Nov 5th GP samite deck lists

[cbutch4]

The standings looked like this going into the final round.
Andy probasco and greg hughes in the finals
ray robillard and travis laplante made top4
michael spencer, brian rozzero, kent kolbig, and chris marshall in top8

1-2 andy probasco
4 force of will
4 mana drain
4 tfk
2 pithing needle
2 gifts
2 merchant scroll
1 recoup
1 burning wish
1 ancestral
1 time walk
1 mystical tutor
1 vampiric tutor
1 demonic tutor
1 yawg will
4 b-storm
1 darksteel colossus
1 tinker
1 EE
1 lotus petal
1 time vault
1 flame fusillade
5moxen
1 sol ring
1 black lotus
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault
1 library of alexandria
1 tolarian academy
2 strand
2 delta
2 island
2 snow covored island
2 underground sea
3 volcanic island

SB:
1 engineered plague
2 tormod's crypt
1 pithing needle
1 imperial seal
1 pyroclasm
2 r&r
1 echo ruin
2 pyroblast
2 reb
1 pentavus
1 deep analysis

1-2 Greg hughes
4 forbidden orchard
4 brainstorm
4 fow
4 oath
4 mana leak
4 duress
3 wasteland
3 flooded strand
3 tfk
2 intuition
2 polluted delta
2 underground sea
2 island
1 strip
1 trop
1 akroma
1 razia
1 demonic tutor
1 vampiric
1 mystical
1 gaea's blessing
1 chain of vapor
2 chalice
1 ancestral
1 time walk
6 lomoxen

SB:
4 city of brass
2 choke
2 ground seal
1 spirit of the night
1 darksteel colossus
1 tinker
1 wasteland
1 trisk
1 hurkyl's recall
1 echo truth

3-4: ray robillard
4 goblin welder
7 SoLoMoxen
1 mana vault
1 mana crypt
1 ancestral
1 crop rotation
1 demonic tutor
1 vampiric
1 tinker
1 mindslaver
1 karn
1 memory jar
1 metalworker
1 sundering titan
1 3sphere
1 trisk
1 gorilla shaman
1 balance
1 gamble
2 smokestack
2 gilded lotus
3 tfk
3 crucible
4 tangle wire
4 mishra's workshop
4 wasteland
4 gemstone mine
4 city of brass
1 strip
1 tolarian academy

SB:
3 chalice
2 tormods crypt
2 seal of cleansing
2 viashino heretic
3 reb
2 choke
1 jesters cap

3-4 Travis laplante
1 monkey cage
1 minds eye
1 mana crypt
1 sundering titan
1 sol ring
1 forgotten ancient
1 march o de machines
1 sensei's top
1 ancestral
1 tolarian academy
1 3sphere
5moxen
1 mindslaver
1 fof
1 crop rotation
1 mana vault
1 barbarian ring
1 time walk
1 demonic
1 trisk
1 duplicant
1 pentavus
1 doubling season
1 strip
1 lotus
1 library
1 tinker
1 pithing needle
4 workshop
3 sphere of resistance
4 tfk
4 city of brass
4 gemstone mine
2 gilded lotus
2 wasteland
3 goblin welder
2 crucible

SB:
2 ray of revelation
3 swords to plowshares
1 r&r
1 viashino heretic
2 sacred ground
3 beb
1 hydroblast
2 eon hub

5-8 michael spencer
1 darksteel colossus
4 fow
3 gifts
4 oath
1 krosan rec
1 burning wish
4 drain
1 mystical
4 b-storm
1 recoup
1 lotus petal
7 SoLoMoxen
1 mana vault
1 regrowth
1 time walk
1 ancestral
1 demonic
1 tinker
1 tawk will
1 darkblast
1 mana crypt
1 life from the loam
1 echo truth
4 forbidden orchard
2 strand
2 delta
1 island
2 volcanic
1 underground
1 tolarian academy
1 lonely sandbar
1 forgotten cave
1 barren moor
1 trop

SB:
1 tundra
1 pyroblast
2 tendrils
2 pithing needle
1 reb
2 r&r
3 suppression field
2 iridation angel
1 rebuild

5-8 Brian Rozzero
4 fow
4 b-storm
4 stp
3 null rod
3 annul
3 daze
3 orims chant
4 meddling mage
4 werebear
4 nimble mongoose
1 ancestral
1 time walk
1 gush
1 mox sapphire
1 mox pearl
1 black lotus
4 strand
1 heath
1 strip
4 waste
3 tundra
3 trop
1 island
1 savannah

SB:
3 rushing river
3 stifle
3 arcane lab
3 e-fulx
3 beb

5-8 Kent Kolbig
1 balance
1 mox ruby
3 tfk
4 time vault
1 mox sapph
1 ancestral
4 flame fusilade
1 colossus
1 fof
2 gifts ungiven
1 sol ring
1 yawg will
1 demonic
1 mox emerald
1 cunning wish
1 mox pearl
1 mystical
1 mox jet
1 lotus petal
1 black lotus
1 gorilla shaman
1 tinker
1 time walk
1 mana vault
1 mana crypt
1 vampiric
4 drain
3 b-storm
4 fow
4 volcanic
1 tolarian academy
2 tundra
3 delta
2 underground sea

SB:
1 echo truth
1 skeletal scrying
1 reb
1 stp
2 herkyl's recall
1 r&r
1 gorilla shaman
1 EE
2 seal of cleansing
3 pithing needle

5-8 Chris Marshall
1 darksteel colossus
1 crop rotation
2 elvish spirit guide
2 xantid swarm
1 hurkyl's recall
3 grim tutor
4 dark rit
4 duress
4 b-storm
1 yawg will
1 minds desire
1 necro
1 yawg bargain
1 timetwister
1 wheel
1 windfall
1 tinker
1 memory jar
1 demonic
1 vampiric
1 mystical
1 ancestral
2 tendrils
2 underground sea
4 city of brass
4 gemstone mine
1 tolarian academy
1 black lotus
5 moxen
1 sol ring
1 led
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault
1 lotus petal

I left once the finals started, so i dont know who won. hopefully andy or someone who stayed will be able to inform us.


The most creative deck in the tournament was clearly piloted by Domenic "TRS" Minicucci

Shambler Go
1 life from the loam
1 nightmare void
1 pernicious deed
2 intuition
1 vinelasher kudzu
1 fungal shambler
1 cunning wish
2 shadow of doubt
1 darkblast
3 phychatog
1 demonic
1 time walk
1 ancestral
1 fof
1 yawgmoths will
4 b-storm
4 drain
4 AK
4 fow
1 black lotus
1 mox sapphire
1 mox jet
1 mox emerald
1 sol ring
1 caphalid coliseum
2 lonely sandbar
1 strip mine
4 trop
3 underground sea
1 swamp
2 island
1 mire
2 delta
3 flooded strand

SB:
1 berserk
1 vampiric tutor
1 shadow of doubt
1 hydroblast
1 echo truth
1 intuition
1 rebuild
2 tormods crypt
2 oxidize
2 duress
2 pernicious deed

[Lunk]

Doubling Season?  Forgotten Ancient?  Monkey Cage?!  Cool points from me probably don't mean a whole lot, but this guy gets many of them.  I'd love to see a report on that one.

3-4 Travis laplante
1 monkey cage
1 minds eye
1 mana crypt
1 sundering titan
1 sol ring
1 forgotten ancient
1 march o de machines
1 sensei's top
1 ancestral
1 tolarian academy
1 3sphere
5moxen
1 mindslaver
1 fof
1 crop rotation
1 mana vault
1 barbarian ring
1 time walk
1 demonic
1 trisk
1 duplicant
1 pentavus
1 doubling season
1 strip
1 lotus
1 library
1 tinker
1 pithing needle
4 workshop
3 sphere of resistance
4 tfk
4 city of brass
4 gemstone mine
2 gilded lotus
2 wasteland
3 goblin welder
2 crucible

[Jacob Orlove]

Brassman lost in the finals, proving that he really can't actually get first place anywhere ever. Come on, Andy! What's up with that?

[Lunk]

That Oath list that apparently won looks pretty sketchy.  Intuitions with no AK?  Best I can figure it was used as a tutor, but when he's not running Imperial Seal, I'd think that'd be better than at least one of them.  Only 2 Chalices seems like a mistake, because you want it first turn.  I won't deny the power of Choke, but is it really worth devoting 6 SB slots to 2 Chokes (I'm assuming the Cities are there to go with the Chokes)?  Spirit of the Night seems like a wasted board slot too, with 2 hasty beaters already maindecked.  Was Pentavus really that much of a concern?

[Jacob Orlove]

From what I saw, he basically just got really good draws against Andy in games 2 and 3 of their match.

[LouGodKingofDustBunnys]

 :lol: I think Brassy's cursed. Btw congrats greg, you bastage...I'll get you next week at Myriad Games  I would type a report, but i'm old and tired...if i can get the motivation...

[49 Cents]

3-4 Travis laplante
1 monkey cage
1 minds eye
1 mana crypt
1 sundering titan
1 sol ring
1 forgotten ancient
1 march o de machines
1 sensei's top
1 ancestral
1 tolarian academy
1 3sphere
5moxen
1 mindslaver
1 fof
1 crop rotation
1 mana vault
1 barbarian ring
1 time walk
1 demonic
1 trisk
1 duplicant
1 pentavus
1 doubling season
1 strip
1 lotus
1 library
1 tinker
1 pithing needle
4 workshop
3 sphere of resistance
4 tfk
4 city of brass
4 gemstone mine
2 gilded lotus
2 wasteland
3 goblin welder
2 crucible

How cool is that. And you say Europeans are weird?

[nataz]

How cool is that. And you say Europeans are weird?

I honestly think travis wins with these decks out of spite.

[TopSecret]

     This was an excellent tournament. If more tournaments like this are run, I will make it my business to attend them. It was a very good time.

     Also, running Monkey Cage and friends is the best thing I saw all day. Seriously, one game away from top 8... And I am swarmed by seven green 2/2 ape tokens. That made my day.

     Congratulations to everyone who made the top 8. Also, I thank everyone who took crocodile beats in stride, especially if it took close to twenty turns for the crocodile to go all the way... Even with island walk...

[Outlaw]

If you look at Travis' questionable card choices you should notice that tinkering for a darksteel under a monkey's cage is not an option anymore.  Doubling Season + Ancient, Monkey's Cage or Smokestack is amazing.  Yet again my team takes 2nd.  Frown towns.  Congrats to everyone though!

[Juggernaut GO]

doubling season is the shit!
I didn't get to do much combo with pentavus/doubling season though.  It did win me a game when I played triskelion with it in play, 7/7 triskelion that shoots 6 damage is pretty cool.  My losing streak against brass man continues, someday I'll get the better of him.

[Komatteru]

Oh well, so much for deck construction.... Congrats to all who did well (even Travis, sigh)!

Come on, Ray! You're killing me!  Where's the savage Belcher action?

[Juggernaut GO]

hahahaha j dizzle loves me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I knew it.  Yous should just move to the northeast and play magic with cool people every weekend

[Jacob Orlove]

Also, I thank everyone who took crocodile beats in stride, especially if it took close to twenty turns for the crocodile to go all the way... Even with island walk...

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention earlier that Greyscale Gharial (1/1 islandwalk for U) singlehandedly killed at least four people over the course of the event.

[Dozer]

michael spencer

3 gifts

4 oath

1 life from the loam
1 lonely sandbar
1 forgotten cave
1 barren moor

Wow. That is without a doubt the weirdest combination of engines I've seen in the last couple of weeks, Monkey Cage notwithstanding. This makes me want to jump on the LftL bandwagon...

What a T8. This is at least as weird as Europe.

[Zias]

Ah, let me explain about my "sketchy" Oath build. The first problem is that I built my sideboard on the spot with limited time, I had to throw something together very quickly. In the end I was not satisfied by my choice of sideboard cards (Spiriit of the night was there to fill up space).

As for intuitions: I Only wanted to play one (and even that I did not like very much). I would've played Imperial Seal but I did not have the proxy space.

With the whole "Choke" thing, 4 Cities was far too heavy, but again, my sideboard was made on the spot.

And you are right about Chalices, there should be at least three or very possibly four.

-Greg

Also, props to Travis: I heard many a lament over Monkey Cage 

[LouGodKingofDustBunnys]

michael spencer

3 gifts

4 oath

1 life from the loam
1 lonely sandbar
1 forgotten cave
1 barren moor

Wow. That is without a doubt the weirdest combination of engines I've seen in the last couple of weeks, Monkey Cage notwithstanding. This makes me want to jump on the LftL bandwagon...

What a T8. This is at least as weird as Europe.

I, for one, don't really consider the Loam engine weird in my deck...to be honest, it fits in perfectly, under certain circumstances. Depending on what you are playing against and what the board looks like at the time, you can gifts for the Colossus kill, the Tendrils combo kill, or a draw engine that bleeds your opponents counters dry/builds you a hand that makes your opponent sigh in frustration.
As for oath, you can oath the engine into your yard, and draw like crazy as you smash you opponent...he/she's fighting to find something to stop you, while your drawing into answers and/or the back up kill.
There is a tourney next week at Myriad Game that i will be attending, I Might do a double tourney report after that one, i don't know. However i will do a very quick run down of the tourney...
Rd1 vs (forgot your name sir) with JuggernautGo's Waterbury list
2-0
Rd2 vs Kent kolbig with gift with vault/flame...I think (I killed him so fast both games that I'm not exactly sure, but i did see time vault once
2-0
Rd3 vs Chris K with CA
1-1 (the game I lost,I got raped by wheel of fortune with a possessed portal in play...ouch)
Rd4 vs Ollie with gifts Salvager's
2-0
Rd5 vs Jarad Dewick? Demick? with Dragon
2-0
Rd6 vs ??? with ???
Id into the top 8 as the first seed

Quarters vs Greg (aka Zias)
0-2
Honestly, I failed my deck game one, and he ruthlessly crushed me do to my play mistake, and Game two my deck failed me and I got ancestraled out.

Overall my Deck was Wonderful for me...absolutely fantastic. However, to anyone who considers Netdecking this, After I got home I readjusted the mana base slightly, and cut a few cards that were less then stellar for me. After I test the new variation out I'll post something and let people know.

[goober]

The tourny was awesome, and relaxing and playing Jacob's Type4 during rounds 5 and 6 was a lot of fun.

I lost in the top8 to JuggernautGO's creation.  I didn't get to see any sweet Doubling season action.

I know my Grimlong isn't optimal, since I only had Pearl I would have needed some extra proxies.

[cbutch4]

ye t4 was definately amazing. Also, the pub down the street had some excellent food, as samite or Chris K could tell you. Cant wait until the next one, if its even half as good it'll be a must go to. Just think, what tournament gets yop8 decklists up minutes after finishing?

[Dozer]

I, for one, don't really consider the Loam engine weird in my deck...to be honest, it fits in perfectly, under certain circumstances.

I don't think the Life-engine itself is weird. It is just the combination of Life + Oath + Gifts that looked weird to me, because you rarely see three so different engines together. Personally, I want to try the Life engine, too, just on the grounds that it is basically uncounterable draw. Congratulations on the T8 finish, btw! Good job.

Dozer

[LouGodKingofDustBunnys]

:lol: Sir, I reread my post and your first post, and am sorry...my response was rather ambiguous. I was not attempting to imply that you in fact thought that the LftL engine itself was weird, and for that I apologize.

On the Life+Oath+Gifts engine, of all the major control decks, one with both Gifts and Oath,IMO,this is were it fits best. Quick run down
CS- First and formost...it doesn't have the room to fit it in, nor does it need it... in CS, Thirst is much superior.

MD Gifts-once again, no room...if you try to plug it in, you make your deck into a pile of steaming poo...and I have not enjoyed playing with Poo since I was 1-2 years old...what can I say, I no longer big on finger painting(now my kids, they are a different story OMH).

Fish-*raises an eyebrow* I'm allergic to fish so I have nothing to say on the matter.

Brassy-e-poo-Gifty-e-poo- With a little tweaking, I could see it shoved in there, but I don't think it would make the deck sexier, and if Brassy did something "unsexy" he would have to face the righteous wrath of Kowal and Outlaw and a supporting cast of a million Ninjas. Not. Pretty.

In this deck, the three engines together have synergy, dare I say, a humble sort of working man sexy-nas.

To anyone who is heartless enough to not have found the humor contained in this post shall be Ground up and his constituted parts will be sold off for the betterment of the Vintage community (aka the money would be donated to the buy Ashok replacement power because someone was bastage enough to steal another man's hard earned power "end rant").

[Disburden]

"The most creative deck in the tournament was clearly piloted by Domenic "TRS" Minicucci".



I Guess all that Drege-A-Tog Craziness in Extended has been creating some interest over here. Cool.

[forests failed you]

Nice job Andy!

BTW; That Monkey Cage deck is nuts....   How in the hell did you think that thing up?

Savage, Savage, Savage props to you.  I really don't know what else to say.

[Juggernaut GO]

dave feinstein was supposed to be there, and he dared me to also play with APES at waterbury.  My apes are just way cooler then kird ape...  I know he would have just conceded if we got paired, because monkey cage > kird ape.

[Prometheon]

Wouldn't Tangle Wire also be savage with Doubling Season?

[JigglyPuff]

ya but we couldnt find them the night before......
efin doubling season...
I still think that the automation thing should have made the list...
SICK GOOD!

[49 Cents]

Automatic what?

[JDawg13]

Mindless Automaton...it's basically a 4/4 1 mana Compulsion with Doubling Season in play...but that's way off-topic.

Congrats to all who made top 8, and I agree with everyone in saying that if Samite ever holds another one of these, I'll definitely be there.