This won't be super detailed. We managed to scrap 8 brave bold souls together for a cash in, cash out 8 man Vintage on early Sunday afternoon.
As of noon no Vintage 8 mans had fired despite our best efforts. The TO eventually tried unsanctioned but somebody put the squash on that as apparently it's uncool to run unsanctioned at a G.P. (despite several other unsanctioned formats being run). We finally had an East Coast / West Coast / Dirty South showdown lined up.
#1 Andrew "TI" Wright - Reel Fish 75
#2 Jack "Hallowed Fountain" Colwell - U/w Helm in Peace
#3 Adam "Anti Pimp" - Pyrogush
#3 Taylor "Big Smoove" - U/w Flash
#5 Ben "Grisel Pac Shakur" - Reanimator
#6 Sean "Stoneforge Austin" - Mel Gibson's The Patriot
#7 Other Ben "DJ Druid" - Oath
#8 Danny "2 Win Con.org" - All the restricted cards and vault key and BSC
Round 1: vs Ben on Reanimator
Game 1 I keep kind of an aggro hand with Snare and Force of Will and a Clique. I lose the roll and draw into my SofI. He ends up Exhuming Griselbrand after I lose a disruption and counter war. I got him to 10 I think with SofI'ed Clique. But I drew land, land, mox and could follow-up. Even being on the play here would have put him to a low enough total where he couldn't afford to swing. Stupid Demon.
Game 2 I keep a meddling mage hand with light counter magic on a mulligan to 6. I smell Show and Tell and Meddling Mage it. Again I get some beats in but just brick on finding one of my 20 counterspells or 4 cages. I think I even Ancestral but just hit a glut of lands and dudes. Tidespout Tyrant seals my fate.
Round 2: vs Danny
Game 1 I have a grip of counters including my maindeck Red blast. Eventually I get a nice fast clock with an SFM into a SofI equipped to an Augury Adept. He is unable to resolve any spells.
Game 2 I don't remember much about this game other than he resolved time Spiral and went apeshit. He gets vault / key.
Game 3 I have a multi Flusterstorm opener and Clique and SFM. Fast clock and he was mana tight.
Round 3: vs Adam
Game 1 An ancestral fight ensues and Adam pulls ahead for a lethal Yawgmoth after I am unable to kill him in time.
Game 2 I mull to 6 trying to find a blue card that interacts on the stack in anyway and keep a 6 with mana and dudes. It's just not good enough, even worse his tokens clog the ground for my dude heavy hand. I waste him 3 times this game but can't follow it up with a fast enough clock and since I can't draw a counter to save my life he is essentially defensed gridded on his turn. Eventually I get Tendriled.
Round 4 wasn't needed for me and others. Jack and Andrew battled it out. U/w just couldn't keep up with Merfolk. Makes me want a miser's Supreme Verdict in the board.
Some pics
Jack vs. Oath Ben and Minion of Oath Ben
Andrew with a nice glamour shot vs. Danny
Jack with the skill play of Cage go vs. Oath off basic plains
danny Staring down double watchwolf
jack still has a cage in play and now a faerie wizard
Adam attempting to resolve Explore Walk vs. Taylor
Battling in our far off corner of GP Bombed out Sam's Club
Adam realized Fastbond was great with Gush
Andrew attempting to insert a rod.
Adam vs. Ben's Voltaic Key Aggro strategy
Jack Spell Snaring a 2/1. Powerful.
Taylor holding the demons at bay with powerful flash men.
Me losing a mistep war to a white bordered one. #InTheButt
SO MUCH MERFOLKS.
Me attempting to hold my arch enemy griselbacon at bay
Me casting creatures like a fool.
thanks to everyone who played, it's always great meeting other vintage players!
