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Dreamer’s Vintage Tournament
October 10, 2004
43 Players
Prize: Unlimited Mox Ruby
Report by: Dan Milian
Well, this was my fourth Vintage tournament at Dreamer’s. Last month, I was totally pounded, going 1-4 with my rogue Black/Blue deck. This month I decided to fall back on my Four-Color Control that I have grown to love. The deck list follows:
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
2 Cunning Wish
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timewalk
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Balance
2 Decree of Justice
2 Exalted Angel
1 Mind Twist
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
3 Skeletal Scrying
2 Gorilla Shamen
1 Crucible of Worlds
4 Wasteland
1 Stripmine
4 Tundra
3 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
1 Island
4 Polluted
4 Moxes (no emerald)
1 Solring
1 Black Lotus
Sideboard:
3 Rack and Ruin
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Fire/Ice
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gorilla Shamen
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Disenchant
1 Blue Elemental Blast
Alan and I made it to Dreamer’s from Winona, Minnesota at about 12:30. Thankfully we have made this trip enough to know where the stupid construction was a problem and not miss any ramps his time. We pretty much had time to pay our entrance fee, catch up on the Vikings score and scout a bit. We saw the usual 4cc, Workshops and Dragon. We also saw quite a few Foodchain Goblin. Just a note about my deck: I have played 4cc since it has been known as “The Deck� but this particular build is the same deck list Craig Olson played last month and made Top8. Thanks Craig!
Round 1, Bryce Haley playing G/R Foodchain Goblins
Game 1
Well, here we go, game 1. My opening hand of the tournament was awesome. It consisted of: Polluted Delta x 2, Force of Will, Ancestral Recall, Timewalk, Swords to Plowshares, Brainstorm.
Bryce wins the flip and starts with a Mountain and plays a first turn Lackey. I Force of Will pitching the Brainstorm. Even though I had the Swords, I wanted to save that for the worse threat. The next couple of turns consisted of him playing Mountains and playing a couple of Piledrivers. I end up top decking another Swords and am able to StP both Piledrivers. Soon enough, I had a face up Angel swinging away. Bryce scooped at about 5 life.
Game 2
My side looked something like this: -2 Cunning Wish, -2 Gorilla Shamen, = 1 Blue Elemental Blast, +3 Fire/Ice
Again, I had a bomb opening hand: Exalted Angel, Tundra, Blue Elemental Blast, Ancestral Recall, Swords to Plowshares, Force of Will, Mana Drain
This game started off very similar. Bryce lays a Mountain, plays a Lackey, I Blue Blast it. Next turn he plays a Piledriver, I StP it. I get an Angel swinging away at his dome and scoops.
Well, what a great start, 2-0. An interesting thing, Bryce had several Tiagas out throughout both games, but never played a Foodchain. I told him I assumed he was playing Foodchain, but I hadn’t seen one yet and his response was “Yeah, tell me about it.�
Games: 2-0, Match: 1-0
Round 2, Derek Paulson playing U/R Fish
Game 1
My opening hand for Game 1 was: Gorilla Shamen, Underground Sea, Volcanic Island, Polluted Delta, Skeletal Scrying, Balance and Decree of Justice. It really had no action, but for some reason I kept it anyways. Big mistake…
This game ended with Derek playing a very early Crucible, him countering every thing I cast and me with no permanents in play. �
Game 2
My side was something like –2 Cunning Wish, -2 Gorilla Shamen, -3 StP, +3 Fire/Ice, +3 Red Elemental Blast, +1 Crucible of Worlds
This hand had a little more action, but not much: Exalted Angel, Volcanic Island, Island, Wasteland, Brainstorm, Force of Will, Underground Sea
I don’t remember much from this game other than Rinse and Repeat of Game 1.
Games: 2-2, Match: 1-1
Round 3, Justin Meyer playing Mono-Blue
Game 1
Hand 1: Wasteland, Yawgmoth’s Will, Tundra, Skeletal Scrying x 2, Force of Will, Gorilla Shamen. I Parised into: Mox Ruby, Timewalk, Tundra, Cunning Wish x 2, Gorilla Shamen.
My turn one was a land, Mox, Walk. Walk turn went land, Shamen, go. His first couple of turns was Island, Island, Mox, Tinker, Darksteel Colossus. Me with out a counter, I don’t draw a StP, I scoop. I literally only saw 4 Islands, a Tinker and a Darksteel Colossus.
I sided in 3 Red Elemental Blast for a couple Wishes and Shamen I think.
*News break, it was here where the Vickings scored their winning touchdown in overtime...*
Game 2
Opening hand: Underground Sea, Mox Pearl, Swords to Plowshares x2, Tundra, Decree of Justice, Gorilla
I figured with two StP’s in my hand, I would be able to hold off the Darksteel Colossus beats for a while. Well, I had to use them both trying to kill an Ophidian. Eventually, he Tinkers up a Darksteel Colossus again and smashes the holy hell out of me.
Games: 2-4, Match: 1-2
Round 4, Josh Olson playing Workshop
Game 1
After my two really bad beats the past two rounds, I was a little worried about my next game. Especially since Josh informed me he just got done beating 4cc. My opening hand looked like this: Wasteland, Stripmine, Brainstorm, Force of Will, Tundra, Island, Swords to Plowshares. I liked it and kept.
Josh’s opening turn was a Workshop, Crucible, which I Forced. Next turn was a Metal Worker, which I StP’d. Eventually, I got a Shamen on the board and was able to munch any artifact he cast (including Trinispheres and Crucibles.)I had a Soldier in play with the Monkey. I showed him enough Counters in my hand (Force of Will x 3, Mana Drain) to Counter the next four of his draws to win the game. He scooped.
Game 2
Sideboard was –2 Cunning Wish, -2 Swords to Plowshares, +3 Rack and Ruin, +1 Crucible of Worlds
Opening hand: Force of Will, Strip Mine, Mystical Tutor, Crucible of Worlds, Rack and Ruin, Underground Sea, Mox Sapphire.
This game, I was able to get out a second turn Crucible and start Wasting turn three. However, he got some artifact mana out and cast a Sundering Titan. He hit my only colored land (Underground) and his own land (don’t remember what it was.) With the Crucible out, I was able to come back lands wise, but I never drew a Red Mana source to cast the TWO Rack and Ruins in my hand. The Sundering Titan caved my head in.
Game 3
No change in sideboard. Opening hand: Polluted Delta, Gorilla Shamen, Decree of Justice, Force of Will, Mox Jet, Mox Sapphire, Underground Sea.
This game was a little longer, His only lands for a bit were City of Brasses, so he took some early beats from a Shamen and his own City’s. Eventually, I Drain a Juggy and hard cast a Decree and get about five Angels in play. He scoops.
A couple of the games, he had a Tangle Wire in play, and would tap his goods before removing a counter. I was going to let him know the better way to do that after the match, but he figured it out/remembered what to do during the third game, so I didn’t have to say anything. Kudos Josh!
Games: 4-5, Match: 2-2
Round 5, Chris Thompson playing R/G Beats
Game 1
My opening hand was: Wasteland, Mystical Tutor, Demonic Tutor, Tundra, Mana Drain, Force of Will (and one other card, I can’t always read my own writing �)
Chris went first and opened up the game with a Lotus for a Troll Aesthetic, I Forced it pitching my Mystical. The next couple turns saw him casting a couple Kird Apes, however, I had a very early face up Angel and obviously won the race.
Game 2
I ended up siding in the Blue Blast and Diabolic Edict for the two Wishes.
I had another pretty uber opening draw consisting of a Swords, Force of Will, Mox Jet, Mana Drain, and Polluted Delta x 2.
Chris went first again, and again played a first turn Lotus. He played a River Boa off the Lotus, which I let resolve. He then cast a Null Rod off the Lotus Mana and a land. I Forced the Null Rod, StP’d the River Boa and the Kird Ape that came out next round. At one point my hand was down to one card and I was able to resolve a huge Skeletal Scrying for six. Eventually, I had two swinging Angels with him at 7 life. My Timewalk was already in the graveyard. I Wished for the Fact or Fiction and cast it, hoping on a Will in the FoF. The fifth card of the FoF was the Will. I didn’t say anything and Chris looked at the five cards, shifting them back and forth for a couple of minutes. I told him I would give him a hint, my Walk was already in the graveyard, I didn’t care how he split it up, the Will would win the game for me by giving me back the Walk. He agreed and scooped.
Games: 6-5, Match: 3-2
Round 6, Nick Hamen playing Bazzar Madness
Game 1
I was pretty high off my win over R/G Beats, I don’t usually win that match-up. We shuffle and draw and I see a worthless hand, I paris and see a no-land hand. I parised again and saw five lands. I should of just scooped.
The ended, I still hadn’t missed a land drop and Rootwalla’s and Wild Mongrels beat the tar out of me.
Game 2
I think I sided in the Blue Blast and Fire/Ice or two, but I don’t remember.
My opening hand looked a little better this time with a Polluted Delta, Mana Drain, Volcanic Island, Skeletal Scrying, Underground Sea, Exalted Angel and a Mox Ruby.
Nick put some early betas on me with a couple Rootwallas and some burn and had me down to 10. I Demonic Tutored for a Balance, but the next turn he cast Wheel of Fortune, so I lost my Balance. However, I did draw the Yawgmoth’s Will. This Yawgmoth’s Will has been the most broken Will, I may have ever seen. It went something like this: Played a Lotus, cast Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, play Will, recast Lotus, Walk and Recall, cast Balance out of graveyard, cast Angel out of graveyard. Absolutely phenomenal. Take a Walk turn, attack, cast a second face up Angel and Nick scooped. Yawgmoth’s Will should replace the Timetwister in the P9.
Game 3
My opening hand was a Decree of Justice, StP, Skeletal Scrying, Force of Will, Mana Drain, Polluted Delta and Brainstorm, I pitched it for six new cards: Skeletal Scrying, Island, Demonic Tutor, Yawgmoth’s Will, Volcanic Island, Black Lotus. Again, this was a little better, but not much.
This game was the game of top-decking answers for anything Nick played. I StP’d any creature he cast, he Timetwistered and gave me more StP’s, I had Force of Will’s with Force of Will back-ups. I eventually had a face up Angel racing his Arrogant Wyrm. Again., the Angel wins that race.
Games: 8-6, Match: 4-2
Unfortunately, 4-2 was not good enough for Top8. I talked to Jason, and found out I was 14th place. I was pretty happy with my showing after my 1-4 spat last month. 4cc is just such a good deck. It has the ability to some of the most broken things in the game. I am thinking next month, my build will remain very similar. Some things I am throwing around is adding a 4th StP in the board, replacing the third Gorilla Shamen and maybe replacing a Decree with a second main-deck Crucible and dropping the Decree in the side. Hmm, I will have to think about it. I wanna give props out to my friend and tourney partner Alan Koxlien. He really helps me out by doing the research part of the process. He is always finding great threads and articles about deck strategies and match-ups. Plus, the whole trip is hella more fun when he is there. Thanks! See everyone next month…
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