I too have my report for this event. I'm Kris (The Scorekeeper) and I played tezzeret to a third place finish.
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/524Main Deck
60 cards
1 Darksteel Citadel
20 Island
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Stalking Stones
24 lands
1 Arcbound Worker
1 Assembly-Worker
1 Clockwork Condor
1 Clockwork Hydra
1 Esperzoa
1 Faerie Mechanist
1 Frogmite
1 Juggernaut
1 Master of Etherium
1 Pentavus
1 Qumulox
1 Razormane Masticore
2 Runed Servitor
1 Serrated Biskelion
1 Silver Myr
1 Steel Overseer
1 Steel Wall
1 Synod Centurion
1 Trinket Mage
1 Triskelion
21 creatures
1 Æther Spellbomb
1 Argivian Restoration
1 Contagion Clasp
1 Echoing Truth
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Energy Chamber
2 Everflowing Chalice
1 Foil
1 Moonglove Extract
2 1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tinker
1 Thoughtcast
1 Trip Noose
14 other spells
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 planeswalker
SB
2 Mana drain
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Sower of temptation
2 Ratchet Bomb
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Platinum Angel
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Opal (Sadly, I don't own a sapphire)
1 Bottle Gnomes
1 Skull Clamp
The cliques and Levithan were almost exclusively for the tezz vs jace match. My plan was to face rich in the finals and always have a turn 2 tinker. As you might gather things did not quite go to plan.
On to the report.
Round 1 vs. Tanya with Affinity
She started off with double cloud posts, and a turn two arc bound worker + skullclamp. I immediately become concerned that my opponent is playing real cards. She follows that up with a cranial plating attack for five, while I play moon glove extract and kill it before she can clamp it. I then cast a juggernaut, and she follows with an ornithopter equip with both plating and clamp. On my turn I attack and we trade. I follow it up with silver myr and thought cast. She then plays a thopter foundry which I foil pitching clockwork condor, and island. She plays a vesuva copying cloud post and I make stalking stones a creature. I hit her for four, and play assembly-worker. On her turn she plays glimmer post, gaining the life back and arcbound crusher. I keep on getting in and cast trip noose. On her turn she plays mycosynth lattice. She initially doesn’t see both interactions that has with the lattice, but a few turns and an onithopter later, she sees it and I take 14 after tapping her crusher, I don’t draw trike or clasp, and lose the next turn.
In: Academy, 2 drains, 2 ratchet bomb, 2 Sower of temptation, Platinum Angel, Sol ring, Mox Opal, Skull clamp
Out: 4 island, 7 bad things
Game two is the dumbest game ever. I keep a 1 lander with tinker and everflowing chalice on the play, and for my first draw naturally get the mox opal. Mize right? She leads with sword of the meek. I decide playing a precon was a poor choice. I manage to get a land the next turn and chalice for 1. She plays the foundry, but I have a plan. On my turn, I immediately tinker for platinum angel, and she blanches. She tells me she doesn’t have any removal, as it’s all in her sideboard. On her turn she demonics for cranial plating and thus begins the dumbest game of magic. She plays a steel overseer which I sower and begin to make my team huge. She keeps making thopters, and eventually gets to 40 life. I finally find a ratchet bomb and blow it on two. The next turn I tezzeret for the second ratchet bomb and destroy all the tokens. My platinum angel with 6 +1/+1 counters and my master of etherium with 2 +1/+1 counters attacks for 40 over the course of 2 turns.
No changes
Game three we have 5 minutes left on the clock, this will be a tough one. Fortunately for me she mulls to 5 and I have a busted start. I have sol ring, and everflowing chalice combined with trike and pentavus. I get these guys on turns 3 and 4 to her skullclamp, and take the match with 15 seconds left on the clock.
Round 2 vs. Richard with mono black discard
Richard went on to face Rich in the finals with what was one of the two real decks with real cards being played that day.
I start the match by almost loosing by having 59 cards, fortunately my silver myr is returned to me before I present, Mize!
He leads with turn 1 the Rack turn two demonic and turn three phyrexian arena. I am back to regretting my choice. He strip my mishra’s factory and hymns me. He follows that with a korlash and another hymn. He consume spirit’s a blocker, then consume spirits me. I guess it’s true what they say “hymn hymn I win”
In: Academy, 2 Drain, 2 Ratchet Bomb, 2 Sower of Temptation, Sol ring, mox opal, skull clamp, 2 Vendilion Clique, Platnum Angel.
Out: 4 islands and 9 bad cards.
I get an early esperzoa with an artifact land and mox opal in play, so the esperzoa would cost nothing. He chainer’s edicts me. On his draw step I clique him taking mind twist., and he plays his second chanier’s edict on that. I get a trike down, then tinker for Platinum angel while he plays a second rack. He flashes back edict taking the trike. I masticore lock my self the next turn to protect my angel, but he has to flashback the edict or face death. On the last turn, I clique away his mutilate, but it wouldn’t have mattered, my angel was a 6/6 thanks to energy chamber and he only had 5 swamps and cabal coffiers.
No changes, inkwell isn’t as good against edict effects
I get rolled this game. He starts with a thought seize for my mana drain, follows it with a hymn that his both my lands and then a hymn that hits my everflowing chalice and something else. I get stuck on 1 land, but manage to draw out. My trinket mage for skullclamp is doing a good job of keeping his korlash in check, as I keep drawing in to chumps, and skullclamp keeps them coming. He plays necro and refills. I frown. I finally stabilize and sower his korlash which doesn’t die thanks to his urborg. On his turn, he simply demonics for consume spirit and kills me. I guess winning after double hymn and missing a turn is too much to ask.
Round 3 Vs Brandon with Monoblack mediocre cards
My opponent leads with turn 2 blood seeker, and I feel good about my deck choice again. I cast a few creatures and loose a bit of life, but then contagion clasp his seeker and start serving with my faerie mechanist. He casts liliana and makes me discard, so I discard trike. On my turn I argivian restoration it with energy chamber on the battlefield. He casts dread, so I spell bomb it to his hand and kill liliana with my trike and mechanist. He replays dread and I wait a turn so I can kill it with mishra’s factory block and trike shooting. He plays child of night and bog raider niether of which can do much to a trike that gets bigger every turn.
In: Everything but bottle gnomes and inky.
Out: 4 islands and 11 bad cards
I mull to six this game on the draw. His first play is a mind rot which I mana drain. This lets me play a chalice on 2 and then tinker for razor mane masticore. The masticore gets in for 10 and then dies to doom blade. He diabolic tutors and plays royal assassin which stops my clique beats. Eventually I kill with contagion clasp and kill him with clique.
Round 4 vs. Dylan with TRUE CONVICTION
I didn’t take detailed notes for these games, probably because they were very dull.
He leads with turn 1 souls attendant then golden glow moth then Ajani’s pride mate. I have steel overseer and steel wall so he can’t get through for much. He however has Ajani’s mantra so his pride mate is getting bigger each turn. I misplay by bouncing his pride mate on a turn where he can replay it and I don’t have the moon glove extract on the board. I eventually die to armored ascension on a pride mate. It was silly of me.
In: Everything but the gnomes
Out: 4 Island 10 bad cards
This game goes much better for me. He has the early life gain, but I am able to stop his pride mate before things get too out of hand. He plays his ultimate trump of baneslayer, which I cooly sower. He then pacifisms my clique and arrests his baneslayer. Bomb for 2 takes care of that pesky enchantment and his two pride mates, the second of which he played in to the bomb on 2. I manage to get another ratchet bomb which I blow on 1 for his souls attendant and such. I end the game by sowering a golden glow moth and attacking for lethal with marginal air creatures.
No changes.
I turn 3 tinker for inkwell, turn 4 clique away his Ajani. The game somehow goes much longer as he got up to 27 when my inkwell came out. I keep attacking with inkwell and he chumps a few times, both before learning it has trample and after. He plays baneslayer and I just keep on getting in. I clique away his true conviction and attack him down to three. I then cast trike and he completely misses his souls attendant trigger which is good because then I don’t have to explain triggers and the stack and just kill him.
Final result 3-1, 8-3
Overall it was a blast. Most of my opponents weren’t the best. My first two round opponents were the toughest. While not stellar players, they showed they understood the majority of game rules and didn’t need me to explain many interactions. My last round opponent was odd. He constantly asked me if it was his turn, and always had his hand ready to draw a card. At one point, I cliqued him on his draw step for the fourth time in the match and he cast Ajani. That’s it. I say “draw step clique you” and he says “ok, Ajani.” I was very confused.
It was unfortunate that I could not face rich in the finals, my inkwell leviathan was in the board just for that match, and who wouldn’t want to see Jace v Tezzeret in the finals of a vintage tournament?
Props: S.W. Randall for throwing this tournament. Rich for telling me about it, and agreeing to play a precon. Vasu, for playing a full edh deck without any side board. My first three opponents for being cool people who I enjoyed battling.
Slops: Necropotence, for preventing me from coming back from a double hymn. My last round opponent for being very impatient. And bottle gnomes, seriously, no one played casual burn?.
