TO report for Mox Tourney in Cambridge, MA on Oct 20th

[MachoBananaNacho]

29 players attended this event with a lot of prizes given out.  2 door prizes every round as well as 9th-16th prizes.  There were technical difficulties starting off with printers and parking issues.  A crew race at the Charles river caused the extra traffic in Boston.  The printer was up and online by round 2.

Special to the staff and store for hosting this event and Dan Cunningham for helping me with this report.

Top 8 decklist:

1st-4th
Eric Dupuis

3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
2 Island
1 Psychatog
4 Quirion Dryad
4 Gush
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Emerald
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Tormod's Crypt
4 Merchant Scroll
3 Ponder
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Misdirection
1 Cunning Wish
1 Black Lotus
4 Duress
1 Echoing Truth

SB:
1 Snuff Out
1 Smother
1 Berserk
1 Hydroblast
2 Oxidize
3 Yixlid Jailer
3 Tarmogoyf
3 Pithing Needle


1st-4th
Dave Feinstein

4 Goblin Lackey
4 Goblin Piledriver
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Goblin Matron
4 Goblin Ringleader
2 Seige-Gang Commander
1 Stingscourger
1 Gempalm Incinerator
3 Tin-Street Hooligan
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Aether Vial
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Taiga
2 Mountain
2 Barbarian Ring
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

SB:
1 Tin-Street Hooligan
3 Shattering Spree
1 Ancient Grudge
3 Pyrokinesis
2 Pithing Needle
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
2 Magus of the Moon
2 Red Elemental Blast


1st-4th
Craig Dupre

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

SB:
2 Oxidize
2 Smother
1 Brain Freeze
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Snuff Out
1 Berserk
4 Leyline of the Void


1st-4th
Stefan Ellsworth

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

SB:
1 Echoing Truth
1 Snuff Out
4 Encroach
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Rebuild
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Berserk

5th-8th
Albert Ye

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

SB:
1 Berserk
1 Smother
1 Fire // Ice
1 Rushing River
1 Stifle
2 Red Elemental Blast
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Pyroclasm
2 Energy Flux
1 Hurkyl's Recall


5th-8th
Patrick Broderick

3 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
2 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
4 Gush
4 Merchant Scroll
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Duress
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
2 Volcanic Island
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Fastbond
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Recoup
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Repeal
1 Dark Ritual
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Misdirection
1 Tinker
1 Darksteel Colossus

SB:
2 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pyroblast
1 Echoing Truth
2 Pithing Needle
1 Lava Dart
2 Pyroclasm
1 Rack and Ruin

5th-8th
Tim Landale

1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
4 Gush
4 Merchant Scroll
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Duress
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Thoughtseize
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Tinker
1 Misdirection
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Fire // Ice
2 Mana Drain
1 Echoing Truth
1 Mana Crypt
1 Regrowth
1 Pyroblast
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Meloku, the Clouded Mirror
1 Sol Ring
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Undergrand Sea

5th-8th
Jeff Roucoulet

1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
2 City of Brass
1 Powder Keg
2 Uba Mask
1 Coalition Relic
4 Goblin Welder
3 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Tinker
3 Wasteland
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Balance
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Sundering Titan
1 Mana Crypt
1 Memory Jar
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Trinisphere
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Smokestack
1 Strip Mine
1 Orb of Dreams
1 Triskelion
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Crop Rotation

SB:
2 Pyroclasm
1 Orb of Dreams
2 Ray of Revelation
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Darkblast
2 Rack and Ruin
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Red Elemental Blast

Dave Feinstein beat Tim Landale
Eric Dupuis beat Jeff Roucoulet
Craig Dupre beat Albert Ye
Stefan Ellsworth beat Patrick Broderick

There was a T4 split for $120 each and the 5th-8th prizes were as follows

4x Bloodstained Mire + FOIL Gush
4x Goblin Welder + FOIL Gush
4x Spanish Kataki + FOIL Gush
4x Korean Dark Ritual + 6 DCI Yixlid Jailer

9th-16th prizes included Chrome Mox, Spanish Misdirection, Goblin Lackey, Meddling Mage, Dark Confidant, Extirpate, City of Brass, Japanese Pact of Negation, German Gemstone Mine, Windswept Heath, Mana Vault, Quirion dryad and 4 other cards that totaled to 16 cards.

I will definitely be having another tournament, it was fun for me and hopefully fun for everyone that attended.

[T00L]

Sweet event. Will come again

[LotusHead]

5th-8th
Albert Ye

Way to go Pyr0ma5ta!

Step 1: Find a vintage tourney near you
Step 2: Make top 8!

It seems like only 6 Lorwyn cards made it to top 8.
3 Ponder
1 Thoughseize
2 Thorn of Amethyst

Fantastic prize support, by the way.

[Dxfiler]

Will come again

...if I give you a ride again.

You forgot to complete the sentence :p

Tourney was quite good.  Had a fun time.  As already stated you did great for your first tourney and you were adding prizes like there was no tomorrow.
I plan on going to the next one (prob bringing t00l too =p) just list the datezors.

I should have my report from this up soon.  I'm working on getting some pics for it

- Dave

[TopSecret]

Thanks for the lists, and congratulations to the Top 8.

Although, I have to say I'm a little unsettled by the results,
and no, it's not the amount of Gush...

Feinstein, you play Taiga, but no Kird Apes?!?!

Also, not every deck was playing Tarmogoyf;
this is not optimal.
Everyone knows that Tarmogoyf goes in everything.

[pyr0ma5ta]

5th-8th
Albert Ye

Way to go Pyr0ma5ta!

Step 1: Find a vintage tourney near you
Step 2: ????
Step 3: Profit!

Fixed your quote.

My second Vintage tournament since moving out East, and boy am I rusty from not playing Magic!  I punted all day long and somehow managed to 3-0 and ID into T8.  And then of course I played like a donk again in the T8.  Ah well, I got some cool things for showing up.  Thanks for running the tourney, Chester.  Looking forward to your next one, in which I will punt 20% fewer times.

[T00L]

Will come again

...if I give you a ride again.

You forgot to complete the sentence :p

Go get em needlebug

[Sarah Angel]

This was an awesome tourney and I was very impressed by the prize support and was really amazed that 9-16 got prizes.  Even though I got 17th I still managed to win 2 random door prize foil Salvagers.

I'd encourage anyone who didnt make this to go to Chester's next event!

[Grand Inquisitor]

This tournament was very well run, and the space and location (at least for me) is ideal for an event like this.

Nice work Chester.

Congrats to those in the T8.  I was completely stymied to see so many Gushes, given the recent prominence of stax and thorn's printing, but I guess you can't keep a good man down.

[Bill Copes]

I had a great time despite playing so damn terribly.  At least I covered the full spectrum of tournament placing -- 1st/2nd at Feinstein's, 29th/30th at chesters.  Maybe next time i'll get 15th to balance things out a little.  I'll be at the next one when it happens.  You done well, Mr. Li.

[Implacable]

I'm glad to see Dave do well with Fish again!  Keep the faith, sir.

It's a good thing that the DCI waited to take any sort of action on Gush.  Earlier, lots of people were being alarmist about Gush or Merchant Scroll, but frankly, tournaments like this clearly show that their hysterics aren't backed up by any sort of factual dominance.  Thank goodness.

[Outlaw]

I'm glad to see Dave do well with Fish again!  Keep the faith, sir.

It's a good thing that the DCI waited to take any sort of action on Gush.  Earlier, lots of people were being alarmist about Gush or Merchant Scroll, but frankly, tournaments like this clearly show that their hysterics aren't backed up by any sort of factual dominance.  Thank goodness.

Hmm... I guess Dave's Goblin's hung out at a drunken Sorority house and ended up smellin a bit fishy?

Damn you 9th place!! Going 3-1-1 and getting 9th after your breakers somehow drop 7 points is the lose. 

[Jeffro]

Oh Outlaw, are u still complaining about that? you cant make top 8 everytime my friend. but hey, at least u lossed the spot to the person who  drove you there!

good tourny will probably attend another

[VsTheWorld]

Did anyone play Manaless Ichorid here? That's what I was going to bring if I hadn't already been busy with a Legacy tournament out in Hadley.