Results from 10th Vintage Extravaganza at BLACK GOLD

[aosquirrels]

34 players participated in the 10th Vintage Extravaganza at Black Gold.  We played 6 rounds and cut to T8.  Standings after the swiss portion of the event are as follows...

15 - Alex Smith
15 - Carl Van Laethem
14 - Brett Piazza
14 - Duncan Anderson
13 - Jonathan Job
13 - Scott Limoges
12 - Lou Christopher
12 - Marcus Knox
12 - Daniel Bragg
10 - Adam Ramsay
10 - Travis Spero
10 - Benjamin Morris
10 - Josh Chapple
9  - Brennan Cook
9  - Jason Dudek
9  - Corey Finneman
9  - Zach Gable
9  - Matt Johnson
9  - Jesse Cardenas
9  - Ryan Hannigan
7  - Scott Fathauer
7  - Jessica Jacobs
7  - Misty Brown
6  - Ben Golden
6  - James Morton
6  - Carsten Dietvorst
6  - Steve Schrader
4  - Kyle Herzfeld
3  - John Parriott
3  - Jason Lemmer
3  - Jon Golden
3  - Heather Gable
3  - Devon Gable
3  - Paetyn Parriott

T8 Results
Marcus Knox def. Alex Smith
Carl Van Laethem def. Lou Christopher
Brett Piazza def. Scott Limoges
Duncan Anderson def. Jonathan Job

T4 Results
Brett Piazza def. Carl Van Laethem
Marcus Knox def. Duncan Anderson

Finals
Brett Piazza def. Marcus Knox


Now for the Top 8 decklist

1st Place - Brett Piazza (Ichorid)
Main
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Ichorid
4 Golgari Thug
4 Dread Return
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Bridge from Below
4 Serum Powder
4 Unmask
2 Flame-Kin Zealot
3 Leyline of the Void
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
2 Cephalid Sage
2 Dryad Arbor
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Windswept Heath
2 Petrified Field
3 Chalice of the Void

SB
2 Bayou
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
4 Contagion
4 Oxidize
3 Emerald Charm


2nd Place - Marcus Knox (Stax)
Main
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Grim Monolith
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Memory Jar
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Smokestack
4 Tangle Wire
1 Trinisphere
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Metalworker
4 Triskelion
2 Karn, Silver, Golem
1 Sundering Titan
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
2 City of Traitors
3 Ancient Tomb

SB
2 Grim Poppet
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Pithing Needle
3 Powder Keg
3 Duplicant
3 Razormane Masticore


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

SB
2 Pithing Needle
2 Glen Elendra Liege
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Tormod's Crypt
4 Oath of Durids
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Hellkite Overlord


4th Place - Carl Van Laethem (U/R Stax)
Main
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Memory Jar
1 Trinisphere
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Thron of Amethyst
4 Smokestack
4 Tangle Wire
1 Tinker
4 Goblin Welder
3 Razormane Masticore
1 Triskelion
1 Sundering Titan
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Volcanic Island
3 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Flooded Strand
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mishra's Factory

SB
2 Pithing Needle
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Pyroclasm
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Viashino Heretic
2 Rack and Ruin


5th Place - Alex Smith (Ichorid)
Main
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Lotus Petal
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Ichorid
4 Golgari Thug
3 Dread Return
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Bridge from Below
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
4 Breakthrough
3 Fatestitcher
1 Reveillark
1 Eternal Witness
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Cephalid Coliseum
4 City of Brass
3 Gemstone Mine

SB
4 Chain of Vapor
4 Pithing Needle
3 Firestorm
4 Leyline of the Void

6th Place - Jonathan Job (U/B Control)
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
4 Chrome Mox
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
2 Stifle
1 Darkblast
4 Thoughtseize
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Tinker
1 Echoing Truth
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Vedilion Clique
2 Dark Confidant
3 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Seat of the Synod
3 Island
4 Underground River
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island

SB
2 Extirpate
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Energy Flux
2 Sower of Temptation
3 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle


7th Place - Scott Limoges (Tezzeret)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Mana Leak
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Duress
1 Rushing River
1 Tinker
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
2 Mind Twist
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Skeletal Scrying
2 Misdirection
1 Time Walk
2 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
6 Island
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand

SB
1 Duress
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Psychatog
1 Energy Flux
1 Sower of Temptation
3 Tormod's Crypt
2 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Echoing Truth
1 Arcane Laboratory


8th Place - Lou Christopher (Ichorid)
Main
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Ichorid
3 Golgari Thug
3 Dread Return
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Bridge from Below
4 Unmask
2 Flame-Kin Zealot
4 Street Wraith
4 Serum Powder
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Dryad Arbor

SB
3 Emerald Charm
4 Contagion
1 Ancient Grudge
3 Oxidize
2 Windswept Heath
2 Bayou

NOTE:
Scott Limoges deck has only 59 cards.  His decklist had Vampiric Tutor listed twice!
Lou Christopher's decklist only registered 56 cards!

This is not the first time this has happened and I will take responsibility for not deckchecking prior to T8 playoffs.  I will see to it that this will not happen again.


Now for my brief 4th place tournament report.  I took no notes while I was playing and I since I have CRS disease (Can't Remember Sh*t) my report will be short.

Rd 1 - Win (quick Stax locks for the win)
Rd 2 - Win  (CRS)
Rd 3 - Win (CRS)
Rd 4 - Loss (Ichorid blows)
Rd 5 - Win (topdeck Hurkyl's Recall for the win! Take THAT Inkwell Leviathan)
Rd 6 - Win (CRS)
T8 - Win (double Leylines for the win!)
T4 - Loss (Ichorid really blows)


Props to...
Devon Gable who is 10yrs old and played in his first tournament.  His dad told me before the tournament that he already had plans for the Ancestral Recall.  How cool is that!
Marcus Knox for making it to the finals.  You owe me big time as I played in round six instead of taking the ID so you would have a chance to make it to T8.  You did it - GREAT JOB!
James Morton and Jesse Cardenas for running a few errands for me during the tournament.
The mall for bringing a floor fan into the playing room to try to help with the heat.

Slops to...
Fucking Lou and Scotty for having bad Deck Registration sheets. 
Ichorid (you really really suck)
The mall for not making sure the A/C was working.  It was 82 degrees in the backroom and even hotter in the playing room.

EDIT: Also extra double duty props to Jonathan Job for turning in a deck that wasn't his in between rounds. And also to the person who left Adam Ramsay's very expensive deck on my director's table (without telling me). Thanks for not stealing it. EXTRA DOUBLE DIPPED slops to Adam for leaving his deck where someone could have taken it.

[Green Knight]

Carl, it was a bit warm no doubt (which obviously explains the deck lists), but we did have plenty of room to play which was nice.
The tournament was well run and everyone had a good time. Thanks again for hosting.

Marcus, good working making the finals man.

Congrats to Brett for taking down the show.

[Troy_Costisick]

Wow, Ichorid is coming out of nowhere lately!  Are people just not building their sideboards correctly?

[OwenTheEnchanter]

Wow, Ichorid is coming out of nowhere lately!  Are people just not building their sideboards correctly?

What do you mean correctly, you start your post out shocked that ichorid is winning again. Well if ichorid isn't winning alot then you can safely take some of the hate out of your sideboard until it starts winning again.

[GrandpaBelcher]

Wow, Ichorid is coming out of nowhere lately!  Are people just not building their sideboards correctly?

What do you mean correctly, you start your post out shocked that ichorid is winning again. Well if ichorid isn't winning alot then you can safely take some of the hate out of your sideboard until it starts winning again.

PS, that means put the Ichorid hate back in your sideboards people.  Make it go away!

[aosquirrels]

@troy
Except on rare occaision, no one plays Ichorid at our weekly events.  Therefore there is little playtesting for it.  I felt that I was prepared though.  Actually, in my T4 game against Brett I mulled to 4 and kept a hand of Leyline, B. Lotus, Welder, Crucible.  Unfortunately I was on the draw and Brett dropped Chalice to 0.  After 10-12 turns of finding NO mana, Brett was finally able to E.Charm my Leyline for the win.  Sad times.  But that's Vintage for you.

@owen
You are correct.  Despite my advice to my faithful to be ready for Ichorid, too many just shrugged it off and lost easily to the monstrosity.

@lochinvar81
There will be a great big party at my store if Ichorid goes away 

[Troy_Costisick]

Wow, Ichorid is coming out of nowhere lately!  Are people just not building their sideboards correctly?

What do you mean correctly, you start your post out shocked that ichorid is winning again. Well if ichorid isn't winning alot then you can safely take some of the hate out of your sideboard until it starts winning again.

PS, that means put the Ichorid hate back in your sideboards people.  Make it go away!

Yeah...that's what I'm saying.  I think with Flash and Dragon Combo decks gone, a lot of the GY hate is being traded out for Artifact hate.  It's natural, really, if such a shift in sideboards is taking place.  (I would note that Leyline of the Void was only the 15th most played card and Tormod's Crypt dropped to the 11th according to Morphling.de, that's quite a drop from last September which was just before all the new restrictions and printings took effect).  Ichorid made up just over 5% of the top 8's in the last bi-monthly metagame report by Steven.  If these signigicant showings continue, I wouldn't be surprised to see Ichorid double that next time.

[Wobbles]

Wow, Ichorid is coming out of nowhere lately!  Are people just not building their sideboards correctly?

What do you mean correctly, you start your post out shocked that ichorid is winning again. Well if ichorid isn't winning alot then you can safely take some of the hate out of your sideboard until it starts winning again.

PS, that means put the Ichorid hate back in your sideboards people.  Make it go away!

There wasn't a list in the top 8 that didn't have at least 7 sb slots for dredge.

I attribute the main problem to the fact that people don't test against Ichorid enough. Those games cause all sort of non-intuitive plays that extremely beyond most players picking up a deck for the first time. Recapping, Marcus likely punted at least one game in the finals because he waste landed his own factory at the wrong time. The fact that he realized that the correct play was to destroy his own factory at all is a testament to his creativity, but also to the fact that Ichorid is one of the hardest decks to play against.

Especially in CO, Ichorid is an established part of the metagame. Its repeated wins are a testament to the skilled pilots that play the deck and not a lack of sideboard hate.

[darkh0rse]

Thank you again Carl for running this I know both John and I had a great time playing some full on Vintage, I will deffinately be at the next one.

As far as the hate in the sideboards, personally I think it is not that their is not enough but instead that it is the wrong hate.
Leyline, Pithing Needle, and Relic are alot scarrier than Jailer and Crypt at least in my oppinion as an Ichorid player.

[aosquirrels]

For those of you who care......the metagame breakdown was as follows.

4 - Tezzeret
3 - Ichorid
3 - R/G Aggro
3 - Goblins
3 - Ad Nauseam
2 - Stax
2 - U/B/G Aggro
2 - Affinity
1 - Standstill
1 - U/W Fish
1 - B/R/G Hate.dec
1 - The Rock
1 - White Weenie
1 - Izzet Control
1 - Deez Noughts
1 - Reanimator
1 - Green Stompy
1 - Tendrils w/Vault-Key
1 - W/B/G Aggro

[Smmenen]

I think it's a good thing that you have successfully tried a zero proxy tournament.  Do you plan on holding more? 

[aosquirrels]

I think it's a good thing that you have successfully tried a zero proxy tournament.  Do you plan on holding more? 

Tried?  We run two sanctioned vintage events EACH WEEK!  We get 8-16 players regularly.  As the title of the above mentioned event indicates, this is the 10th "large" sanctioned event I've held.  My last proxy event was a year ago (you may remember the thread about the pissing all over the restroom incident).  I doubt there will be more proxy events sponsored by Black Gold.

The 11th Vintage Extravaganza will be in September.

This was brought up in another thread but I'll put my 2 cents in here....Proxy tournaments aren't financially worth it to me.  Players don't need to purchase cards for these events.  On the other hand, I sell hundreds of $$$ of cards leading up to my "big" events as players are fine tuning their decks.  This makes it financially feasable for me to run them.  In my little world here in the Denver area this translates into "Proxys hurt vintage". That is coming from a TO's standpoint.

[the_lord_shaper]

2 Glen Elendra Liege, really? I think that these are supposed to be Glen Elendra Archamages, in the 3rd place deck's side board. Otherwise, I liked to why they were used.

[Lou]

2 Glen Elendra Liege, really? I think that these are supposed to be Glen Elendra Archamages, in the 3rd place deck's side board. Otherwise, I liked to why they were used.

They were Glen Elendra Archmages.

[saspook]

This is not the first time this has happened and I will take responsibility for not deckchecking prior to T8 playoffs.  I will see to it that this will not happen again.

If you are playing, and this is sanctioned, why are you responsible for deck checks?

[Razvan]

Lou's last four cards are maybe City of Brass?

[Lou]

Lou's last four cards are maybe City of Brass?

1x River Kelpie
1x Dread Return (to make the total 4)
2x Petrified Field