TO Report: Slaughter Smurfs Open - TPG - Bloomsburg, PA

Yesterday was a very discouraging turnout for vintage in Bloomsburg. Only a depressingly low 14 participants. Top 4 were awarded for this event as they decided to play for store credit over the mox. Big thanks to everyone who did come to play vintage in Bloomsburg.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
Bomberman: 1 – 7.14%
Bob Control: 3 – 21.43%
Landstill: 1 –7.14%

Workshops:
Martello: 1 – 7.14%
Metalworker & Forgemaster: 1 – 7.14%
5c Stax: 1 – 7.14%
BC Stax: 1 – 7.14%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 1 – 7.14%

Combo:
Doomsday Gush: 1 – 7.14%

Others:
Noble Fish: 1 – 7.14%
Goblins: 1 – 7.14%
Affinity: 1 – 7.14%

This event was run with 4 swiss rounds with the cut to top 4.

Top 4 Pairings and Results

Jones, John vs. Kohler, Justin – Jones Wins
MacClaren, Rob vs. Kenney, Tim – MacClaren Wins

Finals

Jones, John vs. MacClaren, Rob - Jones wins

Please inform us of any suggestions you may have for us to improve our tournaments in the future! And again, thanks to everyone for coming out to help support the game! Congrats to Rob for winning it all!

Important to Note:

Top 8 Decklists:

First – John Jones
“Suicide Girls"

4 Dark Confidant
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Path to Exile
2 Aven Mindcensor
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
1 Steel Sabotage
3 Snapcaster Mage
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Tinker
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
2 Island
1 Plains
2 Tundra
3 Underground Sea
4 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:
3 Cavern of Souls
3 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Swords to Plowshares
3 Serenity
1 Flusterstorm

Second – Rob MacClaren
“Him Fish”

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Steel Sabotage
4 Force of Will
3 Daze
2 Spell Pierce
3 Mental Misstep
3 Stony Silence
2 Path to Exile
3 Meddling Mage
1 Gaddock Teeg
4 Qasali Pridgemage
1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
1 Scavenging Ooze
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Green Sun's Zenith
2 Trygon Predator
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
1 Forest
1 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Tropical Island
2 Tundra
1 Savannah

SB:
2 Path to Exile
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Nature's Claim
1 Flusterstorm
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Sower of Temptation

Semi-Finalist – Justin Kohler
“Red Deck Wins”

1 Vendilion Clique
2 Auriok Salvagers
4 Trinket Mage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Flusterstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Mental Misstep
3 Spell Snare
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Time Walk
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Black Lotus
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Strip Mine
1 Plains
1 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Polluted Delta
3 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
3 Island

SB:
1 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Tormod's Crypt
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Pithing Needle
2 Disenchant
2 Devout Witness
2 Wasteland

Semi-Finalist – Tim Kenney
“Red Deck Wins”

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

SB:
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Wurmcoil Engine

Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event is not set as of yet. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to the top 4!!!