Myriad Games Vintage - December 6th, 2008

[Myriad Games]

Thank you to everyone who attended our latest Vintage event here at Myriad Games.

Every player received a special Myriad Games Magical Mana Cookie!

The Bonus Preregistration Prize went to David "Zygon" Charubini.

The Bonus Carpool Prize went to Josh Cutler.

The Best Deck Name Prize was a tie!
"Ms. Piggy is Hawt" by Cory Murray
"Hey, Control Slaver began life as an Extended deck too!" by Rich Shay

As always, if you have any comments or suggestions about our events, please email us at Myriad@MyriadGames.com

Tournament Results

Top 4   Josh Cutler -- Oath
Top 4   Eric Dupuis -- Control Slaver
Top 4   Bill Copes -- Mono Red Stax
Top 4   Arik Pogrebinsky -- BUG Fish
5th   Dave Lawrence -- Tezzeret
6th   Rich Shay -- Elf Combo
7th   Craig Dupre -- Control Slaver
8th   Josh McBride -- BUG Fish
9th   Oliver Beaumont -- Tezzeret Slaver
10th   Demonic Attorney -- Tezzeret Slaver
11th   David Charubini -- WBG Fish
12th   Tony Yergeau -- Control Slaver
13th   Jeremiah Rudolph -- Control Slaver
14th   Jeff Carpenter -- Control Slaver
15th   Jeff Rodgers -- Affinity
16th   Cory Murray -- U/W Fish
17th   Sara Yarrington -- Workshop Aggro
18th   Eric Carpenter -- Mono Black

Top 8 Decklists

Top 4 Josh Cutler -- Oath

4x Oath of Druids
4x Forbidden Orchard
4x Mana Leak
1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
2x Hellkite Overlord
3x Chalice of the Void
4x Force of Will
3x Stifle
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Rushing River
1x Mana Crypt
3x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Brainstorm
1x Ancestral Recall
4x Impulse
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Ponder
1x Time Walk
1x Scroll Rack
3x Wasteland
2x Flooded Strand
2x Polluted Delta
1x Strip Mine
2x Underground Sea
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Tropical Island
1x Lotus Petal
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire

Sideboard
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Crop Rotation
2x Misdirection
4x Oxidize
2x Blazing Archon
2x Duress
3x Thoughtseize

Top 4 Eric Dupuis -- Control Slaver

1x Mindslaver
3x Goblin Welder
3x Courier's Capsule
3x Master of Etherium
1x Gorilla Shaman
1x Triskelavus
2x Flooded Strand
3x Island
1x Library of Alexandria
2x Polluted Delta
1x Tolarian Academy
3x Underground Sea
4x Volcanic Island
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Black Lotus
1x Brainstorm
1x Demonic Tutor
4x Duress
4x Force of Will
1x Mana Crypt
4x Mana Drain
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Sol Ring
4x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Time Walk
1x Tinker
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Yawgmoth's Will

Sideboard
3x Sower of Temptation
3x Rack and Ruin
1x Gorilla Shaman
4x Blue Elemental Blast
3x Tormod's Crypt
1x Jester's Cap

Top 4 Bill Copes -- Mono Red Stax

3x Mountain
4x Barbarian Ring
4x Mishra's Workshop
4x Wasteland
4x Bazaar of Baghdad
1x Tolarian Academy
1x Strip Mine
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
4x Sphere of Resistance
4x Thorn of Amethyst
4x Tangle Wire
4x Chalice of the Void
3x Smokestack
3x Crucible of Worlds
1x Trinisphere
4x Goblin Welder
2x Karn, Silver Golem
1x Sundering Titan

Sideboard
3x Powder Keg
3x Triskelion
2x Duplicant
3x Defense Grid
1x Platinum Angel
3x Damping Matrix

Top 4 Arik Pogrebinsky -- BUG Fish

4x Dark Confidant
4x Meddling Mage
4x Tarmogoyf
4x Trygon Predator
4x Force of Will
4x Stifle
4x Negate
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Echoing Truth
1x Darkblast
1x Echoing Truth
3x Null Rod
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Emerald
1x Strip Mine
3x Flooded Strand
3x Polluted Delta
3x Tundra
3x Underground Sea
3x Tropical Island
3x Wasteland

Sideboard
3x Umezawa's Jitte
3x Pithing Needle
3x Swords to Plowshares
3x Oxidize
1x Darkblast
1x Null Rod
1x Gaea's Blessing

5th Dave Lawrence -- Tezzeret

1x Tezzeret the Seeker
1x Time Vault
1x Voltaic Key
1x Tinker
1x Sundering Titan
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Sol Ring
1x Black Lotus
4x Polluted Delta
1x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
2x Volcanic Island
1x Tropical Island
2x Island
1x Library of Alexandria
1x Tolarian Academy
4x Accumulated Knowledge
2x Intuition
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Gifts Ungiven
1x Brainstorm
1x Ponder
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Regrowth
1x Time Walk
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Demonic Tutor
4x Force of Will
4x Mana Drain
1x Thoughtseize
1x Duress
1x Misdirection
1x Echoing Truth
1x Ancient Grudge

Sideboard
1x Pyroclasm
2x Tormod's Crypt
3x Tarmogoyf
1x Ancient Grudge
1x Extirpate
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Rebuild
2x Red Elemental Blast
1x Darkblast
1x Commandeer
1x Chalice of the Void

6th Rich Shay -- Elf Combo

4x Birchlore Rangers
4x Fyndhorn Elves
4x Heritage Druid
4x Llanowar Elves
4x Nettle Sentinel
4x Wirewood Symbiote
1x Regal Force
2x Elvish Visionary
4x Quirion Ranger
1x Viridian Shaman
1x Mox Emerald
1x Black Lotus
4x Skullclamp
4x Glimpse of Nature
4x Summoner's Pact
1x Grapeshot
4x Wooded Foothills
4x Forest
4x Windswept Heath
1x Bayou

Sideboard
1x Viridian Shaman
3x Gleeful Sabotage
4x Thoughtseize
4x Leyline of the Void
3x Xantid Swarm

7th Craig Dupre -- Control Slaver

1x Mindslaver
3x Goblin Welder
2x Master of Etherium
4x Courier's Capsule
1x Triskelavus
2x Flooded Strand
3x Island
1x Library of Alexandria
3x Polluted Delta
1x Tolarian Academy
2x Underground Sea
4x Volcanic Island
1x Viashino Heretic
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Black Lotus
1x Brainstorm
1x Demonic Tutor
4x Force of Will
1x Mana Crypt
4x Mana Drain
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Ponder
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Sundering Titan
1x Relic of Progenitus
1x Sol Ring
4x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Time Walk
1x Tinker
1x Tormod's Crypt
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Echoing Truth

Sideboard
2x Master of Etherium
1x Viashino Heretic
2x Commandeer
3x Extirpate
3x Red Elemental Blast
3x Sower of Temptation
1x Darkblast

8th Josh McBride -- BUG Fish

4x Tarmogoyf
4x Dark Confidant
4x Cursecatcher
1x Trygon Predator
4x Force of Will
3x Negate
3x Stifle
1x Brainstorm
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Demonic Tutor
2x Duress
3x Thoughtseize
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Emerald
1x Black Lotus
1x Echoing Truth
4x Null Rod
4x Wasteland
1x Strip Mine
1x Bayou
3x Tropical Island
3x Underground Sea
4x Polluted Delta
2x Flooded Strand

Sideboard
3x Yixlid Jailer
2x Pithing Needle
2x Krosan Grip
2x Darkblast
3x Sower of Temptation
2x Extirpate
1x Trygon Predator

Thanks again to everyone for coming to this event.

We'll be hosting the next event in our Vintage Tournament Series on Saturday, January 17th.

Make plans now to come join in the fun!

[Oath of Happy]

What was the prize structure for the 18 person turnout?

[Shojeel]

I placed 8th in the tourney with BUG Fish. It was the first time I had played Vintage in about 5 years and I am really happy to be playing in this format again. My losses for the day came to:

Elf Combo
BUGw Fish (sweet deck Arik)

and in the top 8 Oath. I lost because I did not counter his scroll rack which would have lead to him decking himself in 3-4 turns. Lesson learned.......

As for the prize structure I think it went:

Top eight played. 5-8 broke even.

Top 4 split and 3x'ed their entrance fee.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

[Myriad Games]

Prizes followed our scaling prize structure (the more the merrier!) where ~90% of the entries went toward Top 8 with the remaining ~10% going to ancillary prizes (Best Deck Name, Preregistration, Carpool Prize, etc). Myriad Games also adds on additional prizes in the form of Myriad Games Mana Cookies and some other small goodies. All prizes are in Myriad Money which can be used to purchase any products here at Myriad Games, including choosing from our wide variety of Magic singles, board games, card games, accessories, etc.

Prizes for this particular Top 8 broke down as follows:

Top 4 Split - $76.25 Myriad Money each ($305 Total)
5th - 8th Place - $25 Myriad Money each ($100 Total)

Congratulations on your Top 8, Josh! Which reminds me, in the hustle and bustle of the day, I missed awarding a New Player Booster Pack to Josh and Josh. If you two gentlemen would be so kind as to remind me next time you stop in, we'll give a complimentary booster pack to you then.

Thanks again to everyone who attended!

[Shojeel]

Thanks! I will try to remember.

[Bill Copes]

Thanks for hosting another great event, Dan!

Props to shay for Top 8'ing with green cards that didn't include Oath of Druids, Quirion Dryad or Tarmogoyf.

A great showing for Team Car: we put the whole car (just Arik and myself) in the top 4.