[Results, Lists and Pics] Sports Zone: Cary, NC for a Mox Jet 09/09/06

[RaleighNCTourneys]

Location- Cary, NC at the Sports Zone: Saturday, September 9th, 2006

We had 15 people show up for this tournament. Thanks to everyone who came from out of state to make this happen. Without you guys these things wouldn't be possible. We did 4 rounds of swiss and $20 per person to play for a Mox Jet. We got 5 people less than last time, but the store owner decided to have the tournament 2 weeks after the last one, which explains why that happended. The players talked to the owner and from now on there will be at least one month in between tourneys. The next one should be in 5 weeks for a mox, and I will post as soon as I know anything.

The metagame break down was:

1x U/W/b Fish
1x U/W fish
1x Sullivan Solution
1x Hide/Seek Control (Cullen Control)
1x Worse than Fish
1x Oath
1x Izzet Combo/Control (Xerox)
1x R/G Hate
1x Drain Tendrils
1x Grim Long
1X Machinus Gifts
1x Mono-U Stax
1x a Type 2 Green/Blue Deck
1x Stroke/Geyser Combo
1x Ichorid

There was a cut to a top 8, which was as follows:

I don't know standings but David Early was #1 after swiss.

EJ Walsh (Grim Long) concedes to Cody Vinci (Drain Tendrils)
Wadie Shahin (U/W Fish) defeats David Early (U/W/b Fish)
Chris Coppola (Gifts) defeats Ryan Quick (Mono-U Stax)
Cullen Cox (Hide/Seek Control) defeats Steven Goanos (Oath)

Top 4:

Wadie Shahin (U/W Fish)
Chris Coppola (Gifts)
Cullen Cox (Hide/Seek Control)
Cody Vinci (Drain Tendrils)

As usual, a top 4 split followed....

Chris Coppola ended up getting the Mox Jet, giving an English Mana Drain to Cody, cash to Wadie and cards to Cullen.

Top 4 Decklists:

Cody Vinci - Drain Tendrils                             

Maindeck                                                                                 
                                                               
4x Mana Drain                                       
4x Accumulated Knowledge
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
2x Tendrils of Agony
3x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Dark Ritual
1x Gush
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Time Walk
2x Rebuild
1x Chain of Vapor
2x Intuition
1x Yawgmoth’s Will
1x Frantic Search
1x Vampiric Tutor
4x Underground Sea
4x Island
3x Flooded Strand
2x Polluted Delta
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Sol Ring
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Lotus Petal
1x Library of Alexandria

Sideboard

1x Rebuild
1x Darkblast
3x Diabolic Edict
4x Duress
1x Tinker
1x Darksteel Colossus
2x Tormod’s Crypt
2x Massacre







Chris Coppola - Machinus Gifts

1x Darksteel Colossus
4x Force of Will
1x Tendrils of Agony
2x Gifts Ungiven
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Tinker
4x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Recoup
1x Time Walk
4x Mana Drain
2x Merchant Scroll
2x Fire/Ice
1x Tormod's Crypt
2x Duress
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Brainstorm
1x Rebuild
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Sol Ring
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Lotus Petal
1x Library of Alexandria
3x Volcanic Island
3x Underground Sea
3x Island
2x Flooded Strand
3x Polluted Delta

Sideboard

4x REB
2x Tormod's Crypt
4x Pyroclasm
2x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Rebuild
2x Duress







Cullen Cox - Hide and Seek Control

3x Exalted Angel
4x Dark Confidant
4x Duress
4x Orim's Chant
4x STP
4x Hide / Seek
2x Sensei's Top
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vamp Tutor
1x Enlightened Tutor
1x Imperial Seal
1x Balance
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Seal of Cleansing
1x Rack and Ruin
1x Moat
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Sol Ring
3x Bloodstained Mire
3x Flooded Strand
3x Scrubland
2x Badlands
2x Plateau
2x Swamp
2x Plains
1x Strip Mine
1x Volrath's Stronghold

Sideboard

3x Sacred Ground
3x Pithing Needle
3x Diabolic Edict
2x Rack and Ruin
2x Disenchant
2x Tormod's Crypt








Wadie Shahin - U/W Fish

1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Sapphire
3x Null Rod
3x Jotun Grunt
4x Meddling Mage
3x Icatian Javelineers
2x Ninjas of the Deep Hours
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Brainstorm
4x Force Of Will
3x Swords To Plowshares
1x Gush
1x Enlightened Tutor
2x Misdirection
3x Stifle
1x Mystical Tutor
2x Kataki, War's Wage
1x Time Walk
2x Island
2x Plains
4x Flooded Strand
2x Polluted Delta
1x Strip Mine
4x Tundra
4x Wasteland

Sideboard

2x Energy Flux
2x Seal Of Cleansing
3x Blue Elemental Blast
3x Orim's Chant
3x Umezawa's Jitte
2x Kami of Ancient Law

Hope to see everyone at the next tourney! I took a bunch of pics with my digital camera and sent them to Machinus. He should be putting them up momentarily.

Most Insane Play of The Day:

Top 8. Fish Mirror. Game 3. Wadie attacks with a Meddling Mage. David attempts to STP the Mage. Wadie responds with an ancestral recall targetting himself (he only has 1 land, and island, and his hand needs a lot of help). David FOWs. Wadie misdirects the FOW to the STP. SIIIIICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was a really good match to watch as well. It took at least an hour and a half of pure fishy entertainment.

[Machinus]

Fish smashing Machinus Gifts.


This is what happens with proxied combo decks.


Cullen beating down on the fishies.


Colossus, moments before death.


Tormod's crypt keeping that juicy graveyard in check.


Here I am digging for mana.


I couldn't stop the Smokestack.


The effects of Jitte in the Fish miror are severe.


Wadie is happy to see David go to one off Bob.


Three bearded men and a young boy.

[Tobi]

I guess the 4 Dark Ritual in the Hide/Seek Control deck are mistyped...
--> Dark Confidant?

[RaleighNCTourneys]

He wrote dark ritual on his decklist. I was thinking maybe he wrote it down wrong? I'll be sure to find out.

Edit: haha... based on the pictures I'm almost positive he wrote it down wrong. I'll be sure to update that.

[Yare]

Yeah, the missing picture from the fish mirror is the next Confidant pull, which was Voidmage Prodigy.  I was at 1 and if I pull a land off the top, I swing for lethal damage and win the match (unless Wadie had some trick I didn't know about, although I think he was tapped out).  I think someone else may have gotten a picture of the pull.  In any case, that last match was brutal and I congratulate Wadie on the win.  I noticed there was a lot of dicussion about the match, especially game 2.  Were there some things that could/should have happened that I'm not aware of?

Good call on making it a month til the next one by the way.  I'll see you guys then.

Oh, I also gather that Chris Coppola = Machinus.  Is this the case?

[Zombie Shakespeare]

I wrote Dark Ritual? Yeah that definitely should be Dark Confidants. Lack of sleep is a terrible thing.

The event itself was once again really fun. I had a great time. Props to George and his sons for making the trek from Savannah for it as well as EJ for taking time off work to play as well.

Great pics!

[RaleighNCTourneys]

I sent the pic of the Voidmage rip to Machinus. Post it Chris!!

Here is what we were discussing in game 2 of top 8 fishy mirror:

Wadie had a Jitte on Mage with 2 counters on it. You had some land and only one was untapped: a factory. You also had a meddling mage and a 1/1 dude. Wadie DIDN'T attack. That was the turning point in game 2 that swing it in your favor, even though you ultimately lost to Bob. From what everyone could tell, Wadie had the game wrapped up if he attacked.

We we're also talking about why you were playing factory tricks with crucible when you had a wasteland in yard and Wadie had 4 tundras as lands.

[Machinus]

I thought too many fish pics would be redundant. Also, it's not a very good picture. But here it is anyway:

[Raakam]

I didn't have any tricks up my sleeve - I was just a bit fried at that point, and I was bit dejected that after all that work from both of us, the result of the second game, and potentially the match, would depend on something totally out of our control.

I'm sure there were mistakes on both sides, but this was probably one of the most demanding and fun magic games I've had in a long, long time. I still think my best play of the day was naming Crucible in game 3 on that mage.

Overall, the tournament was a lot of fun, and we'll hopefully do it again. By the way, misdirection is > daze. That is all.

[LotusHead]

Whoot! Pics!

[[supa_t(im)]]

These top4s are beginning to be redundant  .

Once again I wish I could have been there.

Three bearded men and a young boy.

Love it!!   :lol:

So that makes 3 Drains for Cody then?