[Report] Myriad Games Yawg-Will-Less Vintage March 25th, 2007 w/T8 Decks

[Myriad Games]

The Myriad Games Yawg-Will-Less Vintage Tournament announcement for March 25th, 2007 can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who attended this special bonus event in our 2007 Vintage Tournament Series here at Myriad Games.

Oliver Beaumont won the Preregistration Bonus Dual Land.

Mike Bergeron won the Best Deck Name Contest with "I netdecked Oath, added Root Maze, so now it's called Team Mike Bergeron Oath, grats to Me! Also, Oli traded me Forcefield so it's now in my board, so it's now Root Maze Forcefield Mike Bergeron Oath of Druids!"

The Myriad Gear Challenge continued to be popular. I played many games and we gave away a bunch of Free Myriad Gear. Thanks to everyone who participated. Enjoy the Myriad Gear!

Pictures from this event are available here.

Our New Player Bonus Booster Pack was also appreciated. Each new player received a Free Booster Pack!

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

Sara Yarrington won the Tumblin' Dice Tournament. Matt Moroff came in 2nd. Congratulations to our Tumblin' Dice Champions!

Our Best Tournament Report contest is underway. All tournament reports posted in the Tournament Announcement section of The Mana Drain by April 1st will be eligible to win. Reports must include Myriad Games in the title. Style points will be awarded for catchy titles, amusing anecdotes, and interesting coverage. Super style points will be awarded for good pictures from the event. Everyone is encouraged to respond to the tournament reports to let us know which you like best (you may PM myriadgames with comments if you cannot post directly to the Tournament Report forum). I will be the grand, august, final arbiter as to the final placement of reports. We may even award ancillary prizes if there are multiple reports that are deserving. Prizes will be reserved at Myriad Games and may be picked up the next time the winner(s) stop by. As reports are added, I will add handy links to the various tournament reports from the player's names in the final standings below.

Myriad Games will be hosting our next Vintage Tournament on April 14th!

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

Tournament Results

1st   Oliver Beaumont -- Control Slaver
2nd   Kyle Leith -- Control Slaver
3rd   Jeff Carpenter -- Workshop Aggro aka "Jaws"
4th   Eric Carpenter -- Oath
5th   Craig Dupre -- The Mountains Win Again
6th   Sara Yarrington -- Belcher
7th   Tim Good -- Trogdor the Burninator
8th   William Copes -- B/W Stax
9th   Louis Gentile -- Oath
10th   Harry Losee -- 5C Stax
11th   Matt Moroff -- Control Slaver
12th   Ryan Marek -- Bomberman
13th   Matt Allen -- Ichorid
14th   Dan Yarrington -- The Mountains Win Again
15th   Alex Johnson -- U/B Fish
16th   Mike Bergeron -- Oath
17th   Shawn Lambert -- Mono Green Aggro
18th   Bryan Fram -- Casual Magnivore

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

• Oliver Beaumont with Control Slaver vs Sara Yarrington with Belcher
• Kyle Leith with Control Slaver vs Craig Dupre with The Mountains Win Again
• Jeff Carpenter with Workshop Aggro vs Bill Copes with B/W Workshop
• Eric Carpenter with Mono Blue Oath vs Tim Good with Burninatorl

Top 4 - Semifinals

• Oliver Beaumont with Control Slaver vs Jeff Carpenter with Workshop Aggro
• Kyle Leith with Control Slaver vs Eric Carpenter with Mono Blue Oath

Top 2 - Best of 5 Finals

• Oliver Beaumont with Control Slaver vs Kyle Leith with Control Slaver

Oliver won 3-2

Top 8 Decklists

1st Oliver Beaumont with Control Slaver

4x Flooded Strand
4x Island
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Tolarian Academy
1x City of Brass
4x Volcanic Island
1x Academy Ruins
2x Goblin Welder
1x Sundering Titan
1x Triskelion
1x Flametongue Kavu
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Tinker
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Gifts Ungiven
4x Mana Drain
4x Thirst for Knowledge
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Lotus Petal
1x Misdirection
2x Mindslaver
2x Echoing Truth
1x Memory Jar
1x Copy Artifact
1x Red Elemental Blast
1x Fire and Ice

Sideboard:
3x Jester's Cap
2x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Rebuild
2x Triskelion
2x Empty the Warrens
2x Red Elemental Blast
2x Flametongue Kavu
1x Fire and Ice

2nd Kyle Leith with Control Slaver

1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Vault
4x Polluted Delta
1x Lotus Petal
1x Flooded Strand
2x Island
1x Snow-Covered Island
4x Volcanic Island
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1x Tolarian Academy
4x Mana Drain
4x Force of Will
4x Brainstorm
4x Thirst for Knowledge
3x Goblin Welder
1x Triskelion
2x Mindslaver
1x Wheel of Fortune
2x Fire and Ice
1x Tinker
1x Sundering Titan
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Pentavus
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Gifts Ungiven
2x Repeal

Sideboard:
3x Red Elemental Blast
2x Rack and Ruin
2x Tormod's Crypt
1x Pyroclasm
1x Lava Dart
1x Platinum Angel
1x Duplicant
2x Flametongue Kavu
1x Lightning Greaves
1x Empty the Warrens

3rd Jeff Carpenter with Workshop Aggro aka "Jaws"

4x Mishra's Workshop
4x Barbarian Ring
7x Mountain
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mana Crypt
1x Black Lotus
4x Simian Spirit Guide
1x Sol Ring
4x Blood Moon
3x Null Rod
1x Trinisphere
4x Orb of Dreams
3x Dead and Gone
1x Memory Jar
1x Wheel of Fortune
4x Solemn Simulacrum
3x Viashino Heretic
4x Goblin Welder
2x Greater Gargadon
2x Razormane Masticore
1x Duplicant

Sideboard:
3x Pyroblast
2x Red Elemental Blast
3x Jester's Cap
2x Shattering Spree
2x Duplicant
3x Lava Dart

4th Eric Carpenter with Mono Blue Oath

1x Library of Alexandria
3x Tropical Island
5x Island
2x Flooded Strand
2x Polluted Delta
1x Lotus Petal
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Strip Mine
1x Wasteland
4x Forbidden Orchard
1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1x Razia, Boros Archangel
4x Oath of Druids
2x Gaea's Blessing
4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
4x Brainstorm
3x Muddle the Mixture
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
2x Misdirection
2x Lat-Nam's Legacy
2x Impulse
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Research and Development
2x Repeal
1x Echoing Truth
1x Regrowth
1x Fact or Fiction

Sideboard:
3x Ground Seal
3x Vedalken Shackles
1x Tidespout Tyrant
2x Simic Sky Swallower
2x Trickbind
2x Oxidize
2x Energy Flux

5th Craig Dupre with The Mountains Win Again

1x Mountain
2x Plateau
2x Badlands
2x Scrubland
3x Bloodstained Mire
1x Wooded Foothills
1x Flooded Strand
1x City of Brass
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Jet
1x Black Lotus
4x Mishra's Factory
1x Strip Mine
2x Orim's Chant
2x Hide and Seek
4x Duress
2x Cabal Therapy
2x Extirpate
4x Pyroblast
4x Bloodfire Dwarf
4x Jotun Grunt
4x Dark Confidant
2x Swords to Plowshares
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Enlightened Tutor
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Umezawa's Jitte
2x Tormod's Crypt
1x Null Rod

Sideboard:
4x Grim Lavamancer
4x Shattering Spree
2x Swords to Plowshares
2x Sacred Ground
1x Null Rod
2x Hide and Seek

6th Sara Yarrington with Belcher

1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Lotus Petal
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Bayou
1x Taiga
1x Tinder Wall
4x Land Grant
4x Elvish Spirit Guide
4x Simian Spirit Guide
4x Chromatic Star
4x Rite of Flame
4x Dark Ritual
1x Memory Jar
1x Wheel Of Fortune
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Imperial Seal
1x Demonic Consultation
3x Xantid Swarm
1x Channel
1x Ancient Grudge
4x Goblin Charbelcher
1x Lion's Eye Diamond
3x Empty the Warrens
4x Goblin Welder

Sideboard:
2x Pyroblast
3x Carpet of Flowers
2x Pithing Needle
1x Red Elemental Blast
3x Pyroclasm
2x Naturalize
2x Tinder Wall

7th Tim Good with Burninator aka Trogdor!!!

12x Mountain
2x Barbarian Ring
4x Simian Spirit Guide
1x Mox Ruby
1x Black Lotus
1x Lotus Petal
1x Wheel of Fortune
1x Black Vise
3x Tormod's Crypt
3x Mishra's Factory
2x Pyroclasm
3x Price of Progress
4x Pyrostatic Pillar
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Chain Lightning
4x Magma Jet
3x Fireblast
3x Shrapnel Blast
4x Grim Lavamancer

Sideboard:
3x Null Rod
3x Shattering Spree
3x Blood Moon
3x Pyrokinesis
3x Lightning Dart

8th Bill Copes with B/W Workshop

4x Mishra's Workshop
3x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
4x Scrubland
2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1x Polluted Delta
1x Flooded Strand
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Swamp
1x Plains
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Lotus Petal
3x Null Rod
3x Jotun Grunt
2x Swords to Plowshares
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Enlightened Tutor
1x Balance
4x Dark Confidant
3x Juggernaut
3x Duress
3x Crucible of Worlds
1x Trinisphere
3x Smokestack
2x Sphere of Resistance
2x Defense Grid

Sideboard:
3x Jester's Cap
2x Tormod's Crypt
2x Swords to Plowshares
1x Defense Grid
1x Darkblast
1x Duplicant
2x Engineered Explosives
2x Seal of Cleansing
1x Mishra's Factory

Thanks again to everyone for coming. We'll look forward to seeing everyone at the next Myriad Games Vintage Tournament on April 14th.

[Whatever Works]

Fun Event! You had to put up the funny pictures of me asleep inbetween rounds didnt you???

My thoughts: The format was much less broken, and playing it gave me more oppertunities to outplay my opponents in the regards that games were much less random. That being the case just b/c I had more chances to capitalize on opponents errors the amount of playskill required for me to play a deck was lower. The format without yawgmoth's will was extremely forgiving, and at times boring (again I was asleep as you can see in pictures)...

The format basically seemed like type 1 say 3-4 years ago when 4cc was good, because the fundemental turn was slower and though will was amazing back then it wasnt as good, oh and combo didnt really exist...

In short... No yawg will sent the format back 3-4 years in brokeness... The format was still very fun to play, and I enjoyed winning...

To describe the finals... omg boring... Each game was decided by who had an active library on turn 1... And game 5 was very very close, but he beat me the turn before he was going to die b/c of some horrible ancient ruins card combined with trike... that raced my pentavus...

Fun tourney!

[Almighty]

From your comment, Whatever Works, is it safe to assume that no Yawg will vintage means Library is totally busted rather than really really good?

The metagame looks totally amazing. If I am in town the next time you hold one of these, I'm there making Dark Ritual work somehow. 

[TopSecret]

     I like this top 8!
     Thanks for holding this event Dan,
     even though I couldn't go.

[Whatever Works]

Ya... Library = Busted...

Suprised Ichorid or Dragon didnt see more play... Ichorid especially... If it was played it would of probably won the tournement... I didnt prepare for it, and I can say frankly that my chances of beating it were likely 45/55 at the VERY best, and likely much worse... Though sadly w/o will my deck was better prepared for ichorid, and for fish.

Meta looks a lot better in paper then it really was... Good tourney, but I dont think to many people exactly heavily tested it... My deck was based off the very very first control slaver decks...

If I played the tourney again... I would of probably played workshop slaver, b/c it would of probably been dominant.

[zeus-online]

That's some really weird CS decks...flametongue kavu MD...copy artifact?...

[Shock Wave]

That looks like a very interesting field and a new metagame full of fresh possibilities. This is one I certainly would have liked to attend.

[Harlequin]

I think the meta would have been different if it was unilimited proxy.  Maybe.  Not many people have an Ichorid deck sitting around in thier trade binder.  Dragon is easier but, still, It could be tough getting the whole deck together if you don't have the peices.

I expected more Zoo/Threshold/ShopAgro/Fish type stuff.  Mixed in with a healthy scoop of Oath.

I have a Tourney Report to post, But I'm not sure what the procedure is right now.  Theres no Tournement Report Submission Forum anymore.... maybe a Mod can give me some instruction on the proper procedure to getting it posted?
-- Attach it to this post
-- start a new thread in a differnt forum
-- PM you
== PM myriadgames / some other full member ...

[zeus-online]

Hoped to see 'Tog rear its enormous head

...And where's that Turbo-Tutor-Tinker.dec everyone was talking about?

Oh, and Sensei, sensei could also be a decent deck-choice, but i suppose most people have no clue about how to build and play that deck.

/Zeus

[diopter]

...And where's that Turbo-Tutor-Tinker.dec everyone was talking about?

CS took first and second.

[Jank Golem]

I have a Tourney Report to post, But I'm not sure what the procedure is right now.  Theres no Tournement Report Submission Forum anymore.... maybe a Mod can give me some instruction on the proper procedure to getting it posted?
-- Attach it to this post
-- start a new thread in a differnt forum
-- PM you
== PM myriadgames / some other full member ...

Basic Users and up can post new threads in the results forum I think.

Interesting tourney, the general deck archtype breakdown seems very similar to what you would see at an event with will. Less control, Gifts in particular, but outside of that very normal.

[Dxfiler]

Those are some interesting results to be sure.  I figured alot of ichorid/oath would show... I was half right.

It looks like everyone showed up with their fish-asskicking boots on :p

Virtually no fish in the tournament.  That definitely shocked me.  I'm not surprised at TMW top 8'ing, it seems to do alot better in a wide open format like this one sure would be. 

If you hold another one of these Dan/Sara, I'll make every effort to go.  I was too tired from the previous day's myriad outing to show up to this one, but the tourney looked very interesting.

Thanks for posting these results.

- Dave Feinstein

[zeus-online]

...And where's that Turbo-Tutor-Tinker.dec everyone was talking about?

CS took first and second.

...Everyone was talking about how tinker/DSC would just run down a format like this, which i think was a clear reference to something like T1T with tinker/DSC as the only kill backed by the usual disruption and an intu/AK draw-engine.

CS is not 100% based on tinker anyways, although it abuses the card more then any other deck i've ever seen, including the old type 2/extended decks named "Tinker"

/Zeus

[Myriad Games]

Jeff Carpenter is the winner of the Best Tournament Report prize for this event.

Congratulations, Jeff!