ICBM Open #8 Results

[Tha Gunslinga]

28 people
8 Tezzeret
4 Long (3 Pitch)
3 King James Oath
3 Painter
2 Stax (5C and RG)
2 GRW Beats
1 Bomberman
1 Shay Blue
1 Confidant Tinker
1 Goblins
1 Dragon
1 Drain Tarmogoyf

Top 8 was I think 5 Tez.
Finals split, it was Tommy with Stax vs Slutko with Tez.  I'll get top 8 lists and standings up later or tomorrow.

[Tha Gunslinga]

Final Standings:
1/2.  Tommy Kolowith (ICBM)--RG Stax
1/2.  Peter Smutko--Tezzeret
3. Jimmy McCarthy (Meandeck)--Tezzeret
4. Alex Franson--Long
5. Danny Friedman (ICBM)--Tezzeret
6. Mike Solymossy (GWS)--Tezzeret
7. Derek Wochinski (ICEHOLE)--Tezzeret
8. Jake Kempfer (ICBM)--Painter


1/2.  Tommy Kolowith
Team ICBM
RG Stax

1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Black Lotus
4 Mishra's Workshop
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Taiga
4 Barbarian Ring
4 Goblin Welder
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Crucible of Worlds
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Smokestack
1 Duplicant
1 Platinum Angel
4 Tangle Wire
1 Trinisphere
3 Null Rod

SB:
4 Ancient Grudge
4 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Pyroclasm


1/2 Peter Smutko
Tezzeret

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

SB:
3 Yixlid Jailer
3 Annul
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Smother
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Extirpate
2 Control Magic


3.  Jimmy McCarthy
Team Meandeck
Tezzeret


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

SB:
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Duress
2 Krosan Grip
3 Annul
3 Tarmogoyf


4. Alex Franson
Long

4 Duress
4 Chrome Mox
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Dark Ritual
2 Tendrils of Agony
3 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Flooded Strand
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Timetwister
1 Mind's Desire
1 Memory Jar
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Sol Ring
1 Grim Tutor
1 Necropotence
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Mana Vault
1 Windfall
1 Mana Crypt
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Lotus Petal
1 Brainstorm
1 Night's Whisper
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Rebuild
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ponder

SB:
4 Pyroblast
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Thoughtseize
2 Empty the Warrens
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Rebuild
1 Hurkyl's Recall


5.  Danny Friedman
Team ICBM
Tezzeret


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

SB:
2 Volcanic Island
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Krosan Grip
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Propaganda


6.  Mike Solymossy
Team GWS
Tezzeret


1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Black Lotus
1 Misdirection
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
3 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Trinket Mage
1 Tinker
1 Sundering Titan
1 Echoing Truth
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Duress
1 Trinisphere
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Firespout
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Propaganda


7.  Derek Wochinski
Team ICEHOLE
Tezzeret


1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Black Lotus
3 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Negate
2 Mana Drain
1 Misdirection
2 Thoughtseize
2 Reconstruction
3 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Intuition
1 Time Vault
2 Voltaic Key
4 Force of Will
1 Echoing Truth
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Yawgmoth's Will

SB:
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Spell Snare
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Mind Twist
3 Duress
1 Extirpate
1 Pithing Needle
2 Tormod's Crypt


8.  Jake Kempfer
Team ICBM
Painter

1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Tinker
3 Pyroblast
2 Goblin Welder
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
2 Red Elemental Blast
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Painter's Servant
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Ponder
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Sundering Titan
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Grindstone
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Island
2 Snow-Covered Island
1 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
1 Lotus Petal
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand

SB:
2 Blood Moon
1 Magus of the Moon
2 Swans of Bryn Argoll
3 Chain of Plasma
1 Conflagrate
2 Shattering Spree
2 Pithing Needle
2 Relic of Progenitus

[LordHomerCat]

Thanks Ben.  The event was great as always, I look forward to the next one.  I'm sad I couldn't get to the finals but sometimes things just don't go your way.  I'd like to say I threw away one of the games in the Semi's vs. Peter but I think both of us played well and it just wasn't in the cards for me.  They were some of the best Tez mirrors I have ever played and each one ended with the other guy in a position to win on his next turn.  Ah well, I guess I'll just have to pick up a Bye next time.

Oh, and Tez is one hell of a deck.  5 of 8 players there made top 8 with it, which is a considerably better percentage than what I remember from the Gush era.

[swawagon]

Jimmy In the Semis.
You had Mox Sapphire and an Underground Sea online and Drained, 'whatever' for one. You had Tinker in hand set up perfectly for your turn two. Then you drew Colossus for turn!! That was awful, sorry I couldn't help but laugh, rough.

[madlucas]

@TK:
Was the Ancient Grudge so important in your matches to deserve a Green splash?
What would you think about Green for Goyfs? ^^

[LordHomerCat]

Jimmy In the Semis.
You had Mox Sapphire and an Underground Sea online and Drained, 'whatever' for one. You had Tinker in hand set up perfectly for your turn two. Then you drew Colossus for turn!! That was awful, sorry I couldn't help but laugh, rough.

I felt like doing something other than laughing there ><  It sucked, but that's the way it goes I guess.

[neverlookback]

Oh, and Tez is one hell of a deck.  5 of 8 players there made top 8 with it, which is a considerably better percentage than what I remember from the Gush era.
[/quote]
Its the best drain deck in the format all I like how these builds  diverse from each other i really like the card selections in these builds, however I am not satisfied with transmute artifact, or reconstruct I feel like a second tez is proper, and why was there only 4 tps players present what has caused the switch in the area??

-JTL 

[TK]

The green for the ancient grudges can barely even be called a splash since the usual land in that spot would be basic mountains. The grudges were pretty amazing i boared in all four several times throughout the day. If you wanted to play actual green cards you would have to change the mana base by cutting the barb rings which probably are better than whatever your adding. If i was going to play green it wouldn't be for goyf but for choke. I very nearly played 2 choke main and 2 board but there just to hard to cast with sphere and null rod.

the deck was pretty sick all day but i petty much got the matchups i expected all day long.

round 1 long 2-0 on draw both games
round 2 long 2-0 on draw both games
round 3 tezz 1-2 lost die roll and had petty mediocre draws
round 4 painter 2-1
round 5 draw

top 8 tezz 2-0
top 4 long 2-0
finals probably would have been 30-0

This format has basically degenerated to play tezz or play something that beats it and Ive chosen the latter for basically every tourney

[Bill Copes]

round 1 long 2-0 on draw both games
round 2 long 2-0 on draw both games
round 3 tezz 1-2 lost die roll and had petty mediocre draws
round 4 painter 2-1
round 5 draw

top 8 tezz 2-0
top 4 long 2-0
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4 Ancient Grudge
4 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Pyroclasm

Would it trouble you to disclose how you boarded each match, if you can recall?  I can make some educated guesses, but I'm quite interested on what you took out of the deck .

[Juggernaut GO]

null rod just smashes everything in this environment.   Might be time for MOTM stax to make a comeback, maybe a monkey cage here and there.

[TK]

well every single matchup all day I sided out 2 crucible and dupicant for the 3 rebs and in most of my matches other than against long i borded out 4 chalice or 4 wire for grudge depending if i was on the draw or not. that may not be exactly correct but i decided to board like that rather than just take one out of several cards.

[Mantis]

@TK:
Awesome deck and awesome finish. I really like it and if you could maybe write something about it, that would be awesome. Thanks for the insights so far though.

@Jake Kempfer (don't know your nickname if he's on the site):
What's up with the Swans sideboard? How did it work out for you?

[hvndr3d y34r h3x]

pictures!

[VorpalBunnyDuby]

I think Kempfer was playing swans in his board as a way to beat oath of druids.

[OwenTheEnchanter]

I think Kempfer was playing swans in his board as a way to beat oath of druids.

Except that when he actually played against it vs James he got his combo and still couldn't win without 40 minutes trying to figure it out.

[VorpalBunnyDuby]

yeah James was totally pissed that he went to time in like 3 rounds that day and didn't top 8 because of it. 

[Tha Gunslinga]

If you're consistently going to time, learn to play faster.

[Suicideking]

Yeah i guess i need to learn how to play oath.

[LordHomerCat]

Yeah i guess i need to learn how to play oath.

The addendum is that if you are consistently going to time and think you are playing fast, you need to make your opponent play faster.  Calling a judge will do a good job of this.

[Tha Gunslinga]

Yeah i guess i need to learn how to play oath FASTER.

Fixed.

[Suicideking]

Yeah i guess i need to learn how to play oath.

The addendum is that if you are consistently going to time and think you are playing fast, you need to make your opponent play faster.  Calling a judge will do a good job of this.

Yeah Im definitely going to be more aggresive in my judge calls in the future.  I feel like I spend 40 mins out of a round watching my opponent try to figure out what to do.

[TK]

Just play stax its the fastest deck ever.

Best thing to do is just badger your opponent to play faster which usually cuses them to mess up., then if needed call a judge. being an asshole is usually needed at times to avoid having slow and drawn out rounds.

[islanderboi10]

Grats TK.
I really like the list.
It would be cool to have some report on it or something!

[hvndr3d y34r h3x]

Grats TK.
I really like the list.
It would be cool to have some report on it or something!

it would read: locked my opponant out turn two, all day long.

[Suicideking]

Every TK report is every round I outplayed my opponent.

[LordHomerCat]

I mean, I beat TK, but I guess I was the only one.

[hvndr3d y34r h3x]

I mean, I beat TK, but I guess I was the only one.

i got a game in but yeah, i guess

[M.Solymossy]

I never have feared stax with Tezz, and I would have definitely made him play it, had I made it far enough. 

[Tha Gunslinga]

Every TK report is every round I outplayed my opponent.

Played a Welder, welded in my Ruby in order to REB his counter, won.

[Tabasco]

ROFLMAO

Oh man it is a shame more people don't know the story behind what Ben just posted