[Results] Barcelona 30-04-05 - Welderless top 8

[Gabethebabe]

85 players. 7 rounds followed by T8.

I played Gifts Belcher and went 5W-2L-0D, which, like last time, isn´t enough for entering T8

The winners (props to Zent for writing this down - some funny decklists ahead!)

// 1/ Miguel Angel Rodriguez with Keeper

// Lands
3  Flooded Strand
3 [UNL] Tundra
4 [UNL] Underground Sea
2  Island
1  Tolarian Academy
1  Library of Alexandria
1  Strip Mine
2  Polluted Delta

// Creatures
1  Darksteel Colossus
1  Triskelion
1  Morphling

// Spells
1 [UNL] Timetwister
1  Fact or Fiction
1  Crucible of Worlds
1  Cunning Wish
1 [UNL] Balance
1  Vampiric Tutor
2  Gifts Ungiven
1  Yawgmoth's Will
1  Sensei's Divining Top
1  Mystical Tutor
1  Merchant Scroll
1 [UNL] Demonic Tutor
1  Tinker
1 [UNL] Time Walk
1  Duress
1 [UNL] Mox Emerald
1 [UNL] Black Lotus
1 [UNL] Mox Jet
1 [UNL] Mox Pearl
1 [UNL] Mox Ruby
1 [UNL] Mox Sapphire
1  Mana Crypt
1 [UNL] Sol Ring
1  Decree of Justice
1 [UNL] Mana Vault
1 [UNL] Mind Twist
4  Brainstorm
4  Force of Will
4  Mana Drain
1 [UNL] Ancestral Recall

// Sideboard
SB: 1  Disenchant
SB: 2  Arcane Laboratory
SB: 1  Circle of Protection: Red
SB: 1  Platinum Angel
SB: 1  Swords to Plowshares
SB: 2  Duress
SB: 1  Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 1  Skeletal Scrying
SB: 2  Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1  Enlightened Tutor
SB: 2  Energy Flux


// 2/ Jordi Monraba with Bazaar Replenish

// Lands
2 [UNL] Underground Sea
4  Flooded Strand
4  Bazaar of Baghdad
4 [UNL] Tundra
3  Island
1  Plains

// Creatures
4  Squee, Goblin Nabob

// Spells
2  Form of the Dragon
1 [UNL] Time Walk
1 [UNL] Balance
1  Mystical Tutor
4  Replenish
1  Deep Analysis
1 [UNL] Ancestral Recall
1 [UNL] Demonic Tutor
1  Yawgmoth's Will
1  Solitary Confinement
1  Humility
1  Seal of Cleansing
1 [UNL] Mox Emerald
1 [UNL] Black Lotus
1 [UNL] Mox Jet
1 [UNL] Mox Pearl
1 [UNL] Mox Ruby
1 [UNL] Mox Sapphire
1 [UNL] Sol Ring
3  Thirst for Knowledge
1  Mana Crypt
4  Force of Will
4  Mana Drain
1  Yawgmoth's Bargain
3  Intuition

// Sideboard
SB: 4  Chalice of the Void
SB: 2  Sacred Ground
SB: 2  Rule of Law
SB: 1  Humility
SB: 1  Tinker
SB: 1  Darksteel Colossus
SB: 2  Energy Flux
SB: 2  Seal of Cleansing


// 3/ Sergio Perez with MUD

// Lands
1  Tolarian Academy
1  Strip Mine
4  Mishra's Workshop
4  Wasteland
4  Ancient Tomb
3  City of Traitors

// Creatures
4  Metalworker
1  Platinum Angel
2  Karn, Silver Golem
3  Triskelion
1  Sundering Titan

// Spells
1 [UNL] Mox Pearl
1 [UNL] Mox Jet
1 [UNL] Mox Sapphire
1 [UNL] Mox Emerald
1 [UNL] Mana Vault
1  Mana Crypt
1 [UNL] Sol Ring
1  Memory Jar
4  Sphere of Resistance
3  Crucible of Worlds
4  Smokestack
1  Trinisphere
1 [UNL] Mox Ruby
4  Tangle Wire
1 [UNL] Black Lotus
4  Chalice of the Void
2  Jester's Cap

// Sideboard
SB: 2  Masticore
SB: 3  Defense Grid
SB: 3  Duplicant
SB: 4  Tormod's Crypt
SB: 3  Damping Matrix


// 4/ Javi Rubio with TPS

// Lands
4 [UNL] Underground Sea
1  Tolarian Academy
2 [UG] Island
2 [UG] Swamp
4  Polluted Delta
2  Flooded Strand

// Creatures
1  Darksteel Colossus

// Spells
1 [UNL] Time Walk
1 [UNL] Ancestral Recall
1  Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 [UNL] Timetwister
1  Necropotence
1  Cunning Wish
4  Brainstorm
1  Time Spiral
1  Mystical Tutor
1 [UNL] Sol Ring
1  Gifts Ungiven
1  Mind's Desire
2  Rebuild
1  Yawgmoth's Will
1 [UNL] Mox Sapphire
4  Dark Ritual
4  Force of Will
1 [UNL] Mox Emerald
1 [UNL] Mox Jet
1 [UNL] Mox Pearl
1 [UNL] Mox Ruby
1 [UNL] Mana Vault
1 [UNL] Black Lotus
1 [UNL] Demonic Tutor
1  Vampiric Tutor
2  Tendrils of Agony
4  Duress
1  Mana Crypt
1  Lotus Petal
1  Tinker

// Sideboard
SB: 1  Brain Freeze
SB: 2 [UNL] Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 1  Rushing River
SB: 1  Stifle
SB: 1  Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 2  Misdirection
SB: 1  Skeletal Scrying
SB: 3  Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1  Platinum Angel
SB: 1  Fact or Fiction
SB: 1  Annul


// 5/ Daniel Gomez with Dragon

// Lands
4  Bazaar of Baghdad
4  Polluted Delta
4 [UNL] Underground Sea
1 [UG] Island
1 [UG] Swamp
2 [UNL] Tropical Island
1 [UNL] Bayou

// Creatures
4  Squee, Goblin Nabob
3  Worldgorger Dragon
1  Verdant Force
3  Xantid Swarm
1  Eternal Witness

// Spells
1  Black Lotus
1  Time Walk
1  Ancestral Recall
1 [UNL] Mox Sapphire
1 [UNL] Mox Jet
3  Necromancy
2 [UNL] Animate Dead
4  Force of Will
4  Intuition
1  Lim-Dul's Vault
1 [UNL] Mox Pearl
1 [UNL] Mox Ruby
1 [UNL] Mox Emerald
1  Mana Crypt
1 [UNL] Demonic Tutor
1  Vampiric Tutor
1 [UNL] Sol Ring
2  Dance of the Dead
2  Deep Analysis
1  Cunning Wish

// Sideboard
SB: 1  Xantid Swarm
SB: 1  Lim-Dul's Vault
SB: 2  Pernicious Deed
SB: 1  Stifle
SB: 1  Stroke of Genius
SB: 2  Coffin Purge
SB: 2  Energy Flux
SB: 1  Engineered Explosives
SB: 1  Tinker
SB: 1  Darksteel Colossus
SB: 2  Chain of Vapor


// 6/ Jorge Pinazo with Oath

// Lands
4  Forbidden Orchard
2 [UG] Island
2 [UNL] Tropical Island
1  Strip Mine
4  Polluted Delta
1 [UG] Swamp
2 [UNL] Underground Sea

// Creatures
1  Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1  Spirit of the Night

// Spells
4  Mana Leak
1 [UNL] Mox Sapphire
1 [UNL] Mox Emerald
4  Brainstorm
4  Oath of Druids
1 [UNL] Time Walk
1  Misdirection
2  Intuition
4  Force of Will
1  Gaea's Blessing
1 [UNL] Mox Pearl
1 [UNL] Black Lotus
1  Pernicious Deed
1  Echoing Truth
4  Mana Drain
2  Skeletal Scrying
1 [UNL] Mox Ruby
1  Yawgmoth's Will
1 [UNL] Demonic Tutor
1  Vampiric Tutor
4  Duress
1 [UNL] Mox Jet

// Sideboard
SB: 1  Arcane Laboratory
SB: 1  Pristine Angel
SB: 1  Iridescent Angel
SB: 3  Energy Flux
SB: 3  Ground Seal
SB: 2  Echoing Truth
SB: 2  Pernicious Deed
SB: 2 [UNL] Blue Elemental Blast



// 7/ Pablo Ambrojo with MUD Void

// Lands
1  Tolarian Academy
1  Strip Mine
4  Mishra's Workshop
4  Wasteland
3  Ancient Tomb
2  City of Traitors
3  Underground River
2 [UG] Swamp
1 [UG] Island

// Creatures
1  Platinum Angel
1  Karn, Silver Golem
3  Solemn Simulacrum
2  Masticore
1  Sundering Titan

// Spells
1 [UNL] Black Lotus
1 [UNL] Mana Vault
1  Mana Crypt
1 [UNL] Sol Ring
3  Crucible of Worlds
4  Smokestack
1  Trinisphere
1 [UNL] Mox Sapphire
1 [UNL] Mox Jet
4  Chalice of the Void
3  Tangle Wire
1  Tinker
1  Vampiric Tutor
1 [UNL] Demonic Tutor
2  Rushing River
4  Nether Void
1  Windfall

// Sideboard
SB: 3  Damping Matrix
SB: 3  Planar Void
SB: 3  Null Rod
SB: 3  Defense Grid
SB: 3  Orb of Dreams


// 8/ Alex Cruz with Mono Blue

// Lands
9  Island
3  Wasteland
1  Strip Mine
1  Library of Alexandria
4  Flooded Strand
1  Tolarian Academy

// Creatures
2  Morphling
4  Ophidian
1  Darksteel Colossus

// Spells
2  Rushing River
4  Chalice of the Void
1  Future Sight
1 [UNL] Sol Ring
2  Mana Leak
1 [UNL] Black Lotus
4  Force of Will
4  Mana Drain
2  Powder Keg
1 [UNL] Time Walk
1 [UNL] Ancestral Recall
1 [UNL] Mox Emerald
1 [UNL] Mox Sapphire
1 [UNL] Mox Pearl
1 [UNL] Mox Jet
2  Back to Basics
3  Thirst for Knowledge
1 [UNL] Mox Ruby
1  Tinker
1  Stroke of Genius

// Sideboard
SB: 1  Back to Basics
SB: 3  Propaganda
SB: 3  Energy Flux
SB: 1  Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 3  Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2  Gilded Drake
SB: 2  Misdirection

[Machinus]

Are there any reports? That keeper list is really nuts, I'd like to read some matches with it.

[Gabethebabe]

If reports are written, they are in Spanish and published on our local forum.

For us it is a lot easier to write a report there than here on TMD.
1) The forum members know you and they know your opponents
2) They can write in their own language
3) They can actually post it themselves because they have a membership and can participate in the thread as it develops without anybody´s help

[Bram]

That top eight is both insane and awesome. Looks like a fun tournament. Congrats on your 5-2, even though you didn't T8.

[Gabethebabe]

That top eight is both insane and awesome. Looks like a fun tournament. Congrats on your 5-2, even though you didn't T8.

My own fault. In the first match I played Meandeck Tendrils. It was 1-1 and we went through time, it was his fifth turn and I had Chalice=1 on the table. The judge came and he was getting all nervous and stuff, thought he couldn´t win and conceded. The judge wrote down the result and later he played on and found out he could actually win (Cabal ritual, DT and Will was enough gas, even despite the C=1), so I called the judge and informed him that he missed that with the concession of my opponent on the stack, I conceded in response.

I was more or lkess morally obliged to do so, because we once had a thread about conceding and I put there that I don´t like conceding, unless your opponent really deserve it. Well, I didn´t deserve those three points, so I wasn´t going to get them.

[wonkey_donkey]

That top eight is both insane and awesome. Looks like a fun tournament. Congrats on your 5-2, even though you didn't T8.

My own fault. In the first match I played Meandeck Tendrils. It was 1-1 and we went through time, it was his fifth turn and I had Chalice=1 on the table. The judge came and he was getting all nervous and stuff, thought he couldn´t win and conceded. The judge wrote down the result and later he played on and found out he could actually win (Cabal ritual, DT and Will was enough gas, even despite the C=1), so I called the judge and informed him that he missed that with the concession of my opponent on the stack, I conceded in response.

I was more or lkess morally obliged to do so, because we once had a thread about conceding and I put there that I don´t like conceding, unless your opponent really deserve it. Well, I didn´t deserve those three points, so I wasn´t going to get them.

One of the most sporting gestures I've seen in a while. You've certainly earned a lot of respect from this quarter if nowhere else.

Tom

[Cross]

Although seemingly unrefined, the winning list is definitely interesting. With all the shuffle effects I would bet that sensei's top is pretty useful.

Questionable card choices would be the timetwister and mind twist. Timetwister seems sketchy because the deck has no way to just cast it and win. Obviously they draw seven cards, but there is no combo finish that most decks that use twister utilize. Mind twist is more of a personal choice, I would just prefer to have duress, especially when you arleady have balance.