[Madrid, 11-10-10] EW 2010 Vintage All Stars - Deck Breakdown y Top 8 Decklists

[CHaPuZaS]

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Tournament Data

Format: Vintage (Invitational Event)
Assistance: 24
Date: Monday, October 11th 2010
Where: Alcobendas, Madrid - Spain

For those who doesn't know it, the All Stars is a private initiative in Spain for organizing the Spanish Nats of Vintage and Legacy... If some people plays the official Nats, Why wouldn't us be able to compete in the Legacy and Vintage Nats?

The tournament is accesible invitation only, wth an special punctuation qualification method based in your position in the Top8 and the assistance to that event. It's only bassed, logically, in the results of spanish people in and out the frontiers during 2009. You'll find additional info (Mostly In Spanish) about the qualification methods in this link.

Top8 (Swiss)

1 - Mendibe, Eneko - 15
2 - Ragull, Guillem  - 13 (PeAcH)
3 - Madruga, Andres - 13
4 - Fernandez, Cesar - 13 (CHaPuZaS)
5 - González, Rubén - 13 (etcl)
6 - Alonso, Raul - 12 (100x100)
7 - Lopez, Ivan - 12
8 - Apraiz, Josu - 12 (Saradoc)

Deck Breakdown

Almost - 3
Tezzeret - 3
Gush Remora - 2
Lavadora - 2
MUD - 2
Drain Tendrils - 2
Remora - 1
Tezzcast - 1
Gush Tendrils - 1
TPS - 1
TTS - 1
Gush Painters - 1
5c Stax - 1
TezzPainters - 1
Dredge - 1
Noble Fish - 1

Top8 Decklists

Tezzcast, by César Fernández - Champion

Maindeck

3 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Seat of the Synod
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
2 Mox Opal
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Spell Pierce
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Time Vault
2 Voltaic Key
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic tutor
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Thoughtcast
4 Dark Confidant
2 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind

Sideboard

2 Duress
2 Thoughtseize
1 Mountain
4 Ingot Chewer
2 Shattering Spree
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast

Almost, by Guillem Ragull - Finalist

Maindeck

4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical island
4 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Timetwister
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Gush
1 Mind's Desire
3 Repeal
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Rebuild
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Fastbond
1 Regrowth
1 Yawgmoth's Will
2 Tormod's crypt
2 Brain Freeze

Sideboard

1 Forest
3 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Thoughtseize
2 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Nature's Claim

MUD, by Raúl Alonso - Semifinalist

Maindeck

1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
2 Sculpting Steel
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Trinisphere
4 Sphere of resistance
4 Smokestack
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Chalice of the void
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Tangle Wire
2 City of Traitors
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
2 Mishra's Factory
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Ancient Tomb

Sideboard

4 Staff of Domination
4 Metalworker
4 Duplicant
3 Wurmcoil Engine

Almost, by Josu Apraiz - Semifinalist

Maindeck

1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
2 Flooded Strand
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
2 Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Force of Will
4 Duress
4 Gush
4 Preordain
4 Repeal
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Fastbond
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Regrowth
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mind's Desire
1 Timetwister
2 Brain Freeze
 
Sideboard

4 Quirion Dryad
1 Tropical Island
1 Island
3 Hurkyl's Recall
3 Dispell
3 Nature's Claim

Gush Tendrils, by Rubén González - Quarterfinalist

Maindeck

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Gush
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Pierce
2 Mana Drain
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Preordain
3 Repeal
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1 Empty the Warrens
2 Fire / Ice
1 Vampiric tutor
1 Demonic tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Fastbond
1 Regrowth
3 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Tropical island
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
2 Island

Sideboard

4 Ingot Chewer
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Pyroclasm
2 Red Elemental blast
1 Pyroblast
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mountain

TPS, by Andrés Madruga - Quarterfinalist

Maindeck

1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
1 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Dark Ritual
4 Dark Confidant
4 Duress
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Memory Jar
1 Necropotence
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Windfall
1 Tinker
1 Mystical tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Hurkil's Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Force of Will
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Mind's Desire
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
2 Pantano
3 Isla

Sideboard

1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Massacre
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rebuild
2 Island
1 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Sower of Temptations
1 Yixlid jailer
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Ravenous Trap
2 Thoughtseize
1 Darkblast

5Color Stax, by Eneko Mendibe - Quarterfinalist

Maindeck

4 Mishra's Workshop
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 City of Brass
4 Mox Opal
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Black Lotus
4 Goblin Welder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
1 Balance
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Trinisphere
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Smokestack
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Crucible of Worlds

Sideboard

4 Leyline of the Void
4 Ancient Grudge
3 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Contagion Clasp
1 Crucible of Worlds

GAT, by Iván López - Quarterfinalist

Maindeck

1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Regrowth
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tinker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
4 Quirion Dryad
4 Thoughtseize
4 Force of Will
4 Preordain
1 Fastbond
4 Gush
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Trygon Predator
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Mystical tutor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Spell Pierce
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
2 flooded strand

Sideboard

2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Forest
1 Island
2 Nature's Claim
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Hurkyl's Recall

Enjoy it!!!

[Qube]

Congrats!

Nice lists, looks like a funny event.

Gush is going lethal ... again ... and again...

[CHaPuZaS]

Yes, Gush is powerful back again. Anyway, Tezzcast absolutely destroys any Gush variant and my goal is to make it something near as powerful against Wokshop decks as against Gush Variants.

@Qube: It surely is a funny event. Every player knows the name of any opponent as we are the best performers in and out the frontiers, most of us are also friends, and the atmosphere is friendly and proessional, at the same time.

My goal is to be able to celebrate the real vintage worlds by the next year, some of the europeans organizaers are working on that since 2009.

[Phele]

What about Playing Myr Battlesphere in Tezzcast? It seems to help your gameplan beside hitting lethal pretty quickly. After Tinkering or hardacasting Battlesphere (which schould be pretty easy) your Thoughtseizes will allways cost one blue

[CHaPuZaS]

What about Playing Myr Battlesphere in Tezzcast? It seems to help your gameplan beside hitting lethal pretty quickly. After Tinkering or hardacasting Battlesphere (which schould be pretty easy) your Thoughtseizes will allways cost one blue

I was trying to guess what you post meant until I discovered that where you said "seize" it should say "cast".

Well, I think Sphinx is way more useful having into account the amount of damage that you use to take from Confidants... Anyway, I think that I've never paid 5, almost never 4, 3 just in some games, and 2 is the only cost that sometimes is paid in the fist turn off a land and two moxen. CC1 is the usual thing, you pay it 95% of the time.

[Smmenen]

Wow.  Someone played my 5c Opal Stax list from my Scars set review.  I'd love to hear how his tournament went.   I love that deck! 

[DuKeLiO]

Yes, Gush is powerful back again. Anyway, Tezzcast absolutely destroys any Gush variant and my goal is to make it something near as powerful against Wokshop decks as against Gush Variants.

I don't think your deck is particulary powerfull against Gush decks. Really in our match against my Remora Gush deck, you were very lucky not taking damage with Bob.

[CHaPuZaS]

I don't think your deck is particulary powerfull against Gush decks. Really in our match against my Remora Gush deck, you were very lucky not taking damage with Bob.

Luck! As Usual!

[Odd mutation]

Hey César,

Could you please post the pairings for top 8?

Robrecht

[CHaPuZaS]

Sure! Here you have it translated:

The Top 8

- Quarterfinals -

Pairings and Results

Rubén González (Gush Tendrils) 0 - 2 César Fernández (Tezzcast)
Raúl Alonso (MUD) 2 - 0 Andrés Madruga (TPS)
Eneko Mendibe (5color Stax) 1 - 2 Josu Apraiz (Almost Gush)
Guillem Ragull (Almost Gush) 2 - 1 Iván López (GAT)

- Semifinals -

Pairings and Results

César Fernández (Tezzcast) wins against Josu Apraiz (Almost Gush) 2 - 0
Guillem Ragull (Almost Gush) wins against Raúl Alonso (MUD) 2 - 1

- The Great Final -

Pairings and Results

César Fernández (Tezzcast) 2 Vs. 1 Guillem Ragull (Almost Gush)

César Fernández is the Vintage All Stars 2010 Champion.

But you can find Pairings, Results and Stadings round by round in the Live Coverage of the event @ UAL.

[Odd mutation]

Thank you César!

Did you face any MUD decks on your way to the trophy? What are the key cards and plays?

Congratulations with the win!! You've been playing and working on this deck for a long time now. Glad to see it pay off!
I'll be trying it myself if you don't mind...

Robrecht

[CHaPuZaS]

I didn't face any. I think that only 3 of the 24 players were playing Workshop Decks, so it was kind of possible in the numbers.

When playing against MUD I just try to destroy Win Conditions/Null Rods/Chalice@0 because if I can develop my game plan I'll finlly find the combo or enough card advantage/counters.

I'm trying to build again a 4color Tezzcast to be able to play Ancient Grudge along with Ingot Chewer. The sideboarded mountain in this build demonstrated very important in the end, because I won a game (In other tournament) that I won't be able to won if not able to search a Mountain off a Ghost Quarter.