TO Report: The Council Open #12 - TPG - Bloomsburg, PA - 12/17/11

[Kameli0n]

Big thanks goes out to all that made the trek down here to The Players 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. Especially with the holiday season. We had 19 players in attendance today despite Santa coming to town!! Top 4 were awarded for this event. 1st was an Unlimited Mox Pearl, 2nd was $75 in credit, 3rd and 4th were $50 in credit for their efforts. Big thanks to everyone who came out to support the Council Open.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
Meandeck Landstill: 1 – 5.26%
Grow: 1 – 5.26%
Turbo Tezz: 1 – 5.26%
Demon Oath: 1 – 5.26%
East Coast Wins: 1 – 5.26%

Workshops:
Cat Stax: 1 – 5.26%
Kuldotha:  1 – 5.26%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 1 – 5.26%

Null Rods:
Dark Times: 2 – 10.53%
Goblins: 1 – 5.26%
Noble Fish: 1 – 5.26%
Christmas Beatings: 3 – 15.79%
Boros: 1 – 5.26%


Combo:
Tendrils: 2 – 10.53%
Elves: 1 – 5.26%

This event was run with 4 swiss rounds with the cut to top 8.

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Navickas, Justin vs. Edwards, Robert – Edwards wins
Picozzo, Vito vs. Butker, Joshua – Picozzo wins
Sees, Bill vs. Brown, Brandon – Sees wins
Kohler, Justin vs. Pope, Brienne – Pope wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results
Picozzo, Vito vs. Sees, Bill – Sees wins
Edwards, Robert vs. Pope, Brienne – Edwards wins

Finals

Edwards, Robert vs. Sees, Bill – Sees Wins
     Please inform us of any suggestions you may have for us to improve our tournaments in the future! And again, thanks to everyone for coming out to help support the game! Congrats to Bill for winning it all!

Top 8 Decklists:


First – Bill Sees
“Meandeck Landstill”
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Fire/Ice
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Jace the Mind Sculptor
2 Misdirection
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Mental Misstep
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Standstill
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Mishra’s Factory
2 Underground Sea
2 Island
3 Volcanic Island
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand

SB:
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Ingot Chewer
1 Energy Flux
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Ghost Quarter
2 Lightning Bolt


Second  – Rob Edwards
“Git-Er-Dun (Gitaxian Long”

1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Snow-covered Swamp
2 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
4 Dark Ritual
1 Cabal Ritual
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
4 Force of Will
4 Thoughtseize
4 Gitaxian Probe
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Necropotence
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Timetwister
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Memory Jar

SB:
3 Mental Misstep
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Pithing Needle
3 Steel Sabatoge
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Swamp
1 Island


Quarter-Finalist – Brienne Pope
“Dark Times”

2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Dark Depths
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
10 Swamp
4 Dark Confidant
4 Vampire Hexmage
1 Hex Parasite
1 Pithing Needle
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Black Lotus
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Necropotence
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Thoughtseize
1 Mind Twist
1 Imperial Seal
4 Duress
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Diabolic Edict
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Liliana of the Veil

SB:
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Perish
1 Chains of Mephistopheles
2 Snuff Out
3 Mental Misstep
1 Diabolic Edict
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Hex Parasite
2 Emissary of Despair


Quarter-Finalist – Vito Picozzo
“East Coast Wins”[/b]

3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
2 Flusterstorm
2 Mental Misstep
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Fastbond
1 Time Walk
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Tinker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Gush
1 Preordain
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta

SB:
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Dismember
2 Pyroclasm
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Mental Misstep
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixlid Jailer


Semi-Finalist – Brandon Brown
“Cat Stax”

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Trinisphere
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
2 Duplicant
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Tangle Wire
3 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Slash Panther
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Mishra’s Factory
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Wasteland
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Workshop

SB:
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Pithing Needle
2 Null Rod
2 Precursor Golem
2 Gut Shot
1 Triskelion
4 Relic of Progenitus


Semi-Finalist – Justin Kohler
“”

1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Cabal Ritual
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Dark Ritual
4 Force of Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Ponder
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
2 Preordain
3 Duress
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Imperial Seal
3 Mental Misstep
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
2 Swamp
2 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Duress
1 Rebuild
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Steel Sabatoge
1 Swamp
1 Island


Semi-Finalist – Justin Navickas
“Demon Oath”

4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Oath of Druids
3 Rune-scarred Demon
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Gaea’s Blessing
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Spell Pierce
2 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
3 Preordain

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Extirpate
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Pithing Needle


Semi-Finalist – Josh Butker
“Stax”-

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Rishadan Port
1 Buried Ruins
1 Mishra’s Factory
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
2 Expedition Map
4 Smokestack
1 Trinisphere
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Tangle Wire
3 Crucible of Worlds

SB:
2 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Razoermane Masticore
2 Dismember
1 Maze of Ith
1 Mishra’s Factory
2 Pithing Needle
1 Leyline of the Void
4 Surgical Extraction


Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg Council Vintage event is not set as of yet. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to the top 4!!!

[A.-1.]

Congrats to Bill for taking this one down, Brienne for making your first top four, and the rest of top eight. Sorry your bet didn't pan out Justin, but it was fun watching you play something other than Shops.

Shawn the event was five rounds not four.

[Tempus]

Second  – Rob Edwards
“Git-Er-Dun (Gitaxian Long”

That guy! :-*

[Pokey]

Sorry your bet didn't pan out Justin, but it was fun watching you play something other than Shops.

Yeah, it was a pretty fun tournament.  Didn't misplay as much as I thought I would either.  Might have to give the deck another try sometime.

It seems that rituals might not be dead after all...

[Yukon Cornelius]

Congrats to Bill for taking this one down, Brienne for making your first top four, and the rest of top eight. Sorry your bet didn't pan out Justin, but it was fun watching you play something other than Shops.

Thanks so much! The day was awesome and I'm so glad I went. Can't wait till next time, Dark Times is comin for ya lol.

[Onslaught]

Kohler's deck is very interesting. . .

[ModflyDesign]

Gut Shot

[Tobi]

Great to see some Rituals again in a top 8 list.

Missing card trivia:
Vito's deck is missing 2 cards maindeck
--> http://morphling.de/top8decks.php?id=1529

[A.-1.]

Great to see some Rituals again in a top 8 list.

Missing card trivia:
Vito's deck is missing 2 cards maindeck
--> http://morphling.de/top8decks.php?id=1529

I was happy to see Rituals too 

My guess on Vito's list is two Volcanic Island.

[Yukon Cornelius]

Don't call it a comeback, we've been here for years lol. No but seriously, mental misstep is SUCH a pain! I board it in half the time just to misstep missteps.

[Kameli0n]

Decklist updated to reflect two missing volcanic islands. Thank you.

[Ten-Ten]

It seems that rituals might not be dead after all...

[Ufactor]

I am happy and quite surprised to see TPS thriving in a Gush meta.  It looks like the key is having eight cards that allow you to see the opponents hand.  This is perfect for knowing when to combo into Tinker or Tendrils.

..While at face value, Gitaxian Probe looks strictly worse than Preordain, it has amazing synergy with TPS that exists in almost no other deck.  Most of it was articulately stated here, I'll also add that it enables you to fire off a mid-game Yawgmoth's Will with virtually no investment  ..go ritual, Probe twice, cast will, Probe twice again, PROFIT.

You can do similar tricks with Tendrils, stringing together very small spells, chaining to ten storm and four mana without ever resolving a restricted card.  Those individuals who played Meandeck Storm-X know exactly how this process works.

Thorough props to Rob Edwards!

[A.-1.]

Gitaxian Probe was definitely the MVP of the deck. Eastman and others in that thread were definitely the reason I chose that particular build of TPS. Thanks for the props.