TO Report: The Council Open #4 - TPG - Bloomsburg, PA

Big thanks goes out to all that made the trek down here to The Player's Guild in Bloomsburg, PA to play some vintage magic. Great to see some new faces, along with all the faithful vintage players that have been coming to these events regularly now. Unfortunateness occurred today in the outcome of a very low 28 player showing. Top 8 was still awarded, but the prize support was unfortunately scaled down. 1st was still the Unlimited Mox Ruby Signed, 2nd was $125 in credit, 3rd and 4th were $75 in credit, and 5th through 8th were $30 in credit. Big thanks to Eric again for letting us use his space for vintage cards, and a bigger thanks for everyone who came out to support the Council Open.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
Tezzeret: 2 - 7.14%
Oath: 2 - 7.14%
Jace Control: 2 - 7.14%

Workshops:
Metalworker MUD: 6 - 21.43%
Ravager: 1 - 3.57%
Ravager Infect: 1 - 3.57%

Combo:
Gush Storm: 3 - 10.71%
Worldgorger Combo: 1 - 3.57%
Elfball Combo: 1 - 3.57%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 4 - 14.29%

Null Rods:
Noble Fish: 2 - 7.14%
Dark Times: 1 - 3.57%
Landstill: 1 - 3.57%
Boros Deck Wins: 1 - 3.57%

This event was run with 5 swiss rounds with the cut to top 8.

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Duffy, Sean vs. Potucek, Josh - Potucek wins
Hornung, Mark vs. Yang, Jerry - Yang wins
Ballester, Lance vs. Jones, John Jr. - Ballester wins
Mastriano, Paul vs. O'Connor, Nicholas - Mastriano wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

Potucek, Josh vs. Mastriano, Paul - Mastriano wins
Yang, Jerry vs. Ballester, Lance - Yang wins

Finals

Yang, Jerry vs. Mastriano, Paul - SPLIT

A big thanks again to Eric for helping us out with a location to play, and another thanks for inviting us to come back in the future for more fun events! And again, thanks to everyone for coming out to help support the game! Congrats to Jerry and Paul for splitting 1st and 2nd Prize!

Top 8 Decklists:

Finalist - Paul Mastriano
Meandeck Jacevault

4 Misty Rainforest
4 City of Brass
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
4 Preordain
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Mana Drain
2 Voltaic Key
1 Imperial Seal
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Deglamer
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Ponder
1 Tinker
1 Gifts Ungiven

SB:
1 Pithing Needle
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Forest
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
3 Nature's Claim
1 Lightning Bolt
2 Pyroclasm

Finalist - Jerry Yang
Gush Tendrils

4 Scalding Tarn
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Island
1 Polluted Delta
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tropical Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Opal
1 Sol Ring
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
4 Mana Drain
4 Thoughtseize
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will

SB:
4 Yixlid Jailer
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mountain
1 Pithing Needle
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast

Semi-Finalist - Lance Ballester
Boros Deck Wins "Sh*t.dec"

4 Glowrider
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Trinisphere
1 Stinscourger
4 Imperial Recruiter
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Aven Mindcensor
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Ajani Vengeant
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Null Rod
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Intrepid Hero
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
2 Plateau
1 Mountain
3 Plains
4 Arid Mesa
4 City of Traitors
4 Ancient Tomb

SB:
1 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Seal of Cleansing
2 Swords to Plowshores
1 Manic Vandal
1 Goblin Welder
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Vexing Shusher
1 War Priest of Thune
4 Avalanche Riders
1 Viashino Heretic

Semi-Finalist - Josh Potucek
Landstill

1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
3 Lightning Bolt
2 Gorilla Shaman
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Null Rod
2 Misdirection
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Spell Pierce
4 Standstill
2 Chain of Vapor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Stifle
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall

SB:
1 Lightning Bolt
2 Annul
3 Energy Flux
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Bojuka Bog

Quarter-Finalist - John Jones Jr.
Turbo Tezz

4 Island
2 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Underground Sea
2 Voltaic Key
2 Grim Monolith
3 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Time Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
2 Mox Opal
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
4 Force of Will
3 Tezzeret, the Seeker
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Spell Snare
2 Mana Drain
2 Spell Pierce
2 Preordain
1 Echoing Truth
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Ponder
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Rebuildd
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor

SB:
2 Sower of Temptation
3 Red elemental Blast
1 Volcanic Island
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Echoing Decay
1 Echoing Truth
3 Ravenous Trap

Quarter-Finalist - Nicholas O'Conner
Metalworker MUD

4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Mishra's Factory
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Sculpting Steel
1 Trinisphere
4 Tanglewire
4 Metalworker
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Steel Hellkite
2 Karn, Silver Golem

SB:
4 Relic of Progenitus
4 Duplicant
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Triskelion
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Quarter-Finalist - Mark Hornung
Dredge

4 Cabal Therapy
4 Serum Powder
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Golgari Grave Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Ichorid
4 Bloodghast
4 Narcomoeba
4 Bridge from Below
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Undiscovered Paradise
3 City of Brass
2 Golgari Thug
2 Chain of Vapor
2 Fatestitcher
2 Dread Return
2 Cephalid Colliseum
1 Dakmor Salvage
1 Darkblast
1 Flame-kin Zealot
1 Angel of Despair

SB:
1 Massacre Wurm
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Chain of Vapor
3 Nature's Claim
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Riftstone Portal
2 Contagion
1 Serenity
Quarter-Finalist - Sean Duffy
Dark Times

5 Swamp
1 Forest
3 Verdant Catacombs
2 Bayou
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
3 Dark Depths
4 Dark Confidant
4 Vampire Hexmage
1 Deglamer
1 Necropotence
2 Diabolic Edict
1 Nature's Claim
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Duress
4 Thoughtseize
4 Dark Ritual
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Black Lotus
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Lotus Petal
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Imperial Seal
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Mox Jet
1 Null Rod

SB:
2 Choke
2 Pernicious Deed
2 Oxidize
3 Nature's Claim
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Chains of Mephistopholes
1 Pithing Needle

Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg Council Vintage event is not set at this point in time. If anyone has any input on this date please let me know asap. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to the top 8!!!