N.Y.S.E. XVIII - Official Report

N.Y.S.E. XVIII is in the books and David Ata is your champion!

The Complete Metagame Breakdown:

Mana Drains:

Landstill: 4
East Coast Wins: 1
Snapcaster Control: 2

Workshops:

Magus Shops: 2
Kuldotha Combo: 2
Nouveau Espresso: 2
Phyrexian Shops: 1
Cat Stax: 1

Null Rods:

Noble Fish: 1

Rituals:

TPS: 1

Bazaars:

Euro Madness: 1
Worldgorger/Servant Combo: 1

The turnout wasn’t great, but it wasn’t that bad either. We had a PTQ, bad weather and a competing Vintage event in Pennsylvania. Add it all up and you get 19 players for the event. If none of those conflicts existed, I’m sure that we’d have been well over 30.

While we were lacking many of our regulars, I was surprised that Dredge didn’t even show up to the tournament. Really, this tournament broke down to two strategies: blue vs. Workshops. Given the success of the blue decks on the day, it’s tough to call this as anything but a victory for the Force of Will pillar.

Top Eight Pairings and Results:

Paul Mastriano vs. Sean Higgins – Mastriano wins
Ray Robillard vs. JP Kohler – Robillard wins
David Ata vs. Dan Sollazzo – Ata wins
Scott Hughes vs. Brian Ritter – Hughes wins

Top Four Pairings and Results:

David Ata vs. Paul Mastriano – Ata wins
Ray Robillard vs. Scott Hughes – Robillard wins

Finals:

David Ata vs. Ray Robillard – Ata wins

Congratulations to David Ata, Ray Robillard and all of my top eight competitors!

Top Eight Decklists:

1st – David Ata
Landstill

1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
2 Underground Sea
4 Volcanic Island
4 Mishra’s Factory
3 Island
3 Null Rod
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
3 Fire/Ice
3 Mana Drain
4 Standstill
4 Mental Misstep
3 Mindbreak Trap
4 Force of Will
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm

SB:

3 Ingot Chewer
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Steel Sabotage
3 Energy Flux
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void

2nd – Ray Robillard
Landstill

4 Standstill
4 Null Rod
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Misdirection
2 Spell Pierce
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Stifle
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Volcanic Island
3 Island
1 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria

SB:

2 Underground Sea
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Energy Flux
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Ingot Chewer

3rd Paul Mastriano
Meandeck Landstill

1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Vault
1 Fire/Ice
1 Tinker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Blightsteel Colossus
4 Standstill
4 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Misdirection
2 Mindbreak Trap
4 Force of Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
2 Underground Sea
4 Mishra’s Factory
3 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland

SB:

2 Lightning Bolt
3 Energy Flux
2 Ingot Chewer
3 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Hurkyl’s Recall

4th – Scott Hughes
Magus Shops

1 Black Lotus
1 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Mana Crypt
1 Memory Jar
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
3 Solemn Simulacrum
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Sundering Titan
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
2 Triskelion
4 Goblin Welder
4 Magus of the Moon
2 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Mountain
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland

SB:

2 Duplicant
1 Phrexian Metamorph
1 Triskelion
3 Greater Gargadon
3 Shattering Spree
2 Viashino Heretic
3 Forbidden Orchard

5th – JP Kohler
Master of My Domain

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
2 Mishra’s Factory
4 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Kuldotha Forgemaster
4 Metalworker
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Duplicant
1 Sundering Titan
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Trinisphere
1 Steel Hellkite
4 Tangle Wire
1 Myr Battlesphere

SB:

4 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Duplicant
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Platinum Angel
1 Wurmcoil Engine

6th – Sean Higgins
Sean’s MUD

1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Trinisphere
2 Triskelion
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Staff of Domination
4 Tangle Wire
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Metalworker
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Memory Jar
1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:

2 Orb of Dreams
2 Pithing Needle
4 Relic of Progenitus
2 Eon Hub
1 Staff of Domination
3 Jester’s Cap
1 Uba Mask

7th - Brian Ritter
Cat Stax

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Mishra’s Factory
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Trinisphere
1 Sol Ring
4 Tangle Wire
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Slash Panther
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Precursor Golem
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Phyrexian Revoker

SB:

3 Dismember
3 Mental Misstep
2 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Relic of Progenitus
3 Tormod’s Crypt

8th – Dan Sollazzo
Noble Fish

4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Scavenging Ooze
1 Trygon Predator
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Daze
2 Spell Pierce
4 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Path to Exile
3 Gitaxian Probe
1 Stifle
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
2 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Skullclamp
1 Batterskull
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Windswept Heath
2 Flooded Strand
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Strip Mine
2 Wasteland
2 Savannah
2 Tundra
2 Tropical Island

SB:

4 Leyline of the Void
3 Tajuru Preserver
3 Null Rod
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Kataki, War’s Wage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
1 Echoing Truth

9th Place Prize:

The 9th place prize was a plastic pumpkin basket with Pez and some other awful candy. I had wanted to just fill it with salt, but was voted down, last minute. Congrats to Michael Bauer!

Player of the Year Race/Vintage Rankings:

The Top 10:

1. Paul Mastriano – 101 points
2. John Jones – 66 points
3. JP Kohler – 61 points
3. David Ata – 61 points
5. Jake Gans – 60 points
6. Ryan Glackin – 56 points
7. Josh Butker – 55 points
7. Dan Mason – 55 points
9. Allen Fulmer – 54 points
10. Mike Hajduk – 53 points

The Full Standings:

Ata, David - 61
Addesa, Jonathan – 34
Aiken, Nate – 6
Albergo, Pat - 6
Anand, Jeff – 41
Anthony, Shawn - 38

Bakes, Steven - 3
Balleseter, Lance – 12
Banfield, Brendan - 35
Bartell, Chris - 6
Bauer, Michael – 49
Berman, Hal – 9
Berse, Sam – 32
Bilarczyk, Andy - 9
Brady, Andrew – 21
Brady, Bryan – 12
Brezinski, Mark -9
Brown, Joseph - 12
Brown, Max – 3
Butker, Josh – 55

Carey, Brian – 41
Chang, Roland – 9
Chitturi, Ashok - 9
Close, Andrew – 16
Coombe, Alan – 3
Coss, Nick - 24

Davis, Jim – 6
DeMarco, Jesse – 18
DeSousa, Steven – 3
Detwiler, Nick – 16
Dixon, Thomas – 50

Earley, David - 40
Egan, Michael – 28
Eisenhauer, Michael – 3
Elias, Matthew – 12

Farias, Andrew – 15
Fenton, Greg – 39
Fisher, John – 7 points
Folinus, Jeff – 9
Forino, Raffaele – 36
Forino, Vincent – 23
Fortune, Damien - 12
Fulmer, Allen – 54

Gans, David - 44
Gans, Jake – 60
Giuliante, Thomas – 3
Glackin, Ryan – 56
Grasso, A.J. - 7
Greene, Jeff – 19
Greene, Robert - 6
Griffiths, Shawn – 9
Gumina, T.J. – 9

Hajduk, Mike - 53
Hangley, James – 36
Hanson, Chris - 3
Harris, Visna – 26
Hartel, John – 6
Herb, Joe - 3
Higgins, Sean - 18
Hornung, Mark – 33
Houdlette, Steven - 6
Hughes, Scott – 50
Hundertmark, Evan – 3
Hung, Lo – 12

Imperiale, Jason – 19
Impink, Jack - 22
Ingram, Peter - 15

Jones, Brandon – 15
Jones, John – 66
Jones, Ryan - 6
Jones, Travis – 15

Karmiche, Dominick - 27
Keeton, Andrew – 12
Kent, Clark - 4
Kohler, J.P. – 61
Konak, Ronald – 6
Koresko, Jason – 12

Lalo, Josh - 6
Lane, Brian - 3
Lapine, Michael – 15
LaRosa, Devon - 3
Lawrence, David – 16
Lawrence, Robert – 18
Lessard, John - 1
Leshen, Justin – 12
Leshen, Jared - 17
Levinton, Andrew – 1
Lopategi, Aritz – 9
Lupo, Michael – 6

Magrann, William – 35
Mann, Corey - 33
Martin, Jesse – 10
Mason, Daniel – 55
Mastriano, Paul – 101
Meckes, Josh – 28

Noble, Mikey – 45
Nocenti, Brian - 6
Nowakowski, Steven – 3

Owen, Alex – 24

Parisi, Bernie - 9
Parsinitz, Ralph – 21
Paskoff, Brian – 6
Pascuzzi, Nelson - 9
Pate, Matthew – 42
Philpotts, Terence – 3
Potucek, Josh – 38
Probasco, Andy – 9
Prouler, Jesse - 9

Rappa, Ryan – 12
Reilly, Brian – 13
Reitnauer, David – 12
Ritter, Brian - 12
Roberts, Chris – 10
Robillard, Raymond – 40
Rossetti, Mike - 9
Rottenberg, Brian – 3
Rumbel, Carl – 6

Savage, Michael - 19
Schreiber, Michael - 9
Seals, Keith – 12
Smith, Eric – 9
Sollazzo, Dan - 13

Third, David - 25
Trinks, Will – 18

Varelakis, Jonathan - 19
Vibulayacom, Ted – 19

Worsham, Martin - 3

Zivny, Andrew – 14

In Conclusion:

My sincere thanks to Frank, Gil, Venes and all of the Brother’s Grim staff, to Brian Paskoff for doing a great job judging and to all my competitors. We have another N.Y.S.E. on 11/19. I hope to have the prize support set sometime in the next few days. I hope to see you all then!