XTreme Games 11-15-09 Results and Decklists

[LordHomerCat]

By popular request (that is, Soly continually leaving me annoying IM's), it is results time again.  Sunday at Xtreme Games we had 16 players competing for a Mox Emerald and other prizes which I do not recall offhand as I clearly was not in the running for any of them.  Perhaps someone else can fill that part in.  Anyway, when all was said and done Vroman continued his hot streak and took it down, with David Spiehler splitting the finals with him.  The bracket at the end was as follows:

Rob Vroman > Isaac Siegmund
Ben Carp > Cheng Fan
David Spiehler > Mike Solymossy
Ryan Forsberg > Josh Lalo

Rob Vroman > Ben Carp
David Spiehler > Ryan Forsberg

Vroman > Spiehler (I believe they split)

I would like to point out (mostly to JACO) that despite my rather poor showing I still ended up in 9th place, exactly one spot ahead of him.  Seriously though, I scrubbed pretty hard, and St Louis once again had a very strong showing.  I think that next month I might need to actually make an effort to keep the mox in WI/IL.  But enough of that, I know you’re all here for decklists so I may as well put those up too.  In order of finish:

Rob Vroman – Iona Oath
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mishra’s Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Oath of Druids
4 Force of Will
4 Spell Pierce
1 Thoughtseize
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Timetwister
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Regrowth
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Lotus Petal
1 Time Vault
1 Flash of Insight
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Rebuild
1 Krosan Reclamation
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Voltaic Key
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

SB:
1 Oxidize
2 Extirpate
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Tinker
1 Trinisphere
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Balance
1 Echoing Truth


David Spieler – GWB (Meandeck Beats I think?)

1 Plains
1 Swamp
1 Forest
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Windswept Heath
2 Bayou
2 Savannah
2 Scrubland
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
4 Gaddock Teeg
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Aven Mindcensor
4 Dark Confidant
3 Elvish Spirit Guide
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Diabolic Edict
4 Null Rod
4 Thoughtseize

SB:
2 Seal of Cleansing
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Krosan Grip
1 Darkblast
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
4 Planar Void


Ryan Forsberg – Ad Nauseum Tendrils

1 Slaughter Pact
1 Black Lotus
4 Chrome Mox
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
4 Ad Nauseum
3 Cabal Ritual
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Duress
1 Necropotence
3 Tendrils of Agony
1 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
3 Chain of Vapor
4 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Timetwister
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Bayou
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Island
4 Polluted Delta
2 Swamp
3 Underground Sea

SB:
3 Sadistic Sacrament
4 Pact of Negation
2 Duress
2 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Xantid Swarm


Ben Carp – ICBM 5cStax (or as I call it, “my decklist is printed in size 1 font”)

4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Welder
4 Tangle Wire
4 Smokestack
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Triskelion
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Sundering Titan
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Balance
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
3 City of Brass
3 Gemstone Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Choke
2 Powder Keg
1 Karn, Silver Golem

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Blood Moon
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Razormane Masticore
3 Relic of Progenitus


Mike Solymossy – UBr Tezz

1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
4 Island
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Fire / Ice
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Thoughtseize
2 Glen-Elendra Archmage
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Rebuild
1 Repeal
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Sundering Titan
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor

SB:
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Extirpate
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Darkblast
1 Slaughter Pact
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Inkwell Leviathan
3 Greater Gargadon


Isaac Siegmund – UBr Tezz

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Thoughtseize
2 Repeal
1 Echoing Truth
1 Fire / Ice
1 Rebuild
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ponder
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
3 Dark Confidant
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Island
3 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Mana Crypt

SB:
2 Mystic Remora
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Smother
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle


Cheng Fan – Iona Oath

4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Spell Pierce
2 Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
4 Force of Will
4 Oath of Druids
4 Mana Drain
2 Pernicious Deed
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Lotus Petal
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mox Emerald
1 Timetwister
1 Regrowth
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Brainstorm
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Krosan Reclamation
1 Flash of Insight
1 Rebuild
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Jet
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Pearl
1 Time Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby

SB:
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
2 Extirpate
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Hellkite Overlord
1 Oxidize
1 Tinker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Balance
1 Strip Mine
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Wipe Away


Josh Lalo – Iona Oath

4 Oath of Druids
1 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Krosan Reclamation
1 Rebuild
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Spell Pierce
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Regrowth
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Voltaic Key
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Vault
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Timetwister
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
2 Pernicious Deed

SB:
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Oxidize
1 Tinker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Hellkite Overlord
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Strip Mine
1 Balance
2 Extirpate
1 Krosan Grip
1 Slaughter Pact



As usual, make a post if there are errors or really wonky things with the decklists (like an Oath deck with Volcanics instead of Trops), because it’s probably an input error on my part rather than an actual deck reg error.

Hope to see you all out there next month, and a big thanks again to Eric and Shannon at Xtreme for continuing to hold these events and keeping the WI/IL scene alive.

-Jimmy McCarthy

[Smmenen]

The 2nd place Meandeck Beats list is missing 4 Thoughtseize, if its the same list I've been advocating. 

[LordHomerCat]

Ya they are in there, fixed the list.  Thanks Steve.

[Shean]

Yeah, it's your list Steve.  I should know, as I'm the one who told him to play it.   

[Tha Gunslinga]

Ben Carp – ICBM 5cStax (or as I call it, “my decklist is printed in size 1 font”)

Size 7 actually.  My list was as terrible as it was hard-to-read.

[MirariKnight]

Ben Carp – ICBM 5cStax (or as I call it, “my decklist is printed in size 1 font”)

Size 7 actually.  My list was as terrible as it was hard-to-read.

The first game of the tourney was epicly bad for both of us. Gotta love Mana Crypt sometimes.

[pierce]

soly, why GEA over Bob? I like the 75 besides that.

[conboy31]

I have been toying around with workshop decks lately and am trying to figure out how their various incarnations would board for different matchups.  Would the Carps stax deck board in 12 vs Ichorid? (leaving out the razormanes?)

Something like bringing in:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Blood Moon
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Relic of Progenitus

The tabs and blood moons are obviously not synergistic but bombs on their own right.
For game 2:
-4 tangle wire
-3 choke
-3 smokestack
-2 sphere of resistance? or chalice?

[Isaac85]

soly, why GEA over Bob? I like the 75 besides that.

Soly and me played some games for fun and gea was strong for him. I belive he told me his match up was either 60 40 or 55 50 but he had an advantage vs bob. However when I top deck like a beast your results arnt to accurate.

[JACO]

soly, why GEA over Bob? I like the 75 besides that.

Because Glen Elendra dominates against combo and other Blue decks, including the mirror. If you have both Glen Elendra and Confidant then you have a winner, and can go beatdown.

[M.Solymossy]

In round 1 against Jimmy McCarthy, I just resolved GEA and he just couldn't win.  I would drain his stax and just blast him.

I didn't play confidant because I expected a lot of Oath, and I wanted a Creature that would still do something against them.   Plus, I've played Bobby Bad Bones so much that I wanted to do something new.

[MirariKnight]

In round 1 against Jimmy McCarthy, I just resolved GEA and he just couldn't win.  I would drain his stax and just blast him.

I didn't play confidant because I expected a lot of Oath, and I wanted a Creature that would still do something against them.   Plus, I've played Bobby Bad Bones so much that I wanted to do something new.

Bob is really bad against Oath, I agree. How was greater Gargadon? I assume it was for saccing Orchard dudes right?

[LordHomerCat]

I'm pretty sure I couldn't win because none of my cards were spells.  Gray Ogre would actually have been exactly as good as Archmage that game.

[M.Solymossy]

How was greater Gargadon? I assume it was for saccing Orchard dudes right?

I didn't get to play against any of the oath decks.  But my control Package + that guy in testing is very good agaisnt them.

[Tobi]

Isaac's list is missing one card maindeck.

[Isaac85]

I dunno if that was my error but its mans crypt.

[OwenTheEnchanter]

I'm pretty sure I couldn't win because none of my cards were spells.  Gray Ogre would actually have been exactly as good as Archmage that game.

 

[LordHomerCat]

Isaac's list is missing one card maindeck.

Fixed.  It was indeed mana crypt, and it was on the list Isaac.