4th Pro-Lotus Mungia, Spain - Top 8

[CHaPuZaS]

Here are the Top 8 results of a Vintage tournament celebrated this weekend in Mungia, Spain.

Assistance: 49 Players


1.- Alex Yus con Noble Fish

4 Jerarca Noble
4 Selkie de ojos frios
3 Tarmogoyf
3 Mago entrometido
3 Mago de manada qasali
4 Fuerza de voluntad
3 Daze
3 Spell pierce
3 Stifle
3 Null rod
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral recall
1 Time walk
1 Rebuild
1 tutor mistico
1 Black lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox emerald
1 Mox pearl
4 Wasteland
1 Strip mine
3 Tropical island
3 Tundra
3 Flooded strand
1 polluted delta
2 Windswept heath
1 Island

SB:
3 Espadas en guadañas
3 Tormods crypt
2 aven mindcesor
2 trygon predator
1 mago entrometido
1 kataki el precio de la guerra
1 reliquia de progenitus
1 verdad reflejada
1 jitte de umezawa

2.- Cesar Fernandez con Tezzcast

2 Mana drain
4 Force of Will
2 Ancient grudge
1 Thirst for knowledge
4 Thoughtcast
1 Muddle the mixture
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral recall
1 Fact or fiction
2 Sensei's divining top
2 Voltaic key
1 Time vault
1 Sphinx of the steel wind
1 Tezzeret the seeker
1 Transmute artifact
1 Tinker
1 Time walk
1 Demonic tutor
1 Yawgmoth's will
1 Black lotus
1 Mana vault
1 Mana crypt
1 Sol ring
1 Mox jet
1 Mox sapphire
1 Mox pearl
1 Mox emerald
1 Mox ruby
1 library of alexandria
1 tolarian academy
1 underground sea
1 tropical island
3 volcanic island
2 flooded strand
1 polluted delta
1 scalding tarn
1 misty rainforest
4 seat of the synod
2 compulsive research
4 spel pierce

SB
4 ignot chewer
1 tormod's crypt
3 duress
2 red elemental blast
1 pyroblast
4 pyroclasm

3.- Dario "Parkita" Gonzalez con Noble Fish

3 Curescatcher
3 Ninja of the deep hours
4 Qasali pridemage
4 Noble hierarch
4 Cold-eye selkie
4 force of will
3 spell pierce
4 daze
1 path to exile
1 regrouth
1 mystical tutor
1 ancestral recall
1 time walk
4 null rod
1 mox pearl
1 mox emerald
1 mox sapphire
1 black lotus
3 wasteland
1 strip mine
4 tropical island
2 tundra
2 flooded strand
2 mysti rainforest
2 polluted delta
1 brainstorm
1 hurkyl's recall

SB:
3 wheel of sun and moon
3 pithing needle
2 ethersworn canonist
1 sower of temptation
3 tarmogoyf
3 swords to plowshares

4.- Fernando Yanguas con UW Fish

4 sage of epytir
3 jabalineros icatianos
4 medlin mage
4 ninja of the deep hours
3 jotum grunt
2 kataki el precio de la guerra
3 stifle
4 force of will
3 daze
3 espadas en guadañas
1 brainstorm
1 ancestral recall
1 time walk
3 null rod
4 erial
4 playa anegada
2 laguna ardiente
1 bosque tropical brumoso
1 strip mine
4 tundra
2 isla
1 llanura

SB:
2 desencantar
2 energy flux
2 umezawa jitte
2 pithing needle
3 tormods crypt
3 spell snare
1 swords to plowshares

5.- Kepa Arrieta con Noble fish

3 polluted delta
2 flooded strand
4 tropical island
3 tundra
3 wasteland
1 strip mine
4 force of will
1 verdad reflejada
4 daze
3 spell pierce
1 ancestral recall
1 brainstorm
1 time walk
4 noble hierarch
4 ninja de las horas tardias
4 qashali pridemage
3 cold eye selkie
3 cursecatcher
1 regrouth
1 mystical tutor
1 hurkyl recall
4 null rod
1 mox pearl
1 mox emerald
1 mox sapphire
1 black lotus

SB
3 tarmogoyf
3 swords to plowshares
2 kataki, war's wage
3 wheel of sun and moon
3 ethersworn canonist
1 sower of temptation

6.- Felix Angel Celis con Noble fish

4 cold eyed selkie
3 cursecatcher
4 ninja de las horas tardias
4 jerarca noble
4 qasali pridemage
3 null rod
1 black lotus
1 mox emerald
1 mox sapphire
1 mox pearl
1 hurkyl's recall
1 misdirection
1 mystical tutor
1 ancestral recall
3 spell pierce
4 daze
4 force of will
1 time walk
1 regrouth
1 brainstorm
4 mysti rainforest
2 scalding tarn
4 tropical island
2 tundra
1 strip mine
3 erial

SB
3 tarmogoyf
1 hurkyl's recall
3 swords to plowshares
3 ethersworn canonist
3 trampa hambrienta
2 tormod's crypt

7.- Andoni Diliz con TK

1 senseis divinig top
1 phyrexian dreadnought
1 engineered explosives
1 tormods crypt
1 aether spellbomb
1 brainstorm
1 time walk
1 ancestral recall
1 hurkyl's recall
1 yawgmoths will
1 demonic tutor
1 vampiric tutor
2 duress
2 thougtseize
4 stifle
4 force of will
4 tarmogoyf
4 dark confidant
3 trinket mage
1 trygon predator
1 mox pearl
1 mox emerald
1 mox ruby
1 mox jet
1 black lotus
1 mox sapphire
1 strip mine
4 wasteland
4 polluted delta
3 underground sea
3 tropical island
1 bayou
1 island
1 swamp

SB
2 trampa hambrienta
2 yizilid jailer
1 gaea's blessing
1 relic of progenitus
1 pithing needle
1 engineered explosives
1 trygon predator
1 curfew
3 energy flux
2 darkblast

8.- Aitor Rolando con Noble fish

4 noble hierarch
4 cold-eyed selkie
4 medling mage
3 quasali pridemage
3 tarmogoyf
1 ancestral recall
1 time walk
1 brainstorm
3 stifle
3 spell pierce
3 daze
4 null rod
4 Force of will
1 trygon predator
1 black lotus
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl
1 mox sapphire
1 strip mine
4 wasteland
2 brezal azotado por el viento
2 flooded strand
2 bosque tropical brumoso
3 tropical island
2 tundra
1 savannah

SB
1 ghostly prison
2 relic of progenitus
1 tormod's crypt
1 trampa hambrienta
1 wheel of sun and moon
1 gaddog teeg
1 tarmogoyf
3 swords to plowshares
1 hurkyl's recall
1 laboratorio arcano
1 trygon predator
1 tropical island

Some cards are misspelled by the organizer (link) or written in Spanish, but I think you can get an idea overall.

I'll post the deck breakdown as soon as possible.

And YES, that's a Top 8 were Tezzcast got paired against 6 Null Rod Decks (or 7 Fish kind Decks).

[Zieby]

Cesar Congratz of putting up that fight, to bad you did lose the finals though.

On the other hand, 5 times Selki Strike or Noble Fish as it is called by you guys is really something.

I would love to see a deck breakdown of this event, because of this unreal top 8.

Thanks for posting.

Greetz Arjan

[CHaPuZaS]

OK, now I have the coverage and the deck breakdown.

Ever since I got an iPhone as a gift from my girlfriend I post a complete live coverage of the events that I play in my blog. This, this, this  and this, are examples.

For this event this is the coverage of the players from Madrid that traveled to the north of Spain:

Coverage for the 4th Pro-Lotus Mungia

The prizes:

1º- Black Lotus
2º- Time Walk
3º- Library of Alexandria
4º- Mana Drain (It)
5º al 8º - Dual Land
9º a 16º - Dual Land

The team traveling from Madrid:

César Fernández - Tezzcast
Darío González - Noble Fish
Pablo Díaz - Tezzeret Control
Omar Rohner - Remora Confidant
Sergio Matesanz - Painters
Tomás Morla - MUD

1st Round

César Fernández VS. Confidant Control - 2-0
Darío González VS. Noble Fish - 1-1
Pablo Díaz VS. Iona Oath - 2-1
Omar Rohner VS. Tezzeret - 1-1
Sergio Matesanz VS. Tezzeret - 1-1
Tomás Morla VS. Noble Fish - 2-1

2nd Round

César Fernández VS. Noble Fish - 1-2
Darío González VS. Rémora - 2-0
Pablo Díaz VS. Noble Fish - 1-1
Omar Rohner VS. Tezzeret - 2-0
Sergio Matesanz VS. Noble Fish - 2-0
Tomás Morla VS. 3-Color Stax - 2-1

3rd round

César Fernández VS. Rémora Confidant - 2-0
Darío González VS. Painters - 2-1
Pablo Díaz VS. Noble Fish - 2-0
Omar Rohner VS. Boros de Tipo 2 - 2-0
Sergio Matesanz VS. Noble Fish - 1-2
Tomás Morla VS. UBG TrinketNought - 1-2

4th round

César Fernández VS. Almost - 2-1 - 9 puntos
Darío González VS. Tezzeret - 2-0 - 10 puntos
Pablo Díaz VS. Noble Fish - 0-2 - 7 puntos
Omar Rohner VS. Noble Fish - 0-2 - 7 puntos
Sergio Matesanz VS. Rémora - 1-2 - 4 puntos
Tomás Morla VS. 5-Color Control - 2-0 - 9 puntos

5th Round

César Fernández VS. Tezzeret - 2-0 - 12 puntos
Darío González VS. Noble Fish - 2-0 - 13 puntos
Pablo Díaz VS. Tezzeret - 2-1 - 10 puntos
Omar Rohner VS. Tezzeret - 2-1 - 10 puntos
Sergio Matesanz VS. Keeper - 7 puntos
Tomás Morla VS. UW Fish - 1-2 - 9 puntos

6th Round

César Fernández VS. TK Deeznauts - 2-0 - 15 puntos
Darío González VS. Noble Fish - 0-0 - 14 puntos
Pablo Díaz VS. Tezzeret - 2-1 - 13 puntos
Omar Rohner VS. Noble Fish - 0-2 - 10 puntos
Sergio Matesanz VS. MUD Domination - 7 puntos
Tomás Morla VS. Tezzeret - 2-0 - 12 puntos

Top 8

1 - César Fernández con Tezzcast - 15 puntos
2 - Kepa Arrieta con Noble Fish - 15 puntos
3 - Felix Celis con Noble Fish - 14 puntos
4 - Darío González con Noble Fish - 14 puntos
5 - Andoni Diliz con TK Deeznauts - 13 puntos
6 - Fernando Yanguas con UW Fish - 13 puntos
7 - Alex Yus con Noble Fish - 13 puntos
8 - Aitor Rolando con Noble Fish - 13 puntos

Cuartos de Final

Darío Vs Andoni - 2-0
Cesar Vs Aitor - 2-1
Fernando Vs Felix - 2-0
Alex Vs Kepa - 2-1

Semifinals

Darío Gonzalez VS Cesar Fernandez - 1-2

Alex Yus VS Fernando Yanguas - 2-1

Final

Alex Yus Vs Cesar Fernandez - 2-0

¡The winner of the 4º PRO-Lotus Mungia is Alex Yus with Noble Fish!

Deck Breakdown:

Control-Combo - 25

12 Tezzeret (5 Highlander, 5 Confidant, 2 Tezzcast)
6 Remora (3 Trap, 2 Confidant, 1 Control)
2 Painters
2 Keeper
1 Landstill
1 Almost Tendrils
1 Quicken Control

Fish - 12

9 Noble Fish
1 UW Fish
1 TK Deeznauts
1 Faeries

Workshop Deck - 6

3 5-Color Stax
2 MUD
1 Aggro MUD

Combo - 0

Other - 5

2 Mana Ichorid
1 Iona Oath
1 Boros
1 Goblins

It was a though fight!

[LotusHead]

Thats some awesome meta coverage there!

I was gonna ask if Cesar's decks were really that good, or if he has that Ochoa/Webster intimidation factor that makes opponents play suboptimally.

And YES, that's a Top 8 were Tezzcast got paired against 6 Null Rod Decks (or 7 Fish kind Decks).

That sort of answered my question.

Thanks for lists etc!

[CHaPuZaS]

I was gonna ask if Cesar's decks were really that good, or if he has that Ochoa/Webster intimidation factor that makes opponents play suboptimally.

Sure Tezzcast is THAT good, but still people don't wanna accept it. Just because it seem to have an unstable (or no strong) mana base, many artifacts, etc... People think it auto-loses against Rod decks, but this tournament and this Top8 was the example needed to prove that Null Rod decks are just the worst pairing of this deck, but is far from being an auto lose, much more when now I'm playing 3 REB + 4 Pyroclasm + 4 Ingot Chewer against them.

Spell Pierce and Compulsive Research, Tezzcast last tech (Even though Pierce is proving itself as an incredible counter around the world), are the reason why now it's far stronger than 3 months ago. Spell Pierce is THE COUNTER in Tezzcast, the perfect piece to solve the puzzle of resolving almost always Thoughtcast and Compulsive Research in the first three turns. I think that this is the fast Control Combo deck in the format and, as usual, the pity is that, while I don't understand, people rejects playing it... At least now it has proven itself to be consistent against Fish, this should be the breaking point in order to convince people playing it.

So far, as I did last year, this are Tezzcast results (played just by me and at MOX+ tournament prizes), which are also my results in Vintage for the last year and a half... Why don't play a deck with which you can Top8 so many times?

2008

- Top8, Gran final de la LMV - TezzCast
- Winner, 2º Torneo LMV2 - TezzCast
- Winner, 3º Torneo LMV2 - TezzCast
- 5-3, 29º, XXVIII Open de Madrid - TezzCast
- 3-3, 4º Torneo LMV2 - TezzSlaverCast

2009 (Pre-B&R)

- Top4, 5º Torneo LMV2 - TezzCast
- 3-3, 6º Torneo LMV2 - TezzCast
- Winner, 7º Torneo LMV2 - TezzCast
- 3-3, 3º Torneo LSV2 - TezzCast
- Top8, Cantrip Weekend Vintage - TezzCast
- 6-3, Bazaar of Moxen 3, Vintage - TezzCast
- Top4, 8º Torneo LMV2 - TezzCast
- Winner (Split), 9º Torneo LMV2 - TezzCast
- Winner, Vintage All Stars - TezzCast

2009 (Post-B&R)

- 4-2 (10º), 6º Torneo LSV - TezzCast
- Top8, 10º Torneo LMV2 - TezzCast
- 5-4, Ovinogeddon 4 - TezzCast
- Winner, Clasification Liga Madrileña de Vintage 2 - Tezzcast
- Top4, Gran Final de la LMV 2 - TezzCast
- Top8, IV Cantrip Weekend - TezzCast
- Finalist, 4 Pro-Loto Mungia - TezzCast

That sums up 6 Wins, 1 Final, 3 Top4 and 4 Top 8 (14 Top8s total) and 7 Tournaments not making the cut.

I'm just putting the results as I have them from an article I'm writing in english to post it here on TMD talking about the deck. Wish I could publish it this month, but I am always so busy...

Also: Does anyone cover the events as I do out there? Via iPhone on a blog/forum? Most people find it very interesting, and covering your own team is not so hard. People not playing the event follow it a lot!

[Odd mutation]

Hi César,

Congratulations -again- for the great finish! And really cool way to report; keeping track of you and your team mates performances and very important: the results versus all the matchups.

I built Tezzcast a few months ago but I never felt confidant (heh...) enough to play it in a tournement, although test results wre VERY promising. It's just that I believe my Tezz mana base to be really stable and a big factor in today's meta: 16 lands, 3 Island and 1 Swamp. I've been playing it like this for some time now -got 9th (again!) in a tournement this weekend-, gradually adding lands until it played well against all the wastelands and Strip Mines around -man, I hate Strip Mine! Stephen stated in his article how important the mana base is. And you play no basic lands... and seem to be doing just fine!
How does that work for you in the Stax matchup (5 color and MUD Aggro)? It seems to be doing just fine against fish...

I'm so very interested in your primer on the deck, please finish it soon! I'm very interested in card choices and strategies against the different matchups.

Thanks for the report,

Robrecht

[heiner]

Hey Cesar,
nice performance! again.

Regarding the dec, I can imagine that the spell pierces work out for you in this type of vault.dec. I tested the thoughtcast engine myself and while it wasn't bad I didn't feel that it is that good. Its still a sorcery and most of the time it still cost 3 mana. I really don't like the compulsive researches at sorcery speed! Did you test sensei/repeal? I really like playing 1st turn sensei and then end of 2nd turn repeal, which draws the same (or more) as compulsive at instant speed. Furthermore, I question that you still play no gifts (which is strictly superior than FoF, imo).

[Phele]

It is fascinating to see, how Noble Fish dominates certain metas. Workshops have no chance against it and the only one combo-control deck that made its way through the wall of Nobles was one which dedicated lots of sideboard space to fight it. More storm combo and dredge could keep Noble in check a bit, but this would certainly be the moment where Noble would adjust its sideboard arsenal as well.

[breed]

As usual, congratulations for you and your deck! TezzCast is so good to play.

 

[CHaPuZaS]

As usual, congratulations for you and your deck! TezzCast is so good to play.

Have you been playing it?

[breed]

As usual, congratulations for you and your deck! TezzCast is so good to play.

Have you been playing it?

Ho yes, I played the old version in a french tournament where I made 10th because my 2 looses vs Ichorid in Swiss.
If I had sideboarded correctly It may have been better than my 4-2 record with the deck.

[M.Solymossy]

This tournament is off the meat rack, and makes me sad to be in America