1 Platinum Angel
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Crop Rotation
1 Triskelion
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Goblin Welder
3 Thirst of Knowledge
2 AEther Spellbomb
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Smokestack
3 Sphere of Resistance 

SB:
3 Seal of Cleansing
1 Sphere of Resistance
1 Coffin Purge
1 Red Elemental Blast
4 Tangle Wire
1 Fire/Ice
1 Fact or Fiction
3 Reanimate

I have to say that those finalists knew their thing. DSC+Tinker was an old European tech, and adding it to Sensei deck was pretty obvious according to its player. Obivious or not, it was a perfect metagame choice for this day.

Oh, and did I mention that I just got married? Lucky me.

[Machinus]

How did Madness beat the Oath/Stax decks just below it? I'd like to hear more about this top 8.

[Nastaboi]

Actually, it didn't. As you can see, I beat him the very first round of T8, and places 5-8 were determined upon swiss results. But I recall him drawing those Annuls every time against Oaths during the swiss.