Myriad Games Vintage February 9th, 2008

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Myriad Games Vintage February 9th, 2008

The Myriad Games Vintage Tournament announcement for February 9th, 2008 can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who attended the second event in our 2008 Vintage Tournament Series here at Myriad Games.

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

Jeff Carpenter won the Preregistration Bonus Prize.

Marc Tuttle won the Best Deck Name Contest with: "Nice shirt, Feinstein. You spilled some Goblin on it!"

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 award-winning Myriad Games Magical Mana Cookies!

The top players of our Liar's Dice Tournament were:

   Stefan Ellsworth
   Chad Behre
   Marc Tuttle
   John Dolan

Congratulations to our Liar's Dice Champions!

We also hosted a free sanctioned Vintage side event that began alongside the Top 8. We had sixteen players and the top 4 players were:

        Eric Dupuis with GroATog
        Rob Rogers with Goblins
        Rodney Hannigan with StifleNought
        Ron White with Goblins

We'll be running another free sanctioned Vintage side event at our next event on Saturday, March 8th.

Each tournament report posted in the Tournament Announcement section of The Mana Drain by February 16th 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 Saturday, March 8th. As reports are added, we will add handy links to the various tournament reports from the player's names in the final standings below.

Our Myriad Gear Challenge will be expanding going forward. Since I rarely have as much time as I'd like to play challenges during our events here at Myriad Games, we'll be taking the show on the road to other events in the area. At any Magic event I attend and play in, any of my opponents that win will qualify for Free Myriad Gear to be picked up at Myriad Games at our events during the month following that event! I will still be happy to play Myriad Gear Challenges as I have time at our Vintage events, but this should expand out the number of winners and add a little bonus for traveling to other events as well.

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

Tournament Results

1st   Corey Fraser -- Control Slaver
2nd   Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tyrant Blue
3rd   Stefan Ellsworth -- Gush Tog
4th   Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax
5th   Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman
6th   Chad Behre -- Mono Red Workshop
7th   Chris Van Dijk -- Ichorid
8th   Sara Yarrington -- Mono Red Workshop
9th   Stephen Houdlette -- Gush Tog
10th   Jeff Carpenter -- Workshop Combo
11th   Dan Cunningham -- Bomberman
12th   Craig Dupre -- Gush Tog
13th   Michael Thomas -- GroATog
14th   Eric Dupuis -- GroATog
15th   Bill Copes -- W/B Workshop Aggro
16th   Jon Nickerson -- R/G/B Fish
17th   Nick Rodrigues -- GroATog
18th   Nathan Bingham -- R/B Goblins
19th   Ryan Marek -- Stifle Nought
20th   Eric Kerwin -- Ichorid
21st   Rob Rogers -- Ichorid
22nd   Duncan Devlin -- Flash
23rd   Marc Tuttle -- R/B Goblins
24th   Lloyd Anderson -- U/G/W Fish
25th   Brian Rozzero -- U/G Fish
26th   Mike Bergeron -- Staxless Stax
27th   Ron White -- R/B Goblins
28th   Stephen Wells -- GroATog
29th   James Tamulevich -- GroATog
30th   Rodney Hannigan -- Stifle Nought
31st   John Dolan -- Mono Black
32nd   Aaron Conole -- GroATog

Top 8 - Quarterfinals

• Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tyrant Blue  v. Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman
• Corey Fraser -- Control Slaver v. Sara Yarrington -- Mono Red Workshop
• Stefan Ellsworth -- Gush Tog v. Chris Van Dijk -- Ichorid
• Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax v. Chad Behre -- Mono Red Workshop

Top 4 - Semifinals

• Corey Fraser -- Control Slaver v. Stefan Ellsworth -- Gush Tog
• Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tyrant Blue  v. Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax

Top 2 - Finals

• Corey Fraser -- Control Slaver v. Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tyrant Blue

Top 8 Decklists

1st Corey Fraser -- Control Slaver



4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
4x Brainstorm
3x Merchant Scroll
2x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Fire and Ice
3x Trinket Mage
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x AEther Spellbomb
1x Engineered Explosives
3x Goblin Welder
1x Mindslaver
1x Pentavus
1x Time Walk
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Tinker
1x Echoing Truth
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl
1x Black Lotus
1x Lotus Petal
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring
3x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
3x Volcanic Island
1x Tolarian Academy
3x Island

Sideboard
2x Tormod's Crypt
2x Pithing Needle
1x Pyrite Spellbomb
2x Ingot Chewer
1x Rack and Ruin
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x AEther Spellbomb
2x Pyroclasm
3x Duress

2nd Jeremiah Rudolph -- Tyrant Blue



3x Tidespout Tyrant
7x Island
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Timetwister
1x Time Walk
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Sol Ring
1x Ancestral Recall
2x Show and Tell
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Brain Freeze
1x Tinker
1x Mindslaver
1x Plagiarize
1x Platinum Angel
4x Mana Drain
4x Mystic Remora
4x Meditate
4x Misdirection
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will

Sideboard
4x Control Magic
3x Propaganda
3x Rebuild
2x Hurkyl's Recall
3x Tormod's Crypt

3rd Stefan Ellsworth -- Gush Tog



2x Tropical Island
3x Underground Sea
2x Island
1x Volcanic Island
3x Polluted Delta
3x Flooded Strand
2x Psychatog
3x Tarmogoyf
4x Brainstorm
3x Ponder
4x Force of Will
4x Duress
4x Gush
4x Merchant Scroll
2x Mana Drain
1x Echoing Truth
1x Berserk
1x Time Walk
1x Fastbond
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Black Lotus
1x Fire and Ice
1x Empty the Warrens

Sideboard
4x Energy Flux
2x Red Elemental Blast
2x Yixlid Jailer
2x Pithing Needle
1x Pyroblast
1x Engineered Explosives
2x Engineered Plague
1x Annul

4th Ray Robillard -- Staxless Stax



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

Sideboard
1x Shattering Spree
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Eon Hub
2x Triskelion
2x Chalice of the Void
2x Pyromancy
2x Pyroblast

5th Oliver Beaumont -- Bomberman



4x Island
4x Flooded Strand
1x Tolarian Academy
3x Tundra
1x Polluted Delta
2x Underground Sea
4x Trinket Mage
3x Auriok Salvagers
1x Jace Beleren
1x Lotus Petal
1x Black Lotus
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Mox Emerald
4x Brainstorm
4x Force of Will
1x Sol Ring
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x AEther Spellbomb
4x Mana Drain
1x Engineered Explosives
2x Misdirection
1x Chain of Vapor
3x Ponder
2x Extirpate
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will

Sideboard

3x Energy Flux
2x Seal of Cleansing
3x Sower of Temptation
3x Aven Mindcensor
3x Tormod's Crypt
1x Psychatog

6th Chad Behre -- Mono Red Workshop



1x Sundering Titan
2x Razormane Masticore
3x Triskelion
4x Juggernaut
4x Solemn Simulacrum
3x Sword of Fire and Ice
1x Trinisphere
1x Mana Vault
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Ruby
4x Chalice of the Void
4x Magus of the Moon
4x Goblin Welder
1x Strip Mine
3x Wasteland
3x Ancient Tomb
1x Tolarian Academy
4x Mishra's Workshop
2x Duplicant
7x Mountain

Sideboard
4x Shattering Spree
2x Pyroblast
2x Red Elemental Blast
2x Pyroclasm
3x Eon Hub
2x Viashino Heretic

7th Chris Van Dijk -- Ichorid



4x Bazaar of Baghdad
4x Dryad Arbor
2x Bayou
2x Wooded Foothills
4x Leyline of the Void
4x Bridge from Below
4x Serum Powder
4x Street Wraith
4x Narcomoeba
2x Cephalid Sage
2x Flame-Kin Zealot
4x Ichorid
4x Golgari Grave-Troll
4x Stinkweed Imp
4x Golgari Thug
4x Cabal Therapy
3x Dread Return
1x Darkblast

Sideboard
3x Contagion
4x Reverent Silence
3x Emerald Charm
3x Ancient Grudge
1x Riftstone Portal
1x Darkblast

8th Sara Yarrington -- Mono Red Workshop



3x Goblin Welder
2x Gorilla Shaman
4x Magus of the Moon
4x Taurean Mauler
2x Razormane Masticore
3x Duplicant
4x Solemn Simulacrum
3x Triskelion
3x Sword of Fire and Ice
4x Chalice of the Void
1x Trinisphere
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Black Lotus
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Strip Mine
4x Mishra's Workshop
4x Ancient Tomb
9x Mountain

Sideboard
3x Shattering Spree
4x Red Elemental Blast
4x Pyrokinesis
3x Viashino Heretic
1x Goblin Welder

Thanks again to everyone for coming to the second event in our 2008 Myriad Games Vintage Series. We'll look forward to seeing everyone for the third event in our 2008 Myriad Games Vintage Series on Saturday, March 8th.

[Sextiger]

I'm kinda happy with these results, for a long time I was wondering when someone would make an effective list with Trinket Mage in Control Slaver.

As for Oliver's list, I am curious how good Jace was for the tourney, I haven't done any testing with him, but he does seem reasonable for Vintage, especially since hes the only Planeswalker that is reasonable enough to cast.

[LennonMarx]

Workshop Combo? Sounds interesting. Would it be possible to get Jeff Carpenter's Shop Combo deck posted?

[Harlequin]

4 Workshops
3 City of Traitors
4 Anceint Tombs
1 Tolarian Acad
2 Seat of the Synod
2 Academy Ruins
8 Mox, Lotus, Mana Crypt, Sol Ring

4 Metal Workers
3 Basalt Monolith

4 Staff of Domination
3 Sensie's Divining Top
3 Timevault
1 Goblin Cannon
1 Pentavus

4 Rings of the Brighthearth
2 Voltaic Key
1 Tinker
2 Well of Knowledge
1 Memory Jar

2 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Sphere of Resisance
1 Tinisphere

... I think that was the list I played.

Interestly enough, we had  to barrow alot of cards because I broguht all our trade binders ...... but no decks.  So Jer played Tyrant blue and I scavenged the binder for an old deck.  It did better than I expected. 

Jer and I would like to thank all of you who lent us stuff.  If we didn't get to thank you at the store - you should have some Myriad Money waiting in your name 

[Phele]

Any chance to see the lists from the side event?

[pyr0ma5ta]

Looking at the top 8, this tournament must have been a blast, seeing all kinds of rogue decks and cards that I'd have to read.  How was Jace?  I've been wondering how he would be, though I expect he's not at his peak right now, what with all the Juggernauts and Tarmodorks running around.

[Shock Wave]

That Tyrant deck looks awesome! I would've loved to be at this event, with all those funky decks running around. Cheers to the innovators!

[Myriad Games]

Thanks for all the positive feedback. We did not require decklists for the side event, but instead checked each deck individually for legality and proxies. Certainly those players can send up their lists as they have them available.

[hulk3rules]

Did this tournament actually play through to completion without any sort of split?

[Englishman_in_NH]

Jace was a bit of a non factor. I only saw him in my top eight match and that was when I was against the ropes already. He warrants testing, but my feeling is that he is good in a heavier blue control deck. I actually feel like Jeremiah's list may be able to make use of him as a possibility. Who knows. Either way the tournament was fun and I hope to see many of the people there at Stratfordbury (tm) for TMD XII.

Oli

[StarOrc]

First off, A job well done to Jeremiah and his team for doing as well as they did despite forgetting their decks at home.

@Hulk: The tournament did play out without any sort of split. One was discussed before each of the elimination rounds, but no agreement could be made.

The Tryant Blue deck is very neat check out the thread. http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=35244.0

Star

[Myriad Games]

We always offer the options of a Top 8, Top 4, and Top 2 split. It's a simple query of all the players of each tier before they begin that portion of the single elimination rounds. If any player declines the offer, we proceed right into playing. There's also the option of splitting the prize and playing for glory, TMD Open bye options, etc. In this instance, at least one of the players wanted to play it out, so it ended up going all the way.

Congratulations again to all the players who made Top 8 and thanks again to everyone who attended!