Ruby finds a home - Feb. 11 in Sandusky, OH

[GrandpaBelcher]

Fifteen people showed up to play yesterday at the Gamers Lounge, and eight of them went out to eat afterward with Dave, the ownerer of the store.  The top eight and final pairings looked like this after four rounds:

1.  Mark Trogdon - One of infinite variations of the Trogdeck (Workshops with Red)
8.  Anthony Michaels - Slaver

4.  Ray Kehr - PitchLong
5.  Geoff Moes - BG Ichorid with mana, no Dread Returns

2.  Norm White - Slaver
7.  Jeff "Brain" Blystone - Gifts with Regrowth, no EtW

3.  Nat Moes - UB Fish
6.  Juan Rodriguez - UW Fish

Trogdon beat Michaels
Geoff Moes beat Kehr
Blystone beat Norm-O
Rodriguez beat Nat Moes.

Geoff Moes beat Trogdon
Blystone beat Rodriguez

Jeff Blystone and Geoff Moes played it out over who was spelling his name correctly.  In a pivotal game three, after a stunning game two victory that earned a 21 BAOOOOM salute, Blystone carried out the Tendrils kill on his last turn alive.  It was a sight to be seen; EOT Chain your Chalice for 0, Mox, Mox, Lotus, Rebuild, Mox, Mox, Lotus, topdecked Hurkyll's, insanity.

Congratulations to Ray Kehr, being the only person to defeat Brain during the swiss and going home with an altered "Sundering Brain" as a prize.  Curse you Michiganders for stealing our pimp cards.

More congratulations to Jeff Blystone for continuing his dominance of every Mox tournament except for Pearls!

Thanks to everyone who came out from the Dungeon in Sheffield, OH and for Ray coming down from Michigan and for everyone else who made the drive.  It was lots of fun and I hope we'll see you all again soon.

I'll have top-8 decklists, pictures, and Norm's last name later.

We're tentatively scheduling another Mox event for next month, depending on whether we can get another Mox to give away.  Nothing's set in stone, yet, but if you want to mark your calendars, it will most likely be Sunday, March 11.  I'll have more information as it approaches.

[yespuhyren]

Can't wait for the pics and Trogdeck.list

[Twaun007]

This tourney was a blast and I can't wait for the next one.

[PacmanXSA]

Pissed I didn't go and slap Mr. Trogdon around

I hereby vow to eventually attend one of these events with my boys. 

Havoc will ensue.  Olive Garden will be eaten by all.  Promised.

Pac

[JR]

Well, there is an Olive Garden close by, but it's all about poopcake at Diana's after. Congrats to everyone who went and did well, but cherish it while it lasts, because I make my triumphant return to vintage magic in two short weeks.

Congrats again, and these events are always great!

JR.

[President Skroob]

I do believe a good time was had by all, as usual, and I must say that the after-tourney meal is the best thing to happen to Magic tournaments since... uh... something really good happened to them.

Diana's fries rock. They're awesome.

[GrandpaBelcher]

Here are the top 8 decklists in order of rank after four rounds.  I also corrected the top-8 rankings and pairings and added Norm-O's last name.  For anyone betting, it turned out to be "White."  "White."

Mark Trogdon - Trogdeck

4x Chalice of the Void
2x Duplicant
2x Fire & Ice
4x Goblin Welder
3x Gorilla Shaman
4x Jester's Scepter
4x Juggernaut
3x Shrapnel Blast
4x Solemn Simulacrum
3x Sword of Fire and Ice
2x Triskelion
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
5x Moxes
4x Mishra's Workshop
10x Mountain
1x Strip Mine
1x Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
3x Eon Hub
4x Pyrostatic Pillar
2x Pyroblast
2x Red Elemental Blast
2x Rack and Ruin
2x Tormod's Crypt

Norman White - Gifts Slaver

1x Time Walk
1x Tinker
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
2x Tormod's Crypt
4x Brainstorm
3x Gifts Ungiven
4x Mana Drain
4x Force of Will
1x Triskelion
1x Sundering Titan
2x Goblin Welder
2x Merchant Scroll
1x Mindslaver
1x Echoing Truth
1x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Red Elemental Blast
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Recoup
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Mana Vault
1x Mana Crypt
5x Moxes
1x Sol Ring
1x Black Lotus
3x Island
3x Flooded Strand
2x Polluted Delta
4x Volcanic Island
2x Underground Sea
1x Library of Alexandria

Edit:  That's right, it's 59 cards.  The stinking rat's a dirty cheater.  Oh well.  No, just kidding, that's the list I have, so he either forgot to list one or never had it.

Sideboard
3x Empty the Warrens
1x Red Elemental Blast
2x Trickbind
1x Shattering Spree
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Lava Dart
1x Misdirection
1x Hurkyl's Recall

Nat Moes - UB Fish

4x Martyr of Frost
4x Force of Will
4x Stifle
3x Ninja of the Deep Hours
2x Echoing Truth
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
4x Duress
4x Dark Confidant
3x Extirpate (so good)
3x Dimir Cutpurse
3x Null Rod
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Lotus Petal
4x Wasteland
4x Underground Sea
3x Polluted Delta
2x Bloostained Mire
1x Flooded Strand
2x Island
2x Swamp
1x Strip Mine

Sideboard
2x Umezawa's Jitte
3x Daze
3x Black Knight
3x Tormod's Crypt
3x Energy Flux
1x Echoing Truth

Ray Kehr - PitchLong MD Empty the Warrens

4x Force of Will
4x Brainstorm
4x Dark Ritual
4x Cabal Ritual
3x Grim Tutor
2x Misdirection
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Mind's Desire
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Tinker
1x Time Walk
1x Timetwister
1x Cruel Bargain
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Empty the Warrens
1x Black Lotus
5x Moxes
1x Lion's Eye Diamond
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Memory Jar
1x Sol Ring
4x Polluted Delta
2x Underground Sea
1x Flooded Strand
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x Island
1x Swamp
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Badlands

Sideboard
2x Massacre
3x Leyline of the Void
1x Empty the Warrens
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Echoing Truth
2x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Rebuild
3x Duress

Geoff Moes - BG Ichorid with mana, no Dread Returns

4x Bazaar of Baghdad
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x Polluted Delta
4x Bayou
1x Swamp
4x Ashen Ghoul
4x Golgari Grave-Troll
4x Ichorid
4x Putrid Imp
4x Stinkweed Imp
1x Black Lotus
4x Cabal Therapy
4x Chalice of the Void
1x Chrome Mox
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mox Jet
4x Unmask
1x Vampiric Tutor
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Imperial Seal
2x Darkblast
2x Ancient Grudge
3x Extirpate

Sideboard
1x Darkblast
2x Ancient Grudge
4x Pithing Needle
4x Nether Shadow
4x Emerald Charm

Juan Rodriguez - UW Fish

4x Meddling Mage
3x Kataki, War's Wage
3x Savannah Lions
2x Isamaru, Hound of Konda
3x Jotun Grunt
3x Daze
4x Force of Will
3x Swords to Plowshares
3x Null Rod
4x Brainstorm
2x Stifle
1x Echoing Truth
1x Misdirection
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mystical Tutor
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
4x Flooded Strand
1x Polluted Delta
1x Windswept Heath
2x Island
1x Plains
4x Tundra
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl

Sideboard
3x Orim's Chant
3x Seal of Cleansing
1x Swords to Plowshares
3x Threads of Disloyalty
3x Umezawa's Jitte
2x Pithing Needle

Jeff Blystone - Brain Gifts with sideboard Regrowth and maindeck Confidant

4x Mana Drain
4x Force of Will
4x Brainstorm
3x Gifts Ungiven
3x Dark Confidant
2x Merchant Scroll
1x Mana Vault
5x Moxes
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Darksteel Colossus
1x Tinker
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Black Lotus
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Echoing Truth
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Burning Wish
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Time Walk
1x Recoup
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Rebuild
1x Tolarian Academy
3x Island
3x Underground Sea
3x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
2x Volcanic Island
1x Tropical Island

Sideboard
1x Cabal Therapy
3x Dimir Cutpurse
1x Empty the Warrens
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Regrowth
3x Pyroclasm
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Darkblast

Anthony Michaels - TwaunSlaver 2k6

4x Island
2x Underground Sea
2x Volcanic Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Library of Alexandria
3x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Vault
1x Mana Crypt
5x Moxes
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Sundering Titan
1x Triskelion
1x Mindslaver
3x Goblin Welder
1x Gorilla Shaman
4x Mana Drain
4x Force of Will
2x Mana Leak
4x Thirst for Knowledge
4x Brainstorm
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Echoing Truth
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Tinker
1x Time Walk
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Fact or Fiction

Sideboard
2x Duress
2x Red Elemental Blast
1x Pyroblast
1x Pyroclasm
1x Duplicant
1x Aether Spell Bomb
1x Solemn Simulacrum
1x Darkblast
1x Fire & Ice
1x Mana Leak
1x Eon Hub
1x Rack and Ruin
1x Tormod's Crypt

After those decks we had Monoblack Braids Control; 2-Land Belcher; Welderless MUD; Tendrils with maindeck Duress, Force, and Darksteel; Dread Return 5-Color Mana Ichorid; T1 Elves; and, my favorite deck of all time, Easter Tendrils, this time with maindeck Belcher.

One thing that I forgot to mention earlier was that, alongside the regulars, we had a nice turnout of new and relatively new players to Vintage.  Even the eventual champion, Jeff Blystone, was playing in only his fourth mox tournament.  Hopefully the format was intriguing to them and not intimidating as it sometimes can be, and hopefully we'll see them all again at tournaments in the future.

[Twaun007]

I do believe a good time was had by all, as usual, and I must say that the after-tourney meal is the best thing to happen to Magic tournaments since... uh... something really good happened to them.

Diana's fries rock. They're awesome.

Amen brother, the post tourney meal is always the best.

Lochinvar81 Thanks for posting the decklist its always cool to see the top 8.

[Disburden]

Four Jester's Scepter? That's really whacky, I like it. I never thought that card would get played, like ever.

[yespuhyren]

I love Troggy's list, but I would probalby change the following:

-3 Mountain
+3 Ancient Tomb

-4 Jester's Scepter
+2 Fire/Ice
+1 Sword of Fire and Ice
+1 Gorilla Shaman

[Twaun007]

Four Jester's Scepter? That's really whacky, I like it. I never thought that card would get played, like ever.

I played right into one on accident. I LATR, saw it was safe and mystical tutored for A-call. I got popped with a J-scepter from the graveyard. Trogdan also sneaked one in against me and underneath it was Force of Will, Thirst for Knowledge, and Brainstorm. It was bad beats, but what is a care bear to do. I saw it in action and it worked really well for Trogdan, so I give him mad props on being brave enough to use such a radical card.

[yespuhyren]

Its just too bad Troggy doesn't post he's so creative.

[normoftw]

the brain strikes again.
pretty depressing

[President Skroob]

the brain strikes again.
pretty depressing

He went all the way and played a darn good tournament. I thought all of it was just hype, but he went the distance.

[normoftw]

he is afterall, a brain lol
its getting bigger and bigger with each mox tournament.

[Yawgmoths_Dummy]

the brain strikes again.

The Dummy 1 - The Brain 0.

I own the Brain, (both literal and figurative). Jeff did manage to beat Geoff Moes, who played hardcore Ichorid in our q-finals match. If only my deck hadn't poo'd on me in game three, {sigh}.

Once again a great event put on by the Gamers Lounge. Dave is first class, and the tourneys are always a blast, including the 3 minute "BAAOOOOOOMMM" fest between JR and Justin. I can't wait for the next one, maybe I'll even make the poop cake dinner at Dianes.

[Tobi]

3x Extirpate (so good)

Planar Chaos is not yet tournament legal 

How has Extirpate been performing? Is it really the bomb some people are proclaiming?

[Twaun007]

3x Extirpate (so good)

Planar Chaos is not yet tournament legal 

How has Extirpate been performing? Is it really the bomb some people are proclaiming?

In the discription of the tourney it stated that Planar Chaos would be legal.

I was playing Slaver and got Extripated 3 times in one match losing Force, Thirst, and Underground Sea and I still won. I did not see it as that big of a threat. It is just another card you have to play around. Only time will truly tell though.

@normoftw:
Good to see ya at the tourney. The Brain claims to win 75% of all mox tourney's he plays in. Some one has to take him down. 

[GrandpaBelcher]

Twaun, what did you get Extirpated by?  (Or rather, by what did you get Extirpated?)

Also, did anyone see any other Planar Chaos cards?

I played trip Extirpates in UB Fish and made Top 8.  It was solid for me, I'd say.  Certainly not format breaking, but strong.  I Extirpated Ichorids and Nether Shadows for good game against Dread Returns Ichorid.  I got to look at Norm's Slaver list to see what was going on and took Underground Seas and Flooded Strands (the Strands after I saw he had one in hand after Duressing).  I took Tundras against UW Fish to leave him with three colored lands.  I took something from him in the Swiss too that prevented him from keeping a lethal Jotun Grunt around, don't remember what, though.

It's a tool.  I liken it a lot to Cabal Therapy.  It's not format breaking, sometimes it's weak, but other times it's a game ruiner.  I was really hoping to "counter" a topdeck tutor with it, but never did.

In my last games against UW Fish I left them in and I probably should have removed one or two or been more aggressive with them.  For example, I should have counted when I Extirpated him in the swiss to find that he had four Flooded Strands and aimed for those.

Unless my deck was combo, I wouldn't have taken Force of Wills (please, two-for-one yourself by countering a 2/2 guy).  Thirst could have been a decent choice, but one Thirst is all it takes sometimes.  My first goal was to hit dual lands and colored sources with it, since I see that as the weak point in Vintage decks.

I'm using them again.

Edit:  I forgot to mention...  Before anyone says comparing Extirpate to Cabal Therapy is bad ("Cabal Therapy?!  Who plays that besides Ichorid and MBC?"), I'm going to start playing Cabal Therapy now.  The Dazes in my sideboard should have been Cabal Therapy.  Extirpate + Therapy + Duress + Wasteland + Stifle = giggling uncontrollably. 

[Phele]

Extirpate + Therapy + Duress + Wasteland + Stifle = giggling uncontrollably. 

You will love Chalice set a one

[GrandpaBelcher]

Pics are up!

Sorry about the color on some of these.  The store is much nicer than these pictures suggest!

Thanks again to Dave for hosting and for putting up the Mox Ruby.  It was great as always.

[kharniverous]

W000000000tize..

The only reason I won this touranement is because reinforcements popped right before the top 8 in the form of JR hailing from team look at yourself in the mirror. He popped in, hyped man'd it up, did multiple LATR's and basically said the Brain cant lose with me hyping. And in fact, Brain gifts did indeed dominate the dojo, winning yet another moxen.

The picks are Awesome. How can i lose that game with JR behind me hyping like that? I can't. 

I might take the lone regrowth out of the board but WILL NOT cut bob the builder. He is sooo insane turn 1. ETW and dimir jankpurse were like goggles all day long and never once did I feel the need to launch a warrens over / with a tendrils. V fish in the semi's burning wish for pyroclasm was G's.

Extripate does not seem to be as BRIZOKEN as everyone thinks. It stops many things especially Ichorid, but I did not see cause many problems for the other decks in the tourny.

Great tourny dave, Great pix, Great players, and most importantly... a great champion was crowned AGAIN.
Hopefully come the 25th, someone can stop me :lol:

[Tobi]

Norm White's list misses one card.

[Twaun007]

Twaun, what did you get Extirpated by?  (Or rather, by what did you get Extirpated?)

I got my Force of Will's Extripated round 1 in game 2 against Al's Grimlong deck. The picture that is posted in your blogger is game 1. I also got Extripated by Justin Dewey's mono black stax deck. I lost Force of Will, Thirst for Knowledge, and my Underground Sea's. That was in game 2 of match 4.

Cool pics.

I seriously can't wait for another one of these events. they are so fun.

 

[LotusHead]

Pics, Whoot!

Looks like the tourney was held in a dive bar, pretty cool!