Scholar's Weekly Vintage Results Thread

[AmbivalentDuck]

  2   Robbie Connolly - RGB Roblins

That gave me the color.

 1   Robbie Connolly - Roblins
  2   Matt Macauley - Tezzeret?
  3   Andy Farias - BUG Fish
  4   Eric Dupuis - Tezzeret
  5   Jesse Martin - Tezzeret
  6   Nick Vallas - GW Aggro
  7   Bill Rosa - Tezzeret
  8   Pete Jansen - Tezzeret
  9   Chris Roberts - TPS
 10   Matt Orfanello - Tezzeret

Corrections to decks welcome via PM.  

That was the win.

[MagicIsCardboardCrack]

Ohhhhhhhh from last week. Ok. Gotcha. Robbie's not on here, but he's pretty laid back, so if he let's me jot it down next Moday I'll grab it for you, ok?

[AmbivalentDuck]

Sweet, thanks.

[Grand Inquisitor]

So can anyone tell me what was in Pat Crane's SEX list?

[trigunshin]

1 sol ring
1 mana crypt
5 mox
1 lotus

2 forest
1 island
4 trop
2 uground
1 bayou
3 delta
3 rainforest

(24) mana

4 thoughtseize
4 force of will
3 witness
3 goyf
2 negate
1 vendilion clique
1 thada adel
1 e. truth
1 compulsive research
(20)

1 ancestral
1 brainstorm
1 time walk
1 merchant scroll

1 fact
1 gifts
1 thirst
1 tinker

1 robot (sundering titan for that tourney)
1 vamp
1 demonic
1 yawg

1 mystical
1 time vault
1 voltaic key
1 yawgmoth's will

1 regrowth
(15 restricted cards)

SB:
4 Thorn of amethyst
2 Seal of primordium
2 Yormod's crypt
2 Sower of Temptation
1 Nature's claim
1 Oxidize (probably wants to be a second Claim)
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Negate
1 Extirpate

Some immediate thoughts I had on the list in general:

Don't the final MD card (ponder?).  Originally I ran 2 e. truths, since pitching it to Force always felt terrible.  Thada/Clique were terrible in this.  I mulled a lot, so you probably want to add a land or two (cut the 2 bad creatures to start).  Spell Pierce can easily replace Negate in the MD; Negate is run because Force is -1 card, Seize doesn't stop topdecks and you can't support an early Drain due to ggub requirements early on. Intuition/AK felt too slow to start up; Intuition/DA is probably too much lifeloss with Seize and regrowths. BoParadise, while they can improve mana denial matchups, are just not really worth it.  Oh, and FoF is a bit weak too.  4 goyf was too many, you never really want the second one.

UG is tempting (you could run Drain in that build), but I feel like another land or two would generally solve the occasional issues I run into against denial, and black is just so good with vault/key.  I really hate this many artifacts with only 1 thirst.  One thing I have to watch out for playing this is just drawing too many cards instead of actually winning.

If combo isn't a thing, you can cut thorns.  2 Duress in the board is fine for combo/control to complement Seizes. Extirpate is kinda useless too, there are always better cards.

I didn't have time to formulate an appropriate SB plan for matchups, so I just remembered what I ran a few months ago and splashed in 'good' cards. I'll probably have a much more refined list for next Monday. Long post! 

[TopSecret]

No Personal Tutor for the lols?

[ELD]

Monday Night Vintage is moving to Stillpoint Cards and Comics for Feb 8th 15th.  This will be a one time event.  Thank you to Stillpoint for hosting MNV!

*EDITED TO CORRECT DATE*

[ELD]

  1   Eric Dupuis - Tezzeret
  2   Adam Brennan - Merfolk
  3   Micah Greenbaum - Oath
  4   Matt Orfanello -
  5   Jesse Martin -
  6   Nick Vallas - GW Aggro
  7   Chris Roberts - Tezzeret
  8   Bill Rosa - Tezzeret
  9   Katrina Brown -
 10   Mike MacDonald - Vampires
 11   Andy Farias -
 12   Pete Jansen - Tezzeret
 13   Matt Macauley -

PM's with missing decks appreciated. 

[ELD]

  1   Eric Dupuis - Tezzeret
  2   Jesse Martin - TPS
  3   Robbie Connolly - Roblins
  4   Chris Roberts - Tezzeret
  5   Nick Vallas - GW Aggro
  6   Adam Brennan - Merfolk
  7   Matt Macauley - Shops
  8   Andy Farias - Shops
  9   Matt Orfanello - Tezzeret
 10   Micah Greenbaum - Oath
 11   Corey Frasier - Tezzeret

Thank you to everyone who supports Monday Night Vintage.  It looks like we're rebuilding again in New England.  We have been hitting 11+ very consistently, and I'm sure by the summer we'll be able to break into the 17+ territory again on occasion.  We've got new blood, old friends returning to the scene, and players who've been through it all.  Community is one of the most important elements of the Vintage scene, and we have a great one at Scholar's.  

Congratulations to Jesse Martin, winner of the Philly Open.  He has played TPS vs some of the best in New England at MNV more than anyone.  He even switched to Tezzeret for a while to get the perspective from the other side.  All that experience paid off when he walked out of Philly with a new Black Lotus.  

[StarOrc]

Farias was playing Shops and I was playing Tezz.

I need to learn how to play this format again. Too much Extended and Draft changes the way you play.

[T00L]

I need to learn how to play this format again. Too much Extended and Draft changes the way you play.

qft

[StarOrc]

Its strange because Type 1 doesn't make you bad at other formats, but other formats make you bad at Type 1.

[MagicIsCardboardCrack]

Its strange because Type 1 doesn't make you bad at other formats, but other formats make you bad at Type 1.

Hmm. Yea, I'm gonna have to go ahead and +1 that.

[ELD]

I'd say Type 1 makes you better at other formats.  I believe if you can draft well, and play Vintage well, you can pick up any format and do well.  Both of these formats do not allow you to perfect flaws, and matches are rarely decided solely on match ups. 

[FadeToBlack]

I'd say Type 1 makes you better at other formats.  I believe if you can draft well, and play Vintage well, you can pick up any format and do well.  Both of these formats do not allow you to perfect flaws, and matches are rarely decided solely on match ups. 

Quite true. Hopefully I get to play in a tourney over spring break...its been far too long.

[ELD]

  1   Eric Dupuis - Tezzeret
  2   Andy Farias - Tezzeret WUB
  3   Nick Vallas - GW Aggro
  4   Chris Roberts - Tezzeret
  5   Jesse Martin - TPS
  6   James Tamulevich - Goblins
  7   Matt Orfanello - Oath
  8   Adam Brennan - Merfolk
  9   Micah Greenbaum - Oath
 10   David Leavitt - Tezzeret
 11   James Fontes - Reanimator
 12   Matt Macauley - Oath
 13   Bill Rosa - Tezzeret

[ELD]

  1   Bill Rosa - Tezzeret
  2   Chris Roberts - Tezzeret
  3   Scott Bluementhal - Aggro MUD
  4   Andy Farias - Tezzeret
  5   Nick Vallas - GW Aggro
  6   Jesse Martin - Tezzeret
  7   Adam Brennan - Merfolk
  8   Eric Dupuis - Tezzeret
  9   Matt Macauley - BUG Fish
 10   Micah Greenbaum - Control Slaver
 11   James Tamulvevich - Tezzeret
 12   Matt Orfanello - Tezzeret
 13   David Leavitt - Tezzeret
 14   Pete Jansen - Tezzeret
 15   Robbie Connolly - Roblins

[DiviningTop3]

I'd like to thank Tezzeret.  I make fun of you for your little girly etherium arms, but you know its all in good fun.  I'd also like to thank WOTC for removing power level errata and making type 1 such a fun format.  Without timevault, the populace of Esper was severely underrepresented in type 1.  I thank wizards for finally doing something to address this racial inequality.  And of course, Yawgmoth.  How many times have you saved me from the brink of doom?  I'd also like to give a shout out to the dread pirate, without him, first place seemed but a distant dream.

[ELD]

  1   Bill Rosa - Tezzeret
  2   Eric Dupuis - Tezzeret
  3   Corey Frasier - Painter
  4   Andy Farias - Tezzeret
  5   Nick Vallas - GW Aggro
  6   Matt Orfanello - Oath
  7   Jesse Martin - Tezzeret
  8   Matt Macauley - BURN!
  9   Adam Brennan - Merfolk
 10   Dave Leavitt - Tezzeret
 11   Micah Greenbaum - Oath
 12   Chris Roberts - Tezzeret

[DiviningTop3]

Far be it from me to be humble or lower myself in anyway, but I cant take credit for what I didnt do.  I think my breakers actually put me in second.

[MagicIsCardboardCrack]

Far be it from me to be humble or lower myself in anyway, but I cant take credit for what I didnt do.  I think my breakers actually put me in second.

Nope. Your breakers put you in first. You did, on the other hand, agree to a split with a condition. A condition in which you agreed to take the prize amount that 2nd place will have earned. Congrats on 1st place by the way!

[VsTheWorld]

So does this mean there will continue to be zero Workshops again until I come home in May? Cool. Enjoy playing your Moxen and Forces for 0 while you can.

[MagicIsCardboardCrack]

So does this mean there will continue to be zero Workshops again until I come home in May? Cool. Enjoy playing your Moxen and Forces for 0 while you can.

3-15-10
1   Bill Rosa - Tezzeret
2   Chris Roberts - Tezzeret
3   Scott Bluementhal - Aggro MUD
4   Andy Farias - Tezzeret

I played right through it. It appears a few didn't though.

[VsTheWorld]

Well yea I was that Aggro MUD player. Apparently I'm the only one in eastern Mass or something.

[MagicIsCardboardCrack]

Well yea I was that Aggro MUD player. Apparently I'm the only one in eastern Mass or something.

Scott?! Hi!!!!! :waves:

You left again?? God damn it, get back here!

[waywreth]

Well yea I was that Aggro MUD player. Apparently I'm the only one in eastern Mass or something.

I play it occasionally as well.  I never win the die roll so the deck doesn't work as well for me.   

[DiviningTop3]

So does this mean there will continue to be zero Workshops again until I come home in May? Cool. Enjoy playing your Moxen and Forces for 0 while you can.

I heard a rumor that Brandon Jones-- arguably the best shops player in the world (seriously, arguably, its a really fun argument to have with him)-- may start coming on monday.

[Masked_Rider]

I heard a rumor that Brandon Jones-- arguably the best shops player in the world (seriously, arguably, its a really fun argument to have with him)-- may start coming on monday.

The more the merrier

I think there were 16 tonight, lets get that number growing (along with the prize pool ! ).

Playing against skilled opponents makes you more talented.

[ELD]

We did have 16 players this week, and attendance has been excellent in general.  I'm on vacation this week, so I can't post standings until I return.

1st/2nd Split James Fontes - Dredge and David Leavitt (Tezzeret G)
3rd Robbie Connolly - Roblins
4th Nick Vallas GW Aggro

[Masked_Rider]

I was playing Green Tezz, and James Dredge