Timewalk Tournament at Gamer's Inn Top 8 Mesa, AZ

[vassago]

Here is the top 8 deck lists of what fought its way to the top at our tournament this past saturday. Unfortunately, it is a little late for me to be posting the results but I have been really sick lately so please forgive me.  The person that won the time walk was Adam Prozak playing tezz. I want to thank all who attended for taking the time to play some real magic and hopefully we will continue to see some of you guys in the future. There were a total of 20 people playing at this event.

Adam Prozak 1st place Tezz

4 FOW
4 Mana Drain
4 TFK
1 FOF
1 gifts
2 Tezz
1 timevault
1 voltaic key
1 mana vault
1 mana crypt
1 sol ring
1 d-tutor
1 v-tutor
2 duress
1 rebuild
1 fire/ice
1 black lotus
5 moxen
1 DSC
1 trinket mage
1 e-e
1 top
1 yawgmoth's will
1 regrowth
1 brainstorm
1 merchant scroll
1 ancestral recall
1 time walk
1 tinker
3 polluted delta
3 flooded strand
2 underground sea
1 volcanic island
1 tropical island
1 tundra
2 island
1 snowcovered island
1 library of alexandria
1 tolarian academy

sideboard
3 ethersworn cannonist
2 sower of temptation
2 pyroblast
1 ancient grudge
1 duress
4 leyline of the void
2 tormods crypt

2nd place Chase Zenner playing rgw zoo

4 aether vial
4 kird ape
4 wild nacatl
4 mogg fanatic
4 skyshroud elite
4 Tarmogoyfs
4 tin street hooligan
4 lightning bolt
4 seal of fire
2 path to exile
4 taiga
3 plateau
1 savannah
4 wooded foothills
4 windswept heath
3 skullclamp
1 black lotus
1 mox ruby
1 mox emerald

sideboard
1 path to exile
2 pithing needle
2 orims chant
1 ray of revelation
1 seal of cleansing
2 seal of primordium
2 pyroclasm
4 ancient grudge

Sean Ritzler aka MEATBAG playing Spam Slaver

2 goblin welder
1 gorilla shaman
1 sundering titan
1 triskelavus
1 platinum angel
4 mana drain
4 FOW
4 TFK
2 thoughtcast
1 time walk
1 ancestral recall
1 d-tutor
1 v-tutor
1 mystical tutor
1 yawgmoth's will
1 echoing truth
1 rack and ruin
1 brainstorm
1 tinker
1 gifts
1 crucible of the worlds
1 mindslaver
1 timevault
1 voltaic key
1 tormods crypt
1 top
3 polluted delta
2 flooded strand
3 volcanic island
2 underground sea
2 island
1 seat of the synod
1 tolarian academy
1 strip mine
5 moxen
1 sol ring
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault
1 black lotus

sideboard
1 extirpate
2 duress
1 pithing needle
1 razormane masticore
2 pyroclasm
1 relic of progenitals
1 pyroblast
3 REB
1 rack and ruin
2 energy flux

Eric Richardson playing TMWA
4 dark confidant
4 ethersworn cannonist
3 joutn grunt
3 aven mindscensor
1 goblin welder
1 gorilla shaman
4 REB
3 duress
3 thoughtseize
3 null rod
2 hide/seek
2 swords to plowshares
1 path to exile
1 diabolic edict
1 v-tutor
1 d-tutor
1 extirpate
1 black lotus
3 mox ruby/pearl/jet
4 bloodstained mire
1 flooded strand
1 windswept heath
3 wasteland
1 stripmine
2 badlands
2 scrublands
1 plateau
1 swamp
1 mountain
1 plains

sideboard
3 extirpate
1 pyroblast
2 hide/seek
2 umezawa's jitte
1 E-E
3 grim lavamancer
1 diabolic edict
2 kataki, wars wage

Max Molinar playing bw disruption to the max

4 dark confidant
4 ethersworn cannonist
4 tidehollow sculler
3 aven mindscensor
4 dark ritual
4 duress
4 thoughtseize
3 path to exile
3 null rod
3 the rack
1 v-tutor
1 d-tutor
1 diabolic edict
1 mind twist
1 extirpate
1 yawgmoths will
mox pearl and jet
1 chrome mox
1 black lotus
4 scrubland
3 swamp
1 plains
2 bloodstained mire
1 flooded strand
1 polluted delta
1 stripmine
1 wasteland (??????)

sideboard
4 relic of progenitus
3 hymn to tourach
3 kataki wars wage
2 umezawas jitte
1 path to exile
1 aven mindscensor
1 diabolic edict

Sean Johnson playing Drain Slaver

1 ancestral recall
1 timewalk
1 misdirection
1 triskelavus
1 echoing truth
1 inkwell leviathan
1 sundering titan
1 mystical tutor
1 brainstorm
4 FOW
1 ponder
1 gifts
1 mindslaver
1 d-tutor
3 goblin welder
1 DSC
3 volcanic island
1 stripmine
1 tolarian academy
1 black lotus
4 mana drain
1 sol ring
1 tinker
1 yawgmoths will
5 moxen
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault
2 gorilla shaman
2 underground sea
1 crucible of worlds
3 volcanic island
1 shattering spree
1 seat of the synod
3 polluted delta
4 TFK
1 pyroclasm
2 flooded strand
2 island

sidebaord
4 yixlid jailer
2 thoughtcast
1 tormods crypt
1 pyroclasm
2 strategic planning
2 plains
3 island

Trevor Carr playing RU landstill
3 flooded strand
1 polluted delta
3 volcanic island
1 underground sea
3 island
4 wasteland
1 stripmine
4 mishra's factory
1 LOA
2 mox monkey
1 glen elandra archmage
4 FOW
4 mana drain
1 misdirection
2 daze
1 ancestral recall
1 timewalk
mox sapphire and ruby
1 black lotus
4 standstill
2 chain of vapor
1 echoing truth
1 pyroblast
1 REB
3 null rod
2 crucible of worlds
3 stifle
2 fire/ice
1 brainstorm

sideboard
3 threads of disloyalty
2 extirpate
4 relic of progenitals
1 pyroblast
1 fire/ice
2 energy flux
2 rack and ruin

Ivan Archer aka "Crusher" playing Tidespout Oath

4 Oath of druids
2 tidespout tyrant
2 geae's blessing
3 TFK
3 chalice of the void
2 null rod
1 brainstorm
1 v tutor
1 d tutor
1 imperial seal
4 FOW
4 mana drain
1 echoing truth
1 merchant scroll
2 duress
2 thoughtseize
1 mystical tutor
1 ancestral recall
1 timewalk
4 forbidden orchard
2 tropical island
2 underground sea
2 polluted delta
2 flooded strand
2 island
1 swamp
3 wasteland
1 strip mine
4 moex (emerald, jet, ruby, sapphire)
1 black lotus

sideboard
1 echoing truth
4 extirpate
2 empyrial archangel
1 krosan grip
4 oxidise
1 life from the loam
2 pithing needle


All in all I had a really good time playing this event and I hope everyone else did as well! We will be doing another one of these in the near future for a Bazaar of Baghdad. Hopefullly, we can get more than 20 next time.

[OwenTheEnchanter]

4 Dinosaurs

How is anyone supposed to know what this means?

[vassago]

4 Dinosaurs

How is anyone supposed to know what this means?

I was typing them as i saw them written on the pages they handed me, sorry should have thought about that. It is fixed though.

[MEATROCKET]

My Spam Slaver list is pretty loose, but it actually performed well.  I'm really digging Thoughtcast right now.

Props:
Doug for doing the big stuffs
Jay for not killing me (seriously)
Eric for stomping me as usual
Crusher for doing as well as he did with an ultra pimp oath deck

Slops:
Eric for stomping me as usual
LOL Ancient Grudge in game 2 AND 3 between Adam and Chase (by both players!)

Looking forward to next time

[M.Solymossy]

Dinosaur is Tarmogoyf, I believe.   I used that term when I added them to my Drain Tendrils deck in late August.

[T00L]

lol @ the sick shark up by Adam

[Bera]

Was a good tourney, only my third type 1 event. I look forward to more in the future! ;3

[TopSecret]

This top 8 is awesome:
'So many creatures and Type 2 cards!
Thanks for posting the results!

Also, the number of Path to Exile in lists is interesting.
If any of the aggro players have feedback about how those worked out, that'd be neat.

[thecman]

I was piloting the RGw Beats deck that finished second.  Since I was already splashing the white for Wild Nacatl I decided to give Path to Exile a try in the main over Stingscourger.  I definitely like it instead of Swords to Plowshares because the 11 life from Darksteel Colossus can give your opponent plenty of time that you can't afford to give up.  I also liked it better than Stingscourger because it doesn't require you to have Aether Vial to use on the opponents turn, and I haven't come to any situations where I ether want to chump block with the Stingscourger or pay the echo to keep it around to swing with.

Thanks to snowmanmiki for loaning me the deck and helping me work through the changes that were made.

Also, I haven't been playing vintage for very long so if anyone has any tips, advice, or criticism I'd be glad to hear it.

[vassago]

Well Chase, I would most certainly save your ancient grudges in the Tezz match up for the combo pieces. =op Other than that, while watching you play I think you did alright. The fine tune playing comes with time, as most of the "tighter" plays may seem too subjective to try and list them all here.  Hopefully you will be joining us when we post the first bazaar of baghdad tourny.

[thecman]

Thanks for the insight.  I realized after the fact that I was focusing too much on how that turn was going to play out and not on how the rest of the game was going to play out.  I also completely spaced on Tezz's second ability which didn't help.  At least when I make mistakes that obviously lose me the game/tournament they are easy to remember next time around.

Hopefully we'll get another carpool of people from Tucson for the next big tournament and if we do I'll definitely plan to be there.