Meandeck Open Results 10/19/08

[Smmenen]

Thanks to everyone who showed up!  Everyone had a great time.    SWEET door prizes were also given away.

I gave away a foil Gush (signed by me).   Paul Mastriano signed 4 Dark Rituals for the round 3 door prize.  And Doug Linn modified a Sundering Titan as the round 5 door prize.  Amazing!


22 Players, 5 rounds of swiss, cut to top 8, top 8 played out, including the Top 4.  In top 8 I was paired agianst Anthony Michaels, then Brian Keil, and defeated Doug Linn in the finals, 2-0.

Top 8 had two Vintage Champions, a SCG Champion, and dozens of SCG top 8 appearances.

1st Place:
Stephen Menendian with TPS

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

Sideboard:
2 Island
1 Swamp
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Massacre
2 Pithing Needle
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Yixlid Jailer

2nd Place:

Meandeck Tez

Doug Linn

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Thirst For Knowledge
1 Brainstorm
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tinker
1 Transmute Artifact
2 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Echoing Truth
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ponder
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Darksteel Colossus
3 Duress
1 Thoughtseize
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard:
1 Trinisphere
2 Sphere of Resistance
2 Virtue's Ruin
1 Acquire
1 Masticore
1 Aether Spellbomb
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Psionic Blast
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Duress
2 Tormod's Crypt

3rd Place:
Juan Rodriguez
Tez
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Thirst For Knowledge
4 Dark Confidant
4 Duress
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Plaintum Angel
1 Trinisphere
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Fire/Ice
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Island
4 Underground Sea
1 Seat of Synod
2 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard:
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Tormod's Crypt
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Pyroclasm
2 Sower of Temptation
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Hurkyl's Recall

4th Place:
Brian Keil
Happy Halloween!

4 Unmask
2 Oxidize
4 Ichorid
4 Dread Return
3 Golgari Thug
1 Cephalid Sage
4 Serum Powder
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
2 Flame-Kin Zealot
4 Dryad Arbor
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Bridge From Below
4 Narcomoeba
4 Bazaar of Baghdad

Sideboard:
1 Pithing Needle
2 Darkblast
4 Contagion
3 Bayou
2 Emerald Charm
3 Reverant Silence

5th Place:
Paul Mastriano
w/ Meandeck Tez

1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
3 Island
2 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tropical Island
2 Tezzeret the Seeker
3 Thirst For Knowledge
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
2 Duress
1 Echoing Truth
1 Pithing Needle
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Tinker
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Transmute Artifact
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Time Vault
1 Thoughtseize
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Ancestral Recall

5th Place:
Mike Bomholt with Meandeck Ad Nauseam

4 Tendrils of Agony
4 Duress
4 Chrome Mox
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Ad Nauseam
4 Thoughtseize
3 Chain of Vapor
4 Polluted Delta
2 Island
2 Swamp
2 Underground Sea
1 Bayou
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Imperial Seal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Necropotence
1 Ponder
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Sapphire

Sideboard:

1 Island
1 Bayou
3 Hurkyl's Recall
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Yixlid Jailer
4 Xantid Swarm

7th Place:
Anthony Michaels with GWS BUG Fish

4 Null Rod
4 Force of Will
2 Negate
2 Stifle
4 Duress
4 Dark Confidant
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Cursecatcher
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Echiong Truth
2 Trygon Predator
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Underground Sea
1 Bayou
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

Sideboard:

2 Threads of Disloyalty
3 Krosan Grip
1 Stifle
2 Extirpate
2 Pithing Needle
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Trygon Predator

8th Place

Korey Age with Painter.dec

1 Darksteel Colossus
3 Painter's Servant
1 Trinket Mage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Wipe Away
1 Brainstorm
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Force of Will
4 Thirst For Knowledge
3 Mana Drain
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Pyroblast
1 Deep Analysis
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Grindstone
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring

2 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
3 island
3 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Academy Ruins
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard:
3 Ingot Chewer
1 Greater Gargadon
2 Goblin Welder
1 Triskelion
1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Extract
2 Extirpate
1 Trinisphere
2 Hurkyl's Recall

[Yare]

Seems like a good time was had by all.

I am wondering how Steve wasn't DQ'd, though, with a deck that has only 56 cards. Am I correct in assuming that Duress x4 is missing from the decklist?

[Smmenen]

Seems like a good time was had by all.

I am wondering how Steve wasn't DQ'd, though, with a deck that has only 56 cards. Am I correct in assuming that Duress x4 is missing from the decklist?

Fixed

[Elfrago]

I guess that the BUG fish list is missing some lands? 

[RitNecroWin]

Thank you Steve for another well run event. Good times..

I have to say Ichorid was an AWESOME meta game call...
and I truly feel my build is the most optimal build for the current environment... I broke through soooo many hate packages on the day!
It's a shame that it's such a BORING deck to play!

[IndykidVago]

Thats amazing that Paul pulled into 5th without a SB!

Thats how awesome Champs are folks!

[Smmenen]

I guess that the BUG fish list is missing some lands? 

My errors.

I already threw out the decklists.  If Twaun007 could post his proper mana base, I'll fix the list

[Tin_Mox5831]

I'm curious as to Doug's inclusion of Psionic Blast. I guess the addition of Tezzeret to other stellar targets like Phyrexian Negator finally made this a legitimate counterplay? (Maybe it already was, but Blast seemed a bit narrow when it was just killing Negators and casting Negator-fueled Armageddons on people)

Congrats to everyone! I was pretty sad that my plans to attend fell through late Saturday night. I guess you'll just have to come to my tournament so we can hang out!

Later,
Dave

[Schonkreuz]

This tournament was neat, and a lot closer then most other ones to poor KY. I really enjoyed myself though yet again I was the only girl in the room that played >shakes fist<. Overall though I had a good time, and will likely attend any other tournaments in the area. Hopefully next time more people from KY will come up with us.

[Neonico]

I'm curious as to Doug's inclusion of Psionic Blast. I guess the addition of Tezzeret to other stellar targets like Phyrexian Negator finally made this a legitimate counterplay? (Maybe it already was, but Blast seemed a bit narrow when it was just killing Negators and casting Negator-fueled Armageddons on people)

Congrats to everyone! I was pretty sad that my plans to attend fell through late Saturday night. I guess you'll just have to come to my tournament so we can hang out!

Later,
Dave

I guess that it's more a Mirror winning card, even if it shines against Storm combo manplan. Unless people start figuring that Tombstalker is a better sideboard choice than Negator.

[DameonHv]

How were the Transmute Artifacts for those that were running them?  We talked about it here over the weekend as an option, but I haven't tested it yet.

[Twaun007]

BUG Fish mana  base of doom

3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

The tourney was a blast as usual.

[LordHomerCat]

BUG Fish mana  base of doom

3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

The tourney was a blast as usual.

Man, with that few islands, did you ever consider running Choke?  Seems like it would be real good there.

[M.Solymossy]

Man, with that few islands, did you ever consider running Choke?  Seems like it would be real good there.

LOL!!!!  Inside joke for the win!

[Hi-Val]

My whole sideboard is me basically being cute. The Psi Blast wasn't even sided in after awhile. I thought it'd be a good flexible card for Tezz and Fish decks but I never even wanted it.

I played against Mana Drains all day long, it was glorious.

Transmute is the guy that photocopies your memo the night before the presentation and takes it to Kinko's to get bound. He's never the star but he makes a lot of other things easier.

[Twaun007]

BUG Fish mana  base of doom

3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

The tourney was a blast as usual.

Man, with that few islands, did you ever consider running Choke?  Seems like it would be real good there.

Listen up Mr. I have a Gozillion cats that I rule over.
There were so many Islands there I thought Blueman Group was going to show up and do a set.

My side board was going to have

2 Bayou
1 Swamp
3 Chokes.
It would have been insane.

Plus there is only 17 blue cards in the deck. It would have been insane and an awesome metagame call. It was only after 10 minutes of hearing you guys laugh at my ideas that I put back in the Ichorid hate. In which I sided in zero times.

[JewLightning]

My whole sideboard is me basically being cute. The Psi Blast wasn't even sided in after awhile. I thought it'd be a good flexible card for Tezz and Fish decks but I never even wanted it.

I played against Mana Drains all day long, it was glorious.

Transmute is the guy that photocopies your memo the night before the presentation and takes it to Kinko's to get bound. He's never the star but he makes a lot of other things easier.

I want to know how many times you cast Acquire throughout the day that card seems crazy?

Brennen

[Aew]

Smmenen: How was Fact or Fiction in your list?

[Smmenen]

Smmenen: How was Fact or Fiction in your list?

In the words of Kenji Tsumara:

AMAYJING!!

Here was my turn two fact in round two:

Underground Sea
Black Lotus
Ancestral Recall
Vampiric Tutor
Mind's Desire

On board I had:

Mox Pearl, Mox Sapphire, Tolarian Academy (all tapped).

[Aew]

Thanks for the reply! Grats on the finish btw.
I am currently trying to up the number on blue-cards in the deck due to the fact that I am having some problems getting the full utilization from Force of Will and/or Misdirection in some games.
Guess Fact or Fiction is up for a test.

[Hi-Val]

I only got to cast Acquire once, for Juan's Time Vault. I put it in a Gifts pile but I could have put my own Vault there anyway and won. It's kind of risky because Juan bluffed that he'd already drawn his Vault. I never tutored for it (nor did I think to) because I kind of didn't remember that it was in my deck or whether it would be good or not. Some people take out DSC, some keep it in. That slot is good, but I'm not sure if you're going to be boarding in Acquire, TFK or Tezzeret there. You need some great topdeck in the Tezz mirror.