[Report] Myriad Games Vintage October 21st, 2006 w/T8 Decks

[Myriad Games]

The Myriad Games Vintage Tournament announcement for October 21st, 2006 can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who attended our latest Vintage tournament here at Myriad Games.

Eric Dupuis won the Preregistration Bonus Dual Land.

Pat Broderick won the Best Deck Name Prize for "508" [Referring to the Brockton Area Code]. Other winners included "Cthluhu's Death Ray of Pink Slippers and Doom" by Oliver Beaumont and "T1 Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Juggernut" by Travis Laplante.

The T-Shirt Challenge continued to be popular. I played 11 games and we gave away 2 Myriad Games T-Shirts. Thanks to everyone who participated. For those of you who did not win this time, thank you for playing. Those of you who haven't won a T-shirt can try again next time.

Every player that wanted one received one of Sara's famous Myriad Games Magical Mana Cookies!

Pictures from this tournament are available in the Myriad Games Photo Album, here.

Myriad Games will be hosting our next Vintage Tournament on November 11th!

As always, if you have any comments or suggestions about our events, please email us at vintage@myriadgames.com

Tournament Results

1st/2nd Place: Eric Dupuis with Gifts
1st/2nd Place: Travis Laplante with Stax
3rd Place: Chad Behre with The Mountains Win Again
4th Place: Matt Shea with Gifts
5th Place: Dave Feinstein with U/W Fish
6th Place: Jonathan Foster with U/R Goblins
7th Place: Sara Yarrington with B/R/W Tempo
8th Place: Andy Probasco with Ichorid

Top 4

• Eric Dupuis vs Chad Behre
• Travis Laplante vs Matt Shea

Top 8

• Eric Dupuis vs Andy Probasco
• Travis Laplante vs David Feinstein
• Matt Shea vs Jonathan Foster
• Chad Behre vs Sara Yarrington

Final Results
Final Place Player  Deck

1st/2nd Place: Travis Laplante w/ Stax
1st/2nd Place: Eric Dupuis w/ Gifts
3rd Place: Chad Behre w/ The Mountains Win Again
4th Place: Matt Shea w/ Gifts
5th Place: Dave Feinstein w/ U/W Fish
6th Place: Jonathan Foster w/ U/R Goblins
7th Place: Sara Yarrington w/ B/R/W Tempo
8th Place: Andy Probasco w/ Ichorid
9th Place: Pat Broderick w/ Gifts
10th Place: Oliver Beaumont w/ U/G Stompy
11th Place: Aaron Conole w/ 3CC
12th Place: Bill Copes w/ Stax
13th Place: Mike Bergeron w/ Mono Blue Fish
14th Place: Jeremiah Rudolph w/ Mono Red Stax
15th Place: Marc Tuttle w/ Gifts
16th Place: Craig Dupre w/ The Mountains Win Again
17th Place: Scott Jensen w/ Sui Black Combo
18th Place: Nathan Bingham w/ Workshop Aggro
19th Place: Mark Matthes w/ Uba Stax
20th Place: John Joyce w/ Stax
21st Place: Travis Bingham w/ Food Chain Goblins

Top 8 Decklists

1st / 2nd: Eric Dupuis with Gifts

1x  Flooded Strand
3x  Island
1x  Library of Alexandria
4x  Polluted Delta
1x  Strip Mine
1x  Tolarian Academy
2x  Underground Sea
2x  Volcanic Island
1x  Darksteel Colossus
1x  Ancestral Recall
1x  Black Lotus
4x  Brainstorm
1x  Chain of Vapor
1x  Demonic Tutor
4x  Force of Will
4x  Gifts Ungiven
1x  Lotus Petal
1x  Mana Crypt
4x  Mana Drain
1x  Mana Vault
4x  Merchant Scroll
2x  Misdirection
1x  Mox Emerald
1x  Mox Jet
1x  Mox Pearl
1x  Mox Ruby
1x  Mox Sapphire
1x  Mystical Tutor
1x  Rebuild
1x  Recoup
1x  Sol Ring
1x  Time Walk
1x  Tinker
1x  Vampiric Tutor
1x  Yawgmoth's Will
1x  Tendrils of Agony
1x  Dark Ritual

Sideboard:
2x  Tormod's Crypt
3x  Lava Dart
2x  Pyroblast
1x  Red Elemental Blast
1x  Pyroclasm
2x  Massacre
3x  Hurkyl's Recall
1x  Mind Twist

1st / 2nd: Travis Laplante with Stax aka T1 Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Juggernut

1x  Library of Alexandria
1x  Channel
1x  Fastbond
1x  Barbarian Ring
1x  Crop Rotation
1x  Mox Jet
1x  Demonic Tutor
1x  Enlightened Tutor
1x  Balance
1x  Mox Pearl
1x  Vampiric Tutor
1x  Time Walk
1x  Tinker
1x  Imperial Seal
1x  Duplicant
1x  Sol Ring
1x  Triskelion
1x  Sundering Titan
4x  Sphere of Resistance
1x  Trinisphere
4x  City of Brass
1x  Mox Emerald
1x  Strip Mine
1x  Wasteland
1x  Tolarian Academy
1x  Mox Ruby
3x  Chalice of the Void
1x  Ancient Tomb
1x  Black Lotus
1x  Mox Sapphire
1x  Jester's Cap
3x  Smokestack
2x  Crucible of Worlds
3x  Tangle Wire
4x  Mishra's Workshop
2x  Gorilla Shaman
3x  Goblin Welder
4x  Gemstone Mine

Sideboard:
2x  Razormane Masticore
2x  Tormod's Crypt
2x  Seal of Cleansing
2x  Abeyance
3x  Swords to Plowshares
4x  Xantid Swarm

3rd Place: Chad Behre with The Mountains Win Again

1x  Mountain
4x  Plateau
1x  Plains
1x  Scrubland
1x  Badlands
3x  Bloodstained Mire
2x  Wooded Foothills
2x  Flooded Strand
1x  Mox Pearl
1x  Mox Ruby
4x  Wasteland
1x  Strip Mine
4x  Mishra's Factory
3x  Jotun Grunt
3x  Goblin Welder
3x  Grim Lavamancer
4x  Swords to Plowshares
1x  Seal of Cleansing
2x  Hide / Seek
4x  Magma Jet
1x  Enlightened Tutor
2x  Red Elemental Blast
2x  Pyroblast
1x  Pyrostatic Pillar
1x  Null Rod
1x  Goblin Bombardment
1x  Crucible of Worlds
3x  Lightning Bolt
2x  Dark Confidant

Sideboard:
3x  Children of Korlis
4x  Goblin Vandal
1x  Goblin Welder
1x  Pyrostatic Pillar
1x  Tormod's Crypt
2x  Null Rod
1x  Hide / Seek
1x  Sacred Ground
1x  Kris Mage

4th Place: Matt Shea with Gifts aka "Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home"

1x  Darksteel Colossus
4x  Brainstorm
4x  Mana Drain
4x  Force of Will
3x  Thirst for Knowledge
2x  Gifts Ungiven
1x  Ancestral Recall
1x  Chain of Vapor
1x  Lava Dart
1x  Misdirection
1x  Mystical Tutor
1x  Rebuild
1x  Repeal
1x  Skeletal Scrying
1x  Vampiric Tutor
1x  Burning Wish
1x  Demonic Tutor
1x  Merchant Scroll
1x  Imperial Seal
1x  Recoup
1x  Tendrils of Agony
1x  Time Walk
1x  Tinker
1x  Yawgmoth's Will
1x  Sol Ring
1x  Mana Crypt
1x  Lotus Petal
1x  Black Lotus
1x  Mox Jet
1x  Mox Pearl
1x  Mox Emerald
1x  Mox Sapphire
1x  Mox Ruby
3x  Flooded Strand
1x  Polluted Delta
3x  Island
3x  Underground Sea
3x  Volcanic Island
1x  Tolarian Academy
1x  Library of Alexandria

Sideboard:
3x  Chalice of the Void
2x  Pyroclasm
2x  Energy Flux
2x  Tormod's Crypt
2x  Red Elemental Blast
1x  Pyroblast
1x  Deep Analysis
1x  Rushing River
1x  Shattering Spree

5th Place: David Feinstein with U/W Fish aka DAVE FEINSTEIN!!!

4x  Brainstorm
3x  Isamaru, Hound of Konda
3x  Stifle
3x  Daze
4x  Meddling Mage
2x  True Believer
3x  Jotun Grunt
3x  Kataki, War's Wage
4x  Force of Will
4x  Swords to Plowshares
3x  Null Rod
1x  Ancestral Recall
1x  Time Walk
1x  Mox Sapphire
1x  Mox Pearl
1x  Black Lotus
4x  Flooded Strand
4x  Tundra
4x  Wasteland
2x  Island
2x  Plains
1x  Strip Mine
1x  Windswept Heath
1x  Polluted Delta

Sideboard:
3x  Orim's Chant
3x  Seal of Cleansing
3x  Energy Flux
3x  Umezawa's Jitte
3x  Threads of Disloyalty

6th Place: Jonathan Foster with U/R Goblins aka "This deck has been censored by the WotC"

4x  Force of Will
4x  Brainstorm
3x  Daze
1x  Time Walk
1x  Ancestral Recall
1x  Mystical Tutor
1x  Echoing Truth
1x  Stifle
4x  Goblin Lackey
4x  Goblin Piledriver
2x  Siege-Gang Commander
3x  Goblin Matron
3x  Gempalm Incinerator
2x  Goblin Warchief
1x  Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1x  Red Elemental Blast
3x  Null Rod
1x  Lotus Petal
1x  Mox Ruby
1x  Mox Sapphire
1x  Black Lotus
4x  Volcanic Island
3x  Wasteland
3x  Mountain
1x  Island
2x  Wooded Foothills
2x  Bloodstained Mire
1x  Polluted Delta
1x  Strip Mine

Sideboard:
3x  Red Elemental Blast
2x  Tormod's Crypt
2x  Stifle
1x  Goblin Welder
1x  Goblin Sharpshooter
1x  Goblin Goon
1x  Lightning Bolt
1x  Phyrexian Furnace
1x  Shattering Spree
1x  Annul
1x  Rack and Ruin

7th Place: Sara Yarrington with B/R/W Tempo aka The Elvish Inquisition

4x  Mishra's Factory
1x  Strip Mine
4x  Wasteland
4x  Scrubland
2x  Badlands
2x  City of Brass
4x  Bloodstained Mire
2x  Polluted Delta
1x  Mox Ruby
1x  Mox Pearl
1x  Mox Jet
1x  Black Lotus
4x  Hide / Seek
4x  Duress
1x  Seal of Cleansing
1x  Tormod's Crypt
1x  Crucible of Worlds
1x  Null Rod
1x  Darkblast
1x  Pyrostatic Pillar
1x  Enlightened Tutor
1x  Vampiric Tutor
1x  Demonic Tutor
4x  Swords to Plowshares
4x  Dark Confidant
4x  Withered Wretch
4x  Jotun Grunt

Sideboard:
2x  Null Rod
1x  Tormod's Crypt
1x  Pyrostatic Pillar
2x  Kataki, War's Wage
1x  Sacred Ground
1x  Seal of Cleansing
2x  Massacre
1x  Goblin Bombardment
4x  Diabolic Edict

8th Place: Andy Probasco with Ichorid aka "Andy Probasco!"

4x  Ichorid
4x  Ashen Ghoul
4x  Leyline of the Void
4x  Cabal Therapy
4x  Chalice of the Void
4x  Golgari Grave Troll
4x  Stinkweed Imp
2x  Chain of Vapor
1x  Balance
1x  Vampiric Tutor
1x  Imperial Seal
4x  Putrip Imp
1x  Ancestral Recall
1x  Mox Jet
1x  Strip Mine
4x  Polluted Delta
4x  Bazaar of Baghdad
2x  Golgari Thug
1x  Darkblast
3x  Underground Sea
4x  City of Brass
1x  Swamp
1x  Scrubland

Sideboard:
3x  Seal of Cleansing
1x  Chain of Vapor
2x  Pithing Needle
4x  Stifle
2x  Hurkyl's Recall
3x  Island

Thanks again to everyone for coming. We'll look forward to seeing everyone at the next Myriad Games Vintage Tournament on November 11th.

[zeus-online]

oh. my. god. Laplante's stax deck looks really weird...Channel? Seriosly?

I was like...ah travis - stax...makes sence....channel? WTF! 2-land belch....oh wait smokestack?

/Zeus

[Machinus]

This is one of the coolest top8s ever, player-wise. Oh yeah TfK is good too.

[Dxfiler]

Yeah the top 8 was pretty hot.  A big thanks to Dan for letting Brassman and myself play even though we were running almost an hour late. Gogo gadget flat tire!  I lost a heartbreaker to the other big mouth in the top 8.  Travis and I did not have quiet games.  :p

Im finishing up a mini report over in the UW fish primer thread along with things I liked and did not like about my latest version of the deck.  In a nutshell, Daze was fantastic.

Not sure if the RI crew will make another one of these for a while, mainly due to distance.  It's roughly 2 hours without a flat tire. :p 

Thanks again to Dan for holding the tourney, it was well run as always. 

- Dave Feinstein

[wethepeople]

I love it how the deck results at Myriad change entirely each month. For example, last month the t8 consisted of Fish, Bomberman, and my favorite, White Weenie. This month it went Gifts, Fish, Stax, Ichorid, and my favorite, The Mountains Win Again!

I was not able to make it to this one, but I cannot wait until the 11th.

[Almighty]

Sara made top 8 and Oli diddn't play salvagers? Everything is changing down at Myraid, it seems.

Congrat's, Sara. I'll bet you were stoked.

[Myriad Games]

It certainly is interesting each month.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on November 11th.

[TheDeadMan]

I have to ask, what is with everyone and their 1 pyropillar and 1 null rod? These cards are staple disruption spells which allow less powerful deck a shot at winning in big time situations. I guess it is in order for me to reveal my current deck and show you what disruption really means on nov 11th.

The Dead Man Commeth

[Disburden]

Good to see Meandeck Gifts win again.
And Channel seems cool in stax actually.

[Myriad Games]

We'll look forward to some Dead Man beatdown on the 11th!

[AbouTreeFiddy]

gifts didn't win.

[ELD]

gifts didn't win.

I split in the finals with Travis and I was playing Gifts.  I actually didn't lose a single match all day.  I ended up going 6-0-1 and then splitting in the finals. 

[wethepeople]

I have to ask, what is with everyone and their 1 pyropillar and 1 null rod? These cards are staple disruption spells which allow less powerful deck a shot at winning in big time situations. I guess it is in order for me to reveal my current deck and show you what disruption really means on nov 11th.

The Dead Man Commeth

I understand why you the number of these cards should be increased, but since most TMWA builds run Enlightened Tutor and sometimes even Demonic Tutor, it is like having 2-3 of each card because you can search for it whenever it is actually needed. Congradulations on the win, I am glad the deck has been doing well lately.

[TheDeadMan]

A tutor might act as a psudo copy in terms of raw numbers, it dosent take the place of actually having more than 1 copy when dealing with countermagic. In my vast experience with "hate" decks redundancy esp when fightning against a surperior deck, tends to be more helpful than cramming more tricks in because of tutors.