TO Report: The Players Guild 03/02/13

[Kameli0n]

Today was one of the more disappointing days for vintage in Bloomsburg. Only 14 vintage participants were in attendance. Top 2 split the credit for the event. First place was worth 250 in store credit and second was worth 75 in store credit. Thanks to everyone who came to play vintage in Bloomsburg.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
UW Bomberman: 1 –  7.14%
Grixis Control: 2 –  14.29%
UR Landstill: 1 –  7.14%

Workshops:
Martello: 2 – 14.29%
Two Card Monte: 1– 7.14%
Marinara: 1 – 7.14%
Espresso: 1– 7.14%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 3 – 21.43%

Others:
Noble Fish: 1 – 7.14%
GW Humans: 1 – 7.14%

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


Top 4 Pairings and Results

Kohler, Justin vs. Gotshall, Matt –  Wins
Kelly, Ryan vs. Kenney, Tim –  wins

Finals

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 Justin and Tim for winning taking first and second!

Top 4 Decklists:

Finalist – Justin Kohler
“Red Deck Wins"

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

SB:
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Rest in Peace
2 Disenchant
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Devout Witness
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod’s Crypt

Finalist – Tim Kenney
“Red Deck Wins”

4 Bloodghast
4 Narcomoeba
3 Ichorid
1 Flamekin Zealot
1 Griselbrand
3 Golgari Thug
1 Sun Titan
1 Fatestitcher
1 Mental Misstep
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Dread Return
4 Bridge from Below
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Serum Powder
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 City of Brass
4 Undiscovered Paradise
2 Dakmor Salvage

SB:
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2 Ingot Chewer
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Chain of Vapor
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Darkblast
2 Wispmare
2 Mental Misstep

Quarter-Finalist – Ryan Kelly
“Mayor Fish”

4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Dark Confidant
3 Mayor of Avabruck
3 Fiend Hunter
1 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Mental Misstep
3 Stony Silence
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Batterskull
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Mishra’s Factory
3 Meddling Mage
1 Ethersworn Canonist
4 City of Brass
1 Bayou
1 Strip Mine
1 Savannah
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Flooded Strand
2 Plains
3 Wasteland
1 Tundra
1 Scrubland
1 Windswept Heath
1 Arid Mesa

SB:
1 Path to Exile
2 Mishra’s Factory
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Wasteland
3 Porcelain Legionnaire
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Serenity
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Qasali Pridemage

Quarter-Finalist – Matthew Gottshall
“Black Plague”

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

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

Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event is April 6, 2013. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to Justin and Tim!!!

[brianpk80]

Thanks for hosting a great tournament.  BTW, my first name is Brian with a B.  

For anyone curious about the sideboard, it's been years since I played in a tournament and I've been putting the deck together piecemeal for a few weeks.  I placed an order to be shipped priority last week with some key final cards but they told me yesterday it wasn't shipped until Thursday.  I wouldn't have bothered to have expedited shipping if I knew they were going to send it a day and a half before the tournament.  I waited as long as I could for the normal mail time on Saturdays here and then left.  I didn't think I'd be able to assemble everything.  I had the core of the deck but had to put the rest together at the store very quickly buying things and trading.  Thank you to Justin for lending me the Wastelands, Duals, and Traps and to Matt for transcribing the decklist. I brought more graveyard hate but in the rush, I couldn't find the others and grabbed a Revoker, Ethersworn, and a Qasali Pridemage and sleeved them up to make 15.  

I had to proxy 3 Meddling Mages.    Fortunately, the store had a Wolf token card for the Mayor's flip side.  

I look forward to the next one.  

[mr.grim]

Props to Shawn, The top and cupcakes.