[results] Gamers Lounge - Sandusky, OH - Dec. 8

[GrandpaBelcher]

After begging, cajoling, and handing out two of my own decklists, we had 23 players at the last Sandusky tournament, good enough for a total payout of $345, which was split evenly between the top four at $86.25 each.  Not too shabby!

Our next tournament has already been scheduled for January 12, and we expect a similar turnout.  Future tournaments will be February 9 and March 8, so you can mark those now too.  Heck, you can mark every Second Saturday from now till the end, because that's when we're scheduling these things.

Remember that anyone who posts a good tournament report and mentions the store's name and address gets another bonus card, which now includes proxy cards made by local legend Dave P. Baum!

Top 8 after five rounds:
1  Mark J Trogdon - 11 points - Workshop Aggro
2  Angel Rivera - 11 points - Workshop Aggro
3  Randal Witherell - 11 points - MUD
4  Nam Q Tran - 10 points - Slaver
5  Jerry Yang - 10 points - Monoblue Guile
6  Jacob Hilty - 10 points - Bob-Bomberman
7  Paul Kim - 10 points - Bomberman
8  Eric Paull - 10 points - GAT

Top 4
Eric Paul beat Mark Trogdon
Nam Q Tran beat Jerry Yang
Randal Witherell beat Jacob Hilty
Angel Rivera beat Paul Kim

Top 8 Decklists

Mark Trogdon - Aggro Shop, I've decided to call it Wirecat Blitz

3x Magus of the Moon
2x Duplicant
4x Triskelion
4x Solemn Simulacrum
4x Juggernaut
4x Wirecat
4x Goblin Welder
3x Sword of Fire and Ice
4x Sphere of Resistance
1x Trinisphere
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Vault
4x Mishra's Workshop
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
3x Mishra's Factory
6x Mountain
1x Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
3x Crucible of Worlds
4x Rack and Ruin
3x Pyrostatic Pillar
2x Pyroblast
3x Red Elemental Blast

Angel Rivera - Mono Red Workshop Aggro

4x Sphere of Resistance
4x Thorn of Amethyst
4x Tanglewire
4x Magus of the Moon
4x Solemn Simulacrum
3x Juggernaut
3x Goblin Welder
3x Gorilla Shaman
2x Duplicant
3x Umezawa's Jitte
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Jet
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Trinisphere
4x Mishra's Workshop
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
1x Tolarian Academy
6x Mountain

Sideboard
4x Leyline of the Void
4x Rack and Ruin
2x Red Elemental Blast
2x Pyroblast
2x Triskelion
1x Razormane Masticore

Randal Witherell - "My Name is MUD"

1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
4x Chalice of the Void
3x Crucible of Worlds
4x Smokestack
4x Sphere of Resistance
1x Sculpting Steel
4x Tangle Wire
1x Trinisphere
2x Pithing Needle
1x Platinum Angel
1x Sundering Titan
4x Juggernaut
3x Triskelion
1x City of Traitors
3x Ancient Tomb
4x Ghost Quarter
4x Mishra's Factory
4x Mishra's Workshop
1x Strip Mine
4x Wasteland
1x Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
3x Sculpting Steel
3x Powder Keg
3x Orb of Dreams
3x Null Rod
3x Tormod's Crypt

Nam Q Tran - Slaver

Decklist witheld.  He says he'll let me post it if he gets permission.  Tune in at the end for the special edition 12th-place Slaver list, with subtitles, from Anthony Michaels.

Jerry Yang - Mostly Mono Blue avec Guile

4x Brainstorm
4x Counterspell
4x Fire & Ice
4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
3x Isochron Scepter
3x Rhystic Study (lol, so good)
2x Misdirection
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Boomerang
1x Darksteel Colossus
1x Echoing Truth
1x Guile
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Time Walk
1x Tinker
1x Black Lotus
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
10x Island
2x Flooded Strand
2x Polluted Delta
2x Volcanic Island
1x Library of Alexandria

Sideboard
4x Coast Watcher
4x Energy Flux
4x Sower of Temptation
3x Back to Basics

Jacob Hilty - Bob-Bomberman

4x Dark Confidant
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
3x Trinket Mage
3x Auriok Salvagers
3x Aven Mindcensor
3x Duress
3x Stifle
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Phyrexian Dreadnaught
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Cunning Wish
1x Echoing Truth
1x Aether Spellbomb
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Time Walk
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Sol Ring
1x Lotus Petal
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Ancient Tomb
3x Polluted Delta
3x Flooded Strand
1x Plains
1x Island
1x Swamp
2x Tundra
2x Underground Sea

Sideboard
2x Exalted Angel
1x Aether Spellbomb
1x Rebuild
1x Pithing Needle
1x Echoing Truth
2x Serenity
3x Swords to Plowshares
4x Leyline of the Void

Paul Kim - UWr Bomberman

2x Auriok Salvagers
3x Meddling Mage
4x Trinket Mage
4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
2x Red Eelemental Blast
1x Misdirection
2x Merchant Scroll
4x Brainstorm
3x Thirst for Knowledge
2x Aether Spellbomb
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Echoing Truth
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
3x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
4x Tundra
2x Volcanic Island
3x Island
1x Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
2x Red Elemental Blast
1x Misdirection
1x Volcanic Island
2x Pithing Needle
2x Shattering Spree
1x Engineered Explosives
2x Swords to Plowshares
4x Samurai of the Pale Curtain

Eric Paull - GAT

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

Sideboard
2x Pithing Needle
1x Berserk
2x Pyroblast
2x Pyroclasm
2x Ancient Grudge
1x Rack and Ruin
3x Yixlid Jailer
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Tarmogoyf

Special Bonus List - Best Decklist Edition

Anthony Michaels - 12th Place - TwaunSlaver

SLAVER = Just like everyone else's list

Land
3x Island - HMS Minnow
1x Tolarian Academy - Aristotle
1x Strip Mine - Brass Pole
1x Darksteel Citadel - Can't see...
3x Volcanic Island - Volcano!
2x Underground Sea - Huh, dude, it's a well!
2x Flooded Strand - Soaker
2x Polluted Delta - Plastic bags everywehre

Artofacts
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Crucible of Worlds
1x Mindslaver - Turn 2 Me

Blues Brothers
4x Force of Will - NO!
4x Mana Drain - NO!
4x Brainstorm - umbrella
4x Thirst for Knowledge - 40oz Unity

Dudesweat
3x Goblin Welder - switch-a-roo
1x Gorilla Shaman - tech monkey
1x Triskelion - Dakka-Dakka
1x Sundering Titan - BOOM

1x Ancestral Recall
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Echoing Truth
1x Tinker
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Gifts Ungiven
1x Time Walk
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Fire & Ice

Sideboard
1x Pyroclasm - 2 to the world
1x Smother - FMHDFDHMffff....  (That's my favorite one.)
2x Pithing Needle - Oh My Deck
1x Pyrite Spellbomb -TNT
1x Rack 'n' Rizzy - 2.4.1.
1x Dup's - clone? (Duplicant)
1x Yen's zzz - Yenzzz (Solem Simulacrum)
2x Tales from the Crypt (Tormod's Crypt)
3x Duress - Git me dat shit
2x REB - Bio Dome

[Twaun007]

I seriously punted two matches due to me being an idiot, but fun was had by all who attended and the cash pay out was premium.

These events at the Gamers Lounge/Herozone are amazing. Everyone in the surrounding areas should try to make it for the next one to witness the awesomeness that is type one.

The awesomeness
-My cousin Justin Dewey being there. He truly is my hero and knows the words to every rap song in existence.
-All my Cleveland homies for keeping it real and being themselves. I miss you guys and I'll be back in 1 semester.
-Nam, for giving me the iron lung
-Nat for being my new nemesis in mtg. I just can't beat the kid.
-the small Michigan contingent that made there way down. (Paul Kim, Your jedi mind tricks won't work on me next time.lol)
-Breakfast at Berardi's and the post tourney meal at Diana,s
-Type one mtg for being the best format ever!

The Un-awesomeness
-Slave a person once = you win.....Slave a person multiple times = you really win....I guess this concept still alludes me.
-Combat phase number crunches....1 chump blocker can equal a complete game change.
-Not having a single person to play Vintage with in Toledo..... This playing one day every two weeks has to change.

[Almighty]

All right Twaun! Way to almost make top half!


Maybe next year I'll make a midwest trip. Maybe next year...

[LordHomerCat]

Where are you going for a semester Twaun?

[Twaun007]

Where are you going for a semester Twaun?

I have one more semester of collage to attend at the University of Toledo.

[Mophead-Masquerade]

Mike Smar told me I had to post a tournament report due to my top 8 match against Trogdon, so I'll put a mini-report here.

First, I would like to apologize to anyone who's name I've forgotten, it was a long day, mainly because I was very tired.

Round 1 [name?] playing Belcher
Game 1- I win the roll, and have an opener with first turn scroll for F.O.W., with another blue card and Echoing Truth in hand. The game is over when he blows his first hand on empty for ten, that meet the truth.
Game 2- He plays and after a long fame he eventually sticks a welder to weld in his countered Belcher.
Game 3- Duresses and counters rip apart his game plan, and my growing dryad puts him in his place.

Round 2 Mike Smar playing Stax
Game 1- My draw is a slow one, when I realize he is playing Stax I comment on my hand being awful for this match. He welder beats me to twelve and smokestacks any land I had, which were tapped with wires anyways. Welder beats me to 12 and I concede for the sake of time.
Game 2- I may have resolved a ponder. maybe. I don't want to talk about it.

Round 3 [name?] with Ichorid
Game 1- I do basically nothing, and he stomps on me. However, I talk about having leylines in the side, even though I don't. Jedi mind trick FTW.
Game 2-He is unprepared for my jailer, but he plays it out, I'm guessing to make sure I wouldn't attack into an arbor. I did attack into an arbor but with the goyf I had resolved later. Boo yah forest dryads!
Game 3- I keep a controling hand and first turn tutor for jailer. The game is slow, I've countered a contagion, but i'm taking narco damage. The game goes to time so we've got 5 turns. I do some math in my head, and DT for tarmo, who will win it if he doesn't have another contagion. He doesn't so I win in turns.

Round 4 [name?] with GAT
Game 1- I have more maindeck threats, after a clear battlefield most game, tarmogoyf comes in swinging hard.
Game 2- We stalemate, trading good cards and counter, he digs and digs and resolve 'tog.  I have out tarmo and semi large dryad. I lucksack the second Tarmogoyf and am able to attack with a blocker, winning me the game.

Round 5- Jerry Yang with Guile.dec
Jerry does awesome math, and we ID into the top 8. I have time to enjoy a wonderful ice tea. Hooray fpr nourishment!

Top 8 Mark Trogdon with Workshop Aggro
Game 1- I mull, I first turn lotus + sea into Dryad and DT for Recall and pass. He plays SOFI and passes. I recall and start beats. From then on I counter any of his creature attempst, and win off my Dryad.
Game 2[ GAME OF THE DAY!]  I'm on the draw. My opening 7 is Lotus, Emerald, Dryad, Will, Brainstorm, Gush, and Merchant Scroll. I keep. Trogdon opens up with Mishra's Factory into Sol Ring and passes the turn. I topdeck Ancestral Recall. Mike Smar behind me calls out a Sports Center Update(tm). I play lotus and Recall into Fastbond, Gush, and 3rd card that I don't really remember. I play Mox Emerald and Dryad, and then Brainstorm. Brainstorm hits Trop, Fetch, and Time walk which I put back, but ended up tutor ing for it later. I play Trop and then fastbond into a delta and fetch for a Sea. Gushing and Scrolling for Gushes ensues. All 4 gushes are cast, and then I will. More gushes are cast, as is a Time Walk and Scroll for Cunning Wish. The walk turn entails Wishing for Berserk and swinging for 32 damage.

Top 4 split $86 a person
It was a good day.

Props
Gush<3
'goyf for being really good in the mirror
Mike smar for encouraging me to play GAT and basically calling game 2 against Trogdon.
trogdon for being a good sport
and Paul Kim for driving and also making top 8. Michigan REPRESENT
Jerr Yang and Nam for singing Trogdon the burninator

Slops
Mike Smar for being my match loss
Bad Beats in poker the night before.

[GrandpaBelcher]

Mophead, thanks a lot to all you Michiganders for coming out, and congratulations to you and Paul on your fine performances!  It's always great having you guys, and we hope to see you again in January.

[Mophead-Masquerade]

Believe me Nat, we really enjoy coming out for the fantastic events at the gamer's lounge. I would advise anyone within the area to come on out and get you some vintage. The players are friendly and skilled to boot!