[Results] Top 8 Decklists and results from Double Midnight Comics on May 15

[Almighty]

 First, The announcement for this was originally posted here

http://www.themanadrain.com/forums/index.php?topic=22608.0



It was an amazing tournament. Great crowd, great atmosphere, and did I mention a great crowd again? I, of course, was the one who was playing games of Mental Magic for picks from my rare binder as a side challenge, as Tyler(TJ Whoopy) said I would be doing all day. Congratulations are in order to Andrew , who forced a draw with me, and Jason, who I played when the final round was going on and was the only person to defeat me all day.

Once again, I want to thank all of those who attended. I had a great time, and i hope everyone did as well. Special thanks to Dan at Myriad for making this tournament known, and to Tyler Huff for bringing tons of people in. We had a huge 51 people show up which even made chairs into a hot commodity.

And without further adieu, here are the deck-lists for the top 8.


Winner- Oliver Beaumont (Thanks for the typed and printed list)

4 Flooded Strand
4 Tundra
3 Island
1 Plains
4 Underground Sea
1 Swamp
2 Auriok Salvagers
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Mana Drain
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox pearl
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Reanimate
1 decree of Justice
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
2 Phyrexian Furnace
3 Gifts Ungiven
3 Duress
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
3 Skeletal Scrying
1 Mox Ruby
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor


SB

1 Phyrexian Furnace
2 Arcane Laboratory
1 Platinum Angel
2 Serenity
1 Maze of Ith
3 Seal of Cleansing
3 Swords to Plowshares
2 Echoing Truth


2nd Place- Garry Wedge

1 Trinisphere
1 Memory Jar
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Time Vault
4 Lodestone Myr
4 Juggernaut
4 Metalworker
4 Lightning Greaves
3 Staff of Domination
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Seat of the Synod

SB

3 Jester’s Cap
4 Tormod’s Crypt
2 pit Trap
3 Defense Grid
2 Magma Mine
1 Duplicant


 3rd-6th

Jeff Greene

4 Academy Rector
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Force of Will
3 Sensei’s Divining Top
2 Helm of Awakening
3 Thirst for Knowledge
2 Brainstorm
1 Timetwister
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Cunning Wish
1 Future Sight
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Echoing Truth
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Mox Jet
I mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Tundra
4 Underground Sea
2 Island
3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy

SB

1 Brain Freeze
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Fact or Fiction
3 Mana Drain
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Annul
3 Seal of Cleansing


Chris Kitzmiller

1 Tinker
1 Darksteel Colossus
4 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Helm of Awakening
1 Frantic Search
3 Cunning Wish
2 Intuition
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Crop Rotation
1 Regrowth
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
2 Deep Analysis
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
3 Island
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Flooded Strand

SB

1 Gush
1 Brain Freeze
2 Misdirection
1 Oxidize
2 Annul
1 Coffin Purge
1 Echoing Truth
1 Stifle
2 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Grond Seal
1 Divert

Crossman Wilkins

1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
2 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
4 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Lotus Petal
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
3 Future Sight
3 Sensei’s Divining Top
3 Helm of Awakening
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Vampiric tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Flooded Strand
4 Accumulated Knowledge
2 Thirst for knowledge
3 Cunning Wish
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mana Vault
1 Intuition
1 Totalitarian Academy
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Balance
1 Frantic Search
2 Deep Analysis

SB

2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Flash Counter
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Duress
1 Brain Freeze
 1 Stifle
1 Echoing Truth
2 Annul
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Coffin Purge
1 Fact or Fiction

Andy Probasco (Special props, since his list was typed ahead of time, making it much easier to read)

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Duress
1 Echoing Truth
4 Brainstorm
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Gift’s Ungiven
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tawgmoth’s Will
1 Recoup
1 Tinker
1 Mana Severance
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Goblin Welder
1 Goblin Charbelcher
1 Mindslaver
1 Pentavus
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
2 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded strand
3 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria

SB
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Rushing River
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Old Man of the Sea

Jared Carter

1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Entomb
1 Black Lotus
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Possessed Portal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Goblin Welder
1 Eternal Witness1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Seat of the Synod
4 Animate Dead
3 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Duress
2 Intuition
1 Tinker
1 Balance
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Crop Rotation
1 Platinum Angel
1 Worldgorger Dragon
1 Sundering Titan
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Triskelion


Ethan Wilfong (Perhaps you could post your deck. I am having too difficult a time trying to read your handwriting. Also, If I misspelled your name, let me know.


That’s about it. I had a blast meeting people from all over New England, and I have made some friends that I hope to keep in touch with. Going to The 99 afterward was a great time, where we could reflect on all the good things that happened over the course of the day, and how to correct the bad things. It was also nice to just shoot the shit with a great crowd of people.


Thanks to all those who came. I hope to see you at the Beanie Exchange on May 29th.



- Kyle Guillemette

[Cross]

Special thanks from Savage New England. This was a great event and would recomend every who can attend the next one (but  bring chairs and tables if you're bringing lots of people). We would have liked to have made the 99 run, but we had a two hour drive ahead of us, maybe next time.

[TJ-Whoopy]

chairs and tables will not be a problem again, more chairs are being purchased today to avoid having the same thing happen again.

[nataz]

I didn't mind the chair thing at all. I mean who would have though 50 + people would have show up? I'd much rather come to an event that is so good that it attracts way more then expected, then go to an event and have not enough people.

And to be fair, it really wasn't that bad, the store really busted ass to get everthing in order as quick as possible. Plus, a turn out like this goes a long way to convincing the owners to do more, and keep doing power events.

so yea, uh

<3 the NH magic stores in general

[Ivantheterrible]

 Yeah i got fourth due to being rushed on the writing of my decklist (my fault mostly) i had some unreadble cards. I placed 4th  with TPS. My name is spelled Wilfong

[ElyasMachera]

This tournament was a lot of fun and run well after the initial mess up, but with that attendance Prize support should have increased a lot.  750 dollars just from the entry fees and only about 350 in prizes, if your generous on the price of the mox due to condition. 

[TJ-Whoopy]

we didn't really have anything on hand to add to the prize pool, we were expecting MAYBE 30 people we simply didn't have anything else on hand to add to the prize pool, also remember that free random givaways all day long.  It saddens me that someone would complain about paying $15 to enter a mox tournament when EVERY OTHER tournament currently being held for a mox has a minimum entry of $20 usually more. I thought we all got a pretty good deal. Guess you really can't make everyone happy.

most of the extra unexpected income will go to buying more chairs and tables for the next event, hope to see you there.

[Almighty]

This tournament was a lot of fun and run well after the initial mess up, but with that attendance Prize support should have increased a lot.  750 dollars just from the entry fees and only about 350 in prizes, if your generous on the price of the mox due to condition. 

I personally gave away around $70 in prizes out of my own pocket. I gave out pretty much everything I could spare as a door prize. The turnout blew me away as well. I was telling Brett to list up random names until I basically ran out of stuff. If you didn't get a door prize, I'm sorry. I got tapped out. Thank you for coming regardless.

[nataz]

This tournament was a lot of fun and run well after the initial mess up, but with that attendance Prize support should have increased a lot.  750 dollars just from the entry fees and only about 350 in prizes, if your generous on the price of the mox due to condition. 

I personally gave away around $70 in prizes out of my own pocket. I gave out pretty much everything I could spare as a door prize. The turnout blew me away as well. I was telling Brett to list up random names until I basically ran out of stuff. If you didn't get a door prize, I'm sorry. I got tapped out. Thank you for coming regardless.

I know I walked away with

1 Wasteland
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Rishadan Port

in door and top 8 prizes, which ends up getting me more then my monies worth back. I know others got little things like signed FOF, shackles etc, and other random type rares.

Would more prizes have been better (especially at that turn out) sure. Was the prize structure bad? No.

I honestly think this was a case of an event bringing in WAY more people then expected, and them just not really having the Type 1 inventory to cover the kinds of prizes we expect for 50+ people. Last time I went to NH 2x midnight was for a Mishra's Workshop, and they also ended up giving away sets of non-blue duals to everyone in the top 4. Between that, and the other door prizes, I got the impression that 2x midnight was far more interested in building a solid type I player base, then making a huge profit.

I think this still stands today, and I expect more good things from NH in the future.

[swooop]

All the players that travelled from Ireland would like to thank all the organisers and judging staff hope to see you all again

As for card choices this was a no proxy event so you can never be sure what your going to play against and some variation is needed to cope with such variety, the randomness i observed during 9 rounds was no different than that at gencon last summer.

[TJ-Whoopy]

I'm guessing the above post was intended for one of the french championship threads, (as we had 10 proxy's, and no irish people)

[vroman]

2nd Place- Garry Wedge

1 Trinisphere
1 Memory Jar
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Time Vault
4 Lodestone Myr
...

surely theres something better than time vault. lodestone is perfect for unblancing howling mine/winter orb/static orb. or just play a 4th of all the 3 ofs.

[rvs]

surely theres something better than time vault. lodestone is perfect for unblancing howling mine/winter orb/static orb. or just play a 4th of all the 3 ofs.

Lodestone + Time Vault = Infy fat Lodestone. I guess that's better than Howling Mine/Winter Orb/Static Orb tricks.

[nataz]

surely theres something better than time vault. lodestone is perfect for unblancing howling mine/winter orb/static orb. or just play a 4th of all the 3 ofs.

Lodestone + Time Vault = Infy fat Lodestone. I guess that's better than Howling Mine/Winter Orb/Static Orb tricks.

yea, he beat me playing CA in the Top 8 turn 2 after I compleatly missed the combo on the board.

[RandomFatKid85]

Yeah, I was there. I was the guy who sucked. I beat one guy there, and it was somebody I rode out there with. I really liked the store though. The owner was very nice. He even told me I was winning once, and not to tell anyone else. I am looking forward to the next time I get to go out there.