ICBM Open #2.5--March 2, 2008 New Berlin, WI Hobbytown

[ErkBek]

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Hobbytown USA
3830 S Moorland Rd
New Berlin, WI 53151

Click here for Mapquest directions

New Berlin is about 20 minutes southwest of Milwaukee
There are many fast-food restaurants near the store

Registration begins at 10:00 AM and ends at 10:50 AM.
Tournament begins at 11 AM


Vintage 20-proxy unsanctioned tournament
$20 CASH entry

1st Place = Alpha Ancestral Recall and foil promo Gifts Given
2nd Place = English Mana Drain (signed in black by artist)
3rd/4th Place = Volcanic Island
5th-8th place=Beta Regrowth

These prizes are GUARANTEED regardless of attendance.  If attendance is over 50 people then prize support will INCREASE.

There will also be a free side tournament, beginning after round 4 or 5, with 2 Beta Ice Storms for first place and 1 Beta Ice Storm for second place.

To thank everyone for their patience as I reschedule this, I will be treating all players to free pizza after round 2 or 3.

Benjamin Carp
TeamICBM.com
timetwista@yahoo.com

[The_spooky_kid]

This thing is this sunday, hope everyone can make it!!!

[Suicideking]

Final standings:

1. Dan Carp (Tyrant Oath)
2. Mike Osiecki (TPS)
3. Mat Endress (Flash)
4. James King (Tyrant Oath)
5. Derek Wochinski (Shop Aggro)
6. Mark Domzil (DEEZ NOUGHTS)
7. Duby Duby (DEEZ NOUGHTS)
8. Mike Solymossy (GushStorm)


1. Dan Carp (Team ICBM)
Tyrant Oath

4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Island
2 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
2 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Tidespout Tyrant
1 Brain Freeze
1 Flash of Insight
1 Krosan Reclamation
4 Oath of Druids
4 Gush
4 Brainstorm
3 Ponder
4 Thoughtseize
4 Force of Will
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Merchant Scroll
1 Fastbond
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Time Walk

SB:
2 Pithing Needle
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Blazing Archon
2 Extirpate
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Goblin Bombardment
1 Duress
2 Shattering Spree


2. Michael Osiecki
TPS

1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Mana Drain
4 Merchant Scroll
1 Gush
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Brainstorm
1 Intuition
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Black Lotus
4 Accumulated Knowledge
1 Lotus Petal
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Darksteel Colossus
2 Island
1 Sol Ring
1 Tinker
1 Dark Ritual
1 Recoup
1 Time Walk
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mana Crypt
5 Moxen
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta

SB:
4 Pyroblast
1 Echoing Truth
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Rebuild
2 Energy Flux
4 Extract


3. Mat Endress (Team GWS)
Flash

4 Merchant Scroll
4 Flash
4 Protean Hulk
4 Force of Will
4 Pact of Negation
4 Brainstorm
2 Ponder
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Misdirection
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Carrion Feeder
1 Body Double
1 Body Snatcher
1 Reveillark
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Summoner's Pact
1 Echoing Truth
4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
5 Moxen

SB:
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Oath of Druids
1 Tinker
3 Duress
2 Platinum Angel
1 Echoing Truth


4. James King (Team ICBM)
Tyrant Oath

4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Island
2 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
2 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Tidespout Tyrant
1 Brain Freeze
1 Flash of Insight
1 Krosan Reclamation
4 Oath of Druids
4 Gush
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
3 Thoughtseize
4 Force of Will
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Merchant Scroll
1 Fastbond
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Time Walk

SB:
2 Extirpate
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Pyroclasm
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Blazing Archon
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Tinker
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Ray of Revelation
2 Trickbind


5. Derek Wochinski
Shop Aggro

2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
3 Triskelion
3 Duplicant
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Goblin Welder
2 Sword of Fire and Ice
4 Metalworker
4 Magus of the Moon
1 Black Lotus
5 Moxen
4 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
6 Mountain

SB:
4 Leyline of Singularity
4 Mogg Fanatic
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Shattering Spree
2 Viashino Heretic


6. Mark Domzil
DEEZ NOUGHTS

1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Force of Will
4 Stifle
3 Illusionary Mask
4 Thoughtseize
4 Brainstorm
1 Echoing Truth
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Willl
4 Dark Confidant
4 Phyrexian Dreadnought
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
5 Moxen
3 Underground Sea
1 Bayou
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tropical Island
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Island

SB:
2 Pithing Needle
1 Spell Snare
1 Tarmogoyf
3 Trygon Predator
3 Threads of Disloyalty
3 Energy Flux
2 Diabolic Edict


7. Duby Duby (Team Vorpal Bunny)
DEEZ NOUGHTS


4 Stifle
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
4 Thoughtseize
3 Illusionary Mask
3 Spell Snare
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Echoing Truth
4 Dark Confidant
4 Phyrexian Dreadnought
3 Dimir Cutpurse
4 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus

SB:
2 Extirpate
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Hurkyl's Recall
3 Wipe Away
2 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Darkblast


8. Mike Solymossy (GWS)
GushStorm

1 Ancestral Recall
4 Gush
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Merchant Scroll
1 Rebuild
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Force of Will
4 Duress
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Empty the Warrens
2 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
2 Island
1 Time Walk
1 Fastbond
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Necropotence
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Memory Jar
3 Dark Ritual
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal

SB:
4 Dark Confidant
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Swamp
3 Pyroblast
1 Empty the Warrens
2 Hurkyl's Recall

[Phele]

Good to see Dark Illusions perform again that well ;p

Over here UB Mask is already all over the place, as it really is a serious contender. Maybe it starts to perform that great in the US now as well.

[Suicideking]

Deez Noughts already has performed well in the US.  Its just our metagame has shifted from it already.

[Phele]

I just saw two top 8 entries of UB Mask before this tournament in the US. Maybe I am not informed about all the top8s, but how can something shift away that so rarely happened. But what is clear: With the meta shifting more to Oath and Combo, as well documented by this top8, Dark Illusions has become an even better choice.

[nataz]

@endress

nice use of the bubble flash kill, I've been waiting for it to show up stateside. Did the ability to combo off with a pact trigger on the stack ever matter? Cold to chalice @2 both pre/post side. Why no chain of vapor? Why platz as an oath creature - seems kinda vanilla post board. Was it for the interaction with the negations? Seems like I'd rather just finish the game quickly with akroma, or have something more disruptive like tyrant/morphling, or harder to kill like simic skywaker.

[Lost In Admiration]

@endress

nice use of the bubble flash kill, I've been waiting for it to show up stateside. Did the ability to combo off with a pact trigger on the stack ever matter? Cold to chalice @2 both pre/post side. Why no chain of vapor? Why platz as an oath creature - seems kinda vanilla post board. Was it for the interaction with the negations? Seems like I'd rather just finish the game quickly with akroma, or have something more disruptive like tyrant/morphling, or harder to kill like simic skywaker.

@ Pact trigger combing
Absolutely.  It’s amazing to be able to Pact a threatening spell on their turn and still go off next turn after untaping.  The match I lost in the semifinals saw me going off on my upkeep three times (or trying to).  On turn three of the last game, I played Flash with double Pact backup, he triple countered back (REB, REB, FOW).  I still had a Flash to play during my upkeep, but he topdecked (as his only card) Krosan Reclaimation.

@ Chalice for Two
That was a stupid registration error on my part.  I meant to play Chain in the maindeck and Echoing Truth on the board, but I registered two Truths.  I definitely wouldn't endorse being cold to Chalice.

@ Platz
I’m not totally sold on Platinum Angel either, but it was really good for me in the tournament.  The not lose clause is essential with Pact and taking a lot of damage/decking yourself.  I don’t want to play Blessing unless I have to, but I found myself decking often.  Platinum fixes that most easily.  I want to be able to play Oath with Pact backup.

[Smmenen]

Mat:

So, why not just Flash on his endstep, let him counter it.  Then Flash again on your next turn?   Why use the Pacts at the end of his turn - there didn't seem to be any real benefit to doing so if you were just going to flash again?

[Lost In Admiration]

Mat:

So, why not just Flash on his endstep, let him counter it.  Then Flash again on your next turn?   Why use the Pacts at the end of his turn - there didn't seem to be any real benefit to doing so if you were just going to flash again?

I had just Duressed him turn one seeing FoW, Ancestral, Lotus, REB, two lands on a mull to six.  I had two Flashes and two Pacts in my hand, so I took Ancestral and planned to go off on my third land drop after I Merchant Scrolled for Mystical ->Summoner's Pact.  He had two cards I didn't know (I found out they were REB, Blue Card) when I tried to go off.  I was all but certain that he wouldn't be able to fight through the countermagic. 

I was also quite rattled from our previous match and the fact that he drew Ancestral in five opening hands; he mulliganed one of them -- we only played four games.  Two of the hands had Lotus, and another had Fastbond, Land, Land, Orchard, Oath. Our first game, he had triple counter and Chain of Vapor on turn five (when I tried to go off).  I was on tilt (an upgrade from "rattled") from our previous game, and it might have cost me the game, although he would have still drawn the Reclamation he needed.

In retrospect it is easy to see you're right.  I was trying to prevent him from drawing the blue card he needed for FoW and didn't want to give him another topdeck with five mana open.  I went off on my turn.