[Report] Myriad Games Vintage August 11th, 2007 w/T8 Decks

The Myriad Games Vintage Tournament announcement for August 11th, 2007 can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who attended the tenth event in our 2007 Vintage Tournament Series here at Myriad Games.

Pictures of the event are available in the Myriad Games Photo Album here.

Thank you to everyone who arrived in a timely fashion with decklists ready.

Dan Cunningham won the Preregistration Prize.

Eric Dupuis won the Best Deck Name Contest with "Ron Paul for President"

Our New Player Bonus Booster Pack continued to be appreciated. Each new player received a Free Booster Pack!

Every player that wanted one received one of Sara's Internationally Renowned, TMD Champion-Certified, Waterbury Creator Approved, Judge Authorized, Mystical, Magical, Munchable, but Mostly Just Delicious Myriad Games Mana Cookies!

The Vintage Draft (including cards from The Dark, Legends, Antiquities, and Arabian Nights) was revitalized with new pack distribution and filled up in a matter of minutes. Of the eight players who participated, these were the Top 4:

   1st = Don Belcastro
   2nd = Dan Cunningham
   3rd = Taylor Pratt
   4th = Tyler Huff

Congratulations to our Vintage Draft Champions!

The Tumblin' Dice Tournament was another enjoyable Free side event. This mini-tournament provided a brief respite between the Swiss rounds and the Top 8, allowing all players to participate. Of the record 16 players, these were the Top 4:

   1st = Scott Hughes
   2nd = Ross Merriam
   3rd = Rich Shay
   4th = Eric Kerwin

Congratulations to our Tumblin' Dice Champions!

Our new bonus Magic Memento prizes were appreciated by all. Every player had the opportunity to select a card from our special binder including some cool little Magic singles. These Magical Mementos are designed to serve as a cool keepsake from the event. Feel free to have your opponents sign them, customize them with the date of the event, or just keep them in your binder as a reminder of a good time at a great Vintage event. Cards selected by players from this event included:

Goblin Tutor
Signed Rebirth
German Atog
Japanese Basking Rootwalla
Japanese Dralnu
Japanese Magus of the Candelabra
Insect Token
Pegasus Token
Japanese Momentary Blink
Russian Ancient Grudge
Russian Orzhov Pontiff
Italian The Rack
Japanese Runesword
Kill! Destroy!
Sheep Token
Foil Boros Signet
Portal Goblin Matron
Chinese Pale Moon
Foil Dream's Grip
Foil Myr Enforcer
Russian Rukh Egg
Italian Syphon Soul
Final Strike
Korean Disrupt
Russian Zur's Weirding
Rukh Token
Foil Gigadrowse
Foil Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind
Chinese Dawn of the Dead
Japanese Fomori Nomad
Foil Ornithopter
Italian Silhouette
Foil Grid Monitor
French Shivan Dragon
Japanese Rakavolver

Each tournament report posted in the Tournament Announcement section of The Mana Drain by August 25th will receive a prize! 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. Prizes will be reserved at Myriad Games and may be picked up at our September 1st Vintage Tournament. As reports are added, we will add handy links to the various tournament reports from the player's names in the final standings below.

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

Tournament Results

Top 2   Sam Best -- Severance Belcher
Top 2   Travis Laplante -- Stax
3rd   Rich Shay -- GrowATog
4th   Charles Scourbys -- Bomberman
5th   Craig Dupre -- GrowATog
6th   Lloyd Anderson -- Goblins
7th   Chad Behre -- U/W/B Fish
8th   Marc Tuttle -- Flash
9th   Pat Broderick -- GrowATog
10th   Seth Patterson -- Ichorid
11th   Andrew Fox -- The Mountains Win Again
12th   Michael French -- Stax
13th   Nick Rodrigues -- Gush Tendrils
14th   Brian Rozzero -- Long
15th   Stefan Ellsworth -- GrowATog
16th   Andy Probasco -- GrowATog
17th   Scott Hughes -- U/B Dreadnought
18th   Ross Merriam -- Uba Stax
19th   Brendan Ward -- Gush Tendrils
20th   Eric Kerwin -- Ichorid
21st   Greg Hughes -- Oath
22nd   Dave Feinstein -- GrowATog
23rd   Chris Spraker -- Gush Tendrils
24th   Ryan Marek -- GrowATog
25th   Clark Van Vliet -- B/U Control
26th   David Charubini -- GrowATog
27th   Arik Pogrebinsky -- Mono Black Tempo
28th   Sara Yarrington -- Affinity
29th   Rob Hennigan -- GrowATog
30th   Tyler Huff -- B/G Tempo
31st   Oliver Beaumont -- Control Slaver
32nd   Eric Dupuis -- GrowATog
33rd   Mike Bergeron -- Flash
34th   Rich Meyst -- R/G Beats
35th   Tim Landale -- Bomberman
36th   Don Belcastro -- Bomberman
37th   Stephen Wells -- Casual Artifact
38th   Dan Cunningham -- Bomberman
39th   John Lessard -- Goblins
40th   Taylor Pratt -- GrowATog
41st   Dana Renfrew -- White Weenie
42nd   Jacob Dolan-Bath -- Casual Artifact

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

Sam Best -- Severance Belcher vs Marc Tuttle -- Flash
Travis Laplante -- Stax vs Craig Dupre -- GrowATog
Rich Shay -- GrowATog vs Chad Behre -- U/W/B Fish
Charles Scourbys -- Bomberman vs Lloyd Anderson -- Goblins

Top 4 - Semifinals

Sam Best -- Severance Belcher vs Charles Scourbys -- Bomberman
Travis Laplante -- Stax vs Rich Shay -- GrowATog

Top 2 - Split

Travis Laplante -- Stax and Sam Best -- Severance Belcher

Top 8 Decklists

Top 2 Sam Best -- Severance Belcher

2x Volcanic Island
2x Flooded Strand
1x Island
1x Snow-Covered Island
2x Underground Sea
2x Polluted Delta
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Volcanic Island
1x Swamp
2x Goblin Welder
1x Platinum Angel
4x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Sol Ring
1x Mystical Tutor
4x Brainstorm
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Echoing Truth
1x Time Walk
1x Tinker
1x Mox Sapphire
4x Mana Drain
4x Force of Will
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Black Lotus
1x Gifts Ungiven
1x Recoup
1x Mana Severance
1x Goblin Charbelcher
1x Fact or Fiction
2x Duress
1x Burning Wish
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Lotus Petal
1x Engineered Explosives

Sideboard
2x Tormod's Crypt
1x Shattering Spree
3x Red Elemental Blast
2x Duress
1x Triskelion
2x Hurkyl's Recall
2x Pyroclasm
1x Wipe Away
1x Deep Analysis

Top 2 Travis Laplante -- Stax

1x AEther Spellbomb
1x Tolarian Academy
3x Smokestack
4x City of Brass
3x Aven Mindcensor
4x Wasteland
1x Time Walk
1x Trinisphere
1x Black Lotus
4x Trinket Mage
1x Balance
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Adarkar Wastes
1x Mana Vault
4x Mishra's Workshop
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Mox Pearl
1x Sundering Titan
1x Tinker
1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1x Triskelion
1x Mox Emerald
2x Crucible of Worlds
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Bazaar of Baghdad
3x Goblin Welder
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mox Jet
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Pithing Needle
1x Strip Mine
1x Mox Ruby
3x Gemstone Mine
3x Chalice of the Void

Sideboard
2x Ancient Grudge
2x Triskelion
4x Tarmogoyf
3x Sphere of Resistance
4x Leyline of the Void

3rd Rich Shay -- GrowATog

3x Underground Sea
3x Tropical Island
3x Polluted Delta
3x Flooded Strand
2x Island
3x Quirion Dryad
2x Psychatog
4x Force of Will
2x Misdirection
4x Duress
4x Gush
4x Brainstorm
4x Merchant Scroll
1x Cunning Wish
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Fastbond
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Black Lotus
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Mana Drain
4x Opt
1x Threads of Disloyalty
1x Rushing River

Sideboard
1x Berserk
3x Oxidize
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Leyline of Singularity
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Snuff Out
1x Brain Freeze
1x Massacre
2x Smother

4th Charles Scourbys -- Bomberman

4x Brainstorm
4x Mana Drain
4x Force of Will
2x Misdirection
4x Trinket Mage
3x Repeal
2x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
3x Auriok Salvagers
3x Aven Mindcensor
2x Engineered Explosives
2x AEther Spellbomb
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Black Lotus
4x Tundra
4x Flooded Strand
1x Polluted Delta
5x Island
1x Plains
1x Strip Mine
1x Chalice of the Void

Sideboard
4x Leyline of the Void
3x Old Man of the Sea
1x Tormod's Crypt
2x Threads of Disloyalty
3x Kataki, War's Wage
2x Energy Flux

5th Craig Dupre -- GrowATog

4x Quirion Dryad
1x Psychatog
4x Gush
4x Duress
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
2x Misdirection
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Fastbond
1x Regrowth
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Echoing Truth
4x Merchant Scroll
1x Cunning Wish
2x Mana Drain
3x Opt
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Black Lotus
1x Library of Alexandria
2x Island
3x Underground Sea
3x Tropical Island
3x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand

Sideboard
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Oxidize
3x Energy Flux
2x Smother
1x Submerge
2x Threads of Disloyalty
1x Berserk
4x Leyline of the Void

6th Lloyd Anderson -- Goblins

4x Goblin Lackey
4x Goblin Warchief
4x Goblin Piledriver
4x Siege-Gang Commander
4x Goblin Matron
4x Mogg Fanatic
4x Goblin Ringleader
4x Leyline of the Void
4x Pyrokinesis
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Jet
1x Black Lotus
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Strip Mine
4x Wasteland
4x Wooded Foothills
9x Mountain

Sideboard
4x Red Elemental Blast
4x Sudden Shock
4x Pyrostatic Pillar
3x Shattering Spree

7th Chad Behre -- U/W/B Fish

1x Serendib Efreet
3x Jotun Grunt
4x Dark Confidant
4x Meddling Mage
4x Force of Will
3x Aven Mindcensor
4x Duress
4x Swords to Plowshares
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Black Lotus
4x Brainstorm
3x Daze
2x Stifle
3x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
1x Island
1x Scrubland
3x Tundra
3x Underground Sea
3x Polluted Delta
3x Flooded Strand
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Jet

Sideboard
2x Samurai of the Pale Curtain
3x Chalice of the Void
3x Kataki, War's Wage
3x Threads of Disloyalty
4x Leyline of the Void

8th Marc Tuttle -- Flash

1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Black Lotus
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Elvish Spirit Guide
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Lotus Petal
1x Echoing Truth
1x Island
2x Tropical Island
2x Summoner's Pact
2x Heart Sliver
2x Misdirection
3x Street Wraith
3x Pact of Negation
3x Underground Sea
4x Virulent Sliver
4x Merchant Scroll
4x Brainstorm
4x Polluted Delta
4x Protean Hulk
4x Flash
4x Force of Will

Sideboard
3x Massacre
3x Reverent Silence
3x Duress
3x Smother
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Echoing Truth
1x Chain of Vapor

Thanks again to everyone for coming. We'll look forward to seeing everyone at the eleventh event in our 2007 Myriad Games Vintage Series on Saturday, September 1st.