[Results] Milwaukee WI T1 Tournament Mox Jet 10 proxy

[Into The Silence]

Could a mod. please move this to the proper forum, thanks.
26 people showed up despite regionals going on.

Top 8 Decklists

1st-2nd Split) Brian Fisher: 7/10 Split

3 Sundering Titan
2 Triskelion
2 Memnarch
4 Goblin Welder
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Force of Will
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
1 Timetwister
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Tinker
1 Memory Jar
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Mishra’s workshop
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Shivan Reef
2 City of Brass
1 Ancient Tomb
2 Glimmervoid
3 Gilded Lotus
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt

Sideboard:

2 Duplicant
1 Viashino heretic
2 Rack and Ruin
3 Blue Elemental Blast
4 Trinisphere
3 Tormod’s Crypt

1st-2nd Split) Ian DeGraff: Control Slaver

4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
1 Fact of Fiction
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Memory Jar
4 Goblin Welder
3 Mindslaver
1 Pentavus
1 Memnarch
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Underground Sea
4 Flooded Strand
4 Volcanic Island
5 Island
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard:
2 Gorilla Shaman
3 Flametongue Kavu
1 Duplicant
1 Platinum Angel
2 Blue Elemental Blast
3 Mogg Salvage
3 Red Elemental Blast

3) Gregg Seaverson: Control Slaver

4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Goblin Welder
3 Brainstorm
2 Mindslaver
3 Fire/Ice
1 Pentavus
1 Platinum Angel
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tinker
2 Cunning Wish
1 Memory Jar
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Volcanic Island
4 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
6 Island

Sideboard:

1 Fire/Ice
1 Echoing Truth
3 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Fact or Fiction
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Shattering Pulse
2 Bloodmoon
1 Misdirection

4) Brian Stamper: Gay Fish

4 Cloud of Faeries
4 Grim Lavamancer
3 Spiketail Hatchling
3 Rootwater Thief
4 Force of Will
3 Daze
2 Stifle
2 Fire/Ice
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
3 Null Rod
4 Standstill
3 Curiosity
4 Island
4 Volcanic Island
3 Polluted Delta
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra’s Factory
2 Faerie Conclave
1 Library of Alexandria

Sideboard:

3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Rack and Ruin
3 Energy Flux
2 Control Magic
1 Stifle
1 Fire/Ice

5th-8th) Jesse Michalica: Madness

3 Wasteland
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Strip Mine
4 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
1 Forest
1 Taiga
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
3 Careful Study
2 Deep Analysis
4 Basking Rootwalla
3 Roar of the Wurm
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Circular Logic
4 Force of Will
2 Intuition
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Anger
1 Wonder
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob

Sideboard:

3 Artifact Mutation
4 Null Rod
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Stifle
2 Rack and Ruin

5th- 8th) Geoff Troyer: Suicide

4 Mishra’s Factory
16 Swamp
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
4 Dark Ritual
3 Nantuko Shade
1 Necropotence
4 Phyrexian Negator
4 Hypnotic Specter
4 Phyrexian War Beast
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Duress
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
2 Withered Wretch
2 Wretched Anarid
3 Black Knight

Sideboard:

1 Black Knight
2 Swamp
3 Pestilence
3 Diabolic Edict
2 Contagion
4 Order of the Ebon Hand

5th-8th) Alan Kondrisack: TriniTNT

4 Juggernaut
4 Sui-Chi
4 Goblin Welder
4 Survival of the Fittest
4 Trinisphere
4 Tangle Wire
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Pentavus
1 Anger
1 Sundering Titan
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Triskelion
1 Duplicant
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Wasteland
1 Stripmione
4 Taiga
1 Mountain
3 Forest
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
 
Sideboard:

3 Chalice of the Void
3 Naturalize
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Blood Moon
1 Elf Replica
1 Plantinum Angel
1 Masticore

5th-8th) Chad Haley: Madness

1 Eldamari’s vineyard
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
4 Taiga
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Viridian Zealot
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
3 Deep Analysis
2 Anger
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Nimble Mongoose
3 Wild Mongrel
3 Roar of the Wurm
2 Wonder
4 Careful Study
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Arrogant Wurm

Sideboard:

2 Tolarian Winds
4 Goblin Welder
2 hydroblast
1 Frantic Search
4 Artifact Mutation
1 Mountain
1 Forest

[Grand Inquisitor]

Thanks for the decklists, but can you say anything about how it played out?  There are a ton of artifacts in that T8.  Is that typical of this metagame?  What were the other 18 players running?  How did people win these 'welder mirrors'?

[MrZuccinniHead]

im curious of how sui black T8ed.

[Into The Silence]

In the field there was...
2 Tog
1 GroAtog
1 TPS
1 2 Land Belcher
2 Gay Fish
1 Nether Void
1 Shop Slaver
2 Food Chain Goblins
1 White Wheenie
3 Scrub.dec
1 Madness

Last month's top 8 was...
1-2)Keeper
1-2)TnTmask
3) Dragon
4) 7/10 Split
5)Tog
6)Keeper
7)Madness
8)Ravager

How did people win these 'welder mirrors'?

I played 7/10 Split and was able to get past other welders by the decks explosiveness.  My sideboard helped out a great deal by bringing in 3 Rebs and 2 Duplicants.

The highlight of my tournament experience was when my opponent played a Slaver (not enough mana to activate) and passes turn.  I draw Memnarch, have enough mana to play it, steal Slaver, and use it.

Brian

[Squee]

Suicide made top 8 due to lucky matchups.  He played bad TPS White Weenie, and 1 other random and he drew twice.  He was easily eliminated in the top 8 by I@n Degraff.  

I played 2-Land Belcher and ha dto play Fish and Hulk the last 2 rounds and went 0-1-1 in them.  My final record was 2-2-1.  

Our metagame usually has a very heavy control component but 2 4c Control players did not show up.  Workshops/Artifacts are also very present and always seem to do well.  In terms of Welder mirrors I don't think there were that many in the Swiss.  Gregg played a few random decks before top 8 and so did a few other guys.

[nether__void]

Thanks for the decklists, but can you say anything about how it played out?  There are a ton of artifacts in that T8.  Is that typical of this metagame?  What were the other 18 players running?  How did people win these 'welder mirrors'?

Milwaukee definitely has had a pretty artifact-heavy metagame as of late.   I was a bit suprised to see Slaver in the T8, however.  The last couple of tournaments weren't very kind to Slaver.

Just curious...how many proxies appeared in the field and T8?  Being this store's first 10-proxy event, I was curious how what impact it would have on the metagame.

I was one of the poor souls that couldn't make it (had to visit the in-laws).  It sounds like there was a decent turnout, so it's too bad that I had to miss it.  When's the next one scheduled for?

[I@n]

Milwaukee was fun but the level of good players was significantly lower then dreamers. I could write more about this but that is simply the truth.

I think its rather odd I walked into the tourney with a deck I haven't tested at all and won the whole thing. Granted Fish was a difficult matchup but I still pulled it out in the end.  Milwaukee had way to many slavery decks climbing to the top because of the lack of fish in the metagame.

Perhaps not oddly most of the players at the high tables had few if any proxies for example I for instance had my Platinum angel proxied but everything else was real.  

Next month could be more interesting, I highly encourage players from Chicago to come up and compete, it would be fun to have a bit more competition next time.

-I@n
(the correct spelling of my name)

[Toad]

Sideboard:

1 Black Knight
2 Swamp
3 Pestilence
3 Diabolic Edict
2 Contagion
4 Order of the Ebon Hand

w00t !

[nether__void]

Milwaukee was fun but the level of good players was significantly lower then dreamers. I could write more about this but that is simply the truth.

I would agree that Milwaukee is further back on the curve as far as play level among the population of participants of T1 events compared to Dreamers or Chicago - primarily due to a lack of T1 events in the area.

IMO, Milwaukee is currently experiencing a renaissance of T1 popularity.  Outside of our once-a-year dose that we'd get from GenCon when it was still held here, I'd be hard-pressed to recall the last T1 tournament that I attended where there was more than a handful of competitive players.

In contrast, Dreamers and several sites in Chicago have kept T1 alive this whole time.  If any lull existed, it wasn't as severe as what has hit the Milwaukee T1 scene.

My hope is that with continued T1 tournaments, especially proxy events, T1's popularity will snowball here.  Getting guys (and gals would be welcomed too) to come down from MN and up from Chicago helps breathe life into our metagame and makes for better competition.  Convincing talented T2 and extended players that also frequent stores here will also help.

In summary, I think Milwaukee is headed in the right direction.  The Game Universe hosting T1 tournaments is helping.  Competitive players from outside Milwaukee coming and showing their support is helping.  I think that the formation of a team or teams in Milwaukee would also be a healthy step - encouraging both playtesting and learning.