Video Coverage in links below, courtesy of the End Step.
Our 3rd event saw a massive upswing in interest. Huge thanks to everyone who has helped to spread the word about these events, and to those who've attended. We had a few new players, so the prizes were bumped up even more than advertised, as Scholars adds $6 per player in credit to the credit pool for each new player. In all, just under 400 in credit was available for the taking.
This time, over 53 of that credit was hotly contested in the pursuit of The Unpowered Prize. Several mages attempted to solve the metagame and beat not only the powered decks, but also finish higher than the rest of the unpowered decks. With 1 round of swiss left, two unpowered decks were in contention for Top 4 prizes as well. With both getting edged out in their match ups, Jan Smith won his second unpowered prize in as many tournaments. Who will be the first player to not only win the Unpowered Prize, but some Top 4 glory as well?
Players will have their next crack at fantastic prizes and eternal glory on August 12th.
Announcement can be found here.
Follow the links below to the match coverage.
Round 1 Matt Orfanello (Dredge) vs Matt Mongeau
Round 2 Lou Stefanovic (Mountains) vs Craig Masley (Goblins)
Round 3 Eric Dupuis (Grixis) vs Warren Connell (4c Gush)Finals Eric Dupuis (Grixis) vs Kyle Del Paggio (BUG)Archtypes:
Eric Dupuis - Grisis Control
Kyle Del Paggio - BUG
Borg Golton - Bant
Adrian Becker - Robot Affinity
Warren Connell - 4c Gush
Tony Yergeau - RUB Stanstill
Jan Smith - Goblins (highest unpowered)
Matt Orfanello - Dredge
Matthew Mongeau - Bant
Craig Masley - Goblins
Chris Ferry - Grixis Control
Lou Stefanovic - Mono Red
Duncan Devlin - Dimir Beats
Top 4 Decklists
1st Eric Dupuis - Grixis Control1 Black Lotus
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
4 Dark Confidant
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Hurkyll's Recall
2 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
2 Mana Drain
3 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Snapcaster Mage
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Thoughtseize
2 Flooded Strand
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
SB
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Mountain
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Viashino Heretic
4 Ingot Chewer
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Pithing Needle
2nd Kyle Del Paggio - BUGMain Deck
Creatures
4-Deathrite Shaman
4-Snapcaster Mage
4-Dark Confidant
2-Trygon Predator
1-Scavenging Ooze
Planeswalker
1-Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Spells
2-Steel Sabotage
2-Flusterstorm
2-Spell Pierce
3-Mental Misstep
4-Abrupt Decay
4-Force of Will
1-Ancestral Recall
1-Brainstorm
1-Vampiric Tutor
1-Life from the Loam
1-Demonic Tutor
1-Time Walk
Mana
1-Black Lotus
1-Mox Jet
1-Mox Sapphire
1-Mox Emerald
2-Verdant Catacombs
4-Misty Rainforest
3-Tropical Island
3-Underground Sea
1-Bayou
1-Strip Mine
3-Waste Land
Sideboard
1-Forest
3-Nature's Claim
3-Hurkyl's Recall
2-Pithing Needle
3-Nihil Spellbomb
3-Yixlid Jailer
3rd Borg Golton - Bant1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
2 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Spell Pierce
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Time Walk
3 Trygon Predator
1 Vendillion Clique
3 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
2 Island
4 Flooded Strand
3 Misty Rainforest
SB
4 ethersworn
1 mind break trap
1 Grafdigers cage
4 steel sabatoge
1 Hurkyls recall
4 natures claim
4th Adrian Becker - Robot AffinityMaindeck (60):
Spells (47):
4 Arcbound Ravager
3 Frogmite
4 Genesis Chamber
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Memnite
1 Memory Jar
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Signal Pest
4 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
2 Steel Overseer
4 Tangle Wire
1 Thorn of Amethyst
Lands (13):
4 Ancient Tomb
2 Gaea's Cradle
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Wasteland
Sideboard (15):
2 Dismember
4 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Witchbane Orb
Highest Unpowered
Jan Smith - Goblins//Artifact (6)
3 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Mana Crypt
2 Null Rod
//Creature (34)
4 Earwig Squad
4 Gempalm Incinerator
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Goblin Matron
2 Goblin Recruiter
2 Goblin Ringleader
1 Goblin Tinkerer
4 Goblin Warchief
1 Mogg Fanatic
3 Simian Spirit Guide
1 Skirk Prospector
2 Stingscourger
2 Warren Instigator
//Instant (1)
1 Vampiric Tutor
//Land (19)
4 Arid Mesa
3 Badlands
4 Cavern of Souls
2 Mountain
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Wooded Foothills
SB: 1 Chalice of the Void
SB: 1 Grafdigger's Cage
SB: 2 Ingot Chewer
SB: 3 Mental Misstep
SB: 3 Pyrokinesis
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Umezawa's Jitte
SB: 1 Wort, Boggart Auntie
