Gamer's Inn 1st Bazaar tourny top8 3.28.09

[vassago]

Sorry if this is a couple of days late, but I had to gather the decklists, and some of them are not complete yet, so i will edit them when i get the rest of the infoprmation.  We had a total of 17 players this time. Disappointing but not too bad seeing in how we have just started trying to get people into the format. 

Adam Prosak and Jay Webb split in the finals for store credit, so no bazaar was given out.

Special thanks for Jay Carter for taking the time to swing by and play some type one here at the shop, even though he was in town for business purposes.


Adam Prosak

4 FOW
4 Mana Drain
4 TFK
1 FOF
1 gifts
2 Tezz
1 timevault
1 voltaic key
1 mana vault
1 mana crypt
1 sol ring
1 d-tutor
1 v-tutor
1 ancient  grudge
1 fire/ice
1 black lotus
5 moxen
1 inkwell leviathan
2 trinket mage
1 e-e
1 top
1 yawgmoth's will
1 regrowth
1 brainstorm
1 merchant scroll
1 ancestral recall
1 time walk
1 tinker
3 polluted delta
3 flooded strand
2 underground sea
1 volcanic island
1 tropical island
1 tundra
3 island
1 snowcovered island
1 library of alexandria
1 tolarian academy

sb

4 leyline of the void
1 relic of progenitus
1 tormods crypt
1 chalice of the void
1 trinisphere
1 pithing needle
2 duress
1 ancient grudge
1 rebuild
2 sower of temptation


Jay Webb

4 fow
4 drain
1 time vault
1  voltaic key
2 tezz
1 misdirection
1 rack and ruin
1 engineered explosives
1 e truth
tinker
inkwell leviathan
4 tfk
a.recall
m tutor
 ponder
b storm
d tutor
v tutor
y will
top
walk
merchant scroll
fof
gifts
rebuild
p needle
t crypt
9 artifacts
library
academy
2 delta
3 strand
3 u.sea
2 volcanic island
1 island
1 snow covered island

sb

2 old man of the sea
3 REB
1 relic of progenitus
1 pithing needle
1 platinum angel
2 leyline of the void
2 jailer of the yixlid variety
1 engineered explosives
2 pyroclasm


Douglas Coats

  3 Underground Sea
   3 Volcanic Island
   4 Island
   3 Polluted Delta
   2 Flooded Strand
   1 Library of Alexandria
   1 Darksteel Colossus
   3 Old Man of the Sea
   1 Black Lotus
   1 Sol Ring
   1 Mox Pearl
   1 Mox Emerald
   1 Mox Sapphire
   1 Mox Jet
   1 Mox Ruby
   1 Tinker
   1 Voltaic Key
   1 Time Vault
   1 Demonic Tutor
   1 Vampiric Tutor
   1 Yawgmoth's Will
   4 Force of Will
   3 Commandeer
   4 Mana Drain
   1 Brainstorm
   1 Ancestral Recall
   1 Time Walk
   4 Mystic Remora
   4 Meditate
   2 Repeal
   1 Fact or Fiction
   1 Misdirection
   1 Echoing Truth
   1 Merchant Scroll

// Sideboard:
SB: 2 Energy Flux
SB: 2 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Pyroblast
SB: 1 Rack and Ruin
SB: 3 Yixlid Jailer
SB: 1 Pithing Needle
SB: 1 Engineered Explosives
SB: 2 Thoughtseize

Billy Gogol

LANDS (15):
1 Underground Sea
3 Cephalid Coliseum
3 City of Brass
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Gemstone Mine

CREATURES (21):
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
1 Angel of Despair
1 Cephalid Sage
3 Ichorid
3 Golgari Thug
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Grave-Troll

OTHER SPELLS (24):
4 Cabal Therapy
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Careful Study
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Breakthrough
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Dread Return
4 Bridge from Below


sideboard
4 Chain of Vapor
3 Contagion
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Pithing Needle

Matt Vines

TMWA

BEATERS
4x Dark confidant
4x Ethersworn canonist
3x Jotun grunt
3x Aven mindcensor
1x Goblin welder
1x Gorilla shaman

SPELLS
4x Red elemental blast
3x Duress
3x Thoughtseize
3x Null Rod
2x Hide/Seek
2x Swords to plowshares
1x Path to exile
1x Diabolic edict
1x Vampiric tutor
1x Demonic tutor
1x Extirpate

MANA
1x Black Lotus
3x Mox Jet/Pearl/Ruby
4x Bloodstained mire
1x Flooded Strand
1x Windswept Heath
3x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
2x Badlands
2x Scrubland
1x Plateau
1x Swamp
1x Mountain
1x Plains

Sideboard
3x Extirpate
1x Pyroblast
2x Hide/Seek
2x Umezawa's Jitte
1x Engineered explosives
3x Grim Lavamancer
1x Diabolic edict
2x Kataki, Wars wage

MEATBAG

3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Black Lotus
5 Mox
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault

1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Grindstone
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Painter's Servant
1 Trinket Mage
1 Darksteel Colossus

4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
3 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tinker
1 Misdirection
1 Echoing Truth

sb

3 Energy Flux
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Duress (lol)
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod's Crypt
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Extirpate
1 Pyroclasm

Chase


4 aether vial
4 kird ape
4 wild nacatl
4 mogg fanatic
4 skyshroud elite
4 Tarmogoyfs
4 tin street hooligan
4 lightning bolt
2 teeg
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 path to exile
4 taiga
2 plateau
1 savannah
4 wooded foothills
4 windswept heath
3 skullclamp
1 black lotus
1 mox ruby
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl

sideboard
1 path to exile
2 pithing needle
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Teeg
2 pyroclasm
4 ancient grudge
4 ???

Jay Carter

4 bazaar of baghdad
4 city of brass
3 cephalid coliseum
1 petrified field
1 street wraith
4 leyline of the void
4 ichorid
4 bridge from below
4 cabal therapy
4 narcomoeba
4 stink weed imp
4 golgari grave troll
3 golgari thug
1 darkblast
3 dread return
1 flamekin zealot
1 angel of despair
1 cephalid sage
1 riftwing cloudskate
1 black lotus
1 ancestral recall
1 mox sapphire
3 careful study
2 breakthrough
1 stalking vengence

sb

3 pithing needle
3 chain of vapor
1 ancient grudge
3 force of will
1 emerald charm
1 fleshbag maurader
1 ingot chewer
2 contagion

Well I did enjoy yet again another awesome type1 event and hopefully has time passes we can get more and more players into the format here in the dessert.  Soon I will be posting and announcing the weekly type 1 events we have, even though the turn out is much smaller.

[thecman]

Sorry for the incomplete SB the missing 4 are 2x Ronom Unicorn and 2x Ray of Revelation

[MEATROCKET]

MEATBAG here.  I played a Painter/Vault monstrosity.

Round 1 vs Alex playing Tidespout Oath
I think I played Alex at the last event.  He's a fun opponent.
Game 1
I keep a stupid hand of mana + Painter, Vamp Tutor and Tormod's Crypt.  Must be nice to start with an answer to Blessing.  I grind him on turn 4.
Game 2
I don't remember what I boarded in other than a couple of Jailers for more answers to blessing as well as other Oathy graveyard tricks (yeah I'm afraid of Sharuum + Bridge from Below.  Or maybe I'm just afraid of the embarrassment which would inevitably ensue if such a thing occurred).
An early Painter somehow smashes for 11 damage (lol) while I prevent him from doing stuff.  He Thoughtseizes twice and Vamp Tutors, leaving him at 3.  Once Painter dropped him to 3, I played a Jailer and passed, leaving Alex with a turn to do something.  He doesn't, so I win.  yay

Round 2 vs Billy G playing Mana Ichorid
Silly Billy
Game 1
He doesn't mulligan, which is scary.  It turns out that Billy had a really busted hand with no Bazaar.  Too bad I led with Time Walk, drawing into enough business to counter his turn 1 and turn 2 Breakthroughs for 1.  I'm sure I would've been out of the game if either of them resolved.  I end up with only Vamp Tutor and Yawg Will in my hand, so at the end of his turn I V Tutor for Gifts.  I cast it in my main phase with 4 land, leaving me with only an untapped Underground Sea with the Will in my hand.  At this point my opponent's graveyard is huge and full of relevant things.  I didn't add anything up, but I'm pretty sure I was out of game if I didn't win this turn.  So naturally I decided to win.  My Gifts pile is Black Lotus, Mana Crypt, Time Vault, and Tormod's Crypt.  It turns out that making a Gifts pile is really easy when you have the Will in hand.  The best thing for him to have given me, I think, was the Tormod's Crypt + Time Vault.  I think he maybe thought I was bluffing the Yawg Will in my hand, so he gives me the two mana sources.  Thanks, Billy.  I go bonkers and play Will, Time Vault, V Tutor for Key, Time Walk, and Tormod's Crypt for good measure.  Probably got another land in play, too.
Game 2
I board in a bunch of good stuff like Jailers, another Crypt, and Extirpates.  I think I took out some counters or red blasts or something.
He starts with Bazaar, pass.  I go Underground, pass.  He dumps some stuff with Bazaar at my EOT and during his upkeep, and I Extirpate a Bridge before his draw.  Aw.  The game is pretty slow from here.  He gets on the Narcomoeba + Ichorid beatdown plan, which puts me at 12 life or something around there.  His graveyard is enormous at this point.  He Dread Returns a Troll which is a 12/12 or some other sort of ridiculous.  I have a Painter in my hand which would at least provide me with a wall for a turn.  He flashed back a Cabal Therapy at some point, which showed a hand with land and a Painter.  He hit a Mana Drain, though, which is how the Dread Return resolved. 
He then made a big mistake.  He gets a Pithing Needle in play.  He names Time Vault.  Sure, I didn't have enough mana to play Painter and Grindstone and activate on the same turn, but he knew what was in my hand.  I had zero pieces of the Time Vault combo, plus he knew I had a Painter.  Even more relevant, though, is that HE ONLY HAS TWO CARDS LEFT.  Guess what I rip off the top like a champ?  Grindstone.  Poor Billy.

Rounds 3 & 4 - ID with other 2-0 opponents into top 8.  Yay, much-needed food time

Top 8 Round 1 vs Doug with Remora
One of my least favorite matchups.  I never look forward to this...It makes me want to just stop playing Magic and kill myself.  Everything that is wrong with the game and community is magnified when I'm across the table in this particular match.  Oh yeah, I also don't much like playing against the Remora deck.
Game 1: I can't remember these games much.  I get Key and Vault in my hand fairly early and slow roll it until I get some backup.  It eventually sticks and I win.
Game 2: My board isn't spectacular for this round.  Ah well.  My opening hand is bananas, but he opens with a Remora.  I'm able to get a turn 1 Key+Vault, I think, but it would have allowed him to draw at least four cards before I activate Key.  I can't remember how I played this except that I was very conservative.  I should have just gone all in.  I hate playing into a Remora, but with a Drain deck, it just seems like things get worse as the game goes on.  My stuff gets countered and I get buried in card advantage.
Game 3: I really can't remember this except that I kept a hand that looked like it could have been good, but ended up being not so good.  It happens.  This game was a little one-sided as Doug just buries me in advantage...again.
This was the only round where I wished I played Slaver instead of making the last-minute change to this pile of spam.  The last version of Painter I played had Thoughtcast and while I had some success with it I'm not sure how much I enjoyed it.

Another disappointing first round knockout of top 8.  At least I crushed Doug in the 8 man event afterwards.  Yeeaah

[Grand Inquisitor]

Thanks for posting results.

1 tundra

???

[oneofchaos]

Thanks for posting results.

1 tundra

???

Engineered explosives perhaps?

[vassago]

Everything that is wrong with the game and community is magnified when I'm across the table in this particular match.  Oh yeah, I also don't much like playing against the Remora deck.

I love you too MEATBAG.  At least you can feel better about not having tinker number fifteen and a half jacked from you.   =oD  I was actually hoping to steal a grindstone when you had a painter on the table. 

[wjgogol]

the tundra was for ee, and cannonist i believe. and meatbag, i put you on omnicombo, and not that awful painter deck. lol. but i will definitely be more prepared for your awfulness next time.

[Godder]

On a positive note, 17 players means this tournament makes the Vintage Rankings, so well done on that.

[vassago]

Did the first tournament I reported make the rankings?  I think it was on 2.21.09 for a time walk.

[Jlive00]

On a positive note, 17 players means this tournament makes the Vintage Rankings, so well done on that.

Glad I could help in more ways than just letting Tezzeret players practice Vault-Keying me on turn 1...or turn 2 with Force of Will Backup.

[Myriad Games]

Did the first tournament I reported make the rankings?  I think it was on 2.21.09 for a time walk.

Yes, the February 21st event was included in the February Rankings.

Please post the full names of Meat Bag and Chase so that we can include them in the Vintage Rankings. Also, please confirm that these lists are posted in place order:

1   Adam Prosak 3 Points (Split)
2   Jay Webb 3 Points (Split)
3   Douglas Coats 2 Points
4   Billy Gogol 2 Points
5   Matt Vines 1 Point
6   [MEATBAG] 1 Point
7   [Chase] 1 Point
8   Jay Carter

[vassago]

The infamous MEATBAG's name is Sean Ritzler.  Chase's last name is Chase Zenner.  I think both of them are in the list from the last tournament. 

[Myriad Games]

Thanks for the prompt reply and update. Having the full names in each report makes sure that everyone gets the correct points. I've updated them in the Rankings.

[treyfour]

Maybe I should have played in this tourney, but sleep was such a better option.

I got to beat MeatRocket with a Countersquall in the finals of the 2nd smaller tourney.  Thats what Prosak gets for talking crap about that card.