TO Report: The Players Guild - 01/19/13

[Kameli0n]

Today was a great  day for vintage in Bloomsburg. Had 29 vintage participants. Top 8 were awarded prizes for the event. First place earned a Mox Emerald, second earned 100 in store credit, 3rd and 4th each earned 50 in store credit, and 5th-8th each earned 25 in store credit. Thanks  to everyone who came to play vintage in Bloomsburg.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
UW Bomberman: 2 – 6.9%
Grixis Control: 2 – 6.9%
UW Control: 1 – 3.45%
UWg Control: 1 – 3.45%
UR Landstill: 2 – 6.9%
Suicide Girls: 1 – 3.45%

Workshops:
Martello: 3 – 10.34
Espresso: 4– 13.79%

Combo:
Doomsday: 4 – 13.79%
Burning Tendrils: 1 – 3.45%
Ritual Oath: 1 – 3.45%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 5 – 17.24%

Others:
Noble Fish: 2 – 6.9%

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results
Edwards, Rob vs. Sees, William –   William Wins
Rolko, Charles vs. Glackin, Ryan – Ryan Wins
Difebo, Dominic vs. Ballester, Lance – Lance Wins
Michaels, Anthony vs. Noble, Michael  – Anthony Wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results
Sees, WIlliam vs. Ballester, Lance – Lance Wins
Michaels, Anthony vs. Glackin, Ryan – Anthony Wins

Finals
 Ballester, Lance vs. Michaels, Anthony  – Anthony 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   Anthony for winning it all!

Top 8 Decklists:


First – Anthony Michaels
“Espresso”

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

SB:
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Pithing Needle
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Helm of Obedience



Second-Finalist – Lance Ballester
“Dredge”

4 Ichorid
4 Petrified Field
2 Dakmor Salvage
3 Darkblast
4 Bridge from Below
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Narcomoeba
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Unmask
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Mental Misstep
3 Leyline of the Void
4 Serum Powder
4 Bloodghast
4 Golgari Thug

SB:
3 Wispmare
4 Ingot Chewer
4 Nature’s Claim
4 City of Brass

Semi-Finalist – Ryan Glackin
“The Dredge Report”

1 Sun Titan
1 Fatestitcher
4 Narcomoeba
4 Bloodghast
4 Bridge From Below
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Dread Return
2 Golgari Thug
3 Ichorid
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Nature’s Claim
1 Flame-kin Zealot
4 Serum Powder
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 City of Brass
2 Dakmor Salvage
1 Gemstone Mine
2 Petrified Field
4 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Darkblast

SB:
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2 Wispmare
2 Chain of Vapor
1 Darkblast
3 Unmask
2 Firestorm
4 Ingot Chewer


Semi-Finalist – William Sees
“Fish”

1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Scavenging Ooze
2 Tarmogoyf
4 Meddling Mage
3 Trygon Predator
3 Deathrite Shaman
4 Qasali Pridgemage
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
3 Path to Exile
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
3 Green Sun’s Zenith
3 Tropical Island
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Underground Sea
1 Forest
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Tundra
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus

SB:
2 Flusterstorm
2 Mental Misstep
4 Serenity
3 Rest in Peace
4 Grafdigger’s Cage

Quarter-Finalist – Charles Rolko
“Espresso Stax”

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

SB:
1 Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Maze of Ith
2 Pithing Needle
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Leyline of Sanctity
4 Leyline of the Void

Quarter-Finalist – Mike Noble
“Ribcage Tanlines"

3 Flooded Strand
1 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Tropical Island
4 Underground Sea
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Fastbond
2 Flusterstorm
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Imperial Seal
3 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
4 Doomsday
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Rebuild
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Force of Will
4 Gush

SB:
2 Island
3 Autumn’s Veil
1 Mental Misstep
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Doom Blade
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Infest
1 Perish
1 Darkblast

Quarter-Finalist – Dominic Difebo
“Grixis Control”

4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Snare
1 Flusterstorm
3 Dark Confidant
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Vault

SB:
1 Mountain
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Ravenous Trap
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Steel Sabotage
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroclasm
1 Dismember

Quarter-Finalist – Rob Edwards
“Martello”

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 City of Traitors
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Tangle Wire
3 Sphere of Resistance
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Duplicant
1 Trinisphere
1 Sundering Titan
1 Steel Hellkite

SB:
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Duplicant
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale




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

[KingSquee]

Man, instant results!

Meanwhile, over in the Westmont, NJ wilderness...

crickets chirping...

[disrupting specter]

Thank you for posting results so quickly! 

[Smmenen]

Twuan. How lucky I wasn't there to beat u in the finals again. I won the Vacaville tournament instead.

[hitman]

Congrats to Twaun for taking this down.  It was great meeting all the cool guys in PA.

[Twaun007]

Twuan. How lucky I wasn't there to beat u in the finals again. I won the Vacaville tournament instead.

I didn't have to split for my victory


The tourney was a blast as well as the post tourney festivities at Quaker Steak, where I witnessed domination of the 6 wing suicide sauce challenge. Unreal...

 

 

[Samoht]

Twuan. How lucky I wasn't there to beat u in the finals again. I won the Vacaville tournament instead.

I didn't have to split for my victory

Wasn't even a finals split, was a top 4 chop that he is calling a win because he was the top seed. Absurd. All four of them won the event.

[KingSquee]

Twaun was responsible for my only two losses on the day. That sideboard is absolutely brutal against Dredge.

A couple things happened during our Top 4 match that perfectly illustrate why I still love playing this game after 18 or so years.

- Thanks to Twaun's Urborg, I was able to tap three Bazaars to hardcast a Bloodghast. (There was one Sphere in play, obviously.)
- I evoked a Wispmare to destroy Twaun's one Leyline of the Void in play. I then cast Cabal Therapy to get the one I had Chain of Vapored back to his hand previously. The other two were also there! Twaun's next draw? Helm of Obedience. Sadly, I still lost that game.
- That Helm eventually revealed a Narcomoeba off the top of my deck. Who gets it?

But while Twaun might have won the tournament, the Goddamned Champion of the day is none other than Tim Kenney, who successfully completed the aforementioned Triple Atomic wing challenge at Quaker Steak and Lube! Destroyed it, actually. Barely broke a sweat! (Well OK, he was actually sweating rather profusely.) I've seen people try and fail that challenge rather spectacularly.

[cvarosky80]

But while Twaun might have won the tournament, the Goddamned Champion of the day is none other than Tim Kenney, who successfully completed the aforementioned Triple Atomic wing challenge at Quaker Steak and Lube! Destroyed it, actually. Barely broke a sweat! (Well OK, he was actually sweating rather profusely.) I've seen people try and fail that challenge rather spectacularly.

Yep, Tim certainly wins the Who Is Most Man award by completing that feat. I wouldn't even consider trying that. Quite impressive.

[rbtabris]

I had an awesome time (my third time at TPG). I didn't do very well on the day, leaving lethal on board round 2 when I had turns 0, 1 (Time Walk), 3, and 5, with damage that could have gotten there through activated manlands, and making a stupid blocking mistake round 5 game 2 that ultimately helped put the match to a draw, but still had a lot of fun. Was able to meet a bunch of great new people (props to the Ohio & Michigan crew for making it all the way out here), and see some great games. Semifinals game 2, Glackin vs. Twuan was such. a. grind. (And I've played Landstill mirrors!  ) Then game 3 of the finals. Shops mulls to 6 — triple Leyline, no land. Peels Workshop off the top. About four draw steps and a couple mana sources + Helm later, combo kills for the win. Insane.

Post-tournament Quaker Steak & Lube was the icing on the cake. It was my first time there, and it was worth waiting around long after I had finished playing to go celebrate with everyone. Tim destroying those wings in the matter of a few minutes was a sight to be seen. Such a great time.

Thanks to Mike Noble for taking the time to talk with me about his collection and how he had gotten there. I'll be working towards downsizing my collection and acquiring more power. Love this format.

[psyburat]

@Shawn: My decklist, Tendrils is not a possessive noun.  Nitpick, etc.

@Rob: It was great to meet you, and I am already impressed with the power that you've picked up thanks to the slow liquidation of the chaff that seems to plague everyone.  I'll continue keeping my eye out for a Black Lotus and the rest of your power, and hope that I'll get to hear all your updates during future events.

@Anthony:  Good games, man, and congrats on stealing our Mox Emerald.

@Everyone Else: The fun, both during and after tournaments, is something that enjoy more than the game itself.  This one was no different, and the insanity that occurred after the tournament came to a close is something that I cherish about our community.  I can't wait to do it again.

[A.-1.]

I'm sorry I didn't stick around to get Lubed up. Justin showed me the video of Tim destroying those wings. Legendary. Next time I'll make sure to get more than three hours of sleep so I can stick around.

I'm really starting to dislike your computer's pairings, Shawn  . I had to play three-eighths of the top 8 from the NEV Invitational (Butker, Glackin, and Potucek rounds 3-5). I'm surprised I didn't have to play Kohler, too.

[Samoht]

I'm sorry I didn't stick around to get Lubed up. Justin showed me the video of Tim destroying those wings. Legendary. Next time I'll make sure to get more than three hours of sleep so I can stick around.

I'm really starting to dislike your computer's pairings, Shawn  . I had to play three-eighths of the top 8 from the NEV Invitational (Butker, Glackin, and Potucek rounds 3-5). I'm surprised I didn't have to play Kohler, too.

I was there too

[A.-1.]

Kohler and I seem to get paired about every other tournament though. The two of us, other than at the Depot recently, rarely play. I didn't forget about T  .

[Kameli0n]

I apologize that you continue to get paired against good players. I'll ask my computer pairing system to look into this in the future.

Thank you,

Shawn

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

^ LOL

[Samoht]

I apologize that you continue to get paired against good players. I'll ask my computer pairing system to look into this in the future.

Thank you,

Shawn

Winning.

[A.-1.]

Now I'm getting burned by the S. Nice zinger.

[rpf5029]

There are just too many ringers at these Bloomsburg tournaments.  You can't throw a pebble without hitting one!

[Twaun007]

There are just too many ringers at these Bloomsburg tournaments.  You can't throw a pebble without hitting one!

As Vintage grows in the East the list of ringers is ever increasing. It's at a point where Moxen are no longer stolen from the East, they are earned.

[vaughnbros]

I'm really starting to dislike your computer's pairings, Shawn  . I had to play three-eighths of the top 8 from the NEV Invitational (Butker, Glackin, and Potucek rounds 3-5). I'm surprised I didn't have to play Kohler, too.

Maybe if you didn't lose in the first round this wouldn't happen...

[A.-1.]

Maybe if you weren't playing Dredge. The computer knows somehow. It hates me.