Harrisburg Vintage 5/1 - Mox Emerald Results and Lists

[Womba]

We had 13 players and show up to battle for a Mox Emerald and a Box of ROE. Just want to give a quick thanks to all the players that showed up to the event and Nick O'Connor for providing the awesome prize support despite only having 13 players show up. Hopefully next time will we have some more players but I am sure fun was had by all who showed up.


The Prize Breakdown was as follows:

1st- Mox Emerald
2nd - 1/2 Box of ROE
3rd - 1/4 Box of ROE
4th - 1/4 Box of ROE


The Metagame for this tourney was as follows:

1- RnD Tezz
1- Dark Times
1- Mono Blue Shops
3- Dredge
1- Noble Fish
2- Bob TPS
1- Erayo Tezz
2- Tezz
1- Warrens Tezz

We had four rounds of Swiss and then a cut to the top four playoff.

Top 4 after Swiss was

1. Michael Knight - Dredge 3-0-1
2. Barry Quick - Tezz 3-0-1
3. Nat Moes - Bob TPS 3-1
4. Mark Hornung - Dredge 3-1

Barry Def. Nat          2-1
Mark Def. Michael     2-0

Barry and Mark split 1st and 2nd.

Barry Quick- Tezz 1st/2nd

1 Demonic Tutot
1 Swamp
3 Spell Pierce
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Islands
1 Mox Jet
1 Ponder
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 City of Brass
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Lim Dul's Vault
2 Volcanic Island
3 Mana Drain
1 Time Vault
2 Bloodstained Mire
4 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Time Walk
1 Echoing Truth
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Tinker
2 Polluted Delta
1 Mox Emerald
3 Dark Confidant
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
3 Underground Sea
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Voltaic Key
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Peral
2 Sower of Temptation

SB
3 Greater Gargadon
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Trinisphere
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Energy Flux
1 Massacre
1 Pyroclasm

Mark Hornung - Dredge 1st/2nd

1 Darkblast
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Angel of Despair
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
2 Nature's Claim
3 Ichorid
3 Dread Return
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Bloodghast
4 Narcomoeba
2 Golgari Thug
4 Bridge from Below
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari-Grave Troll
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Serum Powder
1 Dakmor Salvage
2 Petrified Field
2 City of Brass
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Bazaar of Baghdad

SB
2 City of Brass
3 Unmask
4 Chain of Vapor
1 Nature's Claim
1 Contagion
1 Darkblast
1 Ichorid
2 Serenity

Michael Knight - Dredge 3rd/4th

1 Darkblast
2 Flame-Kin Zealot
4 Ichorid
2 Dread Return
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Bloodghast
4 Narcomoeba
3 Golgari Thug
4 Bridge from Below
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari-Grave Troll
4 Street Wraith
4 Serum Powder
2 Fatestitcher
2 Petrified Field
4 City of Brass
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Bazaar of Baghdad

SB
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ingot Chewer
3 Chain of Vapor
2 Gemstone Mine
4 Nature's Claim
4 Unmask

Nat Moes - Bob TPS 3rd/4th

1 Empty the Warrens
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Thoughtseize
2 Duress
4 Dark Confidant
1 Rebuild
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Mana Drain
2 Spell Pierce
1 Impulse
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
1 Ponder
1 Hurkyl's Recall
3 Repeal
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Brainstorm
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
2 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Swamp
2 Underground Sea

SB
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Viashino Heretic
2 Greater Gargadon
1 Ingot Chewer
2 Ravenous Trap
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Pyroblast
1 Pyroclasm
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Extirpate

[GrandpaBelcher]

This was a great tournament!  I think we all look forward to coming again from the Northern Virginia area.  Thanks for hosting and for putting up the extra prizes!

[psyburat]

Dark Times is a terrible deck.  Never play it ever.

[voltron00x]

Dark Times is a terrible deck.  Never play it ever.

Unless you want to beat me, that is.  I can't ever beat Dark Times 

Mark, you and Sam made some very nice changes to my Dredge list.  That thing looks really, really strong.  I'm still not 100% sold on Serenity in this list but I can't argue with your results.

[Shooter McGavin]

It was definitely a great time.  I really enjoyed it and hope that they offer more of these tournaments in the future.  I want to thank all the players for the fun games and the shop owners for the awesome prize support, despite the smaller turnout. 

I was lucky enough to have great card draws all day and I ended up splitting for first/second.  Lim Duls Vault was amazing with Bob, as it allowed me to set up the other half of my combo on top of the deck, usually with a counter spell right below it to ensure it would stick.  Inkwell Leviathan was ridiculous, as it almost always stays in play due to the very limited ways to remove him.  I chose Inkwell over Sphinx of the Steel Wind because it made a more reliable kill condition for my deck (IMO).  I also played two Sower's of Temptation main deck because I was expecting more Fish and Stax.  They work wonders stealing big guys away and also swing for two up high.  Even when bounced, they slow the opponent down pretty well.

Again, thanks for a fun day and a great tournament. 

Barry