Cleveland, OH: Warzone Mox Emerald 11/30/08 Results

[nartman99]

We had 16 players show up and battle for a Mox Emerald. We had a few less players than last time, but a competitive field, including the 1st and 2nd place players at this year’s Vintage Championships! Big thanks to everyone that showed up. If people are interested, we will keep the events happening!

After 5 rounds of swiss, the top 8, with the winners in bold, was:

Justin Dewey (MUD) vs. Jeff Blystone (Mana Ichorid)
Jimmy McCarthy (Tez) vs. Paul Mastriano (Tez)
Juan Rodriguez (TPS) vs. Jason Jaco (Oath)
Nam Tran (5 Color Stax) vs. Matt Hazard (Belcher)

Top 4 worked out a split where Juan got the Mox and everyone left happy!

I don’t have the standings sheet, so here are decklists in no particular order:

Justin Dewey – MUD

1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Metalworker
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Smokestack
1 Trinisphere
1 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Duplicant
2 Triskelion
3 Karn, Silver Golem
2 Juggernaut
3 Staff of Domination
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

2 Duplicant
2 Triskelion
4 Silent Arbiter
3 Pithing Needle
4 Tormod’s Crypt

Jeff Blystone – Mana Ichorid

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Serum Powder
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Darkblast
4 Unmask
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Narcomoeba
4 Golgari Thug
1 Angel of Despair
1 Flame-kin Zealot
4 Gemstone Mine
3 Cephalid Coliseum
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Dread Return
1 City of Brass
4 Ichroid
4 Bridge from Below

4 Chain of Vapor
4 Contagion
3 City of Brass
4 Emerald Charm

Jimmy McCarthy (Tez)

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Fact or Fiction
2 Tezzeret the Seeker
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
2 Thoughtseize
1 Duress
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Regrowth
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 Sensei’s Diving Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
3 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
3 Island
1 Tolarian Academy

1 Engineered Explosives
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Oxidize
1 Trygon Predator
2 Krosan Grip
1 Duress
1 Sundering Titan
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Yixlid Jailer
3 Tormod’s Crypt

Paul Mastriano – Tez

1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
3 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Island
1 Transmute Artifact
1 Time Vault
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Tinker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Echoing Truth
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Thoughtseize
1 Brainstorm
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
2 Tezzeret the Seeker
3 Mana Drain
3 Thirst for Knowledge
2 Goblin Welder
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Intuition
1 Ponder
2 Duress
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Voltaic Key
1 Sundering Titan
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Force of Will

1 Darksteel Colossus
2 Pyroclasm
2 Rack and Ruin
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Pithing Needle
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Trinisphere

Juan Rodriguez – TPS

4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
4 Duress
4 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Tinker
1 Memory Jar
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Grim Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Timetwister
1 Time Walk
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Brainstorm
1 Rebuild
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Ponder
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
2 Island
2 Swamp

2 Island
1 Swamp
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Engineered Explosives
3 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Pithing Needle
3 Yixlid Jailer

Jason Jaco – Oath

4 Force of Will
3 Thoughtseize
3 Stifle
3 Mana Drain
1 Echoing Truth
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
3 Impulse
2 Skeletal Scrying
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Oath of Druids
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Bogardan Hellkite
1 Tidespout Tyrant
3 Null Rod
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Polluted Delta
1 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
3 Island
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland

3 Energy Flux
2 Oxidize
3 Arcane Laboratory
2 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Simic Sky Swallower

Nam Tran – 5 Color Stax

4 Goblin Welder
4 Tangle Wire
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Smokestack
2 Powder Keg
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Balance
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Crop Rotation
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Sundering Titan
1 Triskelion
1 Trinisphere
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 City of Brass
3 Gemstone Mine
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Workshop

4 Leyline of the Void
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Ray of Revelation
2 Viashino Heretic
1 Duplicant

Matt Hazard – Belcher

4 Rite of Flame
4 Goblin Charbelcher
4 Tinder Wall
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Empty the Warrens
4 Manamorphose
4 Street Wraith
4 Guttural Response
4 Goblin Welder
1 Grim Monolith
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
3 Chrome Mox
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Tinker
1 Memory Jar
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Wild Cantor
1 Channel
1 Sol Ring

1 Gaea’s Blessing
3 Shattering Spree
2 Deconstruct
3 Pithing Needle
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Jester’s Cap

[hitman]

Congratulations to Juan for back to back wins in Ohio. 

[LordHomerCat]

Top 4 (since I don't actually see the bolding) was Me, Juan, Justin Dewey, and Nam Q. Tran.  We split there because Jaco, Owen and I wanted to get going and because dream-crushing your friends out of like $75 is pretty lame.

[Twaun007]

We split there because Jaco, Owen and I wanted to get going and because dream-crushing your friends out of like $75 is pretty lame.

I thought it was because you were scared of getting blown out in the top 4 by Guhstin?

The tourney was a blast. I got blown out in the first 2 rounds so I got to hang out in the casual circuit all day.

Props:
-The carload of big ballers that made there way down from Chi Town.
-Meandeck's contingent from Pittsburgh coming out.
-Ed Brain for hosting all the out of towners.
-Knick names and lingo. I guess you have to listen to us talk.
-Meeting Owen. He's probably the nicest gamer I have ever met. His feedback and criticisms are always positive and helpful.


Slops:
-Attendance was a bit low, but that always happens to vintage during the winter and holiday seasons.
-I can't think of any other slops besides my game play.

[OwenTheEnchanter]

Props:
-Meeting Owen. He's probably the nicest gamer I have ever met. His feedback and criticisms are always positive and helpful.

I hope some of that is true  , I had a blast at these tourneys regardless.

[LordHomerCat]

Can we get some slops to Yangtime for running scared straight out of the state when he learned there would be some non-OH people there to dominate him?

[Twaun007]

Props:
-Meeting Owen. He's probably the nicest gamer I have ever met. His feedback and criticisms are always positive and helpful.

I hope some of that is true  , I had a blast at these tourneys regardless.

On a scale from 1 to 10.... You're hilarious.

Can we get some slops to Yangtime for running scared straight out of the state when he learned there would be some non-OH people there to dominate him?

lol

[yangtime]

How about slops for not scheduling the tournament around my vacation? (...which was planned way before both of the events were planned!)   

[GrandpaBelcher]

This tournament was a lot of fun despite the lack of Yangtime (and heating).  Congrats, Hazmat on the top eight!

[JACO]

How about slops for not scheduling the tournament around my vacation? (...which was planned way before both of the events were planned!)   

Dude, you're whole life is a vacation!

I had mad fun this past weekend, playing tons of games, meeting some new friends, and kicking it with some of our ever increasing posse. Thanks to all the Ohio cats for entertaining us and allowing us a place to crash (at JeffEdBrain's house).