New Hampshire Tournament 5/16

[walkingdude]

O
I was a little disappointed though:
1) Even with a 1 o'clock start time, round 1 didn't get going until 1:40

Drat. If I had know it was going to start 40 min late I would have been there.    I slept through my alarm cause I was zonked from finals week and woke up late. With 40 min more I could havemade it. Oh well, maybe next time.

[Myriad Games]

Just a quick note to thank everyone for attending (or trying to attend in the case of the CT crew). We had 38 players and got a lot of good feedback for future events. A complete tournament report is forthcoming with deck lists for Top 8. Please post here and/or email vintage@myriadgames.com with feedback about this event so that we can improve future events.

A few suggestions that we will be implementing next time based on feedback we've received so far:
*More Prizes - going to power for 1st, door prizes, and more.
*Better Schedule - Starting registration around 10 AM and starting play around 12 PM. We will also be tightening up the time between rounds to try to get to about an hour / round with 5 turn extensions and pairings.

Thanks again for Zherbus for all his help making this tournament a success.

- The Dan

[SliverKing]

@ Grand Inquisitor:

whats this 40 40's deck that had 2 top 8 spots?  I know top8 decklists willb e up soon, but I havent heard of this, something you've come up with?

[Pern]

Heh.

Team Hadley.
All your tech are belong to us.

[Eastman]

Heh.

Team Hadley.
All your tech are belong to us.

mmm tech, mmm moxen.


Someone ought to write an article about why the 40 40s deck shouldn't have done well.

[Myriad Games]

Thanks again to everyone for coming to play our inaugural T1 event.

Thanks especially to Sara for all her help.

Thanks to Rob for officiating and helping setup and cleanup.

Thanks to Tim, Aaron, and Kerri for their help cleaning up.

Thanks to Zherbus and the entire Mana Drain community for your support.

We're looking forward to running more regular events in the future and we're beginning the planning for our next one now. Due to the size of our venue, enrollment will be capped at 48. If we find that demand exceeds this space on a regular basis, we will look to renting out a hall to make for a more comfortable tournament environment. Please send all your requests and suggestions to vintage@myriadgames.com so that we can make the upcoming events better and better.

- The Dan

And now, the Top 8:

1st / 2nd
Stephen Houdlette
Forty 40's

4x [card]Goblin Welder[/card]
3x [card]Gorilla Shaman[/card]
4x [card]Juggernaut[/card]
1x [card]Triskelion[/card]
1x [card]Duplicant[/card]
1x [card]Sundering Titan[/card]
4x [card]Mishras Workshop[/card]
4x [card]Volcanic Island[/card]
4x [card]Shivan Reef[/card]
4x [card]Wasteland[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
1x [card]Tolarian Academy[/card]
1x [card]Mountain[/card]
1x [card]Mox Pearl[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]
1x [card]Mox Diamond[/card]
1x [card]Chrome Mox[/card]
1x [card]Mox Emerald[/card]
1x [card]Mana Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Mana Vault[/card]
4x [card]Tangle Wire[/card]
2x [card]Winter Orb[/card]
3x [card]Thirst for Knowledge[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
1x [card]Wheel of Fortune[/card]
1x [card]Tinker[/card]
1x [card]Timetwister[/card]
1x [card]Memory Jar[/card]
3x [card]Sword of Fire and Ice[/card]

Sideboard

1x [card]Duplicant[/card]
1x [card]Triskelion[/card]
1x [card]Blue Elemental Blast[/card]
1x [card]Winter Orb[/card]
2x [card]Red Elemental Blast[/card]
2x [card]Fire / Ice[/card]
2x [card]Overload[/card]
1x [card]Rack and Ruin[/card]
4x [card]Chalice of the Void[/card]

1st / 2nd
Brian Phelon
Tog

3x [card]Psychatog[/card]
4x [card]Polluted Delta[/card]
3x [card]Underground Sea[/card]
2x [card]Tropical Island[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
1x [card]Library of Alexandria[/card]
1x [card]Swamp[/card]
4x [card]Island[/card]
4x [card]Accumulated Knowledge[/card]
4x [card]Brainstorm[/card]
2x [card]Deep Analysis[/card]
2x [card]Intuition[/card]
4x [card]Mana Drain[/card]
4x [card]Force of Will[/card]
3x [card]Cunning Wish[/card]
1x [card]Mystical Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
4x [card]Duress[/card]
1x [card]Demonic Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Mind Twist[/card]
1x [card]Yawgmoths Will[/card]
1x [card]Pernicious Deed[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mox Emerald[/card]
1x [card]Mox Pearl[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Mana Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Sol Ring[/card]

Sideboard

3x [card]Ground Seal[/card]
3x [card]Back to Basics[/card]
1x [card]Naturalize[/card]
1x [card]Gush[/card]
1x [card]Vampiric Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Smother[/card]
1x [card]Coffin Purge[/card]
1x [card]Blue Elemental Blast[/card]
1x [card]Deep Analysis[/card]
1x [card]Pernicious Deed[/card]
1x [card]Ghastly Demise[/card]

3rd / 4th
Domenic Minicucci
WorseThanSlavery.dec

4x [card]Goblin Welder[/card]
4x [card]Juggernaut[/card]
3x [card]Su-Chi[/card]
3x [card]Triskelion[/card]
1x [card]Mindslaver[/card]
1x [card]Pentavus[/card]
4x [card]Mishras Workshop[/card]
4x [card]Shivan Reef[/card]
4x [card]Volcanic Island[/card]
4x [card]Wasteland[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
1x [card]Tolarian Academy[/card]
4x [card]Thirst for Knowledge[/card]
4x [card]Trinisphere[/card]
4x [card]Chalice of the Void[/card]
1x [card]Memory Jar[/card]
1x [card]Wheel of Fortune[/card]
1x [card]Timetwister[/card]
1x [card]Tinker[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
1x [card]Sol Ring[/card]
1x [card]Mana Vault[/card]
1x [card]Grim Monolith[/card]
1x [card]Mana Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]
1x [card]Mox Emerald[/card]

Sideboard

1x [card]Sundering Titan[/card]
2x [card]Shattering Pulse[/card]
2x [card]Rack and Ruin[/card]
3x [card]Stifle[/card]
3x [card]Red Elemental Blast[/card]
4x [card]Lightning Bolt[/card]

3rd / 4th
Crossman Wilkins
Sligh

4x [card]Goblin Piledriver[/card]
4x [card]Mogg Flunkies[/card]
4x [card]Goblin Lackey[/card]
4x [card]Mogg Fanatic[/card]
3x [card]Raging Goblin[/card]
3x [card]Goblin Lookout[/card]
4x [card]Goblin Grenade[/card]
4x [card]Goblin Warchief[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
17x [card]Mountain[/card]
1x [card]Black Vise[/card]
2x [card]Incinerate[/card]
4x [card]Lightning Bolt[/card]
2x [card]Chain Lightning[/card]
1x [card]Fork[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]

Sideboard

4x [card]Red Elemental Blast[/card]
4x [card]Tormods Crypt[/card]
4x [card]Pyroblast[/card]
3x [card]Blood Moon[/card]

5th
Dan Richardson
One Fish Left

4x [card]Spiketail Hatchling[/card]
2x [card]Grim Lavamancer[/card]
2x [card]Razorfin Hunter[/card]
2x [card]SuqAta Firewalker[/card]
2x [card]Flying Men[/card]
1x [card]Gorilla Shaman[/card]
3x [card]Island[/card]
1x [card]Mountain[/card]
3x [card]Volcanic Island[/card]
2x [card]Flooded Strand[/card]
2x [card]Wooded Foothills[/card]
2x [card]Faerie Conclave[/card]
4x [card]Mishras Factory[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
4x [card]Wasteland[/card]
1x [card]Library of Alexandria[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Lotus Petal[/card]
4x [card]Force of Will[/card]
3x [card]Stifle[/card]
1x [card]Misdirection[/card]
4x [card]Curiosity[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
2x [card]Brainstorm[/card]
3x [card]Null Rod[/card]
2x [card]Fire / Ice[/card]
1x [card]Echoing Truth[/card]

Sideboard

2x [card]Viashino Heretic[/card]
1x [card]Gorilla Shaman[/card]
1x [card]Gilded Drake[/card]
2x [card]Maze of Ith[/card]
2x [card]Blue Elemental Blast[/card]
4x [card]Red Elemental Blast[/card]
2x [card]Fire / Ice[/card]
1x [card]Sigil of Sleep[/card]

6th
Harry Losee
Dragon

4x [card]Worldgorger Dragon[/card]
1x [card]Ambassador Laquatus[/card]
1x [card]Shivan Hellkite[/card]
3x [card]Squee Goblin Nabob[/card]
3x [card]Bazaar of Baghdad[/card]
1x [card]Wooded Foothills[/card]
1x [card]Bloodstained Mire[/card]
1x [card]Tropical Island[/card]
1x [card]Underground River[/card]
4x [card]Gemstone Mine[/card]
1x [card]Underground Sea[/card]
1x [card]Sulfurous Springs[/card]
4x [card]Glimmervoid[/card]
1x [card]Badlands[/card]
4x [card]Intuition[/card]
4x [card]Duress[/card]
1x [card]Entomb[/card]
4x [card]Animate Dead[/card]
1x [card]Demonic Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Vampiric Tutor[/card]
2x [card]Brainstorm[/card]
1x [card]Lim-Duls Vault[/card]
2x [card]Misdirection[/card]
4x [card]Force of Will[/card]
1x [card]Stroke of Genius[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
1x [card]Cunning Wish[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]

Sideboard

1x [card]Lotus Petal[/card]
4x [card]Xantid Swarm[/card]
1x [card]Cunning Wish[/card]
1x [card]Brain Freeze[/card]
2x [card]Red Elemental Blast[/card]
3x [card]Blue Elemental Blast[/card]
2x [card]Gaeas Blessing[/card]
2x [card]Tormods Crypt[/card]

7th
Jeff Greene
Forty 40s

4x [card]Goblin Welder[/card]
3x [card]Gorilla Shaman[/card]
4x [card]Juggernaut[/card]
1x [card]Duplicant[/card]
1x [card]Triskelion[/card]
1x [card]Sundering Titan[/card]
4x [card]Mishras Workshop[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
4x [card]Wasteland[/card]
2x [card]Ancient Tomb[/card]
4x [card]Volcanic Island[/card]
4x [card]Shivan Reef[/card]
1x [card]Tolarian Academy[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Mox Emerald[/card]
1x [card]Mox Pearl[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Mana Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Sol Ring[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
4x [card]Tangle Wire[/card]
3x [card]Sword of Fire and Ice[/card]
4x [card]Trinisphere[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
3x [card]Thirst for Knowledge[/card]
1x [card]Memory Jar[/card]
1x [card]Tinker[/card]

Sideboard

1x [card]Duplicant[/card]
4x [card]Chalice of the Void[/card]
1x [card]Rack and Ruin[/card]
2x [card]Overload[/card]
4x [card]Blue Elemental Blast[/card]
3x [card]Red Elemental Blast[/card]

8th
Jason Riendeau
Rectal Trix

4x [card]Academy Rector[/card]
2x [card]Flooded Strand[/card]
3x [card]Polluted Delta[/card]
3x [card]Scrubland[/card]
3x [card]Underground Sea[/card]
1x [card]Tolarian Academy[/card]
1x [card]Tundra[/card]
4x [card]Force of Will[/card]
4x [card]Cabal Therapy[/card]
4x [card]Duress[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
1x [card]Mystical Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Vampiric Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Demonic Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Yawgmoths Will[/card]
4x [card]Brainstorm[/card]
2x [card]Illusions of Grandeur[/card]
1x [card]Donate[/card]
1x [card]Seal of Cleansing[/card]
1x [card]Yawgmoths Bargain[/card]
1x [card]Necropotence[/card]
2x [card]Tendrils of Agony[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Mox Pearl[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mox Emerald[/card]
1x [card]Mana Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Sol Ring[/card]
1x [card]Mana Vault[/card]
4x [card]Dark Ritual[/card]
1x [card]Form of the Dragon[/card]

Sideboard

2x [card]Rebuild[/card]
2x [card]Engineered Plague[/card]
2x [card]Hydroblast[/card]
1x [card]Abeyance[/card]
2x [card]Stifle[/card]
2x [card]Coffin Purge[/card]
1x [card]Balance[/card]
1x [card]Tendrils of Agony[/card]
1x [card]Echoing Truth[/card]
1x [card]Smother[/card]

[walkingdude]

I’m confused. I really don’t get the 40 40s deck lists. Their strategy clearly worked since it put 2 people in top 8, but its not immediately apparent to me what the deck’s unifying strategy is.
One list has welders, the other has sword of fire ice, those are very different cards that seem to imply that they should be distinct deck archetypes; what is it that makes both of these lists 40 40s? If one of the people who played this list is on the forum can you guys help me out.

Thanks,
Will

EDIT: the reason I was confused is that the decks as initially posted were missing cards. All good now.

[Zherbus]

Jeff Greene had Welders, I saw them first hand.

[Kowal]

That would explain why his list is 56 cards.

[Myriad Games]

Welders added - let me know if there are any other cards missing from deck lists.

- The Dan

[Vegeta2711]

Is it just me or is the 1st 40/40 list only 54 cards?

[Pern]

The Workshops in One Fish Left are Factories.

Crossman's Goblin deck looks to be six cards short.
I'm guessing four Lighting Bolt and two Chain Lightning.

[Myriad Games]

Thanks again for the heads up. All decks updated and quantity checked for main deck and sideboard. Let me know if there are any other errors.

The Dan