[Report] Myriad Games Vintage November 10th, 2007 w/T8 Decks

[Myriad Games]

The Myriad Games Vintage Tournament announcement for November 10th, 2007 can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who attended the thirteenth event in our 2007 Vintage Tournament Series here at Myriad Games.

Pictures of the event are available in the Myriad Games Photo Album here.

Thank you to everyone who arrived in a timely fashion with decklists ready. We were able to start promptly as usual.

Barry Charron won the Preregistration Bonus Prize.

Oliver Beaumont won the Best Deck Name Contest.

Our New Player Bonus Booster Pack continued to be appreciated. Each new player received a Free Booster Pack!

Every player that wanted one received one of Sara's famous Myriad Games Magical Mana Cookies!

The Tumblin' Dice Tournament was another enjoyable Free side event. The Top 4 players were:

   1st = Demonic Attorney
   2nd = John Joyce
   3rd = Jared Carter
   4th = Jeff Carpenter

Congratulations to our Tumblin' Dice Champions!

Our bonus Myriad Magic Memento cards were appreciated by all. Every player had the opportunity to select a card from our special Myriad Magic Memento Binder including some cool Magic singles. These Myriad Magic Memento are designed to serve as a cool keepsake from the event. Feel free to have your opponents sign them, customize them with the date of the event, or just keep them in your binder as a reminder of a good time at a great Vintage event.

Each tournament report posted in the Tournament Announcement section of The Mana Drain by November 17th will receive a prize! Reports must include Myriad Games in the title. Style points will be awarded for catchy titles, amusing anecdotes, and interesting coverage. Super style points will be awarded for good pictures from the event. Prizes will be reserved at Myriad Games and may be picked up at our December 1st Vintage Tournament. As reports are added, we will add handy links to the various tournament reports from the player's names in the final standings below.

As always, if you have any comments or suggestions about our events, please email us at vintage@myriadgames.com

Tournament Results

1st   Eric Dupuis -- GroATog
2nd   Jeremiah Rudolph -- Workshop Affinity
3rd   Keith Carpentier -- Stax (Report Below)
4th   Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman
5th   Pat Broderick -- Gush Combo
6th   Ron White -- Goblins
7th   Mike Bergeron -- Staxless Stax
8th   John Joyce -- Goblins
9th    Justin Yang -- Goblins
10th   Dan Perovich -- GroATog
11th   Demonic Attorney -- GroATog
12th   Justin Timoney -- 5 Color Stax
13th   Eric Rose -- GroATog
14th   Jeremy Wheeler -- Bomberman
15th   Craig Dupre -- GroATog
16th   Jeffrey Roucoulet -- Uba Stax
17th   Jeff Carpenter -- Shop Combo
18th   Willie Munch -- GroATog
19th   Clark Van Vliet -- U/B Control
20th   Barry Charron -- Ichorid
21st   Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax
22nd   Sara Yarrington -- Belcher
23rd   Jared Carter -- Flash
24th   Eric Carpenter -- Mono Red Workshop
25th   Alex Golen -- Mono White
26th   Matt Allen -- GroATog
27th   Scott Hughes -- The Mountains Win Again
28th   Keith Swenson -- 5 Color Stax
29th   Stephen Wells -- GroATog
30th   Ross Golen -- Mono Black
31st   Sean Stanley -- Mono Red Burninator
32nd   Duncan Devlin -- 4 Color Control
33rd   Jacob Dolan-Bath -- Mono Black
34th   Nick Rodrigues -- Future Sight Combo
35th   Michael Joseph Moore -- Green / Red
36th   Zach Bath -- Elves

Metagame Summary   
Gush Decks (9) 25.00%
Workshop Decks (8) 22.22%
Goblins (3) 8.33%
Bomberman (2) 5.56%
Other (14) 38.89%
Total  36   

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

• Eric Dupuis -- GroATog v. John Joyce -- Goblins
• Keith Carpentier -- Stax v. Ron White -- Goblins
• Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman v. Pat Broderick -- Gush Combo
• Jeremiah Rudolph -- Workshop Affinity v. Mike Bergeron -- Staxless Stax

Top 4 - Semifinals

• Eric Dupuis -- GroATog v. Keith Carpentier -- Stax
• Jeremiah Rudolph -- Workshop Affinity v. Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman

Top 2 - Finals

• Eric Dupuis -- GroATog v. Jeremiah Rudolph -- Workshop Affinity

Top 8 Decklists


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

Sideboard
1x Hydroblast
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Snuff Out
1x Smother
1x Berserk
2x Oxidize
2x Yixlid Jailer
3x Pithing Needle
3x Tarmogoyf

2nd Jeremiah Rudolph -- Workshop Affinity

1x Memory Jar
4x Skullclamp
4x Chalice of the Void
3x Staff of Domination
2x Crucible of Worlds
3x Jester's Cap
3x Frogmite
4x Arcbound Ravager
4x Myr Retriever
3x Triskelion
4x Metalworker
4x Mishra's Factory
2x Ancient Tomb
1x Tolarian Academy
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
4x Mishra's Workshop
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Vault
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt

Sideboard
2x Maze of Ith
2x Tormod's Crypt
2x Sphere of Resistance
1x Triskelion
2x Powder Keg
3x Pithing Needle
2x Eon Hub
1x Crucible of Worlds

3rd Keith Carpentier -- Stax

4x Mishra's Workshop
4x Wasteland
4x Shivan Reef
2x Barbarian Ring
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Strip Mine
4x Goblin Welder
3x Myr Enforcer
2x Gorilla Shaman
1x Triskelion
1x Sundering Titan
1x Karn, Silver Golem
4x Sphere of Resistance
4x Thorn of Amethyst
4x Smokestack
3x Crucible of Worlds
2x Tanglewire
1x Trinisphere
1x Mindslaver
1x Jester's Cap
1x Tinker
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Vault
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring

Sideboard
3x Tormod's Crypt
3x Chalice of the Void
3x Orb of Dreams
2x Null Rod
2x Lava Dart
2x Shattering Spree

4th Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman

3x Auriok Salvagers
3x Aven Mindcensor
3x Meddling Mage
3x Trinket Mage
4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
2x Misdirection
4x Brainstorm
2x Cunning Wish
2x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
2x AEther Spellbomb
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Black Lotus
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
4x Flooded Strand
4x Island
3x Tundra
1x Cephalid Colisseum
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Plains
1x Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
4x Trickbind
3x Swords to Plowshares
2x Phyrexian Dreadnought
2x Rebuild
1x Brain Freeze
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Misdirection

5th Pat Broderick -- Gush Combo

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

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

6th Ron White -- Goblins

4x Goblin Lackey
4x Goblin Warchief
4x Goblin Piledriver
4x Goblin Matron
4x Goblin Ringleader
4x Mogg Fanatic
4x Aether Vial
4x Thorn of Amethyst
2x Gempalm Incinerator
2x Siege-Gang Commander
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mana Crypt
1x Stingscourger
14x Mountain
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine

Sideboard
3x Pyrokinesis
3x Pithing Needle
4x Shattering Spree
2x Red Elemental Blast
2x Umezawa's Jitte
1x Goblin Sharpshooter

7th Mike Bergeron -- Staxless Stax

4x Crucible of Worlds
2x Powder Keg
2x Darksteel Ingot
4x Sphere of Resistance
4x Goblin Welder
1x Sol Ring
1x Sensei's Divining Top
2x Triskelion
1x Tinker
1x Sundering Titan
2x Gorilla Shaman
1x Crop Rotation
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Balance
1x Demonic Tutor
3x Viashino Heretic
1x Trinisphere
1x Mana Vault
1x Black Lotus
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Pearl
1x Strip Mine
1x Barbarian Ring
4x Wasteland
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mana Crypt
4x Mishra's Workshop
4x City of Brass
1x Horizon Canopy
3x Gemstone Mine

Sideboard
3x Ghost Quarter
1x Duplicant
3x Pyroclasm
4x Greater Gargadon
4x Tormod's Crypt

8th John Joyce -- Goblins

4x Goblin Piledriver
4x Goblin Warchief
4x Goblin Matron
4x Goblin Lackey
4x Goblin Ringleader
2x Goblin Recruiter
1x Stingscourger
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Red Elemental Blast
1x Incinerator
2x Seige-Gang Commander
3x Mog Fanatic
4x Aether Vial
1x Mox Ruby
1x Lotus Petal
1x Black Lotus
1x Chrome Mox
1x Mana Crypt
12x Mountain
3x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine

Sideboard
2x Red Elemental Blast
1x Mogg Fanatic
1x Goblin Sharpshooter
1x Stingscourger
1x Goblin Welder
4x Blood Moon
3x Shattering Spree
2x Pyrokinesis

Thanks again to everyone for coming. We'll look forward to seeing everyone at the fourteenth and final event in our 2007 Myriad Games Vintage Series on Saturday, December 1st and the first event in our 2008 Myriad Games Vintage Series on Saturday, January 12th.

[MagiKarp]

Just a minor correction on the deck I was playing; It was not actually 5 color stax, just standard, good ol' Stax.

Also I made my first attempt at a tourny report, which due to my resounding lack of permissions on posting, I am putting in this thread. Sorry if this is the wrong place for it!


3rd Place at Myriad Games with 9sphere Stax

Let me preface this report by saying that this was the first Vintage event I have attended in the past six months, so I may be a bit behind the times. This will also be my first tournament report (fittingly enough, as it was my first top 8), so if I am missing many of the details that more seasoned report writers include, please bear with me. I cut out the deck list from this report, as it can be seen in the above post.

Nine Ball Stax

A few explanations for some of my less conventional choices. I ran a single Mindslaver and a single Jester’s cap MD mostly as alternate Tinker targets as well as cards that I would not mind luck-sacking into but I was not counting on as primary win conditions. As for Myr Enforcer, typically I run 2-3 Juggernauts in the deck in case my opponent is not satisfied to scoop it up once I have them locked down and I don’t want to run every match to time with monkey/goblin beats. With the inclusion of so many spheres, I wanted a creature that would fit in better even when I was dropping a SoR as opposed to a ToA. Affinity seemed like the way to go.

 With that note, on to the report.

Round 1: U/B Control (I think)

Game 1: He won the roll. Drops an island and casts Recall, then passes the turn. I play a shop and Thorn, burn, and pass the turn. My opponent laid down a swamp and tried to play a 2cc spell (I think it was merchant scroll), in response to which I explain what Thorn does. He says “Ok, so I would be able to play Ancestral Recall if I used both my lands, right?” I found the question weird, but just nodded, assuming it was an example. He then plays a second Recall (turns out he was running 3), leading to a judge call and a game loss for him.

Game 2: Deck now legal, my opponent plays a land and passes the turn. I have another turn one sphere effect, followed by two more sphere effects, and eventually Enforcer/Triskelion beatdown. I don’t think he played a spell that game.

1 – 0 Matches, 2 – 0 Games

Round 2: GAT

This round is pretty fuzzy, and with my only notes coming in the progression of life totals, they aren’t much help in remembering what happened. Let’s see…

Game 1: I have early sphere effects and a Mox Monkey to cripple any help he would have gotten from jewelry. I think this one was over pretty quick.

Game 2: I know this game took longer, and I know it ended when I hard cast a Sundering Titan to take 3 of his lands and clear his board, I just really don’t remember getting to that point. I will take better notes next time…

2 – 0 Matches, 4 – 0 Games

Round 3: Gush Tendrils

Game 1: There was a lot of back and forth with me playing things and them getting countered. I think I managed to get one sphere to stick and a Crucible, but not really any lands to make it too broken. He then tinkers out the big guy and I’m pretty much ready to scoop it up and go to game 2, but I top deck a welder and he did not have an answer. I take 11 to the face, but weld the beats away and build up the lock before he can recover.

Game 2: I make a terrible play mistake that involves not cutting off gush when I had the chance to do so, which lead to my opponent going broken and tendrilsing me to death fairly quickly.

Game 3: Another fuzzy game. I’m pretty sure I got enough spheres down early on to nullify the threat of another tendrils death. I know I got down to 1 life and there was very nearly a tragic Empty the Warrens till we realized that he was one mana short of casting it thanks to thorn. I do remember there was an incident with hurykl’s recall and rack and ruin that also spelled trouble, but in the end, Smokestack and Myr beats won me the day.

3 – 0 Matches, 6 – 1 Games

Round 4: Staxless Stax

I get paired down. The round earlier, I mentioned to my opponent that I was pleased with all of the Shop decks present, as I had never lost a match up against one. Well, you know what they say about karma…

Game 1: There was a whole hell of a lot of sphere effects on the table, anywhere from 2-5 pretty much the entire game. I smokestacked us both to nothing and came out swinging with a mox monkey, beat him down to 1, but then he drew into answers and lock pieces and I drew no further.

Game 2: A lot like game 1. Lots of spheres, a smokestack reset which, though I planned better for it by holding back resources, my shop got wasted and I never hit another mana source that was big enough to get me out from under his spheres.

3 – 1 Matches, 6 – 3 Games

I am determined to win round 5. I have never made a top 8 at this point, and winning round 4 means that I can almost certainly draw in. I’m not too happy when I find out my pairing…

Round 5: Goblins

This is a match up that I do not like. I appreciate the lack of counter spells, but find the multitude of cheap, efficient creatures to be offensive to the guiding principles of my deck.

Game 1: I lose the die roll and rather quickly the game. Lackey and piledrivers early on pretty much send me packing. Drawing thorns against goblins is not really optimal...

Game 2: I boarded out the thorns and brought in Chalice and Orbs. I get blockers on the table and never let a lackey through. I get enforcers and down and tinker out a triskelion. Victory is shortly thereafter mine.

Game 3: A lot like game 2 but I also got down a chalice for 1 pretty early on. This game was pretty one sided, and was over pretty fast in my favor.

4 – 1 Matches, 8 – 4 Games

Round 6: Goblins

I fortunately was not paired down again and so I was able to ID into top 8.


There was much discussion of a top 8 split, but one person wanted to play it out.


Top 8: Goblins

So I end up playing against the same guy who I IDed with in round 6, yet another goblins match up…

Game 1: I win the die roll for the first time all day. I drop a turn 1 Karn and he blocks the goblin baddies all day long. I get an Enforcer down to take care of business. Sweet, I out aggroed Goblins.

Game 2: It’s just a mess. Warchief and lackey really early on lead to multiple pile drivers coming at me faster than I can handle. I get Karn down again and hold on for a while, but he got gempalmed and I went down soon after.

Game 3: I go broken turn one. I kept a hand that had no land because it had lotus and ancestral, figuring I would draw into something with that. Little did I realize I would draw into a land, a mox, and tinker. I drop the mox, tap/sac it, and use the 2 remaining blue from lotus to tinker. I was torn between triskelion and Sundering titan, but decide to go all out and pull titan. He gets in a few times before my opponent starts to chump with lackeys. He almost recovers by getting guys out faster than I can kill them, but I top deck triskelion and get an active welder to help me kill things off.

Top 4: ELD with GAT

I was both looking forward to and dreading this match up all day. Last time I had played against ELD I managed to win, but this was years back when Trinisphere was a 4 of and Gush was still restricted. This match was an entirely different story with the tables turned…

Game 1: I was really happy with my opening hand, which had a Shop, mox ruby, welder, shaman, a thorn, and some other stuff. ELD plays a land, ponders, and passes the turn. I play shop and thorn, assuming it will be countered. It was. I smiled and dropped the ruby and played welder, figuring that I will on my next turn, play the monkey, play the tanglewire I just drew, and weld the mox out for the thorn, and pretty much claim game 1. ELD ruined these plans by never giving me a turn 2. He goes broken and plays fastbond and proceeds to gush 6 times that turn, time walk, and tog me to death.

Game 2: I’m looking for a hand with double sphere and a way to play both. I figure my only shot is to get solid disruption down on my first turn before he got a chance to roll me again. I mulled to 4 before a saw a mana source. I was able to hold on for a little while, chump blocking dryads and goyfs, but it was still over pretty fast.


In the end, I felt no sadness over losing to ELD. It was only the 5th Mox sized event I have been to in my magic career, and my first top 8, so I was pretty happy to end up pulling third out of that. I have some ideas for changes that I am going to make to the deck for the next Myriad in December, so hopefully I will have the upper hand next time around.

It was a great event. This was my first time at a Myriad and I had a great time. Thanks Dan! See you next month.

Keith

[TopSecret]

He then plays a second Recall (turns out he was running 3), leading to a judge call and a game loss for him.

I'm really curious as to what he played over the fourth Recall.

[MrJolly]

Congrats Keith.

Also nice to see all 3 of us Goblin players in the top 9.

[Myriad Games]

He then plays a second Recall (turns out he was running 3), leading to a judge call and a game loss for him.

I'm really curious as to what he played over the fourth Recall.

Sleight of Hand. Seriously.

[Lou]

He then plays a second Recall (turns out he was running 3), leading to a judge call and a game loss for him.

I'm really curious as to what he played over the fourth Recall.

This is the funniest post I have ever read.

[oneofchaos]

Guess you can't complain about restricting gush, when apparently we need to re-restrict recall...

[Madpeep]

He then plays a second Recall (turns out he was running 3), leading to a judge call and a game loss for him.

I'm really curious as to what he played over the fourth Recall.

Sleight of Hand. Seriously.

Was it 7th Edition?  Maybe he just liked the picture.

I wish I had a camera.  Outlaw made the funniest face when he realized his opponent in Round 1 was playing a sleeve-less deck.

Seriously though, if the 3-4 guys who showed up unprepared and inexperienced are reading these boards, please come to more vintage tournaments.  It's good having new people come and although you didn't do so well this time, experiencing great events like Myriad's will only help you get better.

Oh and Dan, where's Sara on the Tumbling Dice Top 4 list?  I thought with me out of the picture she was an auto-win.

[yespuhyren]

Were his cards proxied?  It would have been funnier if he actually owned 3 recalls.

[Outlaw]

He then plays a second Recall (turns out he was running 3), leading to a judge call and a game loss for him.

I'm really curious as to what he played over the fourth Recall.

Sleight of Hand. Seriously.

Was it 7th Edition?  Maybe he just liked the picture.

I wish I had a camera.  Outlaw made the funniest face when he realized his opponent in Round 1 was playing a sleeve-less deck.

Seriously though, if the 3-4 guys who showed up unprepared and inexperienced are reading these boards, please come to more vintage tournaments.  It's good having new people come and although you didn't do so well this time, experiencing great events like Myriad's will only help you get better.

Oh and Dan, where's Sara on the Tumbling Dice Top 4 list?  I thought with me out of the picture she was an auto-win.

He was infact playing with no sleeves and I almost lost to a 5/5 flyer that you can remove cards from the yard to make him cheaper (he gets around all of my spheres!) I got down to something like a single point of life when out came the secret tech of the day Wizard Replica (1/3 flyer!) I proceed to block and weld him in and out until my smokestacks got up to like 2 and 3 and wiped him of his vicious flyer.  He then got a game loss for not having 60 cards or something.

[LotusHead]

There was much discussion of a top 8 split, but one person wanted to play it out.

Top 8 split? What, for their entry fee in store credit? Weird. Glad you guys played it out. Great report, btw.

[TopSecret]

He then plays a second Recall (turns out he was running 3), leading to a judge call and a game loss for him.

I'm really curious as to what he played over the fourth Recall.

Sleight of Hand. Seriously.

Was it 7th Edition?  Maybe he just liked the picture.

I wish I had a camera.  Outlaw made the funniest face when he realized his opponent in Round 1 was playing a sleeve-less deck.

Seriously though, if the 3-4 guys who showed up unprepared and inexperienced are reading these boards, please come to more vintage tournaments.  It's good having new people come and although you didn't do so well this time, experiencing great events like Myriad's will only help you get better.

Oh and Dan, where's Sara on the Tumbling Dice Top 4 list?  I thought with me out of the picture she was an auto-win.

He was infact playing with no sleeves and I almost lost to a 5/5 flyer that you can remove cards from the yard to make him cheaper (he gets around all of my spheres!) I got down to something like a single point of life when out came the secret tech of the day Wizard Replica (1/3 flyer!) I proceed to block and weld him in and out until my smokestacks got up to like 2 and 3 and wiped him of his vicious flyer.  He then got a game loss for not having 60 cards or something.

Obviously, Sleight of hand is better because it can't be Misdirected.

This reminds me of the time at Myriad while I was playing Stax;
I almost lost to someone playing BW, with Putrid Warriors, Soul Link, no proxies or power, and probably just one rare.
By most standards, it would be considered a budget casual deck, but it still almost killed me.
My Wastelands did nothing, since he played all basics,
and I couldn't race his Putrid Warriors, because he kept Soul Linking my guys.
I think I played a Smokestack at some point, and I was all excited, since he couldn't Soul Link it,
and then he took it out with, probably, the only Vindicate in his deck.

Of course, it was probably karma.

In the first game of round one in that tourney,
I started a game with Mox, Mox, Straw Golem, Straw Golem, go.
He had a Confidant he could have played turn one to kill both Golems,
but he opted to play something else instead, so he could storm combo out on turn two.
I then played Workshop the following turn, and dropped both a Welder and a Tangle Wire,
which he couldn't recover from before he fell to the two Golems.

So, yeah, I'm all about the bad beats.

[MrJolly]

Top 8 split? What, for their entry fee in store credit? Weird. Glad you guys played it out. Great report, btw.

Split would've been $100 in credit each.

[Dxfiler]

3 Goblins in top 9 is pretty hot.

Goblin Ron not winning is not hot. 

I have to try out that multiple ancestral tech sometime :p

- Dave