[results] Milwaukee 10/21

[Moxlotus]

So 29 people showed to duke it out for a Sapphire.  I split with Dave Carhart.  Store credit was split in half, I ended up with a Sapphire, he ended up with my Bazaar and $30.

THE LISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

top 8:
Philip crushes tony
Jake crushes Fisher
Dave beats Rhyno
Seacrest eeks out Morrison

top 4:
Philip defeats Seacrest with the help of Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, Zeus, Jupiter, and Leonardo Dicaprio
Dave beats Jake

top 2: split

1/2: Philip Schmitt (me!!!) IT'S RAINING MEN 2K6
8 solomoxencrypt
4 shops
1 academy
5 waste
8 rainbow lands
2 mishra factories
4 juggernaut
3 clockwork hydra
2 duplicant
3 dark confidant
4 ankh of mishra
4 pyrostatic pillar
4 red elemental blast
4 spellsnare
1 black vise
1 ancestral
1 time walk
1 trinisphere

sideboard:
4 crucible of worlds
4 lightning bolt
4 seal of cleansing
2 null rod
1 fastbond

1/2: Dave Carhart: Control Slaver

4 drain
4 fow
3 merchant scroll
3 welder
4 tfk
4 bs
1 ancestral
1 time walk
1 tinker
1 fire/ice
1 will
1 Bus
1 echoing truth
1 fof
1 demonic tutor
1 isochron scepter
1 slaver
1 burning wish
1 sundering titan
3 volcanic island
1 loa
2 underground sea
2 flooded strand
3 polluted delta
2 island
1 snow-covered island
8 solomoxencrypt
1 tolarian
1 vault
1 petal

sideboard
1 rebuild
1 deep anal
1 rolling earthquake
2 crypt
3 ftk
1 pt angel
1 tendrils
1 shattering spree
2 pyroblast
2 reb

3/4: Ryan Seacrest: 2land belcher

4 tinder wall
4 welder
4 belcher
4 dark rit
4 esg
4 land grant
3 cabal therapy
4 chromatic star
3 cabal rit
1 demonic
1 vampiric
1 wheel of fortune
1 will
1 demonic consulation
1 imp sweal
2 living wish
1 jar
1 necro
1 bargain
1 led
1 grim monolith
8 solomoxencrypt
1 taiga
1 bayou
1 petal
1 vault
1 channel

sideboard
1 artifact mutate
1 tin street hooligan
1 windswept heath
1 defense grid
4 xantid swam
2 shattering spree
2 sphere of resistance
1 trike
1 city of traitors
1 bazaar

3/4:Jake Kempfer: Slaver

2 misdirection
1 fire/ice
1 demonic
4 drain
4 tfk
3 welder
4 fow
1 wipe away
1 tinker
1 mystical tutor
1 dupe
1 mindslaver
1 will
4 brainstorm
1 triskelavus
1 merchant scroll
1 isochron scepter
1 time walk
1 gifts
1 ancestral
1 vampiric
1 flooded strand
4 deltas
8 solomoxencrypt
3 volcanic island
1 tolarian
2 underground sea
1 mana vault
2 island
1 loa
1 snow-covered island

sideboard
3 ftk
3 duress
2 viashino heretic
2 reb
1 pyroblast
1 jester's cap
1 tormod's crypt
1 rack and ruin
1 diabolic edict

5/8: Tony Lyskawa--Gifts

4 gifts
4 mana drain
4 fow
1 misd
2 duress
1 ancestral
1 time walk
4 brainstorm
2 merchant scroll
1 burning wish
1 recoup
1 tendrils
1 will
1 tinker
1 dsc
1 demonic tutor
1 vampiric
1 mystical
1 darkblast
1 pyroblast
1 rebuild
1 chain of vapor
4 delta
1 strand
3 sea
2 volcanics
2 island
1 snow-coverd island
1 tolarian
1 lotus petal
1 mana vault
8 solomoxencrypt

sideboard:
1 REB
1 pyroblast
3 crypt
1 duress
1 deep anal
1 meltdown
2 massacre
1 rack and ruin
1 pyroclasm
1 tendrils
1 extract
1 trike

5/8: Matt Morrison--GWS Counterbalance

4 bob
3 meddling mage
3 azorius guildmage
4 fow
4 mana leak
3 duress
3 counterbalance
1 rushing river
1 vindicate
3 sensei top
4 brainstorm
1 vamp
1 mystical
1 time walk
1 fof
4 delta
3 strand
3 island
1 swamp
3 tundra
2 underground sea
5 mox
1 lotus

sideboard
2 planar void
2 disenchant
3 spell snare
3 swords to plowshares
2 threads of disloyalty
2 orim's chant
1 energy flux

5/8: Brian Fisher: Slaver
4 drain
4 fow
4 brainstorm
4 tfk
3 welder
1 tinker
1 walk
1 ancestral
1 merchant scroll
1 fof
 demonic
1 will
1 myustical
1 cow
1 trike
2 slaver
1 rack and ruin
1 repeal
2 impulse
8 solomoxencrypt
1 vault
1 seat of the synod
1 tolarian academy
1 strip mine
2 strand
3 delta
4 volc
2 island
2 sea

sideboard
1 dupe
1 sundering titan
1 trike
4 reb
3 crypt
1 darkblast
2 pyroclasm
2 rack and ruin

5/8: Rhyno: URBana Fish

4 delta
3 strand
1 island
3 sea
3 volcanic
5 strip
5 mox
1 lotus
4 mox monkey
4 ninja
3 waterfront bouncer
4 bob
1 ancestral
1 time walk
4 force
3 chalice
2 daze
2 remand
2 pyroblast
1 reb
2 duress
2 fire/ice

sideboard:
Edited out due to request

[Hydra]

Nice to see Jake put my Drains to good use for once.  Lord knows I never put 'em to use.

[Implacable]

Phil, I want whatever crack you're smoking.  That deck is hilarious!  I guess Clockwork Hydra isn't just good in TS Draft, huh?  Can you talk a bit about that pile's matchups?

[zeus-online]

Thats a weird top8..... GWS Counterbalance?... 2land belcher? And Bad Artifact Beats?

Oh and i know, for a fact, that Zeus did NOT help anyone win any games 

Was spellsnare any good? looks kinda janky to me?

/Zeus

[prosbloom225]

counterbalance fish is a great deck.  The meta consisted of about 40% fish and 40% gifts with isochron scepter in it.  Everyone either played fish, or hated on it.

[Moxlotus]

That pile destroys fish.  Look at it.  Big dudes+4 Rebs+4 Spell Snares=absolute destruction to little blue guys that cost 2.

Snare is good against fish and Gifts.  Against Fish it counters every relevant thing in their deck.  Against Gifts it counters mana drain, Merchant scroll, Hurkyl's, DT, and Walk.  Its decent against Slaver as well. 

I haven't played with the deck much, but it crushes Fish, is favorable vs Stax (since dudes>stax), and can hold its own against Slaver and Gifts.  It should be destroyed by Belcher and I only won to savage lucksackery and my opponent's antisackery.  I haven't played the storm combo match.  The deck banked on surprise value.  Everybody knows how to pilot through crucible/waste, chalice, and rod while a Stack is on the table.  How many people know how to pilot through PyroPillar, Ankh, REB, and Spell Snare while getting beatdown?  Bolts were amazing all day because they kill target Bob, Welder, Tinder Wall (which is insane against Belcher) or fishie AND screw up people's Pyropillar math.  As a bonus, Bolt can randomly win against a combo player who let his life get too low to tutors and Bargain/Necro.

Most importantly, the deck is the most fun deck I've ever played.  It is an absolute blast just watching my opponent's reactions to maindeck REB and type 2 cards.

[scutakicker]

There was also a pile of Slaver there (I played 4 mirror matches in 7 rounds) all ready to destroy fish with Sceptres and FtKs.

[M.Solymossy]

Wow I wish i coulda been there my new deck would have destroyed the Isochron Scepter / Triskelivus badness.

[Moxlotus]

Wow I wish i coulda been there my new deck would have destroyed the Isochron Scepter / Triskelivus badness.

Sorry Salad, but nothing was stopping BIG DUDES and crappy disruption Saturday.  Juggernaut>all

[zeus-online]

Most importantly, the deck is the most fun deck I've ever played.  It is an absolute blast just watching my opponent's reactions to maindeck REB and type 2 cards.

Yeah i figured that out the instant i gazed upon the almighty pile! :lol:

I must say that i kinda like the concept though....most of your disruption BEATS

/Zeus

[Rhyno]

Phil congrats!!

I should have made finals with you but sometimes you just have to miss register your deck! Anyhow it's monday i'm over it we still put 5 of 6 in the top 8!! Go us!

Thanks to everyone who came out it was good times as always!!!

[Mith]

Phillip...care to comment on the Clockwork Hydra? Were they a worthy addition?

[MarkPharaoh]

Phillip...care to comment on the Clockwork Hydra? Were they a worthy addition?

Wow...I didn't know that the Mith still played this game.  Hi!

[Mith]

Wow...I didn't know that the Mith still played this game.  Hi!

Lol, I'll get back into the tournament scene next summer...so for now, I'm just following the trends and picking up the stuff I've missed. Good to see you too, Mark I'm just glad I didn't sell my cards when I took a hiatus.

[Moxlotus]

Phillip...care to comment on the Clockwork Hydra? Were they a worthy addition?

Hydras were insane.  They smashed face and destroyed Welders and Bobs.  I was originally going to play 4, but I cut back to add another Bob.  I think it was the right choice.