BBGD 16 TO Report, Metagame breakdown, and CAT STAX FEVER!

[Iron_Chef]

We had 42 players battle it out this past time, thank you again to everyone for making the trip to AU Blue Bell for another fun filled day of Vintage!

The Metagame Breakdown!

Gush Empty/Vault	6	14%
Bob/Vault Control	6	14%
Dredge	3	7%
Oath	3	7%
Cat Stax Fever!	3	7%
Dark Times	2	5%
TMWA	2	5%
Espresso Stax	2	5%
Workshop Aggro	2	5%
Shaymora	2	5%
Vault Control (no Bob)	2	5%
Noble Fish	1	2%
Landstill	1	2%
WG Haterator	1	2%
Minus Six	1	2%
GG Oath	1	2%
MUD	1	2%
Turbo Tez	1	2%
Demars Control	1	2%
1 decklist was harmed	1	2%

                  

Top 8 Results

1) Shawn Anthony defeated 8) Jeff Folinus
4) Shawn Griffiths defeated 5) David Third
3) Allen Fulmer defeated 6) Brian Carey
7) Paul Mastriano defeated 2) Max Brown

Top 4 Results

1) Shawn Anthony defeated 4) Shawn Griffiths
3) Allen Fulmer defeated 7) Paul Mastriano

Final Results

1) Shawn Anthony defeated Allen Fulmer

Top 8 Decklists

1st) Shawn Anthony playing East Coast Wins

Maindeck:

2 Scalding Tarn
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
3 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Spell Pierce
2 Preordain
1 Ponder
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tinker
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Time Walk
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Fastbond
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Nature's Claim

Sideboard:

4 Leyline of the Void
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Pithing Needle
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Nature's Claim
1 Pyroclasm
1 Duress

2nd) Allen Fulmer playing East Coast Wins

Maindeck:

4 Scalding Tarn
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
3 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Spell Pierce
2 Preordain
1 Ponder
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tinker
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Time Walk
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Fastbond
1 Blightsteel Colossus

Sideboard:

4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
2 Thoughtseize
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Nature's Claim
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Pyroclasm
1 Mountain

3rd) Shawn Griffiths playing Demars Control

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

Sideboard:

1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Dark Confidant
1 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Forest
3 Nature's Claim

4th) Paul Mastriano playing Suicide Jace Vault

Maindeck:
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tinker
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Time Vault
1 Imperial Seal
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Mana Drain
3 Preordain
4 Dark Confidant
4 Force of Will
2 Voltaic Key
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
1 Island
1 Tropical Island
1 City of Brass
1 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Sensei's Divining Top

Sideboard:
1 Pithing Needle
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Lightning Bolt
4 Yixlid Jailer
3 Mystic Remora
3 Nature's Claim
1 Mindbreak Trap

5th) Max Brown playing Dark Times

Maindeck:

4 Dark Confidant
4 Dark Ritual
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Vampire Hexmage
4 Duress
4 Thoughtseize
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Snuff Out
1 Null Rod
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
1 Necropotence
2 Diabolic Edict
3 Dark Depths
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Phyrexian Tower
4 Wasteland
10 Swamp
1 Strip Mine

Sideboard:

2 Ghost Quarter
2 Null Rod
2 Emissary of Despair
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Hex Parasite
1 Mana Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Engineered Plague
1 Diabolic Edict

6th) David Third playing Bob Vault/Key

Maindeck:

4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Thoughtseize
3 Dark Confidant
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Blightsteel Colossus
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Imperial Seal

Sideboard:

3 Mindbreak Trap
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Nature's Claim

7th) Brian Carey playing Oath

Maindeck:

1 Strip Mine
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Beast Within
2 Nature's Claim
4 Oath of Druids
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
3 Lightning Bolt
1 Terastadon
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria

Sideboard:

1 Inkwell Leviathan
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Extirpate
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Spell Pierce
2 Flusterstorm
4 Leyline of the Void

8th) Jeff Folinus playing Jace Control

Maindeck:

3 Polluted Delta
3 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Ancient Grudge
4 Dark Confidant
1 Blightsteel Colossus
3 Thoughtseize
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Preordain
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth's Will
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Sideboard:

3 Nature's Claim
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Mystic Remora
2 Trygon Predator
1 Forest
1 Tormod's Crypt

If any Top 8 competitor wants to post a Tournament Report, I will link to it and give you 10% off to BBGD 17!

Player of the Year Race will be updated soon!

Thank you everyone!

No, really, THANK YOU!

-Nick

P.S. If anyone feels I could be doing anything to improve the BBGD events, please PM me or email me at NickCoss(at)yahoo.com.  It is my mission to run the best events out there.

[KingSquee]

Cat Stax Fever appears to be contagious, with three times the Fever at this tournament than the week before. Respect the Slash Panther tech!

Though I was not able to make it back-to-back Top 4 or better with the deck, I was in contention until Game 3 of Round 6, and when my three losses are to the champion, runner-up, and another Top 8 finisher, well, you can do worse.

My only suggestion to improve future BBGD events is MORE JAMES HANGLEY!

[Iron_Chef]

updated with Top 8 decklists!

[Saya]

7 timevault in 8 decklists

[Ten-Ten]

7 timevault in 8 decklists

yep, better than having 28 Lodestone Golem in 8 decklists, huh


@Iron_chef: Thank you for the report and lists.

lovin' Mastriano's Suicide JaceVault.

[LotusHead]

Could you post a CatStax list? Shop players are curious...

[Kameli0n]

They are all different, but I believe the majority may just move sphere to the sideboard and move Slash Panther to the main. That's what the majority appeared to me. Just an opinion though. I know Jon Richard's list was a bit different.

[V is for Vintage]

8 Yawgmoth's will in 8 decklists. Don't really see the point in the time vault comment.

[KingSquee]

Could you post a CatStax list? Shop players are curious...

This is the list I piloted to a Top 4 at the last NYSE and a 3-3 finish at the last Blue Bell. All credit for the decklist goes to Mykie Noble (psyburat).

Deck:

4 Goblin Welder
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Slash Panther
4 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
2 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Workshop
6 Mountain
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland

Sideboard:

3 Greater Gargadon
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Jester's Cap
4 Pithing Needle

Slash Panther replaces Magus of the Moon, I believe.

[desolutionist]

7 timevault in 8 decklists

I'm thinking about cutting mine.  Ancient Grudge keeps the combo in check.

[Iron_Chef]

POTY Standings have been updated and posted in their own thread (alongside announcements)

http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=42505.0

[desolutionist]

7 timevault in 8 decklists

I'm thinking about cutting mine.  Ancient Grudge keeps the combo in check.

just kidding

[personalbackfire]

7 timevault in 8 decklists

I'm thinking about cutting mine.  Ancient Grudge keeps the combo in check.

just kidding

Yea you should cut it. Your deck needs some more repeal!

[XxtSundaybxX]

Haha repeal, this isn't Europe. We play with real cards in our decks.

[Delha]

Haha repeal, this isn't Europe. We play with real cards in our decks.

Yeah, but only so long as we ignore the "non-proxy" meaning of the word "real".

[XxtSundaybxX]

Haha repeal, this isn't Europe. We play with real cards in our decks.

Yeah, but only so long as we ignore the "non-proxy" meaning of the word "real".

Very true. You got me there. Don't get me wrong I think repeal is a fine card except for the fact that I don't see any mystic remoras in my deck.

[Rico Suave]

Mystic Remora is like a tax every turn, and it's always good to repeal taxes.