T1 Proxy 10 - Mississauga (Toronto) - March 24th, Beta Ancestral

[Nightwing]

T1 Proxy 10 - Mississauga/Toronto - Beta Ancestral - March 24th



Untouchable Sports Collectibles, a hobby store in Mississauga Ontario (near Toronto), will be holding a T1 Proxy tournament on Saturday March 24th for our best prize yet...


  Beta Ancestral Recall


Entry: $25.00 base, pre-reg door-prize (1) but no discount, proxy options exist (see below), only 24 players required

*Pre-registration is highly recommended.  We can accomodate over 50 players very comfortably.
Additional space can be added if we know in advance, so let us know if you plan on coming out!



Tournament Info:
Start time: 12:00 Noon
Late Penalty: $10.00 late fee if you aren't reg'd with a deck list by Noon


Entry Fee:
$25.00 base entry which includes five (5) proxies. $1.00 for each proxy beyond this, to a maximum of ten (10) total proxies in the deck and sideboard combined.


Prizes:
Additional prizes will be added to the prize pool, we pay out 100% of tournament entries at our T1 events.
The plan is to pay out to the Top Four, if we have enough we'll reward the full Top Eight.


Registration:
Pre-registration by e-mail, PM, or post.  Please leave your full name whether you e-mail, PM, or post.

Pre-registered players will be put into a draw for a set of foil Mercadian Masques Counterspells.

Pre-registration ends March 10th.


Format:
Swiss rounds followed by a single-elimination playoff.
Swiss timed at 50 minutes per round
Playoff rounds will not be timed

Swiss generally ends around 6:30pm, playoff rounds around 9:00pm


Deck Registration:
Please bring a completed deck list or arrive early to fill one out.  Proxy cards must be clearly marked as such on the deck list.


Proxy Cards:
Proxy cards need to be on a tournament-legal Magic card. Collector's Edition and gold-bordered Championship Deck cards are not legal.



Directions:

Untouchables Sports is in Mississauga, a 10 minute drive from Toronto.  We are inside Central Parkway Mall (address below for Mapquesting purposes), at the intersection of Burnhamthorpe Road East and Central Parkway. The store is on the NE side of the mall, our store is visible from outside.


Driving:
From East of Mississauga: Take the 401 West to the 403 and exit on Cawthra Road. Take Cawthra to Burnhamthorpe and turn right onto Burnhamthorpe Road East. This road meets with Central Parkway and the mall is on your right side (NE corner of the intersection).

From West of Mississauga: Take the 401 East to Hurontario Street (Highway 10) South. Take Hurontario and turn left (East) onto Burnhamthorpe Road. Take Burnhamthorpe to Central Parkway Road. This road meets with Central Parkway and the mall is on your right side (NE corner of the intersection).

From North of Mississauga: Take the 410 South to the 403 and exit on Cawthra Road. Take Cawthra to Burnhamthorpe and turn right onto Burnhamthorpe Road East. This road meets with Central Parkway and the mall is on your right side (NE corner of the intersection).


Transit Directions:
Coming East: Take the subway to Islington, then switch to Mississauga Transit and take the 26W bus from there, which goes across Burnhamthorpe Road. Stop at Burnhamthorpe and Central Parkway (it'll be on your right side).

Coming West: Take the 26E bus from Square One which goes across Burnhamthorpe Road. Stop at Burnhamthorpe and Central Parkway (this is across the street from Central Parkway Mall).



Untouchable Sports Collectibles
Central Parkway Mall
377 Burnhamthorpe Rd. East
Mississauga
L5A 3Y1

(905) 275-0708
john@untouchables.ca

[PacmanXSA]

Prize guaranteed?

Pac

[Razvan]

It's not guaranteed, I don't *think* but a couple of things. First, we'll get 24, unless the mother of all Blizzards drops. Secondly, I don't think John has ever not provided the prize. Third, he generally always provides extra stuff in addition to the 100% prizes, like free entries, etc.

Come one, come all.

[Gekoratel]

Is there any reason that the tournament is 5 proxy with ability to buy up to 10 proxy rather than 10 proxy with the ability to buy up to 15.  Is this a way to make a little more cash because the fee is already $25 which is high for a T1 tourny.  I realize that the entry probably needs to be $25 over $20 because it is a Beta Ancestral on the line.  There are a lot of players here in Rochester that could play if it was 10+ Proxy but can not play if it is 5+.

EDIT: It's been brought to my attention that this tourny is probably $25 Canadian so I was just being ignorant.  I still think it should be 10 proxy though.

[kirdape3]

A thing to consider: is this $25 CAN or $25 USD?

Remember guys, in non-US countries the standard tournament is in fact sanctioned.  A LOT of people have the requisite cards to play their decks.

[Gekoratel]

I'm curious to know if any TMDers are going to be attending this event, so far not many people have posted.  I'm assuming this is because most of the Canadian contigent use a different site?

[Razvan]

First, kirdape, it's $25 funny dollars. So it's what, like 73c US?

Ok, here's the latest update. 54 people signed up, so far. TMDers going (most likely) are Arend (specialk), Rich Mattiuzzo (shockwave), Wolfman, maybe Peter (diceman), myself, um... a few others I am sure.

With 40 people, the payout was Beta Ancestral, and $400 for 2-8. With 14 more people signed up, it should probably be over $500.

And yes, we have our own site, www.mtgontario.com, for all the events in and around toronto and ontario, and maybe even... 'quebec' (*shudder*).

Here's the link for this tournament:

http://www.mtgontario.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5636#83635

Should be a fun event, and it's tomorrow. I don't know why it's not 10-proxy, I will talk to John about it tomorrow. It's not sanctionned.

[Gekoratel]

Razvan I put in a a request for an account on MTGOntario but it is pending until someone looks at it, is there any chance that you could pre-reg the following people.

Pre-Reg:
Jeff Folinus
Micheal Hetherington
Matt Denham
Matt Bailey
Erik Williams
Chris Trembley

[Shock Wave]

Razvan I put in a a request for an account on MTGOntario but it is pending until someone looks at it, is there any chance that you could pre-reg the following people.

Pre-Reg:
Jeff Folinus
Micheal Hetherington
Matt Denham
Matt Bailey
Erik Williams
Chris Trembley

I've submitted the request for pre-reg to the TO.

[Gekoratel]

Thanks a lot ShockWave I'm still pending for the admin to look at my request.

[Shock Wave]

Thanks to everyone, especially the Americans, who came out to support John's event. John is certainly the most fair tournament organizer in Ontario and is almost single-handedly responsible for keeping Vintage alive in the GTA. Here was the prize structure for the event:

1st - Beta Ancestral (in almost minty condition) Richard Mattiuzzo 
2nd - $250 Jeff Folinus
3rd - $125 Peter Olszewski
4th - $125 Ryan Trepanier
5th - $50 Paul Mastriano
6th - $50 Mike Antonarakis
7th - $50 Rich Hoaen
8th - $50 Lam Phan

3rd/4th and 5th-8th are in no particular order. John also ran a second, free entry, single-elimination tournament for an English Mana Drain after the Fourth Round! Alana Saulnier and Arend Kraehling split in the finals. He also gave away a set of foil Masques Counterspells as a door prize. Todd Taylor won them. I don't think you can beat that payout for a 60 man event.

Our next event in May will be for a UN Black Lotus. I invite everyone to come out again, and I'm hoping we will be able to attract players from Windsor, Michigan, and Quebec this time as well.

Thanks again to everyone for making this a success!

[Dxfiler]

That's a pretty loaded top 8.  Tourney sounds like it was a good time.  Congrats on winning Shockwave.

How many people showed up?  Who played what in top 8?  I know it's early for decklists, I'm just curious as to archtypes.

- Dave Feinstein

[Shock Wave]

Thanks! =). A quick summary of the swiss rounds for me:

R1: Alana Saulnier w/Gifts - Win in 3 games
R2: Steve Wolfman w/Stax - Win in 3 games
R3: Peter Olszewski w/Drain Tendrils - Win in 3 games
R4: Razvan Trufasiu w/Gifts - Win in 2 games
R5: Jeff Folinus w/Long - ID
R6: Rich H w/Gifts - ID

T8:

Jeff Folinus - Long w/Duress (no pitch counters)
Peter Olszewski - Drain Tendrils
Ryan Trepanier - Control Slaver ("Burning Slaver")
Paul Mastriano - Long w/Duress
Mike Antanakoris - ETW Gifts
Rich Hoaen - Gifts
Lam Phan - Birdshit
Rich Mattiuzzo - Landstill

Quarters:

Lam vs Rich M - Lam concedes
Ryan vs. Mike - Ryan wins in 3
Peter vs. Paul - Peter wins in 3 (great match full of complicated decisions)
Jeff vs Rich H - Jeff wins in 3

Semis:

Peter vs. Rich - Peter concedes
Ryan vs. Jeff - Ryan concedes

Finals:

Jeff vs. Rich M - Rich wins in 3

For mroe info on this event, you can check out: http://mtgontario.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5636

[dicemanx]

4 Drain decks, 2 Long, and 2 Canadian specials rounded out the t8. I was amazed at the turnout and very appreciative of not only John's efforts to organize such an amazing event and maintain player interest, but to all of the players that made the trip from Ottawa, North Bay, various parts of the US, and any other place that I am unaware of. You all contributed to the event's success, and we hope that you will show your support in the future! I also want to thank Paul Mastriano for an amazing match, which defines exactly what magic is about - excitement, complex decisions, a struggle in every sense of the word.

Incidentally, I used Codi Vinci's Drain Tendrils deck for the event, with some slight modifications. I feel that it is an amazing deck, and wonder why we're not seeing it played more often in major events.

[Gekoratel]

I know it's early for decklists, I'm just curious as to archtypes.

It's never to early for decklists here's what I was playing.

Artifacts
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Memory Jar
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Lion's Eye Diamond

Enchantments
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain

Instants
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Brainstorm
4 Cabal Ritual
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Dark Ritual
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Sorceries
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Duress
3 Grim Tutor
1 Infernal Contract
1 Mind's Desire
1 Imperial Seal
1 Tendrils Of Agony
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Timetwister
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Lands
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Bloodstained Mire
4 Polluted Delta
2 Underground Sea
1 Badlands
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
3 Empty the Warrens
4 Orim's Chant
2 Thrashing Wumpus
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Scrubland
1 Swamp
1 Island

This was my first vintage event in Canada and I was very impressed by the way that the things were run and the scene in general.  I highly recommend these tournies to anyone who lives close enough because the prize support was very good and it was a well run event in general.

hey, what's up? just curious what version of DT you played? did you play with red for ETW? what modifications did you make?

I spoke briefly with Diceman about the changes he made from your list and I know that he was running 3-4 Dark Confidants and 2 Merchant Scrolls which were the main differences.  If I remember correctly he cut the 2nd Rebuild and Frantic Search for the Scrolls but I don't know what he got rid of for the Confidants.  He still had the Intuition/AK draw engine.

[Nightwing]

A great tournament, as the players above posted.  Many thanks to everybody who came out and maintained a competitive and very sportsmanlike event, as always.  It was very encouraging to get this kind of support, thanks for the compliments as well!

I'll try to get some deck lists up in the Reports and Results forum soon

[Razvan]

http://www.mtgontario.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5636&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=75

pictures. i hope the link to the page works, it's page 6 otherwise. also, afterwards, there's a discussion where peter kills the internet.

[Smmenen]

Why the heck is there no tournament report?

Rich?

Peter?

Paul M?

Come on guys.  I expected some tournament reports.   Dissapointed.

[Shock Wave]

Why the heck is there no tournament report?

Rich?

Peter?

Paul M?

Come on guys.  I expected some tournament reports.   Dissapointed.

I did post a tournament report, it was just an abbreviated version  . My deck sucks anyways, I just went on a lucky run. Lam's deck is pretty shitty too, but he was equally lucky. Peter played a good deck and so did Paul. I vote for them to write tournament reports.