6-19-04 Lotus Tourney in Kalamazoo Review

First off thank you to everyone who made this tourney possible. Those who showed up, and the 2 people that helped me judge (Bob Mahannah and Rob Kruzel). The tournament went quite well. We had 57 people register, 3 of them didnt show up (even tho they paid), so 54 people competed in 6 punctual rounds of swiss. The metagame was all over the place, lots of keeper, lots of workshop decks (of course), a fair amount of tog, a little combo, and a smattering of everything else. Here are the top 8 decklists:

1st Place: Joe Oginsky playing "Donkey Staxxx"

4x Goblin Welder
4x Smokestack
4x Sphere of Resistance
3x Trinisphere
4x Tangle Wire
1x Wheel of Fortune
4x Chalice of the Void
4x Thirst for Knowledge
2x Sundering Titan
1x Triskelion
1x Memory Jar
1x Tinker
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Vault
1x Mana Crypt
5x Moxen
1x Black Lotus
4x Mishras Workshop
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
1x Island
1x Tolarian Academy
4x Shivan Reef
3x Volcanic Island (I dont know)

SB
1x Trike
2x Tormods Crypt
2x Rack or Ruin
3x REB
1x Jesters Cap
1x Mindslaver
3x Tsabos Web (TEH TEK)
2x Stifle

2nd Place: Joe Carroll: 4cc
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Balance
4x Brainstorm
3x Cunning Wish
2x Damping Matrix
1x Decree of Justice
1x Demonic Tutor
3x Exalted Angel
1x Fact or Fiction
4x FoW
1x Gorilla Shaman
4x Mana Drain
1x Mind Twist
1x Mystical Tutor
2x Skeletal Scrying
2x StP
1x Yawgwin
1x Time Walk
1x City of Brass
2x Flooded Strand
4x Moxes (no emerald)
1x Black Lotus
1x LOA
2x Polluted Delta
1x SOl Ring
1x Strip Mine
4x Wasteland
4x Tundra
3x Underground Sea
2x Volcanic Island

SB:
1x Hydroblast
1x Coffin Purge
1x Disenchant
1x Fire/Ice
1x Gorilla Shaman
1x Plagarize
2x Rack or Ruin
3x Pyroblast
1x Skeletal Scrying
1x Stifle
1x STP
1x Vampiric Tutor

3d/4th Koskal Karakus: DARGON
2x Cunning Wish
4x FoW
3x Intuition
4x Squee
1x Ambassador Laquatus
3x Necromancy
2x Animate Dead
2x Dance of the Dead
2x Compulsion
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Worldgorger Dragon
4x Chalice of the Void
7x SoLoMox
1x Mana Crypt
1x Lotus Petal
4x Bazaar of Baghdad
4x Polluted Delta
4x Underground Sea
1x Tropical Island
2x Bayou
1x Island
1x Swamp

SB
4x Xantid Swarm
2x Sundering Titan
1x Hydroblast
1x Naturalize
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Skeletal Scrying
1x Echoing Truth
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Stroke of Genius
1x Caller of the Claw
1x Verdant Force

3d/4th Pat Kolson - FCG BAYBAY
4x Goblin Lackey
4x Goblin Warchief
4x Goblin Ringleader
4x Goblin Recruiter
4x Goblin Piledriver
3x Skirk Prospector
2x Siege-gang Commander
2x GemPalm Incinerator
4x Food Chain
2x Goblin Matron
2x Goblin Sharpshooter
1x Mana Crypt
1x SOl Ring
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Lotus Petal
1x Black Lotus
3x Mountain
4x Taiga
4x wOOded fOOthills
1x Forest
1x Strip Mine
2x Ancient Tomb
4x Wasteland

SB:
3x Tormods Crypt
3x Artifact Mutation
3x Blood Moon
3x Null Rod
3x REB

5th/6th Josh Franklin - Tog

1x Pernicious Deed
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mind Twist
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Yawgwin
1x Gorilla Shaman
2x Duress
2x Deep Anal
2x Intuition
3x Cunning Wish
3x Psychatog
4x Mana Drain
4x FoW
4x Brainstorm
4x Accumulated Knowledge
6x SoLoMoxen (No Pearl)
1x City of Brass
1x Strip Mine
1x Wasteland
2x Tropical Island
3x Volcanic Island
4x Underground Sea
2x Island
4x Polluted Delta

SB
3x REB
2x Null Rod
1x Pernicious Deed
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Fire/Ice
1x Rack and Ruin
1x Artifact Mutation
1x Coffin Purge
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Berserk
1x BEB
1x Terminate

5th/6th - Travis Lee - 2 Land Belcher
1x Channel
4x ESG
4x Land Grant
2x Living Wish
4x Tinder Wall
4x Dark Ritual
1x Demonic Consultation
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Necropotence
1x Spoils of the Vault
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Yawgwin
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Brainstorm
1x Timetwister
1x Memory Jar
1x Tinker
1x Windfall
3x Goblin Welder
1x Wheel of Fortune
7x SoLoMox
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
4x Chromatic Sphere
1x Chrome Mox
1x LED
1x Lotus Petal
4x Goblin Charbelcer
1x Tropical Island
1x Bayou

SB
1x Oxidize
1x Naturalize
3x Xantid Swarm
4x Negator
1x Goblin Welder
1x Elvish Lyrist
1x Scavenger Folk
1x Viridian Shaman
1x City of Brass
1x Tolarian Academy

7th/8th - Charles P Kruginator - T N T (dynomite)

4x Survival of the Fittest
4x Goblin Welder
4x Juggernaut
3x SuChi
1x Wheel of Fortune
3x Blood Moon
1x Sundering Titan
1x Memory Jar
1x Anger
1x Naturalize
1x Gorilla Shaman
2x Solemn Simulacrum
1x Sol Ring
1x DupliCAN
1x Artifact Mutation
1x Firestorm
1x Trike
1x BIG PLATS!!
1x Nastywhore (Masticore)
1x SQUEE
7x SOLoMox
1x Mana Vault
4x wOOded fOOthills
4x Taiga
4x Forest
1x Mountain
4x Mishras Workshop
1x Mana Crypt
1x Ancient Tomb

SB
1x Gaeas Blessing
1x Trike
4x Trinisphere
3x Lightning Bolt
2x Rack and Ruin
3x REB
1x Blood Moon

7th/8th - Stephan Rakovich - Slaver your face off
1x Cunning Wish
4x Mana Drain
4x FoW
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Timewalk
3x Mindslaver your face off
1x Yawgwin
1x Tinker
1x Demonic Tutor
3x Brainstorm
4x Thirst for Knowledge
3x Fire/Ice
4x Goblin Welder
1x BIG PLATS
1x Pentavus
1x LOA
4x Polluted Delta
4x Underground Sea
4x Island
4x Volcanic Island
7x sOLoMox
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault

SB:
4x Rack or Ruin
1x Shattering Pulse
1x Fact or Fiction
2x Hydroblast
1x BEB
2x Pyroblast
2x REB
1x Echoing Truth
1x Fire/Ice

And there it is. Thanks again to everyone who showed up. We are putting together another one for the weekend before GenCon, so keep those eyes peeled!

C

Edit: I missed 2 cards in Joe Carrolls decklist (somehow). Lotus and LoA.

C