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« on: March 27, 2006, 06:31:27 pm » |
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The tournament was composed of 30+ people.
Here was the top 8
Just because no one else has posted it
John Hurej (R/G/w Hate) beats Shawn Stewart (Gifts)
Kris Kavanagh (Tps/r) beats Jason Pilarski (UbaCap)
David Trepanier (TT Confidant) beats Rich Watson (Control Slaver)
David Caplan (U/B Dragon) beats Arend Kraehling (Control Slaver)
John Hurej beats David Trepanier
David Caplan beats Kris Kavanagh
John and David split the prize
Finals Split Report
Not all the matches are fully reported I’ll do my best to remember
U/B Dragon - Made this at 4am with no list...
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
4 Worldgorger Dragon
4 Force of Will
3 Duress
3 Necromancy
3 Animate Dead
2 Dance of the Dead
3 Intuition
2 Lim-Dul's Vault
1 Eternal Witness
1 Caller of the Claw
1 Triskelion
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
2 Island
2 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea
The late night explains my sideboard
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Hurkyls Recall
4 Defence Grid
3 Null Rod
2 Stifle
1st round
Christian – Stax with Juggs/Masticores/Metalworkers
Game 1:
The game starts off slow with me having a decent hand at best. I use a lim duls vault while he has a juggs and crucible in play with a welder and metalworkers. He beats me around and my last hope is a lim dul’s vault for win, while hes got me tangle wire locked. I was at 11 and could only vault 4 times until he could kill me next turn, so I do so and don’t see the combination of necromancy and dragon in the 5 cards. He slaps me with his beaters and I die. Tangle wire won him the game.
0-1
Game 2:
This game goes very fast. I remember forcing a stax element which would have prevented me from winning the next turn and I go off around turn 2-3.
1-1
Game 3:
I have an early bazaar which he does not find a waste for. I duress him and see a buncha stuff including Mind’s Eye, Masticore, Crucible. He uses the minds eye to gain a nice card advantage, but only gets 1 turn to use it. I walk on my turn setting up the combo.
Match : 2-1
Score: 1 - 0
2nd round
Bryan Finch – Ichorid
Game 1:
I was worried about this match up. I’ve been out of the loop for awhile and had no clue about this deck, and also the fact that it was piloted by a well reputed player worried me. This game goes fairly easy. He gets mana screwed after chrome moxing and playing a putrid imp. He quickly gains threshold and starts the beats. I go down to 10, and finally hit the cards I need to combo off.
1-0
Game 2:
This game went fast but in the other direction. He first turn chalice’s for 0 when I have a mox and a crypt in my hand, on which I was relying on. He quickly bazaared and dumped a whole lot of Ichorids and Ashen Ghouls into his grave, he then pithing needles a bazaar. I got mana screwed via Chalice at 0, and it was his game
1-1
Game 3:
The game starts off with a duress from me, I see 2 putrid imps, 1 dredge 6 troll, 1 ichorid, 1 ashen ghoul, 1 city of brass, and 1 bazaar. I get a ridiculously broken start with duress ancestral and allot of combo pieces. I was ready to go off second turn when Finch started saying that the game was hopeless and that I already won. I figured there was something fishy going on. I proceed to duress rather than winning right there. He brainstorms in response, this confirms my belief that he had hate for me. He goes and passes, I draw my card, Demonic Tutor, I proceed to Demonic Tutor for a duress to take away his chain, he then conceded
Match: 2-1
Score: 2- 0
3rd Round
Kris – TPS/r
Game 1:
Fastest game all day. He plays land and passes. I then play lotus, sapphire, recall, bazaar, and pitch a dragon, playing an animate dead for the win, he forces, and I force back for game.
1-0
Game 2:
This game also goes fairly fast. I play a defence grid first or second turn, as I didn’t know he was playing TPS at the time. He has no answer. I then go off next turn or the 3rd turn.
2-0
Score: 3-0
I then proceed to draw my next two rounds to make it into top 8 in 1st place after swiss.
Score: 3-0-2
Quarterfinals:
Arend – Control Slaver
Don’t have too many notes on this matchup.
Game 1:
I remember this game fairly well. I killed quite fast, around turn 3-4, with double force backup. I am fairly confidant in this matchup, but I had no idea about what he would bring in with his board.
1-0
Game 2:
This game I have the least notes on. All I have written down is “1 Dumbass Play”. I could have won 2nd turn via lotus but didn’t clue in. Luckily that mistake won me the game. I duress, which he counters, so I am worried. I resolved a defence grid the next turn (which I demonic tutored for). I then proceeded to win. If I had tried to win a turn or two earlier he would have easily countered it.
2-0
Score: 4-0-2
Semifinals:
Kris – TPS/r, again
Game 1:
Chris easily wins this one. He gets a very early bargain, and wins off it via gifts. I have no answers.
0-1
Game 2:
I first turn chalice for 1, which he has no answers for. I win easily after the chalice, taking a risk on a very early win, which passes.
1-1
Game 3:
This was the hardest hand to keep of the day. I am on the draw, I keep the hand of Sea, Duress, Force, Blue Card, Chalice ect. Knowing that if I draw a mana source I am very well off with a chalice for 1. On the draw I do not get the mana source so I duress him hitting a force, he has a blast in hand. My next turn I draw a delta and play the chalice at 1, I then win 2 turns after with a bazaar.
2-1
Final Score: 5-0-2
I went undefeated all day and am a little worried about the finals (R/G/W Hate). I do not know how the match will play out, but he believes I would have won, so we split and he walked away with the DCI Balance and the Signed Mox Pearl, I walk away happily with a wad of cash, because I already own my pearl
Props:
-My opponent for splitting and taking the cards, it worked out both ways, as I didn’t need them and he did
-Jason Pilarski for top 8ing with his invention, and walking away happy
-A lot of room in the store
-Untouchables for being a good host
-All my opponents for being fun and nice
-My deck for loving me
Slops
-Timed top 8, although it didn’t affect me, it affected others
-Flimsy chairs that don’t hold us morose men
-Deckbuilding at 4am with no playtest before
If there are any mistakes let me know, this is my first report...
David Caplan
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