[Report] Myriad Games Back-to-Back Vintage Double Header Extravaganza!

[Myriad Games]

The Myriad Games Back-to-Back Vintage Tournament announcement for June 2nd and 3rd, 2007 can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who attended the sixth and seventh events in our 2007 Vintage Tournament Series here at Myriad Games.

Matt Allen and Zack Galbreath won the Preregistration Bonus Dual Lands.

Bill Copes won the Saturday Best Deck Name Contest for "Miami Vise" (His deck was running 4x Black Vise)
Ray Robillard won the Sunday Best Deck Name Contest for "Haikus are stupid / I won't do one on this day / Crap what have I done"

The Myriad Gear Challenge continued to be popular. I played over 20 games during the two days and we gave away a bunch of Free Myriad Gear. Thanks to everyone who participated. Enjoy the Myriad Gear!

Our New Player Bonus Booster Pack was also appreciated. Each new player received a Free Booster Pack!

Each player who preregistered for both days also received a Free Booster Pack!

Every player that wanted one received one of Sara's famous Myriad Games Magical Mana Cookies!

Thanks again to Sara "Ms. Mana Cookie" for these delicious Vintage treats!

Thanks to Ashlee for taking pictures from these events and helping type up the decklists.

These tournaments finished in record time thanks to an earlier start time. Having decklists prepared ahead of time also resulted in fewer deck registration errors. Thank you to all the prompt and prepared players.

The Vintage Draft (including cards from The Dark, Legends, Antiquities, Arabian Nights) was thoroughly enjoyed once again. This time around, we added in some Unhinged for some extra crazy fun! Of the eight players who participated, these were the Top 4:

1st   Ryan Marek
2nd   Corey Fraser
3rd   Jeremiah Rudolph
4th   Jeremy Barcello

The Tumblin' Dice Tournaments were another in our series of enjoyable Free side events. Of the 20 players over the two days, these were the Top 4 from each day.

Saturday Tumblin' Dice Champions!
1st = Sara Yarrington
2nd = Rob Henderson
3rd = Ray Robillard
4th = Clark Van Vliet

Sunday Tumblin' Dice Champions!
1st = Scott Hughes
2nd = Ryan Marek
3rd = Lloyd Anderson
4th = Mike Gosselin

Congratulations to our Tumblin' Dice Champions!

Our new bonus Myriad Magical Mementos were appreciated by all. Every player had the opportunity to select a card from our special binder including some cool little Magic singles. These Magical Mementos are designed to serve as a cool keepsake from the event. Feel free to have your opponents sign them, customize them with the date of the event, or just keep them in your binder as a reminder of a good time at a great Vintage event. Some of the cards selected included:

Signed Hand of Justice
Italian Arcane Denial
Japanese Foil Serum Visions
Foil Cloudstone Curio
Russian Lyzolda
Russian Tivadar of Thorn
Junk Golem
Foil "Jaws" Phyrexian Soulgorger
Star Wars CCG: "Leave Them to Me" - Darth Vader
French Rock Hydra
Russian Auratog
Foil Unstable Mutation
Unlimited Jade Monolith
Italian Cocoon
Liu Bei, Lord of Shu
Foil Cavern Harpy
Coldsnap Gorilla Shaman
Japanese Unstable Mutation
Beta False Orders
Foil Japanese Azorius First Wing
German Kird Ape
Foil Chimney Imp
Foil Wandering Ones
Foil DCI Life / Death
Russian Mizzium Transreliquat
Revised Contract from Below
Beta Wild Growth
Beta Wall of Stone
Foil Leveler
Legends Relic Barrier
Foil Domineer
Korean Drain Life
Beta Wall of Swords
Greater Morphling
Foil Echoing Courage
Japanese Void
Fraction Jackson
Spirit Token
Norwood Priestess
Russian Uncle Istvan
Look at Me, I'm the DCI
Russian Lim-Dul the Necromancer
Chinese Sandstorm
Russian Unstable Mutation
Foil Wood Elves
Foil March of the Machines
Japanese Goblin Trenches
Zombie Token
Goblin Token
Wurm Token
German Kird Ape
Beta False Orders
Foil Spanish Prodigal Sorcerer
Foil Razorfin Hunter
Signed Bone Shredder
Pentavite Token
German Signed Fireball
Foil Seismic Assault
Japanese Loxodon Warhammer
Japanese Signed Eater of Days
WC Birds of Paradise
Signed Sedge Troll

Our Best Tournament Report contest is underway. All tournament reports posted in the Tournament Announcement section of The Mana Drain by June 1st will be eligible to win. Reports must include Myriad Games in the title. Style points will be awarded for catchy titles, amusing anecdotes, and interesting coverage. Super style points will be awarded for good pictures from the event. Everyone is encouraged to respond to the tournament reports to let us know which you like best (you may PM myriadgames with comments if you cannot post directly to the Tournament Report forum). I will be the grand, august, final arbiter as to the final placement of reports. We may even award ancillary prizes if there are multiple reports that are deserving. Prizes will be reserved at Myriad Games and may be picked up the next time the winner(s) stop by. As reports are added, I will add handy links to the various tournament reports from the player's names in the final standings below.

As always, if you have any comments or suggestions about our events, please email us at vintage@myriadgames.com

Tournament Results

Day 1 - Saturday, June 2nd

Top 4 Eric Dupuis -- GrowATog
Top 4 Stephen Houdlette -- 5 Color Workshop
Top 4 Scott Hughes -- Staxless Stax
Top 4 Brian Rozzero -- Drainless Drain Tendrils
5th  Kyle Leith -- Gush Tendrils
6th  Arik Pogrebinsky -- Bomberman
7th  Chadd Kline -- Bomberman
8th  Dan Perovich -- Ichorid
9th  Jeff Carpenter -- Workshop Moon Aggro
10th Craig Dupre -- GrowATog
11th Eric Carpenter -- Oath
12th Nick Rodrigues -- Bomberman
13th Bill Copes -- B/W Workshop
14th Rich Shay -- Ichorid
15th Mike Bergeron -- Mountains Win Again aka Mountainless Mountains Win Again
16th Tim Landale -- TPS
17th Tim Greenfield -- GrowATog
18th Justin Yang -- U/B/R Fish
19th Sean Corrigan -- Food Chain Goblins
20th Jeremiah Rudolph -- Flash Oath
21st Alan Roth -- Belcher
22nd Louis Gentile -- GrowATog
23rd Ryan Marek -- Flashy Bomberman
24th Clark Van Vliet -- Flash
25th Corey Fraser -- Ichorid
26th Adam Dodge -- SS
27th Aaron Conole -- GrowATog
28th Patrick Hereford -- Bomberman
29th Sara Yarrington -- Belcher
30th Jeremy Barcello -- Ichorid
31st Harry Losee -- Combo
32nd Oliver Beaumont -- Salvagers
33rd Matt Allen -- Ichorid
34th Emery Ames -- Mountains Win Again aka Mountainless Mountains Win Again
35th Gabriel Cook -- Staxless Stax
36th Lloyd Anderson Jr. -- Food Chain Goblins
37th Rob Henderson -- Shared Fate
38th Travis Laplante -- Workshop Control
39th Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

• Eric Dupuis -- GrowATog vs Dan Perovich -- Ichorid
• Brian Rozzero -- Drainless Drain Tendrils vs Chadd Kline -- Bomberman
• Stephen Houdlette -- 5 Color Workshop vs Arik Pogrebinsky -- Bomberman
• Scott Hughes -- Staxless Stax vs Kyle Leith -- Gush Tendrils

Top 4 - Split

• Eric Dupuis -- GrowATog
• Brian Rozzero -- Drainless Drain Tendrils
• Stephen Houdlette -- 5 Color Workshop
• Scott Hughes -- Staxless Stax

Top 8 Decklists

Top 4 Eric Dupuis -- GrowATog

1x Library of Alexandria
4x Tropical Island
4x Underground Sea
2x Flooded Strand
2x Polluted Delta
1x Strip Mine
4x Quirion Dryad
3x Street Wraith
1x Psychatog
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
3x Misdirection
4x Force of Will
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
4x Brainstorm
1x Fastbond
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
4x Merchant Scroll
1x Regrowth
4x Gush
4x Duress
1x Imperial Seal
1x Echoing Truth
1x Cunning Wish

Sideboard
1x Stifle
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Berserk
3x Energy Flux
2x Tormod's Crypt
3x Yixlid Jailer
2x Pithing Needle
2x Massacre

Top 4 Brian Rozzero -- Drainless Drain Tendrils

4x Force of Will
4x Repeal
4x Brainstorm
4x Accumulated Knowledge
3x Intuition
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Mind's Desire
1x Frantic Search
1x Echoing Truth
1x Rebuild
1x Timetwister
2x Tendrils of Agony
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
4x Street Wraith
4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
4x Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Ruby
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Lotus Petal
1x Sol Ring

Sideboard
3x Tormod's Crypt
3x Duress
3x Pact of Negation
2x Massacre
1x Darkblast
1x Rebuild
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Morphling

Top 4 Stephen Houdlette -- 5 Color Stax

4x Goblin Welder
4x Chalice of the Void
4x Leyline of the Void
3x Crucible of Worlds
3x Sphere of Resistance
2x Powder Keg
1x Balance
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Tinker
1x Platinum Angel
1x Trinisphere
1x Memory Jar
1x Triskelion
1x Sundering Titan
3x Bazaar of Baghdad
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Black Lotus
2x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
4x Mishra's Workshop
4x City of Brass
3x Gemstone Mine
1x Barbarian Ring
1x Academy Ruins

Sideboard
2x Ray of Revelation
2x Pyroblast
2x Ancient Grudge
2x Triskelion
2x Tormod's Crypt
2x Fire and Ice
1x Seal of Cleansing
2x Dark Confidant

Top 4 Scott Hughes -- Staxless Stax

1x Black Lotus
4x Chalice of the Void
2x Coalition Relic
3x Crucible of Worlds
1x Karn, Silver Golem
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Memory Jar
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Platinum Angel
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Sol Ring
1x Sundering Titan
4x Tangle Wire
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Trinisphere
1x Triskelion
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Tinker
1x Crop Rotation
4x Goblin Welder
2x Gorilla Shaman
1x Barbarian Ring
1x Bazaar of Baghdad
4x City of Brass
2x Gemstone Mine
4x Mishra's Workshop
1x Strip Mine
1x Tolarian Academy
4x Wasteland

Sideboard
3x Eon Hub
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Balance
1x Fire and Ice
1x Darkblast
1x Triskelion
2x Red Elemental Blast
2x Viashino Heretic

5th Kyle Leith -- Gush Tendrils

4x Street Wraith
4x Gush
4x Force of Will
4x Brainstorm
3x Merchant Scroll
3x Misdirection
3x Duress
2x Dark Ritual
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Mind's Desire
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Imperial Seal
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Fastbond
1x Regrowth
1x Time Walk
1x Chain of Vapor
4x Polluted Delta
1x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
2x Tropical Island
1x Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Lotus Petal

Sideboard
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Threads of Disloyalty
2x Yixlid Jailer
1x Echoing Truth
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Rebuild
1x Massacre
1x Darkblast
1x Extripate
1x Psychatog

6th Arik Pogrebinsky -- Bomberman

3x Auriok Salvagers
4x Aven Mindcensor
4x Trinket Mage
1x AEther Spellbomb
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Pithing Needle
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Brainstorm
1x Echoing Truth
4x Force of Will
1x Gifts Ungiven
4x Mana Drain
1x Time Walk
2x Misdirection
3x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
4x Flooded Strand
4x Island
1x Library of Alexandria
2x Plains
1x Snow-Covered Island
1x Strip Mine
4x Tundra

Sideboard
3x Energy Flux
4x Honor the Fallen
1x Pithing Needle
1x Rebuild
4x Serra Avenger
2x Tormod's Crypt

7th Chadd Kline -- Bomberman

3x Auriok Salvagers
4x Aven Mindcensor
4x Trinket Mage
1x AEther Spellbomb
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Pithing Needle
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Brainstorm
1x Echoing Truth
4x Force of Will
1x Gifts Ungiven
4x Mana Drain
1x Merchant Scroll
2x Misdirection
2x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Time Walk
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
4x Flooded Strand
4x Island
1x Library of Alexandria
2x Plains
1x Snow-Covered Island
1x Strip Mine
4x Tundra

Sideboard
3x Energy Flux
4x Honor the Fallen
1x Pithing Needle
1x Rebuild
4x Serra Avenger
2x Tormod's Crypt

8th Dan Perovich -- Ichorid

4x Bazaar of Baghdad
4x Golgari Grave-Troll
4x Golgari Thug
4x Ichorid
4x Narcomoeba
4x Stinkweed Imp
4x Street Wraith
1x Flame-Kin Zealot
3x Whirlpool Drake
4x Chalice of the Void
4x Serum Powder
4x Leyline of the Void
4x Cabal Therapy
4x Bridge from Below
4x Dread Return
4x Unmask

Sideboard
4x Chain of Vapor
3x Gemstone Mine
4x City of Brass
4x Emerald Charm


Day 2 - Sunday, June 3rd

Top 4   Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman
Top 4   Kyle Leith -- Gush Tendrils
Top 4   Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax
Top 4   Craig Dupre -- GrowATog
5th   Ryan Durney -- B/u Tempo
6th   Ron White -- Goblins
7th   Brian Rozzero -- Drainless Drain Tendrils
8th   Jeff Carpenter -- Oath
9th   Rich Shay -- GrowATog
10th   Jeremiah Rudolph -- Doomsday
11th   Sean Corrigan -- Food Chain Goblins
12th   Chadd Kline -- Bomberman
13th   Eric Carpenter -- Workshop Moon Aggro
14th   Louis Gentile -- GrowATog
15th   Pat Broderick -- Ichorid
16th   Clark Van Vliet -- Flash
17th   Kyle Guillemette -- Confidant Control
18th   Jeremy Barcello -- Ichorid
19th   Ryan Marek -- GrowATog
20th   Adam Dodge -- U/B Fish
21st   Bill Copes -- B/W Stax
22nd   Gabe Cook -- Bomberman
23rd   Lloyd Anderson -- Bomberman
24th   Scott Hughes -- Staxless Stax
25th   Harry Losee -- Ichorid
26th   Matt Allen -- Dragon
27th   Max Fitzer -- Mono Blue Control
28th   Andrew Morocco -- Slaverless Slaver
29th   Jayson Paul -- Flash
30th   Mike Gosselin -- Elves
31st   Zack Galbreath -- The Mountains Win Again
32nd   Rob Henderson -- Shared Fate
33rd   Arik Pogrebinsky -- Bomberman
34th   Sara Yarrington -- Belcher

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

• Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman vs Jeff Carpenter -- Oath
• Kyle Leith -- Gush Tendrils vs Brian Rozzero -- Drainless Drain Tendrils
• Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax vs Ron White -- Goblins
• Craig Dupre -- GrowATog vs Ryan Durney -- B/u Tempo

Top 4 - Split

• Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman
• Kyle Leith -- Gush Tendrils
• Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax
• Craig Dupre -- GrowATog

Top 8 Decklists

Top 4 Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman aka I Was Going to Build Flash, but Someone Stole My Protean Hulks!

3x Tundra
4x Flooded Strand
5x Island
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Strip Mine
1x Plains
3x Auriok Salvagers
1x Sundering Titan
1x Magus of the Moat
3x Trinket Mage
1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Tinker
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
4x Mana Drain
1x Mox Jet
4x Force of Will
3x Thirst for Knowledge
4x Brainstorm
1x Sol Ring
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Lotus Petal
1x Misdirection
1x AEther Spellbomb
1x Decree of Justice
1x Echoing Truth
3x Flash

Sideboard
2x Tormod's Crypt
3x Energy Flux
4x Leyline of Singularity
3x Voidmage Prodigy
3x Aven Mindcensor

Top 4 Kyle Leith -- Gush Tendrils

4x Street Wraith
4x Force of Will
4x Merchant Scroll
4x Brainstorm
4x Gush
3x Duress
3x Misdirection
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Gifts Ungiven
1x Fastbond
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Mind's Desire
1x Time Walk
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Imperial Seal
1x Dark Ritual
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Polluted Delta
1x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
2x Tropical Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Island
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Jet
1x Black Lotus
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring

Sideboard
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Yixlid Jailer
1x Duress
1x Rebuild
2x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Psychatog
4x Threads of Disloyalty

Top 4 Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax

4x Mishra's Workshop
4x Wasteland
4x City of Brass
2x Gemstone Mine
1x Barbarian Ring
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Strip Mine
1x Bazaar of Baghdad
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Vault
1x Mana Crypt
4x Goblin Welder
4x Tangle Wire
3x Crucible of Worlds
2x Chalice of the Void
2x Powder Keg
2x Coalition Relic
2x Gorilla Shaman
1x Ancestral Recall
2x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Time Walk
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Trinisphere
1x Triskelion
1x Memory Jar
1x Balance
1x Crop Rotation
1x Sundering Titan
1x Platinum Angel
1x Tinker

Sideboard
2x Red Elemental Blast
2x Uba Mask
2x Chalice of the Void
2x Eon Hub
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Triskelion
1x Darkblast
1x Shattering Spree

Top 4 Craig Dupre -- GrowATog aka Maybe I should have just played Ichorid

4x Quirion Dryad
3x Psychatog
4x Gush
4x Duress
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
3x Misdirection
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Fastbond
1x Berserk
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Echoing Truth
3x Merchant Scroll
1x Cunning Wish
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Black Lotus
1x Volcanic Island
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Snow-Covered Island
4x Underground Sea
4x Tropical Island
4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand

Sideboard
2x Pyroblast
2x Fire and Ice
2x Echoing Truth
2x Chain of Vapor
2x Extirpate
1x Berserk
4x Leyline of the Void

5th Ryan Durney -- B/u Tempo aka The Swamps Win Again

1x Black Lotus
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Extirpate
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Diabolic Edict
1x Demonic Tutor
4x Duress
4x Dark Confidant
4x Hypnotic Specter
4x Dark Ritual
4x Hymn to Tourach
3x Leyline of the Void
3x Chalice of the Void
2x Null Rod
4x Bloodstained Mire
4x Mishra's Factory
4x Underground Sea
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
6x Swamp

Sideboard
2x Pithing Needle
2x Tormod's Crypt
3x Stromgald Crusader
3x Massacre
1x Extirpate
1x Leyline of the Void
2x Engineered Explosives
1x Echoing Truth

6th Ron White -- Goblins aka My Ringleader Brings All the Boys to the Yard

1x Mox Ruby
1x Mana Crypt
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
4x Goblin Lackey
4x Goblin Ringleader
4x Goblin Warchief
4x Mogg Fanatic
4x Goblin Matron
4x Goblin Piledriver
3x Gempalm Incinerator
3x Skirk Prospector
2x Goblin Recruiter
2x Null Rod
1x Goblin Sharpshooter
1x Siege Gang Commander
15x Mountain
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine

Sideboard
2x Pyroblast
4x Red Elemental Blast
2x Shattering Spree
3x Tormod's Crypt
2x Pithing Needle
1x Null Rod
1x Rack and Ruin

7th Brian Rozzero -- Drainless Drain Tendrils

4x Force of Will
4x Repeal
4x Brainstorm
4x Accumulated Knowledge
3x Intuition
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Mind's Desire
1x Frantic Search
1x Rebuild
1x Timetwister
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Imperial Seal
1x Yawgmoth's Will
2x Tendrils of Agony
4x Street Wraith
4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
4x Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Lotus Petal
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Vault

Sideboard
3x Duress
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Darkblast
1x Rebuild
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Platinum Angel
1x Tinker
1x Memory Jar
1x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1x Echoing Truth

8th Jeff Carpenter -- Gushin' Oath

1x Underground Sea
4x Forbidden Orchard
2x Polluted Delta
1x Flooded Strand
3x Island
3x Tropical Island
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Lotus Petal
1x Black Lotus
4x Oath of Druids
2x Tidespout Tyrant
1x Sundering Titan
1x Tinker
1x Krosan Reclamation
1x Research and Development
1x Fastbond
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Library of Alexandria
4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
2x Misdirection
2x Foil
3x Nix
4x Brainstorm
4x Gush
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Gifts Ungiven
1x Regrowth

Sideboard
1x Blazing Archon
1x Platinum Angel
1x Simic Sky Swallower
2x Extract
2x Energy Flux
2x Oxidize
2x Trickbind
1x Echoing Truth
3x Extirpate


Thanks again to everyone for coming. We'll look forward to seeing everyone at our next tournament Sunday, July 1st which is part of another fine Northeast Back-to-Back Vintage Weekend the day after ELD's 6th Vintage Tournament on Saturday, June 30th.

[Whatever Works]

Great Tournements Dan! I had a blast as always! Though, posting good results makes the events even more fun. Kinda like Taco Bell! I will write more later, but gotta eat!

[Implacable]

My God!  Nix?!  I can't believe it, but that's great tech against Gush.  I'm going to have to explore that.

[MrJolly]

Very well run tournament, Dan. Hopefully I can make it on July 1st.

[Disburden]

Very cool you guys made this follow the June 20th B&R list change. Thanks a lot for doing so much for the format!

[TopSecret]

"6th Ron White -- Goblins aka My Ringleader Brings All the Boys to the Yard"
I thought this one was pretty funny.

Thanks for posting the results so punctually, Dan!
I will try to make the next one.

[Harlequin]

2x Foil
3x Nix

My God!  Nix?!  I can't believe it, but that's great tech against Gush.  I'm going to have to explore that.

Nothin' but pure gold all day. 
Nix: Gush, Force, Dread Return, REVERENT SILENCE *shakes fist*, even an on-color mox.

Against Oli in T8 I got to Foil a turn 1 something with Island + Krosian Rec (yes its any card, and yes they go to the GY).  He was quite amused.  Although I did misplay Foil once, I forced something removing Foil when I had exactly 4 mana open.  I relized it seconds too late.

[zeus-online]

Wouldn't REB be better then nix in almost every instance?  I realize it's red and nix is blue..but it's not really hard to splash for it.

/Zeus

[Grand Inquisitor]

Signed Hand of Justice

Oh, yeah!

Wouldn't REB be better then nix in almost every instance?

No.

[Myriad Games]

Thanks to everyone for the responses. I was glad we could get this report posted in such a timely fashion.

Thanks again to everyone for playing!

[Harlequin]

Wouldn't REB be better then nix in almost every instance?  I realize it's red and nix is blue..but it's not really hard to splash for it.

/Zeus

No because it doesn't fit in the deck ... at all.  #1) I only run 3 fetchlands.  #2) I run titan, and lastly it doesn't give me splash control against Ichorid, and has less of an impact against combo (doomsday).

For the Record, I probably won't be doing a tournement report because I don't remember too much about my matches/opponents.   I will be posting a revised decklist and mini-primer going over some of the choices and lessons learned from the tournement.  So keep an eye on the Vintage Forums.

[Whatever Works]

Wouldn't REB be better then nix in almost every instance?  I realize it's red and nix is blue..but it's not really hard to splash for it.

/Zeus

No because it doesn't fit in the deck ... at all.  #1) I only run 3 fetchlands.  #2) I run titan, and lastly it doesn't give me splash control against Ichorid, and has less of an impact against combo (doomsday).

For the Record, I probably won't be doing a tournement report because I don't remember too much about my matches/opponents.   I will be posting a revised decklist and mini-primer going over some of the choices and lessons learned from the tournement.  So keep an eye on the Vintage Forums.

I played a few casual games with Gush Tendrils against his Oath list, and Nix was generally very insane. I had fun trying to misdirect his nix on my gush to his gush lol. Its a very strong card I have to say! I was impressed, and would considered a worthy board card if you expect GaT, GT, Ichorid, etc.

[Sarah Angel]

I'd like to post my results and thoughts on my flash deck, but I see posting is restricted to full members.  How do I become a full member?

Clark

[Disburden]

You can type up a report in the Open Forum and in your report ask the Mods to move it into this Tournament section of the site.

[Almighty]

I think these tournaments set a precedent. Ichorid and Flash are overrated. Flash has been doing terrible at myriad lately, and Ichorid shows up in droves yet fails to put more than 1 person in top 8 either day. They aren't better than any other competitive deck.

[Vegeta2711]

I think these tournaments set a precedent. Ichorid and Flash are overrated. Flash has been doing terrible at myriad lately, and Ichorid shows up in droves yet fails to put more than 1 person in top 8 either day. They aren't better than any other competitive deck.

Yes clearly one metagame means X deck is crap and Y deck is the awesome. I missed the memo that had Bomberman as the premiere anything in this format.

[Dxfiler]

I think these tournaments set a precedent. Ichorid and Flash are overrated. Flash has been doing terrible at myriad lately, and Ichorid shows up in droves yet fails to put more than 1 person in top 8 either day. They aren't better than any other competitive deck.

In fairness Myriad has a completely different meta than anywhere else.  I can gauge a 150 person Waterbury better than a 30 person Myriad.   It's literally the only tourney where I walk in and have absolutely no idea what I'm going to face.

This is good and bad.  It's good because there's almost always a healthy mix of decks in their top 8's.  It's bad because you can be geared to beat combo and run into mountains and sui black rounds one and two on any given week.

For this particular weekend I felt the bad would outweigh the good in that with the restrictions coming off it would be total chaos, but I don't see totally domination of any particular card.  Gush obviously had an immediate impact but it didn't look overpowering.

Some of my favorite players popped up out of the blue and did well with their own decks.  Brian Rozerro is one of the best people who never play (and definitely the nicest) and of course I have to give a shout-out to my boy Goblin Ron.  Go get em' G-ron :p

Also, I noticed someone picked this in my absence:

German Kird Ape

Whoever you are... WATCH YOUR BACK.

Durney keeps doing well with that sui-black pile (his words).  At least he took out the maindeck massacre.

Stax-less stax has made a very big impact on the New England meta.  I expect a healthy dose of it at Waterbury and probably one or two breaking top 16 (but it won't be ray ;p)

I thought Bomberman would just peter out given Gush's new found powers.. I was wrong.  So wrong in fact that many people who I checked in on over the weekend told me their top 8 hopes and dreams were crushed over and over again by the 2/4 meance.  Looks like bomberman isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Big props to "Miami Vise."

Finally, concluding on a sad note, although top 8's of both days looked fairly varied, fish is nowhere to be seen.  This makes me shed a tear.  An invisible tear.

I will try to make the next Myriad.  Congrats to Dan for his successful tournaments and congrats to all who did well.

- Teh Feinsteins.

[Myriad Games]

If you have yet to post a tournament report for either of these events, you have through tomorrow, Sunday, June 10th to post here or PM your report over.

Thanks!

[sean1i0]

Perhaps I've just missed it somewhere, but why in the world are there 4 serra avengers in the Bomberman sideboards?  A couple of us have been testing it tonight and that's one of the things that's just puzzling the heck out of us.  Incidentally the deck has been performing really well.

[Dxfiler]

Perhaps I've just missed it somewhere, but why in the world are there 4 serra avengers in the Bomberman sideboards?  A couple of us have been testing it tonight and that's one of the things that's just puzzling the heck out of us.  Incidentally the deck has been performing really well.

In a nutshell, the Boston guys went overboard with their fish hate.  :p  The avengers have been in their sideboards for a very long time.  They popped up a while ago when fish was running wild in this area.  That phenomenon has since subsided and I think the avengers just aren't needed.  I ran into Seasinger yesterday and it was solid against me (I was fish :p).  I think overall seasinger is better because it's good in the mirror and GAT while Avenger really only shines against fish.

Otherwise the Boston Bomberman version is about as good as that deck gets in my opinion.  Dan Cunningham has smashed face with it for months on end and he has many friends who have picked up the deck card for card and done well with it.  This tournament was proof.

Bomberman appears to have taken the spot of another UW deck for the mantle of most consistent deck in the format.  It is a great choice if you're looking to top 8 and it always has a chance to win the tourney since there really is no single terrible matchup.  Bomberman isn't really my style of deck but I recognize its pure power right now and it looks like I'm going to have to work on decks that have good matches against it... that won't be easy :p

- Dave Feinstein

[sean1i0]

Ok, well that makes more sense now.  I have to agree with you though that seasinger looks a ton better though.  Thanks for the help, Dave.