XTreme Games 5-17 Results - Now with Decklists!

[LordHomerCat]

Ok, time for a full summary.  On Sunday the 17th Xtreme Games held a tourney for a Pearl.  15 people showed up (where were you guys?) so we did 5 rounds of swiss with a cut to top 4.  First got a Pearl, I'm not sure what second got (Owen?) and 3rd and 4th got a nonblue Dual Land.  After it was all said and done, the top 4 played out as follows:

Tommy Kolowith def. Jimmy McCarthy
Owen Turtenwald def. Ben Carp

Tommy and Owen then split with Tommy 'winning' the event.  Since this is why you're all reading, here are the top 4 lists:

Tommy K - Godawful Blue/Red (according to Ben)

1 Fire/Ice
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Gorilla Shaman
1 Pyroblast
1 Brainstorm
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Relic of Progenitus
4 Force of Will
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Mana Drain
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Time Vault
1 Blood Moon
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Tolarian Academy
6 Island
4 Volcanic Island
2 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 CRYPTIC COMMAND

Sideboard:
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Meltdown
1 Blood Moon
2 Firespout
2 Glen Elendra Archmage
2 Viashino Heretic
2 Flametongue Kavu
2 Ingot Chewer

Owen Turtenwald - 5color Tezz-less Tezz

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

Sideboard:
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Ray of Revelation
1 Darkblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 PIthing Needle
1 Tormod's Crypt

Jimmy McCarthy - Remora Tezz

4 Force of Will
4 Duress
4 Mystic Remora
1 Mana Drain
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tinker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Thoughtseize
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Imperial Seal
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Dark Confidant
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
2 Island

Sideboard:
1 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Rebuild
2 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Smother
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Seal of Primordium
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Darkblast

Ben Carp - The Gilded Claw

4 Leyline of the Void
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Welder
4 Juggernaut
2 Triskelion
2 Sundering Titan
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Helm of Obedience
1 Duplicant
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Memory Jar
1 Balance
2 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
3 City of Brass
2 Gemstone Mine

Sideboard:
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Ray of Revelation
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Triskelion
2 Helm of Obedience
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

As always, let me know if there are errors in the decklists as it is almost certainly a mistake typing on my part rather than an actual registration error.  This event was a lot of fun and was full of the normal high number of very good players as most WI/IL events.  The new XTreme Games store is very nice and more spacious than the old one for sure.  I had a good time and even won some games for once when it mattered.  For those interested, I beat Doomsday round 1, beat SS round 2, beat Tommy in one game after he managed to get back from lunch late and get himself and Owen game losses, lost to Ben Carp, and then beat Nathaniel with his UB Mill deck due to a well timed topdecked Yawgmoth's Will.  Then in the top 4 Tommy just blew me out with a turn 3 kill in game 1 against my slower hand and then just outdrew me in the next.  Owen defeated Ben in similar fashion.  I got a badlands out of it.

Thanks for reading, and thanks to Ben for the metagame breakdown in the next post.

-Jimmy

[Tha Gunslinga]

Metagame:
1 Oath
3 Tezzeret
1 Ichorid
1 Naya Aggro
2 GrimLong
1 Doomsday
1 Blood Moon Monstrosity
1 SS
1 Shaymora
1 Shaymora/Tez/Confidant
1 UB Mill Control
1 Gilded Claw

[Gekoratel]

I'd really like the see the Gilded Claw list because a friend of mine is all about that deck, either in PM form or here would be great, thanks.

[LordHomerCat]

Decklists and some notes added.  Let me know if I missed something, etc.

[Isaac85]

I was uncertain if I was going to come up for the tourny for several reasons but it basicly came down to money and the 17th was my moms birthday. Congratz on the split.

[mutedequilibrium]

Tommy K - Godawful Blue/Red (according to Ben)

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1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Time Walk Vault?

[bigthangspopin]

CRYPTIC COMMAND?! really? i have to ask why i mean i love the card in standard but vintage? $cc spells in vintage should just win shouldnt they?

[M.Solymossy]

Tommy has played it a couple times, and I've played it once myself too. It's a fine card.

[LordHomerCat]

Tommy K - Godawful Blue/Red (according to Ben)

..
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Time Walk Vault?

Fixed.

[OwenTheEnchanter]

Tommy and Owen then split with Tommy 'winning' the event.

Interesting...

[LordHomerCat]

Tommy and Owen then split with Tommy 'winning' the event.

Interesting...

Just relating what was told to me.