[Results and Lists] Sports Zone: Cary, NC for a Mana Drain

[RaleighNCTourneys]

Location: Cary, NC at the Sports Zone: Sunday, July 30th, 2006
Prizes: 1st- English Mana Drain
2nd- $50 store credit
3rd- $25 store credit
4th- $15 store credit

20 people showed up for this thing, which is pretty amazing for the first type 1 event held in this area in a long time. We had 2 people from Georgia and 2 people from Virginia come. I will be posting decklists very shortly, but I just wanted to tell everyone what Top 4'd and that there will be another Type 1 event at this same location in 1 month, info will be posted shortly.

The people who Top 4'd split the prizes with one person taking the drain and giving the store credit split 3 ways plus cash to the other people.

After 5 rounds of swiss, the top 4 was...

1. Cody Vinci (4-0-1) with Drain Tendrils
2. Adam O'Brien (4-1) with Grim Long
3. Justin Hekhuis (4-1) with Goons (Workshop Aggro)
4. Keith Kreisa (3-1-1) with Mono Black splash Blue*

Cody Vinci – Drain Tendrils

4x Mana Drain
4x Accumulated Knowledge
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
2x Tendrils of Agony
3x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Dark Ritual
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Gush
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Time Walk
2x Rebuild
2x Intuition
1x Yawgmoth’s Will
1x Frantic Search
1x Vampiric Tutor
4x Underground Sea
4x Island
3x Flooded Strand
2x Polluted Delta
1x Tolarian Academy
9x SoLoMoxenCryptVault
1x Lotus Petal
1x Library of Alexandria

/ 61 cards

Sideboard

1x Rebuild
1x Darkblast
3x Diabolic Edict
4x Duress
1x Tinker
1x Darksteel Colossus
4x Tormod’s Crypt

/ 15 cards

Adam O’Brien – Grim Long

4x Brainstorm
4x Dark Ritual
2x Cabal Ritual
2x Elvish Spirit Guide
1x Regrowth
4x City of Brass
1x Tinker
1x Hurkyl’s Recall
1x Lotus Petal
1x Wheel of Fortune
1x Yawgmoth’s Will
1x Imperial Seal
1x Brainfreeze
1x Mind’s Desire
2x Underground sea
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Duress
1x Mana Crypt
1x Crop Rotation
1x Mox Emerald
1x Necropotence
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Timetwister
1x Mana Vault
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Lion’s Eye Diamond
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Sol Ring
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Sol Ring
3x Gemstone Mine
1x Vampiric Tutor
3x Grim Tutor
1x Burning Wish
1x Mox Pearl
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Mox Ruby
1x Memory Jar
1x Time Walk
1x Black Lotus

/ 61 cards

Sideboard

2x Serenity
1x Darksteel Colossus
4x Xantid Swarm
1x Balance
1x Echoing Truth
4x Force of Will
1x Windfall
1x Tendrils of Agony

/ 15 cards

Justin Hekhuis – Goons (Workshop Aggro)

4x Juggernaut
4x Sui-Chi
4x Synod Centurian
3x Myr Enforcer
4x Metal Worker
4x Chalice of the Void
4x Tangle Wire
1x Trinisphere
4x Sword of Fire and Ice
1x Memory Jar
4x Mishra’s Workshop
4x Ancient Tomb
3x City of Traitors
1x Tolarian Academy
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
9x SoLoMoxenCryptVault
1x Grim Monolith

/ 60 cards

Sideboard

4x Sphere of Resistance
4x Powder Keg
4x Jester’s Cap
2x Duplicant
1x Myr Enforcer

/ 15 cards

*Keith Kreisa – Mono Black splash Blue

- Requested decklist not be posted -

An interesting note: 4 members of team 61 (yeah, they're one better than you) showed up, 2 of them playing decks with 61 cards (the other 2 chickened out), who were the 1st and 2nd seeds after swiss. If anyone sees any mistakes in their decklist just PM me or post it in this thread. We will be having another Type 1 event in one month on Sunday, August 27th, 2006 at the same location. The prize this time will be an unlimited Ancestral Recall if we have at least 32 people, an unlimited mox if we have at least 20, and a Mana Drain if we have less than 20. The complete info on this tourney will be up in a few minutes. Hope to see everyone there!

[Yare]

I'm glad to hear that you guys had such a large turnout.  I hope this is a sign of things to come...

Edit: Apparently it is!

http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=29423.0

[Zombie Shakespeare]

We had 2 people from Georgia and 2 people from Virginia come.

Technically I'm from South Carolina not Georgia but that's not a big deal.

I had a great time and really enjoyed my matches all day. Everybody was very easy going and it was good to see such a diverse field for a 20 person event. Congrats to Cody for taking home the Drain.

I am looking forward to the next one. Can we cut to Top 8 next time?

[[supa_t(im)]]

What was the rest of the metagame like?

It's good to finally see some NC Vintage tournaments get advertised on the internet.  If only I had checked the anouncement forum more often I would have been there...sorry.   

[RaleighNCTourneys]

Two of the guys on Team 61 were playing Grim Long, one was playing Drain Tendrils, one was playing Workshop Aggro, one was playing Control Slaver, and the other was playing Tog. There was another guy playing Grim Long. There was a few mono black decks, ichorid, 7/10, r/g beats and a few other random decks.

[Zombie Shakespeare]

Here's what I remember:

Grim Long x3
Drain Tendrils
CS
Oath
Stax
Workshop Aggro
one more Workshop deck (the 7/10 probably)
Mono Black w/ blue splash
Underworld Dreams combo
Urb Power Artifact combo
Hide & Seek control
GR aggro
Suicide Black
Ichorid
Sullivan Solution
Tog

Missing a few but I think Grim Long was the only deck that was represented in multiples that I recall.

[Machinus]

I was too exhausted after the tournament and car disaster of the previous day to make it to this, but I will be there next time.

[RaleighNCTourneys]

Cullen:

Thanks for that! I really couldn't remember that many. There were two guys playing workshop aggro (Justin who got third and a Team 61er with dark confidants similar to Travis LaPlante's list). I think those were all of the decks... thanks for the good memory. For the next tournament I'll be sure to get all of the decklists from the store instead of just the top 4 so I can let everyone know what the field was like.

[TimeWizzle]

I also played against a Rector deck. 

It was a really fun tournament, I hope we can get a few more players in for the next one.  I particularly appreciated Cullen and Hill making it, I know that it was a long drive. 

I may do a mini-report and discuss my latest list if I find time.  My first game versus Cullen was pretty ridiculous.