TO Report for BBGD #19, Metagame Breakdown, Top 8 Decklists, etc

[Iron_Chef]

First of all, let me say thank you to the 44 players who came out and battled December 3rd, and to the over 140 players who played at Blue Bell Game Days in 2011 (now if only I could get half of you to show up every time, 70+ man monthly tournaments?  We'll see what 2012 brings).  It has been a lot of fun being the one running these events, through the huge events and the small events, I thank all of you for making the past two years of Blue Bell Game Days possible.  Congratulations to Josh Potucek for winning the Blue Bell Player of the Year for 2011.  He has earned the right to play for free at my events in 2012, which will now be taking place at my new store, Top Deck Games in Westmont, NJ as a part of the Northeast Vintage Series.  A huge thanks to Mike Coyle, Chas Hinkle, Nicola DiPasquale, and Abe Corson, whose efforts have all made these tournaments what they are (which is awesome).

Here's the Metagame breakdown for the past BBGD.

Sun Titan Dredge	6	13.64%
Landstill	3	6.82%
Rainbow Demon Oath	3	6.82%
Snapcaster Bob Control	2	4.55%
Elephant Oath	2	4.55%
Reanimator	2	4.55%
East Coast Wins	2	4.55%
Gro	2	4.55%
Espresso Stax	2	4.55%
Red Stax	2	4.55%
R/G Beats	2	4.55%
Noble Fish	2	4.55%
Dark Times	2	4.55%
Turbo Still	1	2.27%
Top Deck Games Slaver	1	2.27%
Oath Reanimator	1	2.27%
Kuldotha Combo	1	2.27%
Affinity	1	2.27%
Slash Panther Aggro	1	2.27%
UGR Threshold	1	2.27%
R/B Fish	1	2.27%
Elves	1	2.27%
Goblins	1	2.27%
ANT	1	2.27%
Gush Storm	1	2.27%

                  

Here's how the Top 8 Played out:

Matt Elias (Gro) defeated Seth Zulinski (ANT)
Visna Harris (3 Decks, 1 Box) defeated Jeff Folinus (Stax)
Michael Sheffnacker (MUD) defeated Ali Jafri (Threshold)
Yu So (Noble Fish) defeated John Jones (Turbostill)

And the Top 4:
Matt Elias (Gro) defeated Visna Harris (3 Decks, 1 Box)
Michael Sheffnacker (MUD) defeated Yu So (Noble Fish)

AAnd the Finals!
Matt Elias (Gro) defeated Michael Sheffnacker (MUD) in the finals, winnings boatloads of awesome.

Great job Matt!  Congratulations!

Top 8 Decklists, in no particular order! Mua ha ha!

1st Place: Matt Elias playing Gro

1 Ponder
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 ITme Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Preordain
1 Fastbond
1 Flusterstorm
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Tinker
4 Gush
2 Dark Confidant
3 Mental Misstep
4 Mystic Remora
4 Force of Will
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Trygon Predator
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
2 Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Scalding Tarn

Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Trygon Predator
3 Nature's Claim
1 Forest
1 Dismember
1 Flusterstorm

2nd Place: Michael Sheffnacker playing MUD

4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Slash Panther
1 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
1 Sphere of Resistance
1 Null Rod
1 Trinisphere
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
 1 Mishra's Factory
Sideboard:
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Sphere of Resistance
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Precursor Golem
2 Razormane Masticore
2 Wurmcoil Engine

Top 4: Visna Harris playing 3 Decks, 1 Box

1 Worldgorger Dragon
1 Mindshrieker
1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Reanimate
3 Animate Dead
1 Necromancy
1 Entomb
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Accumulated Knowledge
1 THirst for KNowledge
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
4 Force fo Will
1 Misdirection
4 Thoughtseize
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Cabal Therapy
1 Echoing Truth
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Dark Ritual
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Swamp
Sideboard
3 Worldgorger Dragon
4 Bloodghast
4 Standstill
4 Mishra's Factory

Top 4: Yu So playing Noble Fish

4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Qasali Pridemage
4 Meddling Mage
3 Trygon Predator
4 Aven Mindcensor
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
3 Gitaxian Probe
1 TIme Walk
3 Stony Silence
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
Sideboard
3 Mental Misstep
3 Nature's Claim
3 Path to Exile
4 Ravenous Trap
2 Surgical Extraction

Top 8: Ali Jafri playing DE-Threshold

1 Forest
1 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Strip Mine
3 Tropical Island
4 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland

4 Delver of Secrets
1 Magus of the Unseen
3 Snapcaster Mage
1 Trygon Predator
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Fire/Ice
4 Force of Will
3 Lightning Bolt
2 Mental Misstep
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Nature's Claim
3 Null Rod
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
2 Spell Pierce
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Time Walk
Sideboard:
3 Energy Flux
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Nature's Claim
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pyroblast
1 Ravenous Trap
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Tormod's Crypt

Top 8: Seth Zulinski playing DE-ANT

4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Ad Nauseum
4 Tendrils of Agony
4 Chrome Mox
4 Chain of Vapor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Necropotence
1 Lotus Petal
4 Pact of Negaction
4 Duress
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Demonic Consultation1
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Underground Sea
3 Polluted Delta
2 Swamp
2 Island
Sideboard:
4 Dark Confidant
2 Slaughter Pact
2 Tormod's Crypt
4 Steel Sabotage
3 Hurkyl's Recall


Top 8: Jeff Folinus playing Red Stax

4 Mishra's Workshop
3 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Barbarian Ring
4 Mountain
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
4 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
4 Tangle Wire
3 Smokestack
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Goblin Welder
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
Sideboard
3 Duplicant
1 Dismember
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrel Vale
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Mental Misstep

Top 8: John Jones playing Turbostill

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
2 Grim Monolith
1 Sol RIng
1 Mana Vault
3 Snow Covered Island
2 Island
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Misdirection
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 TInker
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Vault
2 Voltaic Key
1 Timetwister
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
2 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Echoing Truth
2 Spell Pierce
1 Mental Misstep
3 Standstill
Sideboard:
2 Sower of Temptation
3 Energy Flux
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Ravenous Trap
3 Relic of Progenitus
1 Dismember
1 Flusterstorm

[Womba]

SIX DREDGE DECKS!!!....the MOST PLAYED DECK.....and none made top 8....someone restrict something from it quick!

Joking aside, I think this just goes to show that with proper testing, sideboard prep, and game planining people can keep this deck in check. I mean the deck does have a bit of variance to it as well which also keeps it in check at times.

This tournament also illustrates just how diverse the metagame has become for Vintage, which is an awesome thing.

[Twaun007]

The 3 Decks, 1 Box list looks awesome!

Congratz on Elias crushing his way to the top.

[brokenbacon]

This was a fantastic tourney, thanks again Nick.
I remember playing against Visna before the re-pair - he had played Ancestral and Snapcaster, flashing back Ancestral. He then played Ritual or something and I said "SNOB Tendrils?" I recieved the weirdest look I've seen in a while from anybody.
I now see the error of my ways. That is a nutty pile. Loving it.

[Prospero]

3 Decks, 1 Box is the greatest deck name of all time.

[voltron00x]

3 Decks, 1 Box is the greatest deck name of all time.

You ain't kidding. 

Thanks again to Nick and to AU for this event, I can't think of a better way to close out my POTY and the Blue Bell Vintage series than by taking it down.

[Teps]

Never thought I see Mindshrieker in Vintage...man what have I been missing.

[Vise]

3 Decks, 1 Box:
Hard Deck to play and will take time to master, so many combo’s.
By the finals, my mind was Mindshrieked.
**Received the weirdest look…Come on, it wasn’t that bad.

Vintage Mindshrieking is Priceless:
Imperial Seal, Vampiric or Mystical Tutor for Jin-Gitaxias…3 mana spent..11/11 flying. Cast Animate Dead on Jin or Dragon, smile at opponent 
If opponent cast’s Imperial Seal, Vampiric or Mystical Tutor, 2 mana spent, that card goes bye bye.
Vs. Shops:
Let’s just say, the bird gets Pumped.

Need i say more ?

[brokenbacon]

**Received the weirdest look…... Come on, it wasn’t that bad.

Hahaha I just felt embarrassed at my naivete regarding Vintage deck tech.

[Womba]

Never thought I see Mindshrieker in Vintage...man what have I been missing.

I would like to credit Tom Dixon for telling me to include this card in my Innistrad set review.....
 

[Samoht]

I'd like to thank Mark for crediting me.