Myriad Games Vintage January 12th, 2008

The Myriad Games Vintage Tournament announcement for January 12th, 2008 can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who attended the first event in our 2008 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. We were able to start promptly as usual.

Michael Thomas won the Preregistration Bonus Prize.

Eric Dupuis won the Best Deck Name Contest again, this time with: Ron Paul Fact #24: Ron Paul once arm-wrestled Superman. The loser had to wear his underpants on the outside.

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 award-winning Myriad Games Magical Mana Cookies!

The Top 4 players of our Liar's Dice Tournament were:

   1st = Oliver Beaumont
   2nd = Andrew Fox
   3rd = Kevin McWhinnie
   4th = Stephen Wells

Congratulations to our Liar's Dice Champions!

We'll be continuing Liar's Dice as our Free Side Event with prizes during our 2008 Myriad Games Vintage Series.

Our bonus Myriad Magic Memento cards were appreciated by all. Every player had the opportunity to select a card from our special Myriad Magic Memento Binder including some cool Magic singles. These Myriad Magic Memento 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.

Each tournament report posted in the Tournament Announcement section of The Mana Drain by January 19th 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 February 9th 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.

Our Myriad Gear Challenge will be expanding going forward. Since I rarely have as much time as I'd like to play challenges during our events here at Myriad Games, we'll be taking the show on the road to other events in the area. At any Magic event I attend and play in, any of my opponents that win will qualify for Free Myriad Gear to be picked up at Myriad Games at our events during the month following that event! I will still be happy to play Myriad Gear Challenges as I have time at our Vintage events, but this should expand out the number of winners and add a little bonus for traveling to other events as well.

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

Tournament Results

1st Jeff Carpenter -- Tidespout Oath
2nd Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tidespout Oath
3rd Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman
4th Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax
5th Chad Behre -- Mono Red Shop Aggro
6th Michael Thomas -- GroATog
7th Albert Ye -- Stax
8th Craig Dupre -- GroATog
9th Sara Yarrington -- Mono Red Shop Aggro
10th Brian Rozzero -- U/B Combo
11th John Longo -- U/B Control
12th Charles Scourbys -- Bomberman
13th Joe Roy -- Affinity
14th Nick Rodrigues -- GroATog
15th Jarad Demick -- Staxless Stax
16th Blaine Christiansen -- Dawn of the Dead
17th Scott Hughes -- Staxless Stax
18th Louis Gentile -- Oath
19th Dan Cunningham -- Mono Blue Platinum Control
20th Stephen Houdlette -- Tidespout Oath
21st Andrew Fox -- WUB Fish
22nd Jeremy Wheeler -- Bomberman
23rd Demonic Attorney -- GroATog
24th Clark Van Vliet -- U/B/R Combo
25th Eric Dupuis -- GroATog
26th Kevin Peterson -- Landstill
27th Ryan Marek -- GroATog
28th David Lopriore -- Mono Black
29th Eric Carpenter -- MUD
30th Adam Baer -- Goblins
31st Travis Robinson -- R/G Beats
32nd Duncan Devlin -- Flash
33rd Keith Swenson -- Stax
34th Stephen Wells -- GroATog
35th Pat Broderick -- GroATog
36th John Dolan -- Mono Black
37th Matt Shea -- 5 Color Stax
38th Patrick Malone -- GroATog
39th Matt Allen -- GroATog
40th Kevin McWhinnie -- Artifact Assortment
41st Barry Charron -- Ichorid
42nd Heath Dupuis -- Boros Wins
43rd Jacob Dolan-Bath -- Draco Cromat

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tidespout Oath v. Chad Behre -- Mono Red Shop Aggro
Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman v. Craig Dupre -- GroATog
Jeff Carpenter -- Tidespout Oath v. Albert Ye -- Stax
Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax v. Michael Thomas -- GroATog

Top 4 - Semifinals

Jeff Carpenter -- Tidespout Oath -- Oath v. Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax
Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tidespout Oath v. Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman

Top 2 - Finals

Jeff Carpenter -- Tidespout Oath v. Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tidespout Oath

Top 8 Decklists

1st Jeff Carpenter -- Tidespout Oath

4x Forbidden Orchard
3x Flooded Strand
2x Polluted Delta
3x Tropical Island
2x Underground Sea
2x Island
2x Tidespout Tyrant
1x Triskelavus
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Krosan Reclamation
1x Flash of Insight
1x Tinker
3x Misdirection
4x Oath of Druids
1x Demonic Tutor
4x Brainstorm
2x Merchant Scroll
1x Fastbond
4x Gush
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Force of Will
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Mox Emerald
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Research and Development
2x Ponder

Sideboard
1x Island
1x Tormod's Crypt
4x Oxidize
1x Blazing Archon
1x Sundering Titan
1x Platinum Angel
3x Pithing Needle
3x Extirpate

2nd Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tidespout Oath

4x Forbidden Orchard
2x Flooded Strand
3x Polluted Delta
3x Tropical Island
2x Underground Sea
2x Island
2x Tidespout Tyrant
1x Triskelavus
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Krosan Reclamation
1x Flash of Insight
1x Tinker
3x Misdirection
4x Oath of Druids
1x Demonic Tutor
4x Brainstorm
2x Merchant Scroll
1x Fastbond
4x Gush
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Force of Will
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Mox Emerald
1x Research and Development
2x Ponder
1x Show and Tell

Sideboard
1x Island
1x Tormod's Crypt
4x Oxidize
1x Blazing Archon
1x Sundering Titan
1x Platinum Angel
3x Pithing Needle
3x Extirpate

3rd Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman

4x Trinket Mage
3x Auriok Salvagers
3x Aven Mindcensor
4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
2x Misdirection
4x Brainstorm
3x Repeal
3x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x AEther Spellbomb
1x Chalice of the Void
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Black Lotus
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
4x Flooded Strand
4x Island
3x Tundra
2x Ancient Tomb
1x Plains
1x Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
4x Samurai of the Pale Curtain
3x Energy Flux
3x Meddling Mage
3x Swords to Plowshares
1x Chalice of the Void
1x Pithing Needle

4th Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax

4x Mishra's Workshop
4x City of Brass
4x Wasteland
2x Gemstone Mine
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Strip Mine
1x Bazaar of Baghdad
1x Barbarian Ring
4x Goblin Welder
4x Sphere of Resistance
3x Crucible of Worlds
2x Gorilla Shaman
2x Sensei's Divining Top
2x Chalice of the Void
2x Coalition Relic
1x Powder Keg
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Vault
1x Mana Crypt
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Tinker
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Crop Rotation
1x Sundering Titan
2x Triskelion
1x Memory Jar
1x Trinisphere
1x Balance
1x Orb of Dreams

Sideboard
1x Shattering Spree
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Eon Hub
2x Pyroblast
1x Triskelion
2x Chalice of the Void
3x Pyromancy

5th Chad Behre -- Mono Red Shop Aggro

4x Solemn Simulacrum
3x Triskelion
4x Mishra's Workshop
6x Mountain
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
2x Gorilla Shaman
4x Juggernaut
1x Trinisphere
4x Sphere of Resistance
4x Thorn of Amethyst
4x Magus of the Moon
4x Goblin Welder
3x Sword of Fire and Ice
2x Ancient Tomb
1x Mana Vault

Sideboard
4x Shattering Spree
2x Razormane Masticore
3x Pyroclasm
2x Duplicant
2x Pyroblast
2x Red Elemental Blast

6th Michael Thomas -- GroATog

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

Sideboard
1x Berserk
2x Yixlid Jailer
2x Pithing Needle
3x Smother
2x Engineered Plague
1x Rebuild
1x Oxidize
3x Energy Flux

7th Albert Ye -- Stax

4x Mishra's Workshop
4x Wasteland
4x Ancient Tomb
3x City of Traitors
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Strip Mine
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
4x Smokestack
4x Tangle Wire
4x Sphere of Resistance
2x Crucible of Worlds
4x Chalice of the Void
3x Bottled Cloister
1x Memory Jar
4x Metalworker
4x Duplicant
2x Karn, Silver Golem
1x Sundering Titan
1x Trinisphere

Sideboard
3x Tormod's Crypt
2x Razormane Masticore
4x Jester's Cap
2x Triskelion
2x Crucible of Worlds
2x Pithing Needle

8th Craig Dupre -- GroATog

4x Quirion Dryad
1x Psychatog
3x Tarmogoyf
4x Gush
4x Duress
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
1x Misdirection
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Fastbond
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Rushing River
4x Merchant Scroll
1x Cunning Wish
4x Ponder
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
2x Oxidize
2x Smother
1x Brain Freeze
2x Misdirection
1x Snuff Out
1x Berserk
3x Yixlid Jailer
3x Pithing Needle

Thanks again to everyone for coming to the first event in our 2008 Myriad Games Vintage Series. We'll look forward to seeing everyone for the second event in our 2008 Myriad Games Vintage Series on Saturday, February 9th.