On Saturday 27th July, 35 players made their way down to Next Level Games Dandeong for our annual MASTERS event. We had more players than ever before even though we were missing a few of the old stalwarts and could have broken 40 given some more forgiving schedules. Even so MASTERS 2013 stands as out largest Vintage event ever held at Next Level Games. Bear in mind that this was also a sanctioned event so all the power was coming out to play. We have away multiple pieces of power, multiple Jaces and even had a prize for our highest placing unpowered player who only missed top 8 due to a loss in the final round of Swiss.
It was an awesome day and it really brought out some of the best eternal players in Australia. The Drain players especially came out in force. Grixis Control was the most played deck in the room and managed to put two decks into the top 8 but in the end it was a Grislebrand Oath Deck which was the eventual victor. Shops were severely underrepresented along with Bazaars and we will have to see whether this trend continues into the future. It should be noted that most lists had a significant amount of Artifact hate in the main decks so it most likely would have been severly hated out if Shops had shown up in numbers it is most likely they would not have fared well. It is also interesting to note that our top 4 (of the swiss) were knocked out even though they all elected to play as per the play/draw Rule.
Overall it was a great day and I hope to see everyone who made it down again and I hope that Vintage in Australia continues to grow as it has in the past year.
Decklists by Pillar
Control/Drains – 18
Grixis Control: 5
Oath: 4
Golden Gun: 3
Grislebrand: 1
Grixis Tezzeret: 2
U/R Landstill: 2
Drain Tendrils: 1
4c Control: 1
The Wheel: 1
Jace-Vault: 1
Stoneblade: 1
Shops – 3
Metalworker: 1
Panther MUD: 1
Affinity: 1
Bazaars – 3
Cagebreaker: 1
Fatestitcher : 1
Dredge: 1
Combo/Rituals – 2
Burning Oath : 2
Aggro Control/Rods – 9
RUG Delver: 1
BUG Fish: 2
U/R Delver: 1
Cavern Humans: 1
TMWA: 1
G/W Fish: 1
Slivers: 1
Goblins: 1
Players fought through 6 grueling rounds of vintage as well as the cut to top 8 our final standings looked like this:
1) Jason Scott – Oath of Druids
2) Samuel Loy – Cagebreaker Dredge
3) Jeffery Chan – Burning Oath
4) Thomas Ribet – “Robots” Affinity
5) Isaac Egan – Grixis Control
6) Andy Horne – RUG Delver
7) Daniel Unwin – Grixis Control
8) Tim Hughes – BUG Fish
9) Nicholas Chmielewski – Drain Tendrils
10) Glenn Shanley – The Wheel 5.2
11) James Dowling – U/R Delver
12) David Brotchie – U/R Landstill – Highest Unpowered
13) Aloysius Landrigan – Grixis Control
14) Joshua Butler – Cavern Humans
15) Robert Bartlett – Suicide Jace-Vault
16) Shane Svoboda – “Tom Ribet, you touch my Tralalal” GG Oath
17) Luke Dzivinski – “Gray Ogre” TMWA
18) Nathan Sorensen – U/W/r Stoneblade
19) Jacob Dunn – Grixis Tezzeret
20) Lachlan Ward-Smith – “Happy Bears” G/W Fish
21) Luke McCandless – “Pinkstill” U/R Landstill
22) Tim Dolphin – GG Oath
23) Christopher Turner – BUG Fish
24) Lachlan Saunders – “Sparkle Motion Combo” Grixis Tezzeret
25) George Foo – Panther MUD
26) William Wong – Grixis Control
27) Chris Evans – Burning Oath
28) Brett Hughes – Grixis Control
29) Socrates Stavropoulos – 4c Control
30) Zac Crowley – Fatestitcher Dredge
31)Luke Williams – Dredge
32) Adam Amy – GG Oath
33) Michael Runic – Slivers
34) Lee Greaves – Metalworker Shops
35) Bill Murphey – Goblins
Our Single Elimination rounds were:
Thomas Ribet (Affinity) defeated Isaac Egan (Grixis Control) 2-0
Jason Scott (Oath of Druids) defeated Daniel Unwin (Grixis Control) 2-1
SamuelLoy (Cagebreaker Dredge) defeated Tim Hughes (BUG Fish) 2-0
Jeffery Chan (Burning Oath) defeated Andy Horne (RUG Delver) 2-1
Top 4
Jason Scott (Oath of Druids) defeated Thomas Ribet (Affinity) 2-0
Samuel Loy (Cagebreaker Dredge) defeated Jeffery Chan (Burning Oath) 2-1
Finals
Jason Scott (Oath of Druids) defeated Samuel Loy (Cagebreaker Dredge) 1-1-1
Final Decklists
1) Jason Scott – Oath of Druids
Lands (16)
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tropical Island
1 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
4 Forbidden Orchard
Artifacts (11)
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
Creatures (2)
2 Grislebrand
Enchantments (4)
4 Oath of Druids
Planeswalkers (1)
1 Jace the Mind Sculptor
Sorceries (7)
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Show and Tell
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Time Walk
2 Thoughtseize
Instants (19)
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Memories Journey
1 Chain of Vapour
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mana Drain
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Flusterstorm
3 Impulse
4 Force of Will
2 Mental Misstep
Sideboard (15)
Show and Tell
Steel Sabotage
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Duress
2 Pithing Needle
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Massacre
4 Leyline of the Void
2) Samuel Loy – Cagebreaker Dredge
Lands(12)
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 City of Brass
4 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Dakmoor Salvage
Artifacts (4)
4 Serum Powder
Creatures (24)
2 Ichorid
1 Sun Titan
1 Flame Kin Zealot
2 Fatestitcher
4 Narcomoeba
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
2 Golgari Thug
4 Bloodghast
Enchantments (4)
4 Bridge from Below
Sorceries (6)
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Dread Return
Instants (10)
4 Mental Misstep
4 Nature’s Claim
2 Darkblast
Sideboard (15)
4 Ingot Chewer
4 Chain of Vapour
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Serenity
1 Ichorid
1 City of Brass
1 Elesh Norn
3) Jeffery Chan – Burning Oath
Lands (11)
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 City of Brass
2 Gemstone Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
Artifacts (15)
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Opal
2 Chrome Mox
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Memory Jar
Creatures (2)
2 Griselbrand
Enchantments (6)
4 Oath of Druids
1 Nocropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
Sorceries (15)
4 Duress
1 Ponder
4 Burning Wish
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Twister
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Tendrils of Agony
Instants (11)
4 Dark Ritual
2 Repeal
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
Sideboard (15)
3 Ancient Tomb
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Defence Grid
1 Balance
1 Show and Tell
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Laboratory Maniac
4) Thomas Ribet – “Robots” Affinity
Lands (13)
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Gaea’s Cradle
1 Strip Mine
1 Wasteland
Artifacts (26)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
2 Batterskull
4 Skullclamp
4 Genesis Chamber
2 Cranial Plating
4 Tangle Wire
1 Memory Jar
Creatures (21)
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Memnite
4 Signal Pest
3 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
Sideboard (15)
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Witchbane Orb
2 Dismember
2 Wurmcoil Engine
6) Isaac Egan – Grixis Control
Lands (16)
1 Island
1 Swamp
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
4 Poluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
Artifacts (10)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
Creatures (7)
4 Dark Confidant
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Myr Battlesphere
Planeswalkers (3)
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Sorceries (5)
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tinker
Instants (19)
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
3 Lightning Bolt
2 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Pierce
4 Force of Will
2 Mana Drain
Sideboard (15)
3 Yixlid Jailer
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Mountain
4 Ingot Chewer
1 Strip Mine
1 Mental Misstep
1 Lightning Bolt
6) Andy Horne – RUG Delver
Lands (15)
4 Volcanic Island
3 Tropical Island
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Polluted Delta
1 Island
Artifacts (4)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
Creatures (12)
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Vendilion Clique
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Tarmogoyf
4 Delver of Secrets
Sorceries (4)
1 Time Walk
3 Preordain
Instants (25)
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Flusterstorm
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Spall Pierce
2 Spell Snare
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Steel Sabotage
4 Gush
4 Lightning Bolt
Sideboard (15)
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Dismember
1 Mountain
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Mental Misstep
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Arcane Laboratory
1 Divert
7) Daniel Unwin – Grixis Control
Lands (16)
1 Island
1 Swamp
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
4 Poluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
Artifacts (10)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
Creatures (7)
4 Dark Confidant
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Myr Battlesphere
Planeswalkers (3)
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Sorceries (5)
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tinker
Instants (19)
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
3 Lightning Bolt
2 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Pierce
4 Force of Will
2 Mana Drain
Sideboard (15)
3 Yixlid Jailer
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Mountain
4 Ingot Chewer
1 Strip Mine
1 Mental Misstep
1 Lightning Bolt
8) Tim Hughes – BUG Fish
Lands (17)
4 Polluted Delta
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
1 Bayou
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
Artifacts (5)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Null Rod
Creatures (16)
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Snapcaster Mage
4 Dark Confidant
2 Trygon Predator
2 Scavenging Ooze
Sorceries (2)
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
Instants (20)
2 Flusterstorm
2 Spell Pierce
3 Mental Misstep
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Force of Will
4 Abrupt Decay
Sideboard (15)
1 Swamp
1 Wasteland
1 Null Rod
1 Trygon Predator
3 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Notion Thief
12) David Brotchie- U/R Landstill- Highest Unpowered
Lands (25)
3 Island
1 Mountain
3 Volcanic Island
1 Underground Sea
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Flooded Strand
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Library of Alexandria
Artifacts (5)
3 Engineered Explosives
2 Crucible of Worlds
Enchantments (4)
4 Standstill
Planeswalkers (4)
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Instants (23)
4 Force of Will
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Misdirection
2 Mental Misstep
4 Mana Drain
2 Red Elemental Blast
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Dismember
1 Echoing Truth
Sideboard (15)
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Bojuka Bog
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Ingot Chewer
2 Viashino Heretic
2 Firespout
Once again, A huge thank you to everyone who made it out to the event. It was a great day and I hope to see you all at future Vintage events. The whole weekend was a blast and if you ever get the chance to come to one of our annual MASTERS weekends you really should come.
EDIT: I captured the top 8 and top 4 rounds on camera and have started to cut them. In the next half an hour both games of the top 8 Match between Isaac Egan (Grixis Control) vs Thomas Ribet "Tribet" (affinity) and two of the three top 4 games between Samuel Loy (Cagebreaker Dredge) vs Jeffery Chan (Burning Oath) should be up on youtube under "EternalMelbourne"
http://www.youtube.com/user/EternalMelbourne?feature=watch. Game three will be up by tomorrow night
Note: our 2012 final is also on there but the editing is horrible.
