T1 Report: Blue Bell - PA

[Nehptis]

T1 Report: Blue Bell - PA

Another well organized and exciting monthly T1 tournament is in the books in PA.  I don't keep match notes so this will be all from memory.  Typically, I play a normal metagame deck like TPS or Control Slaver.  This month I decided to mix it up a bit as I expected a lot of graveyard heavy decks like IT, Welder.  Our meta-game is constantly rotating in Philly Area.  We have everything from the decks I mentioned to a few Workshop players, some control / Drain players, Oath, Goblins, usually lots of Fish, and flavor of the day decks like Ichorid.  This month Fish and Goblins were in short supply and instead IT and other Storm decks were in full effect as well is a multitude of Welder decks (CS, Uba, Aggro Shop).

My list is pretty bizarre.  But, the idea was to give me a strong first game edge over decks that relied on their graveyards, as well as, a good matchup against Fish.  As you will see the deck was an amazing choice for 90% of the field.  However, luck was not on my side for some matches.  The list:

3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
1 Underground Sea
2 Island
5 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Dark Ritual
4 Duress
4 Withered Wretch
4 Dark Confidant
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Brainstorm
1 Timetwister
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rebuild
1 Impulse
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Darksteel Colossus
2 Pithing Needle

Sideboard:
SB: 2 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Pithing Needle
SB: 4 Engineered Plague
SB: 4 Negator
SB: 1 Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 1 Chain of Vapor
SB: 1 Old Man of the Sea
SB: 1 Gilded Drake

There were over 30 players I believe.  5 rounds of Swiss, cut to top 8.

Round 1 - UG Grow with Werebears and Tinker / DSC 1-1 Draw:
This was not a good matchup for me.  Even though I could keep him off threshold the Dryads grew faster than my deck's clock.  So, game 1 the Dryads and Werebears grew too big to fast.  Game 2 was very odd.  We both had some men on the table including 2 DSCs some large Dryads and some Negators.  We went to five turns and for some reason my opponent swung at turn 4.  I was able to survive the attack and swung with my DSC for the Win.  Draw instead of 2-0 loss.  I need to ponder how to improve this matchup for me.

Round 2 - Dragon with IT transforming board 2-0 Win:  Maindeck needles and Yard hate went the distance Game 1.  Game 2, I drew into broken Storm T1 goodness and swung through with some beats for the finisher.  My deck owns Dragon.

Round 3 - Bazaar / Zombie: 1-2 (Fred) Loss:  Fred is a regular player at these tourneys and always a great opponent.  Although I always forget his name at the tourneys.  This match should have been a no brainer for me.  Needles and Wretches owned Bazaar, Infestation, and Dredge in Game 1.  But, in Games 2 and 3 poor draws on my side combined with well timed Oxidizes was enough to hand me the sore loss.  I should win these matches with my deck.

Round 4 - Uba Stax: 2-1 Win (Evenpence): A fellow TMDer and all around nice guy and great player.  This was another match that should have been more in my favor with main deck Welder / Grave hate and Bob for Uba "hate".  Game 1 went very long with Stax doing its lock thing.  Game 2 my T1 broken-ness did its thing as I stormed and swung for the win with sick draws all around.  Game 3 I played a turn 1 or 2 TOA for 16 damage, then Stax starting to put together its pieces.  We went to time and Evenpence granted me the win so that I could move on.  He went on to play and I believe win the Legacy event.  Bob is great vs. Uba Mask.

Round 5 - Control Slaver: 1-0 Win (Greg):  Another TMDer and great player.  Game 1 my deck did its Yard and Needle thing and kept Slaver off balance while I beat down.  Game 2 we went to time.  I had stormed to put me over 20 life at some point.  But, Greg almost pulled of the win with a DSC in play, Walk in the Yard and Will in hand.  Fortunately, Wretch was able to eat the Walk in time.  No pun in intended! I should win these matches with my deck.

Top 8 (Ranked 6th) - UGW Grow with Mages and Tinker / DSC 0-2 Loss:
I was not looking forward to another Grow match.  Especially one with Mages.  Oddly enough the Dryads and Mages were not much of a factor.  Especially, when 2 games in a row my opponent goes Tinker for DSC with counter backup.  I never saw any bounce spells and my Gilded Drake during game 2 was met with a counter.  I need to ponder how to improve this matchup for me.

Overall I was very happy with how my deck performed.  I think it is a great call in this metagame and is a good indicator of how much the field relies on the Yard as a resource.  Also, main deck Needles are a main stay for me at this time.

Props:
Mike / CCG for another excellent event.  Next month is for a Lotus!
Evenpence, Greg and the other great players for making it a competitive and enjoyable event.
The person who started the TMD thread that discussed Graveyard hate and mentioned main decking Wretches that gave me the idea for the deck.

Slops:
Proxies for making me name some random card with my 2nd Needle instead of my opponent's proxied Bazaar that was sitting right in front of my face.
My bounce for not showing up when I needed it.
Grow decks because now I have to deal with them in our meta, as well.
IT for not showing up at all as my opponent during the tourney.  I was really looking forward to playing this matchup.

Comments, questions, critiques on the deck  / matchups are welcome.

[Gekoratel]

Just as a note this post should probably be in Tournament - Reports and Results.  That’s a pretty intriguing list that you ran, it seems like a hybrid of Fish and Tendrils Combo.  I have some questions about the deck in general.

Roughly what turn does this deck goldfish?

In an average game how high do you need to get storm?  It seems like between confidant and wretch beats it would be pretty low.

What is the point of the 1x maindeck Impulse? This seems very random.

How good are pithing needles in this deck?  It doesn't seem to help the combo end of the deck but could be useful towards the fish end?

[Nehptis]

Just as a note this post should probably be in Tournament - Reports and Results.  That’s a pretty intriguing list that you ran, it seems like a hybrid of Fish and Tendrils Combo.  I have some questions about the deck in general.

Good point, perhaps the Mods will move this to the best area.

Roughly what turn does this deck goldfish?

On average turn 3 / 4 is where you can goldfish for a lethal TOA.  The interesting thing is that the deck seems to want to either beat down and then finish with a mini TOA or simply draw into T1 broken-ness for a turn 2 or 3 lethal or near lethal TOA and finish with beats if needed.

In an average game how high do you need to get storm?  It seems like between confidant and wretch beats it would be pretty low.

Storm for 8 to 10 life usually does the trick.  Although it seems that the deck likes to often storm high and then beat down low or beat down high and finish with a small storm.

What is the point of the 1x maindeck Impulse? This seems very random.

I had an open slot.  I'm open to suggestions.  A 3rd Needle was overkill.  Desire is wrong for the deck.  Another bounce spell is possible but the deck likes to keep its hand full so another draw spell seemed appropriate.  Whatever card fills that spot should have a CC of 2 or less.  I'd like it to be a black card if possible.  Night's Whisper is not bad, but Impulse is better IMO.

How good are pithing needles in this deck?  It doesn't seem to help the combo end of the deck but could be useful towards the fish end?

When I brought in the 3rd Needle from the board they did get in the way a bit.  However, the 2 Maindeck where a perfect fit for the meta-game.  All day they were neutralizing Welders and Bazaars.  They were ready to target fetchlands against decks like Grow, IT, Gifts, etc.

I'd be interested in any improvement suggestions that you might have.

One more comment, the mana base of this deck is balanced and near impervious to Wastelands.  This stability provides an advantage in a lot of matchups that could normally be tough matches due to a well timed Wasteland.

[Gekoratel]

I had an open slot.  I'm open to suggestions.  A 3rd Needle was overkill.  Desire is wrong for the deck.  Another bounce spell is possible but the deck likes to keep its hand full so another draw spell seemed appropriate.  Whatever card fills that spot should have a CC of 2 or less.  I'd like it to be a black card if possible.  Night's Whisper is not bad, but Impulse is better IMO.

The only deck I really like Impulse in is Oath because it needs to find Oath + Orchard as fast as possible and Impulse performs this job.  In a deck like yours you will never wanted to tutor for the Impulse so it seems like an odd 1 of.  I would think about moving the Hurkyl's Recall from the sideboard to fill that slot.  It would be solid against Stax and allow you to pull off faster wins by returning a bunch of moxen and going off.

Also did you find 7 basic lands to be overkill against wasteland?  You have 6 fetchlands and 7 basics so it seems like Wasteland would be no problem at all for this deck.  It would be reasonable to go -1 Swamp +1 Underground Sea.  I play IT and it only runs 4 basics and Wasteland never seems to be a real problem card.

I was surprised to see that you lost to Wild Zombies with this deck because the fact that you’re a combo deck with graveyard hate.  It would seem like that matchup would be a joke.  I played him in the final round of the Swiss and went off with ease.

[Nehptis]

H Recall is definitely a strong candidate for the slot.  I wouldn't change the mana base at this time.  It never gave me any probelms.  The Zombies matchup was odd.  I owned Game 1 and Games 2 and 3 were lost to poor draws by me and well timed Oxidizes.  I may have over sideboarded, as well.  Adding the 3rd Needle wasn't necessary and both games I drew all of them.

Perhaps you'd like to describe your matches that day.  Who ended up winning in it all?

[Evenpence]

Round 4 - Uba Stax: 2-1 Win (Evenpence): A fellow TMDer and all around nice guy and great player.  This was another match that should have been more in my favor with main deck Welder / Grave hate and Bob for Uba "hate".  Game 1 went very long with Stax doing its lock thing.  Game 2 my T1 broken-ness did its thing as I stormed and swung for the win with sick draws all around.  Game 3 I played a turn 1 or 2 TOA for 16 damage, then Stax starting to put together its pieces.  We went to time and Evenpence granted me the win so that I could move on.  He went on to play and I believe win the Legacy event.  Bob is great vs. Uba Mask.

Hey man.    Yeah, you definitely did TOA for like 30 storm on turn 2 because Uba Mask actually helped you out (what on earth?).  I'm cutting this card in favor of something better next time.  Bob didn't swing at all in the second game - you won on turn 2.    I thought I would see alot of Fish designed to beat IT, so I kept it in for now, although it's getting dropped next time. 

I've never seen such god draws in a game before, lol.  You rock man.  Yeah, I went undefeated throughout the day (WITH THREE DRAWS, one due to my inadequacy of slavering opponents).  I did go on to play and win the Legacy event, which IMO, was much more fun than the Vintage one.

It was good playing you though.  When I saw Withered Wretch come down, I was like, "Uh-oh."  I don't know why people still hate on Stax - NO ONE WAS PLAYING IT THERE!  Or anywhere else for that matter.  I got hated out today, even though I went undefeated, technically.  Congrats on your T8 though, it's a rough metagame to T8 in - so random.

[Gekoratel]

it's a rough metagame to T8 in - so random.

The metagame as a whole at that tournament was anything but random.  Probably close to half of the decks at the event were IT and the rest of the decks were a smattering of CS, Gifts, Fish, Stax, and everything else you would expect to see in a T1 tourney.  I think it would be a difficult metagame to T8 with Stax that’s for certain, although one of the players to split in the finals was running 5c stax.

I did go on to play and win the Legacy event,

What did you play in the Legacy tourney and what was the metagame like for it.  If I end up scrubbing out in the upcoming Lotus tourney I might have to bash face with some goblins.

[Nehptis]

Perhaps you guys could report on your matchups for the day, as well.  Just add them to this thread.

T1 support in our area has always been strong but not many players post anything on TMD or any other sites about their matches.  I think we need more exposure to draw in even more players.

[Gekoratel]

Its been three days since the tournament but I can probably recall the matchups and some of the smaller details.

Round 1 - 5c Stax
Win 2-1
This was the player that ended up splitting in the finals.  In the first game he went first and played Chalice which resolved and then went for a 3sphere which I forced.  After this it was a standard Intution for Rituals and 3rd turn win. 

Game 2 was pretty awesome, he was on the play and cast a first turn Jester Cap and activate off Workshop, Moxen, and Crypt.  I sideboarded in 3 tendrils so he removed all of the them but one.  I was setting up the 3rd turn kill when he cast Sundering Titan savaging my lands and had Welder to replay Cap next turn. 

Game 3 I went broken with 1st turn Necro when he mulled.

Round 2 - Gifts
Win 2-0
Once I found out what deck I was playing against I was worried because this is a tough matchup but I had a nutty hand game 1 that was a 1st turn win with Force backup.  The storm wasn't going to be high enough but he tried to counter my first ritual which then gave me enough storm. 

Game 2 he went for an early Will and I had coffin purge but only 1 black source so I cast it and he forced back.  During the Will he was going for a Tendrils win but after casting a bunch of spells realized he didn't have enough mana.  The next turn he goes to Flashback Recoup at Tinker and I flash back Coffin Purge.  Surprisingly he didn't have a counter to back up the Recoup.  I win a few turns later with Tendrils and Confidant beats.

Round 3 - IT
Loss 1-2
This was another competitor that made the Top 8 of the event.  Game 1 I am going off on my turn 3 and mess up by not seeing how to get Tendrils with my graveyard.  The correct play was:
1)Cast G Tutor for Lotus
2) Crack Lotus for UUU use U to mystical
3) Put tendrils on top, bs into it, and then preceded to use my last black for ritual into tendrils
This was probably an obvious play to anyone who plays IT with competence but since I have only been playing it for a few weeks my skills are not honed yet. 

Game 2 he upkeeps a recall and I cast double bs with a fetchland in-between and hit some broken spells to go off the turn before he would be able to. 

In the final game on his turn two he casts Ritual->Cranial Extraction removing my tendrils leaving me with only Bob's to win the game.  Needless to say I lost that game.

Round 4 - CS
Tie 1-1-1
I win the roll and go for a first turn kill but he has the force.  After this I have only 1 card and he rebuilds much faster and wins with ease.

Game 2 he drops down Arcane Lab but I already have a Dark Confidant in play laying the beats.  The turn after I play another Confidant and just ride 2x Confidant's + Disruption to victory.  He offers a draw so that we will both still be in contention in the final round and I accepted.

Round 5 - Dawn of the Dead
Win 2-0
I saw him playing earlier so I knew what deck I was paired up against.  I was surprised to see him doing so well because his deck seemed like it would get owned by combo which was roughly half of the field.  Game 1 is very uneventful with him dropping a Werebear on Turn 2 and me going off Turn 3. 

In Game 2 I duressed his Zombie Infestation and the rest of his hand had absolutely no pressure.  I proceeded to draw nothing but mana sources for about 7 turns but since he had no clock it wasn't a problem.  After awhile I drew into Timetwister and cast it with BBBBB floating and went off.

T8 - 5c Stax
Loss 1-2
Game 1 my opponent is on the play and I keep hand that is an easy 1st turn kill but rolls to Chalice and 2sphere.  In hindsight I certainly should have taken a mulligan because keeping a hand that practically autolosses to 8 cards is not worth it.  I believe my hand was Mox Sapphire, Mox Ruby, Yawg's Will, Dark Ritual, G. Tutor, Black Lotus, unknown card (not a land).  My opponent led off with CoB, recall, and then played Chalice.  Soon after this he dropped 3sphere and some other lock components so I lost. 

Game 2 I was on the play and dropped Mana Vault and Moxen, on his turn he had Chalice and 3sphere.  At the end of his turn 4 I vamp for Will with Bob in playing going down to 2 life after revealing.  In my mainphase I cast Rebuild with a Underground Sea open, cast Ritual, replayed the vault, and then finally cast Yawg's Will for the win. 

In game 3 he starts with Gemstone Mine and casts Crucible off Crypt and a Moxen.  During my turn I cast brainstorm and he crop-rotates in response getting the Strip Lock.  None of the top 3 cards are mana sources so I draw blanks for 2 turns.  He takes some damage from crypt going to 13 and then casts Tinker sacking a Mox.  If he gets 3sphere in this spot I have no outs but instead he gets Karn to put me on a quick clock.  He animates Crucible for some beats and passes the turn.  I have still not drawn any lands but have Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, Grim Tutor, and Tendrils in hand so I can hit him for 10 if I draw a black mana source.  He takes two more hits from Mana Crypt down to 7 life and I did not draw any black mana. 

It was an upsetting way to go out of the Top8 because my opponent gave me the chance to win with 3 large mistakes in Game 3.
1) Tinker for 3sphere instead of Karn so I lose on the spot.
2) Sac the Crypt to Tinker because he did not need mana sources and would keep his life safer.
3) Once Karn is in play use his ability to eat the Crypt so you stop taking damage.

The 5c stax player was a nice guy so I was glad to find out that he ended up splitting in the finals.

[Nomad]

It was good playing you though.  When I saw Withered Wretch come down, I was like, "Uh-oh."  I don't know why people still hate on Stax - NO ONE WAS PLAYING IT THERE!  Or anywhere else for that matter.  I got hated out today, even though I went undefeated, technically.

And it sounds like below it says 5-c Stax split in the final.  So what do we take away from that?  Stax is hated out and underplayed, and yet goes technically undefeated in Swiss and another splits in the final...?

I'll ge round to coming to one of these sometime, once I learn to schedule my own events (not type 1 this weekend) not to conflict.

Seems like we have a decent type 1 scene in the South Jersey/Philly area at last.

[Evenpence]

it's a rough metagame to T8 in - so random.

The metagame as a whole at that tournament was anything but random.  Probably close to half of the decks at the event were IT and the rest of the decks were a smattering of CS, Gifts, Fish, Stax, and everything else you would expect to see in a T1 tourney.  I think it would be a difficult metagame to T8 with Stax that’s for certain, although one of the players to split in the finals was running 5c stax.

I didn't even know 5c Stax was there.  I had actually heard that there were only two Stax decks (Ubastax, at that) there - me and someone else running my old list.  I, nor anyone with me, nor anyone that I had played against had played Stax that day.  I didn't expect there to be more than 3 Stax decks though, it seems like there might have been 4.

I did go on to play and win the Legacy event,

What did you play in the Legacy tourney and what was the metagame like for it.  If I end up scrubbing out in the upcoming Lotus tourney I might have to bash face with some goblins.

The top 4 was this:

1)  Me - Blitzkrieg Secret Deck
2) Joe - Burn
3)  Brian - Goblins
4)  Matt - Scepter Chant

The Legacy event was probably the funnest tournament I've ever attended.  I played each of the guys in the Top 4, and they were all great guys - very pleasant and graceful, even in defeat.  The players of the Legacy tournament were just like your average mature Type 1 Joes, complete with good senses of humor and an attitude of having a good time.

Most everyone at Blue Bell is always that way.

And it sounds like below it says 5-c Stax split in the final. So what do we take away from that? Stax is hated out and underplayed, and yet goes technically undefeated in Swiss and another splits in the final...?

I didn't know Stax split for the finals, that's really surprising to me, actually.  That was not a good metagame for regular Ubastax - I would probably say my deck performed better than it ever had previously, however, it was hard as I was going into an extremely difficult metagame (the decks there naturally beat me, as well as I got paired against all 'bad' matchups), and the hate they brought it was extremely difficult to overcome.  I'm going to have to write a tournament report, methinks.

I'll ge round to coming to one of these sometime, once I learn to schedule my own events (not type 1 this weekend) not to conflict.

You should Simon, it'll be fun to see you outside of NJ. 

Seems like we have a decent type 1 scene in the South Jersey/Philly area at last.

Complete with people that are finally starting to post on TMD.    I am definitely glad to see Type 1 getting bigger lately all of a sudden though.

[Nehptis]

Thanks for the report.  Sounds like it just wasn't our day to get past the T8.  What deck split with 5C stax in the finals?

T8: IT vs 5C Stax
T8: Wretch Storm vs. Grow
T8: ???? vs.  ????

T4: 5C Stax vs. ????
T4: Grow vs. ????

Finals: 5C stax vs. ???

[Gekoratel]

T4: 5C Stax vs. ????

I think the 5c Stax player was matched up against Seth Levy playing IT in the Top 4.
Also Seth played against my round 3 opponent in the Top 8.  So this is as much as I know of the Top8.

T8: IT vs. 5C Stax
T8: Wretch Storm vs. Grow
T8: IT vs.  IT
T8 ???? vs. ????

T4: 5C Stax vs. IT
T4: Grow vs. ????

Finals: 5C Stax vs. ???

So that still leaves two mystery decks in the Top 8, if anyone who saw or was playing them wants to post that would be cool.

The top 4 was this:

1)  Me - Blitzkrieg Secret Deck
2) Joe - Burn
3)  Brian - Goblins
4)  Matt - Scepter Chant

I'm glad to see that Joe made the finals because he didn't fair as well in the T1 tourney.  Other than the T4 decks what were most people playing and roughly how many people participated in the Legacy event.  I'd also like to get an idea of what your secret deck was, although I can probably just ask Joe and find out.

[Stax0-2Drop]

Hi guys.  I'm Matt the 5c Stax deck to make it to the finals.  The Grow player was the guy i Split with and he played Icorid in the semes.  Hope that helps.

~Matt P

0-2 Drop

[Nehptis]

Cool so it looks like this.  1 Deck to go.

T8: IT vs. 5C Stax
T8: Wretch Storm vs. Grow
T8: IT vs.  IT
T8 Ichorid vs. ????

T4: 5C Stax vs. IT
T4: Grow vs. Ichorid

Finals Split: 5C Stax vs. Grow

We need more PA Philly Area players to keeping posting.  There is a strong T1 scene in this area.  So, please keep posting about your matches.

[Khahan]

Round 5 - Control Slaver: 1-0 Win (Greg):  Another TMDer and great player.  Game 1 my deck did its Yard and Needle thing and kept Slaver off balance while I beat down.  Game 2 we went to time.  I had stormed to put me over 20 life at some point.  But, Greg almost pulled of the win with a DSC in play, Walk in the Yard and Will in hand.  Fortunately, Wretch was able to eat the Walk in time.  No pun in intended! I should win these matches with my deck.

I think our game 1 was actually the single longest tournament game I've played in Magic.   It wasn't the turn 1 pithing needle or the turn 2? (or 3) Withered wretch that got me. It was the combination of the 2 that did me in both games.

Great games and next time we have to remember: Tolarian is legendary!
Game 2, Nehptis had his tolarian in play and used the mana a few times. At some point, I drop mine. I use mana from it to eat a pithing needle, play a few spells etc ove the course of at least 3 turns. Then the judge walks by and asks me, "Is that Tolarian in play?"  "Sure is," I say.  After a pause for a few seconds, it dawns on us what the judge is getting at.

And the legacy tournament was quite fun for the 2 rounds I gutted it out.  I built my deck that afternoon between rounds of T1.  I had the skeleton of a wrath of god/biorhythm deck with me and finished it off with filler cards from Rav Drafts that were also with me. Needless to 0-2 drop was the extent of my legacy experience.

[Gekoratel]

Then the judge walks by and asks me, "Is that Tolarian in play?"  "Sure is," I say.  After a pause for a few seconds, it dawns on us what the judge is getting at.

LOL, that wasn't a judge it was me.  I was just walking by different games seeing what matches were still going on when I saw the game state with two Academies in play. 

And the legacy tournament was quite fun for the 2 rounds I gutted it out.  I built my deck that afternoon between rounds of T1.  I had the skeleton of a wrath of god/biorhythm deck with me and finished it off with filler cards from Rav Drafts that were also with me. Needless to 0-2 drop was the extent of my legacy experience.

Sounds like quite a few people from the T1 tourney went over and were playing in the Legacy event.  Do you know if it was running at the same time that the Top 8 was going or after it was over?  Do you know how many people showed up to play in the Legacy tourney?  Biorhythm costs an awful lot when you have goblins killing you around turn 4.  The deck also has a lot of resiliency against Wrath effects with Goblin Matron and Ringleader.  What were the two decks that you got paired up against?

[Khahan]

Sounds like quite a few people from the T1 tourney went over and were playing in the Legacy event.  Do you know if it was running at the same time that the Top 8 was going or after it was over?  Do you know how many people showed up to play in the Legacy tourney?  Biorhythm costs an awful lot when you have goblins killing you around turn 4.  The deck also has a lot of resiliency against Wrath effects with Goblin Matron and Ringleader.  What were the two decks that you got paired up against?

I believe it started during top 4 of the type 1.
And to be honest, if I had faced goblins, I probably would have won. I faced off against tendrils combo round 1. Round 2 I got paired vs another elf deck (I used elves to ramp my mana) that also ran masticore. I had nothing to deal w/ the 'core in my deck.
I probably would have been better off taking my deck into a T2 event and being DQ'd for illegal cards!

[Nehptis]

30 plus players. T8 deck lists below.

T8: IT (Gekoratel) vs. 5C Stax (Stax0-2Drop)
T8: Wretch Storm (Nehptis) vs. Grow
T8: IT vs.  IT
T8 Ichorid vs. Fish

T4: 5C Stax (Stax0-2Drop) vs. IT
T4: Grow vs. Ichorid

Finals Split: 5C Stax (Stax0-2Drop) vs. Grow

[MISTERTREK]

I would like to thank everyone who attended our latest T1 event. Per the request of many people, here is the deck lists of the top 8 players. Please excure any misspellings or missing cards, I got these from the players deck list sheets. Our next event will be on Saturday, June 24th. 1st place will win a BLACK LOTUS! Look for a post very soon on the announcement board. Mike CCGames

Roger Sorino

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Darksteel Colossus
3 Predict
2 Disenchant
3 Daze
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Gush
4 Serum Visions
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Quirion Dryad
4 Meddling Mage
2 Werebear
4 Pithing Needle
4 Tundra
4 Tropical Island
4 Windswept Heath
2 Flooded Strand

4 Oxidize
4 Stifle
3 Null Rod
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Misdirection
1 Ray of Revelation

Seth Levy

3 Intuition
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Force of Will
1 Rebuild
1 Timetwister
4 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Mind's Desire
2 Grim Tutor
4 Dark Ritual
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Duress
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Necropotence
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Bargin
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Manavault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
2 Swamp
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Bloodstained Mire

4 Dark Confidant
3 Cabal Therapy
1 Coffin Purge
3 Tendrils of Agony
1 Echoing Truth
3 Cranial Extraction

John Janick

1 Underground Sea
4 Swamp
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
1 Snow Covered Swamp
4 Dark Ritual
4 Dark Confidant
4 Duress
4 Withered Wretch
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Brainstorm
1 Impulse
1 Tinker
1 Rebuild
1 ?
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timetwister
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
2 Pithing Needle
1 Darksteel Colosuss

2 Torrmods Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
4 Endemic Plague
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Phyrexian Negator
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Old Man of the Sea
1 Guilded Drake

Shannon Forry

4 Bazzar of Baghdad
4 Ashen Ghoul
1 Stripmine
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Ichorid
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Chrome Mox
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Imperial Seal
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Gemstone Mine
4 City of Brass
1 Darkblast
4 Brainstorm
4 Putrid Imp
2 Careful Study
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Crop Rotation
1 Balance
1 Golgari Thug

4 Root Maze
4 Null Rod
4 Ray of Revelation
3 Chain of Vapor

Jeff Folinus

4 Dark Ritual
4 Duress
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Grim Tutor
3 Intuition
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Timetwister
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Island
2 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Underground Sea

4 Dark Confidant
3 Tendrils of Agony
3 Cabal Therapy
1 Coffin Purge
1 Mind's Desire
2 Massacre
1 Hurkyl's Recall

Matt Parisi

3 Chalice of the Void
1 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Tinker
1 Triskelion
1 Crop Rotation
1 Sundering Titan
1 Karn Silver Golem
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Balance
1 Jester's Cap
1 Mana Crypt
1 Trinisphere
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Mana Vault
1 Stripmine
4 Waste Land
4 City of Brass
4 Smokestack
3 Goblin Welder
3 Tangle Wire
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Gemstone Mine
3 Sphere of Resistance
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Jet
4 Mishra's Workshop

2 Null Rod
1 Goblin Welder
1 Tangle Wire
1 Darkblast
1 Jester's Cap
2 Choke
3 Rack and Ruin
2 Swords to Plowshares

Bernie Parisi

4 Force of Will
4 Duress
2 Island
2 Swamp
2 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
2 Bloodstained Mire
4 Dark Ritual
3 Intuition
4 Brainstorm
2 Grim Tutor
1 Rebuild
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timetwister
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Mind's Desire
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Necropotance
1 Lotus Petal
2 Underground Sea

4 Dark Confidant
3 Cabal Therapy
1 Echoing Truth
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Coffin Purge
3 Tendrils of Agony
2 Cranial Extraction

Wayne Carson

4 Force of Will
4 Duress
4 Izzet Guildmage
4 Brainstorm
3 Dark Confidant
3 Planer Void
2 Sensei's Diving Top
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Fire/Ice
2 Diabolic Edict
2 Chain of Vapor
3 Stifle
1 Naturalize
1 Extract
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
3 Bloodstained Mire
2 Bayou
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Polluted Delta
2 Wooded Foothills
1 Island
1 Taiga
1 Volcanic Island

2 Chill
3 Root Maze
3 Daze
2 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Null Rod
2 Artifact Mutation
1 Planer Void


Finals:

B. Parisi vs Levy
M. Paris vs Folinus
Forry vs Carson
Janick vs Sorino

Levy vs Parisi
Forry vs Sorino

Parisi vs Sorino - split