Xtreme Games for a Time Walk - Results AND DECKLISTS

[LordHomerCat]

Hey guys, I have the results from Xtreme Games today.

26 Players

Ryan Fosberg def. Owen Turntwald (so says DCI Reporter)
Brian Fisher def. Mike Solymossy
Bob Homer def. Tommy Kolowith
Curt Roof def Isaac Siegmund

Ryan def. Fisher
Curt def. Bob

Ryan def. Curt

Prizes today were:
1st. - Time Walk
2nd. Mana Drain
3rd.- 4th.  Tropical Island
5th - 8th  Non-Blue Dual

Also, Xtreme Games would like to thank everyone who showed up to make a another great tournament.

As always, I had a great time despite finishing with the same record as Alex Franson and his Jagged Poppets and look forward to seeing the new store next month.

Here’s the metagame breakdown from Sunday (it was pretty random) followed by a breakdown by archetype (note Isaac’s deck had both Drains and Rits so it counts as a half point for each).

Goblins – 1
Derek’s Black Deck – 1
Confidant Combo – 3
UW Control – 1
RGW Zoo – 1
Ritual Tez – 1
Stifle Nought – 1
SS – 1
Bomberman – 1
Oath – 3
Dredge – 1
Tezz – 2
BR Jagget Poppet Aggro – 1
Doomsday TPS – 1
Mono Red Shop Aggro – 2
Blazing Shoal Burn – 1
TPS – 1
Painter – 1
5C Stax – 1


Archetypes:
Rituals – 6.5
Drains – 4.5
Null Rods – 4
Shops – 3
Bazaars – 1
Other – 6
Missing Deckslists – 1 (frowns)


And now the part you’ve all been waiting for, top 8 decklists.  Get ready, because these are some, erm, ‘interesting’ ones.

1st Ryan Fosberg – RGW Zoo

3 Gaddock Teeg
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Lightning Helix
4 Tin Street Hooligan
4 Aven Mindcensor
3 Null Rod
3 Price of Progress
4 Figure of Destiny
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Plateau
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
4 Windswept Heath
3 Savannah
4 Taiga

Sideboard:
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Red Elemental Blast
4 Pyroblast
2 Krosan Grip
1 Null Rod

2nd Curt Roof – Goblins

4 Goblin Lackey
4 Goblin Ringleader
4 Goblin Piledriver
4 Mogg Fanatic
1 Stingscourger
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Goblin Matron
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Null Rod
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
2 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Wasteland
1 Lotus Petal
13 Mountain

Sideboard:
3 Shattering Spree
3 Blood Moon
4 Red Elemental Blast
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Pithing Needle
1 Relic of Progenitus

3/4th Bob Homer – Mono R Shop Aggro

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
4 Goblin Welder
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Razormane Masticore
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Gathan Raiders
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
6 Mountain
1 Trinishpere
3 Null Rod
4 Juggernaut
4 Solemn Simulacrum

Sideboard:
3 Viashino Heretic
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Mogg Fanatic
3 Eon Hub

3/4th Brian Fisher – Bomberman

4 Force of Will
3 Spell Snare
3 Mana Drain
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Trinket Mage
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Rebuild
1 Fire / Ice
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
3 Aven Mindcensor
3 Auriok Salvagers
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Plains
3 Island
3 Tundra
2 Volcanic Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand

Sideboard:
2 Seal of Cleansing
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
3 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
2 Umezawa’s Jitte

5/8th Isaac Siegmund – Ritual Tezz

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

Sideboard:
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Extirpate
1 Wipe Away
1 Massacre
1 Tendrils of Agony
2 Diabolic Edict
2 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Pithing Needle


5-8th Mike Solymossy – Confidant Combo

3 Underground Sea
1 Badlands
2 Swamp
1 Island
4 Polluted Delta
2 Bloodstained Mire
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Timetwister
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Time Walk
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Thoughtseize
4 Duress
3 Tendrils of Agony
4 Dark Confidant
4 Dark Ritual
3 Cabal Ritual
1 Repeal
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm

Sideboard:
1 Island
1 Scrubland
1 Wipe Away
1 Planar Void
2 Leyline of the Void
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Rebuild
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Cabal Therapy

5-8th Owen Turtenwald – Tezz (without actual Tezzeret the Seeker)

4 Force of Will
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Mana Drain
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tinker
1 Rebuild
1 Trinket Mage
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Regrowth
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Fire / Ice
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
2 City of Brass
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt

Sideboard:
3 Tarmogoyf
3 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Ray of Revelation
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Darkblast
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Pithing Needle

5-8th Tommy Kolowith – Doomsday TPS

1 Misdirection
4 Force of Will
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Timetwister
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
3 Doomsday
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Research / Development
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Necropotence
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Cabal Ritual
4 Dark Ritual
4 Duress
4 Street Wraith
3 Underground Sea
2 Bloodstained Mire
4 Polluted Delta
2 Island
2 Swamp
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Lotus Petal

Sideboard:
1 Research / Development
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Phyrexian Negator
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Wipe Away
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Massacre


As always, let me know if there’s an error somewhere and I’ll look it over.  It is much more likely I messed up typing than actual decklist errors since they did actually check over lists to make sure they were legal.


For anyone interested, I played TPS and went 3-2.  I lost my first round to mulling to 3 and then getting blown out, then lost a tough one against shops which was probably winnable but I’m not sure how, and then beat the Blazing Shoal deck, an Oath deck, and the 5color Shop deck.

Thanks for reading and if you’re anywhere within a couple hours of Chicago, it is definitely worth your time to come out to these events.  Some of us even play real decks too!

-Jimmy McCarthy

[Tha Gunslinga]

Another great tournament from Xtreme Games.  Thanks again, guys.  I went 2-3 with Painter due to a few minor play mistakes on my part.

[EnialisLiadon]

Woowoo!  Awesome job, Curt!  I'll try and get him to start posting here, now that he's actually interested in vintage now!  Zoo beating Goblins for a Time Walk...what a final round for a very competitive vintage tournament!

I went 3-2 with Ubg Tezzeret, beating Bob Tendrils, Oath and Painter, and losing to Sullivan Solution and Aggro Shop.  The site was awesome (though I understand they're moving to a new and bigger location?), the people were great to play against and hang out with, and the prize support was awesome!  Curt and I (and possibly 1-2 others from Bloomington) will definitely try and make the trek up for future events!

[M.Solymossy]

The format is garbage here. 20 person events with Zoo, Goblins, and such. WTF?

[BoomChild]

At least I played a "Real" Deck this time, albeit poorly played.  I have found a spark for playing with lots of restricted cards

I will have the next tournament for Astro City posted soon.  It was nice getting out to the old XG shop before you guys move.  Good luck with the new place.

Boomer

[LordHomerCat]

Updated first post with decklists and archetypes and stuff.  Also, someone didn't hand in a decklist, so big frowns to them.

[Suicideking]

The format is garbage here. 20 person events with Zoo, Goblins, and such. WTF?

Yeah, whats up with that guy playing bomberman?

[M.Solymossy]

The format is garbage here. 20 person events with Zoo, Goblins, and such. WTF?

Yeah, whats up with that guy playing bomberman?

Cute James.

[Suicideking]

I was hoping maybe I could provoke Fisher into posting for once in his life.  Its good to see him in top4 after i Crushed him in the swiss.

[OwenTheEnchanter]

Awesome tournament as always, and I for one vote Jimmy post the lists for future events as they were up quickly and who in their right mind prefers banana Drain and VT to Mana Drain and Vampiric Tutor.

[Clint_NZ]

I love the Doomsday TPS list.

Still would want to throw in a Beacon of Destruction!!!

And I agree with Owen on the lists, good to see someone type out the correct names.

Cheers
Clint

[LordHomerCat]

I was hoping maybe I could provoke Fisher into posting for once in his life.  Its good to see him in top4 after i Crushed him in the swiss.

I'm pretty sure he doesn't even have a TMD account.

[Stack Of Turtles]

Wow, that Bomberman list just looks horrible, who in their right mind would play that?  It's not even an optimized list!  I bet they only ran 3 Mana Drains because their 4th one was loaned out...

The tournament was great, was good to see all of the regular goons, James King got to embarrass me by showing me how back the deck I played really was.  But the joke was on you guys!  For somehow I snuck into top 8, just imagine what I could do with a real deck.   

On a more serious note, I couldn't figure out what to play, because no deck interests me, and the mass restriction really killed what interest I had in the format.

[Isaac85]

I find something interesting looking at the top 8 deck lists. Tk Owen soly brian and I were all playing top main board and it was tremendous for me all day I can't say that for the others but I'm sure they would agree.

[Stack Of Turtles]

I find something interesting looking at the top 8 deck lists. Tk Owen soly brian and I were all playing top main board and it was tremendous for me all day I can't say that for the others but I'm sure they would agree.

I don't find it that interesting, Top just goes along with Thirst as its the best (and one of the few) draw engines available.  It definitely shines turn 3 or later, which you will probably only get to if playing a Control mirror.   I've never been a fan of Top, its just become a necessary evil in a format without Ponder/Brainstorm.   

[yangtime]

Archetypes:
Rituals – 6.5
Drains – 4.5
Null Rods – 4
Shops – 3
Bazaars – 1
Other – 6
Missing Deckslists – 1 (frowns)

The Null Rod archetype consists of other archetypes right?  Like there's a Workshop + Null Rod deck and, perhaps, there was a Mana Drain + Null Rod deck?  In any case, it definitely looks like the decks packing Null Rod did really well.

This is one varied tournament.  I'm real happy that only one of the Top 4 decks played blue.  It's neat to see 10 copies of Null Rod in the Top 4, 11 if you count sideboards.

[M.Solymossy]

This is one varied tournament.  I'm real happy that only one of the Top 4 decks played blue.  It's neat to see 10 copies of Null Rod in the Top 4, 11 if you count sideboards.

I'm not thrilled at all by this tournament.  Vintage has been about playing the most powerful decks, not extended with Lightning Bolts and Mox Ruby/Emerald.

[TopSecret]

This is one varied tournament.  I'm real happy that only one of the Top 4 decks played blue.  It's neat to see 10 copies of Null Rod in the Top 4, 11 if you count sideboards.

I'm not thrilled at all by this tournament.  Vintage has been about playing the most powerful decks, not extended with Lightning Bolts and Mox Ruby/Emerald.

That Zoo list has Lightning Helix over Lightning Bolt, which must have been key against Goblins!

[LordHomerCat]

Jerry:  Only one of the Shop players had Null Rods.  I forgot to list him under that heading, but I probably wouldn't have anyway as it is pretty clearly still a shop deck which just happens to have Null Rod.  Isaac's deck isn't really a Rit deck or a Drain deck but somewhere in between.  Also, only one of the Oath decks had Null Rods main, one of the others had them in the side but that still put him firmly in the "Other" category.

[Twaun007]

The format is garbage here. 20 person events with Zoo, Goblins, and such. WTF?

I guess it goes to show that you don't need to play the most powerful deck to win. These results should be somewhat interesting for new players getting into vintage.

Wow, that Bomberman list just looks horrible, who in their right mind would play that?  It's not even an optimized list!  I bet they only ran 3 Mana Drains because their 4th one was loaned out...

The tournament was great, was good to see all of the regular goons, James King got to embarrass me by showing me how back the deck I played really was.  But the joke was on you guys!  For somehow I snuck into top 8, just imagine what I could do with a real deck.   

On a more serious note, I couldn't figure out what to play, because no deck interests me, and the mass restriction really killed what interest I had in the format.

I think I just crapped my pants. Fisher, I commend you on your entrance into the online world. I will also purchase you a Strawberry Daiquiri next time I see you. 

This is one varied tournament.  I'm real happy that only one of the Top 4 decks played blue.  It's neat to see 10 copies of Null Rod in the Top 4, 11 if you count sideboards.

I agree with you Yangtime. It looks like people thought about combating the metagame instead of complaining about it.

I'm not thrilled at all by this tournament.  Vintage has been about playing the most powerful decks, not extended with Lightning Bolts and Mox Ruby/Emerald.

How is Zoo/Goblins not powerful? Is it just because they don't use Yawg Will and all the P9?

[Negator13]

Whoa, Doomsday... what are the piles and minimum mana requirements for a winning Dday in that deck?

[Clint_NZ]

Quite a broad question.

It really depends on a lot on the gamestate and what is being held in hand.
I do not know what TK did but here is a one I would have tried...

2 lands (B & U)

Pile
//Top//
Ancestral Recall
Black Lotus
Dark Ritual
Mind's Desire
Research/Development
//Bottom//

Plays out:
Draw and play Recall, Play Black Lotus sac for UUU and Dark Ritual. UUUBBB floating Storm 3
Play Mind's Disire, Flip R&D, play R&D before the other 3 copies of Desire resolve, getting 2 copies of Tendrils.
First tendrils will have a storm of 5 and the other will have 6.

Other than that there are other piles of 5 if you have a piece in hand or something like Bstorm or Gush.

I have been playing Doomsday for quite sometime and really like this list.

Would like to hear how it went for TK.

Cheers
Clint

[yespuhyren]

I'm glad my shop aggro is doing good...the one that's 3rd/4th place is card for card the list I'd posted as my last list...I'm curious if the person who played it has any comments/anything?  Also, how did it play out in your meta

[M.Solymossy]

I'm glad my shop aggro is doing good...the one that's 3rd/4th place is card for card the list I'd posted as my last list...I'm curious if the person who played it has any comments/anything?  Also, how did it play out in your meta

I lost to him in 3, due to a minor mishap.  I could have turn 1ed him if I consulted for Yawgmoth's Will, and didn't remove it or my 3 tendrils in the process.  He had double null rod/double sphere, and had the 2 reb's for my bounce spells too.  Trust me though, I was DYING for a rematch.

[cowtippa]

I'm glad my shop aggro is doing good...the one that's 3rd/4th place is card for card the list I'd posted as my last list...I'm curious if the person who played it has any comments/anything?  Also, how did it play out in your meta

I got Bob hooked on that list.  I love how it destroys tezz.  The only problems that I've found are that crucible is sometimes very clunky and uneccesarry.