On March 15th I dropped this bomb onto the Team Serious boards.
Twaun007 and the fabulous members of Team Serious (
and the not-so-fabulous ones too)
~ Invite you to the First Annual ~Twaun Serious Open “Black & White” Vintage
No Limit Unlimited Proxy Tournament
Beverages, wine, and H’ors D’oeuvres will be served throughout the event
Saturday, May 4th, 201310:00 doors open, 12:00 Start. $50 entry. Swiss/Cut to Top 8
Prize Structure:
1st – Mox Ruby
2nd – Mox Emerald
3rd – 2x Force of Will
4th – 2X Force of Will
5th – 1x Choice of Tundra or Volcanic Island
6th – 1x Choice of Tundra or Volcanic Island
7th – 1x Choice of Tundra or Volcanic Island
8th – 1x Choice of Tundra or Volcanic Island
This event will be run under Formal Attire Lvl III. This means formal wear is highly recommended.
Due to space limitations I'm forced to cap the tourney at 20 Players and Haters
Hype was built and Team Serious aficionados came in from across the globe to battle and prove their worth. In the end it was two gamers from the Midwest who walked away with the loots… One the size of a gorilla, the other as soft as a kitten, yet both razor sharp in the way of Wu-Wizardry.
The meta
Blue with Jace’s
1 Landstill
1 Grixis
1 UW Cawblade
2 UW Resto-Angel Control
Fish decks
1 Noble Fish
1 RUG Delver
1 RU Dragon Delver
1 RW hatebears
Combo
2 Burning Long
3 Belcher
Dredge
Workshops
2 Espresso
1 Workshop Aggro w/ Staff and Metal Worker
Dredge
1 Dredge
Top 8 played out as such
Mike “The Salad” Solmossy vs Jacob “Garbageaggro” Hilty – The Salad wins
Jimmy “Sprinkles” McCarthy vs Nam “Nartman99” Tran – Sprinkles wins
Charles “Rolko” Rolko vs Randal “Icy_Triskelion” Withrell – Rolko wins
Sam ‘Sillysam71” Krohlow vs Eric “Sarophym” Butler – Sillysam71 wins
The Salad vs Sillysam71 – The Salad wins
Sprinkles vs Rolko – Sprinkles wins
The Salad vs Sprinkles – the Salad takes it
Pairings and Final Standings Top 8 Decklists
Mike “The Salad” Solmossy
Burning Oath
4 City of Brass
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Gemstone Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Opal
2 Chrome Mox
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
4 Oath of Druids
2 Griselbanned
4 Burning Wish
1 Timetwister
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Tinker
1 Memory Jar
1 Time Walk
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
4 Dark Ritual
4 Duress
1 Thoughtseize
Sideboard
1 Thoughtseize
1 Shattering Spree
1 Diminishing Returns
1 Show and Tell
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Ancient Grudge
1 ???
Jimmy “LHC” McCarthy
Burning Oath
4 Burning Wish
1 Necropotence
1 Mind's Desire
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Timetwister
1 Windfall
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Memory Jar
1 Tinker
4 Oath of Druids
2 Griselbrand
4 Duress
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Dark Ritual
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
2 Mox Opal
2 Chrome Mox
1 Tolarian Academy
4 City of Brass
2 Gemstone Mine
4 Forbidden Orchard
Sideboard
1 Thoughtsieze
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Show and Tell
1 Diminishing Returns
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Shattering Spree
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Laboratory Maniac
Sam ‘Sillysam71” Krohlow
Belcher
4 Goblin Charbelcher
4 Burning Wish
4 Manamorphose
4 Dark Ritual
4 Rite of Flame
4 Gytaxian Probe
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Elvish Spirit Guide
2 Goblin Welder
2 Mox Opal
3 Chrome Mox
1 Yawgm,oth’s Bargin
1 Necropotence
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 imperial Seal
1 Channel
1 Wheel of Fourtune
1 Tinker
1 Memory Jar
1 Black Lotuus
1 Lion’s Eye Dimond
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
1 Pact of Negation
1 Empty the Warrens
Sideboard
4 Leyline of Anticipation
2 Xantid Swarm
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Grape Shot
1 Yawgmoth’s will
1 Time Twister
1 Balance
1 Shattering Spree
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Tendrils of Agony
Charles “Rolko” Rolko
Grixis
1 Blightsteel Colossus
4 Dark Confidant
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Mana Crypt
2 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
Randal “Icy_Triskelion” Withrell
Belcher
4 Goblin Charbelcher
4 Burning Wish
4 Manamorphose
4 Dark Ritual
4 Rite of Flame
2 Chrome Mox
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Simian Spirit Guide
3 Goblin Welder
4 Street Wraith
4 Land Grant
1 Tiaga
1 Bayou
1 Necropotence
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Wheel of Fourtune
1 Memory Jar
1 Black Lotuus
1 Lion’s Eye Dimond
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
Sideboard
2 Tendrils of Agony
2 Empty the Warrens
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
3 Smelt
2 Pithing Needlt
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Vexing Shusher
Jacob “Garbageaggro” Hilty
Hatebears
2 Shattering Blow
2 Swords to Plowshares
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Batterskull
3 Stoney Silence
1 Pithing Needle
1 Pyrexian Metamorph
4 Torch Feind
4 Pyrexian Revoker
3 Goblin Welder
4 Porcelain Legionnaire
2 Stone Forge Mystic
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Arid Mesa
1 Bloodstained Mire
4 Mountain
1 Plains
3 Plateau
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Black Lotus
4 Simian Spirit Guide
Sideboard
1 Swords to Plowshares
Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Ravenous Trap
4 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Shattering Blow
Eric “Sarophym” Butler
WU-fish
1 Blightsteel Colossus
4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Batterskull
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Swords to Plowshares
2 Mental Misstep
1 Engeneered Explosives
1 Echoing Truth
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Enlightented Tutor
1 Spell Snare
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Rest in Peace
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Plains
3 Islands
3 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scaldint Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
Sideboard
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Pithing Needle
4 Ravenous Trap
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Serenity
2 Disincant
2 Rest in Peace
Nam “Nartman99” Tran
Twaunspresso Stax
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Duplicant
3 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Pithing Needle
4 Serum Powder
4 Smokestack
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
2 Thorn of Amethyst
Lands
3 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
Sideboard
4 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Helm of Obedience
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Pithing Needle
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
I hope everyone had a blast and I cannot wait to plan next years!
