Xtreme games 1/20/13 with PIX

[hvndr3d y34r h3x]

Thirteen of WI and IL’s Finest Vintage players showed up to battle for glory and prize at Xtreme games in Lindenhurst Illinois.
At the end of the day, Richard and Sam split 1-2. There were some established decks, as well as some out side the box thinking represented in the meta. It was also an extremely fun tournament with lots of interesting plays!

Richard H. with Vintage Omniscience (This deck looked EXTREMELY brutal all day, and tons of fun to play/watch!)
5 moxen
1 mana crypt
1 Sol ring
1 black lotus
1 mana vault
4 underground sea
3 tundra
1 tolarian academy
7 fetch
4 academy rector
2 omniscience
4 force of will
4 fluster storm
3 show and tell
2 mental misstep
1 hurkyl’s recall
1 blightsteel colossus
1 emrakul, the eons torn
1 yawgmoth's bargain
1 yawgmoth’s will
1 perilous research
1 gifts ungiven
1 vampiric tutor
1 demonic tutor
1 tinker
1 flash
1 mystical tutor
1 merchant scroll
1 ancestrall recall
1 diabolic intent
1 time walk
1 sensei’s divining top

Sb: 2 spell pierce
1 echoing truth
3 steel sabotage
4 energy flux
2 grafdigger’s cage
3 swords to plowshares

Sam Sorenson with Generic  3/5 5/3 Shops
1 Black lotus
5 moxen
1 sol ring
1 mana crypt
4 ancient tomb
4 wasteland
4 mishra’s workshop
2 mishra’s factory
1 tolarian academy
2 city of traitors
1 strip mine
4 phyrexian metamorph
4 lodestone golem
4 tangle wire
4 kuldotha forgemaster
4 thorn of amethyst
4 chalice of the void
4 sphere of resistance
1 sundering titan
1 duplicant
1  karn, silver golem
1 trinishere
2 steel hellkite
1 crucible of worlds
Sb:
1 triskelion
1 crucible of worlds
2 phyrexian revoker
2 wurmcoil engine
2 precursor golem
4 grafdigger’s cage
3 relic of progenitus

Soly went undefeated till the semifinals with 4CC
1 Black Lotus
1 sol ring
4 moxen (no pearl)
4 scalding tarn
1 misty rainforest
1 island
2 tropical island
2 volcanic island
2 underground sea
1 library of Alexandria
4 city of brass
2 trygon preditor
1 vendilion clique
4 snapcaster mage
1 scavenging ooze
1 talrand, sky summoner
3 jace, the mind sculptor
4 force of will
2 fluster storm
2 duress
2 mana drain
2 steel sabotage
2 lightnighgolt
1 ancient grudge
1 demonic tutor
1 vampiric tutor
1 mystical tutor
1 ancestral recal
1 ponder
1 brainstorm
1 yawgmoth’s will
1 time walk
1 abrupt decay
1 noxious revival
Sb:
1 abrupt decay
2 doom blade
1 nihil spellbomb
1 extripate
1 ravenous trap
2 ingot chewer
1 viashino heretic
1 ancient grudge
1 steel sabotage
2 nature’s claim
1 red elemental blast
1 mountain

Derek Wochinski played 5 color shops
1 black lotus
5 moxen
1 mana vault
1 mana crypt
1 sol ring
3 city of brass
3 gemstone mine
1 tolarian academy
1 ancient tomb
1 strip mine
4 mishra’s workshop
4 wasteland
1 wurmcoil engine
3 chalice of the void
1 duplicant
1 phyrexian revoker
2 triskelion
4 sphere of resistance
2 crucible of worlds
4 goblin welder
1 bazaar of Baghdad
2 smoke stack
1 sundering titan
4 lodestone golem
2 koldotha forgemaster
2 tangle wire
1 phyrexian metamorph
1 trinispere
1 karm silver golem

Sb
1 duplicant
2 lightning greaves
1 triskelion
2 thorn of amethyst
1 grafdigger’s cage
4 rest in peace
4 helm of obedience

The rest of the meta was, in no particular order:

1 gixis control
1 bomberman
1 shared fate
1 guttersnipe gush
1 intuition ak tendrils
1 dredge
1 turbo tezz
1 burning long
1 landstill


NOW THE PIX!


Soly threatens Sam with ancient grudge out of the yard. Check out that laser focus


Alex draws some cards, note the exiled recall. He also has an extremely rad beard!


Sam looks worried as John goes all in on 8 goblins against his empty shop board.


Travis hardcasts misdirection on  Brian's Hymn to Tourach. Epic Blow out! Check out those sweet white bordered french ninjas.


Chris starts burning Larry's face. Larry's bob helps.


Keith tries to decides which two cards to put back for brainstorm, BUT THEY'RE ALL SO GOOD (yep, that's lotus on the left)!


Richard decided to use Omniscience to cast gifts for free. He soon takes game one against dredge.


Derek is about to cry as he is forced to try and race a hard casted BSC and allow Richard to block with academy rector.

Big thanks to Xtreme games for putting up a vintage event every third Sunday of the month

[strip miner]

John - Awesome report. This honestly looks like the most fun meta I have seen in Vintage in years. Pictures of cards like Guttersnipe, Omniscience, Hymn to Tourach, Intuition/AK, etc. make Vintage look significantly more diverse and playful than your garden variety Vintage tournament.

Hats off to Richard for splitting an event playing such an awesome and different deck! Can't wait to see some of this stuff next month when I'll be playing at Xtreme.

[covetousrat]

Wow Omniscience in Vintage O_O. Btw its 59 cards missing Brainstorm?

[hvndr3d y34r h3x]

Wow Omniscience in Vintage O_O. Btw its 59 cards missing Brainstorm?

Sorry, bit of a rush last night. I'll check when I get back home. I'd assume brainstorm. One of the cooledt things with the deck was when Richard was attacking with double academy rector and Derek just had to take it all the way to like 10. I mulligans to five 6 times by round three, with a bye in there, so I watched a lot of vintage. Richard was completely on fire most of the event. You can tell by looking at the numbers he fine tuned the list a lot. There's only like a card or two I plan on swapping when I proxy this up, but I can see where he'd be right and I'd be wrong about it. The event was a blast. Additionally, mid was through some guy we never seen befor walked into extreme with binders of only old crazy stuff. Xtreme now owns some of the mintiest beta power I've ever seen befor! The day just would t quit with rad stuff at xtreme!

[quicksilvervii]

Wow Omniscience in Vintage O_O. Btw its 59 cards missing Brainstorm?

Sorry, bit of a rush last night. I'll check when I get back home. I'd assume brainstorm. One of the cooledt things with the deck was when Richard was attacking with double academy rector and Derek just had to take it all the way to like 10. I mulligans to five 6 times by round three, with a bye in there, so I watched a lot of vintage. Richard was completely on fire most of the event. You can tell by looking at the numbers he fine tuned the list a lot. There's only like a card or two I plan on swapping when I proxy this up, but I can see where he'd be right and I'd be wrong about it. The event was a blast. Additionally, mid was through some guy we never seen befor walked into extreme with binders of only old crazy stuff. Xtreme now owns some of the mintiest beta power I've ever seen befor! The day just would t quit with rad stuff at xtreme!

From the pictures, it actually looks like it might be Yawgmoth's Bargain.

[hvndr3d y34r h3x]

Ill double check the ehole list later. bargain was decintely in there. At one point I watched Richard flash in rector and his opponent had claim in hand, and he plopped in bargain. Blow out!

[JACO]

Awesome deck Richard, congrats on your finish!

[HappyNewyear]

I forget the exact putback, but I'm pretty sure it was Salvagers + Counterbalance (with Force hardcast mana open).

Still, good times at the tournament.  Thanks again to Eric and Shannon for setting it up, and hopefully next month I can actually pull more "true" locals in.