Waterbury Top 16 and Top 8 decklists

[Kowal]

Day one


1st:  Jason Zheng, W/U Fish

3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Icatian Javelineers
4 Meddling Mage
4 Flying Men
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours
4 Standstill
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Miisdirection
2 Stifle
3 Null Rod
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
3 Island
SB:
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Energy Flux
3 Disenchant
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rushing River
3 Orim's Chant
3 Arcane Lab


2nd:  Justin Bramsfield, TPS

3 Island
2 Swamp
3 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
4 Brainstorm
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timetwister
1 Necropotence
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Time Walk
1 Frantic Search
1 Rebuild
1 Cunning Wish
1 Tinker
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Force of Will
1 Time Spiral
1 Mind's Desire
1 Memory Jar
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Duress
4 Dark Ritual
2 Tendrils of Agony
SB:
1 Coffin Purge
2 Skeletal Scrying
1 Brain Freeze
1 Misdirection
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Stifle
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rushing River
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Rebuild
1 Hydroblast


Top Four:  Travis LaPlante, Memnarch.dec

1 Yawgmoth's Will
2 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Intuition
2 Shivan Reef
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Mox Ruby
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
4 Su-Chi
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Mishra's Workshop
3 Gilded Lotus
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tinker
2 Transmute Artifact
1 Duplicant
1 Sundering Titan
4 Goblin Welder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Grim Monolith
2 Memnarch
2 City of Brass
1 Mana Vault
1 Mindslaver
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mana Crypt
1 Triskelion
SB:
3 Arcane Lab
4 Ground Seal
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Eon Hub
4 Chalice of the Void


Top Four:  Carl Winter, SSB

4 Brainstorm
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
2 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mana Severance
1 Recoup
1 Burning Wish
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Yawgmoth's Will
3 Phyrexian Furnace
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Duress
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Goblin Charbelcher
3 Underground Sea
2 Snow Covered Island
2 Island
2 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
SB:
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Coffin Purge
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Pyroclasm
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Rushing River
1 Political Trickery
1 Lava Dart
1 Pyroblast
1 Duress
1 Mind Twist
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Tendrils
1 Cranial Extraction


Top Eight:  Eli Kassis, Rector Sensei

1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Future Sight
2 Brainstorm
3 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Force of Will
4 Academy Rector
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Tendrils of Agony
2 Helm of Awakening
1 Gush
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Timetwister
4 Tundra
4 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Island
3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
SB:
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Darksteel Colossus
2 Brainstorm
1 Tropical Island
1 Tinker
4 Oath of Druids
2 Sundering Titan


Top Eight:  Rich Shay, SSB

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Brainstorm
4 Thirst for Knowledge
2 Gifts Ungiven
2 Duress
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
2 Goblin Welder
1 Recoup
1 Mana Severance
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Goblin Charbelcher
1 Pentavus
1 Mindslaver
2 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Island
3 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
SB:
3 Old Man of the Sea
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Echoing Truth
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Rack and Ruin
3 Chalice of the Void


Top Eight:  Dan Emmons, Salvager Oath

4 Oath of Druids
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
3 City of Brass
1 Underground Sea
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Seal of Cleansing
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Mana Drain
4 Flooded Strand
4 Brainstorm
1 Island
1 Plains
4 Force of Will
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Auriok Salvagers
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Timetwister
2 Phyrexian Furnace
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Balance
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
2 Pyrite Spellbomb
SB:
2 Rack and Ruin
1 Pristine Angel
1 Darksteel Colossus
3 Energy Flux
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Phyrexian Furnace
1 Stifle
4 Mana Leak


Top Eight:  Brian Rozzero, U/G Madness

4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
3 Circular Logic
3 Waterfront Bouncer
3 Aquamoeba
3 Stifle
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Wild Mongrel
3 Arrogant Wurm
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
3 Null Rod
4 Flooded Strand
1 Wooded Foothills
2 Tropical Island
4 Wasteland
2 Forest
4 Islands
1 Strip Mine
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
SB:
4 Ground Seal
3 Naturalize
3 Annul
2 Wonder
1 Null Rod
1 Stifle
1 Waterfront Bouncer


Top Sixteen:  Dana Renfrew, Pillar Sligh

4 Goblin Vandal
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Jackal Pup
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lava Dart
3 Shrapnel Blast
1 Black Vise
4 Ankh of Mishra
4 Pyrostatic Pillar
4 Pyroblast
1 Mox Ruby
3 Great Furnace
12 Mountain
4 Mishra's Factory
SB:
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Null Rod
3 Threaten
3 Blood Moon
3 Goblin Bombardment


Top Sixteen:  Matt Kulodziej, U/W Landstill

4 Tundra
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Flooded Strand
4 Wasteland
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Strip Mine
2 Plains
4 Island
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Brainstorm
4 Standstill
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Swords to Plowshares
2 Eternal Dragon
1 Balance
3 Phyrexian Furnace
3 Nevinyrral's Disk
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
SB:
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Swords to Plowshares
3 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Seal of Cleansing
2 Disenchant
3 Stifle
3 Chalice of the Void


Top Sixteen:  Andrew Bilarczyk, Eon Blue Apocalypse

3 Tundra
3 Underground Sea
3 Island
2 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
2 City of Brass
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Balance
3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Meddling Mage
2 Exalted Angel
3 Phyrexian Negator
4 Impulse
3 Brainstorm
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mind Twist
3 Duress
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
SB:
3 Chains of Mephistopheles
3 Energy Flux
3 Stifle
3 Null Rod
2 Diabolic Edict
1 Swords to Plowshares


Top Sixteen:  Mike Roche, Sensei Sensei

3 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
5 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Brain Freeze
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Intuition
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Force of Will
4 Accumulated Knowledge
3 Deep Analysis
3 Mana Drain
3 Duress
3 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Future Sight
3 Helm of Awakening
SB:
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Rushing River
1 Smother
1 Brain Freeze
2 Engineered Plague
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Defense Grid
1 Coffin Purge
1 Rebuild
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Diabolic Edict


Top Sixteen:  James Esatto, Tinker Oath

4 Flooded Strand
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Strip Mine
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Damping Matrix
1 Mindslaver
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
4 Oath of Druids
4 Mana Leak
1 Mind Twist
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Time Walk
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
SB:
4 Red Elemental Blast
1 Woodripper
1 Platinum Angel
1 Prisitine Angel
1 Iridescent Angel
1 Damping Matrix
2 Rack and Ruin
4 Arcane Lab


Top Sixteen:  Simon Cooper, Ravager

2 Glimmervoid
1 Great Furnace
4 Seat of the Synod
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Vault of Whispers
2 City of Brass
4 Arcbound Ravager
2 Arcbound Worker
4 Disciple of the Vault
4 Frogmite
2 Myr Enforcer
2 Ornithopter
4 Myr Servitor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 Skullclamp
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
4 Thoughtcast
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Fire/Ice
SB:
2 Chain of Vapor
2 Goblin Welder
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Stifle
3 Tormod's Crypt
2 Duress
1 Pyroblast


Top Sixteen:  Ashok Chitturi, U/W Vial Fish

4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
4 Aether Vial
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Standstill
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Meddling Mage
4 Rootwater Thief
3 Waterfront Bouncer
3 Dandan
2 Ninja of the Deep Hours
4 Island
4 Flooded Strand
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Wasteland
4 Tundra
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
SB:
4 Phyrexian Furnace
3 Annul
2 Kami of the Ancient Law
2 Old Man of the Sea
2 Seal of Cleansing
1 Dandan
1 Waterfront Bouncer


Top Sixteen:  Anson Phetteplace, 3c Keeper

4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
4 Tundra
4 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Future Sight
1 Balance
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Dismantling Blow
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Cunning Wish
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Skeletal Scrying
3 Meddling Mage
2 Decree of Justice
2 Duress
SB:
2 Engineered Plague
1 Damping Matrix
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Orim's Chant
2 Seal of Cleansing
1 Disenchant
1 Null Rod
1 Coffin Purge
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Snuff Out
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 *totally illegible*


Day Two


1st:  Jarad Mann, Gay/Red

1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Factory
3 Faerie Conclave
3 Island
2 Null Rod
3 Grim Lavamancer
4 Curiosity
3 Daze
2 Misdirection
4 Brainstorm
4 Cloud of Faeries
4 Spiketail Hatchling
3 Voidmage Prodigy
4 Force of Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Wasteland
4 Polluted Delta
4 Volcanic Island
1 Library of Alexandria
SB:
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Stifle
1 Null Rod
3 Rack and Ruin
3 Waterfront Bouncer
2 Maze of Ith


2nd:  Dan Emmons, Salvager Oath

4 Oath of Druids
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
3 City of Brass
1 Underground Sea
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Seal of Cleansing
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Mana Drain
4 Flooded Strand
4 Brainstorm
1 Island
1 Plains
4 Force of Will
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Auriok Salvagers
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Timetwister
2 Phyrexian Furnace
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Balance
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
2 Pyrite Spellbomb
SB:
2 Rack and Ruin
1 Pristine Angel
1 Darksteel Colossus
3 Energy Flux
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Phyrexian Furnace
1 Stifle
4 Mana Leak


3rd:  Me, SSB

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Brainstorm
4 Thirst for Knowledge
2 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mana Severance
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Duress
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Goblin Welder
1 Recoup
1 Goblin Charbelcher
1 Mindslaver
1 Pentavus
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Darksteel Citadel
2 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
4 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
SB:
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Rushing River
1 Flametongue Kavu


4th:  Justin Timoney, Sensei Sensei

4 Accumulated Knowledge
1 Balance
1 Sol Ring
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Underground Sea
4 Island
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
3 Helm of Awakening
3 Future Sight
2 Tundra
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
3 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Intuition
2 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Time Walk
3 Cunning Wish
2 Deep Analysis
1 Frantic Search
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mystical Tutor
SB:
1 Stifle
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Annul
2 Duress
1 Flash Counter
2 Decree of Justice
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Brain Freeze
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rushing River


Top Eight:  Crossman Wilkins, U/W Fish

1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Wasteland
3 Meddling Mage
2 Swords to Plowshares
4 Curiosity
4 Cloud of Faeries
4 Standstill
1 Mox Pearl
3 Null Rod
2 Ninja of the Deep Hours
4 Spiketail Hatchling
3 Tundra
1 Strip Mine
4 Island
1 Time Walk
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Daze
2 Stifle
4 Force of Will
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
SB:
1 Null Rod
2 Energy Flux
2 Arcane Lab
1 Disenchant
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Aura Fracture
2 Annul
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Seal of Cleansing


Top Eight:  Ralph Parsinite, Cerebral Assassin

1 Demonic Tutor
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Platinum Angel
1 Possessed Portal
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Vampiric tutor
2 Great Furnace
3 Underground River
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
2 Intuition
2 Triskelion
3 Sundering Titan
3 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Force of Will
4 Animate Dead
4 Goblin Welder
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
SB:
3 Rack and Ruin
3 Tormod's Crypt
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Fire/Ice


Top Eight:  Jeff Tussi, Intuition Slaver

4 Force of Will
1 Lava Dart
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Tinker
4 Goblin Welder
1 Fact or Fiction
2 Cunning Wish
4 Mana Drain
1 Platinum Angel
1 Grim Monolith
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Mana Crypt
1 Time Walk
4 Island
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Brainstorm
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Volcanic Island
3 Intuition
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Flooded Strand
1 Mindslaver
1 Black Lotus
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Misdirection
1 Pentavus
1 Ancestral Recall
SB:
4 Red Elemental Blast
2 Lava Dart
3 Rack and Ruin
1 Firestorm
4 Arcane Lab
1 Platinum Angel


Top Eight:  Preston Honey, U/G Madness

4 Wild Mongrel
4 Basking Rootwalla
2 Hidden Herd
3 Squee, Goblin Nabob
2 Intuition
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Rushing River
4 Accumulated Knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Crop Rotation
3 Crucible
2 Exploration
1 Fastbond
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
2 Wooded Foothills
1 Windswept Heath
1 Island
2 Flooded Strand
4 Tropical Island
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Forest
SB:
3 Defense Grid
2 Echoing Truth
3 Propaganda
2 Ground Seal
2 Stifle
3 Null Rod

[Toad]

Nice job

Because they deserve credit for their work, Carl was playing a slightly modified Team CAB's "Gifted" deck, as posted by Carsten Kötter in his first article introducing the deck in January.

[Kowal]

I'm only putting it under SSB because when I asked Carl what he was playing during our run to Subway, he said "your deck"

Also, I just want to point out some of the weirdness in these lists:  an EBA made it, a Keeper made it, and in day two a very peculiar Bazaar powered madness without red made the cut as well.

[Toad]

I was not blaming you
<3 you for the decklists.

[CrazyCarl]

Well, I was sort of playing your deck .

BTW, Eli was 5th, and I was 3rd.  Just to set the record straight.  Other than that that's a decent Top 16.

[LongShot]

I made 17th and im surprised no one has said anything about it. I do understand that i didnt make top sixteen but it would have made me feel better.

[Kowal]

Oops!  Sorry Carl.  I thought that was the case, but Ray sent them to me a little out of order.

And if I were posting pity lists, I'd post my own, since I'm the winner of the first ever Goblin Game life counter.  :p

[The Atog Lord]

For what its worth, I shamelessly copied Kowal's list. And modified the maindeck by like 1 card.

[Outlaw]

It's okay Rich, we still love you 

[Joblin Velder]

Oops!  Sorry Carl.  I thought that was the case, but Ray sent them to me a little out of order.

And if I were posting pity lists, I'd post my own, since I'm the winner of the first ever Goblin Game life counter.  :p

Actually, I have that.

[JuJu]

I think that's the first I've seen Rich top 8 without winning. It's an odd odd feeling.

[Hi-Val]

Ashok really put a lot of work into his Fish list too and I'd like to point it out to people who might have passed it up or just been drawn to the winning Fish list. It opens up a lot of design options and I'm really proud of how it turned out (OMGOMG DANDAN!).

[roche]

all i know is i had a blast and the whole weekend def made me want to stay back in competitive t1 - and am glad to see team goat wasnt forgotten by the waterbury faithful


be prepared to see us at more events )))))

[Cross]

Thanks for the lists.

Yay for Savage New England throwing up two day two top 8's, Justin Timoney and I.

[Disburden]

Ashok really put a lot of work into his Fish list too and I'd like to point it out to people who might have passed it up or just been drawn to the winning Fish list. It opens up a lot of design options and I'm really proud of how it turned out (OMGOMG DANDAN!).

I'm almost twice as excited over this list than I was over the winning list I saw the other day. The winning list is good, yeah, but this build is so much more broad and open than most fish decks I've seen to date.

Dandan - I haven't seen this guy in years, and after sitting in my shoebox holder for some time I'm going to start testing with him. Everyone uses Islands in vintage ya know.

Rootwater Thief - This thing sounds like an amazing MVP, you can disrupt your opponents pile whiles flying with Ninjutsu. Sounds wonderful to me!

Fish that uses ....fish.

[Iron_Chef]

Go Jersey!

Congrats to 2 of my friends who did well, Andy Bilarczyk w/ the EBA top 16 finish, and Ralph Parsinitz for making top 8 day 2. I also wanted to say wtf to another insane NJ participant, John Murphy who ALMOST made top 8 day 2 with an unpowered "Raging Goblin, Blazing Shoal+Myojin, Blazing Shoal+Myojin, take 21.dec"

Waterbury was a blast and I can't wait for the next one!

[roche]

that wasnt underpowered ... he played lotus vs me twice

but then again i shouldnt be mad, because metagame decks only work if you play what u metagame for.

that deck wasnt definetly not metagamed for

Go Jersey nonetheless

[Juggernaut GO]

Dan Dan is great when your opponent plays islands, of course when your opponent plays memnarch and then steals your Dan Dan, things go wrong.

[The M.E.T.H.O.D]

Well travis, your right that no perm. stands a chance against an active memnarch unless its untargetable/protection.

Your wrong in the sense saying its useless against anything that doesn't run islands.  Its good also in the aggro mirror because its adds to factories as another creature that can trade with bigger guys like madness creatures, juggernauts/chi, etc.  Its especially good in vial because you can ambush your opponents attackers with said dandan.  It gets silly if you have an active waterfront bouncer because instead of bouncing their guys you can down one of their critters with dandan and return him, making him virtually a wall against good aggro critters.

SIDENOTE:
Old fish decks unless they were quipped/pumped somehow, had to go 2 for even 3 for 1 at times to trade with a decent threat.  Thats why exalted angel and ftk was a house in 4cc at the time (besides it pwning all agrro).  Ftk came into play and removed a threat.  Being a 4 power creature it could potentially reverse the slow clock you have on your opponent.  And to get rid of it you would essential have to trade 2 for 1.  Thats already a 3 for 1 in ftk's favor.  Angel works the same because it has 6 toughness.  What makes them even better was the fact that 4cc had spot removal so if you at times attempted to take down a big threat like that, they could remove one of your blocks and fuck up all your combat math and force to try again.

[Juggernaut GO]

I didn't mean anything insulting with what I said, I think it's a great choice in the deck, and fun to say besides.  No one see's it coming with vial. Also, the 3 bouncers were the shit, they are a house against any aggro deck.

[Negator13]

Just wanna point out that my name is spelled wrong (2nd place Day 1). It's Bransfield, not Bramsfield. 

[Iron_Chef]

your an a-hole by terating people

Is terate even a word?

@Roche:  I meant underpowered, not unpowered, my bad...  ... Also, does anyone have the top 32 figured out yet? I want to know who won bingo!

[Bram]

Just wanna point out that my name is spelled wrong (2nd place Day 1). It's Bransfield, not Bramsfield.

Don't worry, noone's perfect.

[Imsomniac101]

Was there actually a Sligh list in there or do my eyes decieve me?

[TheDeadMan]

Was there actually a Sligh list in there or do my eyes decieve me?

Yeah their is a sligh deck, I sucessfully worked my way to top 16 with it day 1.  You can checkout http://www.themanadrain.com/forums/index.php?topic=22947.0 for my report.

[Joblin Velder]

Was there actually a Sligh list in there or do my eyes decieve me?

Top Sixteen:  Dana Renfrew, Pillar Sligh

4 Goblin Vandal
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Jackal Pup
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lava Dart
3 Shrapnel Blast
1 Black Vise
4 Ankh of Mishra
4 Pyrostatic Pillar
4 Pyroblast
1 Mox Ruby
3 Great Furnace
12 Mountain
4 Mishra's Factory
SB:
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Null Rod
3 Threaten
3 Blood Moon
3 Goblin Bombardment

[LotusHead]

Hurah for Oath Salvagers making top 8 both days.

What was the meta like at Waterbury?

Was his the only or one of few Oath Salvager decks in the field?

Anyone else notice that Oath Salvager builds are cropping up consistantly in top 8 lists?

Have Salvagers finally earned some respect?

I would very much like to see a report by Dan, see what kind of hate he fought through, whether or not he had a cake-walk etc.  Anyone who knows him, please forward my request. LotusHead wants to know.

[johnstown713]

@LotusHead

I will ask Dan to write a report or at least get back to you.  I will give some brief info on the deck.  It was the first time he had ever picked up the deck and first time he played it before.  That and the fact that half of the deck was mine   Anyway, he did solid and seemed to face all sorts of decks.  While talking during the day he said the trouble he was running into was te fish type stuff.  I will have him do some detailed write up.