Results: 1-23 Vintage at Die Hard Games! 41 people =D

[Dxfiler]

Howdy.  Took me a while but this is mah official TO report for the 1/24 vintage that was held at my store.

41 people battled over 6 rounds of swiss for top 8.  

Full Photo Album for both days here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11764968@N07/sets/72157623292728304/

These were the top 4 prizes:



These were the top 8 prizes:



Top 8 was:

Steve Houlette vs Demonic Attorney



Kyle Leith vs Eric Dupuis


John Longo vs Sean Stanley


and

Bill Copes vs Josh Cutler


Top 4 was Bill Copes, John Longo, ELD and Steve Houlette.  They decided to take the prizes collectively. After concessions Bill Copes was the unofficial winner, but it was effectively a 4 way split.

9th place on tiebreakers at 13 points was Nick Vallas, pictured here with his son Zack.  I let him choose a fetchland as prize.


Here are the top 8 decklists (minus John Longo's because I can't find it... but I added Nick Vallas's 9th place list.)

1st place Bill Copes

3 Underground Sea
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
2 Volcanic Island
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Swamp
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy

1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Sensei's Divining Top

4 Force of Will
3 Spell Pierce
4 Mystic Remora
3 Repeal
1 Misdirection
1 Rebuild
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Gift's Ungiven
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk

1 Tinker
1 Ponder
1 Tezzeret, The Seeker
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Thoughtseize
2 Dark Confidant

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Ingot Chewer
2 Greater Gargadon
1 Pyroclasm
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pithing Needle
1 Hurkyll's Recall
1 Snuff Out
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Darkblast

2nd place Steve Houlette

4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Rebuild
1 Sphinx of the SAteel Wind
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
2 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Dark Confidant
2 Duress
1 Fire/Ice
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestrall Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Brainstorm
1 Repeal
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ponder
2 Thoughtseize

3 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
3 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
All 5 Moxen
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Red Elemental Blast

SB: 4 Leyline of the Void
1 Rack and Ruin
2 Pyroclasm
1 Pithing Needle
1 Yixid Jailer
1 Massacre
1 Pyroblast
2 Spell Snare
2 Mystic Remora

3rd place Eric Dupuis

1 Sower of Temptation
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
2 Misdirection
All 5 Moxen
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
3 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
4 Mystic Remora
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Repeal
4 Force of Will
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
4 Spell Pierce

1 Misty Rainforest
4 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Scalding Tarn

SB: 1 Sphinx of Steel Wind
2 Sower of Temptation
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Hurkyll's Recall
1 Infest
1 Tormod's Crypt
3 Ravenous Trap
1 Mana Drain

4th John Longo (lost decklist :p) /w Tezzerator

5th Kyle Leith

1 Black Lotus
All 5 Moxen
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
1 Swamp
2 IslandMemory Jar
4 Dark Ritual
1 Lim-duls Vault
1 Time Vault

1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
2 Mana Drain
1 Repeal
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Rebuild
4 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Voltaic Key
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Windfall
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mind's Desire
1 Tinker
1 Timetwister
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tendrils of Agony

SB: 2 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Mystic Remora
3 Misdirection
2 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Echoing Truth
2 Pithing Needle
2 Duress

6th Sam Stanley

4 Goblin Welder
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Red Elemental Blast
1 Karn, Silver Golem
2 Triskelion
1 Sundering Titan
1 Black Lotus
All 5 Moxen
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Trinisphere
4 Tangle Wire
4 Smokestack
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Mishra's Workshop
8 Mountain

SB: 1 Gorilla Shaman
4 Pyroblast
1 Viashnio Heretic
3 Mogg Salvage
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Duplicant

7th Josh Cutler

4 Oath of Druids
All 5 Moxen
1 Black Lotus
1 Rebuild
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timewalk
1 Time Vault
4 Force of Will
4 Spell Pierce
3 Thoughtseize
3 Impulse
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
2 Hellkite Overlord
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tinker
1 Voltaic Key
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Pithing Needle
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ponder
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal

2 Underground Sea
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Wasteland
1 Stripmine

SB: 1 Volcanic Island
1 Pithing Needle
2 Oxidize
1 Blazing Archon
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Deathmark
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Crop Rotation
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Goblin Bombardment

8th place Demonic Attorney

4 Force of Will
4 Oath of Druids
3 Mana Drain
3 Spell Pierce
2 Night's Whisper
2 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Repeal
1 Iona, Shield of emeria
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Krosan Reclamation
1 Lim-dul's Vault
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Merchant Scroll

4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Black Lotus
All 5 Moxen
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus?! (You actually wrote Black Lotus twice on your list and are missing a 60th card!  Very lucky we missed this during decklist lookovers!  :p)

SB: 2 Pithing Needle
2 Ravenous Trap
2 Duress
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Balance
1 Tundra
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Serenity
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Progenitus
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Tinker

9th place Nick Vallas /w deck I really like

3 Jotun Grunt
3 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Gaddock Teeg
3 Vexing Shusher
3 Noble Hierarch
3 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Qsali Pridemage
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Path to Exile
4 Null Rod
2 Living Wish
1 Time Walk
1 Life From the Loam
1 Ancestral Recall

4 Horizon Canopy
1 Flooded Strand
3 Windswept Heath
1 Black Lotus
4 out of 5 Moxen (no Jet)
1 Tropical Island
1 Temple Garden
4 Savannah
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland

SB: 2 Guttural Response
2 True Believer
1 Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Karakas
1 Glacial Chasm
1 Maze of Ith
1 Wasteland
1 Wispmare
2 Wax/Wane
3 Crop Rotation


The free side event for Taiga/Wooded Foothills was won by Andy Probasco

Best decklist name was 'Destroying Rhode Island' by Corey Szamier

Worst decklist name was 'Sir Triskelion's League of Disruptive Gentlemen' by Carebear :p

The event was organized by

me


and the head judge was Joe Harrington

This photo was taken from Magic Game Day back on Halloween.  He won best costume for dressing as... me :p


Joe did a fantastic job judging the entire weekend.

Kyle Leith and ELD also top 8'd the Sunday Legacy tournament that had 39 players.  Kyle won on Sunday.

My next Eternal Weekend will be on March 13th and March 14th.  More info here:
http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=39725.0

I thank everyone for their support and look forward to seeing you all again.

- Dave Feinstein

[Nefarias]

and the head judge was Joe Harrington

This photo was taken from Magic Game Day back on Halloween.  He won best costume for dressing as... me :p

This costume is inaccurate. There's no stain on his shirt.

[Dxfiler]

This costume is inaccurate. There's no stain on his shirt.

There was a censored sign on his behind :p

- Dave

[Grand Inquisitor]

2nd place Steve Houlette
All 5 Moxen

Study and grow strong.

[MagicIsCardboardCrack]

Thanks for an AMAZING tournament!

PS Nick's son's name is actually Zack.

[Bill Copes]

Thanks for an AMAZING tournament!

Ditto!

I believe Steve was supposed to be declared the unofficial winner after the top 4 scoop-a-thon, but I'll take the first place whenever I can.

Brief summary:

I went 4-1-1.  My only 2 game losses (and eventual match loss) of the day were both to G.I. (semi-mirror match)  He's much better at the blue cards than myself 

I played against and defeated oath a grand total of 4 fucking times (Double-Dragon in the quarter-finals, Iona twice, and a Watskeburt!?-Oath hybrid during round one). Apparently, the room was full of shops, fish decks, other tezzez and ichorid, but somehow I'm a magnet for green enchantments.  It got to the point where after round 2 or 3, I made my own spirit tokens to carry around with me for the day.  Seriously.

Mystic Remora is the stone-cold balls in this format . . . especially when most of your opponents are running 57 cards that don't have the word "Creature" on them.

Greater Gargadon is the best invention of the previous decade, surpassing the iPhone, the snuggie, and that harness that you can put on your dog to force it to crap inside of a detachable bag.

I had a blast, played a lot of tight games and close matches.  All of my opponents were stellar, friendly, fun and competitive.  I can't wait to play vintage again!

[NV]

Six straight rounds of Vault/Key although I did get to see an Oath in round 2.  That's okay, Knight of the Reliquary and little white/green guys to the rescue!  Thought I was definately in with 4-1-1 but still had a great day.  Thanks Dave.

[Smmenen]

4th John Longo (lost decklist :p) /w Tezzerator

Ugh, I thought we were past this 'let's let people not reveal their decklists after major tournaments BS.'   

[pierce]

Six straight rounds of Vault/Key although I did get to see an Oath in round 2.  That's okay, Knight of the Reliquary and little white/green guys to the rescue!  Thought I was definately in with 4-1-1 but still had a great day.  Thanks Dave.

and the t4 is all vault/key. nice metagame. seriously, does no one play dredge there?

[Whatever Works]

4th John Longo (lost decklist :p) /w Tezzerator

Ugh, I thought we were past this 'let's let people not reveal their decklists after major tournaments BS.'   

I doubt it was about that Steve. I think its a combination of John Longo being a space cadet, and having the most unreadable writing imaginable. His list was very straightforward if your curious. Imagine a tezzeret build with maindeck Misdirection, spell pierce, and REB. It was my only loss in the swiss because off a jar he drew 2 counters, and 3 more off a timetwister (all on the same turn). Hope this helps a bit.

[Smmenen]

If the list was unreadable, wouldn't that trigger all kinds of judge violations when you get deck checked? 

[MagicIsCardboardCrack]

4th John Longo (lost decklist :p) /w Tezzerator

Ugh, I thought we were past this 'let's let people not reveal their decklists after major tournaments BS.'  

if that is the reason, I agree :-/

Six straight rounds of Vault/Key although I did get to see an Oath in round 2.  That's okay, Knight of the Reliquary and little white/green guys to the rescue!  Thought I was definately in with 4-1-1 but still had a great day.  Thanks Dave.

Nick? Finally online?

Six straight rounds of Vault/Key although I did get to see an Oath in round 2.  That's okay, Knight of the Reliquary and little white/green guys to the rescue!  Thought I was definately in with 4-1-1 but still had a great day.  Thanks Dave.

and the t4 is all vault/key. nice metagame. seriously, does no one play dredge there?

Pretty sure I was the only Dredge player there. It didn't go too well :-/

[Whatever Works]

If the list was unreadable, wouldn't that trigger all kinds of judge violations when you get deck checked? 

In a sanctioned tournement. Yes. In a 20 proxy tournement with some of the worst proxies I have ever seen. No. Im sure Feinstein will give you an explanation eventually. Who knows... Maybe he will even post the results for the Legacy event that I won on Sunday with Belcher.

I played with a proxied time vault, and that was it. But, some players went entire games without a single real card. Made the game a lot less fun, and a lot more of a hastle having to strain my eyes reading bad proxies. It made me wish we went back to the days of 5 proxie events. At least then people were encouraged to collect toward getting power instead of instantly selling power to whatever dealer would buy them.

[Dxfiler]

4th John Longo (lost decklist :p) /w Tezzerator

Ugh, I thought we were past this 'let's let people not reveal their decklists after major tournaments BS.'  

Wow you're reading into 'lost decklist' way too much.

I legitimately lost his decklist.  There's no hidden message there like he told me to hold it back or anything.

I'm the last person to with-hold decklists.

I just lost his, that's all.  Sorry about that.

- Dave

[Dxfiler]

Maybe he will even post the results for the Legacy event that I won on Sunday with Belcher.

Sorry, been extremely busy running my store and scheduling events... plus one of my TV's blew out.  

Coverage of the Sunday Legacy plus decklists can be found here:
http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?15856-1-24-Die-Hard-Games-Sunday-Legacy!

I played with a proxied time vault, and that was it. But, some players went entire games without a single real card. Made the game a lot less fun, and a lot more of a hastle having to strain my eyes reading bad proxies. It made me wish we went back to the days of 5 proxie events. At least then people were encouraged to collect toward getting power instead of instantly selling power to whatever dealer would buy them.

You can't deny that 20 proxies encouraged people to play the format.  Many of them were people I had not seen play Vintage before, and there were even a couple players I've never seen before period... and I know everybody ;P

41 People showing up for New England Vintage in the current stage it's in is fantastic... especially with another er, 'competing' type one tournament on that day.

Really 80+ people playing vintage in 2 different locations in the Northeast on the same day should be considered a success for Type One.

I hope the people who were giving me guff for running this the same day as another Vintage tournament now understand that it ended up being a good thing for the health/growth of the format.

Anyway that's really all I have for now.  My next Eternal Weekend is March 13th/March 14th.  

I'm working on getting a Magic Game Day but am experiencing some issues with that, so if it falls through there will be another Vintage Tournament in March.

Thanks to everyone who showed.  I'm glad I got to write a love letter to Vintage and I thank those who helped me with it.

- Dave

[Suicideking]

Hey dave. Congrats on the turnout. Is there bigger pics somewhere?  They're tiny on my screen.

[Dxfiler]

Hey dave. Congrats on the turnout. Is there bigger pics somewhere?  They're tiny on my screen.

Thanks

There sure are:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11764968@N07/sets/72157623292728304/

- Dave

[Nefarias]

Maybe he will even post the results for the Legacy event that I won on Sunday with Belcher.

Sorry, been extremely busy running my store and scheduling events... plus one of my TV's blew out.  

You know you've been playing too much Type One when...

You wonder how the hell someone goes about blowing out a Time Vault.

[MagicIsCardboardCrack]

Maybe he will even post the results for the Legacy event that I won on Sunday with Belcher.

Sorry, been extremely busy running my store and scheduling events... plus one of my TV's blew out.  

You know you've been playing too much Type One when...

You wonder how the hell someone goes about blowing out a Time Vault.

must...resist..."blowing" jokes...about...Andy.......

[voltron00x]

If the list was unreadable, wouldn't that trigger all kinds of judge violations when you get deck checked? 

In a sanctioned tournement. Yes. In a 20 proxy tournement with some of the worst proxies I have ever seen. No. Im sure Feinstein will give you an explanation eventually. Who knows... Maybe he will even post the results for the Legacy event that I won on Sunday with Belcher.

I played with a proxied time vault, and that was it. But, some players went entire games without a single real card. Made the game a lot less fun, and a lot more of a hastle having to strain my eyes reading bad proxies. It made me wish we went back to the days of 5 proxie events. At least then people were encouraged to collect toward getting power instead of instantly selling power to whatever dealer would buy them.

Your deck is very close to what I ran at Legacy Champs in '08, even down to the Plunge... awesome sauce.  I think its a lot better than the versions that play Desperate Ritual and no Infernal Tutor.

[Tobi]

Dave, thanks for the lists. Too bad you're not playing anymore. I will never forget the good old Kird Ape times... (and of course Savannah Lions, but I liked the Kird Apes more)

Some missing cards:
Kyle's list misses 5 cards (Ancestral Recall listed twice)
DA's list missing one card (you already noticed)
John's list missing 60 cards and 15 sideboard cards :p

--> http://www.morphling.de/top8decks.php?id=1212

[Dxfiler]

Dave, thanks for the lists. Too bad you're not playing anymore. I will never forget the good old Kird Ape times... (and of course Savannah Lions, but I liked the Kird Apes more)

Some missing cards:
Kyle's list misses 5 cards (Ancestral Recall listed twice)
DA's list missing one card (you already noticed)
John's list missing 60 cards and 15 sideboard cards :p

--> http://www.morphling.de/top8decks.php?id=1212

Thanks Tobi.  I still am a great admirer of your site.  =D

I still play when I can, but it's extremely rare.  I'm just too busy with the store, but I guess that's a good thing.  

PTQ's are currently in the middle of Kird Ape season (known as extended to most :p), plus they just made White Kird Apes, so I'll probably be sneaking around a ptq or two soon  

As for updates on upcoming events of mine, it's looking increasingly like I will not be having a Magic Game Day.  I'll know by the end of the week...

if this is the case I have a very hot replacement tourney lined up and it would be vintage =D

That's it for now.  Thanks again for the kind words.

Had a great time during Eternal weekend and am looking forward greatly to the next ones on March 13th/March 14th.

- Dave

[Dxfiler]

So no Gameday this time around since WOTC ran out of kits, but I'll be replacing it with another vintage tourney =D


$10 Vintage 20 proxy for Library/Foil Delta/4 FTV Beserk
Full info here:
http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=39778.0

This precedes Eternal Weekend.  If you play in both $10 Vintage tourneys you receive $1 store credit.

I'm curious to see what shows up.  Looking in other threads there seems to be some new decks popping up.  Seeing alot of mono black.  Hoping fish shows up 

I think the format is more wide open than people make it out to be.  There were some good stax variants that came very close to top 8'ing last time, including a mono red one by Ray Robillard I liked alot.

I appreciate the comments from everyone who didn't accuse me of holding back decklists :p
Don't know how that came about, since I've never held back a list in my life and have always been critical of people that did it. 

Anyway that's it for me in this thread.  Thanks again to everyone who showed for Eternal Weekend.  It was a great success and I'm glad people really enjoyed themselves.

Hope to see you for either March 6th's Vintage, or Eternal Weekend on March 13th/14th... preferably all 3 =D

- Dave