Xtreme Game Results

[M.Solymossy]

27 players battled it out for a First place Mox Jet, and a second place grim tutor. 

Here are the standings (Typed out by hand) of the tournament after round 5.  I only typed the OMW, PGW, and OGW for those in top 8.  WTF at Jamison and I?!




In the end, James King ousted Ben Carp to win the tournament.
 
1st: James King (ICBM)
King James Oath
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Duress
2 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Gaea's Blessing
4 Oath of Druids
2 Hellkite Overlord
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Scroll Rack
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Force of Will
4 Impulse
4 Negate
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Wipe Away
1 Brainstorm
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Ilsand
2 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
 1 Mox Pearl
----------
2 Empyrial Archangel
1 Life from the Loam
2 Null Rod
3 Oxidise
2 Firespout
1 Darkblast
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Pithing Needle
1 Tormods Crypyt

2nd: Ben Carp (ICBM)
Painter Slaver

3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Island
4 Volcanic Island
3 Pyroblast
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Goblin Welder
2 Sundering Titan
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Painter's Servant
2 Grindstone
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ponder
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
----------
3 Propaganda
3 Ingot Chewer
3 Viashino Heretic
2 Rack and Ruin
4 Relic of Progenitus

3rd: Chris Osinksi
Extended.dec
1 Savannah
1 Plateau
1 Tundra
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
1 Underground Sea
1 Scrubland
1 Bayou
4 Windswept Heath
4 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Lotus Petal
4 Aether Vial
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Thoughtseize
4 Wild Nacatl
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Meddling Mage
4 Dark Confidant
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
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4 Tinstreet Hooligan
4 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Duress
1 Swords to Plowshares
4 Tormods Crypt

4th: danny Friedman (ICBM)
The Tinker Deck
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
3 Island
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Accumulated Knowledge
2 Intuition
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
2 Transmute Artifact
2 Voltaic Key
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Time Vault
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Regrowth
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoths Will
1 Echoing Truth
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2 Volcanic Island
2 Ancient Grudge
4 Propaganda
1 Platinum Angel
3 Tormods crypt
1 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast

5th Jake Kempfer (ICBM)
Tezzeret
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
1 Island
2 Snow Covered Island
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
1 Misdirection
2 Thoughtseize
1 Duress
1 Yawgmoths Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic tutor
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Relic of Progenitus
4 Thirst for knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Echoing T ruth
1 Regrowth
2 Tezzerret the seeker
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tinker
4 Force of Will
4 mana Drain
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4 Tarmogoyf
3 Trygon Predator
2 Krosan Grip
3 Propaganda
1 Platinum Angel
1 Trinisphere
1 Yixlid Jailer

6th Jamison Bryant (ICBM)
Mana Dredge (AKA one of  the easiest decks for me to type , thank you Jamison!)
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Golgari Gravetroll
4 Stinkweed Imp
3 Ichorid
4 Bridge from Below
3 Golgari Thug
2 Darkblast
4 Narcomoeba
3 Breakthrough
3 Careful Study
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
4 city of Brass
3 Gemstone Mine
3 Cephallid Colluseum
2 Dread Return
1 Cephallid Sage
1 Flame-kin Zealot
4 Cabal Therapeyou
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Ancient Grudge
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4 Chain of Vapor
2 ancient Grudge
3 Whispmare
2 Dakrblast
4 Leyline of the void

7th Mike Solymossy (GWS)
Time Capsule   (I Alphabatised my decklist, which might make it hard to read for some)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 black Lotus
1 couriers Capsule
1 Cryptic Command
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Flooded Strand
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
3 Island
1 Mana Crypt
4 mana Drain
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Misdirection
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Sol Ring
1 Sundering Titan
1 Tezzeret The Seeker
1 Thirst for Knowledge 4 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Thoughtseize
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Trinket Mage
2 Tropical island
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
3 Underground Sea
1 Yawgmoths Will
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1 Duresss
2 Empyrial Archangel
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Krosan Grip
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Oath of Druids
1 Trinisphere
1 Hurkyls Recall

As a note, my report will follow in the forum, as I actually took notes!

8th Tommy Kolowith (ICBM)
sTKs

1 Balance
2 Crucible of worlds
1 Karn, The Silver Golem
1 Duplican't
1 Sundering Titan
2 Gorilla Shaman
3 Smokestack
4 Joblin Welder
1 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Trinisphere
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Tangle Wire
2 Powder Keg
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox emerald
1 Mox pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
3 Gemstone Mine
4 city of Brass
2 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Tinker
4 Mishra's Sweatshop
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2Ray of Revelation
3 Choke
1 Duplicant
1 Triskelion
2 Pyroclasm
2 Ancient Grudge
4 Leyline of the Void



Me talking with James King when Shannon (store owner and all around sweet gal) took this photo.


A picture of the overall tournament going on.  At the far right, you can see Darrick Hoag playing against TK (The white beanie), Kurt Maske playing me (the fat head and fat hand), and James King playing Ben (who's not pictures)


Another view of the tournament.  The Far left shows Duby (Ryan DuBois, long black hair, barely visable) playing against Belcher, Danny Friedman (center) playing against Elves, and Owen Turtenwald (table behind Danny) playing some majikal cards. 

[Twaun007]

You only ran 1 Thirst for Knowledge Soly? Wow! You are living the dream.

[OwenTheEnchanter]

ha! good catch Twaun I was about to make fun of him till I realizd his list was 57 cards.  Im sure he will edit his post later to include the last 3 Cryptic Commands.

[Suicideking]

He wouldve been way more prepared for the extended.dec if he had 3 cryptic commands.

This tournament was way fun congrats to everyone who made top8. 

Oath is still good enough to win.

[M.Solymossy]

Doh!  Edited.

[Tha Gunslinga]

29 people actually.  Presumably a few dropped, but I know it was 29 in the beginning.  Very nice metagame.  I faced:

Belcher (2-1)
Tez (2-0)
Oath (0-2)
Long (2-0)
5-color Aggro (ID)

and in the top 8:
Mana Ichorid (2-1)
5c Aggro (2-1)
Oath (split, but 0-1 in our one game to determine winner)

[stormE 4 10]

i think I had the best play all day. Dude scoopeed after he passed and i plated ochard, mox, oath. He said somthing like FUKING OATH. He lost to  Duby also, we and a great laugh about it. My deck played ALOT better than expected. Always next time.

[chrissss]

Very nice Oath deck. I had almost the same build at one time ( except only one hellkite) but I kept losing to those annoying painter decks, however I see the painter decks here have no graveyard removal ( ?) which means they can't win vs an oath deck with blessing in it.

[oneofchaos]

Soly, you have to be careful.  When you start playing cryptic command, next thing you'll be playing fairies.  After that you'll be splashing red in the sideboard without any maindeck red sources.  Then you start playing extended.

[Tha Gunslinga]

Very nice Oath deck. I had almost the same build at one time ( except only one hellkite) but I kept losing to those annoying painter decks, however I see the painter decks here have no graveyard removal ( ?) which means they can't win vs an oath deck with blessing in it.

Any Painter list that doesn't have 3 or 4 Tormod's Crypts or Relics in the SB is wrong, unless they're main.

[chrissss]

Very nice Oath deck. I had almost the same build at one time ( except only one hellkite) but I kept losing to those annoying painter decks, however I see the painter decks here have no graveyard removal ( ?) which means they can't win vs an oath deck with blessing in it.

Any Painter list that doesn't have 3 or 4 Tormod's Crypts or Relics in the SB is wrong, unless they're main.

This painter deck has 4 in the sideboard which I overlooked before, which is good, but that means there is a Auto loss 1st game vs Oath. I guess Ben carp still made the right meta choice, since there weren't other Oath decks, and then the 2nd game he got unlucky or just lost.

[Tha Gunslinga]

Game 1 he had a strong hand and I couldn't get anything going, and game 2 it was the same.  The Blessing isn't actually the biggest issue, because I have Magus of the Moon as an auto-win if he doesn't get Oath down in time.  I can play Painter and REB his Oaths, and I can always just get Titan out and kill with that.  The real issue is that King James Oath has a full set of counters, plus Duress effects, plus a nice draw/tutor complement, plus an awesome win condition, and I couldn't deal with it all at once.  I honestly have no idea how I'd go about attacking Oath, but I'd probably have to give up on Grindstone, board those out, and bring in Goblin Bombardments.

[Tobi]

Thanks Mike for the lists. I know what it means to type vintage lists from magic-players-self-written paper.

6th Jamison Bryant (ICBM)
Mana Dredge (AKA one of  the easiest decks for me to type , thank you Jamison!)

 


Chris' deck misses 3 maindeck cards. Probably Black Lotus and two Moxen?
I like his man-a-base 

[M.Solymossy]

My sundering Titan would have liked his mana base, but I never drew Tinker.

[Suicideking]

I'll admit Chris' deck was suprisingly good.  At first when I started playing him I thought I was just going to roll him based on his limited knowledge of the format but he played quite well.

Heres my half assed tournament report

Round one
Chris who top4'd

Game 1 I get an early oatrh and thats all.
Game 2 I never see oath and dudes beat me.
Game 3 He turn one ancestrals and plays 2 quick Dark Confidants.  They almost get there but I top deck oath and Archangel absorbs the team while he dies to his own bob.

Round Two
Jeremiah playing U/w land tax

Game 1 I never see business and lose
Games 2 and 3 I keep risky hands but they pay out.

2-0 4-2

Round Three
Ben Carp with Painter
I dont remember a whole lot but I basically go nuts and pull off a blow out.

Round 4
ID with Jamison Bryant

Round 5
ID with Soly

Top8
The famous TK playing stax

Im a little nervous about this because Tommy was handing me my ass in testing.
Game 1 goes forever and I get oath but can't find orchard.  Tommy then clears house with a ramped up smokestack.  I never regain any board and lose.

Game 2 I get an early oath and tommy keeps a risky hand with zero colored souces but 2 ray of revelation.  Luckily he scoops when angels hit the board.

Game 3 goes forever but luckily Tommy locked himself out of this one with 3 spheres.  I eventually get a bunch of lands and waste his colored sources and win.

Top4
Danny Friedman with Turbo Tinker
Game 1 he gets vault/key turn 2 and I can't answer.
Game 2 I get a turn 2 oath and ride it.
Games 3 is pretty much the same as 2.

Finals vs. Ben Carp
Its a long day so we decide to play one game for bragging rights and we split the mox jet and grim tutor.

I chalice@0, and duress him.  I see Lotus, Magus, Sol ring, Volcanic Island, Thirst 4 Knowledge, Pyroblast, and Drain i believe.  I take pyro.  He goes land sol ring.  I play ancestral and gain enough advantage to win pretty easy. 

Props.
Duby and Darrick for convincing me to play oath again and driving.
Xtreme games for the good prize support and nice clean venue.
Myself for winning.

Slops
All the people on the drain who claim oath cant win in this metagame.

[chrisosinski]

yea the 3 cards  missing are x3 gaddock teeg 

anyways i like vintage a lot its a great format i guess i did pretty well for my 2nd vintage event with no play testing at all lol.

[Tha Gunslinga]

My sundering Titan would have liked his mana base, but I never drew Tinker.

My Titans enjoyed it games 1 and 3.

I chalice@0, and duress him.  I see Lotus, Magus, Sol ring, Volcanic Island, Thirst 4 Knowledge, Pyroblast, and Drain i believe.  I take pyro.  He goes land sol ring.  I play ancestral and gain enough advantage to win pretty easy.

That hand was SO GOOD on the play.  SO GOOD.  Then you raped me, just like in the swiss.

[XtremeGamesOnline]

Yea Chris is a really good all around Magic player.  I am glad to see a few of my regular type II players make the jump to Vintage!  I know the 25 proxie rule helps out a LOT!  Gratz goes to Ben (I think) for coming up with the 25/25/25 idea!