TO Report: The Council Open #3 - TPG - Bloomsburg, PA - 05/12/12

[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. Unfortunately, we had a very low turnout. Only 17 participants. Which included myself to increase prize support.! Top 4 were awarded for this event. 1st was an Unlimited Mox Pearl, 2nd was $50 in credit, 3rd and 4th was $25 in credit, Top 4 decided to split for $100 each in credit. Big thanks to everyone who came out to support the Council Open. Finally a Council Open member has won a Council Open event!!!!!!!!!

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
Landstill: 2 – 11.76%
Midrange Bant: 1 – 5.88%   
Gush Storm: 1 – 5.88%
Reanimator: 1 – 5.88%
Griselbrand Oath: 1 – 5.88%
5c Keeper: 1 – 5.88%
Bomberman: 1 – 5.88%
Jace Control: 1 - 5.88%

Workshops:
Martello: 1 – 5.88%
Aggro:  4 – 23.53%

Bazaars:
Griselbrand Cagebreaker: 1 – 5.88%

Null Rods:
Noble Fish: 1 – 5.88%

Combo:
Painter: 1 – 5.88%

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Scalzo, Anthony vs. Griffiths, Shawn - Griffiths Wins
Edwards, Rob vs. Gotshall, Matthew - Edwards Wins
Kohler, Justin vs. Geras, Jonathan - Kohler Wins
Bergeman, Ryan vs. Sees, William - Bergeman Wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results
Edwards, Rob vs. Kohler, Justin - Edwards Wins
Griffiths, Shawn vs. Bergeman, Ryan - Griffiths Wins

Finals

Edwards, Rob vs. Griffiths, Shawn - Edwards 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 Rob for winning it all!

Top 8 Decklists:

First – Rob Edwards
“5c Keeper"

2 Polluted Delta
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Island
2 City of Brass
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Sower of Temptation
4 Force of Will
2 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tinker
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Balance
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Goblin Welder
1 Trygon Predator
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Fire/Ice
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Brainstorm

SB:

4 Leyline of the Void
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Ray of Revelation
1 Pernicious Deed

Second – Shawn Griffiths
“Midrange Bant”

2 Scavenging Ooze
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Qasali Pridemage
3 Trygon Predator
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Flusterstorm
3 Mental Misstep
2 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Windswept Heath
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Flooded Strand
1 Sol Ring
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Plains

SB:

2 Spell Pierce
2 Surgical Extraction
3 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Path to Exile

Semi-Finalist – Justin Kohler
“Red Deck Wins”[/b]

1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Black Lotus
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Force of Will
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Mana Drain
4 Mental Misstep
3 Spell Snare
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
4 Trinket Mage
2 Auriiok Salvagers
3 Aven Mindcensor
4 Flooded Strand
4 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Plains
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Tundra

SB:
2 Flusterstorm
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Tormod's Crypt
3 Swords to Plowshares
3 Kataki, War's Wage
3 Energy Flux
1 Pihting Needle

Semi-Finalist – Ryan Bergeman
“ur(b) Landstill”

4 Standstill
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Null Rod
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Mental Misstep
2 Fire/Ice
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Steel Sabatoge
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Echoing Truth
1 Misdirection
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Island
1 Mountain
3 Volcanic Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Faerie Conclave
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Underground Sea
4 Ingot Chewer
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Energy Flux

Quarter-Finalist – Matt Gottshall
“Stax”

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
2 City of Traitors
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Precursor Golem
4 Slash Panther
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Trinisphere

SB:
4 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Relic of Progenitus
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Duplicant
1 Precursor Golem

Quarter-Finalist – Anthony Scalzo
“Full of Win Dredge”

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Undiscovered Paradise
3 City of Brass
1 Dakmor Salvage
4 Serum Powder
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Nature's Claim
4 Mental Misstep
4 Bloodghast
4 Narcomoeba
2 Golgari Thug
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Bridge from Below
3 Ichorid
3 Dread Return
1 Flame-kin Zealot
2 Griselbrand
3 Unmask
4 Golgari Grave-Troll

SB:
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Nature's Claim
2 Wispmare
4 Ingot Chewer
3 Firestorm
4 Leyline of Sanctity

Quarter-Finalist – Jonathan Geras
“Ramrod Fish”

4 Noble Hierarch
3 Tarmogoyf
4 Trygon Predator
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Meddling Mage
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
4 Gitaxian Probe
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
3 Tundra
3 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Forest
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Scalding Tarn

SB:
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Ravenous Trap
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Wasteland
1 Tropical Island
1 Flusterstorm
4 Swords to Plowshares

Quarter-Finalist – William Sees
“ubw Landstill”

1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Echoing truth
4 Standstill
2 Stony Silence
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
1 Misdirection
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
4 Wasteland
3 Underground Sea
3 Tundra
1 Strip Mine
3 Mishra's Factory
3 Flooded Strand
1 Faerie Conclave
2 Marsh Flats
1 Black Lotus
1 Island
1 Hurkyl's Recall

SB:
3 Ravenoun Trap
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Flusterstorm
2 Perish
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Kataki, War's Wage
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Energy Flux


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 8!!!

[Tobi]

Justin Kohler played two decks? Or did two Justin Kohler's play? Who is the second Justin Kohler?  

Also, 2 quarter finalists and 4 semi finalists seems weird...

Missing cards:
- Justin Kohler (1) 61 cards MD, 14 cards SB
- Anthony Scalzo 56 cards MD

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[shrewarmies]

A painter deck with Null Rod? Does it runs its own repeals/ hurkyl's to bounce its rods?

[cvarosky80]

It was Matt Gotshall, not David Reitnauer who piloted Stax in the Top 8

[cvarosky80]

A painter deck with Null Rod? Does it runs its own repeals/ hurkyl's to bounce its rods?

I saw this deck being played next to me during my round 1 matchup and noticed that he ran Goblin Welders.

[shrewarmies]

Makes sense, just a little odd to see a Pinter deck under the Rod Pillar. Do we know where the deck fell in the standings? Obviously not top 8 but if it was higherish it would be an interesting list I am sure

[msg67183]

It was painter moon and it didnt run rods. And yeah where is my name Shawn? Plus it was 5 rounds not 6.

[mr.grim]

MAD PROPS to Rob for taking this one down!
Props also go out to Shawn G.

[Kameli0n]

Fixed. Sorry for tryimg to be timely while tired.

[Kameli0n]

Also, the painter deck dropped at 0-2.

[Pokey]

Congrats to Rob for beating me, and then also winning!  It was a fun event.

[Teps]

Justin Kohler played two decks? Or did two Justin Kohler's play? Who is the second Justin Kohler?  

Also, 2 quarter finalists and 4 semi finalists seems weird...

Missing cards:
- Justin Kohler (1) 61 cards MD, 14 cards SB
- Anthony Scalzo 56 cards MD

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4 Mental Misstep is missing in the maindeck.

[Tobi]

Fixed. Sorry for tryimg to be timely while tired.

 
Thanks!

So it is only the one missing card in the real Justin's sideboard.

[Kameli0n]

The real missing card was updated earlier. It was a third swords.

[A.-1.]

Highlight of the day here. The Landstill mirror in top 8, game one, Bill vs Ryan. Bill has a BSC in play but only 3 cards left in his library. During his upkeep Ryan casts AR, and this is the stack that followed...

[msg67183]

Not to mention that game took longer than our top 8 3 game match Rob!

[psu42]

Landstill is dumb.  Nice job on the keeper victory though.

[A.-1.]

Thank you Keith, Justin, and Justin.

It might have only been 17 people, but I still had to beat 6 different decks on my way to victory (Oath, Landstill, Empty Gush, Aggro Shops, Bomberman, Mid-range Bant). I love how varied Vintage is right now!

[msg67183]

Congrats Rob. You just had to win that die roll in the top 8 didn't you?

[psu42]

There is good variance, too bad I play Stax all day long.  Even though it went well, I would prefer not play against that deck even with a like 80-20 favored deck.

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

Landstill is dumb.  Nice job on the keeper victory though.

 

[Ufactor]

This looks like the perfect field for goblins (surely a sign that the meta is progressing in the right direction).  Where's James Lee when you need him?!?!

[John Jones]

uarter-Finalist – Matt Gottshall
“Stax”

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
2 City of Traitors
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Precursor Golem
4 Slash Panther
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Trinisphere

SB:
4 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Relic of Progenitus
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Duplicant
1 Precursor Golem

I think it may be missing smokestack??

[msg67183]

I didnt put stax as the name of the deck. I told shawn shop aggro, see how much he pays attention?