Next Level Vintage: December Edition

[shrewarmies]

On Saturday December 7th, we had 12 brave souls make it down to Next Level Games to duke it out in the final Vintage Event before our moxalicious event December 28/29. It was an awesome event and we decided lat that we would cut to a full top 8 just so we could play more Vintage. The Melbourne Vintage League has a heavy aggro focus at the moment and it seems like that it is starting to bleed into our monthlies. We even had a couple of players who didn't want to take the plunge but were still at the event playing league games or just testing with the store decks. I have no doubt that the Vintage Scene in Melbourne has continually strengthened  over 2013 and I do not see any signs of this growth slowing down as we approach 2014.

After 4 rounds and a cut to top 8, our final standings were:

1) Isaac Egan (Grixis Control)
2) Tim Hughes (Espresso Stax)
3) Dan Silver Dowse (Welder Stax)
4) Joshua William Butler (5c Control)
5-8) Luke McCandless (Go-hard-or-go-home Shops)(Metalworker)
5-8) Graham King (Humanstorm)
5-8) Andy Horne (GG Oath)
5-8) Sam Phillips (Rug Delver)
9) Daniel Spivak (Dark Times)
10) Chris Evans (Oath)
11) Adam Amy (Zoo)
12) Lee Greaves (Pretty Sligh for a Shop Guy)

Final Decklists:

1) Isaac Egan - Grixis Control

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Confidant
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dreadbore
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Island
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Library of Alexandria
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 Myr Battlesphere
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sol Ring
2 Spell Pierce
1 Swamp
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Underground Sea
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Volcanic Island
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Sideboard
1 Dreadbore
1 Firespout
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Mental Misstep
1 Mountain
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Strip Mine
1 Vandalblast

2) Tim Hughes - Espresso Shops
lands (18)
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolrian Academy

Artifacts ()
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt

4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
4 Smokestack
4 Serum Powder
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Trinisphere
1 Thorn of Amethyst

4 Lodestone Golem
3 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Duplicant

Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Maze of Ith


3) Dan Dowse - Mono R Welder Stax
Lands (21)
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
3 Mountain
1 Strip Mine
3 Barbarian Ring
2 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy

Artifacts (29)
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt

4 Smokestack
4 Tangle Wire
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Trinisphere
3 Crucible of Worlds

Creatures (10)
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Goblin Welder
2 Karn, Silver Golem

Sideboard (15)
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Tormod's Crypt

4) Joshua Butler - 5C Control
Lands (17)
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
2 Islands
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Polluted Delta
1 Mishra's Factory
3 City of Brass
1 Tolarian Academy

Artifacts (11)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt

1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key

Creatures (5)
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Goblin welder
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Snapcaster Mage

Planeswalkers (2)
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Sorceries (6)
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Balance
1 Toxic Deluge

Instants (19)
4 Force of Will
1 Mana Drain
1 Spell Snare
1 Abrupt Decay
3 Lightning Bolt
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Repeal
1 Gift's Ungiven
1 Mental Misstep
1 Vampiric Tutor

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And though he did not play in the event. Mad Props to Michael Bullard who was playing this beauty during his League game and managed to win one of his two 5 game matches:

1 Ancestral Recall
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Black Lotus
3 Cavern of Souls
3 Chromatic Sphere
3 Chromatic Star
2 Crucible of Worlds
5 Island
3 Jace, Architect of Thought
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Mishra's Workshop
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Precursor Golem
2 Repeal
1 Sol Ring
4 Solemn Simulacrum
4 Stifle
1 Strip Mine
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Twisted Image
3 Wasteland

Best plays. Sacrifice a Solemn Simulacrum to Tinker into a Solemn Simulacrum for Value.

Twisted Image on  Precursor Golem = 5 Ancestrals

Overall it was an awesome day and I hope to see everyone again on the 28th/29th for our Moxalicious.

[Bill Copes]

That golem deck looks like a blast.  However, I'd rather play this over Twisted Image.  Also, why that Jace over the good one?

[Dr_Tongue]

That golem deck looks like a blast.  However, I'd rather play this over Twisted Image.  Also, why that Jace over the good one?

I lol'd at the Golems deck as well. Then I wanted to toy around with it lolz. I'd love to see a UR splash with some Welders and a card I'm farting around with for lolz as a 1x of in my other decks, Reckless Charge.

Mmmm 3x hasted 6/3's with the Precursor Golem, or throw it on a Tinker robot ftw, or Weld things right now! Ohh and it flashbacks if you need it again. Crimson Wisps is another that will net you 3x 3/3 hasted fellows and the Recall to boot but I think 18 points attacking usually does the trick too.