Vintage at Hi Score North Saint Paul, MN for a Mishra's Workshop 10/18/14

[sfielder001]

This past weekend we had 20 people come out to Hi Score in North Saint Paul to play Vintage for a Mishra's Workshop.  The tournament was run well by Hi Score as usual and it was awesome to have the numbers we did even though we were hoping to break 30. Derek Estelle ended up taking first place, but it was discovered after the tournament that he had a 17 card sideboard according to his decklist.   When asked about it Derek made no effort to explain why that was and has been impossible to get a hold of to tell his side of the story.  This was not discovered until the day after the tournament and Derek has left the Minnesota vintage facebook group and actually deleted his facebook altogether and is still not responding to any form of contact.  It has come to our attention that this is not the first time Derek has cheated or stolen from the magic community.  This leads us in the Minnesota vintage community to believe that he cheated, whether it was deliberate or not makes no difference.  Unfortunately the Workshop will probably not be recovered and given to the runner up.  This is a travesty and measures will be taken to make sure this does not happen again at any vintage tournament in the Twin Cities area as this is unacceptable behavior.  I still feel that posting the top 4 decklists is helpful information for the community at large as the other decks in the top 4 are interesting, so I will do so, but will not post Derek’s sb. We had 5 rounds of swiss with a cut to Top 4.  Here is the metagame breakdown

4 Workshop (3 Terra Nova, 1 Forgemaster)
4 U/R Delver (3 played 4 Treasure Cruise 1 did not)
3 BUG
2 Grixis Control (Each played 3 Dig Through Time)
2 Infect
1 Merfolk
1 UW Delver
1 Burning Oath
1 Storm
1 4 Color Control

And here are the lists

1st Place
Derek Estell
MUD

4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Metalworker
4 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Duplicant
1 Blightsteel Colossus

4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Tangle Wire
2 Lightning Greaves
1 Trinisphere
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
3 Cavern of Souls
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 City of Traitors

Sideboard
Uknown

2nd Place
Ryan Overturf
U/R Delver

4 Delver of Secrets
4 Young Pyromancer
1 Snapcaster mage

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Gush
4 Treasure Cruise
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
1 Steel Sabatoge
1 Pyroblast
1 Flusterstorm
2 Spell Pierce
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby

4 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Volcanic Island
3 Island

Sideboard
4 Ingot Chewer
3 Shattering Spree
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Ravenous Trap
1 Pyroblast

3rd Place
Timothy Hunt
BUG

4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Dark Confidant
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Trygon Predator
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Scavenging Ooze
4 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Pierce
4 Abrupt Decay
1 Dismember
1 Darkblast
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Steel Sabatoge
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire

2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Verdant Catacombs
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

Sideboard
2 Notion Thief
1 Black Sun’s Zenith
1 Dismember
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Energy Flux
2 Thoughtseize
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Yixlid Jailer

4th Place
Scott Fielder
Grixis Control

1 Blightsteel Colossus
2 Notion Thief

4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
2 Mana Drain
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Fire/Ice
3 Dig Through Time
3 Night’s Whisper
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Dack Fayden
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Moxy Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt

4 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Badlands
1 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria

Sideboard
4 Ingot Chewer
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Toxic Deluge
1 Darkblast
1 Marsh Casualties

[Methuselahn]

Well, that's less than ideal.

Perhaps collecting decklists before the tournament, like I mentioned during our round 1 match-up, would be a good idea.  Something about not giving otherwise honest people a chance to be dishonest is the line to play.  At any rate, I hope this doesn't affect future events negatively.

Scott, I want to borrow your sweet Mana Crypt.  If I recall correctly, we flipped for that thing 12 or more times in game one and it came up in my favor twice at most.  :p

Also, thanks for the write up!

Regards,
Jeff

[YamiKuriboh]

Infect in vintage? Seems sweet. Just a legacy port I imagine with power?

[sfielder001]

Yeah Jeff my mana crypt rolls were pretty bonkers.  The funny part is that Derek was the only one who actually typed out his deck list and actually typed that he had 17 cards in his sideboard.  There will definitely be deck lists for events like this in the future I would imagine. 

Yeah the infect decks had power and you get to play mental misstep too which helps against removal as well, which isn't that prevalent either.