Xtreme Games Top 8 Vintage Results 5-18-10

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We would like to thank everyone who came to this months Vintage Event for a Time Walk!! 
We had 27 entries in this event.
Our next event will be the 3rd Sunday in June, hope to see everyone here!

Thanks,
Xtreme Games

CONGRATULATIONS to Jake Kempfer  who Time Walked away with first place!!  Ha Ha ---I know that was really bad, but im really tired : )


Jake Kempfer- Die Oath Die   1st place @ Xtreme Games
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Island
2 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Snow-Covered Island
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15 land

1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
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1 creature

1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tinker
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Mystic Remora
4 Repeal
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Misdirection
1 Commandeer
1 Regrowth
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
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44 other spells

4 Nature's Claim
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Extirpate
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15 sideboard cards
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60 maindeck cards, 15 sideboard cards


Bob Homer 2nd place @ Xtreme Games
Shop type deck
Asked not to have deck list posted


Dan Carp-
I haven't played magic in a year but I can still win cause T1 players s*** and Oath is F****** awesome.dec
3rd Place @ Xtreme Games

4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Forest
2 Island
1 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
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17 lands

1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Terastodon
1 Darksteel Colossus
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3 creatures

1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Oath of Druids
1 Tinker
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
4 Spell Pierce
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Regrowth
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
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40 other spells

1 Terastodon
3 Nature's Claim
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Pithing Needle
2 Massacre
2 Thoughtseize
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15 sideboard cards
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60 maindeck cards, 15 sideboard cards



Jeff Levine- The Perfect Empire Storm 4th Place @ Xtreme Games
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Swamp
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13 land

1 Inkwell Leviathan
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1 creature

1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Brain Freeze
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Timetwister
1 Memory Jar
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Necropotence
2 Thoughtseize
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Mind's Desire
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Force of Will
4 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Ponder
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Brainstorm
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Misdirection
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Rebuild
1 Grim Tutor
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46 other spells

4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Rebuild
1 Engineered Plague
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Cast Through Time
1 Razormane Masticore
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15 sideboard cards
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60 maindeck cards, 15 sideboard cards


Danny Friedman- 61 Card Wonder 5th Place @ Xtreme Games

1 Library of Alexandria
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Flooded Strand
2 Volcanic Island
6 Island
1 Polluted Delta
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15 lands

1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Surrakar Spellblade
2 Looter il-Kor
3 Magus of the Moon
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7 creatures

1 Fact or Fiction
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Spell Snare
1 Tinker
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Accumulated Knowledge
2 Deep Analysis
2 Sword of Fire and Ice
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
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39 other spells

1 Energy Flux
4 Annul
3 Mind Harness
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Firespout
1 Pyroclasm
1 Flametongue Kavu
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15 sideboard cards
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61 maindeck cards, 15 sideboard cards




Jeremiah Goertz- 6th place @ Xtreme Games

3 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Swamp
1 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Library of Alexandria
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18 lands

2 Trygon Predator
4 Dark Confidant
4 Dimir Cutpurse
1 Sower of Temptation
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11 creatures

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Rebuild
1 Regrowth
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Misdirection
3 Spell Snare
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
2 Engineered Explosives
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31 other spells

3 Nature's Claim
3 Sower of Temptation
3 Yixlid Jailer
3 Planar Void
1 Trygon Predator
2 Glen Elendra Archmage
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15 sideboard cards
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60 maindeck cards, 15 sideboard cards



John Beste- Bombs, Not Food! 7th Place @ Xtreme Games

3 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Forest
2 Island
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
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17 lands

1 Terastodon
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
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3 creatures

1 Time Walk
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
4 Oath of Druids
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Regrowth
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Spell Pierce
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
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40 other spells

1 Smother
4 Nature's Claim
2 Pithing Needle
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Echoing Truth
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Massacre
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Terastodon
1 Thoughtseize
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15 sideboard cards

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60 maindeck cards, 15 sideboard cards


Ryan Forsberg- 8th Place @ Xtreme Games

1 Library of Alexandria
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Forbidden Orchard
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14 land

1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
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1 creature

4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
2 Mystic Remora
1 Frantic Search
1 Duress
1 Brainstorm
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Lotus Petal
1 Windfall
1 Timetwister
1 Memory Jar
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
3 Spell Pierce
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Brain Freeze
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Mind's Desire
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Time Walk
1 Rebuild
1 Tinker
1 Ponder
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45 other spells

4 Oath of Druids
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Tropical Island
1 Underground Sea
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Krosan Grip
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Terastodon
1 Forest
1 Duress
1 Bribery

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15 sideboard cards

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60 maindeck cards, 15 sideboard cards

[hvndr3d y34r h3x]

If it's not an issue, can we get a meta breakdown?

[M.Solymossy]

If it's not an issue, can we get a meta breakdown?

The Meta was awful.


I played against Stifle Naught, and Jeremiah's "I draw 3 force of wills in 3 turns".dec

[i_set_fire]

The Meta was awful.

damnit i should have gone.  i would have fit in perfectly!

[theLastGnu]

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Danny Friedman- 61 Card Wonder 5th Place @ Xtreme Games
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2 Looter il-Kor
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This makes me entirely too happy.

[Mr. Scragglesworthington]

My decklist (Jeremiah - 6th place) is missing an Emerald.  Otherwise it looks right, offhand.

3 FoW's?  That's nothing.  What about:  Opp lays vault + key turn 1, I lay turn 1 Lotus + Engineered Explosives FTW.  Soly, you need to practice your cutting skills.    (Also, my deck just loves me.)

[M.Solymossy]

My decklist (Jeremiah - 6th place) is missing an Emerald.  Otherwise it looks right, offhand.

3 FoW's?  That's nothing.  What about:  Opp lays vault + key turn 1, I lay turn 1 Lotus + Engineered Explosives FTW.  Soly, you need to practice your cutting skills.    (Also, my deck just loves me.)

I really do.   

[k1x]

Hey guys so I'm trying to avoid studying here so why not post a quick tournament report. Feel free to correct me if my notes aren't perfect. At no point did I think I was going to win this tournament and need to post a report...hence my poor note-taking.

round 1: Jeremiah Gourtz

Game 1 He gets an early bob down which gets him a bunch of CA. I fetched out an underground then tropical island. I had a few artifacts in play and was holding onto hurkyls and tendrils for a few turns trying to get to a second (B) but could never get there. His bob eventually swings in for the win
Game 2: My opener is pretty good with FoW+blue card and sower of temptation. He gets down an early Bob and I sower it with Fow back-up. There were some worries with the bob flips for awhile because I flipped Fow right away. However, he plays Dimir cutpurse and it trades with the bob and my sower just swings in for a few turns for GG
Game 3: He gets Bob down and adds a Glen Elendra to it. The game was not close.

0-1

Round 2: Andrew

Game 1: He looks at his hand for awhile and plays first turn mountain. I assume goblins and his play of goblin guide makes me more sure. However, he is playing something more like extended zoo plus lotus petal and black lotus. I quickly assemble key-vault and explain the text of tendrils of agony.

Game 2: He plays first turn hardcast rift bolt off lotus. I quickly assemble key-vault and he scoops.

1-1

Round 3: Derek Wochinski

He explains that I have been downpaired; this combined with my first round loss doesnt look too promising for making top 8. He scoops the match to me because he has no chance at top 8. What a guy.

We play 5 casual games and I think he got me 3-2 (none sideboarded) But this was a fun few games to play.

2-1

Round 4: Mike Noble

Game 1: I force his first turn mystic remora and respond by playing my own. It gets me some card advantage and I eventually COMMANDEER his time vault, which combined with the demonic tutor in my hand to win the game. booyah play of the day.

Game 2: We exchange a couple force of wills over some cards. He gets tezzeret down and finds time vault. In response to his tezz untap of time vault I repeal his time vault. It draws me into something good and gifts for the win on my next turn.

3-1

Round 5: Jeremy Seroogy

Game 1: He gets a pretty sick opener and I try to combo on turn 2 or 3 and fizzle.

Game 2: I get a tezzeret down the turn before he would win, search up tormods crypt and get him. Next turn I find time vault and thats the game.

Game 3: I get first turn lotus+land --> demonic --> yixlid jailer
I have enough counters to back it up and the jailer gets there.

For the record, Yixlid Jailer is hands down the greatest anti-ichorid card of all time. I would consider splashing black just for this card.

4-1

I am second place going into top 8.

Top 8: John Beste

game 1: I play 2 mystic remoras and he play ancestral recall & regrowth--> ancestral recall while under remora. I then assemble key vault with some drain mana and win.

Game 2: I get stuck on one land for awhile and eventually get a remora down pretty late, but he has jace and top in play by now. He eventually sculpts the sickest hand ever and destroys me. Oh yeah and I countered one of his oaths and extirpated it this game. Booyah, second best play of the day.

Game 3: was epic. Unfortunately I don't have the notes to back it up. We exchange some nature's claims and a few force of wills and some drains. Eventually I get some cards off remora and combo him with remora in play.

5-1

Top 4: Dan Carp

Game 1:He gets an oath down and kicks my ass

Game 2: I extirpate something from him and see his hand is iona, jace top, drain. I somehow get the counters out of his hand and tinker into lotus and lotus into will. GG

Game 3: At some point he thoughtseizes me and sees a hand like tinker, will, drain, demonic, and random. He stood no chance.

6-1

Top 2: Bob Homer

Game 1: I get first turn mystic remora. He goes first turn land go. I pay for remora. He draws me 4 cards on remora. I force 2 relevant spells and hurkyls him at end step. This allows me to let mystic remora die and vampiric into time vault+key.

Game 2: He gets a first turn sphere. Then second turn solemn. he attacks me with it a couple times while I leave drain mana up. Eventually I just say fuck it and drop double tarmogoyf and its downhill for him from there.

7-1

Thanks for the time walk folks.

I don't think I'll ever play this deck again. Although mystic remora is an incredibly fun card I don't think this is the deck for it.

My goal for the tournament was to kill oath. Hence my deck name: die oath die. And it worked well. This deck plays very well against oath as the top 8 shows.

Thanks for another great tournament.

p.s. soly you always think the meta sucks

[hvndr3d y34r h3x]

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Danny Friedman- 61 Card Wonder 5th Place @ Xtreme Games
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2 Looter il-Kor
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This makes me entirely too happy.

Its a pretty cute list, Danny’s been playing it with decent results for months and he's a good player. The oath matchup is something like 30-70 in oath's favor though. He definitely got there by playing tight.

also, he told me he's upping the number of looter il-kor.