Myriad Games Vintage May 17th, 2008

Myriad Games Vintage May 17th, 2008

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

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

Kyle Guillemette won the Preregistration Bonus Prize.

Scott Hughes won the Best Deck Name Contest with: "Vote for Ron Paul's Amazing Deck. It's the only competition he'll ever win."

Each new player received a Free Booster Pack along with another Free Booster Pack for a friend!

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

The undefeated champion of our Liar's Dice Tournament was Craig Dupre!

Each tournament report posted in the Tournament Announcement section of The Mana Drain by May 24th 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. 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 Myriad@MyriadGames.com

Tournament Results

Top 2   Dan Gacioch -- Gush Combo
Top 2   Eric Dupuis -- GroATog
3rd   Jeff Carpenter -- Vexing Slaver
4th   Oliver Beaumont -- Painter
5th   Matt McNally -- Gush Combo
6th   Kyle Guillemette -- The Mountains Win Again
7th   Blaine Christiansen -- Uba Stax
8th   Jeremiah Rudolph -- Vexing Slaver
9th   Cory Szamier -- Counterbalance Goyf
10th   Andrew Fox -- U/W/B Fish
11th   Jeff Rodgers -- Belcher
12th   Sara Yarrington -- Belcher
13th   Paul Serignese -- Gush Combo
14th   Arik Pogrebinsky -- Ichorid
15th   Dan Cunningham -- Painter
16th   Tim Good -- The Mountains Win Again
17th   Craig Dupre -- GroATog
18th   Mike Daly -- Gush Combo
19th   Matt Macauley -- U/W/B Fish
20th   Pat Hereford -- Painter
21st   Barry Everson -- Ichorid
22nd   Bill Copes -- Workshop Slaver
23rd   Scott Hughes -- The Mountains Win Again

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

Jeff Carpenter -- Vexing Slaver v. Jeremiah Rudolph -- Vexing Slaver
Oliver Beaumont -- Painter v. Matt McNally -- Gush Combo
Eric Dupuis -- GroATog v. Kyle Guillemette -- The Mountains Win Again
Dan Gacioch -- Gush Combo v. Blaine Christiansen -- Uba Stax

Top 4 - Semifinals

Dan Gacioch -- Gush Combo v. Oliver Beaumont -- Painter
Eric Dupuis -- GroATog v. Jeff Carpenter -- Vexing Slaver

Top 8 Decklists

Top 2 Dan Gacioch -- Gush Combo

4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
1x Tropical Island
3x Island
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Vault
1x Mana Crypt
4x Dark Ritual
1x Cabal Ritual
2x Tendrils of Agony
1x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Necropotence
1x Fastbond
3x Duress
2x Thoughtseize
4x Force of Will
4x Gush
4x Brainstorm
2x Merchant Scroll
3x Ponder
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Timetwister

Sideboard
1x Rebuild
4x Dark Confidant
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Extirpate
1x Thoughtseize
1x Mind's Desire
1x Swamp
1x Gaea's Blessing

Top 2 Eric Dupuis -- GroATog

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

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

3rd Jeff Carpenter -- Vexing Slaver

4x Shivan Reef
4x Mishra's Workshop
1x Ancient Tomb
4x Volcanic Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Memnarch
1x Sundering Titan
4x Goblin Welder
1x Triskelavus
3x Vexing Shusher
4x Force of Will
1x Panoptic Mirror
1x Trinisphere
4x Chalice of the Void
3x Gilded Lotus
1x Mindslaver
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
1x Time Walk
1x Timetwister
1x Wheel of Fortune
1x Memory Jar
1x Tinker
4x Ponder
4x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Mana Crypt

Sideboard
4x Tormod's Crypt
2x Duplicant
4x Viashino Heretic
1x Platinum Angel
2x Jester's Cap
2x Goblin Bombardment

4th Oliver Beaumont -- Painter

4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
3x Duress
3x Thirst for Knowledge
3x Trinket Mage
3x Painter's Servant
1x Darksteel Colossus
1x Grindstone
1x Mindslaver
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Tinker
4x Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Academy Ruins
1x Polluted Delta
4x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
1x Lotus Petal
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Tormod's Crypt

Sideboard
3x Energy Flux
3x Engineered Plague
3x Yixlid Jailer
2x Extirpate
3x Spell Snare
1x Engineered Explosives

5th Matt McNally -- Gush Combo

4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
1x Tropical Island
3x Island
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
4x Dark Ritual
1x Cabal Ritual
4x Force of Will
3x Duress
2x Thoughtseize
4x Brainstorm
3x Ponder
2x Merchant Scroll
4x Gush
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Timetwister
1x Fastbond
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Necropotence
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Yawgmoth's Bargain
2x Tendrils of Agony

Sideboard
4x Dark Confidant
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Extirpate
1x Rebuild
1x Thoughtseize
1x Mind's Desire
1x Swamp
1x Gaea's Blessing

6th Kyle Guillemette -- The Mountains Win Again

1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Black Lotus
4x Ronom Unicorn
2x Kami of Ancient Law
4x Glow Rider
3x Gattock Teeg
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Lotus Petal
3x Plateau
2x Plains
4x Savannah
4x Wind Swept Heath
4x Aven Mindcensor
4x Tarmogoyf
4x True Believer
1x Strip Mine
4x Wasteland
2x Gaea's Blessing
4x Thorn of Amethyst
4x Swords to Plowshares

Sideboard
3x Flametongue Kavu
4x Red Elemental Blast
4x Tormod's Crypt
4x Kataki, War's Wage

7th Blaine Christiansen -- Uba Stax

4x Mishra's Workshop
4x Bazaar of Baghdad
2x Mountain
4x Barbarian Ring
2x Mishra's Factory
3x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mana Vault
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Tolarian Academy
4x Goblin Welder
3x Duplicant
4x Leyline of the Void
4x Smokestack
3x Uba Mask
3x Crucible of Worlds
4x Jester's Cap
1x Trinisphere
4x Chalice of the Void

Sideboard
3x Ensnaring Bridge
3x Greater Gargadon
2x Viashino Heretic
2x Pyroclasm
2x Tormod's Crypt
2x Pithing Needle
1x Gaea's Blessing

8th Jeremiah Rudolph -- Vexing Slaver

4x Shivan Reef
4x Mishra's Workshop
1x Ancient Tomb
4x Volcanic Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Memnarch
1x Sundering Titan
4x Goblin Welder
1x Triskelavus
3x Vexing Shusher
4x Force of Will
1x Panoptic Mirror
1x Trinisphere
4x Chalice of the Void
3x Gilded Lotus
1x Mindslaver
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
1x Time Walk
1x Timetwister
1x Wheel of Fortune
1x Memory Jar
1x Tinker
4x Ponder
4x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Mana Crypt

Sideboard
4x Tormod's Crypt
2x Duplicant
4x Viashino Heretic
3x Platinum Angel
2x Darksteel Colossus

Thanks again to everyone for coming to this event.
We'll be hosting the sixth event in our 2008 Vintage Tournament Series on Saturday, June 28th.