Results-Charelston Mox Pearl

[bdg4life]

21 people showed up to the mox pearl event at the Green Dragon in Charelston South Carolina. The top 8 was as follows:
Brandon Todaro-Izzet Control
Chris Bright-Meandeck Ichorid
Gus Hartley-Bomberman
Michael Beichner-Cullen Duece
George Goanos-Whispering Slaver
Steven Goanos-Oath
John Runyon-Meandeck Ichorid
AJ Fields-Pitch Long

Brandon (Izzet Control) beats AJ(Pitch Long)
Chris(Meandeck Ichorid) beats Steven(Oath)
Michael(Cullen Duece) beats George(Whispering Slaver)
Gus(Bomberman) beats John(Meandeck Ichorid)

The top 4,Brandon, Chris, Michael, and Gus, split the mox and the secondary prizes, $75 and $50 in store credit.
Thanks to everyone who attended.
The decklist’s  are as follows:

Izzet Control
Brandon Todaro
 //Lands
    2 Flooded Strand
    3 Polluted Delta
    3 Island
    3 Volcanic Island
    2 Underground Sea
    1 Library of Alexandria
    1 Tolarian Academy

  //Creatures
    1 Darksteel Colossus
    3 Izzet Guildmage

// Spells
    2 Fire/Ice
    1 Tinker
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Time Walk
    1 Yawgmoth's Will
    1 Echoing Truth
    1 Reset
    1 Extract
    1 Demonic Tutor
    4 Brainstorm
    4 Force of Will
    4 Mana Drain
    2 Cunning Wish
    2 Intuition
    4 Accumulated Knowledge
    2 Pithing Needle
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Mystical Tutor
    1 Mox Emerald
    1 Mox Jet
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Ruby
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Sol Ring
    1 Mana Crypt

// Sideboard
SB: 1 Fire/Ice
SB: 1 Echoing Truth
SB: 1 Extract
SB: 1 Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 3 Leyline of the Void
SB: 1 Pyroblast
SB: 1 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Ebony Charm
SB: 1 Rebuild
SB: 1 Stifle
SB: 1 Diabolic Edict
SB: 2 Rack and Ruin


Meandeck Ichorid
Chris Bright
// Lands
    4 Bazaar of Baghdad
    4 Gemstone Mine
    4 City of Brass
    1 Strip Mine

// Creatures
    4 Golgari Grave-Troll
    4 Ashen Ghoul
    4 Ichorid
    4 Putrid Imp
    4 Stinkweed Imp

// Spells
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    4 Leyline of the Void
    4 Unmask
    4 Cabal Therapy
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Crop Rotation
    4 Chalice of the Void
    1 Imperial Seal
    2 Chain of Vapor
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Lotus Petal
    1 Mox Jet
 1 Chrome Mox

// Sideboard
SB: 4 Root Maze
SB: 4 Null Rod
SB: 4 Pithing Needle
SB: 2 Chain of Vapor
SB: 1 Balance

Bomberman
Gus Hartley
//Lands
    4 Flooded Strand
    4 Plains
    9 Island

// Creatures
    4 Auriok Salvagers
    4 Trinket Mage

// Spells
    3 Mana Leak
    4 Thirst for Knowledge
    1 Time Walk
    4 Mana Drain
    2 Disenchant
    3 AEther Spellbomb
    1 Tormod's Crypt
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Engineered Explosives
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Ruby
    1 Mox Jet
    4 Force of Will
    1 Sensei's Divining Top
    1 Pithing Needle
    1 Ancestral Recall
    4 Brainstorm

// Sideboard
SB: 3 Energy Flux
SB: 2 Seal of Cleansing
SB: 1 Disenchant
SB: 2 Stifle
SB: 1 Skullclamp
SB: 2 Echoing Truth
SB: 4 Swords to Plowshares

Cullen Duece
Michael Beichner
//Lands
    1 Forest
    4 Windswept Heath
    3 Scrubland
    1 Savannah
    1 Tropical Island
    1 Bayou
    1 Taiga
    1 Strip Mine
    3 Wasteland
    2 Flooded Strand
    1 Volrath's Stronghold

// Creatures
    4 Birds of Paradise
    4 Eternal Witness
    4 Dark Confidant
    2 Exalted Angel

// Spells
    2 Life from the Loam
    4 Duress
    4 Hide/Seek
    4 Swords to Plowshares
    1 Moat
    1 Sword of Fire and Ice
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    3 Sensei's Divining Top
    1 Time Walk
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Mox Jet
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Emerald


// Sideboard
SB: 2 Naturalize
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Darkblast
SB: 3 Pithing Needle
SB: 1 Engineered Plague
SB: 2 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2 Rack and Ruin
SB: 1 Pyroblast

Whispering Slaver
George Goanos

 // Lands
    3 Island
    2 Volcanic Island
    3 Underground Sea
    2 Flooded Strand
    2 Polluted Delta
    1 Strip Mine
    1 Seat of the Synod
    1 Tolarian Academy

// Creatures
    1 Triskelion
    1 Darksteel Colossus
    3 Goblin Welder

// Spells
    1 Time Walk
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Yawgmoth's Will
    1 Gifts Ungiven
    3 Night's Whisper
    1 Tinker
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    1 Ancestral Recall
    4 Thirst for Knowledge
    4 Brainstorm
    4 Force of Will
    4 Mana Drain
    1 Echoing Truth
    1 Mana Crypt
    1 Mox Jet
    1 Mana Vault
    1 Sol Ring
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Ruby
    1 Mindslaver
    1 Mox Emerald
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Memory Jar
    1 Crucible of Worlds
    1 Jester's Cap

// Sideboard
SB: 1 Echoing Truth
SB: 1 Platinum Angel
SB: 1 Darkblast
SB: 2 Rack and Ruin
SB: 2 Razormane Masticore
SB: 1 Duplicant
SB: 2 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2 Caltrops
SB: 3 Red Elemental Blast

Oath of Druids
Steven Goanos

// Lands
    1 Underground Sea
    1 Tropical Island
    2 Island
    2 Flooded Strand
    2 Polluted Delta
    2 City of Brass
    4 Forbidden Orchard
    1 Strip Mine
    4 Wasteland

// Creatures
    1 Razia, Boros Archangel
    1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath

// Spells
    1 Mox Emerald
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Ruby
    1 Mox Jet
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Mystical Tutor
    4 Force of Will
    3 Mana Leak
    3 Duress
    1 Rushing River
    1 Gaea's Blessing
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Time Walk
    3 Thirst for Knowledge
    2 Impulse
    4 Brainstorm
    3 Chalice of the Void
    4 Oath of Druids

// Sideboard
SB: 2 Simic Sky Swallower
SB: 1 Blazing Archon
SB: 2 Extract
SB: 2 Pithing Needle
SB: 2 Ground Seal
SB: 2 Energy Flux
SB: 2 Choke
SB: 2 Naturalize

Meandeck Ichorid
John Runyon

// Lands
    4 Bazaar of Baghdad
    4 Gemstone Mine
    4 City of Brass

// Creatures
    4 Ashen Ghoul
    4 Ichorid
    4 Putrid Imp
    4 Stinkweed Imp
    4 Golgari Grave-Troll

// Spells
    4 Unmask
    2 Chain of Vapor
    1 Imperial Seal
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    1 Crop Rotation
    1 Ancestral Recall
    4 Cabal Therapy
    1 Black Lotus
    4 Chalice of the Void
    1 Mox Jet
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Lotus Petal
    1 Balance
    1 Gamble
    1 Darkblast
    3 Duress

// Sideboard
SB: 2 Chain of Vapor
SB: 3 Swords to Plowshares
SB: 2 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2 Erase
SB: 3 Nether Shadow
SB: 2 Darkblast
SB: 1 Duress

Pitch Long
AJ Fields

// Lands
    1 Island
    1 Swamp
    3 Underground Sea
    2 Flooded Strand
    3 Polluted Delta
    1 Tolarian Academy

// Spells
    1 Yawgmoth's Will
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    1 Demonic Tutor
    3 Grim Tutor
    1 Mind's Desire
    2 Tendrils of Agony
    1 Time Walk
    1 Timetwister
    1 Windfall
    1 Mystical Tutor
    1 Tinker
    1 Imperial Seal
    1 Memory Jar
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Sol Ring
    1 Lotus Petal
    1 Mana Crypt
    1 Mana Vault
    1 Mox Emerald
    1 Mox Jet
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Ruby
    1 Mox Sapphire
    2 Misdirection
    1 Necropotence
    1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
    1 Ancestral Recall
    4 Brainstorm
    4 Cabal Ritual
    4 Dark Ritual
    1 Chain of Vapor
    1 Hurkyl's Recall
    4 Force of Will

// Sideboard
SB: 2 Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 4 Duress
SB: 2 Massacre
SB: 4 Elvish Spirit Guide
SB: 2 Rushing River
SB: 1 Darksteel Colossus

[Machinus]

Cullen Duece

Awesome deck name.

Thanks for the results.

[cjon71]

It was great fun.  I look forward to the next one.

Thanks for posting the results!

[SonataOfTheCathedral]

Cullen Duece, interesting deck. I am extremely curious how it beat CS. Did anyone see how that went down?

[MrBeichner]

This is a deck that is a modification of one created by my longtime friend Cullen Cox.  We both played the earlier version a month ago in another tourney and both top 4'd.  I really liked the deck but decided to add the green and 2 blue cards to give it more overall power at the loss of orimm's chant and some of the tutoring.  The core concept of the deck is still based around Cullen's origional though with the Bob's tops, duress, plowshare and hide/seek.  There is just so much versatility to the deck and there is not much you don't have a maindeck answer too other than a long deck blowing up in your face or someone getting a nut draw with a staple type 1 deck.   I enjoy the deck because it gives me the chance to outplay most decks and I hate how netdecked a lot of type 1 can be with the mentality of a deck sucks if it does not have 4 forces of will (even if that assumption is right most of the time). The green and blue gave the deck a little more mana stability and the ability to recur all it's spells, so if I have one that causes a deck problems I can recurr it,  plus I can recur strip effects if it is harmful.  Meanwhile, most of the spells are very inexpensive so I don't get shunted so much by countermagic.


As for the question about the CS matchup, I beat it in the swiss and the top 8 in 2 straight games and 3 out of 4 were pretty good games that went a while.   The duece has a ton of hate for that deck and getting a divining top or a bob out makes sure I see it while the witness's bring them back.  There was no particular card that did it,  just the entire synergy of the deck itself with clocks to peck away at their life.    Oh... and seeking out their yawgmoths or colossus in response to tinker helps too, not that it happened this particular time, but it has before.   George,the guy who posted the results, played the CS deck so he could give more insight from his end, but basically I have just so many cards in the deck and sideboard that provide answers as long as I play tight.  The main change I would make to the deck at the moment would be for the local metagame and that would be to add 1 or 2 maindeck graveyard hate cards.  More than likely being shred memory because it can double as a ghetto tutor.

[Zombie Shakespeare]

To be fair, there are many people that are running decks built around Hide/Seek and the other cards that make up the core of all the variants (Confidant, Duress, STP).

I think the distinct toolbox feel and control elements are what set my build apart from others that are much more along the lines of aggro decks.

[MrBeichner]

Who plans for moat anymore?  I ASK YOU !

[cjon71]

Who plans for moat anymore?  I ASK YOU !

Moat really is not that big an issue with every deck running bounce or enchantment distruction of one type or another.

[MrBeichner]

if you say so sir!  Twas a joke to cullen anyway,  who won a match off the back of said card.

[RaleighNCTourneys]

Mana leak isn't really that much of an issue anymore either, b/c everyone is running mana sources now-a-days. And I'm thinking of cutting Yawgmoth's Will in my deck b/c it seems like everyone is playing with FOW!

[cjon71]

if you say so sir!  Twas a joke to cullen anyway,  who won a match off the back of said card.

I am not saying that Moat can't win you a game because by all means it can.  I was just saying that the nature of type most decks can handle a surprise moat even though they were not expecting it be cause so much of the utillity that type one decks run for other staple type one decks can also deal with moat.

[Liek]

I mean, people play Stormscape Apprentice and True Believer in Fish decks, and I never get any credit. 

Anyways, should the Aura Fluxes in he Bomberman board be Energy Fluxes? If not, what s the purpose of Aura Flux?

[Aneurysm]

The sideboard is messed up for my deck. It had 2 stifle and 1 skullclamp (dont ask). The fluxes were indeed energy, i may have written them down wrong. Better check it next time.

[Dante]

Assclowns.  Seriously, you're like a bunch of little girls.  Stop arguing in this thread, which is supposed to be about the results from this tourney, about deck names and who created what.  This thread is NOT the place for it, feel free to make a new thread about it, if you're so inclined.  I'm going to delete the waaaaay off topic posts, if someone wants the delete posts PM'd to them for a new thread somewhere, let one of us mods know.

Ugh.  See my sig.

Dante

[Dante]

Ok, the decklist says Meandeck Ichorid, which the original poster changed after like, the first posting asking about it.

Results and decklists (not deck naming) discussion only from here on out.

Dante

[Chi]

*flex*? power trip much?

thanks to savannah players for coming

If by "flex?  power trip much?" you mean that I actually moderate the boards appropriately by keeping threads on-topic and eliminating useless argument/fighting about deck names, ego, and other bullshit, then you can call that a power trip if it makes you feel better.

You seem to be new here with 1 post and all, so the reason it's "assclowns" is because we've had this deck naming argument before.

I take my mandate of keeping TMD a place of high-caliber Magic strategy, play, and deck-building discussion seriously, so things like useless naming/ego arguments have no place here.  If you want to discuss it with me, please keep it to PM as to not derail this thread again.  Thx!  Welcome aboard.

Dante

[dad]

Whats the status of future tourneys?  I come back to Charleston around 9/23 and might be available for tournaments in October.

BTW Glad to see Team Rust repping Type 1.  Is CJon71 Spires?

[Zombie Shakespeare]

dad!

CJon71 is Chris Bright. The next Charleston event is tentatively scheduled for September 16th I think. But don't worry, AJ acquired Chris Trahan's collection, including several pieces of power and other highly sought after cards, so he has plenty in the way of potential tournament prizes if all continues to go well.

[zamarguitars]

Hey guys I am an old magic player coming back into action. I am looking for people to play magic with in the Charelston area. Are there any casual players who play multi player at their home or would be wililng to get together somewhere. I know that there is Friday Night at the Green Dragon, Do a lot of people show up?

Thanks
Gary Wilkinson
Ladson, SC

[MrBeichner]

ya friday nights are still pretty busy.

[cjon71]

Whats the status of future tourneys?  I come back to Charleston around 9/23 and might be available for tournaments in October.

BTW Glad to see Team Rust repping Type 1.  Is CJon71 Spires?

Nope it is Chris Bright

[cjon71]

Whats the status of future tourneys?  I come back to Charleston around 9/23 and might be available for tournaments in October.

BTW Glad to see Team Rust repping Type 1.  Is CJon71 Spires?

Come back to Charleston?  Where have ya been?

[dad]

I have been at Ft Leonard Wood in Missouri since May.  I haven't played much Type 1, but have had a chance to play some Type 2.  Anyway, I'm looking forward to coming home and playing in some tournaments.

[Dante]

We have a PM function for these types of messages.