[Report] Myriad Games Vintage October 6th, 2007 w/T8 Decks

[Myriad Games]

The Myriad Games Vintage Tournament announcement for October 6th, 2007 can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who attended the twelfth event in our 2007 Vintage Tournament Series here at Myriad Games.

Pictures of the event are available in the Myriad Games Photo Album here.

Thank you to everyone who arrived in a timely fashion with decklists ready. We were able to start on time despite traffic delays and there were no misregistered decks nor game losses during deck checks. The event ran more smoothly thanks to your preparation and everyone had a great time!

Nathan Bingham won the Preregistration Bonus Prize.

Demonic Attorney won the Best Deck Name Contest. PM Chris if you'd like the inside scoop on his victorious deck name.

Our New Player Bonus Booster Pack continued to be appreciated. Each new player received a Free Booster Pack!

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

The Tumblin' Dice Tournament was another enjoyable Free side event. The Top 4 players were:

   1st = Sara Yarrington
   2nd = Ryan Marek
   3rd = Ray Robillard
   4th = Eric Dupuis

Congratulations to our Tumblin' Dice Champions!

The Vintage Draft (including cards from The Dark, Legends, Antiquities, and Arabian Nights) was thoroughly enjoyed. The Top 4 players were:
   
   1st = Craig Dupre
   2nd = Marc Tuttle
   3rd = Joe Cahill
   4th = Jared Carter

Congratulations to our Vintage Draft Champions!

Our bonus Myriad Magic Memento cards were appreciated by all. Every player had the opportunity to select a card from our special Myriad Magic Memento Binder including some cool Magic singles. These Myriad Magic Memento 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.

Each tournament report posted in the Tournament Announcement section of The Mana Drain by October 13th will receive a prize! 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. Prizes will be reserved at Myriad Games and may be picked up at our November 10th Vintage Tournament. As reports are added, we 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

1st   Demonic Attorney -- GroATog
2nd   Jeremiah Rudolph -- Control Slaver
3rd   Jeff Carpenter -- Tidespout Oath
4th   Ron White -- Goblins
5th   Scott Hughes -- Staxless Stax
6th   Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman
7th   Dan Gacioch -- Gooch Gifts
8th   Don Belcastro -- Bomberman
9th   Stefan Ellsworth -- Gifts
10th   Sam Best -- Landstill
11th   Matt Denham -- Bob-erman
12th   Micah Greenbaum -- Gush TPS
13th   Jeremy Wheeler -- Bomberman
14th   Ryan Marek -- Flash
15th   Mark Matthes -- GroATog
16th   Pat Broderick -- Dreadnought Fish
17th   Eric Kerwin -- Ichorid
18th   Nick Rodrigues -- 5C Stax
19th   Arik Pogrebinsky -- Bomberman
20th   Nathan Bingham -- Goblins
21st   Keith Swenson -- GroATog
22nd   Eric Dupuis -- GroATog
23rd   Clark Van Vliet -- UB Control
24th   Dan Cunningham -- Bomberman
25th   Sara Yarrington -- Belcher
26th   Brian Rozzero -- Repeal Tendrils
27th   Joe Cahill -- UrBana Fish
28th   Steve Morency -- Oath
29th   Andrew Schirling -- Oath
30th   Craig Dupre -- GroATog
31st   Chris Spraker -- Gush Tinker
32nd   Duncan Devlin -- WUG Fish
33rd   Rob Hennigan -- GroATog
34th   Marc Tuttle -- Gifts
35th   Barry Charron -- Ichorid
36th   Mike Bergeron -- WBG Tempo
37th   Jared Carter -- Ichorid
38th   Lloyd Anderson -- Goblins
39th   Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

• Ron White -- Goblins v. Scott Hughes -- Staxless Stax
• Jeff Carpenter -- Tidespout Oath v. Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman
• Jeremiah Rudolph -- Control Slaver v. Dan Gacioch -- Gooch Gifts
• Demonic Attorney -- GroATog v. Don Belcastro -- Bomberman

Top 4 - Semifinals

• Jeremiah Rudolph -- Control Slaver v. Ron White -- Goblins
• Demonic Attorney -- GroATog v. Jeff Carpenter -- Tidespout Oath

Top 2 - Finals

• Demonic Attorney -- GroATog v. Jeremiah Rudolph -- Control Slaver

Top 8 Decklists


1st Demonic Attorney -- GroATog
   
4x Duress
4x Force of Will
4x Brainstorm
4x Merchant Scroll
4x Gush
3x Quirion Dryad
3x Psychatog
3x Opt
2x Night's Whisper
1x Scroll Rack
1x Mana Drain
1x Misdirection
1x Cunning Wish
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Echoing Truth
1x Fastbond
3x Flooded Strand
3x Polluted Delta
3x Underground Sea
3x Tropical Island
2x Island
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet

Sideboard
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Leyline of Singularity
1x Berserk
1x Submerge
1x Snuff Out
1x Smother
1x Brain Freeze
3x Tarmogoyf
1x Null Rod

2nd Jeremiah Rudolph -- Control Slaver

4x Brainstorm
4x Thirst for Knowledge
4x Mana Drain
4x Force of Will
3x Island
3x Volcanic Island
3x Polluted Delta
3x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
3x Duress
3x Pyroblast
1x Magus of the Future
1x Mindslaver
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Jet
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Goblin Welder
1x Darksteel Colossus
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Empty the Warrens
1x Mox Emerald
1x Tinker
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Ruby
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Time Walk
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Echoing Truth

Sideboard
2x Shadow of Doubt
1x Triskelion
1x Empty the Warrens
4x Rack and Ruin
4x Leyline of the Void
3x Flametongue Kavu

3rd Jeff Carpenter -- Tidespout Oath

1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl
4x Forbidden Orchard
3x Flooded Strand
1x Polluted Delta
1x Library of Alexandria
3x Tropical Island
3x Island
2x Underground Sea
1x Fastbond
4x Oath of Druids
2x Tidespout Tyrant
1x Sundering Titan
1x Tinker
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Research and Development
3x Mana Drain
4x Brainstorm
4x Gush
4x Force of Will
3x Nix
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Krosan Reclamation
1x Flash of Insight
1x Regrowth
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Wipe Away

Sideboard
3x Pithing Needle
4x Oxidize
1x Blazing Archon
1x Platinum Angel
2x Spell Snare
3x Extripate
1x Tidespout Tyrant

4th Ron White -- Goblins

4x Goblin Matron
4x Aether Vial
4x Goblin Lackey
4x Goblin Warchief
4x Mogg Fanatic
4x Goblin Ringleader
4x Goblin Piledriver
3x Magus of the Moon
2x Gempalm Incinerator
1x Goblin Sharpshooter
1x Siege-Gang Commander
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Simian Spirit Guide
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Ruby
1x Stingscourger
14x Mountain
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine

Sideboard
2x Red Elemental Blast
3x Pithing Needle
3x Pyrostatic Pillar
3x Shattering Spree
4x Pyrokinesis

5th Scott Hughes -- Staxless Stax

1x Black Lotus
2x Chalice of the Void
2x Coalition Relic
3x Crucible of Worlds
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Memory Jar
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
2x Orb of Dreams
2x Powder Keg
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Sol Ring
4x Sphere of Resistance
1x Sundering Titan
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 Balance
1x Barbarian Ring
4x City of Brass
2x Gemstone Mine
1x Horizon Canopy
4x Mishra's Workshop
1x Strip Mine
1x Tolarian Academy
4x Wasteland

Sideboard
2x Chalice of the Void
3x Red Elemental Blast
1x Darkblast
1x Triskelion
2x Viashimo Heretic
2x Engineered Plague
4x Leyline of the Void

6th Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman

4x Flooded Strand
1x Plains
3x Tundra
1x Tolarian Academy
4x Island
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Strip Mine
3x Trinket Mage
3x Auriok Salvagers
1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
3x Meddling Mage
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
4x Mana Drain
1x Mox Jet
4x Force of Will
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
2x Misdirection
1x Pithing Needle
2x AEther Spellbomb
1x Sensei's Divining Top
3x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Engineered Explosives
2x Cunning Wish

Sideboard
1x Misdirection
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Brain Freeze
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Stifle
3x Trickbind
2x Phyrexian Dreadnought
2x Rebuild
3x Swords to Plowshares

7th Dan Gacioch -- Gooch Gifts

3x Flooded Strand
3x Polluted Delta
2x Island
2x Underground Sea
2x Volcanic Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Darksteel Colossus
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mox Emerald
4x Brainstorm
4x Mana Drain
1x Gifts Ungiven
4x Force of Will
4x Duress
3x Merchant Scroll
4x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Mox Jet
1x Recoup
1x Echoing Truth
1x Empty the Warrens
1x Tinker
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Skeletal Scrying
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Tendrils of Agony

Sideboard
3x Energy Flux
2x Red Elemental Blast
1x Pyroblast
1x Rebuild
1x Chain of Vapor
2x Flametongue Kavu
1x Sundering Titan
4x Leyline of the Void

8th Don Belcastro -- Bomberman

3x Auriok Salvagers
4x Trinket Mage
3x Aven Mindcensor
1x Tormod's Crypt
2x Misdirection
4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Engineered Plague
1x Mana Crypt
2x AEther Spellbomb
4x Brainstorm
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
3x Repeal
2x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
1x Black Lotus
4x Flooded Strand
5x Island
1x Plains
4x Tundra
1x Academy Ruins
1x Strip Mine

Sideboard
1x Engineered Explosives
4x Spell Snare
3x Swords to Plowshares
1x Pithing Needle
3x Energy Flux
2x Kataki, War's Wage
1x Aven Mindcensor

Thanks again to everyone for coming. We'll look forward to seeing everyone at the thirteenth event in our 2007 Myriad Games Vintage Series on Saturday, November 10th.

[TopSecret]

Thanks for posting the results so soon, Dan.

Also, it looks like the new sideboard tech
will soon be sideboard Dreadnought!

[The Chosen One]

Thanks for posting the results so soon, Dan.

Also, it looks like the new sideboard tech
will soon be sideboard Dreadnought!

This was a nasty surprise for me, playing against oliver game 2 after bringing in a bunch of hate to stop him from comboing on me, he drops a dreadnaught with trickbind and I cant draw an echoing truth to get rid of it in the 2 turns I have to live  .

I must say Dan, my first impression of the store is pure magnificence. Very well run event, nice people, lots of other things to do if you happen to suck out of the main event. I had a really good time, and plan to make it to more of your events if they work with my schedule.

What I learned at myriad:

1. Urbanafish has mad game against GAT. Won both matches with only 1 game loss against GAT.

2. When you play against stax, having them rip a memory jar and force you to lose 5 creatures, sucks ass. This is where I wish I ran some brainstorms(Kobefan:has this ever happened to you?). Also, strip/crucible lock both games against stax=loss.

3.Bomberman is hard for Urbanafish. I came close to gaining control a few times, but got overpowered(should have set a chalice for 1 during one game, but he would have been able to work out of that before I could have won anyhow). Aether spellbomb is such a badass card. Dreadnaught is a beast out of the board, nice tech Ollie!

4. People fear waterfront bouncer 

[MrJolly]

This was a nasty surprise for me, playing against oliver game 2 after bringing in a bunch of hate to stop him from comboing on me, he drops a dreadnaught with trickbind and I cant draw an echoing truth to get rid of it in the 2 turns I have to live  .

Luckily for me, since my matches usually ended so quickly, I could scout around and see what people were playing. I don't know who Olliver was playing, but I saw him playing with them out of the sideboard. When we played during the next round, I was ready for them game 2. I killed the one that I saw, but then lost to him comboig out a few turns later.

Another well run tournament, Dan. Thanks.

[Myriad Games]

Thank you, everyone, for the kind words and for your continual support and patronage. We're really happy to see people enjoying themselves at these events. 
We're always striving to improve our service, and we're dedicated to providing the best tournament experience for you.
If anyone has any questions, comments, or suggestions about any of our events, please do not hesitate to let me know.