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Thank you to everyone who attended our latest Vintage event here at Myriad Games. Every player received a special Myriad Games Magical Mana Munchkin! The Bonus Preregistration Prize went to Ron White. The Bonus Carpool Prize went to Jonathan Medina. The Best Deck Name Prize went to Matt Macauley for "Please God, No Aggro" Photos are available here. As always, if you have any comments or suggestions about our events, please email us. Tournament Results1st Michael French 2nd Demonic Attorney 3rd Ron White 4th Dan Cunningham 5th Jeremiah Rudolph 6th Nick Ullstrom 7th Andrew Fox 8th Jonathan Medina 9th Jeff Carpenter 10th Eugene Rice 11th Matt Macauley 12th Arik Pogrebinsky 13th Maitland Pike 14th Eric Dupuis 15th Craig Dupre 16th Oliver Beaumont 17th Scott Hatch 18th Peter Read 19th Sara Yarrington Top 8 Decklists1st Michael French 3x Arcbound Ravager 3x Triskelion 3x Karn, Silver Golem 4x Metalworker 3x Tangle Wire 1x Trinisphere 3x Sphere of Resistance 2x Staff of Domination 3x Smokestack 4x Chalice of the Void 4x Thorn of Amethyst 3x Crucible of Worlds 1x Sol Ring 1x Mox Ruby 1x Mox Jet 1x Mana Crypt 1x Mox Emerald 1x Mox Pearl 1x Mox Sapphire 1x Black Lotus 4x Mishra's Workshop 4x Ancient Tomb 4x Wasteland 1x Strip Mine 2x City of Traitors 1x Tolarian Academy Sideboard 1x Sphere of Resistance 3x Powder Keg 1x Sundering Titan 2x Razormane Masticore 2x Duplicant 3x Winter Orb 3x Tormod's Crypt 2nd Demonic Attorney 4x Force of Will 4x Mana Drain 4x Mystic Remora 4x Meditate 2x Sower of Temptation 2x Psychatog 1x Inkwell Leviathan 1x Brainstorm 1x Ponder 1x Ancestral Recall 1x Fact or Fiction 1x Merchant Scroll 1x Demonic Tutor 1x Vampiric Tutor 1x Time Vault 1x Voltaic Key 1x Time Walk 1x Yawgmoth's Will 1x Tinker 3x Commandeer 1x Echoing Truth 4x Island 3x Flooded Strand 3x Polluted Delta 3x Underground Sea 1x Library of Alexandria 1x Mox Emerald 1x Mox Sapphire 1x Mox Jet 1x Mox Pearl 1x Mox Ruby 1x Black Lotus 1x Sol Ring 2x Volcanic Island Sideboard 3x Pithing Needle 2x Yixlid Jailer 3x Engineered Plague 2x Smother 1x Meloku, The Clouded Mirror 2x Rack and Ruin 1x Relic of Progenitus 1x Energy Flux 3rd Ron White 4x Goblin Lackey 4x Goblin Warchief 4x Mogg Fanatic 4x Goblin Matron 4x Goblin Ringleader 4x Goblin Piledriver 4x Null Rod 3x Tin Street Hooligan 3x Earwig Squad 2x Gempalm Incinerator 1x Mana Crypt 1x Lotus Petal 1x Stingscourger 1x Black Lotus 1x Mox Jet 1x Mox Ruby 1x Mox Emerald 4x Taiga 2x Badlands 3x Wasteland 1x Strip Mine 3x Bloodstained Mire 2x Wooded Foothills 2x Mountain Sideboard 3x Thorn of Amethyst 3x Extirpate 2x Red Elemental Blast 1x Pyroblast 1x Goblin Sharpshooter 3x Krosan Grip 2x Ancient Grudge 4th Dan Cunningham 4x Dark Confidant 4x Tarmogoyf 2x Thirst for Knowledge 3x Mana Drain 4x Force of Will 3x Sensei's Divining Top 1x Duress 2x Thoughtseize 1x Repeal 1x Ancestral Recall 1x Time Walk 1x Tinker 1x Brainstorm 1x Tezzeret the Seeker 1x Mox Ruby 1x Mox Pearl 1x Demonic Tutor 1x Mox Emerald 1x Mox Jet 1x Mox Sapphire 1x Black Lotus 1x Vampiric Tutor 1x Library of Alexandria 3x Underground Sea 2x Tropical Island 2x Island 3x Flooded Strand 4x Polluted Delta 1x Time Vault 1x Voltaic Key 1x Yawgmoth's Will 1x Sol Ring 1x Inkwell Leviathan 1x Mana Crypt 1x Chain of Vapor 1x Ponder Sideboard 3x Yixlid Jailer 3x Oxidize 3x Energy Flux 1x Hurkyl's Recall 1x Trinisphere 2x Extirpate 1x Pithing Needle 1x Tropical Island 5th Jeremiah Rudolph 1x Mindslaver 1x Island 1x Snow-Covered Island 2x Flooded Strand 3x Polluted Delta 1x Inkwell Leviathan 1x Mox Jet 1x City of Brass 4x Force of Will 1x Library of Alexandria 1x Echoing Truth 1x Tolarian Academy 1x Ancestral Recall 3x Volcanic Island 1x Vampiric Tutor 1x Mystical Tutor 3x Underground Sea 1x Tezzeret the Seeker 1x Engineered Explosives 2x Red Elemental Blast 4x Mana Drain 1x Voltaic Key 4x Thirst for Knowledge 1x Time Walk 1x Mox Ruby 1x Time Vault 2x Goblin Welder 1x Black Lotus 1x Merchant Scroll 1x Tinker 1x Mox Pearl 1x Mox Emerald 1x Mana Crypt 1x Fact or Fiction 1x Gifts Ungiven 1x Ponder 1x Demonic Tutor 1x Mana Vault 1x Yawgmoth's Will 1x Brainstorm 1x Sol Ring 1x Mox Sapphire Sideboard 3x Duress 3x Ancient Grudge 2x Yixlid Jailer 1x Tormod's Crypt 1x Tropical Island 1x Engineered Explosives 4x Tarmogoyf 6th Nick Ullstrom 4x Polluted Delta 3x Flooded Strand 3x Underground Sea 2x Tropical Island 2x Island 1x Mox Sapphire 1x Mox Emerald 1x Mox Jet 1x Mox Ruby 1x Mana Crypt 1x Black Lotus 1x Fastbond 3x Quirion Dryad 1x Tendrils of Agony 4x Force of Will 4x Thoughtseize 2x Duress 1x Tormod's Crypt 1x Echoing Truth 4x Sleight of Hand 4x Dark Confidant 2x Impulse 1x Gush 1x Sensei's Divining Top 1x Mystical Tutor 1x Brainstorm 1x Ponder 1x Vampiric Tutor 1x Regrowth 1x Merchant Scroll 1x Demonic Tutor 1x Mana Drain 1x Ancestral Recall 1x Time Walk 1x Yawgmoth's Will Sideboard 2x Volcanic Island 1x Tinker 1x Inkwell Leviathan 4x Extirpate 2x Tormod's Crypt 2x Ancient Grudge 3x Red Elemental Blast 7th Andrew Fox 4x Tarmogoyf 4x Kederekt Parasite 4x Dark Confidant 4x Bloodhall Ooze 4x Tin Street Hooligan 4x Wild Nacatl 4x Path to Exile 4x Artifact Mutation 4x Sudden Shock 4x Thoughtseize 1x Taiga 1x Savannah 1x Bayou 1x Plateau 1x Scrubland 1x Badlands 4x Bloodstained Mire 2x Windswept Heath 1x Black Lotus 1x Mox Jet 1x Mox Emerald 1x Mox Ruby 4x City of Brass Sideboard 4x Ethersworn Canonist 4x Red Elemental Blast 4x Thorn of Amethyst 2x Yixlid Jailer 1x Gaea's Blessing 8th Jonathan Medina 1x Library of Alexandria 1x Tolarian Academy 3x Underground Sea 3x Island 3x Flooded Strand 2x Polluted Delta 4x Force of Will 4x Thoughtcast 4x Duress 4x Mana Drain 2x Tezzeret the Seeker 1x Mox Emerald 1x Mox Sapphire 1x Mox Ruby 1x Mox Pearl 1x Mox Jet 1x Black Lotus 1x Mana Crypt 1x Sol Ring 1x Vampiric Tutor 1x Ponder 1x Sensei's Divining Top 1x Tinker 1x Gifts Ungiven 1x Time Walk 1x Inkwell Leviathan 1x Echoing Truth 1x Brainstorm 1x Mystical Tutor 1x Viashino Heretic 1x Merchant Scroll 1x Ancestral Recall 1x Banefire 1x Time Vault 1x Demonic Tutor 1x Voltaic Key 1x Hurkyl's Recall 1x Pithing Needle 1x Yawgmoth's Will Sideboard 2x Pyroclasm 2x Sower of Temptation 3x Extirpate 1x Viashino Heretic 1x Rack and Ruin 1x Platinum Angel 2x Pithing Needle 2x Pyroblast 1x Red Elemental Blast Thanks again to everyone for coming to this event. We'll be hosting the next event in our Vintage Tournament Series on Saturday, April 18th. Make plans now to come join in the fun! |
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2009, 02:02:36 am » |
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Nice lists, thx for typing them up. One remark: Leviathan has now completely entered the building. Bye, bye Collossus?
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2009, 07:28:39 am » |
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Yeah - Inkwell was a house! No one could get rid of it! There was a game against Dan where 3 swings was two slow, I hit him twice and the following turn he was going to go off with a Time Vault - Thankfully I had a Banefire to finish the Job  |
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2009, 09:53:21 am » |
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Excellently run, as usual. Finally got a chance to attend since the last one I did in July. Thanks to Chris for giving me my only losses on the day in the Swiss and Top 4. One remark: Leviathan has now completely entered the building. Bye, bye Collossus? That's what it seems like. Shroud is a big reason, along with it's Islandwalk. |
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2009, 01:24:53 pm » |
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Yeah - Inkwell was a house! No one could get rid of it! There was a game against Dan where 3 swings was two slow, I hit him twice and the following turn he was going to go off with a Time Vault - Thankfully I had a Banefire to finish the Job How many other times did Banefire act as a second, uncounterable Time Walk? Also, why only two Force of Will? Was it a metagame decision?! |
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2009, 02:02:05 pm » |
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Banefire was really good when I actually casted it (I even used it once to toast an Aven Mindcensor- LOL). I seen it a couple times when I didn't even cast it because the game was already won. It was a nice insurance policy to have in the deck something I could Vamp Tutor for EOT to steal the game. With Tolarian Academy Banefire can be ridiculous. I only lost 2 games all day and that was in the Top 8 against Dan: Game 1, I got greedy and he punished me for it. Game 2, His Tarmos smashed my face; I tinkered my Inkwell in but it was a little too late, The two Lhurgoyf held off my Inkwell, I drew into an echoing truth swung bounced the Tarmos, and put him at 6. On his turn he Vamp-Tutored for Yawgwill and won with a Time Vault. I gotta give Dan props, He knows his deck very well and he plays it like a pro.  The 2 "Force of Will" thing was actually a typo or a mistake on my deck list, because I was running 4 of those puppies |
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2009, 04:50:44 pm » |
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Hey Dan, thanks for the lists.
There are some cards missing:
- Jeremiah's maindeck misses one card
- Jonathan's maindeck misses one card (already added the two additional Forces)
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« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2009, 09:59:17 am » |
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This was my list 61 cards Mana 5 Moxen 1 Black Lotus 1 Sol Ring 1 Mana Crypt Disruption 4 Duress 4 Force of Will 4 Mana Drain 1 Viashino Heretic 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Echoing Truth 1 Pithing Needle Draw 4 Thoughtcast 1 Brainstorm 1 Ponder 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Sensei's Divining Top 1 Yawgmoth's Will 1 Time Walk Tutors 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Gifts Ungiven 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Merchant Scroll Win Condition 1 2 Tezzeret the Seeker 1 Time Vault 1 Voltaic Key Win Condition 2 1 Tinker 1 Inkwell Leviathan Win Condition 3 / Reach 1 Banefire Lands 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Tolarian Acamdemy 2 Poluted Delta 2 Flooded Strand 3 Islands 3 Volcanic Island 3 Underground Sea Side Board 2 Pithing Needle 2 Sower of Temptation 2 Pyroclasm 1 Red Elemetal Blast 2 Pyroblast 1 Viashino Heretic 1 Rack and Ruin 3 Extirpate 1 Platimnum Angel |
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« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2009, 08:12:21 pm » |
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Hey Dan, thanks for the lists.
There are some cards missing:
- Jeremiah's maindeck misses one card
- Jonathan's maindeck misses one card (already added the two additional Forces)
The one card missing of my list is the best card in magic, Mindslaver. |
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« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2009, 08:17:40 pm » |
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Lists updated.
Thanks again to everyone for attending!
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« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2009, 10:56:48 pm » |
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3rd Ron White
4x Goblin Lackey
4x Goblin Warchief
4x Mogg Fanatic
4x Goblin Matron
4x Goblin Ringleader
4x Goblin Piledriver
4x Null Rod
3x Tin Street Hooligan
3x Earwig Squad
2x Gempalm Incinerator
1x Mana Crypt
1x Lotus Petal
1x Stingscourger
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
4x Taiga
2x Badlands
3x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
3x Bloodstained Mire
2x Wooded Foothills
2x Mountain
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3x Thorn of Amethyst
3x Extirpate
2x Red Elemental Blast
1x Pyroblast
1x Goblin Sharpshooter
3x Krosan Grip
2x Ancient Grudge
I've felt like Goblins has been a really good choice for a while now because of its very strong match-ups against Tez, Stax, Mystic Remora/Meditate, and aggro/hate, but I've never tried a three-color list. I would guess that Earwig Squad only helps the match-ups that are already good, right? Was Extirpate better than the options you would have in a R/g list (Tormod's Crypt, Leyline of the Void, or Relic of Progenitus)? Who beat you to move to the finals, and what happened? |
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« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2009, 12:56:01 am » |
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Earwig Squad lets you beat combo and Tez, decks that otherwise can conceivably race you.
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« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2009, 10:48:27 pm » |
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Can you post a metagame breakdown, too? I 'd like to know if I should be at all surprised that half of the top 8 of a Vintage tourney is Vault/Key.
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« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2009, 03:14:22 pm » |
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I've felt like Goblins has been a really good choice for a while now because of its very strong match-ups against Tez, Stax, Mystic Remora/Meditate, and aggro/hate, but I've never tried a three-color list. I would guess that Earwig Squad only helps the match-ups that are already good, right? Was Extirpate better than the options you would have in a R/g list (Tormod's Crypt, Leyline of the Void, or Relic of Progenitus)? Who beat you to move to the finals, and what happened?
I typically run a R/b list. Though I hadn't played in a vintage tournament in around 8 months, I've been keeping an eye on the metagame at Myriad. It seemed like there was more Stax showing up lately, so I added green for Hooligans and Krosan Grips incase Oath showed up. Earwig Squad does help in the combo and Tezz matchups. It allows me to hurt decks with few win conditions. As for Extirpate, it was there primarily for Dredge but can also be used in other matchups better than Crypt or Relic. The only matches I lost were to DA. In the 4 games we played, I lost on his turn 2 twice, turn 3 once, and I think turn 5 or 6. I played him in the first round. After that, I beat Stax, burn, BUG fish, and Tezz to make top 8. I won against Fox's aggro deck. In the top 4 I lost turn 2 in the first game. In the second game I forgot about him bringing in Engineered Plagues and forgot to bring in the Grips. Though, I doubt it would have mattered as he won on turn 5 or 6 with a tinkered Inkwell and Engineered Plague in play. |
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