Myriad Games Vintage April 13th, 2008

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Myriad Games Vintage April 13th, 2008

Thank you to everyone who attended the fourth event in our 2008 Vintage Tournament Series here at Myriad Games.

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

Ron White won the Preregistration Bonus Prize.

Rich Meyst won the Best Deck Name Contest with: "Oh Noes. They Be Stealin' my Bukkit"

Each new player received a Free Booster Pack along with another Free Booster Pack for a friend!

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

The top players of our Liar's Dice Tournament were Matt Macauley, Oliver Beaumont, Chris Van Dijk, and Marc Tuttle.

The top players of our Vintage side event were Jeff Carpenter and Ron White.

Each tournament report posted in the Tournament Announcement section of The Mana Drain by April 20th 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 4th Anniversary Back-to-Back Eternal Magic Weekend on Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th. 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 Myriad@MyriadGames.com

Tournament Results

1st   Jeremiah Rudolph -- Mono Blue Control
2nd   Rich Meyst -- Mana'd Ichorid
3rd   Matt McNally -- Gush Combo
4th   Corey Fraser -- Control Slaver
5th   Marc Tuttle -- Flash
6th   Oliver Beaumont -- U/B Combo
7th   David Goscinak -- Staxless Stax
8th   Jason Bourque -- Mana'd Ichorid
9th   James Tamulevich -- Tyrant Oath
10th   Taylor Connor -- Mono Red Shop Aggro
11th   Patrick Crane -- U/W/B Fish
12th   Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax
13th   Micah Greenbaum -- Gush Combo
14th   Tom Lacaillade -- GroATog
15th   Craig Dupre -- GroATog
16th   Stefan Ellsworth -- Gush Combo
17th   Ron White -- R/B Goblins
18th   Scott Hughes -- Staxless Stax
19th   Cory Szamier -- Counterbalance Top
20th   Stephen Wells -- R/B Goblins
21st   Patrick Malone -- Flash
22nd   Jeff Carpenter -- Control Slaver
23rd   Chris Van Dijk -- Flash
24th   Sara Yarrington -- 5 Color Shop Aggro
25th   Mike Daly -- Ichorid
26th   Kevin Goscinak -- GroATog
27th   Matt Denham -- U/W/B Fish
28th   Albert Ye -- U/W Fish
29th   Paul Serignese -- Tyrant Oath
30th   Matt Macauley -- U/R Stax
31st   Jared Carter -- Mana'd Ichorid
32nd   John Dolan -- Mono Black Aggro
33rd   Kyle Guillemette -- TMWA
34th   David Mazza -- Flash
35th   Chris Mason -- Mana'd Ichorid
36th   Ryan Durney -- Tyrant Oath
37th   Blaine Christiansen -- U/W/B Fish
38th   Dan Cunningham -- Tyrant Oath
39th   Ian Johnson -- Dawn of the Dead

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

• Rich Meyst -- Mana'd Ichorid v. Jason Bourque -- Mana'd Ichorid
• Matt McNally -- Gush Combo v. David Goscinak -- Staxless Stax
• Jeremiah Rudolph -- Mono Blue Control v. Marc Tuttle -- Flash
• Corey Fraser -- Control Slaver v. Oliver Beaumont -- U/B Combo

Top 4 - Semifinals

• Rich Meyst -- Mana'd Ichorid v. Corey Fraser -- Control Slaver
• Jeremiah Rudolph -- Mono Blue Control  v. Matt McNally -- Gush Combo

Top 2 - Finals

• Jeremiah Rudolph -- Mono Blue Control v. Rich Meyst -- Mana'd Ichorid

Top 8 Decklists

1st Jeremiah Rudolph -- Mono Blue Control



1x Library of Alexandria
1x Academy Ruins
3x Flooded Strand
3x Polluted Delta
8x Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Darksteel Colossus
3x Meloku, The Clouded Mirror
2x Ophidian
4x Brainstorm
3x Repeal
1x Time Walk
1x Tinker
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Force of Will
2x Engineered Explosives
1x Mindslaver
1x Fact or Fiction
2x Misdirection
1x Mox Emerald
4x Mystic Remora
3x Spell Snare
3x Mana Drain
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
1x Black Lotus

Sideboard
3x Back to Basics
2x Powder Keg
3x Hurkyl's Recall
4x Tormod's Crypt
3x Brain Freeze

2nd Rich Meyst -- Mana'd Ichorid



4x City of Brass
4x Gemstone Mine
1x Tarnished Citadel
4x Bazaar of Baghdad
4x Narcomoeba
4x Bridge from Below
4x Cabal Therapy
4x Stinkweed Imp
4x Breakthrough
3x Careful Study
4x Golgari Grave-Troll
2x Golgari Thug
3x Ichorid
3x Putrid Imp
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Flame-Kin Zealot
1x Angel of Despair
2x Cephalid Sage
3x Dread Return
4x Cephalid Coliseum

Sideboard
4x Leyline of the Void
3x Pithing Needle
3x Chain of Vapor
3x Emerald Charm
2x Contagion


3rd Matt McNally -- Gush Combo



4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
1x Tropical Island
3x Island
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Sol Ring
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Timetwister
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Fastbond
1x Necropotence
1x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1x Yawgmoth's Will
2x Tendrils of Agony
4x Force of Will
3x Duress
2x Thoughtseize
4x Dark Ritual
1x Cabal Ritual
4x Brainstorm
3x Ponder
4x Gush
2x Merchant Scroll
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Hurkyl's Recall

Sideboard
4x Dark Confidant
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Thoughtseize
1x Rebuild
1x Tinker
1x Darksteel Colossus
1x Swamp
2x Extirpate

4th Corey Fraser -- Control Slaver



1x Tolarian Academy
3x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
3x Island
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Lotus Petal
3x Goblin Welder
3x Trinket Mage
1x Darksteel Colossus
4x Brainstorm
3x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Sensei's Divining Top
4x Force of Will
3x Mana Drain
4x Duress
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Echoing Truth
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Time Walk
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Tinker
1x Mindslaver

Sideboard
3x Thoughtseize
2x Rack and Ruin
2x Ingot Chewer
2x Tormod's Crypt
2x Extirpate
2x Red Elemental Blast
1x Pyrite Spellbomb
1x Engineered Explosives

5th Marc Tuttle -- Flash



3x Polluted Delta
3x Flooded Strand
4x Force of Will
1x Vampiric Tutor
4x Brainstorm
2x Thoughtseize
1x Mox Jet
1x Demonic Tutor
4x Pact of Negation
1x Body Double
2x Tropical Island
4x Flash
1x Reveillark
3x Ponder
2x Summoner's Pact
2x Underground Sea
3x Island
4x Merchant Scroll
4x Protean Hulk
1x Mogg Fanatic
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Black Lotus
1x Lotus Petal
1x Body Snatcher
1x Carrion Feeder
1x Mystical Tutor

Sideboard
1x Zebra Unicorn
2x Echoing Truth
2x Elvish Spirit Guide
4x Xantid Swarm
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Rebuild

6th Oliver Beaumont -- U/B Combo



5x Island
4x Flooded Strand
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Polluted Delta
3x Underground Sea
1x Darksteel Colossus
1x Black Lotus
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Mox Emerald
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
1x Sol Ring
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mana Crypt
2x Misdirection
3x Ponder
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mind's Desire
2x Tendrils of Agony
1x Frantic Search
1x Darkblast
2x Extirpate
1x Memory Jar
3x Duress
4x Repeal
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Tinker
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Dark Ritual

Sideboard
3x Yixlid Jailer
1x Hurkyl's Recall
2x Rebuild
3x Spell Snare
3x Threads of Disloyalty
2x Tormod's Crypt
1x Platinum Angel

7th David Goscinak -- Staxless Stax



4x Goblin Welder
1x Triskelion
4x Wasteland
4x Mishra's Workshop
3x Chalice of the Void
3x Thirst for Knowledge
4x Tangle Wire
4x Gemstone Mine
4x Sphere of Resistance
3x City of Brass
2x Ancient Tomb
2x Crucible of Worlds
1x Black Lotus
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mana Crypt
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Strip Mine
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Vault
1x Tinker
1x Memory Jar
1x Balance
1x Sundering Titan
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Trinisphere
1x Karn, Silver Golem
1x Crop Rotation

Sideboard
4x Red Elemental Blast
2x Tormod's Crypt
2x Rack and Ruin
2x Triskelion
3x Swords to Plowshares
1x Chalice of the Void
1x Ancient Grudge

8th Jason Bourque -- Mana'd Ichorid



1x Angel of Despair
1x Flame-Kin Zealot
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Lotus Petal
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Gemstone Mine
4x Breakthrough
4x Stinkweed Imp
4x Cephalid Coliseum
2x Cephalid Sage
4x Narcomoeba
4x Bridge from Below
4x Careful Study
4x Cabal Therapy
3x Ichorid
4x Bazaar of Baghdad
3x Golgari Thug
3x City of Brass
3x Dread Return
4x Golgari Grave-Troll

Sideboard
4x Leyline of the Void
4x Contagion
4x Chain of Vapor
3x Wispmare

Thanks again to everyone for coming to this event. We'll look forward to seeing everyone for our 4th Anniversary Back-to-Back Eternal Magic Weekend on Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th.
We'll be hosting the fifth event in our 2008 Vintage Tournament Series on Saturday, May 17th and a Legacy event on Sunday, May 18th.

[Razvan]

7th David Goscinak -- Staxless Stax
is that an inside joke?

also, it's nice to see control slaver top-8ing, interesting choice for 1st place, and flash can now use zebra unicorns and still top8

[Negator13]

Excellent showing by TPS, congrats Rich and Matt.

I can't wait to get back into the game... less than 3 weeks and counting

[Myriad Games]

You caught us - we have a soft spot for Staxless Stax, but Psychatog and Quirion Dryad attempted to foist control of that spot in the Top 8. Luckily David was able to regain control and Staxless Stax did indeed make Top 8!

[ELD]

Glad to see this event was such an overwhelming success.  This really reaffirms that the community is strongly behind Myriad Games and all the hard work they put in.  I look forward to seeing the community grow in 2008. 

I'm glad to see Mana'd Ichorid tearing stuff up.  The deck is busted, and certainly a very solid choice in todays meta.  It's too bad that the two Mana'd Ichorid lists had to face off in the Top 8.  I've got to believe that Black Lotus would be better than Tarnished Citadel though.  Congrats to all who Top 8'd.

[amidtownrocker]

i never once wanted an artifact accelerant on the day. i am pretty sure you want your mana sources to produce 5c and be able to be used a couple times so that rules out lotus petal. you def need access to consistent mana for post board games.

[T00L]

You can't possibly defeat a zebra unicorn its both a zebra and a unicorn it even has lifelink seriously what could you possibly do?

[ashiXIII]

<3 that Slaver list, but it looks like a serious underdog in that top 8. Its best matchup looks like... Ichorid?

[CHOZO]

I got really dissapointed when I saw the Zebra Unicorn was in the sideboard. I thought it might have been a part of some crazy new flash combo... Why is the Zebra Unicorn in there? I'm kind of confused by it. 

[Thicketman]

I got really dissapointed when I saw the Zebra Unicorn was in the sideboard. I thought it might have been a part of some crazy new flash combo... Why is the Zebra Unicorn in there? I'm kind of confused by it. 

I think it's just showing that Flash can still win even with a slot in the sideboard occupied by that ridiculous thing.

[TopSecret]

I got really dissapointed when I saw the Zebra Unicorn was in the sideboard. I thought it might have been a part of some crazy new flash combo... Why is the Zebra Unicorn in there? I'm kind of confused by it. 

I think that it's because, as TOOL pointed out, it's a Zebra AND a Unicorn at the same time.
Also, it has lifelink.

Now, if someone was to have a sideboard Ink-Eyes in Flash,
that would be some serious tech.

[The Future]

I got really dissapointed when I saw the Zebra Unicorn was in the sideboard. I thought it might have been a part of some crazy new flash combo... Why is the Zebra Unicorn in there? I'm kind of confused by it. 

I ran the Zebra Unicorn because I figured that, as T00L said, it is both a zebra and a unicorn, and as a combination of both, it cannot be beaten. Next time i'll try out the Ink-Eyes tech.

[T00L]

I got really dissapointed when I saw the Zebra Unicorn was in the sideboard. I thought it might have been a part of some crazy new flash combo... Why is the Zebra Unicorn in there? I'm kind of confused by it. 

I ran the Zebra Unicorn because I figured that, as T00L said, it is both a zebra and a unicorn, and as a combination of both, it cannot be beaten. Next time i'll try out the Ink-Eyes tech.

Lets be honest next time you'll just run horned cheetah

[TopSecret]

I got really dissapointed when I saw the Zebra Unicorn was in the sideboard. I thought it might have been a part of some crazy new flash combo... Why is the Zebra Unicorn in there? I'm kind of confused by it. 

I ran the Zebra Unicorn because I figured that, as T00L said, it is both a zebra and a unicorn, and as a combination of both, it cannot be beaten. Next time i'll try out the Ink-Eyes tech.

Lets be honest next time you'll just run horned cheetah

Where's the love for Jackalope Herd?

[wethepeople]

I got really dissapointed when I saw the Zebra Unicorn was in the sideboard. I thought it might have been a part of some crazy new flash combo... Why is the Zebra Unicorn in there? I'm kind of confused by it. 

I ran the Zebra Unicorn because I figured that, as T00L said, it is both a zebra and a unicorn, and as a combination of both, it cannot be beaten. Next time i'll try out the Ink-Eyes tech.

Run it main. You won't.