There were 33 players in attendance, two from Sweden and one from California if I recall correctly. Standings after six rounds swiss:
Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Matches
Rank Name Points OMW% PGW% OGW% P/W/D/B
1 Malin, Antti 15 53,8889 73,3333 54,7581 6/5/0/0
2 Salmi, Toni 14 62,0370 66,6667 55,6140 6/4/2/0
3 Järnfors, Esko 14 58,3333 59,2593 55,8256 6/4/2/0
4 Laine, Hannu 13 64,4444 64,5833 59,1852 5/3/1/1
5 Rikola, Paras 13 62,0370 62,2222 55,9877 6/4/1/0
6 Lagerspetz, Simo 13 42,0370 60,7843 46,1728 6/4/1/0
7 Samuelsson, Rickard 12 60,1852 64,2857 56,4797 6/4/0/0
8 Ihonen, Juha 12 54,8148 66,6667 53,8652 6/4/0/0
9 Ranta, Teemu 12 45,3704 57,1429 47,5926 6/4/0/0
10 Hyvärinen, Mikko 12 43,5185 61,5385 45,1852 6/4/0/0
11 Sarlin, Markus 10 63,3333 62,2222 59,2070 6/3/1/0
12 Rautiola, Joonas 10 46,2963 58,3333 46,4965 6/3/1/0
13 Tiinus, Joona 9 62,4074 50,0000 58,2656 6/3/0/0
14 Vänni, Tommi 9 61,1111 50,0000 56,7346 6/3/0/0
15 Yliajo, Ilkka-Aleksi 9 52,7778 53,3333 49,2030 6/3/0/0
16 Niemi, Miikka 9 51,8519 43,7500 51,9180 6/3/0/0
17 Rimpilä, Raine 9 50,9259 50,0000 51,7379 6/3/0/0
18 Rautiainen, Antti 9 41,6667 50,0000 42,2222 6/3/0/0
19 Räsänen, Ilkka 9 39,8148 53,3333 42,1510 6/3/0/0
20 Jokinen, Kosti 7 58,5185 42,2222 55,0414 6/2/1/0
21 Sjöblom, Max 7 54,6667 52,7778 53,8706 5/2/1/0
22 Ruppell, Timo 7 46,6667 42,2222 46,7412 6/2/1/0
23 Niemi, Joni 6 55,5556 40,0000 51,4095 5/1/0/1
24 Tuomi, Sami 6 52,0000 53,8462 51,7179 5/2/0/0
25 Hopponen, Juha 6 50,0000 33,3333 51,0236 6/2/0/0
26 Tuominen, Kari 6 44,6667 33,3333 49,1282 5/1/0/1
27 Saaristo, Juha 6 41,6667 38,4615 43,1481 6/2/0/0
28 Sutinen, Antero 6 37,7778 35,7143 41,2479 5/1/0/1
29 Chen, Stanley 4 48,3333 23,8095 49,3529 6/1/1/0
30 Pehkonen, Petri 3 63,3333 33,3333 57,2261 4/0/0/1
31 Muroke, Tuukka 3 55,5556 28,5714 55,5556 3/1/0/0
32 Louhio, Jaakko 3 46,2963 38,8889 46,6600 6/1/0/0
33 Valori, Kim 1 70,3704 37,0370 59,1049 3/0/1/0
Top 8 played out as following:
Malin (Ichorid) vs. Ihonen (Workshop Aggro) 2 - 0
Salmi (UR Stax) vs. Samuelsson (Red Stax) 0 -2
Järnfors (Uba Stax) vs. Lagerspetz (Tezzeret) 0 - 2
Rikola (Ad Nauseam) vs. Laine (UR Goblins) 2 - 0
Malin vs. Rikola 2 - 0
Samuelsson vs. Lagerspetz 2 - 1
Malin vs. Samuelsson 2 - 0
Antti Malin took it home once again! It seems that you can even win a tournament with Manaless Ichorid, if you're a World Champ.
Prizes:
1st place any Mox other than Sapphire
2nd Mana Drain
3rd-4th Volcanic Island
5th-8th Flooded Strand
9th Conflux Fat Pack
Meta breakdown:
9 Stax variants (4 top 8)
7 Tezzeret Control (1)
5 Oath
2 Ichorid (1)
2 Goblins (1)
2 Servant-Grindstone
1 Ad Nauseam (1)
1 TPS
1 Intuition Tendrils
1 Old School Academy
1 Remora Control
1 Affinity
Decklists (proxies marked with asterisk):
Winner: World Championship Antti Malin
Manaless Ichorid
4 Bazaar of Baghdad 3*
4 Dryad Arbor
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Golgari Thug
4 Stinkweed Imp
1 Cephalid Sage
3 Ichorid
4 Narcomoeba
2 Flame-Kin Zealot
1 Angel of Despair
1 Street Wraith
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Unmask
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Serum Powder
4 Dread Return
4 Bridge from the Below
Sideboard:
4 Oxidize
3 Contagion
2 Sickening Shoal
4 Reverent Silence
2 Bayou
Finalist: Rickard Samuelsson (SWE)
Swedish Stax
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
5 Mountain
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Wooded Foothills
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
1 Memory Jar
1 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Welder
4 Juggernaut
3 Triskelion
1 Karn, Silver Golem
Sideboard:
3 Greater Gargadon
2 Duplicant
1 Triskelion
3 Pyrostatic Pillar
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Viashino Heretic
2 Tormod's Crypt
Top 4: Markku Rikola
Yo dawg I herd yo liek incestinsects so we put ants in yo pants so yo can drive yo nutz nutz
(Ad Nauseam)
4 Bloodstained Mire
3 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
2 Swamp
1 Island
3 Chrome Mox
1 Mox Sapphire*
1 Mox Jet*
1 Mox Ruby*
1 Mox Pearl*
1 Black Lotus*
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
4 Dark Ritual
3 Cabal Ritual
4 Duress
4 Pact of Negation
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
3 Tendrils of Agony
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Ad Nauseam
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Necropotence
1 Imperial Seal*
1 Timetwister*
1 Ponder
Sideboard:
2 Bayou
3 Xantid Swarm 1*
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Rebuild
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Slaughter Pact*
Top 4: Simo Lagerspetz
Tezzeret Control
(This is Jimmy McCarthy's exact list, he just asked me some deck overnight)
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Duress
2 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Regrowth
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Echoing Truth
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Brainstorm
1 Misdirection
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Pithing Needle
1 Voltaic Key
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Time Vault*
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Mox Ruby*
1 Mox Emerald*
1 Mox Pearl*
1 Mox Sapphire*
1 Mox Jet*
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt*
1 Mana Vault
3 Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus*
Sideboard:
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Yixlid Jailer
3 Annul
2 Krosan Grip
Top 8: Esko Järnfors
Uba Stax
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Mountain
2 Mishra's Factory
4 Barbarian Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Crucible of Worlds
4 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Null Rod
3 Uba Mask
1 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Welder
Sideboard:
4 Viashino Heretic
3 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Jester's Cap
1 Null Rod
4 Red Elemental Blast
Top 8: Toni Salmi
(UR Stax)
4 Mishra's Workshop*
4 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Volcanic Island
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Black Lotus*
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire*
1 Mox Pearl*
1 Mox Jet*
1 Mox Ruby*
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
3 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Powder Keg
1 Memory Jar
1 Trinisphere
1 Tinker
1 Ancestral Recall*
1 Mindslaver
4 Goblin Welder
2 Razormane Masticore
1 Sundering Titan
1 Triskelion
1 Karn, Silver Golem
Sideboard:
1 Triskelion
2 Rack and Ruin
1 Viashino Heretic
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Defense Grid
2 Chalice of the Void
2 Pitching Needle
1 Razormane Masticore
Top 8: Hannu Laine
UR Goblins
4 Goblin Piledriver
4 Goblin Matron
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Goblin Vandal
3 Mogg Fanatic
2 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
3 Fire // Ice
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk*
4 Volcanic Island
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Wasteland
3 Mountain
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Strip Mine
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby*
1 Black Lotus*
Sideboard:
3 Shattering Spree
3 Null Rod
3 Gempalm Incinerator
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Goblin Tinkerer
1 Stingscouger
Top 8: Juha Ihonen (me)
This year you'll sit and take it - and you will like it
(Workshop Aggro)
3 Wasteland
2 Barbarian Ring
1 Strip Mine
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Bloodstained Mire
3 Badlands
4 Mishra's Workshop*
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl*
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
3 Bazaar of Baghdad*
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
4 Null Rod
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Juggernaut
4 Dark Confidant
4 Goblin Welder
1 Duplicant
1 Razormane Masticore
2 Sundering Titan
Sideboard:
2 Duplicant
3 Viashino Heretic
3 Darkblast
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Eon Hub 1*
At least here in Finland, Workshops are the decks to beat. I think the list I played was amazing except SB Eon Hubs, which should have been Jailers. Null Rod and Bazaar + Confidant are so strong, and SB Darkblasts were essential in the meta.
The tournament itself ran very smoothly. Atmosphere was very casual while games remained competitive. There will be more of these to come.
