[TMD Open Decklists] TOP 8 AND REPORT FROM THE TO

Hi all...it's Ray...the Waterbury TO.

I have so much to say so let me start at the beginning.

First,...a HUMONGOUS thanks to all 191(!!!!) people who came by to support this tournament. When you tell me Waterbury rocks...it's because of you guys...it's what you make of it.

Second, a HUMONGOUS thanks to all those who helped me with the tourney. Jarad Demick and my girlfriend Theresa were invaluable and I can't thank them enough. We also had four judges who helped handle rules questions: Chris Kitzmiller, Dan Richardson, Jacob Orlove, and Jason LeDuc. Additionally, throughout the day BigChuck(Chuck Perrault), Mike D, Summen Saugen(Ben Kowal), Magimaster(Todd Pantiatis) among others lended a hand. When you tell me Waterbury rocks...it's because of all these people as well. If you see them in the future, thank them as well.

Third, a HUMONGOUS thanks to Zherbus and this website. It is very evident without it, the word of my event would not spread as easily. Steve, I wish you could have made it down. With all you have done to build the type one community, you would have appreciated the turnout more then anyone. When you tell me Waterbury rocks...it's because of aTMD and Zherbus's help with his posting of my flyer even when the main site was down. If you see him, thank him very much.

To sum up...WATERBURY is the combined effort of the type one community as a whole. My thanks go out to all of you.

NOW FOR MY REPORT:
The tournament weekend started on Friday Morning. I did not have to work(I am a teacher) because school was canceled due to the cold weather. I spent the entire day finishing up cleaning my place, and getting last minute things together for the event. Jarad was the first to come to my place for the pre-waterbury party. By midnight the party consisted of Me, Theresa, Jarad(WICKETSNATCHER), Ben Kowal(SUMMEN SAUGEN), Adam Bowers(ILL_DAWG), Jason Staples(LEVIAT), Derek Collins(???), Bryce Reynolds(KLOWN), Steve Houdlette(Grand Inquisitor), Chris Kitzmiller(MOOBIUS), Jeffrey Greene, Loren Hotchkinson, Jacob Orlove(JACOB ORLOVE)...much drafting, drinking, laughing, crying, talking, chilling, ____ing, and so on ensued...everyone drunk themself stupid and crashed except myself(I don't drink) and woke up at 8:00 to leave at 8:30. to get to the marriott for 9:00 to eat breakfast buffet(SOOOOOOO MUCH BACON) until 9:30 when I started to set up for the event.

People kept pouring into the place and as usual I found myself setting up extra tables. We finally reached an astonishing 191 people. We had to take out another room to fit everyone. I would like to know however if anyone out there knows...how does this attendance rate with others worldwide as the biggest type one tournament. Have there been bigger ones in America? How about globally? I heard Spain has bigger ones, but I'm not sure.

Anyway...the tournament amazing kicked off only 40 minutes past 11:00 despite all the craziness. The day for the most part is a blur but I do remember that we sold through 300+ sodas and 35 pizzas. I also remember alot of people everywhere. In the end the prizes were restructured as follows

1st place - Black Lotus
2nd Place - Mox of Choice
3rd Place - Mox of Choice
4th Place - Library of Alexandria
5th Place - Mana Drain
6th Place - Abyss or Moat
7th Place - Abyss or Moat
8th Place - Abyss or Moat
9th - 16th Place - Morphling
17th- 32nd Place - Pack of Mirrodin

The top eight emerged:

SCOTT LIMOGES
1st Place

1 Gush
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Quirion Dryad
2 Psychatog
4 Mana Drain
4 Brainstorm
1 Mind Twist
2 Duress
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampric Tutor
1 Mystical Tuto
1 Yawgmoth's Will
2 Cunning Wish
4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
1 Merchant Scroll

5 Moxen
4 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Strip Mine
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island
4 Underground Sea

SB:
2 Diabolic Edict
3 Naturalize
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Berserk
4 Tormod's Crypt
1 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Pernicious Deed
1 Fact or Fiction

SETH LEVY
2nd Place

1 Time Walk
3 Ophidian
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Brainstorm
4 Mana Drain
4 Meddling Mage
4 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Phyrexian Negator
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Swords to Plowshares
3 Duress
2 Vindicate
2 Exalted Angel
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Ancestral Recall

3 Underground Sea
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
4 Tundra
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
2 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Plains
1 City of Brass
1 Black Lotus

SB:
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Exalted Angel
1 Moat
1 Disenchant
1 Serenity
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Energy Flux
1 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Stifle
1 Ebony Charm
3 Damping Matrix

ELI KASSIS
3rd Place

4 Chalice of the Void
1 Memory Jar
1 Karn Silver Golem
3 Mind Slaver
1 Pentavus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
2 Cunning Wish
1 Windfall
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Force of Will
4 Goblin Welder
1 Wheel of Fortune

1 Tolarian Academy
1 City of Traitors
2 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Shivan Reef
4 Volcanic Island
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
5 Moxen
1 Sol RIng
1 Mana Vault
1 Grim Monolith
3 Gilded Lotus

SB:
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Stifle
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Fire/Ice
1 Triskelion
4 Red Elemental Blast
2 Rack and Ruin

JEFFREY GREENE
4th Place

4 Survival of the Fittest
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Arrogant Wurm
2 Naturalize
3 Hidden Gibbons
3 Root Maze
4 Bazzaar of Baghdad
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Gaea's Blessing
3 Null Rod

4 Wateland
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Mox Emerald
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
12 Forest

SB:
2 Naturalize
1 Root Maze
4 Ground Seal
4 Tormod's Crypt
1 Silkalsh Spider
3 Troll Asthetic

KEITH JOHNSON
5th Place

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
2 Decree of Justice
4 Nevriynal's Disk
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Standstill
3 Stifle
3 Memory Leak
3 Misdirection
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will

1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
2 Flooded Strand
1 Plains
2 Islands
4 Tundra
4 Misra's Factory
4 Faerie Conclave
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Petrified Field

SB:
3 Blue Elemental Blast
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Disenchant
3 Energy Flux
3 Chalice of the Void

JACOB ORLOVE
6th Place

4 Ground Seal
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Arrogant Wurm
4 Squee Goblin Nabob
3 Hidden Gibbons
4 Root Maze
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Null Rod

3 Mishras Factory
4 Wasteland
3 Treetop Village
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
8 Forest

SB:
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Drop of Honey
2 Crumble
2 Naturalize
2 Emerald Charm
2 Hidden Guerellas

SAM ANTILL
7th Place

2 Null Rod
3 Psychatog
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
2 Intuition
2 Cunning Wish
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Time Walk
1 Gaea's Blessing
3 Back to Basics
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Duress

4 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
4 Polluted Delta
5 Island
1 Swamp
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring

SB:
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Stifle
3 Deep Analysis
3 Ground Seal
1 Gush
2 Pernicious Deed
1 Berserk
1 Null Rod
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Naturalize

JOSH OCHSE
8th Place

1 Uktabi Ornagutang
1 Platinum Angel
3 Su-Chi
1 Elf Replica
4 Juggernaut
3 Blood Moon
4 Pyrostatic Pillar
4 Goblin Welder
4 Survival of the Fittest
2 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Anger
1 Memory Jar
1 Quirion Ranger
1 Squee Goblin Nabob
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Triskellion

1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
4 Mishra's Workshop
6 Forest
4 Taiga
4 Wasteland
1 Mountain

SB:
1 Duplicant
3 Ground Seal
1 Xantid Swarm
1 Blood Moon
4 Naturalize
4 Tormod's Crypt

I would like everyone in the tournament to write a report about their experience whether they came in first or 191st.

The tournament fully finished around 12:00...from there about 20 of us went to Denny's for some late night food. This group mainly consisted of the people at my party the night before but also included, Carl Winter(Crazy Carl Winter), Steven Mennedain (SMennen) among others

We played type 4(the funnest format ever..ask smennen about it) for about 10 minutes before the psycho hostess that is always there told us that cards were not allowed in the restaurant WTF!!!...anyway...I got home finally around 3:00m am in the morning. It was a long 48 hours but I wouldn't have changed a minute of it.

In conclusion...I once again urge you all to post some tournament reports to share your experiences...also...please.. .any reccommendation you have for how I can improve my tourneys...please let me know...no suggestion will go unconsidered.

Thanks Again,

Ray