New York Northeast Vintage III

[Prospero]

Well, we’ve got another event in the books!  While Workshops did seem to dominate another event, this time around the victor is Scott Hughes, with his Mono Red Workshop build!  Congrats, Scott!


Full Metagame Breakdown:


Drains:

Slaverless Slaver: 1
Remora Gush: 1
Empty Gush: 1
Show & Oath: 2
U/B Tezzeret: 1
Snapcaster Control: 1
4 Color Control: 1
East Coast Wins: 1
Gro: 1

Shops:

Mono Red Workshops: 1
Espresso Stax: 7
Metalworker MUD: 2
Aggro MUD: 1

Bazaars:

3 Decks, 1 Box: 1
Iona Dredge: 1
Cagebreaker Dredge: 1

Null Rods:

Christmas Beatings: 2
SFM Noble Fish: 1
Noble Fish: 3
U/B Wizards: 1
U/W/B Wizards: 1
Mono White Abolisher Control: 1 (no Null Rods)
R/W SFM Aggro: 1
G/W Beats: 1
4 Color Beats: 1

Rituals:

TPS: 1


The most popular pillar at this event was the creature based Null Rod pillar.  Creatures felt like they were everywhere yesterday, with Magus of the Moon and Noble Hierarch being very popular choices amongst those decks.  

Workshops, however, have been an increasing problem lately.  I believe this is the second NEV event in a row where Shop decks have outnumbered the power blue decks.  At a stunning seven copies, Espresso Stax was the most played deck.  Still, of the seven pilots, only two managed to make top eight.  


Top 8 Pairings and Results:


Scott Hughes vs. Mickey Mahr – Hughes wins
Brian Reilly vs. Lance Ballester – Reilly wins
Rob Edwards vs. Shawn Griffiths – Edwards wins
Tom Dixon vs. Justin Kohler – Dixon wins


Top 4 Pairings and Results:


Tom Dixon vs. Rob Edwards – Dixon wins
Scott Hughes vs. Brian Reilly – Hughes wins


Finals:


Scott Hughes vs. Tom Dixon – Hughes wins


Congratulations to Scott Hughes, Tom Dixon, and all my top eight competitors!


Top 8 Decklists:


1st – Scott Hughes
Mono Red Shops

1 Expedition Map
1 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Mana Crypt
1 Memory Jar
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Razormane Masticore
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
3 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
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
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tangle Wire
2 Triskelion
2 Shattering Spree
2 Viashino Heretic

2nd – Tom Dixon
Remora Gush

4 Force of Will
3 Mystic Remora
4 Gush
1 Fastbond
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Trygon Predator
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Savaging Ooze
1 Green Sun’s Zenith
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Tinker
1 Flusterstorm
2 Mental Misstep
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Fire/Ice
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
3 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
2 Island
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Preordain
1 Mana Drain
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Merchant Scroll

SB:

1 Flusterstorm
1 Volcanic Island
2 Sower of Temptation
1 Trygon Predator
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Ravenous Trap
3 Ingot Chewer
4 Leyline of the Void

3rd – Brian Reilly
An Original Creation

4 Gush
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Empty the Warrens
3 Night’s Whisper
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mental Misstep
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Thoughtseize
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Time Vault
1 Ponder
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
2 Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta

SB:

2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Flusterstorm
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Virtue’s Ruin
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Trygon Predator
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Lightning Bolt
4 Leyline of the Void

4th – Rob Edwards
Espresso Stax

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
3 Mishra’s Factory
2 Rishadan Port
2 Ghost Quarter
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Smokestack
2 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Trinisphere
2 Karn, Silver Golem

SB:

3 Duplicant
2 Dismember
2 Razormane Masticore
4 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Grafdigger’s Cage

5th – Mickey Mahr
Espresso Stax

1 Black Lotus
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Tangle Wire
1 Trinisphere
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Smokestack
3 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland

SB:

3 Dismember
4 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Precursor Golem
2 Duplicant

6th – Justin Kohler
Red Deck Wins

4 Metalworker
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Sundering Titan
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
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 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Crucible of Worlds

7th – Shawn Griffiths
Noble Fish

4 Misty Rainforest
1 Island
1 Forest
2 Tundra
3 Tropical Island
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
3 Stony Silence
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Force of Will
2 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
4 Trygon Predator
1 Path to Exile
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Qasali Pridemage
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
2 Steel Sabotage
4 Mental Misstep

SB:

2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Path to Exile
1 Dismember
1 Steel Sabotage
3 Ravenous Trap
1 Flusterstorm
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Forest
1 Wasteland
1 Qasali Pridemage

8th – Lance Ballester
U/B Wizards

1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Phantasmal Image
4 Dark Confidant
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Brainstorm
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Misdirection
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Trinket Mage
1 Liliana of the Veil
2 Preordain
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Gitaxian Probe
2 Runechanter’s Pike
1 Skullclamp
1 Noxious Revival
2 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
4 Polluted Delta
2 Swamp
3 Island
2 Underground Sea

SB:

1 Engineered Explosives
1 Sower of Temptation
2 Dismember
2 Mishra’s Factory
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Pithing Needle
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void

9th Place Prize:


The 9th place prize was an oversized Mother’s Day card, signed by the top eight…


Pictures


This is a real board state in a Vintage match...





What's the over/under on Paul's age right now?  Cause if it's 15, I'm taking the under.





Chris Hanson was a little excited to get his 9th place prize...






Nick Coss loves you





THIS MUCH!!!





In Conclusion:

It was a great event at Brothers Grim because of the people who were there.  Thank you to Gil, Frank, Steve, Joe and all the Brothers Grim staff.  Thank you to Nick Coss, dealer extraordinaire, who goes above and beyond in order to ensure that these events are successful.  I don’t know what I’d do without you.

And, mostly, thanks to you, the players.  You are what make this format great.

[XxtSundaybxX]

Brians deck is called "an original creation"? That list looks almost card for card like Joshes old NW gush deck.

Anyways this tournament was a ton of fun. From looking around seeing numerous rg beats mirrors to a koth deck, to just hanging out and chillin with everyone that comes to these things.

Congrats to the entire top 8.

[Prospero]

Brians deck is called "an original creation"? That list looks almost card for card like Joshes old NW gush deck.

Anyways this tournament was a ton of fun. From looking around seeing numerous rg beats mirrors to a koth deck, to just hanging out and chillin with everyone that comes to these things.

Congrats to the entire top 8.

Yeah, it wasn't original at all, which is why it was called 'An Original Creation'. 

[A.-1.]

Many, many thanks to the Brothers Grim, Nick C., and of course Nick D. for running an awesome event. I was really glad I found a way to make it to LI. Big thanks to Justin for driving 10 hours.

Creatures felt like they were everywhere yesterday, with Magus of the Moon and Noble Hierarch being very popular choices amongst those decks.

I saw more Magus than I saw Drain, Confidant, and Snapcaster combined.

[Prospero]

Vintage Rankings and the NEV Standings will be updated this week!  The Vintage Rankings will include NY NEV 3 and the most recent FoW Games event.

[Prospero]

Many, many thanks to the Brothers Grim, Nick C., and of course Nick D. for running for an awesome event. I was really glad I found a way to make it to LI. Big thanks to Justin for driving 10 hours.

Creatures felt like they were everywhere yesterday, with Magus of the Moon and Noble Hierarch being very popular choices amongst those decks.

I saw more Magus than I saw Drain, Confidant, and Snapcaster combined.

It was much appreciated that you guys took the drive out yesterday.  It was great to see all of you.  Thanks.

[credmond]

I am confused about how the Workshop decks are being tallied. The 6th place deck  called "Red Deck Wins" which is actually a Forgemaster MUD build does not seem to be represented.

[Samoht]

I am confused about how the Workshop decks are being tallied. The 6th place deck  called "Red Deck Wins" which is actually a Forgemaster MUD build does not seem to be represented.

Metalworker MUD: 2

Pretty sure Nick put it there as it runs four Metalworkers.

[Prospero]

I am confused about how the Workshop decks are being tallied. The 6th place deck  called "Red Deck Wins" which is actually a Forgemaster MUD build does not seem to be represented.

It was listed as a Metalworker deck, of which there were two at the event.

There is a metagame breakdown that is done, in which I look over the lists for the defining characteristics of the list before I list the deck, in three words or less.  It is impossible to full characterize a deck with three words, so there may be differences of opinion regarding how a deck is defined.

The deck is named 'Red Deck Wins' because that's what Justin Kohler named it.  The deck name that the top eight pilots gave their decks is reflected in the listing of the top eight decklists.  Some are intended to be humorous, as this one was. 

[Ufactor]

Rituals:

TPS: 1

I win at fail!!!!

[mr.grim]

Congrats to Rob, Tom & Shawn on the top8

[Samoht]

Congrats to Rob, Tom & Shawn on the top8

Thanks   I'm just glad that I'm comfortable with a deck again.

[Tobi]

Thanks for the lists!

Tom's deck misses 2 cards. Trivia open!

[brokenbacon]

Goddamn it has been a long time since I've seen Sword of Light and Shadow in Vintage! Too bad I hate Shops.
Tom Dixon, congrats!! This is like your fifteenth placing in recent weeks, nice work.
Also, that picture of Paul (including the caption) is simply hilarious

[Prospero]

Thanks for the lists!

Tom's deck misses 2 cards. Trivia open!

Ah, damn.  I've been double checking them for a while, thought I'd gotten them all correct.  

Samoht, if you could, please confirm that the two missing cards are:

1 Flusterstorm
1 Mana Drain

I won't be able to check the lists again until much, much later tonight.

[Samoht]

Thanks for the lists!

Tom's deck misses 2 cards. Trivia open!

Samoht, if you could, please confirm that the two missing cards are:

1 Flusterstorm
1 Mana Drain

You have both listed.

Should be 2 Island and 3 Tropical Island, not 1  and 2. Did I write it wrong? Ugh.

[thebliff]

Gratz to the top 8!

Thanks again Nick for putting on an awesome event, but more importantly grats on the Alpha Mox Jet!!