T8 Decklists and Results - Blue Bell - 3/1/08

[MISTERTREK]

Sorry these took awhile to get posted. The person who faithfully posts our results was not able to play last time, and did not have the decklists. And I've been getting engaged since then! Thanks to all who attended, it was another great event, with a nice turnout. If you were in attendance, please feel free to ad your coments about the event to this thread. Hope everyone had a great holiday and see you soon. Our next event is 4/5/08.

Thirty players

1st Bernie Parisi - Tyrant Oath

1 Yawgmoths Will
1 Fastbond
4 Oath of Druids
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
2 Ponder
3 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Tendrils of Agony
3 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancentral Recall
4 Brainstorm
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Krosan Reclamation
1 Flash of Insight
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
2 Tidespout Tyrant
1 Echoing Truth
2 Volcanic Island
1 Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Mystical Tutor

2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Shattering Spree
4 Extirpate
1 Blazing Archon
1 Empty the Warrens
2 Spawning Pit
1 Pyroblast
1 Platinum Angel


2nd Ed Carey - Staxless Stax

4 Wasteland
6 Mountain
4 Mishra's Workshop
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Juggernaut
4 Goblin Welder
4 Solemn Simulacrum
2 Triskelion
3 Gorilla Shaman
3 Sword of Fire and Ice
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Manvault
1 Trinisphere
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet

3 Shattering Spree
2 Eon Hub
4 Red Elemental Blast
2 Pyroblast
4 Duplicant


3rd-4th Eric Markowicz - Bomberman

4 Trinket Mage
3 Auriok Salvagers
3 Aven Mindcensor
1 Darksteel Colossus
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Aether Spellbomb
4 Brainstorm
1 Tinker
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Echoing Truth
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
3 Stifle
3 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Walk
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
4 Tundra
1 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mishra's Factory

4 Leyline of the Void
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Kataki War's Wage
2 Seal of Cleansing
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Aether Spellbomb


Jason Koresko - Storm Entity

1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Kird Ape
4 Storm Entity
4 Tin Street Hooligan
4 Shimian Spirit Guide
2 Elvish Spirit Guide
2 Flamekin Bladewhirl
4 Land Grant
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Root Maze
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Shrapnal Blast
4 Wasteland
4 Taiga
1 Strip Mine
2 Great Furnace
1 Forest

2 Lava Dart
2 Pyrokinesis
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Simoon
2 Atifact Mutation
3 Pyroblast


5th-8th Francis Hart - Staxless Stax

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

3 Red Elemental Blast
4 Pyroblast
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Powder Keg
2 Viashino Herotic


Greg Hoover - Slaver Combo

1 Tolarian Academy
1 Snow Covered Island
1 Island
4 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Strip Mine
2 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Misdirection
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tinker
4 Goblin Welder
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Time Walk
1 Echoing Truth
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Triskelavus
1 Memory Jar
1 Mindslaver
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoths Will
1 Recoup

2 Rebuild
2 Pyroclasm
1 Platinum Angel
1 Duplicant
2 Red Elemental Blast
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Rack and Ruin
1 Stifle


AJ Grasso - Control Goyf

1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
4 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Snow Covered Island
1 Rushing River
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoths Will
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Brain Storm
4 Force of Will
1 Extirpate
2 Spell Snare
2 Thoughtseize
2 Duress
2 Daze
2 Mana Drain
1 Tinker
4 Dark Confidant
1 Darksteel Colossus
4 Tarmogoyf

1 Echoing Truth
2 Extirpate
4 Oxidize
3 Energy Flux
2 Threads of Disloyalty
3 Smother


Dan Herd - Burning Goth Slaver

3 Underground Sea
2 Island
2 Volcanic Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Academy Ruins
3 Goblin Welder
1 Triskelavus
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Echoing Truth
1 Mana Crypt
1 Yawgmoths Will
2 Mindslaver
4 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Tinker
1 Sol Ring
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Burning Wish
3 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Lotus Petal
1 Engineered Explosives

3 Flametounge Kavu
1 Timetwister
1 Imperial Seal
1 Platinum Angel
1 Razormane Masticore
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Rolling Earthquake
1 Duress
1 Tendrils of Agony

[GrandpaBelcher]

Jason Koresko - Storm Entity

1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Kird Ape
4 Storm Entity
4 Tin Street Hooligan
4 Shimian Spirit Guide
2 Elvish Spirit Guide
2 Flamekin Bladewhirl
4 Land Grant
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Root Maze
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Shrapnal Blast
4 Wasteland
4 Taiga
1 Strip Mine
2 Great Furnace
1 Forest

2 Lava Dart
2 Pyrokinesis
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Simoon
2 Atifact Mutation
3 Pyroblast

Neat!  This deck looks like so much fun to play, like Belcher without the Belchers.  I wonder, since this is like a combo-aggro deck, why no Wheel of Fortune?  Maybe the storm isn't as critical as the title of the deck makes it seem.

[MISTERTREK]

As the builder of the deck (although Jason did tweak it a bit in the sideboard based on meta) the deck IS fun to play. It definately is a style of deck I like to play -SIMPLE- Quite frankly, sometimes Magic and all the complex rules confuses old guys like me!! It's actually more aggro/control than combo. It works with a simple idea, get a beater or two down early, lock your friend across the table down for a turn or two, and hope to get them to zero before they combo out or swing with a fatty. WoF is a nice card, but at 3cc it's pretty much too costly for the deck. Everything in the deck costs 1 or 2, and the mana curve is based on that. I think if I had Goyfs he might be a thought. Storm Entity can be a superstar in the deck. He can be really big if you drop a 0cc or two and if you can tempt the other side of the table to use an instant on a decoy spell.  I do salute Jason for his Magic skill at piloting the deck, congrats my friend!

[yespuhyren]

Those staxless stax aren't staxless stax lol.  They're mono red shop aggro.  Staxless stax is completely different

[God_Campbell]

I am happy to see a couple slaver lists in the top 8, it makes me warm inside.

[MISTERTREK]

Those staxless stax aren't staxless stax lol.  They're mono red shop aggro.  Staxless stax is completely different

See I told you I don't know much about Magic! That's what happens when you don't put a deck name on your list, you leave it up to some dummy like me to pick a name. One of them was listed as Stax, but since it had no Stax I said hmmmmm, must be Staxless Stax. I'm so confused!!!! I thought about calling them mono red, but hey, there's a Tolarian in there that makes blue. Now I'm really confused!!!!

[yespuhyren]

Well to help clarify then, Tolarian DOES give blue, but it's basically a mass mana producer no one cares about the colour.  Those decks only play red spells, and this version is called Mono Red Shop Aggro.  Staxless stax is 5colors, and is basically 5cStax just without smokestack.  It plays cards such as Gorilla Shaman, Sensei's Divining Top, the black tutors, Tinker, Ancestral, etc.

[Grand Inquisitor]

Those staxless stax aren't staxless stax lol.

Also, to nitpick, 'goth slaver' is identified by having intuition as an engine card; I'd just go with Slaver, which, incidentally was also coming out in numbers at ELD's Lotus tourney yesterday (Corey Frasier made T8).

[MISTERTREK]

The Goth Slaver was so named on the decklist by it's creator, the infamous Dan "Call of the" Herd. Please direct all insults in his hairy direction!! 

[Negator13]

That combo slaver deck looks really cool- what's the missing 60th card? I'm guessing Mystical Tutor.

EDIT: Actually it would have to be Seat of the Synod/Darksteel Citadel wouldn't it, for the Crucible...

[StarOrc]

The Combo Slaver list looks very much like some of the Hybrid Slaver/Gifts lists that were running around before Meandeck Gifts became popular.

Also Do you have a metagame breakdown?

Thanks

Star

[MISTERTREK]

By "metagame breakdown" can I asume your looking for types on all the deck lists? If so, it's going to be a crapshoot. You saw how well I did with just the T8! But let me see what I can find.

[MISTERTREK]

Ok, of the remaining decklists (not in the top 8), nine had a deck type listed (I wasn't going to try to identify ones that didn't) there were:

UG Madness
Empty Gifts
Tyrant Oath
Gush Storm
Bridge Over River Styx
Bomberman
BUG Aggro
RG Beats x 2

Guess some players are: a) secretive of their deck types, b) too lazy to name their deck (lol)

Hope this additional info helps and see you all tomorrow!

[Will]

UG Madness was craig lol and it was actually Workshop Aggro but the Deck Name was all for the style points.  Willberry will be at the tourney tomorrow!