Team Serious Open - Sandusky

We had a small turnout of 10 for the Team Serious Open in Sandusky December 1 as a result of several people running into conflicts and a miscommunication between myself and the store owner. Once things were figured out, however, the tournament went off without a hitch.

Deck archetypes included:

3 Dredge
2 Aggro Control
2 Shops
1 Dragon
1 Belcher
1 Big Blue

We cut to a top four of:

Jake Hilty - WRg Aggro Control
Paul Blakeley - BURGer Belcher
Eric Caffrey - Dredge
Duane Haddix - Forgemaster Combo

Prizes were split, but they played it out anyway.

Paul beat Jake (Belcher beat WRg Aggro Control)
Duane beat Eric (Forgemasters beat Dredge)

And Duane beat Paul in a heartbeaking game three that saw Duane play a turn-one Pithing Needle and Paul immediately offer the concessionary handshake.

Decklists in order of finish:

First - Duane Haddix - Forgemaster Combo ("Tribal Constructs")

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Buried Ruins
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Metal Worker
4 Voltaic Key
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ratchet Bomb
1 Blightsteel Colossus
2 Myr Battlesphere
2 Triskelion
2 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Duplicant
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
2 Precursor Golem
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Time Vault

Sideboard
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Ratchet Bomb
1 Expedition Map
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Pithing Needle
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Jester's Cap
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

2. Paul Blakeley - Belcher ("BURGer Belcher")

4 Goblin Charbelcher
1 Timetwister
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Memory Jar
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
4 Street Wraith
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Tinder Wall
3 Goblin Welder
3 Mox Opal
4 Rite of Flame
4 Dark Ritual
4 Chrome Mox
4 Gitaxian Probe
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Channel

Sideboard
4 Empty the Warrens
4 Xantid Swarm
3 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 BSC

3. Eric Caffrey - Dredge

1 Flame-Kin Zealot
4 Serum Powder
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Bridge from Below
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Bloodghast
4 Narcomoeba
4 Ingot Chewer
2 Nature's Claim
3 Ichorid
4 Golgari Thug
2 Dread Return
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Dakmor Salvage
3 City of Brass
4 Undiscovered Paradise

Sideboard
4 Mental Misstep
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Nature's Claim
2 Gutshot
1 Darkblast
1 Contagion
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

4. Jake Hilty - WRg Aggro Control

4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Lightning Bolt
3 Stony Silence
3 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Pithing Needle
3 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Torch Fiend
2 Porcelain Legionnaire
3 Goblin Welder
2 Gorilla Shaman
3 Simian Spirit Guide
3 Wasteland
1 Tectonic Edge (oops)
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Forest
2 Plains
2 Mountain
2 Plateau
1 Taiga
1 Savannah
4 Arid Mesa
2 Wooded Foothills
1 Windswept Heath

Sideboard
2 Lightning Bolt
4 Rest in Peace
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
2 Serra Avenger
3 Ancient Grudge
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben