ICon (8/11/07) Results

[Arakkis]

So we had amazing prize support, and got decent crowds considering the short notice that the Con Organizer gave me.

And you know, despite the fact that we started an hour late because there is only so much I can do when I ask for things and they turn out weird- but whatever, we had some good events.

Type 1: (20 people)

Jaker and Vroman split the grand prize
Jacob Riehm took 3rd
Tony Lozzi took 4th

Type 1.5: (18 people)
Blaine Christiansen and Brandon Adams (emidln) split
Vroman and Jacob Riehm got 3rd/4th

Decklists to be posted shortly.

Props go out to the con organizer- for giving out the full prize despite the number of people who showed up.
Props also to the players- who were well behaved and helpful- instead of giving out crap for things being a bit slow right off the bat.

[Arakkis]

Decklists:

The type 1:

Vroman-
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 City of Brass
2 Badland
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Strip Mine
1 Riftstone Portal
2 Caves of Koilos
5 Moxen
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Dark Confidant
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Crop Rotation
1 Life from the Loam
4 Duress
3 Aven Mindcensor
1 Maze of Ith
1 Darkblast
1 Balance

sb:
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Engineered Plague
2 Pyroblast
2 REB
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Ray of Revelation

The Jaker-
4 Protean Hulk
4 Flash
4 Virulent Sliver
4 Merchant Scroll
4 Pact of Negation
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Summoner's Pact
3 Polluted Delta
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Misdirection
1 ESG
1 Heart Sluiver
1 Island
5 Moxen
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Echoing Truth
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Massacre

sb:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Duress
2 Chain of Vapor
2 Reverent Silence
2 Massacre
1 Sylvan Safekeeper
1 Echoing Truth

Jacob Riehm-
4 Dark Confidant
4 Meddling Mage
4 Trinket Mage
2 Aven Mindcensor
3 Counterbalance
4 Force of Will
4 Duress
3 Brainstorm
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Tundra
4 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Academy Ruins
5 Moxen
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal

sb:
3 Trickbind
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Ghostly Prison
2 Energy Flux
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Engineered Explosives

Anthony Lozzi-
1 Taiga
1 Lotus Petal
4 Chromatic Star
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Land Grant
1 Mana Crypt
1 Wheel of Fortune
4 Goblin Welder
5 Moxen
2 Pyroblast
1 REB
4 Seething Song
4 ESG
3 Living Wish
4 Tinder Wall
1 Memory Jar
1 LED
1 Sol Ring
1 Ignite Memories
4 Goblin Charbelcher
3 Empty the Warrens
1 Channel
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
3 Rite of Flame

sb:
2 Pyroblast
1 Strip Mine
1 City of Brass
1 Gorilla Shaman
2 Slice and Dice
4 Pyrostatic Pillar
1 Mishra's Workshop
3 Leyline of the Void

[Arakkis]

The 1.5

Brandon Adams-
3 Underground Sea
1 Tundra
1 Volcanic Island
1 Scrubland
1 Badlands
1 Swamp
1 Island
4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
4 Grim Tutor
4 Mystical Tutor
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Brainstorm
3 Ill-Gotten Gains
3 Tendrils of Agony
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Intuition
2 Orim's Chant
1 Echoing Truth
1 Wipe Away
4 Lotus Petal
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Lion's Eye Diamond

sb:
3 Empty the Warrens
4 Dark Confidant
2 Orim's Chant
1 Rebuild
1 Echoing Truth
2 Chain of Vapor
2 Cabal Therapy

Vroman-
4 Tranquil Thicket
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Windswept Heath
2 Wasteland
1 Forest
3 Mishra's Factory
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Bayou
1 Badlands
1 Taiga
1 Plaguea
3 Savannah
1 Scrubland
4 Mox Diamond
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Genesis
4 life from the Loam
4 Eternal Witness
3 Sylvan Scrying
1 Exploration
4 Children of Korlis
3 Jotun Grunt
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Words of War
1 Gamble
1 Seismic Assault
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Devastating Dreams
1 Nightmare Void
3 Pernicious Deed

sb:
2 Null Rod
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Words of War
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Ray of Revelation
1 Ancient Grudge
1 maze of Ith
4 Genju of the Fields

Jacob Riehm-
4 Wall of Roots
3 Cabal Therapy
2 Raven Familiar
2 Eternal Witness
1 Cavern Harpy
4 Intuition
4 Brainstorm
4 Imperial Recruiter
4 Aluren
1 Deep Analysis
1 Ghitu Slinger
1 Dream Stalker
1 Echoing Truth
1 Spike Feeder
1 Man-o-War
4 Force of Will
4 Polluted Delta
4 Wooded Foothills
3 City of Traitors
2 Bayou
2 Forest
1 Island
3 Tropical Island
1 Taiga
1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island

sb:
2 Duress
1 Cabal Therapy
4 Pernicious Deed
2 Hydroblast
2 BEB
4 Divert

Blaine Christiansen-
4 Land Grant
2 Bayou
4 Chrome Mox
4 Lotus Petal
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Culling the Weak
4 LED
4 Shield Sphere
4 Phyrexian Walker
4 Infernal Contract
3 Cruel Bargain
4 Infernal Tutor
2 Tendrils of Agony
2 Empty the Warrens
1 Goblin Charbelcher
2 Ill-Gotten Gains

sb:
4 Tomb of Urami
4 Duress
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Naturalize

[vroman]

this was the best Icon yet.
my legacy list is slightly wrong
2 savanah
2 jotun grunt
3 sylvan library (not scrying)

[Moxlotus]

Caves of Koilos

I demand Vroman explain himself.  My eyes are bleeding.

Love the maindeck single Maze of Ith.  I think that's been a great card for Stax to maindeck as a 1-of for a while (since I posted the B/R list last january) and didn't know why people weren't playing it at Waterbury with Dryads&friends being everywhere.

[BC]

Caves of Koilos

I demand Vroman explain himself.  My eyes are bleeding.

I asked the same thing.  He doesn't run any fetchlands, and this makes people actually pay mana for Massacre.

[The Demon]

Caves of Koilos

I demand Vroman explain himself.  My eyes are bleeding.

Love the maindeck single Maze of Ith.  I think that's been a great card for Stax to maindeck as a 1-of for a while (since I posted the B/R list last january) and didn't know why people weren't playing it at Waterbury with Dryads&friends being everywhere.

That maindeck maze of Ith is the bane of goblins when paired with the factories and Swords.

[vroman]

Caves of Koilos

I demand Vroman explain himself.  My eyes are bleeding.

Love the maindeck single Maze of Ith.  I think that's been a great card for Stax to maindeck as a 1-of for a while (since I posted the B/R list last january) and didn't know why people weren't playing it at Waterbury with Dryads&friends being everywhere.

like blaine said, CaveKoilos is anti-Massacre tech. since I dont have room for fetchlands, theres no synergistic need for scrubland.
Maze ith belongs in any deck running crop rotation.

[desolutionist]

Caves of Koilos

I demand Vroman explain himself.  My eyes are bleeding.

Love the maindeck single Maze of Ith.  I think that's been a great card for Stax to maindeck as a 1-of for a while (since I posted the B/R list last january) and didn't know why people weren't playing it at Waterbury with Dryads&friends being everywhere.

like blaine said, CaveKoilos is anti-Massacre tech. since I dont have room for fetchlands, theres no synergistic need for scrubland.

And Sundering Titan :p

Why aren't there any Squees in that deck? Is white or red better than more green? (Tarmogoyf/Root Maze)

[vroman]

Why aren't there any Squees in that deck? Is white or red better than more green? (Tarmogoyf/Root Maze)

squee is worthless filler. bazaar is great on its own, and broken free Impulse/turn w Dconf. vintage decks are too tight to run independently useless enabler cards. bazaar has never needed squee, and running that part of the engine is classic misunderstanding of how to abuse bazaar.
tarmogoyf is just an efficient beater. without evasion or trample, its simply not worth it. if I wanted 2-drop muscle, Id play jotun grunt over leyline. rootmaze is an interesting card, which was actually the initial motivation for me to run 5c over RBW. r-maze is brutal on the play, better than chalice even. but its next to worthless on the draw, in terms of stealing tempo. I didnt like the swingy nature of the card, so cut it for lavamen.