Swiss Vintage Tournament 28.3.2010 Report

[Tempus]

48 People registred for the 2nd tournament this year.
After 6 rounds of Swiss the standings where as followed:

Code:

  12	Bartl, Sebastian	 14	61.1111	66.6667	61.1538	6/4/2/0
  31	Balsiger, Robin	 14	58.5185	71.4286	56.1966	6/4/2/0
  46	Wild, Patrick	 14	56.4815	71.4286	54.0537	6/4/2/0
  10	Vazquez, Mario	 14	56.4815	66.6667	56.5179	6/4/2/0
  11	Hausmann, Marius	 13	64.8148	71.4286	57.8999	6/4/1/0
  21	Vienne, Gregoire	 13	62.0370	76.9231	55.1687	6/4/1/0
  38	Kreher, Christian	 13	62.0370	60.0000	57.5257	6/4/1/0
  16	Kathriner, Roman	 13	56.4815	71.4286	54.2081	6/4/1/0

Places 9 and 10:

Code:

  27	Wäckerlin, Moris	 13	55.5556	60.0000	54.1964	6/4/1/0
  39	Invernizzi, Marquin	 12	56.4815	56.2500	55.6777	6/4/0/0

Quarterfinals
Sebastian Bartl - Roman Kathriner -> Bartl wins
Marius Hausmann - Mario Vazquez -> Hausmann wins
Patrick Wild - Gregoire Vienne -> Wild wins
Christian Kreher - Robin Balsiger -> Balsiger wins

Semifinals
Sebastian Bartl - Marius Hausmann -> Hausmann wins
Patrick Wild - Robin Balsiger -> Balsiger wins

Finals
Marius Hausmann - Robin Balsiger -> Hausmann wins

Patrick Wild - Sebastian Bartl -> Price/Place split

Top 8

Winner
Marius Hausmann - MUD (Im dutzend teurer)

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
4 Wasteland
2 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

4 Metalworker
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Triskelion

2 Sword of Fire and Ice
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Restitance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault

Sideboard:
2 Razormane Masticore
2 Duplicant
2 Sculpting Steel
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Relic of Progenitus
3 Tormod's Crypt

2nd
Robin Balsiger - Noble Fish

4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flodded Strand
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Forest
1 City of Brass
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

4 Noble Hierarch
3 Meddling Mage
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Trygon Predator

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
4 Force of Will
2 Daze
3 Spell Pierce
3 Stifle
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk

Sideboard:
3 Path to Exile
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Trygon Predator
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Spell Pierce
2 Pithing Needle
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Relic of Progenitus

3rd/4th
Patrick Wild - Dark Storm

4 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
3 Underground Sea
2 Swamp
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Island
1 Tolarian Academy

4 Dark Confidant

4 Dark Ritual
3 Cabal Ritual
3 Tendrils of Agony
3 Thoughtseize
2 Duress
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Chromatic Sphere
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Sensei's Diving Top
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Necropotence
1 Timetwister
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Mind's Desire
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Rebuild
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt

Sideboard:
1 Tinker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Island
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Massacre
1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Darkblast
1 Duress
1 Extirpate

3rd/4th
Sebastian Bartl - MUD

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
4 Wasteland
2 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

4 Metalworker
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Triskelion

2 Sculpting Steel
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Restitance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault

Sideboard:
3 Duplicant
2 Razormane Masticore
1 Platinum Angel
4 Relic of Progenitus
3 Tormod's Crypt
2 Crucible of Worlds

5th
Mario Vazquez - Mono Black (Do you fear death A?)

4 Wasteland
2 Dark Depths
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Strip Mine
11 Swamp

4 Dark Confidant
4 Vampire Hexmage

4 Dark Ritual
1 Darkblast
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Duress
4 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Null Rod
2 Diabolic Edict
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Pithing Needle
1 Grim Discovery
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal

Sideboard:
3 Null Rod
2 Emissary of Despair
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Engineered Plague
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Pithing Needle
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Chain of Mephistopheles
2 Bitterblossom

6th
Gregoire Vienne - MUD

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Factory
2 City of Traitors
4 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine

4 Lodestone Golem
4 Juggernaut
2 Duplicant
1 Razormane Masticore

4 Chalice of the Void
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Null Rod
2 Sculpting Steel
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere

1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt

Sideboard:
3 Arcbound Ravager
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Duplicant
1 Null Rod
2 Powder Keg
1 Razormane Masticore
3 Relic of Progenitus
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Tormod's Crypt

7th
Christian Kreher - Tezzless Tez

4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
1 Cephalid Coliseum
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Swamp
2 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island

4 Dark Confidant
2 Trinket Mage
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Misdirection
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Repeal
1 Darkblast
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt

Sideboard:
2 Duress
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
2 Massacre
2 Extirpate
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Razormane Masticore

8th
Roman Kathriner - MUD

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
3 Mishra's Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine

4 Lodestone Golem
4 Su-Chi
2 Razormane Masticore

4 Tangle Wire
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Null Rod
1 Trinisphere
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault

Sideboard:
3 Pithing Needle
3 Powder Keg
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Sword of Fire and Ice
3 Triskelion

Deck Breakdown

Shops:
7 MUD
1 Welder Aggro
1 Master of Etherium Staxx

Mana Drain:
7 Tezz
2 Drain Tendrils
1 Dark Remora
1 Lorescale Coatl Control
2 Magus of the Future
2 UB Painter
2 oath

Bazaar of Baghdad:
6 Dredge

Dark Ritual:
2 Dark Storm
2 TPS
1 Drain TPS
3 MonoB Suicide

Null Rod:
2 Noble Fish
3 UW Fish
1 GWB Beats
1 Red Deck Wins (RBW)

Other:
1 Burn

Next Tournament is on 2nd May. Hope to see you there

[Troy_Costisick]

That's a whole lotta shop decks.  I see the Tez(less) deck was running three H-calls.  That's probably about right.  I wonder if the other blue decks weren't packing that many.  I'm surprised to see no Ingot Chewers, tho.

Peace,

-Troy

[yukizora]

Me and my friend made respectivly 12th and 10th in this tournament with Tezz. We were both running Hurkyl's recall but only one. I actually won against Stax and did not do pretty bad against MUD, my missplays costed me the game and must admit that an okay hand (like with plenty of mana, Dark Confidant and/or 2 counters) + any way to tinker makes your game, if you play Sphinx, of course.
I learned that Sphinx just makes your opponent scoop when it's on the table, and regretted I had the Leviathan. Otherwise one Hurkyl's recall is sufficiant, and I think I might run Imperial Seal + Jace 2.0 that help a lot in this matchup. Imp Seal tutoring the Tinker, Jace bouncing Golems and letting you countering them or Thoughtseize them.
If you don't have any of these in your hand, being able to hardcast counters like FoW and Drain through 1-2 Spheres is also good against this deck (If you have a hand with moxens, lands and 2 Counters). Since you'll have enough counters and hand disruption to get rid of their threats, you can wait for a tutor or a win condition to come for a reasonable amount of time.
Also, post sideboard, you've got a nice game plan if you play Nature's Claim and Sower of Temptation, which are both really useful against MUD. What you're trying to do is to let them put 1-2 spheres and get as much mana sources as possible on your side in your opening hand. Then you cast Hurkyl's recall and counter / destroy whatever you want and repeat that 1-2 times so they won't have any hand, but you'll have some resources as you probably had a Dark Confidant. Then sower just leaves you with a good blocker or an excellent threat. MUD often collapses when it comes to be forced to topdeck, so you're trying to buy time to get to that point.

You still have a lot of MUD, but also a lot of other decks, H-calls are not very efficient in multiples otherwise. They belong to the sideboard.
Also MUD can't deal with an early game Tezz, so I'd leave him in.
My 2c

[Evenpence]

You still have a lot of MUD, but also a lot of other decks, H-calls are not very efficient in multiples otherwise. They belong to the sideboard.
Also MUD can't deal with an early game Tezz, so I'd leave him in.

Hurkyll's can bounce multiple null rods from Fish, create storm and produce mana, and pitches to Force -- I'm not even counting how hard it wrecks artifact-based decks.  The card is exceptional.

[Tempus]

Lists should be correct now and I added the breakdown