Myriad Games Vintage March 8th, 2008

Myriad Games Vintage March 8th, 2008

Thank you to everyone who attended the third event in our 2008 Vintage Tournament Series here at Myriad Games.

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

Brian Rozzero won the Preregistration Bonus Prize.

Eric Kerwin won the Best Deck Name Contest with: "Smith & Wesson: The Ultimate Point & Click User Interface"

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 award-winning Myriad Games Magical Mana Cookies!

The top players of our Liar's Dice Tournament were:

   Chad Behre
   Eric Kerwin
   Duncan Devlin

We also hosted a free sanctioned Vintage side event that began alongside the Top 8. The top 4 players were:

Chester Li
Albert Ye
Bill Copes
Stephen Houdlette

We'll be running another free sanctioned Vintage side event at our next event on Sunday, April 13th.

Each tournament report posted in the Tournament Announcement section of The Mana Drain by March 15th 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 Sunday, April 13th. 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   Dan Cunningham -- Tyrant Oath
2nd   Brian Rozzero -- U/B Combo
3rd   Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman
4th   Duncan Devlin -- Flash
5th   Chad Behre -- Turbo Land
6th   Eric Dupuis -- GroATog
7th   Jeff Carpenter -- Tyrant Blue
8th   Arik Pogrebinsky -- Dawn of the Dead
9th   Stephen Houdlette -- Tyrant Oath
10th   Eric Kerwin -- Ichorid
11th   Craig Dupre -- Drain Tendrils
12th   Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tyrant Blue
13th   Harry Losee -- 5 Color Stax
14th   Chester Li -- Control Slaver
15th   Louis Kocot -- Tyrant Blue
16th   Matt O'Neill -- Sensei Sensei
17th   Bill Copes -- B/R/U Workshop
18th   Eli Hannan -- Flash
19th   Sara Yarrington -- U/B Rogues
20th   Albert Ye -- Tyrant Blue
21st   Ryan Marek -- Tyrant Oath
22nd   Scott Hughes -- Flash
23rd   Ray Robillard -- Flash

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman v. Arik Pogrebinsky -- Dawn of the Dead
Dan Cunningham -- Tyrant Oath v. Jeff Carpenter -- Tyrant Blue
Duncan Devlin -- Flash v. Eric Dupuis -- GroATog
Brian Rozzero -- U/B Combo v. Chad Behre -- Turbo Land

Top 4 - Semifinals

Dan Cunningham -- Tyrant Oath v. Duncan Devlin -- Flash
Brian Rozzero -- U/B Combo v. Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman

Top 2 - Finals

Dan Cunningham -- Tyrant Oath v. Brian Rozzero -- U/B Combo

Top 8 Decklists

1st Dan Cunningham -- Tyrant Oath

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

Sideboard
4x Tormod's Crypt
3x Red Elemental Blast
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Blazing Archon
1x Fire and Ice
3x Shattering Spree
2x Pithing Needle

2nd Brian Rozzero -- U/B Combo

4x Force of Will
4x Brainstorm
3x Repeal
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Rebuild
1x Frantic Search
1x Mind's Desire
1x Gifts Ungiven
1x Tinker
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Timetwister
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Imperial Seal
1x Necropotence
1x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Wheel of Fortune
1x Memory Jar
2x Tendrils of Agony
1x Empty the Warrens
4x Dark Ritual
1x Lion's Eye Diamond
1x Mana Vault
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
2x Underground Sea
1x Volcanic Island
1x Swamp
1x Snow-Covered Island
1x Island
1x Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
3x Duress
2x Red Elemental Blast
1x Rebuild
1x Hurkyl's Recall
4x Glacial Chasm
3x Massacre
1x Darksteel Colossus

3rd Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman

3x Auriok Salvagers
4x Trinket Mage
4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
2x Misdirection
4x Brainstorm
4x Thirst for Knowledge
4x Repeal
2x AEther Spellbomb
2x Engineered Explosives
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Brain Freeze
5x Island
4x Flooded Strand
3x Tundra
2x Ancient Tomb
1x Polluted Delta
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring

Sideboard
3x Energy Flux
3x Spell Snare
3x Swords to Plowshares
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Guile
4x Leyline of Singularity

4th Duncan Devlin -- Flash

1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Ruby
1x Windswept Heath
1x Time Walk
4x Underground Sea
1x Demonic Tutor
4x Brainstorm
1x Elvish Spirit Guide
4x Virulent Sliver
3x Ponder
4x Protean Hulk
3x Polluted Delta
1x Lim-Dul's Vault
3x Duress
4x Merchant Scroll
1x Pact of Negation
2x Heart Sliver
4x Flash
4x Force of Will
2x Tropical Island
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
2x Summoner's Pact
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Misdirection
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Flooded Strand
1x Mox Jet
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Lotus Petal

Sideboard
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Reverent Silence
2x Engineered Plague
2x Pithing Needle
3x Energy Flux
1x Diabolic Edict
1x Massacre

5th Chad Behre -- Turbo Land

3x Island
3x Polluted Delta
3x Flooded Strand
2x Underground Sea
2x Tropical Island
1x Tundra
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Strip Mine
1x Nomad Stadium
1x Cephalid Coliseum
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Black Lotus
4x Force of Will
4x Brainstorm
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Echoing Truth
1x Tinker
1x Mystical Tutor
3x Merchant Scroll
2x Intuition
1x Gifts Ungiven
4x Gush
4x Mana Drain
1x Fastbond
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Darksteel Colossus
3x Crucible of Worlds
1x Reclaim
1x Regrowth

Sideboard
3x Ray of Revelation
4x Leyline of the Void
4x Extirpate
1x Balance
2x Simic Sky Swallower
1x Hurkyl's Recall

6th Eric Dupuis -- GroATog

2x Island
3x Polluted Delta
3x Flooded Strand
3x Tropical Island
3x Underground Sea
1x Psychatog
4x Quirion Dryad
1x Fastbond
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Cunning Wish
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Echoing Truth
1x Black Lotus
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Mox Emerald
1x Time Walk
1x Mox Jet
4x Merchant Scroll
4x Brainstorm
4x Misdirection
4x Ponder
4x Duress
4x Gush
4x Force of Will

Sideboard
3x Pithing Needle
1x Smother
2x Volcanic Island
1x Berserk
2x Tormod's Crypt
1x Hydroblast
2x Ancient Grudge
3x Ingot Chewer

7th Jeff Carpenter -- Tyrant Blue

1x Library of Alexandria
1x Tolarian Academy
2x Polluted Delta
3x Flooded Strand
6x Island
2x Tropical Island
3x Tidespout Tyrant
1x Darksteel Colossus
1x Jace Beleren
1x Mox Pearl
1x Sol Ring
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Black Lotus
4x Meditate
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Jet
4x Brainstorm
4x Misdirection
4x Force of Will
3x Mana Drain
4x Mystic Remora
1x Mox Emerald
2x Show and Tell
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Tinker
1x Mindslaver
3x Repeal
1x Brain Freeze
1x Mana Crypt

Sideboard
3x Brain Freeze
2x Hurkyl's Recall
3x Oath of Druids
4x Tormod's Crypt
3x Spell Snare

8th Arik Pogrebinsky -- Dawn of the Dead

4x Dark Confidant
4x Tarmogoyf
4x Squee, Goblin Nabob
4x Duress
3x Thoughtseize
1x Extirpate
1x Darkblast
1x Zombie Infestation
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
4x Swords to Plowshares
1x Balance
1x Ray of Revelation
2x Life From the Loam
1x Crop Rotation
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Black Lotus
1x Maze of Ith
2x Riftstone Portal
4x Bazaar of Baghdad
1x Strip Mine
2x Wasteland
1x Swamp
2x Polluted Delta
3x Bloodstained Mire
3x Bayou
2x Scrubland

Sideboard
4x Thorn of Amethyst
3x Tormod's Crypt
2x Extirpate
3x Oxidize
3x Ray of Revelation

Thanks again to everyone for coming to this event. We'll look forward to seeing everyone for the fourth event in our 2008 Myriad Games Vintage Series on Sunday, April 13th.