We had a modest 16 player turnout today and the field broke down thusly:
Drains: 5
Shops: 3
Delver Grow, Dredge, Oath, Elves!, 8Moon RDW, Legacy Mono-Black Aggro, Legacy Athens Blue, Bobby Digital with Delver (Twuan007)
The Vintage Achievements (see
the announcement for details) were a success and nearly every player said that they really thought they added to the fun of the event. John Knight (serracollector) won the door prize in rounds one AND two by amassing tons of achievements with his Lotus Cobra Keeper deck (ask him about Inferno Titan)! If you are a TO and have some simple prizes to give away (playmats and sleeves, in our case), I strongly recommend it. For reference, here is the list of Achievements we played with today:
Achievement Name :: Requirement
Givin’ him the business :: Win a game on your first turn
The Hard Way :: Cast Blightsteel Colossus
Spin the Wheel :: Draw 7+ cards in a single turn
Old School :: Have all five original Moxen in play
The Pain! :: Take 12+ damage from Mana Crypt in a single game
“Doctor.” “Doctor.” “Doctor.” :: Control three (3) copies of the same non-land permanent
When do we start? :: Play two spells in a single game before your first turn
[ ] :: Have no lands in play on turn three (3) or later
Stop me if you’ve heard this... :: Play spells of the same name four (4) times in a single turn
Float like a Spirit Token, sting like a Welder! :: Attack for exactly one (1) damage (my personal favorite, and by far the most common)
It’s only a flesh wound! :: Have 1-9 poison
Is that all you’ve got?! :: Beat turn 1, resolved: Jace, Trinisphere, Oath or Tinker
Still had all these… :: Discard down to your max hand size during your End Step
Plate spinning :: Have three (3) spells on the stack at the same time
Proletariat :: Trade with a creature in combat
Global Warming :: Control a Smokestack with three (3) or more counters
After you :: Deck your opponent with Ancestral Recall
The overall average Achievements per player, per round was only 1.3, with a max of 8. Many players likely missed tracking some of their achievements, of course, but the list should probably be more generous.
Top 4: (Who Split)
Kurt Crane
Main deck:
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Gush
2 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
1 Scavenging Ooze
2 Tarmogoyf
4 Delver of Secrets
1 Ancient Grudge
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Flusterstorm
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Black Lotus
2 Spell Pierce
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Trygon Predator
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ponder
1 Vapor Snag
1 Fastbond
4 Tropical Island
3 Misty Rainforest
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
3 Volcanic Island
1 Island
Sideboard:
1 Rough/Tumble
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Flusterstorm
1 Krosan Grip
2 Spell Pierce
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Pyroblast
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Pithing Needle
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Tormod’s Crypt
Charles Rolko
Main deck:
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Karn, Silver Golem
3 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Smokestack
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Trinisphere
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
Sideboard:
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Spine of Ish Sah
2 Triskelion
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Pithing Needle
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
Kevin Cron
Main deck:
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Standstill
4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
4 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Echoing Truth
4 Engineered Explosives
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Fire/Ice
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Mountain
2 Island
2 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Polluted Delta
Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Steel Sabotage
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Lightning Bolt
Theo Limber
Main deck:
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Trinisphere
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Triskelion
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
3 Mishra’s Factory
2 City of Traitors
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
Sideboard:
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Ratchet Bomb
3 Dismember
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Crucible of Worlds
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
Bottom half of Top 8:
Andrew Morrow
Main deck:
1 Trygon Predator
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
3 Flusterstorm
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Time Vault
4 Mental Misstep
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Spell Snare
3 Snapcaster Mage
1 Mana Crypt
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Brainstorm
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Echoing Truth
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Sol Ring
1 Nihil Spell Bomb
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Voltaic Key
3 Polluted Delta
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
Sideboard:
1 Trygon Predator
1 Dark Blast
2 Energy Flux
2 Surgical Extraction
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Nature’s Claim
3 Doom Blade
Alec Capas
Main deck:
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Ichor Wellspring
3 Solemn Simulacrum
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Goblin Welder
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Opal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Trinisphere
1 Memory Jar
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
2 Sword of Fire and Ice
5 Mountain
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
Sideboard:
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
2 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Viashino Heretic
3 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
Brian Woodhull
Main deck:
4 Serum Powder
4 Bloodghast
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
2 Golgari Thug
3 Ichorid
4 Ingot Chewer
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Bridge from Below
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Darkblast
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 City of Brass
4 Petrified Field
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Cabal Therapy
Sideboard:
3 Wispmare
4 Chain of Vapor
4 Nature’s Claim
4 Unmask
Jack Brush
Main deck:
1 Auger of Skulls
3 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Vampire Nighthawk
1 Smother
1 Doom Blade
1 Go for the Throat
3 Tombstalker
4 Dark Confidant
1 Darkblast
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Thoughtseize
4 Bloodghast
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Snuff Out
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Geralf’s Messenger
2 Marsh Flats
1 Verdant Catacomb
18 Swamp
Sideboard:
3 Withered Wretch
2 Perish
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Massacre
2 Nihil Spell Bomb
3 Cranial Extraction
3 Extirpate
