[Results, Lists, Profiles and Pics] TO Report: Becker Vs. Arsenal at Cary, NC

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[Results, Lists, Profiles and Pics] TO Report: Becker Vs. Arsenal at Cary, NC

Announcement Thread: http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=33961.0

Location- Cary, NC at the Sports Zone: Saturday September 15th, 2007

We had 30 people show up for this tournament!! This is by far the most we've ever had, so thank you for everyone who travelled to make it happen. We played 5 rounds of swiss with a cut to top 8 to play for the following:

1st: Timetwister
2nd: Mana Drain
3rd: 10-proxy Manaless Ichorid Deck
4th: Underground Sea and Tropical Island
5th: 2 packs of sleeves, Volcanic Island, 1 pick from top 8 prize pool
6th: 2 packs of sleeves, Tundra, 1 pick from top 8 prize pool
7th: 2 packs of sleeves, 3 picks from top 8 prize pool
8th: 2 packs of sleeves, 2 picks from top 8 prize pool
9th: Tolarian Academy (donated by Brandon Todaro, thanks!)

Cody Vinci (myself) beat out David Earley for the top 8 prediction contest to win $1!!

The metagame break down was:

6 GAT
3 Manaless Ichorid
3 UWB Fish
2 Flash
1 Hide/Seek Control
1 Sullivan Solution
1 UW Fish
1 UG Fish
1 BG Fish
1 URBana Fish
1 TMWA
1 Bomberman
1 Hermit Druid.dec
1 Grim Long
1 Workshop Aggro
1 5C Stax
1 Oath
1 Scepter Chant
1 UBr Control

After 5 rounds of swiss, here were the standings:

Top 8

1. David Earley (12 Points) with GAT
2. Philip Marschall (11 Points) with GAT
3. Eric Becker (11 Points) with URBana Fish
4. Bert Kyle (11 Points) with Manaless Ichorid
5. Brandon Todaro (11 Points) with Bomberman
6. Ron Capalongan (10 Points) with GAT
7. Chris Coppola (10 Points) with GAT
8. Mike Mazujian (10 Points) with 5C Stax

9. Darien Elderfield (10 Points) with Hermit Druid.dec

Top 8 Results

David Earley (GAT) defeats Mike Mazujian (5C Stax) in 3 games
Brandon Todaro (Bomberman) has Bert Kyle (Manaless Ichorid) concede to him
Chris Coppola (GAT) defeats Philip Marschall (GAT) in 3 games
Eric Becker (URBana Fish) defeats Ron Capalongan (GAT) in 2 games

Top 4 Results

Brandon Todaro (Bomberman) defeats David Earley (GAT) in 3 games
Eric Becker (URBana Fish) defeats Chris Coppola (GAT) in 2 games

Finals

Brandon Todaro (Bomberman) defeats Eric Becker (URBana Fish) in 3 games

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1st - 9th Place Player Profiles


1st Place - Brandon Todaro

Name? Brandon Todaro
Where are you from? Hotlanta, GA
Occupation? Real Estate
Age? 21
Pick one card to restrict: Flash
Pick one card to unrestrict: Frantic Search, FoF, Gifts
How long have you been playing Vintage? 2 years
What deck did you play? Bomberman
What do you think the best deck in the format is? GAT
Best movie of all time? National Lampoons Van Wilder
Who's going to win the Super Bowl this year? Patriots


2nd Place - Eric Becker

Name? Eric Becker
Where are you from? Urbana, IL
Age? 22
Pick one card to restrict: Flash
Pick one card to unrestrict: Channel, Mox Diamond, Frantic Search, Personal Tutor, Fact or Fiction, Gifts Ungiven, Dream Halls, Grim Monolith, Chrome Mox
How long have you been playing Vintage? 2 years
What deck did you play? URBana Fish
What do you think the best deck in the format is? Gush Will Storm
Best movie of all time? Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
Who's going to win the Super Bowl this year? Bears


3rd Place - David Earley

Name? David Earley
Where are you from? Parkersburg, WV
Occupation? Duke Law Student
Age? 22
Pick one card to restrict: Flash (and Gush 2nd)
Pick one card to unrestrict: Dream Halls
How long have you been playing Vintage? 5 years
What deck did you play? GAT (no red)
What do you think the best deck in the format is? GAT (with red)
Best movie of all time? The Matrix
Who's going to win the Super Bowl this year? Colts


4th Place - Chris Coppola

Name? Christopher Coppola
Where are you from? Raleigh
Occupation? Physics Graduate Student
Age? 23 (today!)
Pick one card to restrict: Flash
Pick one card to unrestrict: Trinisphere
How long have you been playing Vintage? 6 years
What deck did you play? GAT
What do you think the best deck in the format is? GAT
Best movie of all time? The Empire Strikes Back
Who's going to win the Super Bowl this year? Patriots


5th Place - Philip Marschall

Name? Philip Marschall
Where are you from? Raleigh, NC
Occupation? Student
Age? 18
Pick one card to restrict: Virulent Sliver
Pick one card to unrestrict: Gifts Ungiven
How long have you been playing Vintage? A month or so?
What deck did you play? GAT
What do you think the best deck in the format is? GAT
Best movie of all time? Daywatch
Who's going to win the Super Bowl this year? The San Diegos


6th Place - Bert Kyle

Name? Albert (Bert) Kyle
Where are you from? Raleigh, NC
Occupation? Software Engineer
Age? 29
Pick one card to restrict: Flash - I still can't believe Zherbus drove 6 hours to lose to a 10 year old in 53 seconds. That is just wrong.
Pick one card to unrestrict: Time Spiral - It can be raced by combo. Mana Denial makes it impossible to cast and it can be countered. I do not see how a Time Spiral deck would be dangerous.
How long have you been playing Vintage? 3-4 Years
What deck did you play? I played Manaless Ichorid
What do you think the best deck in the format is? Manaless Ichorid is the best deck being played, but I think Uba Stax might actually be the best deck.
Best movie of all time? Star Wars trilogies ... I actually think Episode III might have been the best.
Who's going to win the Super Bowl this year? Carolina Panthers


7th Place - Ron Capalongan

Name? Ronald Capalongan
Where are you from? Atl, GA
Occupation? District Manager Game Stop
Age? 25
Pick one card to restrict: Island
Pick one card to unrestrict: A. Recall
How long have you been playing Vintage? 2 days
What deck did you play? GAT
What do you think the best deck in the format is? GAT
Best movie of all time? Old School
Who's going to win the Super Bowl this year? Patriots SD Chargers


8th Place - Mike Mazujian

Name? Mike Mazujian
Where are you from? NJ, SC
Occupation? Navy Nuclear Electrician
Age? 24
Pick one card to restrict: Wall of Mulch. Broken.
Pick one card to unrestrict: Fastbond. Give the DCI a gimmie, tell them we got it covered.
How long have you been playing Vintage? 5 Years
What deck did you play? Staxless Stax w/ Stax
What do you think the best deck in the format is? The piloted by...
Best movie of all time? 5th Element
Who's going to win the Super Bowl this year? OH! THE COMMERCIALS!


9th Place - Darien Elderfield

Name? Darien Elderfield
Where are you from? Raleigh, NC
Occupation? Student
Age? 14
Pick one card to restrict: Merchant Scroll
Pick one card to unrestrict: Grim Monolith
How long have you been playing Vintage? I don't know
What deck did you play? Hermit Druid.dec
What do you think the best deck in the format is? GAT
Best movie of all time? Happy Gilmore
Who's going to win the Super Bowl this year? Patriots

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1st - 9th Place Decklists


1st Place - Brandon Todaro - Bomberman

Maindeck

3 Auriok Salvagers
3 Aven Mindcensor
4 Trinket Mage
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Misdirection
2 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
3 Repeal
2 Aether Spellbomb
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
4 Tundra
3 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria
5 Island
1 Plains

Sideboard

3 Stifle
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Kataki, War's Wage
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Chalice of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
3 Swords to Plowshares


2nd Place - Eric Becker - URBana Fish

Maindeck

2 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Badlands
1 Island
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Mogg Fanatic
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours
4 Dark Confidant
1 Gorilla Shaman
3 Waterfront Bouncer
2 Dimir Cutpurse
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Force of Will
4 Duress
2 Daze
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Red Elemental Blast

Sideboard

4 Leyline of the Void
3 Pithing Needle
2 Pyroblast
2 Flametongue Kavu
2 Echoing Truth
2 Rack and Ruin


3rd Place - David Earley - GAT

Maindeck

3 Tropical Island
1 Library of Alexandria
3 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Psychatog
4 Quirion Dryad
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Regrowth
1 Rushing River
1 Time Walk
1 Mox Emerald
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Opt
1 Cunning Wish
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
4 Brainstorm
2 Misdirection
1 Fastbond
4 Merchant Scroll
4 Duress
2 Mana Drain
4 Gush
4 Force of Will
1 Imperial Seal

Sideboard

1 Berserk
1 Oxidize
1 Darkblast
2 Submerge
2 Leyline of Singularity
4 Energy Flux
4 Leyline of the Void


4th Place - Chris Coppola - GAT

Maindeck

4 Force of Will
4 Duress
3 Mana Drain
2 Misdirection
4 Gushh
4 Brainstorm
4 Merchant Scroll
3 Opt
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Regrowth
1 Cunning Wish
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Psychatog
4 Quirion Dryad
2 Island
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
1 Fastbond
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus

Sideboard

4 Leyline of the Void
2 Diabolic Edict
3 Oxidize
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Brain Freeze
1 Berserk
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Snuff Out


5th Place - Philip Marschall - GAT

Maindeck

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
2 Mana Drain
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Opt
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Merchant Scroll
4 Gush
4 Brainstorm
4 Duress
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Psychatog
3 Quirion Dryad
1 Regrowth
1 Fastbond
1 Pyroblast
1 Cunning Wish

Sideboard

3 Yixlid Jailer
1 Berserk
1 Fire/Ice
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rack and Ruin
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
2 Pithing Needle
1 Submerge
1 Trickbind
1 Ancient Grudge


6th Place - Bert Kyle - Manaless Ichorid

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Petrified Field
4 Serum Powder
4 Golgari Grave Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Thug
4 Unmask
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Bridge from Below
4 Narcomoeba
4 Ichorid
2 Dread Return
2 Ancestor's Chosen
4 City of Brass
1 Darkblast

Sideboard

4 Gemstone Mine
4 Chain of Vapor
4 Emerald Charm
2 Wax/Wane
1 Darkblast


7th Place - Ron Capalongan - GAT

Maindeck

2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Island
2 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
4 Quirion Dryad
2 Misdirection
4 Gush
4 Merchant Scroll
4 Brainstorm
2 Mana Drain
3 Opt
4 Duress
4 Force of Will
1 Cunning Wish
1 Psychatog
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Time Walk
1 Red Elemental Blast

Sideboard

1 Berserk
1 Rushing River
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Fire/Ice
1 Pyroblast
2 Pithing Needle
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Oxidize


8th Place - Mike Mazujian - 5C Stax

1 Orb of Dreams
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Powder Keg
2 Chalice of the Void
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Smokestack
1 Trinisphere
1 Triskelion
1 Sundering Titan
4 Goblin Welder
2 Gorilla Shaman
1 Balance
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
1 Crop Rotation
1 Imperial Seal
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Coalition Relic
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 City of Brass
2 Gemstone Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby

Sideboard

4 Leyline of the Void
2 Powder Keg
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Duplicant
1 Orb of Dreams
1 Triskelion
1 Darkblast
1 Rule of Law
1 Jester's Cap
1 Viashino Heretic


9th Place - Darien Elderfield - Hermit Druid.dec

4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Bloodstained Mire
3 Undergroud Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Bayou
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
4 Hermit Druid
4 Narcomoeba
1 Dread Return
1 Sutred Ghoul
1 Phyrexian Dreadnought
1 Dragon Breath
4 Force of Will
4 Unmask
4 Duress
2 Cabal Therapy
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Brainstorm
1 Lim-Dul's Vault
1 Imperial Seal
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Street Wraith

Sideboard

4 Leyline of the Void
4 Xantid Swarm
2 Submerge
1 Massacre
1 Island
3 Naturalize

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Event Pictures


GAT Vs. Ichorid


Chris sporting his newly found Arsenal shirt... it was MIA the last year somewhere in Sports Zone


George looks excited and/or is planning something evil


Bert playing his Manaless Ichorid deck... he went undefeated in swiss but had to leave before top 8


View of the store from the entrance


A great day for Arsenal with wins in both soccer and type 1!! Which "sport" do you think Wadie care about more?


Eric Becker playing URBana and Davin Frankosky playing Ichorid


All eyes on Steve O'Connell


Quarterfinals match: Becker swiping Ninja for Fanatic while Ron waits for his turn


Quarterfinals match: David Earley facing a growing number of Stax lock pieces


Quarterfinals match: GAT on GAT mirror... Chris stroking his precious cards?


Semifinals match: Can Bomberman go the distance??


Both semifinals matches going on


Finals match: Brandon under Duress


Finals match: Brandon Todaro and Becker go the distance to crown a champion. Congrats to everyone who placed.

[Moxlotus]

Brandon Todaro (Bomberman) defeats Eric Becker (URBana Fish) in 3 games

Oh man, Becker hates Bomberman.  That had to burn him 

At least he got to take out 2 GAT players in the top 8.  URBana>Merchant Scroll.  Has been since MDG was legal.  Still is now

Nice thread title BTW.

[LotusHead]

[Results, Lists and Pics] TO Report: Becker Vs. Arsenal at Cary, NC
1st: Timetwister
2nd: Mana Drain
3rd: 10-proxy Manaless Ichorid Deck
4th: Underground Sea and Tropical Island
5th: 2 packs of sleeves, Volcanic Island, 1 pick from top 8 prize pool

That's actually an awesome prize!

[Yare]

My pictures, Cody will have more later.  If you have a burning desire to have caption added somewhere, just PM me and I can do that.  Specify which picture.


Steven G. and his Virulent Slivers have their way in Round 1 against Cody Vinci.








A view of the entire store from the back.


















Aven Mindcensor vs. Moat!














Steven G. makes the incredibly broken play of Mox, Mox, Mox, hardcast Elvish Spirit Guide on turn one.  Bert’s hand, however, suggests that it won’t be enough.


This is about the fifteenth minute of Chris's fourth turn in game 2 against Eric Becker in the top 4.

I apologize if I misspelled Steven G.'s name.

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A good event as usual.  I was thrilled with the turnout, both in terms of quantity and quality; hopefully this will be able to continue in the future.  Additionally, great prize support at this event also, including boosted support after a larger than expected attendance.  A special thanks to George and his sons, Steve O'Connell, Eric Becker, and anybody else who drove 2+ hours to come to this event; without you guys, we wouldn't be able to have events as large as this.

Only a few match notes: Energy Flux completely wrecked Stax in the top 8.  Mike actually scooped on turn 1 of game two after I played Lotus, Energy Flux.  I feel like this is a fairly good answer to Stax, although the only other artifact removal of 1 Oxidize and 1 Rushing River may not be ideal if my opponent tries to have a particular artifact stick around.  Additionally, Darkblast was good against Stax.  It was also good against Sliver Flash in that I was able to keep individual rogue slivers at bay for the duration of the match, having only to fear the combo (which I had shut down with Leyline of Singularity).

[RaleighNCTourneys]

The full report is now up. Enjoy.

Thanks again to everyone who came.

[Raakam]

It was a lot of fun meeting some new faces for sure. Why did you put quotations marks around Sport when referring to Football Cody? hrm? what are you implying there?

I was surprised at how good fanatic was for Eric all day.

[TopSecret]

Thanks for posting this!
It was a very enjoyable and thorough report.

Also:

3rd: 10-proxy Manaless Ichorid Deck

That's a really cool prize idea!

[ErkBek]

This is about the fifteenth minute of Chris's fourth turn in game 2 against Eric Becker in the top 4.

So that last picture of me (and Cody) playing vs. Chris.....yeah, I won that game. So savage, so savage.

I was pretty happy with my list, but at times it felt like I was playing too many dudes. 17 is a lot for URBana, but Cutpurse is so good. 3 Fanatics was a metagame call, they were decent, but a 2/2 split of Fanatic and Shaman would have been slightly better. I've also been advising people to run 4 Bouncers in a GAT heavy metagame, but I went for 3 expecting only a little GAT, guess I was wrong.....but I still pwned GAT.

Brandon and I both wanted to play out the finals. I didn't expect to play any bomberman, so I was running a 4th Duress in the maindeck over a 4th Red Blast, only one Mox monkey, as well as only 2 FTK's on the board. Still I went into the finals confident, maybe overconfident. Unfortunately, game 1 wasn't much of a game b/c I kept an ify 6 card hand got really ugly as I topdecked the anti nuts. Game 2 I crushed. Game 3 was epic as Brandon slow rolled a Salvagers that he was holding the entire game and combo'd me out on turn 7ish. I hate bomberman. Here's what I played against:

Rd 1: Scrub.dec (2-0) - I drew the absolute nuts both games to vs. Birds of Paradise and Gaea's Anthem though. 

Rd 2: GWS Long (2-1)

Rd 3: Stax (2-0)

Top 8: GAT (2-0)

Top 4: GAT (2-0)

Finals: Bomberman (1-2)

So I won a Mana Drain which I traded to Brandon. He hooked me up with 4 Deltas, 3 Strands, and a bonus free Sol Ring, Petal, and Vault. Sweet and thanks for the deal.

The tourney was a blast, but slops Cody for not having blankets and pillows for all 7 guest at his freezing apartment. jk

I'm looking forward to Atlanta's mox next month. I've already located a mox to potentially host one tourney here in Charleston in November, so I'll start looking into what date works for people.

[Yare]

I'm looking forward to Atlanta's mox next month. I've already located a mox to potentially host one tourney here in Charleston in November, so I'll start looking into what date works for people.

That would be somewhere between "hot" and "very hot".  Thanks for coming out; I'm glad you had a good time!

[neckfire]

hey all this was my first real type 1 tournament and i played gat. I did great.....yea right. i had fun though i made deck wrong that sucked oh well look forward to doing it again let me know cody next time you do one of these ok.

[yatagirlofchaos]

This was a great event, and I really enjoyed playing and meeting new people. Sadly, I don't have a ride to the upcoming event in Georgia.

[Zherbus]

You should barn a ride off someone from up there.

[desolutionist]

Pick one card to unrestrict: Channel, Mox Diamond, Frantic Search, Personal Tutor, Fact or Fiction, Gifts Ungiven, Dream Halls, Grim Monolith, Chrome Mox

Burning Wish, Crop Rotation, Lotus Petal, Library of Alexandria? <3

[sorcutt]

It's nice to not see GAT at the top 2 places ::shakes fist at dryad and other such shenanigans::

p.s. who the hell would want that 3rd prize 

[RaleighNCTourneys]

p.s. who the hell would want that 3rd prize 

No one in the top 4 apparently, but they found someone within 5 mins of winning it to buy it for $100 so 3rd/4th could have an easy split.

[Zherbus]

I was totally prepared to take the deck for my gauntlet. I think it's a fantastic prize. Unfortunately, there's not much else that comes close in affordability. Maybe Goblins, but that's a bit higher.

[ErkBek]

p.s. who the hell would want that 3rd prize 

No one in the top 4 apparently, but they found someone within 5 mins of winning it to buy it for $100 so 3rd/4th could have an easy split.

So why didn't they play it out?

[RaleighNCTourneys]

I'm not sure... I told them they should but they didn't want to. We've had a long tradition of splitting in the top 4 at Cary, NC... so it's nice to start breaking out of that habit and get some winners. I believe this is the first time we've had a winner in around 8 events.

[ErkBek]

I'm not sure... I told them they should but they didn't want to. We've had a long tradition of splitting in the top 4 at Cary, NC... so it's nice to start breaking out of that habit and get some winners. I believe this is the first time we've had a winner in around 8 events.

Well we had to play it out...you said if I won that you'd make a video of me crowd surfing out of the store.

[Yare]

I'm not sure... I told them they should but they didn't want to. We've had a long tradition of splitting in the top 4 at Cary, NC... so it's nice to start breaking out of that habit and get some winners. I believe this is the first time we've had a winner in around 8 events.

Well we had to play it out...you said if I won that you'd make a video of me crowd surfing out of the store.

Thank God that didn't happen. :/  Eh, regarding splitting, I think Chris actually had to go soon for some reason, so that was part of it.  Another part of it is that I just wanted to go home.  Beyond that, we're lamers in NC and tend to split a lot.  That being said, based upon your "go get em" attitude, I actually have a stronger desire now to play it out than I did before the event.  I mean, you drove all the way up here to play Magic, not to split for some cash.  So, you have changed my perspective to some extent.

[nataz]

3rd: 10-proxy Manaless Ichorid Deck

I think thats an excellent prize

[RaleighNCTourneys]

Thanks to everyone who liked the prize... I just wish more people who attended the tourney liked that prize

Anyway, I have a question for prizes on the next tourney. If people could respond or PM me, I'd really appreciate it.

1) Do people like the 3D cards/life counters the store had? The artist that they have do them can do anything. These would be in the 5th-8th place prizes and we could have a 3D brainstorm, duress, etc. Would people rather have the 5th-8th place prizes from the prize pool I had or 3D type 1 cards/life counters (or a mix of both)?

2) Would people rather play for an unlimited Recall plus smaller prizes or like a Library of Alexandria, Beta Sol Ring, Beta Demonic, Beta Vault, Foil Delta, Foil Gush, Foil Scroll, etc. Basically, do people want a big top prize or balanced prizes down to 8th place but no big one for 1st?

Thanks!

[Taterbeme]

Either one will work for me!!!

[Zherbus]

Cody,

1) I personally think very little of life counters for the obvious reasons.

2) I like the top heavy prizes. They also attract more people.

[Taterbeme]

1) I personally think very little of life counters for the obvious reasons.

You could use it to keep track of poison counters!!!

LMAO...Sorry Steve I had to do it.

[wiley]

Personally I like the top heavy prizes as well, the more people the better ya know

And the life counters would be an okay prize for 9th place as a booby prize or something.

I had great fun at this tourney (even with my dismal results) and would/will definately attend future ones.

[oneofchaos]

I like 1-4th place to be top heavy, just due to the fact if you survived the first round of finals, you should have your cake and eat it too.