Mox Pearl Proxy Tourney Manila, Philippines 5-25-08

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39 Players Played at the 1st ever Mox Tourney here in the Philippines. Players are allowed to use 15 card proxies.

META BREAKDOWN:

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Next Level Doomsday - 5
Tropical Storm - 2
Zuran Orb Fastbond Combo - 1
MS Paint - 1
Tyrant Oath - 3
Grim Long -1
Stax/9Sphere - 5
Zombies - 3
Fairies - 3
Deeznaught - 1
Rock - 1
Slaver - 1
Goblins - 2
Fish - 1
Flash - 1
Salvager - 2
Belcher - 1
Sui Black -1
UW Control -1
MBC - 1
Dawn of the Dead - 1
False Cure -1
Dragon Stompy -1

Note that 12 decks utilized Fastbond-Gush Engine

Props:
To the players who participated and made the event possible.
To those who donated prizes to the pool.
To BCI for the venue and the scrumptious food.
To Joel Bantilles for judging the event.
To Ching Parungao for a well ran event.

Six Rounds of Swiss Cut to Top 14 plus 2 Random players

Playoffs
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Top 16
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1 Marco Sulana “Sakay” (Grim Long) defeats Random Jan Michael Pecaoco (NLD)
8 Raymond Napao “Napz” (Dragon Stompy) defeats 9 Enrico Cruz “False Cure” (False Cure)
5 Jay Pangasinan (MS Paint) defeats 12 Michael Limosnero “Myk” (Tyrant Oath)
4 Marcelle Fabie “mistervader” (NLD) defeats 13 Chris Sta Maria (BW Control)
6 Osmond Go “thebluewalker” (Stax) defeats 11 Ching Parungao “Chingpaq” (Tropical Storm)
14 Allan Esguerra “Jester” (Zombies) defeats 3 Jaime Zamora (Stax)
10 Ron Mallari “Virtue” (Flash) 7 Giovanni Igoy “dawgie” (Dawn of the Dead)
2 JT Porter “Rico J Puno” (Fastbond Zuran Orb Combo) defeats Random Rommel Gomez “Ohmeng” (Salvagers)

Top 8
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8 Napao defeats 1 Sulana
4 Fabie defeats 5 Pangasinan
14 Esguerra defeats 6 Go
2 Porter defeats 10 Mallari

Top 4
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8 Napao defeats 4 Fabie
2 Porter defeats 14 Esguerra

Finals
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2 Porter defeats 8 Napao


Prizes
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Champion: JT Porter (Mox Pearl)
1st Runner Up: Raymond Napao (Badlands)
2nd Runner Up: Marcelle Fabie (Vampiric Tutor Foil)

Decklists:

1st Place:
JT Porter – Centrum (Zuran Orb Fastbond Combo)

MD:
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
2 Mana Drain
2 Dark Confidant
3 Duress
2 Thoughtseize
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Zuran Orb
1 Fastbond
1 Oona Queen of the Fae
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Hurkyls Recall
1 Misdirection
1 Echoin Truth
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand

Sideboard

4 Leyline of the Void
2 REB
2 Pithing Needle
1 Extirpate
1 Artifact Mutation
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Tormods Crypt

2nd Place:
Raymond Napao – Dragon Stompy

4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Gathan Raiders
4 Rakdos Pit Dragon
2 Arc Slogger
4 Ingot Chewer

4 City of Traitors
4 Ancient Tomb
11 Mountains
1 Chrome Mox
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
4 COTV
1 Trinisphere
2 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Blood Moon
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
3 Seething Song

Sideboard

2 Pithing Needle
1 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Pyrokinesis
4 Faeire Macabre
1 Gaeas Blessing
3 Fortune Thief

3rd-4th

Marcelle Fabie – NLD

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Dark Ritual
4 Force of Will
1 Mana Vault
4 Brainstorm
3 Ponder
1 Fastbond
2 Merchant Scroll
2 Doomsday
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Research and Development
1 Minds Desire
1 Misdirection
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Lotus Petal
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
3 Duress
2 Thoughtseize
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
4 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Snow Covered Island

Sideboard

4 LOTV
4 Dark Confidant
2 Hurkyll’s Recall
1 Echoing Truth
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Swamp
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Empty the Warrens

Allan Esguerra with Ichorid --> Decklist missing.

5th-8th:

Osmond Go- STAX

1 Black Lotus
5 Moxen
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Goblin Welder
1 Triskelion
1 Platinum Angel
1 Karn Silver Golem
4 Juggernaut
1 Sundering Titan
1 Gorilla Shaman
2 Bottled Cloister
4 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trisnisphere
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Tanglewire
3 COTV
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana crypt
5 Mountain
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Great Furnice
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

Sideboard:

2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 REB
2 Pithing Needle
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Jesters Cap
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Pyroclasm

Marco Sulana - Grim Long

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
2 Grim Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Pithing Needle
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Twister
1 Mana Crypt
4 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Mana Vault
4 Brainstorm
1 Minds Desire
1 Memory Jar
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Chrome Mox
1 Tinker
1 Crop Rotation
1 Lotus Petal
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mox Diamond
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Sol Ring
4 Duress
1 Rebuild
1 Burning Wish
1 Swamp
1 Volcanic island
4 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy

Ron Malari - Flash --> Missing

Jay Pangasinan --> Missing

[chingpaq]

The Manila Vintage Scene

We had 6 rounds of proxy fun. Had our Top 16, cut to top 8, then semis and the finals. Our 2006 Nationals Champion James Porter won the first ever Mox given away here in Manila. It was a varied field... had the usual Gushbond decks with lots of crazy tech going on. Games were going down the wire...very long... with most games decided by the last five turns. The finals was anti-climactic as Mr Porter went the beatdown route via Tinker-DSC in two games using an orthodox deck of Fastbond-Zuran Orb-COW featuring Oona Queen of the Fae, which he named Centrum D!ldo, beating another suprise deck... a Legacy inspired Dragon Stompy.

James Porter – Centrum: ang Oonang control deck
Champion

4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
2 Mana Drain
2 Dark Confidant
3 Duress
2 Thoughtseize
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Zuran Orb
1 Fastbond
1 Oona Queen of the Fae
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Hurkyls Recall
1 Misdirection
1 Echoin Truth
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand

Sideboard

4 Leyline of the Void
2 REB
2 Pithing Needle
1 Extirpate
1 Artifact Mutation
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Tormods Crypt

VS

Raymond Napao – Dragon Stompy
Runner-up

4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Gathan Raiders
4 Rakdos Pit Dragon
2 Arc Slogger
4 Ingot Chewer

4 City of Traitors
4 Ancient Tomb
11 Mountains
1 Chrome Mox
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
4 COTV
1 Trinisphere
2 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Blood Moon
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
3 Seething Song

Sideboard

2 Pithing Needle
1 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Pyrokinesis
4 Faeire Macabre
1 Gaeas Blessing
3 Fortune Thief

PROPS:  Nice proxies from Mr Porter

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[T00L]

Where is Herbig to shark these things up seriously?

[chingpaq]

Yeah, he could have made a difference.

Had feelers that Herbig would come but only for a couple of hours, which means he cannot finish the tourney if he decided to join. He's assigned several miles away from Manila which makes it hard for him to travel and cannot afford to stay on the road when it gets dark. Hoping to have him on board on the next tourney  Maybe next time we'll fetch him from his place 

[Shock Wave]

Please continue to post about these tournaments. I would love to play in Manila if there's another one this summer!

[Mr. Nightmare]

Where is Herbig to shark these things up seriously?

I miss the shit out of that kid.

Also, his power is all safely back here in the States.  I'm not sure what kind of effect that has on his ability to play Vintage, but I know he's been playing a lot more type 2 than type 1 lately.

[frolll]

That Oona in the dekc that took first looks really über nice, imho.
Must have been a great tournament ! Keep up with the good work !

[chingpaq]

Please continue to post about these tournaments. I would love to play in Manila if there's another one this summer!

yes sure. we've been holding Vintage tournaments for some time already but we only recenly got the organizer status.

Anyways, Vintage here in Manila is mostly DCI sanctioned events, we havent really been bitten by the proxy bug. We have monthly tournies and in fact we'll be holding our Mid-year Vintage champs this June. Though its sanctioned, its still a blast. You'll hear from us more often and provide more statistics that somehow will help Vintage in general. Perhaps August we can have another Mox tourney.

[herbig]

Where is Herbig to shark these things up seriously?

I had a development seminar about an hour from Manila start this same day... Really sucks.

I will definitely make the next one.  The only MTG I do up here in Baguio is FMNs...