[RESULTS] 8th Catalan Vintage League top 8

[wette]

Here you have the info:

The tournament took place in Mollet (Barcelona), 65 players attended, 7 rounds of swiss + top 8.`


1st - Miquel Alcoriza - Bomberman

Maindeck:
3 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Tundra
3 Volcanic Island
3 Auriok Salvagers
3 Aven Mindcensor
1 Darksteel Colossus
3 Trinket Mage
1 Æther Spellbomb
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
4 Brainstorm
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Force of Will
1 Mana Crypt
4 Mana Drain
2 Merchant Scroll
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Rebuild
1 Sol Ring
3 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tormod’s Crypt

Sideboard:
3 Meddling Mage
1 Sundering Titan
2 Disenchant
1 Pithing Needle
1 Pyroblast
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Swords to Plowshares

2nd - Eduardo Iglesias - Mindtwister

Maindeck:
1 Flooded Strand
2 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Underground Sea
4 Dark Confidant
1 Platinum Angel
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
4 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Duress
4 Force of Will
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
4 Mana Drain
3 Mind Twist
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Rebuild
3 Repeal
1 Sol Ring
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will

Sideboard:
2 Black Knight
1 Darksteel Colossus
2 Hand of Cruelty
1 Darkblast
1 Echoing Decay
3 Energy Flux
4 Extirpate
1 Hurkyl’s Recall

Top 4 - Pablo Ambrojo - Black Vised MUD

Maindeck:
4 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
2 Ghost Quarter
3 Mishra’s Factory
4 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Triskelion
1 Black Lotus
4 Black Vise
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Orb of Dreams
3 Powder Keg
4 Smokestack
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
1 Trinisphere

Sideboard:
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Razormane Masticore
3 Defense Grid
2 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Null Rod
3 Pithing Needle

Top 4 - Narcís Mir - Control Slaver

Maindeck:
2 Flooded Strand
5 Island
3 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Volcanic Island
3 Goblin Welder
2 Gorilla Shaman
1 Sundering Titan
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
2 Blood Moon
4 Brainstorm
1 Echoing Truth
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Force of Will
1 Mana Crypt
4 Mana Drain
2 Merchant Scroll
1 Mindslaver
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Repeal
1 Sol Ring
4 Stifle
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk

Sideboard:
1 Platinum Angel
2 Fire // Ice
2 Pithing Needle
1 Pyroblast
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Trickbind

Top 8 - Esteve Bueno - U/B Fish

Maindeck:
1 Flooded Strand
4 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
3 Swamp
4 Underground Sea
4 Wasteland
4 Dark Confidant
1 Dimir Cutpurse
3 Phyrexian Negator
3 Spiketail Hatchling
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
4 Brainstorm
3 Daze
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Duress
1 Echoing Truth
3 Force of Will
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Null Rod
2 Stifle
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor

Sideboard:
3 Darkblast
1 Diabolic Edict
3 Energy Flux
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Massacre
1 Trickbind

Top 8 - Roger Coloma - Goblin Control

Maindeck:
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Mountain
1 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
3 Volcanic Island
3 Wasteland
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Goblin Piledriver
4 Mogg Fanatic
3 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
4 Brainstorm
4 Daze
3 Fire // Ice
4 Force of Will
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
3 Standstill
1 Time Walk

Sideboard:
3 Annul
3 Pithing Needle
1 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Shattering Pulse
3 Stifle

Top 8 - Sergio Pérez - TT Confidant

Maindeck:
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Island
4 Polluted Delta
2 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Underground Sea
4 Dark Confidant
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
4 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Duress
4 Force of Will
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Imperial Seal
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Memory Jar
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
3 Repeal
1 Sol Ring
2 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Yawgmoth’s Will

Sideboard:
1 Badlands
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Platinum Angel
2 Simian Spirit Guide
1 Darkblast
3 Empty the Warrens
2 Massacre
1 Meltdown
1 Tinker
2 Tormod’s Crypt

Top 8 - Carlos Miñón - U/B/W Bomberman

Maindeck:
3 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
3 Auriok Salvagers
3 Aven Mindcensor
1 Darksteel Colossus
3 Trinket Mage
1 Æther Spellbomb
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
3 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Force of Will
1 Mana Crypt
4 Mana Drain
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Misdirection
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Repeal
1 Sol Ring
2 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will

Sideboard:
3 Meddling Mage
1 Platinum Angel
3 Duress
1 Energy Flux
3 Orim’s Chant
2 Sacred Ground
2 Tormod’s Crypt

1st Unpowered (25th, 12 pts) - Luis Codera - Monoblue Fish

Maindeck:
2 Flooded Strand
11 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Manta Riders
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours
2 River Merfolk
4 Tidal Warrior
4 Brainstorm
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Daze
2 Echoing Truth
4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
1 Stifle

Sideboard:
4 Back to Basics
2 Echoing Truth
1 Energy Flux
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Propaganda
2 Trickbind
3 Umezawa’s Jitte

[Aardshark]

You continue to put up incredible numbers in these tournaments with your Twist deck.

I've been testing this list for the last several weeks and its definitely interesting.  I agree with dropping library for lotus petal--I almost never activated library, and when I did it was usually "lose more" (i.e., after not playing any cards for the first turn I was critically behind on tempo). I was testing imperial seal in that slot for a while, but did find myself mana tight in situations where seal would have been better. I think the extra storm also helps given your switch to tendrils.  I was also thinking of playing a sole dark/cabal ritual in that slot to make y-will better, and now with tendrils instead of warrens that seems even better.   Have you considered that?

How did you like Tendrils over ETW?  I've beaten GAT and creatures with 8-10 goblins on the second or third turn, and tendrils just can't do that.  True, Tendrils can win the game *now* and gain you life to avoid dying to confidants, but I think I've only wished ETW had been Tendrils once or twice--most often I'm either indifferent or grateful its warrans. 

Speaking of red, your sideboard baffles me. What is your plan versus GAT?  REB seems critical for the GAT matchup (which I've found to be maybe 40/60 unfavorable pre-sideboard against strong players).  Also, I understand black knight is "tech" against fish, but isn't 4 knights a bit excessive? Finally, how are you using the extirpates? I've never particularly respected this card, but I notice you've gone from 2 to 4 so it must work for you.

Finally a few general question about your meta: Do you have any idea why is GAT not dominating in Europe as it is here in the US? Is it because of the no proxy meta? What fraction of the players in this tourney are fully/mostly powered?

Congrats on yet another very strong finish. And thanks for sharing these results--reading about the European meta is like looking into a parallel universe.

[wette]

@aardshark: the player in the finals with twister was not me, I had a bad day and finally went 4-3 in the swiss.

<but I know him and I can answersome of your questions. He took out red to improve the mana base, about the ritual: i waont play this deck without red but if i did i think i will play this ritual to have chance with letal tendrils.

I also think that red is basic, you've nothing to do against GAT and fish without reb, r&r is the best answetr to MUD (very common here) and stax and you improve your flash match up....

About the meta: What I cannot understand is why is GAT dominating in the US, i don't know in Europe but here in Spain most of the best players have been testing the deck and finally  not played it or tried some gush tendrils variant... Personally, when playin gGAT i felt like i was doing everything i have to... i was on the point of winning the game... but finally losing it...


About our particular meta, we play sanctioned tournaments so no proxie allowed, but most people plays powered (85-90%) and the bif majority play fully powered (75-80)%