T.O. Report - Blue Bell - 8/23/08 - Images - Metagame - Top 8 Decklists

[MISTERTREK]

We had a record smashing 61 players! 6 rounds, cut to top 8, with no split. Congratulations to Allen Fulmer for his first win at our events!

Prize breakdown was bumped up to the following:

1st- Unlimited Black Lotus
2nd- Unlimited Time Walk
3rd & 4th - $50 store credit
5th - 8th - Eventide draft set & $10 store credit

Thank you so much to everyone who attended. The competition was excellent and we had players from PA, NJ, DE, MD, including reigning Nationals champ Paul Mastriano.

The side event was EDH with 20 players which produced some very interesting decks, and some crazy multi-player interaction.

We'll see you all again Oct. 4th. Watch for detailed posts.

[TD]

We'll see yo all again Oct. 4th. Watch for detailed posts.

Skipping july, skipping sept....UGH

This event sounded like a blast to play in. Congrats to Allen. I wish I could have made it  and seen you win your first vintage event. Well deserved. Congrats again Allen.

[personalbackfire]

Seems like it was a fun tournament, I wish I could have made it. Allen congrads, you certainly deserved it.

[desolutionist]

We'll see yo all again Oct. 4th. Watch for detailed posts.

Skipping july, skipping sept....UGH

This event sounded like a blast to play in. Congrats to Allen. I wish I could have made it  and seen you win your first vintage event. Well deserved. Congrats again Allen.

obv not better than softball

congratz allen

[Cunningbeaver]

Seems like it was a fun tournament.

It was a great event. Lots of old faces and a ton of new ones as well. Hopefully they will keep turning out in the future to keep the events a success.

Nice work Allen. Its to bad I didn't pull out my T8 match our T4 match would have been epic, as well making 3 out of 4 TPS.

[Mr. Type 4]

yeah, this was def a good time!  I always go to these, so you guys better be ready to lose next time!!  lol

[Tha Gunslinga]

Congratulations on an amazing turnout.  61 players is unheard of for Vintage events short of full P9.  Do you have any thoughts on how you got so many people?

[XxtSundaybxX]

Hey Mike, any word on the top 8 lists, metagame and pictures?

[MISTERTREK]

Pics from our August Black Lotus event.


Head judge Nick DePasquale hard at work in the Type 1 finals.



Allen Fulmer & Dan Herd playing for the Lotus.



Our reigning Nationals champ checking out the EDH action.



Some of our 20 EDH players, fun & crazy decks abound.



CCGames 2007 Type 1 Champion Jeremy Beaver playing in the top 8, and trying to repeat. He says playing for free is sweet!



More top 8 action, where friends become respected enemies.



Prizes for the Type 1 event.



Alternate Universes was packed with Magic players this day.



61 players for Type 1 sets a CCGames attendance record!



Seats were full everywhere in the house. What a crowd, but all had fun and played for great prizes!!

[desolutionist]

Check out Allen's playmat! Nasty!

Mike, if you still have the decklists, is there any way you could thumb through them and tally up archetypes?  Dark Ritual, Drain, Workshop, and Other is plenty useful.

[MISTERTREK]

I'm working on them. Hopefully next couple days. Sorry, keep getting interrupted by the little woman's needs!!

[Wookie Welder]

Wow I didnt realize how tire and out of it i was in that match, that and my bald spot is really getting bad.  I think it mite be the only hairless spot on my entire body

[MISTERTREK]

METAGAME

TPS - 9
U/W Fish - 4
Stax - 5
Pitch Long - 5
Painter - 5
Slaver - 6
Workshop - 7
Belcher - 4
Rock - 2
Bomberman - 2
Dredge - 2
Ichorid - 1
GAT - 1
Keeper - 1
Oath - 1
U/B Control - 1
R/G Beats - 1
Welder Control - 1
Burn - 1
Mono Black Control - 1
Goblins - 1

TOP 8



1st  Allen Fulmer - TPS

4 x Force of Will
4 x Duress
1 x Misdirection
1 x Brainstorm
1 x Ponder
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Timewalk
1 x Chain of Vapor
1 x Rebuild
1 x Merchant Scroll
4 x Dark Ritual
2 x Cabal Ritual
1 x Necropotence
1 x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 x Tinker
1 x Timetwister
1 x Gifts Ungiven
1 x Minds Desire
1 x Memory Jar
1 x Demonic Tutor
2 x Grim Tutor
1 x Imperial Seal
1 x Vampiric Tutor
1 x Mystical Tutor
1 X Yawgmoth's Will
1 x Tendrils of Agony
1 x Darksteel Colossus
1 x Black Lotus
1 x Mox Jet
1 x Mox Sapphire
1 x Mox Ruby
1 x Mox Emerald
1 x Mox Pearl
1 x Lotus Petal
1 x Mana Crypt
1 x Mana Vault
1 x Sol Ring
4 x Polluted Delta
1 x Bloodstained Mire
2 x Underground Sea
1 x Bayou
2 x Swamp
2 x Island

Sideboard

1 x Chain of Vapor
3 x Taramagoyf
2 x Extirpate
2 x Tormod's Crypt
1 x Yixlid Jailer
2 x Hymn to Tourach
1 x Massacre
2 x Hurkyl's Recall
1 x Bayou

 
2nd  Dan Herd - Slaver

4 x Force of Will
4 x Strategic Planning
4 x Thrist for Knowledge
4 x Mana Drain
3 x Goblin Welder
2 x Mindslaver
1 x Brain Storm
1 x Yawgmoth's Will
1 x Tinker
1 x Merchant Scroll
1 x Rack and Ruin
1 x Echoing Truth
1 x Mystical Tutor
1 x Tormod's Crypt
1 x Sundering Titan
1 x Triskelavus
1 x Time Walk
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Crucible of Worlds
1 x Fact or Fiction
3 x Island
2 x Underground Sea
3 x Volcanic Island
1 x Strip Mine
1 x Mox Sapphire
1 x Mox Ruby
1 x Mox Emerald
1 x Mox Jet
1 x Mox Pearl
1 x Black Lotus
1 x Tolarian Academy
1 x Mana Vault
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Mana Crypt
3 x Polluted Delta
2 x Flooded Strand

Sideboard

3 x Wasteland
1 x Trinisphere
2 x Thorn of Amethyst
1 x Sphere of Resistance
1 x Engineered Explosives
3 x Extirpate
1 x Platinum Angel
3 x Thought Seize

3rd & 4th
 
Ici Li - Stax
(deck list not posted by request)

Nick Coss - TPS

4 x Polluted Delta
1 x Bloodstained Mire
2 x Underground Sea
2 x Island
2 x Swamp
1 x Bayou
1 x Tolarian Academy
1 x Black Lotus
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Mana Vault
1 x Mana Crypt
1 x Lotus Petal
1 x Mox Emerald
1 x Mox Sapphire
1 x Mox Jet
1 x Mox Pearl
1 x Mox Ruby
1 x Memory Jar
1 x Darksteel Colossus
1 x Misdirection
1 x Gifts Ungiven
1 x Merchant Scroll
4 x Force of Will
4 x Duress
4 x Dark Ritual
2 x Cabal Ritual
2 x Grim Tutor
1 x Tendrils of Agony
1 x Yawgmoth's Will
1 x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 x Mind's Desire
1 x Necropotence
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Vampiric Tutor
1 x Imperial Seal
1 x Mystical Tutor
1 x Ancestrall Recall
1 x Chain of Vapor
1 x Rebuild
1 x Ponder
1 x Brainstorm
1 x Timetwister
1 x Tinker

Sideboard

4 x Leyline of the Void
2 x Tormod's Crypt
2 x Extirpate
1 x Yixlid Jailer
2 x Hurkyl's Recall
4 x Tarmogoyf

5th - 8th
 
Francis Hart - Mono Red Workshop

4 x Goblin Welder
2 x Red Elemental Blast
2 x Pyroblast
4 x Magus of the Moon
4 x Solemn Simulacrum
3 x Sword of Fire & Ice
4 x Sphere of Resistance
4 x Thorn of Amethyst
1 x Trinisphere
4 x Chalice of the Void
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Mana Vault
2 x Mishra's Factory
4 x Mishra's Workshop
1 x Mana Crypt
1 x Mox Sapphire
1 x Mox Emerald
1 x Mox Ruby
1 x Mox Pearl
1 x Mox Jet
1 x Black Lotus
1 x Tolarian Academy
1 x Strip Mine
2 x Mountain
5 x Snow-Covered Mountain
4 x Wasteland

Sideboard

3 x Rack and Ruin
1 x Viashino Heretic
3 x Powder Keg
3 x Tormod's Crypt
2 x Red Elemental Blast
2 x Pyroblast
1 x Lightning Bolt

Seth Levy - Slaver

1 x Read the Runes
1 x Lotus Petal
2 x Polluted Delta
4 x Mana Drain
3 x Volcanic Island
1 x Mystical Tutor
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Merchant Scroll
4 x Force of Will
1 x Brainstorm
1 x Sundering Titan
3 x Flooded Strand
1 x Mox Jet
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Mox Emerald
1 x Black Lotus
3 x Island
4 x Thirst for Knowledge
1 x Mindslaver
1 x Tormod's Crypt
1 x Mox Ruby
3 x Goblin Welder
2 x Underground Sea
1 x Timewalk
1 x Fact or Fiction
1 x Tinker
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Tolarian Academy
1 x Mox Pearl
1 x Library of Alexandria
1 x Deep Analysis
1 x Gifts Ungiven
1 x Sensei's Divining Top
1 x Echoing Truth
1 x Triskelion
1 x Rack and Ruin
1 x Mana Crypt
1 x Yawmoth's Will
1 x Fire/Ice
1 x Mox Sapphire
1 x Mana Vault

Sideboard

3 x Arcane Laboratory
3 x Red Elemental Blast
3 x Sphere of Resistance
2 x Extirpate
3 x Yixlid Jailer
1 x Darksteel Colossus
 
John Byrne - Belcher

1 x Lion's Eye Diamond
1 x Mana Crypt
1 x Mana Vault
1 x Lotus Petal
1 x Chrome Mox
1 x Mox Ruby
1 x Mox Sapphire
1 x Mox Pearl
1 x Mox Emeald
1 x Mox Jet
1 x Black Lotus
1 x Channel
1 x Windfall
1 x Memory Jar
1 x Timetwister
1 x Wheel of Fortune
1 x Cabal Ritual
4 x Tinder Wall
2 x Simien Spirit Guide
1 x Tendrils of Agony
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Tinker
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 x Demonic Consultation
1 x Vampiric Tutor
1 x Demonic Tutor
4 x Street Wraith
4 x Goblin Charbelcher
2 x Chromatic Star
4 x Dark Ritual
4 x Land Grant
4 x Elvish Spirit Guide
4 x Manamorphose
1 x Taiga
1 x Bayou

Sideboard

4 x Leyline of the Void
1 x Pyroblast
4 x Guttural Responce
4 x Ancient Grudge
2 x Red Elemental Blast

Jeremy Beaver - TPS

3 x Polluted Delta
2 x Underground Sea
2 x Bloodstained Mire
2 x Swamp
1 x Bayou
1 x Island
4 x Duress
4 x Dark Ritual
1 x Cabal Ritual
2 x Grim Tutor
1 x Tendrils of Agony
1 x Necropotence
1 x Yawgmoth's Will
1 x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 x Vampiric Tutor
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Imperial Seal
4 x Force of Will
2 x Misdirection
1 x Hurkyl's Recall
1 x Chain of Vapor
1 x Brainstorm
1 x Ponder
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Fact or Fiction
1 x Gifts Ungiven
1 x Tinker
1 x Mystical Tutor
1 x Time Walk
1 x Timetwister
1 x Mind's Desire
1 x Merchant Scroll
1 x Memory Jar
1 x Darksteel Colossus
1 x Black Lotus
1 x Mana Crypt
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Mox Pearl
1 x Mox Emerald
1 x Mox Ruby
1 x Mox Jet
1 x Mox Sapphire

Sideboard

1 x Bayou
1 x Hurkyl's Recall
1 x Rebuild
1 x Massacre
2 X Tormod's Crypt
3 x Yixlid Jailer
2 x Hymn to Tourach
3 x Tarmogoyf
1 x Extirpate

[RitNecroWin]

Mike-
Congrats on another successful tournament! It is nice to see dedicated organizers keeping Vintage thriving!

[TripleAgent]

This event was really sweet. Had a blast!

[MISTERTREK]

Top 8 (OK top 7, but bitch at Ici not me!) deck lists are now posted along with metagame corrections.

[ashiXIII]

Top 8 (OK top 7, but bitch at Ici not me!) deck lists are now posted along with metagame corrections.

You shouldn't let people withhold their decklists, in my opinion. It's not really fair to anyone else. If you don't want people to see your deck, don't play it in a tournament.

[MagusResolvesFTW9889]

         This is Francis, clearly there was a misunderstanding of some sort in the deck reg. or game, most sincere apologies to pearlshark, I'm not exactly that competitive of a player but to insure this would never happen again I would prefer players play at the table with deck reg sheets clearly available to be checked. Either way, I will most definately take the blame on that part regardless I must have made an error somewhere, this sort of thing has never happened to me before, I wouldn't do something of the sort intentionally and as far as I remember doesn't make it any better or anything like that, but the 1 card involved had nothing to do with the outcome of the game, nor did it change the game state as far as I'm aware that card only showed up rate before you died, I'm fully aware the relevance of the card in the game state was irrelevant, it's the fact that it was there which I do take blame for what happened-however it happened. I wouldn't exactly say that it was blatant cheating for I would not intentionally do that to someone, I think it's ridiculous to cheat in a game- let alone one I'm just playing to have a good time. Anyway, thankfully it didn't effect you from making top8 though it may have altered who you played and for that I apologize though I don't think it would've mattered who you were paired with. Once again, I hope I've made this somewhat clearer, and wanted to personally make an account on here to try to reconcile this, I hope this wouldn't happen to anyone else, and surely I'll be more coherent as to the situation and everything that regards it, and I am indeed sorry for the mis-hap, Pearlshark, especially since the fact that I've been known to hate cheating.

[MagusResolvesFTW9889]

Thanks, I can assure you this would never happen again from me.

[Harlequin]

First off, I'm not near this area nor do I know anyone involved in this thread - so I'm not commmenting dirrectly on any of the persons involved... just more of adding a PSA to anyone reading this thread:

In general, if you are honest about mistakes you make - the TO has the option to downgrade your penalty if they feel the mistake was an honest one.  In this example, as soon as you noticed the misplaced card, you should have called a judge on yourself (even if you drew the card).  Then explained that you -just- noticed that you missed a card when de-siding. 

I know that in the tourney's in New England, the TO will typically check your sideboard with you, varify that your deck was randomized in the current game state (meaning you hadden't just topped or brainstormed etc) and then make the correction to the maindeck.  Give you a warning, and allow you to  procede with the game.

Funny somewhat unrelated story: 
I was playing at Myriad games.  After game 2, I Pile-shuffled and counted my deck to 60 cards, counted my sideboard to 15 cards - and got totally anihilated.  We went to game 3, and I didn't bother pile-shuffling again, because I had seen about 10 cards, and didn't need to go back to the board.  About 1/2 way through game3, my opponent noticed that one of his sleaves was slightly off color.  We quickly realised that he had scooped up my RFG pile into his deck after game 2 which had a FOW.  My sleaves were a slightly more metalic verson of his sleaves so niether of us saw that he had one odd sleave.  It came down to us BOTH presenting an illegal deck at the begining of game3.  I had 59 cards, and he had 61 cards.  Rather than give a double gameloss The TO made me add a basic land to my deck (to replace the force and bring my deck up to 60 cards), and allowed us to continue playing.  We both got warnings.

By not calling the TO/Judge over, you really put yourself in a bad spot - and you really would have tied the hands of the judge if he found out.  The judge would have no choice but to DQ you have now lost the ability to claim that you made an honest mistake.  Now, it -was- a mistake (rather than you attempting to pre-board), but by not calling the judge on yourself you really can't "take the high road,"  and there is very little the judge can do as far as adjusting punishment is concerned.