[Report] Myriad Games Vintage May 13th, 2006 w/T8 Decks

[Myriad Games]

The Myriad Games Vintage Tournament announcement for May 13th, 2006 can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who attended our latest Vintage tournament here at Myriad Games.

Keith Skillin won the Preregistration Bonus Dual Land: [card]Taiga[/card].

The T-Shirt Challenge continued to be popular. We gave away 6 Myriad Games T-Shirts. Thanks to everyone who participated. For those of you who did not win this time, thank you for playing. Those of you who haven't won a T-shirt can try again next time.

Every player received one of Sara's famous Myriad Games Magical Mana Cookies!

Myriad Games will be hosting our next Vintage Tournament on June 3rd.

As always, if you have any comments or suggestions about our events, please email us at vintage@myriadgames.com

Tournament Results

1st Place: Ray Robillard w/Staxless Stax
2nd Place: Stephen Padinha w/Control Slaver
3rd Place: Stefan Ellsworth w/Ichorid
4th Place: Oliver Beaumont w/Salvagers
5th Place: Justin Timoney w/Intuition Tendrils
6th Place: Tim Landale w/Stax
7th Place: Crossman Wilkins w/Confidant Control
8th Place: Keith Skillin w/The Mountains Win Again

Finals
Ray Robillard vs Stephen Padinha

Top 4

• Ray Robillard vs Oliver Beaumont
• Stephen Padinha vs Stefan Ellsworth

Top 8

• Ray Robillard vs Keith Skillin
• Stephen Padinha vs Tim Landale
• Stefan Ellsworth vs Crossman Wilkins
• Oliver Beaumont vs Justin Timoney

Final Results
Final Place Player  Deck
1st  Ray Robillard w/Staxless Stax
2nd  Stephen Padinha w/Control Slaver
3rd  Stefan Ellsworth w/Ichorid
4th  Oliver Beaumont w/Salvagers
5th  Justin Timoney w/Intuition Tendrils
6th  Tim Landale w/Stax
7th  Crossman Wilkins w/Confidant Control
8th  Keith Skillin w/The Mountains Win Again
9th  David Lee w/Control Slaver
10th  Greg Hughes w/Exodus Oath
11th  Stephen Houdlette w/Intuition Tendrils
12th  Dave Feinstein w/R/G Beats
13th  Scott Jensen w/Suicide Black
14th  Max Fitzer w/Goblins
15th  Jonathan Foster w/Goblins
16th  Sara Yarrington w/Werebear Go!
17th  Domenic Minicucci w/Ichorid
18th  James Aldoupolis w/Control Slaver
19th  Tyler Huff w/Control Slaver
20th  Rich Shay w/Control Slaver
21st  Michael Lydon w/Wizard Fish (WiFi)
22nd  Mike Bergeron w/Mono Blue
23rd  Andrew Fox w/HayStax
24th  Patrick Malone w/Stax
25th  Matthew Allen w/Dragon
26th  Derek McAtavey w/Control Slaver
27th  Nick Marinelli w/Control Slaver
28th  Mike Spencer w/Grim Tutor Combo
29th  Andy Probasco w/Intuition Tendrils
30th  Benjamin Levine w/U/W Fish
31st  Dana Renfrew w/Gobbovantage (U/R Goblins)
32nd  Paul Piechowicz w/Rainbow Power
33rd  Matt Shea w/Pillar Stax
34th  Travis Laplante w/Tog
35th  Pat Broderick w/Grim Tutor Combo

Post here, send me a PM, or email vintage@myriadgames.com if you're interested in seeing deck lists. If there are enough people interested, I will be happy to make them available.

Thanks again to everyone for coming. We'll look forward to seeing everyone at the next Myriad Games Vintage Tournament on June 3rd.

[Implacable]

What a crazy metagame!  I, for one, would love to see the T8 lists at least. 

[Auracon]

The metagames a bit crazy, but I actually expect to see something like it in the first rounds of most tournaments I go to.

[TopSecret]

     Thanks for hosting another great tournament, Dan.
I would like to see the decklists, whenever you have time to post them.
...
The "Myriad Games Metagame" (TM) is indeed awesome!
The Mountains Win Again!

[Moxlotus]

I'd really like to see Justin Timoney's Intuition Tendrils list.

[zeus-online]

I'd like to see/know what "Rainbow power" is? I'm pretty much familiar with all the other decks ^^  (Though Stackless stax is pretty odd)

/Zeus

[Myriad Games]

Rainbow Power was an odd deck revolving around getting Channel / Kaervek's Torch. It was pretty hilarious. I'll see when I have time to type up the Top 8 deck lists.

[Juggernaut GO]

how odd that the last 2 people finishing in swiss at myriad finish first/second a week later.

for the record, 4c TOG is not viable today.

[Cross]

my list is similar to my list from the myriad games in march, found in page 2 of the tournament report section. A one card variation will appear in the beanie exchange results when they are posted.

[Tha Gunslinga]

What's Exodus Oath?

[sa17dk]

It's standard ICBM Oath cept instead of the angels it runs 2x Moses.

Seriously though, I think I've seen it before. I recall it being a little janky with Muddles and Annuls/Stifles and other random cards.

[Evenpence]

how odd that the last 2 people finishing in swiss at myriad finish first/second a week later.

for the record, 4c TOG is not viable today.

It shows that the general level of skill in NE is huge.  I'm happy that you tried Tog. 

I'm not happy to see Probasco and Timoney going over to I.T.    STICK TO YOUR ROOTS, BOYS! 

[nataz]

how odd that the last 2 people finishing in swiss at myriad finish first/second a week later.

Thats only cause I didnt go. I would have boosted your standings by at least one place.

<3 myriad, be there in june

-pce

[AngryPheldagrif]

It's standard ICBM Oath cept instead of the angels it runs 2x Moses.

Seriously though, I think I've seen it before. I recall it being a little janky with Muddles and Annuls/Stifles and other random cards.

Moses?

[Evenpence]

Moses?

He probably meant Part Water.

http://gatherer.wizards.com/?first=1&last=100&term=part+water&Field_Name=on&Field_Rules=on&Field_Type=on&setfilter=Allsets&colorfilter=All&typefilter=All&output=summary&sort=name

That card's nickname is definitely Moses.

[Tin_Mox5831]

No, I'm pretty sure he actually meant Moses. You know, the leader of the mass journey of the Israelites from Egypt where they had been enslaved, to the promised land. This large migration was known as The Exodus, for which the book of the bible it's found in is named. It's also the origin of the word Exodus, meaning "A journey made by a large group over a vast distance" Just FYI.

Later,
Dave

[policehq]

Can we not get this thread locked, please? I'd really like to see the Top 8 decklists.

Thanks,
-hq

[Myriad Games]

Here they are!

Top 8 Decklists

1st Place: Ray Robillard w/Staxless Stax

4x [card]Chalice of the Void[/card]
4x [card]Goblin Welder[/card]
4x [card]Mishra's Workshop[/card]
4x [card]Tangle Wire[/card]
4x [card]Wasteland[/card]
3x [card]Crucible of Worlds[/card]
3x [card]City of Brass[/card]
3x [card]Gemstone Mine[/card]
2x [card]Triskelion[/card]
1x [card]Karn, Silver Golem[/card]
1x [card]Sundering Titan[/card]
1x [card]Duplicant[/card]
1x [card]Trinisphere[/card]
2x [card]Darksteel Ingot[/card]
1x [card]Gorilla Shaman[/card]
2x [card]Sensei's Divining Top[/card]
1x [card]Barbarian Ring[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
1x [card]Balance[/card]
1x [card]Tinker[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]
1x [card]Mox Emerald[/card]
1x [card]Mox Pearl[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Mana Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Sol Ring[/card]
1x [card]Mana Vault[/card]
1x [card]Memory Jar[/card]
1x [card]Vampiric Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Demonic Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Crop Rotation[/card]
1x [card]Tolarian Academy[/card]

Sideboard
3x [card]Choke[/card]
4x [card]Tormod's Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Goblin Vandal[/card]
1x [card]Triskelion[/card]
1x [card]Aura Fracture[/card]
1x [card]Ray of Revelation[/card]
1x [card]Seal of Cleansing[/card]
1x [card]Darkblast[/card]
1x [card]Rack and Ruin[/card]
1x [card]Arcane Laboratory[/card]

2nd Place: Stephen Padinha w/Control Slaver

4x [card]Force of Will[/card]
4x [card]Mana Drain[/card]
4x [card]Thirst for Knowledge[/card]
4x [card]Brainstorm[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
1x [card]Fact or Fiction[/card]
3x [card]Goblin Welder[/card]
1x [card]Lightning Greaves[/card]
1x [card]Crucible of Worlds[/card]
1x [card]Mindslaver[/card]
1x [card]Triskelion[/card]
1x [card]Sundering Titan[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
1x [card]Tinker[/card]
1x [card]Yawgmoth's Will[/card]
1x [card]Mystical Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Demonic Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Merchant Scroll[/card]
1x [card]Echoing Truth[/card]
1x Fire Ice
2x [card]Gorilla Shaman[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]
1x [card]Mox Emerald[/card]
1x [card]Mox Pearl[/card]
1x [card]Mana Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Sol Ring[/card]
1x [card]Mana Vault[/card]
1x [card]Tolarian Academy[/card]
1x [card]Library of Alexandria[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
1x [card]Darksteel Citadel[/card]
3x [card]Island[/card]
2x [card]Polluted Delta[/card]
2x [card]Flooded Strand[/card]
3x [card]Volcanic Island[/card]
2x [card]Underground Sea[/card]

Sideboard
2x [card]Red Elemental Blast[/card]
1x [card]Tormod's Crypt[/card]
3x [card]Duress[/card]
1x [card]Lava Dart[/card]
2x [card]Rack and Ruin[/card]
1x [card]Massacre[/card]
1x [card]Pyroclasm[/card]
1x [card]Rushing River[/card]
1x [card]Ensnaring Bridge[/card]
1x [card]Overload[/card]
1x [card]Darksteel Colossus[/card]

3rd Place: Stefan Ellsworth w/ Ichorid

4x [card]City of Brass[/card]
4x [card]Bazaar of Baghdad[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
1x [card]Underground Sea[/card]
4x [card]Gemstone Mine[/card]
4x [card]Ashen Ghoul[/card]
4x [card]Golgari Grave-Troll[/card]
1x [card]Golgari Thug[/card]
4x [card]Ichorid[/card]
4x [card]Stinkweed Imp[/card]
4x [card]Putrid Imp[/card]
4x [card]Cabal Therapy[/card]
4x [card]Brainstorm[/card]
4x [card]Chalice of the Void[/card]
1x [card]Chrome Mox[/card]
1x [card]Careful Study[/card]
1x [card]Chain of Vapor[/card]
1x [card]Imperial Seal[/card]
1x [card]Darkblast[/card]
1x [card]Lotus Petal[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Crop Rotation[/card]
1x [card]Vampiric Tutor[/card]

Sideboard
3x [card]Chain of Vapor[/card]
4x [card]Pithing Needle[/card]
4x [card]Root Maze[/card]
4x [card]Null Rod[/card]

4th Place: Oliver Beaumont w/"Arggg!, Have You Seen My Booty" aka Salvagers

4x [card]Flooded Strand[/card]
3x [card]Tundra[/card]
2x [card]Underground Sea[/card]
4x [card]Island[/card]
1x [card]Plains[/card]
1x [card]Tolarian Academy[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Lion's Eye Diamond[/card]
1x [card]Sol Ring[/card]
1x [card]Mana Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]
1x [card]Mox Pearl[/card]
1x [card]Mox Emerald[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
3x [card]Auriok Salvagers[/card]
1x [card]Darksteel Colossus[/card]
1x [card]Tinker[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
4x [card]Brainstorm[/card]
4x [card]Thirst for Knowledge[/card]
1x [card]Demonic Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Vampiric Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Yawgmoth's Will[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
2x [card]Cunning Wish[/card]
1x [card]Jester's Cap[/card]
1x [card]Transmute Artifact[/card]
4x [card]Mana Drain[/card]
4x [card]Force of Will[/card]
2x [card]Muddle the Mixture[/card]
1x [card]Mystical Tutor[/card]
1x [card]AEther Spellbomb[/card]
1x [card]Hurkyl's Recall[/card]

Sideboard
2x [card]Old Man of the Sea[/card]
2x [card]Tormod's Crypt[/card]
2x [card]Decree of Justice[/card]
1x [card]Exalted Angel[/card]
2x [card]Swords to Plowshares[/card]
1x [card]Stifle[/card]
1x [card]Chain of Vapor[/card]
1x [card]Darkblast[/card]
1x [card]Stroke of Genius[/card]
1x [card]Shallow Grave[/card]
1x [card]Disenchant[/card]

5th Place: Justin Timoney w/Intuition Tendrils

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

Sideboard
4x [card]Dark Confidant[/card]
4x [card]Cabal Therapy[/card]
1x [card]Coffin Purge[/card]
2x [card]Massacre[/card]
3x [card]Tendrils of Agony[/card]
1x [card]Hurkyl's Recall[/card]

6th Place: Tim Landale w/Stax

1x [card]Sol Ring[/card]
1x [card]Karn, Silver Golem[/card]
1x [card]Mana Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Memory Jar[/card]
1x [card]Mana Vault[/card]
1x [card]Trinisphere[/card]
1x [card]Tinker[/card]
2x [card]Triskelion[/card]
1x [card]Sundering Titan[/card]
1x [card]Engineered Explosives[/card]
1x [card]Crop Rotation[/card]
1x [card]Tolarian Academy[/card]
1x [card]Vampiric Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Demonic Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mox Pearl[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]
1x [card]Mox Emerald[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
1x [card]Balance[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Yawgmoth's Will[/card]
4x [card]Goblin Welder[/card]
4x [card]Mishra's Workshop[/card]
4x [card]Wasteland[/card]
3x [card]City of Brass[/card]
4x [card]Smokestack[/card]
4x [card]Gemstone Mine[/card]
1x [card]Duplicant[/card]
4x [card]Sphere of Resistance[/card]
2x [card]Crucible of Worlds[/card]
2x [card]Ancient Tomb[/card]
3x [card]Chalice of the Void[/card]

Sideboard
2x [card]Rack and Ruin[/card]
2x [card]Swords to Plowshares[/card]
2x [card]Tormod's Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Triskelion[/card]
3x [card]Red Elemental Blast[/card]
2x [card]Artifact Mutation[/card]
1x [card]Chalice of the Void[/card]
2x [card]Jester's Cap[/card]

7th Place: Crossman Wilkins w/Confidant Control

1x [card]Library of Alexandria[/card]
1x [card]Tolarian Academy[/card]
4x [card]Polluted Delta[/card]
2x [card]Flooded Strand[/card]
1x [card]Merchant Scroll[/card]
1x [card]Chain of Vapor[/card]
1x [card]Tormod's Crypt[/card]
1x [card]Darkblast[/card]
4x [card]Snow-Covered Island[/card]
1x [card]Swamp[/card]
3x [card]Underground Sea[/card]
4x [card]Dark Confidant[/card]
1x [card]Darksteel Colossus[/card]
1x [card]Black Lotus[/card]
1x [card]Sol Ring[/card]
4x [card]Thirst for Knowledge[/card]
4x [card]Mana Drain[/card]
4x [card]Force of Will[/card]
4x [card]Brainstorm[/card]
1x [card]Tinker[/card]
1x [card]Ancestral Recall[/card]
1x [card]Time Walk[/card]
1x [card]Mox Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mystical Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Vampiric Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Demonic Tutor[/card]
1x [card]Yawgmoth's Will[/card]
1x [card]Mox Emerald[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]
1x [card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
1x [card]Mox Pearl[/card]
4x [card]Duress[/card]
1x [card]Mana Crypt[/card]

Sideboard
2x [card]Tormod's Crypt[/card]
2x [card]Blue Elemental Blast[/card]
2x [card]Massacre[/card]
1x [card]Engineered Plague[/card]
4x [card]Energy Flux[/card]
3x [card]Pithing Needle[/card]
1x [card]Sundering Titan[/card]

8th Place: Keith Skillin w/The Mountains Win Again

4x [card]Goblin Vandal[/card]
1x [card]Enlightened Tutor[/card]
4x [card]Lightning Bolt[/card]
4x [card]Kami of Ancient Law[/card]
4x [card]Grim Lavamancer[/card]
4x [card]Tormod's Crypt[/card]
4x [card]Swords to Plowshares[/card]
2x [card]Genju of the Spires[/card]
4x [card]Magma Jet[/card]
1x [card]Mox Ruby[/card]
2x [card]Hearth Kami[/card]
2x [card]Disenchant[/card]
2x [card]Seal of Cleansing[/card]
2x [card]Wooded Foothills[/card]
1x [card]Flooded Strand[/card]
1x [card]Windswept Heath[/card]
2x [card]Bloodstained Mire[/card]
4x [card]Mishra's Factory[/card]
4x [card]Wasteland[/card]
1x [card]Strip Mine[/card]
4x [card]Plateau[/card]
2x [card]Mountain[/card]
1x [card]Plains[/card]

Sideboard
2x [card]Sacred Ground[/card]
4x [card]Pyroblast[/card]
4x [card]Red Elemental Blast[/card]
2x [card]Disenchant[/card]
2x [card]Lava Dart[/card]
1x [card]Seal of Cleansing[/card]

Thanks again to everyone for coming. We'll look forward to seeing everyone at the next Myriad Games Vintage Tournament on June 3rd.

[Smmenen]

Congrats to the top 8, esp. Ray.  Sounds like a vicious top 8.  I'm sure Ray played like a pro.  How did the top 8 play out?

Ray, did you pwn Ichorid? 

Stefan: did my most recent articles on the deck help you at all, or did you even look at them? 

Justin & Andy - was this just an experiment, or something more ?

[Outlaw]

Justin & Andy - was this just an experiment, or something more ?

No comment.

[Smmenen]

Hahaha!  I thought I'd try. 

I assume you'll be playing Gifts in Rochester.  Prove me wrong!

[Outlaw]

Hahaha!  I thought I'd try. 

I assume you'll be playing Gifts in Rochester.  Prove me wrong!

HOw can I play gifts when I cant flame out?

[Hatchman]

you just being there will be enough flame for everybody!

You know we love our Mexican!!


Hatch

[chrissss]

thanks a lot for the decklist and the p message

[iamfishman]

Congrats to the top 8, esp. Ray.  Sounds like a vicious top 8.  I'm sure Ray played like a pro.  How did the top 8 play out?

Ray, did you pwn Ichorid? 

Stefan: did my most recent articles on the deck help you at all, or did you even look at them? 

Justin & Andy - was this just an experiment, or something more ?

@ Steve: Thanks for the kind words.  I really feel that I have something good going with Staxless Stax.  I have high finishes to back up its results.
17th place at SCG Rochester
16th place at SCG Richmond(Day 2)
1st Place at GP:Samite 2 April 29
1st Place at Myriad Games May 13
8/9th(Keith played it as well) Place at Beanie Exchange May 21
1st Place at TMD Open Trial 9
Finals Split at Double Midnight Dec 10
Finals Split at Beanie Exchange Dec 17
Top 8 GP: Samite 1

I plan on writing an article soon(though I was all talk about doing that with non-blue two land belcher, but never did)

I just want to make it perfectly clear when everyone catches on and this deck because the workshop deck of choice that my name gets attached to it.

(How's that for cocky?)

P.S....Also, I didn't have to play Ichorid...which is good, cause it is a really tough match for me.

[policehq]

Is Keith on this message board? ... or any TMWA player?

Don't you think you could've done better in the top 8 if your deck was modified against the new Massacre tech? I mean, isn't it just destroying you all the time? I've found I had to play a much different creature base and the option of burning opponents out lately.

@ Staxless Stax:
Chalice of the Void, Tangle Wire, and Goblin Welder have a lot to say against the current metagame, and I think it's an awesome call. Excellent work.

-hq

[nataz]

Is Keith on this message board? ... or any TMWA player?

Dan (a.k.a myriadgames) is not only the store owner, but also the primary designer of TMWA. Shoot him a PM and I'm sure he'll answer anything you need.

[goblin stir fry]

exodus is the team name that designed exodus oath i <3 my jank

[Smmenen]

Hahaha!  I thought I'd try. 

I assume you'll be playing Gifts in Rochester.  Prove me wrong!

HOw can I play gifts when I cant flame out?

My gifts list never ran that time vault crap!

[Cross]

Probably because it was bad.