Jan 17 S2d tournament

[Schonkreuz]

18 people showed up for our tournament, we had our usual three rounds cut to top 8. There were some complications obtaining deck lists, one of which was my own fault for picking up the wrong list(korey age's list) I will edit in the missing SB's and deck list once I get them.

1st place Bobby Graces playing 4c Zoo

4 Wild Nacatl
4 Dark Confidant
3 Gaddock Teeg
4 Meddling Mage
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Tidehollow Sculler
2 Vendilion Clique

1 Ancestral Recall
3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Thoughtseize
1 Time Walk
4 AEther Vial

1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Bayou
1 Plateau
1 Savannah
1 Scrubland
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
4 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
4 Windswept Heath

Sideboard
3 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Trygon Predator
3 Duress
1 Swords to Plowshares
4 Tormod's Crypt


2nd Place Clay Baker

3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
3 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Senseis Diving Top
1 Tinker
3 Spell Snare
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Echoing Truth
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawmoth's Will

SB
2 Duress
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pithing Needle
2 Pyroclasm
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Rebuild
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Platinum Angel
1 Trinisphere
1 Relic of Progenitius
1 Engineered Explosives

3rd place Gene E. Beeber playing GR Christmas Beatings
4 Null Rod
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Stingscourger
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Seal of Primoridum
4 Pyroblast
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
1 Lotus Petal
3 Wooded Foothills
4 Tiaga
3 Forest
4 Mountain
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

SB
4 Ancient Grudge
4 Tormods Crypt
1 Trinisphere
3 Pryokinesis
3 Red Elemental Blast

4th Place John T. playing Aggro Elves

4 Llanowar Elves
4 Fyndhorn Elves
4 Priest of Titania
4 Wellwisher
1 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
4 Alpha Status
4 Silhana Ledgewalker
4 Treetop Scout
2 Umezawa's Jitte
4 Sword of Fire and Ice
2 Staff of Domination
2 Sword of Light and Shadow
2 Naturalize
13 Forest
1 Pendelhaven
2 Gaea's Cradle

SB withheld until obtained

5th Place John A playing  U/G Aggro Control
4 Curse Catcher
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Werebear
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
1 Misdirection
4 Accumulated Knowledge
1 Intuition
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Brainstorm
1 Life from the Loam
4 Stifle
1 Regrowth
4 Null Rod
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
4 Island
3 Tropical Island

SB
1 Echoing Truth
2 Krosan Grip
3 Trygon Predator
3 Spell Snare
3 Propoganda
3 Tormod's Crypt

6th Place Jason Miller playing Bob Tendrils
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
4 Dark Confident
1 Necropotence
4 Dark Ritual
3 Cabal Ritual
1 Vamperic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Rebuild
4 Duress
1 Time Walk
1 Grim Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchat Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Timetwister
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
2 Tendrils of Agony
2 Bloodstained Mire
4 Polluted Delta
2 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Swamp
1 Island

Sidebord
2 Thrashing Wumpus
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Platinum Angel
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Memory Jar
1 Hurkyls Recall
1 Tinker
1 Echoing Truth
4 Spell Snare

7th Place Korey Age playing Sharuum! Combo
 
 with held until obtained

8th Place Tiffany Gaddis playing TPS

1 Darksteel Colossus
4 Force of Will
3 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Frantic Search
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Lim-Dul's Vault
1 Repeal
1 Impulse
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Mind's Desire
1 Time Twister
1 Tinker
1 Regrowth
1 Grim Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Night's Whisper
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Duress
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Necropotence
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Memory Jar
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Lotus Petal
2 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Swamp

SB
4 Oath of Druids
2 Empyrial Archangel
4 Thoughtseize
2 Spawning Pit
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Extirpate   

[Troy_Costisick]

5th Place John A playing  U/B Aggro Control

Would you think John's list is more of a UG Fish type deck rather than UB Agro/Control since it sports Goyf and Werebear?

And big grats to Gene E. for making top 4 with Christmas Beatings!  That's awesome.   

And of course, congradulations on making the top 8 yourself.  You put in a lot of work getting these lists, so it's only fitting IMO that you make the playoff rounds.

Peace,

-Troy

[Schonkreuz]

I just typed up what name he gave the deck, and yea Gene wrecked me in the first round...didn't help any that I felt awful (I was sick), it just added to the situation. Yea like a pro in the third game vs Bobby I drew ALL of my oath targets,  oh yea I'm awesome that way. I will be getting the rest of the decklists as well as the SB's sometime this week!!!

[the_lord_shaper]

Yeah, I couldn't think of a good name for the deck. It has mana denial and mana drain in it, uhmm...I really was at a loss for words when I had to name my deck.

[Troy_Costisick]

Yeah, I couldn't think of a good name for the deck. It has mana denial and mana drain in it, uhmm...I really was at a loss for words when I had to name my deck.

Eh, I just think you're sly for calling it a U/B deck! 

[the_lord_shaper]

Yeah, I couldn't think of a good name for the deck. It has mana denial and mana drain in it, uhmm...I really was at a loss for words when I had to name my deck.

Eh, I just think you're sly for calling it a U/B deck! 

Huh?

[Troy_Costisick]

Yeah, I couldn't think of a good name for the deck. It has mana denial and mana drain in it, uhmm...I really was at a loss for words when I had to name my deck.

Eh, I just think you're sly for calling it a U/B deck! 

Huh?

LOL.  It was originally labled a U/B deck when in fact it is a U/G thus it could confuse anyone who just reads the deck title and therefore give you an edge in a matchup.  If they're expecting UB and you're actually playing UG, that's an advantage.  Sneaky.... I like it.

(If you don't get it, no worries.  It's just an off-handed joke...which isn't nearly as funny when you have to explain it, I guess. )

[the_lord_shaper]

Oh I get it now! (Insert laughter into previous post.)

[Schonkreuz]

Thank you Bobby for getting your decklist to me 

[salthecarp]

In the winning list, am I seeing a Volcanic Island and a Plateau just to boost Wild Nacatl and no actual red cards? If it worked it worked, but that manabase is a pretty bold move. I wonder if he managed to just avoid playing against wastelands or if 8 fetchlands and the aether vials was insurance enough to play through the land destruction.

[overseer1234]

Does anyone know what the sideboard of the Christmas Beating's list looked like? Was it exactly like the one from the article, of was it a bit modified?

Because I'm looking for something to replace the leyline other than crypt/relic, or that weird green enchantment from P3K (or the possibility that he didn't run yardhate.), since the feeling of having to mull into leyline and NOT having the possibility to play it if it gets bounced makes it far from optimal in my eye's.

[Schonkreuz]

I can ask tonight if he is there, when they submitted their decklist it did not have a side board on it.

[getcombowned]

when i played him i seen a crypt