24 players participated in the 3rd Vintage Proxy Event. Noble Lilliestierna took the first place prize of an Unlimited Time Walk by playing Vial Goblins. Interestingly enough, Noble played with the exact same cards (not just the decklist) as the winner of the 2nd Proxy Eentt did. WOW! Nice job Noble.
A very special thanks must go to Scott Limoges who not only supplied ALL the prizes for the event but allowed everyone to play for FREE! That's right....FREE. Scott is now taking his medication again.
The standings after 5 rounds of swiss are as follows:
1 Eric Van Laethem - Gush Tinker
2 Carl Van Laethem - Mud Domination
3 Conley Woods - Bombernaughts
4 Noble Lilliestierna - Vial Goblins
5 Andrew Natale - Suicide Black
6 Brennan Cook - GAT
7 Adam Ramsay - Control Slaver
8 Scott Limoges - GAT
9 Ryan Shaffer - 5c Stax
10 Jeff Kokx - GAT
11 Alex Bade - 2-land Belcher
12 Matthew Guzzo - U/B Control
13 Misty Brown - Green Tempo
14 Jay Trojan - TPS
15 Christopher Anderson - Grim Long
16 Marcus Knox - MUC
17 Zach Gable - TPS
18 Carl Goodrich - Ichorid
19 Joshua Marcella - GAT
20 Daniel Hayes - 5x Stax
21 Shea Hart - Vial Fish
22 Travis Spero - Gush Tinker
23 Colin Montgomery - U.W Fish
24 Ben Morris - TPS
For those who care, here's how I fared.
Round 1 (Carl Goodrich - Ichorid)
In both games my opponent never got a good dredge engine going. He was never able to keep a Bazaar of Baghdad in play for more than one turn. In short order, my Trike/Orb of Dreams/Platinum Angel won the match. 1-0
Round 2 (Misty Brown - Green Tempo)
This was Misty's second tournament. Fortunately for me she didn't understand what made my deck tick and made a few bad decisions regarding her opening hand. In both games I was able to combo off somewhat early. 2-0
Round 3 (Noble - Vial Goblins)
This was simply a matter of who went first. I win the die roll and lock him out with Chalice to 1 and 2 followed by Smokestack. It was then a waiting game for me to top deck my win condition. Game 2 was onesided the other way. Turn 1 Lackey followed by many little red men that deal big damage was too much for me. Game three was again just as stupid as the first two games. 2 Chalices, a 2Sphere, and then Karn making my inert artifacts lethal was how it went.
Round 4
I.D. with my son Eric
(he didn't want to see me cry if he beat me)
Round 5
I.D. with the newest member of Team Black Gold - Conley)
(the draw ensured both of us a T8 berth)
Quarter Finals
Adam Ramsay (Slaver)
This is the third consecutive time we have met in the quarter finals. This time it was Adam's turn for the nuts.
Game 1
I play a first turn Smokestack and it resolves. This is usually very bad for any opponent except my brain farted a few turns later. I ended up sacking the Smokestack to itself unnecessarily while Adam had NO permanents in play. I had enough mana to cast ANYTHING I drew so what was my problem. Who knows. Adam took advantage of the situation by Tinkering in a Platinum Angel to which I no answer to. NOTE TO SELF: Don't give Adam a chance to recover....he will take it.
Game 2
I was so mad at myself from game 1 that all I remember from this game is that Adam made a play mistake while my Trike was beating him senseless.
Game 3
A good (not great) opening hand fizzled into oblivion and Adam's little artifact controller did me in.
Playoffs went like this:
Quarter Finals
Adam def. Carl
Conley def. Brennan
Noble def. Andrew
Eric def. Scott
Semi Finals
Conley def. Adam
Noble def. Eric
Finals
Noble def. Conley
SUPER PROPS GO TO:
Scott Limoges for supplying the prizes for FREE!
Quote of the Day: At the start of round 4. "Where's the Colorado Crew?....Oh, there they are. Is that table 10 and 11?"
T8 decklists are posted here:
http://www.blackgoldsports.com/3rd%20Vintage%20Proxy.htm
