$400 1st Place at Batter Up Sportscards in Tewksbury, MA 8/23

[Newenglandmagicgroup]

**The Details**

Batter Up Sportscards
1875 Main St
Tewksbury, MA 01876
Phone: (978) 640-1586

NEMG's Home Base Tons of Soda, Chips, Candy and Pizza!


When- Saturday August 23 2008

Reg 10:15am - 11:15  am Start time @ 11:30

Decklist's Required 15 Proxy Limit ELD Proxies do not count towards your proxy limit. 


Swiss rounds based on attendance
Entry Will Be 25$ With a Cut To Top 8 Prizes  Which Will Be

1st - $400.00 CASH!!
2nd - 4x Force Of Will
3rd/4th Underground Sea [Rev] Volcanic Island [Rev
5th-8th Other Vintage Staples, Foils and More!

These Prizes Will be Given Away Regardless Of Attendance But Prizes Could Go Up To Top 16 Based On Attendance



Hope To See You All There!

[ELD]

I look forward to working with Batter Up again!  I will be on hand to buy and sell Vintage Cards.  Batter Up ran a smooth event last time, and I've been working with them to make their future events even smoother.  They are serious about becoming a key part of the New England Vintage Community, so let's show our support.  Guaranteeing $400 cash takes some kahones - other parts of country would kill for this kind of dedication.  I will also be making the Car Pool Door Prize (which will be determined at my July 19th event), to give even more back to the community. 

[T00L]

I'll most definitely try and make the trip. I don't see any reason for me not to go since by then I should have a new car. So transportation should not be an issue like usual.

[Mdizzle4life85]

zembruski do i even need to tell you to pre reg me?! seriously im there! and to the rest of the vintage community these events are shaping up to be the biggest prize payouts in new england i strongly urge every one to show up if they can. also starting this friday every friday will be weekly vintage 10 dollars to play winner gets a dual, if 12 or more people show up then first and second gets a dual seriously this is the best bang for you buck not only do you get a 10 dollar tourney but 10 dollars isnt bad for any dual not even a scrubland! everyone.... come to these!

[Mdizzle4life85]

Hey guys dont forget to go to the batters up tourney for 400$ cash! saturday the day before this! not only can you win some savage kool-aid going into the mana drain open! but also you can get some last minuete testing on how your deck is performing all in all a good situation! Good luck peoples!

Merged from the TMD Open 12.5 Announcement.  Please don't hijack other announcement threads.  -DA

[Newenglandmagicgroup]

20 Days left guys i hope your all as excited as me 

[Demonic Attorney]

I just want to say that this level of guaranteed prizes is truly impressive.  Even in a region with events being held every weekend (and now sometimes during the week), NEMG's prize support stands out. 

[Newenglandmagicgroup]

I hope one is ready to play for 400$ cash! see you all this weekend!

[Bill Copes]

Consider this a Bill Copes pre-reg.  Hopefully I won't do as horribly as I have at the last 2 events I played in.  I haven't won a match in a week.

[FadeToBlack]

I'll definitely be there...can't wait for some more Vintage =P

[ELD]

I'm really looking forward to returning to Batter Up for another Vintage Event.  Last time we had a solid turn out, and that was without the locals.  I hope they show up and show their support to make this an even larger event.  See you guys tomorrow!

[T00L]

Not gonna be able to make it out to this. Still very much on life tilt.

[Rock Lee]

I'm really looking forward to returning to Batter Up for another Vintage Event.  Last time we had a solid turn out, and that was without the locals.  I hope they show up and show their support to make this an even larger event.  See you guys tomorrow!

what ELD isn't going to be causing chaos in the swiss? where's the fun in that?! at least Top 8 will be less stressed! 

Look forward to being there, will bring 2, maybe 3.

[Newenglandmagicgroup]

we def have some locals coming this time see you guys tomorrow

[Rock Lee]

Thanks New England for being hot as insanity.

Good times.

top 4 split.

Ichorid, Drain Tendrils, UW Fish, and Slaver

[Demonic Attorney]

I was the CS deck in the top 4 split.  Jeff Carpenter played mana Ichorid, Arik Pogrebinsky played BUGW Fish, and Dan Gagioch played Drain Tendrils.  Rounding out the t8 was Steve Houdlette with Grim Long, Matt McNally with Strategic Slaver, and 2 other decks/players I didn't catch. 

The deck spread was dominated by blue-based control decks.  I'd guess that 50-60% of the upper tables, if not the entire field, was some combination of Slaver permutations, Painter, or Drain Tendrils.  Some amount of Ichorid (I think 3-4), Fish (I think 3, between Arik, Dan Yarrington, and Jeremiah Rudolph), and combo (I think 3 between Steve Houdlette, Sara Yarrington, and Justin Bransfield) was there, as well.

[Gaagooch]

It was another great tournament hosted at a great venue.  It was a bit hot in there yesterday, but I've dealt with worse so that doesn't really bother me.  Congrats to everyone in the top 8 and the top 4 for splitting.  I cannot wait to go back to this venue.  Again great tournament and not a bad turnout.

[Newenglandmagicgroup]

Top 4 Decklists


Arik Pogrebinsky   Fish

4x Dark Confidant
4x Meddling Mage
2x Aven Mindcensor
4x Tarmogoyf
4 x Force of Will
4x Thoughtseize
4x Stifle
3x Swords to Plowshares
1x Echoing Truth
1x Darkblast
1x Time Walk
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
3x Null Rod
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Perl
1x Strip Mine
3x Wasteland
2x Underground Sea
4x Tundra
4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand

Sideboard

4x Orims Chant
3x Umazawa's Jitte
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Null Rod
3x Isochron Scepter
3x Honor the Fallen







Jeff Carpenter Dredge

2x Ichorid
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Golgari Thug
1x Darkblast
4x Bazaar of Bagdad
4x Careful Study
2x Breakthrough
4x Narcomoeba
4x City of Brass
1x Gemstone Mine
4x Cephalid Coliseum
4x Stinkweed Imp
4x Golgari Grave-Troll
4x Bridge from Below
4x Dread Return
4x Cabal Therapy
1x Lotus Petal
1x Black Lotus
1x Brainstorm
1x Flame-Kin Zealot
1x Ancestral Recall
3x River Kelpie

Sideboard

4x Chain of Vapor
4x Force of Will
2x Contagion
2x Ancient Grudge
2x Whispmare
1x Emerald Charm







Demonic Attorney Slaver

4x Force of will
4x Mana Drain
4x Thirst for Knowledge
3x Goblin Welder
3x Night's Whisper
2x Tormod's Crypt
1x Echoing Truth
1x Sundering Titan
1x Triskelavus
1x Mindslaver
1x Platinum Angel
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Gifts Ungiven
1x Brainstorm
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Tinker
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Time Walk
4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand
4x Underground Sea
3x Volcanic Island
2x Island
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Tolarien Academy
5x Moxen
1x Black Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Sol Ring

Sideboard

3x Duress
2x Thorn of Amethyst
1x Sphere of Resistance
1x Trinisphere
2x Energy Flux
1x Extirpate
1x Gaea's Blessing
1x Pithing Needle







Daniel Gacioch Restricted.Dec

2x Intuition
1x Fact or Fiction
4x Accumulated Knowledge
3x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Skeletal Scrying
1x Brainstorm
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Ponder
4x Mana Drain
5x Moxen
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Lotus Petal
1x Black Lotus
1x Swamp
3x Island
3x Underground Sea
4x Polluted Delta
1x Flooded Strand
1x Tolarian Academy
2x Tendrils of Agony
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Imperial Seal
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Vamp Tutor
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Rebuild
3x Duress
4x Force of Will
1x Time Walk

Sideboard

3x Pithing Needle
2x Engineered Explosive
1x Darksteel Colossus
1x Tinker
1x Sundering Titan
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Duress
1x Rebuild
1x Hurkyls Recall

[Harlequin]

Some stuff was left off my list:

Maindeck had:
3 Khelpies (not 2)
4 Leyline of the Void (not listed)
Sideboard had: 4 Force of Will (not listed)

The leyline <-> Force of will swap was done at the last minute because when I looked around the room I saw like 3 Ichorid decks and a ton of AK-Tendrils.  It may have been a bit messy on the sheet (changed in pen on a printed decklist).