Thanks to the 39 players who came to Alternate Universes in Blue Bell, PA to sling the best cards in Magic for a prize pool approaching $1000! Also, thanks to Mike Coyle, the owner of AU for hosting these tournaments and to Nick DiPasquale for judging the event! We had 6 rounds of swiss, and a cut to top 8. Sorry that it took longer then usual to get this report typed and online; life got in the way.
UPCOMING EVENTS: Announcements will be posted soon, but you can make plans now, the next two Blue Bell Game Days will be held on September 4th and October 2nd!
Metagame Breakdown| Trygon Tez | 9 | 23% |
| Dredge | 5 | 13% |
| Espresso Stax | 4 | 10% |
| Drain Tendrils | 3 | 8% |
| Tezzeret | 2 | 5% |
| Bob Tendrils | 2 | 5% |
| Dark Times | 2 | 5% |
| Noble Fish | 2 | 5% |
| 5c Stax | 1 | 3% |
| MUD | 1 | 3% |
| Keeper | 1 | 3% |
| Santity Stax (Mono W) | 1 | 3% |
| UW Control | 1 | 3% |
| Asa's UBr Vault Key | 1 | 3% |
| GWb Hatorator | 1 | 3% |
| RG Beats | 1 | 3% |
| Faeries | 1 | 3% |
| CounterTop | 1 | 3% |
If we look at this by "pillar" it breaks down as follows:
Mana Drain: 17
Mishra's Workshop: 7
Bazaar of Baghdad: 5
Null Rod: 4
Dark Ritual: 2
Misc: 4
Top 8 Pairings and Playoff ResultsBrad Granberry vs. Joseph Brown (Brown wins)
Jeff Folinus vs. Matt Elias (Elias wins)
Ross Pohling vs. Eric Markowicz (Markowicz wins)
Matt Mercer vs. Nate Thompson (Thompson wins)
Top 4Joseph Brown vs. Matt Elias (Brown wins)
Eric Markowicz vs Nate Thompson (Thompson wins)
Finals!Joseph Brown vs. Nate Thompson (Thompson wins)
Congratulations to Nate Thompson, winner of Blue Bell Game Day #7!Top 8 Decklists:1st Place: Nate Thompson playing Trygon Tez
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
4 Dark Confidant
3 Trygon Predator
1 Inkwell Leviathan
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Spell Pierce
3 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Tolarian Academy
Sideboard:
3 Nature’s Claim
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pithing Needle
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Ravenous Trap
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Sower of Temptation
2nd Place: Joseph Brown playing MUD
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Tangle Wire
3 Smokestack
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Null Rod
2 Razormane Masticore
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Duplicant
1 Trinisphere
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
5 Moxen
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
2 Mishra’s Factory
2 Ghost Quarter
1 Strip Mine
Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Powder Keg
2 Triskelion
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Sculpting Steel
1 Duplicant
1 Null Rod
3rd Place: Matt Elias playing Bob Tendrils
4 Dark Confidant
4 Force of Will
4 Dark Ritual
2 Tendrils of Agony
3 Duress
2 Preordain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Necropotence
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Cabal Ritual
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Ponder
1 Rebuild
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Timetwister
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Swamp
2 Island
3 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
5 Moxen
Sideboard:
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rushing River
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Tinker
1 Duress
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Yixlid Jailer
4th Place: Eric Markowicz playing 5c Stax
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Goblin Welder
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Triskelion
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Platinum Angel
1 Sundering Titan
1 Balance
1 Coalition Relic
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Trinisphere
1 Tinker
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
1 Black Lotus
5 Moxen
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Strip Mine
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Workshop
3 City of Brass
3 Gemstone Mine
Sideboard:
2 Jester’s Cap
1 Pithing Needle
1 Choke
2 Duplicant
1 Razormane Masticore
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Relic of Progenitus
5th Place: Brad Granberry playing Bob Tendrils
4 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
3 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
5 Moxen
4 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
2 Tendrils of Agony
4 Force of Will
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
4 Dark Confidant
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Timetwister
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
Sideboard:
4 Duress
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Tinker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Island
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Echoing Truth
1 Yixlid Jailer
6th Place: Ross Pohling playing Trygon Tez
4 Force of Will
3 Thoughtseize
4 Spell Pierce
4 Dark Confidant
3 Trygon Predator
5 Moxen
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Forest
1 Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Mana Drain
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Brainstorm
1 Tolarian Academy
Sideboard:
1 Pithing Needle
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
2 Sower of Temptation
7th Place: Jeff Folinus playing Trygon Tez
1 Island
1 Forest
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy
5 Moxen
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
3 Thoughtseize
4 Spell Pierce
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
2 Mana Drain
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Vault
4 Dark Confidant
3 Trygon Predator
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tinker
3 Jace, the Mindsculptor
4 Force of Will
1 Inkwell Leviathan
Sideboard:
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Pithing Needle
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
8th Place: Matt Mercer playing Tezzeret
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Spell Pierce
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Sol Ring
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Chain of Vapor
5 Moxen
1 Black Lotus
1 Misdirection
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Dark Confidant
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Mana Crypt
1 Rebuild
3 Underground Sea
3 Polluted Delta
2 Island
1 Tropical Island
4 Force of Will
3 Flooded Strand
1 Swamp
1 Time Walk
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Time Vault
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
4 Mana Drain
Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Oath of Druids
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Massacre
1 Perish
