TO Report: The Council Open #2 - TPG - Bloomsburg, PA - 2/5/11

[Kameli0n]

Big thanks goes out to all that made the trek down here to The Player's Guild in Bloomsburg, PA to play some vintage magic. Great to see some new faces, along with all the faithful vintage players that have been coming to these events regularly now. 26 players battled today despite the hoooorrrrrriiiibbbbblllllllle eee weather. Big thanks to Eric again for letting us use his space for vintage cards, and a bigger thanks for everyone who came out to support the Council Open.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
Tezzeret: 2 - 7.69%
Oath: 4 - 15.38%
Weldersphere: 2 - 7.69%
Jace Control: 2 - 7.69%
Snake City Vault: 1 - 3.85%

Workshops:
Metalworker MUD: 4 - 15.38%
Expresso: 1 - 3.85%
Mono Red Shops: 1 - 3.85%


Combo:
Gush Storm: 4 - 15.38%
Worldgorger Combo: 1 - 3.85%


Null Rods:
Noble Fish: 1 - 3.85%
Dark Times: 1 - 3.85%
Landstill: 1 - 3.85%
Foodchain Goblins: 1 - 3.85%

This event was run with 5 swiss rounds with the cut to top 8.

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Coss, Nick vs. Reitenauer, Dave - Coss wins
Ball, Bela vs. Bilarczak, Andrew - Bilarczak wins
Shaw, Sam vs. Jones, John - Shaw wins
Butker, Josh vs. Mastriano, Paul - Butker wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

Coss, Nick vs. Butker, Josh - Coss wins
Bilarczak, Andrew vs. Shaw, Sam - Bilarczak wins

Finals

Coss, Nick vs. Bilarczak, Andrew - SPLIT

     A big thanks again to Eric for helping us out with a location to play, and another thanks for inviting us to come back in the future for more fun events! And again, thanks to everyone for coming out to help support the game! Congrats to Nick and Andrew for splitting an Unlimited Mox Jet and 100 dollars in table credit!

Note: Due to his continued good faith and positive effort to aid the vintage community, Justin Morford was awarded a misty rainforest for good sportsmanship. Justin has aided new players throughout the last few tournaments and has been calm and supportive when doing so, even during his matches against them.

Top 8 Decklists:

Finalist - Nick Coss
Worldgorger Combo
4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
2 Island
1 Swamp
4 Underground Sea
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
4 Dark Confidant
3 Worldgorger Dragon
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
4 Duress
4 Force of Will
2 Intuition
2 Read the Runes
2 Animate Dead
2 Dance of the Dead
1 Necromancy
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Sensei's Divining Top

SB:
4 Mana Drain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Tinker
1 Sundering Titan
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Finalist - Andrew Bilarczak
Jace Control

2 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical island
2 Volcanic Island
4 City of Brass
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Mindslaver
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Repeal
3 Preordain
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Nature's Claim
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
3 Mana Drain
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Goblin Welder
4 Force of Will

SB:
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
2 Nature's Claim
2 Thoughtseize
2 Doom Blade
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pithing Needle

Semi-Finalist - Joshua Butker
Expresso Stax

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
3 Rishadan Port
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 Smokestack
4 Tangle Wire
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Sphere of  Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Trinisphere
4 Serum Powder
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Duplicant

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Maze of Ith
2 Ghost Quarter
2 Pithing Needle
2 Spawning Pit
1 Duplicant
1 Wurmcoil Engine

Semi-Finalist - Sam Shaw
Tyrant Oath

4 Preordain
4 Gush
3 Thoughtseize
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Oath of Druids
2 Tidespout Tyrant
1 Flash of Insight
1 Brain Freeze
1 Brainstorm
1 Nature's Claim
1 Fastbond
1 Krosan Reclamation
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
4 Force of Will
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Island
1 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Polluted Delta
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Misty Rainforest

SB:
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Nature's Claim
1 Mana Crypt
1 Rebuild
1 Forest
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Yixlid Jailer
2 Pyroblast
1 Extirpate
4 Leyline of the Void

Quarter-Finalist - Dave Reitenauer
Metalworker MUD

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
2 City of Traitors
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Mishra's Factory
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Metalworker
1 Black Lotus
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Steel Hellkite
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
2 Karn, Silver Golem
2 Sculpting Steel
1 Crucible of Worlds

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Duplicant
1 Pithing Needle
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Sculpting Steel
1 Wurmcoil Engine

Quarter-Finalist - Bela Ball
Metalworker MUD

4 Metalworker
4 Steel Hellkite
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Razormane Masticore
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
2 Staff of Domination
1 Trinisphere
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Sword of Body and Mind
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
2 Ghost Quarter
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:

2 Duplicant
2 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Sculpting Steel
2 Tormod's Crypt
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Triskelion
2 Crucible of Worlds

Quarter-Finalist - Paul Mastriano
Gush Storm

1 Flooded Strand
2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Polluted Delta
1 Island
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Gush
4 Preordain
4 Force of Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Fastbond
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Imperial Seal
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Tinker
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ponder
1 Necropotence
1 Brainstorm
1 Mox Pearl
2 Thoughtseize
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus

1 Slaughter Pact
1 Doom Blade
1 Forest
3 Nature's Claim
2 Duress
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Rebuild

Quarter-Finalist - John Jones
Tezzeret

1 Timetwister
1 Rebuild
1 Echoing Truth
2 Preordain
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Tezzeret, the Seeker
4 Force of Will
2 Mana Drain
3 Spell Pierce
1 Myr Battlesphere
3 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Mox Opal
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
2 Grim Monolith
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Underground Sea
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest

SB:
3 Hurkyl's Recall
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Mountain
3 Relic of Progenitus
1 Echoing Truth
2 Ravenous Trap
2 Lightning Bolt

Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg Council Vintage event is set for March 5th, 2011 at this point in time. If anyone has any input on this date please let me know asap. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations Nick, Andrew, and Justin!!!

[Womba]

No Dredge decks?!?! Sick tourney bro...

[V is for Vintage]

what was the 15th card in Paul's sideboard?

And yes, no dredge decks, but you gotta still pack the hate

[covetousrat]

It seems that Gush Storm isn't performing too well lately. T_T

[brokenbacon]

Not to nitpick, but Nick Coss' WGD is missing 2 cards main. I'm guessing Time Walk and Ancestral??? I was pretty blown away to not see those. Thanks for posting these, Kameli0n.

[KingSquee]

How did Blightsteel Colossus work out for you, Paul?

Also, three Steelers fans that I know of (Mastriano, Reitnauer, and Bilarczyk) made top 8, so predictions of their defeat in tonight's Super Bowl Big Game (don't want to be sued by the No Fun League) based on Coss slaying a couple of their fans in the Swiss rounds may have been a bit premature. I'm still sticking with my prediction of Packers 35, Steelers 28 though.

[Elric]

Paul Mastriano's list has two Time Walks!

[Tobi]

Thanks for the lists!
Indeed, Paul's list is missing 2 cards (Tim Walk was listed twice). Maybe 3 Jaces instead of just one?
Rest of the lists I was able to sort our the missing cards. Nick's missed Anc and Walk, Dave missed 4 Sphere of Resistance.
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[voltron00x]

Paul Mastriano's list has two Time Walks!

Another Meandeck Innovation! (TM) 
 

I'll tell you, this Paul fellow is back to his old self again, just making every top 8 there is.  Nice work.

And Mr. Coss, showing why he was not pleased about being left off the grudge match voting.  Maybe there should be a Team TO?  Ray / Nick D / Nick C would be a hell of a team... just saying.

[Iron_Chef]

Maybe there should be a Team TO?  Ray / Nick D / Nick C would be a hell of a team... just saying.

I approve this message!

[Asphyxious]

As per usual, great tourney Kameli0n.  Definitely gonna try to be at the next one, too.

[internalrust]

Sorry i couldn't be there.  Was really sick this past weekend.  Will more than likely make the next one though.  Congrats to nick!  I hope someday to sit across from him and square off and see what happens.  And finally, congrats to all those that were in the top 8.

[The Atog Lord]

Nick Coss, that is nothing short of heroic. Very nice.

[Demonic Attorney]

Nice to see my creation alive and well out there. 

Nick, did you play any Shops matches?  How'd they go?

[Marske]

Nick Coss you're my hero ! That's one awesome performance with an awesome deck!

Maybe there should be a Team TO?  Ray / Nick D / Nick C would be a hell of a team... just saying.

I approve this message!

That team would probably clean house !

[Mr. Type 4]

I'll tell you, this Paul fellow is back to his old self again, just making every top 8 there is.  Nice work.

Ha!  thanks, man. 

This was another fun tournament up in Bloomsburg.  I met a girl that lives right out near there, so I'll probably be at a lot of these, lol. it's a win-win.

[Tobi]

Paul, what are is the missing cards in your list?

edit: found Mox Pearl which was missing initially, one card still missing
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