N.Y.S.E. XV - 6/11 - Official Tournament Report

First off, I’d like to thank all 46 players that made the trip out to Brothers Grim yesterday to play some Vintage on Long Island. In the end Paul Mastriano won it all, taking down Shawn Anthony in the finals.

The Black Lotus that Paul won has some history to it as well – as it is the Black Lotus that Sam Berse won at the second Grudge Match, and the Lotus that I won by beating Paul in the finals of the Dan Herd tournament.

Complete Metagame Breakdown

Mana Drains/Force of Wills:

Turbo Tezz: 5
Golden Gun Oath: 1
Bob Control: 1
Empty Gush: 2
Tendrils Gush: 1
GAT: 1
Iona Oath: 1
Minus Six: 2
Meandeck Tezz Vault: 3
Jace Storm: 2
DeMars Control: 1
Grixis Control: 1
Painter/Grindstone: 1

Workshops:

Espresso Stax: 4
Panther Shops: 1
Precursor MUD: 1
Winter Orb Stax: 1
MUD Prison: 1
Metalworker MUD: 1
Hellkite MUD: 1
Affinity: 1

Bazaars:

Dredge: 4

Null Rods:

Noble Fish: 4
U/R/G/ Haterade: 1

Dark Rituals:

TPS: 1
Forino Sui Black: 1
U/B Belcher: 1
Replenish Combo: 1 (there are no Rituals in this list, but it’s filed under the combo pillar)

For a while it looked as though we had begun to see some definition within the blue decks, with DeMars Control variants and various Gush Storm decks claiming the top two seeds within the pillar. Yesterday’s tournament showed that may not be the case, as Turbo Tezz outnumbered any other blue deck in the field. The rest of the field remained relatively open as we did not see an oppressive presence of any given deck in the field.

Top 8 Pairings and Results:

Paul Mastriano vs. Jared Leshen – Mastriano wins
Mike Noble vs. David Third – Noble wins
Ryan Glackin vs. Jack Impink – Glackin wins
Shawn Anthony vs. Will Magrann – Anthony wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results:

Paul Mastriano vs. Mike Noble – Mastriano wins
Shawn Anthony vs. Ryan Glackin – Anthony wins

Finals:

Paul Mastriano vs. Shawn Anthony – Mastriano wins

My sincere congratulations to Paul Mastriano, Shawn Anthony, and all of my top 8 competitors!

Top 8 Decklists

1st – Paul Mastriano
Suicide Jace-Vault

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

SB:

3 Mystic Remora
4 Yixlid Jailor
1 Pithing Needle
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Natures Claim
1 Forest

2nd – Shawn Anthony
East Coast Wins

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

SB:

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

3rd – Mike Noble
Free Spell Noble

4 Meddling Mage
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Trygon Predator
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Null Rod
3 Mental Misstep
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Wasteland
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Flooded Strand
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald

SB:

4 Nature’s Claim
4 Path to Exile
4 Ravenous Trap
3 Trygon Predator

4th – Ryan Glackin
Cat Stax Fever

3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Goblin Welder
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Slash Panther
1 Black Lotus
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
4 Solemn Simulacrum
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

SB:

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

5th – Jared Leshen
Golden Gun Oath

1 Demonic Tutor
4 Oath of Druids
1 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Voltaic Key
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Dragon’s Breath
1 Emrakul, the Aeon’s Torn
1 Brainstorm
2 Tropical Island
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Island
1 Time Vault
2 Thoughtseize
1 Mana Crypt
1 Gift’s Ungiven
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Polluted Delta
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Tinker
1 Beast Within
3 Preordain
3 Spell Pierce

SB:

1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Pyroblast
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Pithing Needle
1 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Progenitus
1 Firespout

6th – 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
2 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Serum Powder
4 Tangle Wire
1 Trinisphere
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Smokestack
3 Karn, Silver Golem
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 Null Rod
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Duplicant
3 Ghost Quarter

7th – David Third
Tezz

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

SB:

3 Yixlid Jailer
3 Dark Confidant
3 Arcane Laboratory
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rebuild

8th – Jack Impink
Bob Control

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

SB:

1 Doom Blade
1 Forest
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Perish
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Tropical Island
2 Yixlid Jailer

9th Place Prize:

The winner of over 150 Predatory Urges was Matt Pate! Congratulations Matt!

Player of the Year Race:

The Player of the Year Race standings will be updated tonight, and should be available either later tonight, or tomorrow (at the latest.) My apologies on the delay for updating the standings.

In Conclusion:

My sincere thanks to Gil, Dave, Frank, and all of the Brothers Grim staff. You’re the reason why your store is the best on Long Island. My thanks to Nick Coss, dealer extraordinaire, to Brian Paskoff, the best judge I know, and last but by no means least, to all my competitors. You are what keeps Vintage alive.

Tournament announcements for events in July and August should be up soon. Keep your eyes peeled, and I hope to see you all at N.Y.S.E. XVI!