After a long wait...WATERBURY T.O. REPORT AND TOP 16 DECKS!!

[iamfishman]

Hi all,

It's Ray checking in with you regarding the recently held Waterbury TMD Open 3.  I apologize for not getting this in sooner.  I've been really busy with stuff this past week.

First, many thanks to many people
- All of you guys for your support.  Obviously, Waterbury is what it is because of you more than anything.
- All my help, specifically Theresa, my beautiful girlfriend without whose help, Waterbury could not be half of what it is.  Also, huge thanks to my bro, Rich Robillard, and friend Jarad Demick.  These two guys put in so much effort to help in any way they could.  You guys rock.
- Additional help was provided by friends Jim Phillips, Ben Kowal, Todd Pantalaitis, Jon Leskow, and Judges Jason LeDuc, Dan Richardson, and Jacob Orlove.
- Our two Vendors, Jeff Anand and Sam's Comics and Cards of Meridan Ct.  These guys worked hard all day to make sure everyone had all the cards they needed, no matter how rare, or odd.
- Steve and TMD for without whose advertising space, the word could not possibly be spread about these events as easily as it is.  I know I'm repeatative, Steve, but thanks 100 times over.
-Anyone I'm forgetting.  I always forget someone.  Please don't be upset.  Thank you even though my mind is a fog right now.

Now some points I wanted to discuss, and then the top 16 decks.
- How would everyone feel about a 10:00 start time instead of 11:00...will it have a dramatic effect on the number of people who come down.  Please let me know.  Thanks.

- I LOVE the international participation.  I don't know if you guys know this but we had 12! canadian players come down in 3 different cars.  I hung out with a few at Dennys after the event(one of which was WUaffiliate) and they are great guys....hope you guys can make it again.

- The syrup chugging contest/Garbage Cans.  Although, I must say that this was a cool idea and I welcome wacky stuff like this in the future, please guys, don't forget that the ability for me to hold future events is somewhat reliant on my ability to procure the space at the marriott.  What this means is...if you puke in the sink of the bathroom off the lobby.  Please do something about it.  I was forced to clean up vommit, so that some snotty business man type did not complain about us to the front desk.  Along the same line, I bought and brought many garbage cans to the event and regularly changed the bags, after the Marriott complaining last time about food on the floor.  I have to COMPLIMENT you all, as the floor garbage was dramatically less this time.  Please continue to be respectful of the room in the future.

- There were a substantial number of female magic players at this event.  I think it is great that the ladies were coming out in greater numbers to kick some guy ass and take names (but not numbers...I believe they all had boyfriends)  How cool would it be if sometime soon we can actually run a Women only 8 person side event with the prize of a Foil Serra Angel...any takers out there girls?

- Alot of people are shy to give me constructive criticism, prefering only to talk about the good.  I don't want to run a 95% great tourney guys...I want 100%...so tell me what I can do to improve even more.  Methodx told me a few days before the even that everything was great EXCEPT the price of pizza...and I changed it from $2.00 a slice to $1.50.  Please, please, let me know...so I can make things even better than before.

1st Place
Jason Zheng playing
FGC (Food Game Coblins)

(organized in a group of 20, and then ten sets of 4)

The Mana (20):
6x Mountain
4x Taiga
4x Fetch
4x Waste
1x Strip
1x Lotus

More Accel Mana (1):
1x Mox Em
1x Mox Ru
1x mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring

Combo fast (3):
4x Food Chain
4x Recruiter
4x Ringleader

Beatdown Now (2):
4x Warchief
4x Driver

Util/Other (4):
2x Matron
2x Vandal
2x Tinker
2x Gang
4x Cinerator
4x Lackey

SB:
4x REB
2x Art Mutate
2x R&R
2x Naturalize
3x Tormod's Crypt
2x Maze Of Ith


2nd Place
Steve Houdlette playing
Grostill, by Eastman (with input by GI, Hulk3Rules, & Diakonov)

4x Quirion Dryad
1x Psychatog

4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
2x Misdirection
2x Daze
2x Stifle

2x Null Rod

4x Brainstorm
4x Accumulated Knowledge
3x Standstill
1x Ancestral Recall

1x Demonic Tutor
1x Timewalk
1x Yawgmoth’s Will

1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire

4x Flooded Strand
4x Tropical Island
3x Underground Sea
1x Island

3x Mishra’s Factory
3x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
1x Library of Alexandria

Sideboard:
3x Ground Seal
2x Blue Elemental Blast
2x Oxidize
2x Plaguebaerer
2x Tsabo’s Web
2x Gilded Drake
1x Null Rod
1x Naturalize

3-4th Place
Carl Winter playing
Keeper
4 Flooded Strand
3 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
2 City of Brass
2 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Alpha Island

1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Brainstorm
3 Cunning Wish

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
3 Skeletal Scrying

1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Mind Twist
1 Time Walk

2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Balance

3 Exalted Angel
2 Gorilla Shaman
1 Decree of Justice

Sideboard:

1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Coffin Purge
1 Gush
1 Fire/Ice
2 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Disenchant
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Rack and Ruin

3rd-4th Place
John Moore Playing
U/r Fish

//Creatures
4 Cloud of Faeries
4 Spiketail Hatchling
4 Grim Lavamancer
2 Voidmage Prodigy
1 Gorilla Shaman

//Drawing
4 Standstill
4 Curiosity
1 Ancestral Recall

//Counters
4 Force of Will
2 Daze
1 Misdirection
1 Stifle

//Utility/Hate
3 Null Rod
1 Fire/Ice
1 Time Walk

//Mana
4 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
3 Faerie Conclave
3 Island
3 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mox Sapphire

//Sideboard
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Rack and Ruin
2 Fire/Ice
2 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Stifle
1 Misdirection

Top 8
Dan Richardson playing
One Fish Left

SOURCES (24)
3 Island
1 Mountain
4 Volcanic Island
2 Wooded Foothills
1 Flooded Strand
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Faerie Conclave
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Library Of Alexandria
1 Black Lotus (proxy)
1 Mox Sapphire (proxy)

MEN (13)
4 Spiketail Hatchling
2 Flying Men (gotta love the plural name)
3 Razorfin Hunter (the one fish left)
2 Suq'Ata Firewalker (old sideboard tech now maindeck)
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Gorilla Shaman

JUST SAY NO (8)
4 Force Of Will
3 Stifle
1 Misdirection
0 Daze

DRAW (9)
4 Curiosity
3 Standstill
1 Ancestral Recall (proxy)
1 Time Walk (borrowed)

ANSWERS (6)
3 Null Rod
2 Fire/Ice
1 Echoing Truth

SIDE (15)
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Maze Of Ith
2 Viashino Heretic
1 Gorilla Shaman (1 main)
1 Fire/Ice (2 main)
1 Wasteland (3 main)
1 Control Magic
1 Sigil Of Sleep
1 Black Vise

Top 8
David Feinstein playing
Draft Deck Stompy:

3 Oxidize
2 Troll Ascetic
3 Survival of the dead card, I mean fittest
3 Null rod
3 Squee. goblin nabob
4 Arrogant wurm
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Wild Mongrel
4 RIVER MVP BOA!
4 Elvish spirit guide
4 Hidden Gibbons
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Bazzar of Baghdad
12 Forest

Sideboard (made with only the freshest mirrodin limited ingredients)-
2 Viridian Shaman
2 Oxidize
3 Viridian Zealot
2 Troll Ascetic
1 Survival of the Fittest
2 Root Maze
3 Spike Feeder (What can I say, I'm terrible)

Top 8
Scott Britschock playing
I <3 JP MEYER

3 Island
3 Forest
4 Wasteland
4 Tropical Island
4 Polluted Delta
4 Aquameoba
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Emerald
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 WIld Mongrel
3 Null Rod
4 Arrogant Wurm
2 WOnder
2 Deep Analasis
4 Circular Logic
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk

Sideboard:
4 Stupefying Touch
4 Oxidize
3 Sword of Fire and Ice
3 BEB
1 Wonder

Top 8
Chris Hufnagel playing
Control Slavery w/ Black
4 Island
4 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Shivan Reef
1 Library of Alexandria
5 Moxen
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
4 Goblin Welder
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Pentavus
1 Platinum Angel
4 Thirst for Knowledge
2 Mindslaver
2 Fire/Ice
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawg Will
2 Cunning Wish
1 Tinker
1 Memory Jar
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk

Sideboard:
1 Fact or Fiction
3 Rack and Ruin
3 Flametongue Kavu
2 Blood Moon
3 REB
1 Echoing Truth
1 Fire/Ice
1 Gorilla Shaman

Top 16
Thomas Penza playing
Food Chain Goblins

1 Strip Mine
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Taiga
2 Elvish Spirit Guide
6 Mountain
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
4 Food Chain
4 Goblin Recruiter
4 Goblin Ringleader
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Goblin Piledriver
4 Goblin Lackey
3 SKirk Prospector
3 Goblin Matron
3 SIege Gamg Commander
2 Gempalm Incinerator
2 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Goblin Tinkerer
1 Lotus Petal

Sideboard:
2 Rack and Ruin
3 Naturalize
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Blood Moon
4 REB
1 Ground Seal

Top 16
Michael Sanchez playing
Broodstarrunner
4 Goblin Welder
4 Metal Worker
4 Juggernaut
4 Myr Enforcer
2 Triskellion
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 TInker
1 Memory Jar
1 Wheel of Fortune
4 Tangle Wires
3 Lightning Greeves
1 Mindslaver
1 Timetwister
5 Moxen
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Volcanic Islands

Sideboard:
3 REB
3 Rack and Ruin
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Blood Moon
1 Platinum Angel
1 Mindslaver
1 Masticore

Top 16
Raymond Clavette playing
Control Slavery w/Black
1 Memory Jar
2 Cunning Wish
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Force of Will
4 Thrist for Knowledge
6 Island
1 Platinum Angel
3 Brainstorm
3 Fire/Ice
1 Tinker
2 Underground Sea
4 Volcanic Island
4 Mana Drain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yagmoth's Will
1 Sol Ring
1 Pentavus
1 Mana Vault
5 Moxen
4 Goblin Welder
1 Time Walk
4 Polluted Delta
2 Mindslaver
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mana Crypt

Sideboard:
1 Echoing Truth
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Hibernation
1 Fire/Ice
1 Shattering Pulse
2 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Blood Moon
3 Rack and Ruin
3 REB

Top 16
Eli Kassis playing
Dargon
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Swamp
5 Moxen
1 Black Lotus
2 Dark Ritual
1 Vampric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Squee
4 Worldgorger Dragon
1 Sliver Queen
1 Ambassador Laquisha
2 Necromancy
2 Dance of the Dead
3 Animate Dead
2 Deep Analysis
4 Duress
2 Intuition
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor

Sideboard
2 Coffin Purge
1 Engineered Plague
1 Chain of Vapor
3 Stifle
1 Gilded Drake
2 Rushing River
4 Energy Flux
1 Verdent Force


Top 16
Tim Harding playing
Food Chain Goblins
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Taiga
6 Mountain
2 Wasteland
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
4 Food Chain
4 Goblin Recruiter
4 Goblin Ringleader
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Goblin Piledriver
4 Goblin Lackey
3 Skirk Prospector
3 Goblin Matron
3 Siege Gamg Commander
3 Gempalm Incinerator
2 Goblin Sharpshooter
2 Shatter

Sideboard:
3 Rack and Ruin
2 Naturalize
2 Shatter
4 Fire/(Ice)
4 Defense Grid

Top 16
Mike Small playing
Hulk Smash
1 Flooded Stand
3 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
3 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
5 Moxen
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
3 Pyschatog
2 Intuition
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
2 Deep Analysis
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
3 Durress
3 Cunning WIsh
1 Mind Twist
2 Gorilla Shaman
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Gush

Sideboard
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Deep Anal
1 Naturalize
3 REB
1 Rack and Ruin
2 Pernicious Deed
1 Oxidize
1 Vampric Tutor
1 Berserk
1 Fire/Ice
1 Artifact Mutation
1 BEB

Top 16
Sebastian St- Louis playing
Hulk Smash
3 Flooded Stand
2 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
5 Moxen
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
3 Pyschatog
2 Intuition
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
2 Durress
3 Cunning Wish
1 Mind Twist
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Gush
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Fire/Ice
1 Mystical Tutor

Sideboard
1 Ebony Charm
1 Artifact Mutation
1 Naturalize
2 BEB
3 REB
1 Firestrom
2 Gorilla Shaman
1 Oxidize
1 Vampric Tutor
1 Berserk
1 Fire/Ice
1 Coffin Purge

Top 16
Robert Chaplain playing
For the Glory

Creatures:
4 Black Knight (3 DCI Foil, 1 Beta)
4 White Knight (3 DCI Foil, 1 Alpha
4 River Boa (3 Promo Foil, 1 Korean)

Disruption:
4 Duress (4 Promo Foil)
4 Wasteland (1 Korean)
1 Strip Mine (French BB)
3 Null Rod
3 Sphere of Resistance (1 Korean)

Removal:
3 Vindicate (1 Japanese, 1 Chinese, 1 Simplified Chinese)
2 Swords to Plowshares (2 signed Ice Age)

Draw / Search:
2 Sylvan Library (1 Legends, 1 Japanese BB)
1 Demonic Tutor (Beta)
1 Regrowth (German BB)
1 Necropotence

Other:
3 Rancor (2 Foil, 1 Spanish Foil)

Mana:
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald (signed)
1 Black Lotus
4 Bayou (3 Italian BB, 1 Beta)
4 Scrubland (3 Italian BB, 1 Alpha)
4 Savannah (1 French BB, 1 signed Italian BB)
4 Windswept Heath

Sideboard:
3 Choke (2 8th Foil)
3 Planar Void (3 Proxy)
3 Perish
2 Rule of Law
2 Swords to Plowshares (1 DCI Foil)
2 Diabolic Edict

Again,
Thanks...you guys are the best.
Ray

[Dr. Sylvan]

Thank goodness I've been satiated before being forced to go on a robo-rampage.

<3 fishman.

[The Atog Lord]

How would everyone feel about a 10:00 start time instead of 11:00

The 11am start time is probably better for those of us who have a large drive to get there, and who do not stay overnight. I've been very happy with the 11am start because it lets me get a decent night's sleep beforehand and then still make it there on time.

And again, great job running Waterbury.

[wuaffiliate]

if it were not for the late start (and my cell phone) we would not have made it in time.

EDIT: wtf is with the 1st palce FCG list, terrible.

[Lord of the Goats]

although team goat couldn't go this time for personal reasons, we will be back asap.

11am is a must, there's no way we're making it if it's at 10.

[Vegeta2711]

Wow that is one intresting set of decks.

Yay @ FCG, Fish and other random stuff that swings doing well, wtf @ top deck though.

[Pern]

I would love an earlier start.
Combined with expanding the deal on rooms,
more people from a distance could come the night before.
That staying till 2 AM and finishing in a little side room thing was sub-optimal.

[wuaffiliate]

we would have come the day before, but i had to work till 11pm the night before lol.

[Zherbus]

I'd likely attend an event that started at 8AM and got over at 8 PM rather than 12 to 12 or 1 to 1, personally. I'm sure I'm the minority here though.

[jpmeyer]

I'd likely attend an event that started at 8AM and got over at 8 PM rather than 12 to 12 or 1 to 1, personally. I'm sure I'm the minority here though.

If I can actually get to the tourney in a reasonable amount of time, I like 9-10am-ish starts, too.

[Grand Inquisitor]

I'll cast my vote for earlier starts as well (especially now that I'm moving to Hartford, hehe).

However, I completely sympathize with those coming from NJ, eastern MA, and even Canada.  I wouldn't trade their attendance for getting out a little earlier.

Perhaps if we move the start time up, the tournaments could be held on Sunday again, which would allow people from farther away all of Saturday to get here?

[Jacob Orlove]

Please don't hold them on Sunday. 90% of people have school/work the next day, and it just turns into a huge hassle. Sunday tournaments are never optimal.

I'd probably prefer the later start time, but neither one is going to make me miss the tournament.