BBGD #13 Results, Metagame, and more!

[Iron_Chef]

First up, I’d like to thank the 44 players who showed up today for Blue Bell Game Day #13.  We had players come from as far away as Ohio to compete in today’s event.  Look to the Tournament Announcement Forum for the next BBGD, coming up in April.
 
The Complete Metagame Breakdown:
 
Mana Drains
 
Gush Control: 1
Gush Storm: 5
Jace Control: 3
Jaceless Heretic Control: 1
Golden Gun Oath: 3
Turbo Tezz: 2
Jace Obeyline: 1
Minus Six: 1
Trygon Jace: 1
 
Workshops
 
Metalworker MUD: 5
Affinity: 1
Mono Red Shops: 4
MUD Aggro: 2
Espresso Stax: 2
Forgemaster Combo: 1
 
Bazaars
 
Dredge: 1
 
Null Rods
 
Noble Fish: 6
G/W Hate: 1
W/R Hate: 1
Mono Red Hate: 1
Goblins: 1
 
Top 8 Pairings and Results:
 
James Hangley vs. Will Magrann – Magrann wins
John Jones vs. Jason Koresko – Jones wins
Dave Reitnauer vs. Chris Materewicz – Materewicz wins
Justin Kohler vs. Jake Gans  - Gans wins
 
Top 4 Pairings and Results:
 
Will Magrann vs. John Jones – Magrann wins
Jake Gans vs. Chris Materewicz – Gans wins
 
Finals:
 
Will Magrann vs. Jake Gans – Magrann wins
 
Congratulations to Will Magrann, John Jones, and all of our top 8 competitors!

I'd like to remind you, if you made the Top 8 and write a tournament report, I will give you 10% off your entry fee into the next Blue Bell Game Day.

 
Top 8 Decklists:
 
1st - Will Magrann
Espresso Stax
 
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Serum Powder
4 Tangle Wire
1 Trinisphere
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Smokestack
3 Karn, Silver Golem
2 Duplicant
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Rishadan Port
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
 
SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Pithing Needle
3 Ratchet Bomb
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Duplicant
3 Ghost Quarter
 
Jake Gans
Minus Six
 
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Worldgorger Dragon
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
2 Animate Dead
1 Necromancy
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Duress
1 Sol Ring
2 Read the Runes
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
2 Island
4 Force of Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Dark Confidant
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Dance of the Dead
4 Underground Sea
1 Swamp
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mana Crypt
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Echoing Truth
1 Brainstorm
2 Intuition
3 Polluted Delta
4 Misty Rainforest

SB:

1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
4 Mana Drain
1 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
 
3rd - John Jones
Turbo Tezz
 
1 Black Lotus
2 Grim Monolith
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
2 Mox Opal
3 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
2 Voltaic Key
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Echoing Truth
4 Force of Will
2 Mana Drain
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Rebuild
3 Spell Pierce
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
2 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Island
2 Flooded Strand
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
 
SB:
2 Sower of Temptation
1 Echoing Truth
1 Volcanic Island
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Echoing Decay
3 Ravenous Trap
 
4th - Chris Materewicz
Noble Fish
 
3 Gaddock Teeg
3 Swords to Plowshares
3 Null Rod
3 Meddling Mage
3 Trygon Predator
2 Kataki, War’s Wage
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Spell Pierce
4 Force of Will
1 Vendilion Clique
2 Cold-Eyed Selkie
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Strip Mine
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Savannah
4 Wasteland
4 Misty Rainforest
 
SB:
4 Ravenous Trap
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Kataki, War’s Wage
1 Gilded Drake
3 Nature's Claim
3 Relic of Progenitus
 
5th - James Hangley
Cobra Storm
 
3 Lotus Cobra
4 Force of Will
4 Preordain
4 Gush
2 Thoughseize
1 Fastbond
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ponder
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Walk
1 Necropotence
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Imperial Seal
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
3 Polluted Delta
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Verdant Catacombs
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Island

SB:
 
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Doom Blade
3 Duress
1 Thoughtseize
1 Forest
3 Nature's Claim
3 Yixlid Jailer
1 Rebuild
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
 
6th - Justin Kohler
MUD Aggro
 
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Metalworker
4 Steel Hellkite
2 Karn, Silver Golem
2 Sculpting Steel
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
1 Trinisphere
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
2 Mishra's Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
 
SB:
4 Relic of Progenitus
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Duplicant
1 Triskelion
 
7th - Jason Koresko
The Plateau’s Win Again
 
4 Magus of the Moon
2 Fireblast
4 Kataki, War’s Wage
2 Leonin Arbiter
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Artifact Blast
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Red Elemental Blast
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Goblin Welder
1 Gamble
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
1 Path to Exile
1 Accorder Paladin
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mountain
2 Sacred Foundry
4 Ghost Quarter
4 Wasteland
4 Plateau
1 Strip Mine
 
SB:
2 Vexing Shusher
1 Pyroblast
1 Crush
1 War Priest of Thune
3 Path to Exile
3 Ravenous Trap
4 Leyline of the Void
 
8th - Dave Reitnauer
Aggro MUD
 
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
2 City of Traitors
1 Strip Mine
2 Rishadan Port
4 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
4 Metalworker
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Trinisphere
1 Sol Ring
1 Duplicant
2 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Crucible of Worlds
3 Steel Hellkite
2 Sculpting Steel
 
SB:
2 Wurmcoil Engine
3 Duplicant
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Maze of Ith
1 Pithing Needle
1 Relic of Progenitus
4 Leyline of the Void (to be confirmed)

The Player of the Year Rankings will be updated within the next few days.  I figured you'd all like to see this data ASAP instead of waiting.

[personalbackfire]

This was a pretty terrible day for me performance wise. All I will say is that I saw more awkward Mana Crypt rolls/game decisions because of those rolls than I have ever seen before. However, it was fun and refreshing to play some Vintage and eat some cake!

Congrats to the top 8 and specifically Jake. It is nice to see when someone has spent most of his vintage career battling dredge to success switch over to other decks and continue to do well.

Also, Magus of the Moon is a beating...

[Pokey]

Just wanted to point out that my (Justin Kohler's) sideboard only had one Triskelion and was really fifteen cards.  Also, thanks to Nick Coss for hosting a great event!

[Tobi]

Just wanted to point out that my (Justin Kohler's) sideboard only had one Triskelion and was really fifteen cards.  Also, thanks to Nick Coss for hosting a great event!

On the other hand, your maindeck lists 52 cards only 

More missing cards:
Christ Materewicz - 3 SB cards missing
Dave Reitnauer - 4 SB cards missing
--> http://www.morphling.de/top8decks.php?id=1405

[LemonLyman]

Chris Materewicz-My SB is missing 3x Nature's Claim

[Pokey]

Just wanted to point out that my (Justin Kohler's) sideboard only had one Triskelion and was really fifteen cards.  Also, thanks to Nick Coss for hosting a great event!

On the other hand, your maindeck lists 52 cards only 

More missing cards:
Christ Materewicz - 3 SB cards missing
Dave Reitnauer - 4 SB cards missing
--> http://www.morphling.de/top8decks.php?id=1405

Didn't notice that one, but the rest of my land base was:

2x Mishra's Factory
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
1x Tolarian Academy

[forcethewill]

Top 4 Pairings and Results:
 
Will Magrann vs. John Jones – Magrann wins
Jake Gans vs. Chris Materewicz – Gans wins
 
Finals:
 
Will Magrann vs. John Jones – Magrann wins
 
Congratulations to Will Magrann, John Jones, and all of our top 8 competitors!

So you are telling me John Jones is such a baller that after losing in top 4 to Will he murdered Jake Gans and demanded a rematch???
Well I will be hornswoggled!  I remember the finals being a little less John Jones and a little more Jake Gans with Jake taking infinite from his own BSC. 

[Iron_Chef]

Thanks for letting me know about the missing cards.  That's the last time I let someone "volunteer" to type up Top 8 decklists!  I've been hoodwinked!  Also, thanks again to everyone who came and enjoyed a great day of Vintage.

-Nick

[Worldslayer]

This was a pretty terrible day for me performance wise. All I will say is that I saw more awkward Mana Crypt rolls/game decisions because of those rolls than I have ever seen before.

Dear cardboard-slinging god in heaven, you have no idea.

Despite hitting full tilt somewhere around R3/4, looking back I do appreciate this tournament wholeheartedly. The Blue Bell events are always awesome, and sometimes it's good to be reminded that skill really is the determining factor of Vintage. BBGD 13 really brought that home for me, as I managed to punt my way out of any conceivable victories all day after starting the day off on a solid 1-0/2-0.

Aside props to Ed Carey, who doesn't really know me from Adam and yet has been very friendly and an all-around great guy at every one of these things. Sorry for the OMW%, bud. I'll do better next time. All of my opponents were also fantastic (while I wish I could say the same for myself), and I look forward to the next tournament. These events are probably some of (if not) the best magic tournaments I've ever been to, from TO to playerbase. Give yourselves a pat on the back, guys. Really.

OT: The bizarre spike in fish/creature decks caught a lot of us off guard this time around, I think. While I've been witness to their brutal efficiency vs. Tezzeret firsthand, I have to wonder if the coverage on SCG leading up to the tournament had anything to do with it. Thoughts?

Congratulations to the top 8, as well - especially the workshop decks, given that Blue Bell seems brimming with "bad" match-ups and sideboarded hatred for them.

[Meddling Mike]

Still so strange to see a deck win a tournament with mana vault but no black lotus. Tough to argue with results though.

[Will]

Not to dig up and then subsequently beat the dead horse but Chalice of the Void predominantly being set on 0, the possibility of Mana Vault being reusable or at least staying in play for Smokestack outweigh the possibility of producing 1 more net mana in Espresso Stax.

[mr.grim]

This event was AWSOME! When I said you would be a sad panda. I was right!

PrOpS:

@ The Player of the year , Vintage Man himself Matt E. Thank you for what you do for the vintage community, and for sharing your 40 pound trophy with all of us.

@ Nick " THE GOD KING " Coss. As always your events are top shelf! I said it along time ago and it still stands true. AINT NO PARTY LIKE A NICK COSS PARTY!

@ N.E.P.A's own Chris M. As always when you show up your rock the house.
@ Big MOney Jake G , John J, And The MAd DRunK James * h -h -Hic up*  Hangley. And the rest of the top 8! Awsome job guys!
@ Will.. Great job taking this one down!

[Bunbury]

Still so strange to see a deck win a tournament with mana vault but no black lotus. Tough to argue with results though.

That's what I thought. But hey, if it wins I won't ask questions.

[Mr. Type 4]

Have the Blue Bell player of the year standings been updated yet?

[Iron_Chef]

Not yet.  I'm stuck waiting for the tournament files to be emailed to me.  Because my laptop was MIA for a few days in my luggage coming back from Vegas, I had to run the tournament off the store's computer.  I'll hopefully be able to remedy that today.

-Nick