[RESULTS] ELD's Black Lotus

[ELD]

Thank you to everyone who made this such a success.  A special thanks to Matt Macauley for typing up the Top 8 Decklists!  Another special thanks to Dan Cunningham for providing the huge Black Lotus Photo mosaic.  Of course, thanks to Stillpoint for supporting the Vintage community, and all the players who made it out to this event.  I'll be attempting to make something watchable out of the Top 8 matches that we recorded.  

Standings after Swiss.  
   
Rank   Name
  1   Andy Farias
  2   Jason Ford
  3   Josh Meckes
  4   Jeffrey Greene
  5   Demonic Attorney
  6   David Lawrence
  7   Dan Cunningham
  8   Joshua Cutler
  9   Scott Blumenthal
 10   Brian Rozzero
 11   Craig Dupre
 12   Nick Detwiler
 13   Blaine Christiansen
 14   Connor Cobean
 15   Arik Pogrebinsky
 16   Charlie Winger
 17   Bill Copes
 18   Max Brown
 19   Lloyd Anderson
 20   Oliver Beaumont
 21   Andrew Probasco
 22   Marc Tuttle
 23   Jesse Martin
 24   Ben Lukas
 25   Dan Katz
 26   Matt Macauley
 27   Brandon Jones
 28   Bill Rosa
 29   Stefan Elsworth
 30   Travis LaPlante
 31   Justin Lander
 32   Sam Best
 33   Taylor Nottage
 34   Michael Wayand
 35   Visna Harris

Elimination Rounds - Winners in Bold

Top 8
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  1 ( 28) Andy Farias - Stax
 8 (  7) Joshua Cutler - Tezzeret
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  5 ( 17) Demonic Attorney - UrPhid
 4 ( 33) Jeffrey Greene - Tezzeret
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  3 ( 32) Josh Meckez - Painter
 6 ( 34) David Lawrence - Tezzeret
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 7 (  5) Dan Cunningham - Tezzeret
  2 ( 31) Jason Ford - SCV
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Top 4
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  8 (  7) Joshua Cutler - Tezzeret
 4 ( 33) Jeffrey Greene - Tezzeret
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 6 ( 34) David Lawrence - Tezzeret
  7 (  5) Dan Cunningham - Tezzeret
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Finals
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  4 ( 33) Jeffrey Greene - Tezzeret
 6 ( 34) David Lawrence - Tezzeret
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1st David Lawrence - Won a Signed Black Lotus

4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Dark Confidant
2 Duress
1 Thoughtseize
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Tezzeret
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Yawg Will
1 Vamp Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ponder
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Rack & Ruin
2 Repeal
1 Rebuild
1 Echoing Truth
1 Fire // Ice

Sideboard
1 Yxilid Jailer
2 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
3 Ingot Chewer
3 Pyroclasm
2 Mystic Remora
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast


2nd Jeffrey Greene - Won a Playset of 4x Underground Sea

2 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand
3 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Snow covered Island
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Dark Confidant
2 Duress
1 Thoughtseize
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tezzeret
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Yawg Will
1 Vamp Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ponder
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Rebuild
2 Fire // Ice
1 Echoing Truth
1 Misdirection

Sideboard
2 Yxilid Jailer
3 Pithing Needle
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Pyroclasm
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Mystic Remora
1 Rack & Ruin


3rd Dan Cunningham on left Won a playset of 4x Force of Will

3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
3 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Dark Confidant
2 Duress
1 Thoughtseize
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Tezzeret
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Yawg Will
1 Vamp Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ponder
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Repeal
2 Rebuild
1 Fire // Ice
1 Thirst for Knowledge

Sideboard
3 Yxilid Jailer
3 Pithing Needle
3 Ingot Chewer
3 Pyroclasm
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Darkblast



4th Joshua Michael Cutler on right Won a playset of 4x Force of Will

1 Time Vault
1 Darkblast
1 Repeal
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Regrowth
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Yawg Will
1 Tinker
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ponder
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Dark Confidant
1 Misdirection
2 Thoughtseize
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
3 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand

Sideboard
2 Oxidize
4 Oath of Druids
1 Hellkite Overlord
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
4 Forbidded Orchard
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Relic of Progenitus


5th Andrew Farias Won an Underground Sea

4 Chalice of the Void
4 Null Rod
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Tangle Wire
1 Crop Rotation
1 Lava Dart
2 Smokestack
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Bottled Cloister
4 Goblin Welder
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Bazaar
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Taiga
2 Barbarian Ring
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Duplicant
4 Choke
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Pyroclasm
2 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Ensnaring Bridge

Removed by request - Prospero
6th Jason Ford Won a Mana Crypt and a Force of Will

1 City of Brass
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tropical Island
1 Snow Covered Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Inkwell Leviathan
2 Goblin Welder
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fire // Ice
1 Memory Jar
2 Voltaic Key
1 Lotus Petal
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Regrowth
1 Windfall
1 Transmute Artifact
1 Tinker
4 Force of Will
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Yawg Will
1 Timetwister
1 Brainstorm
1 Rebuild
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Midirection
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
2 Impulse

Sideboard
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Pithing Needle
1 Naturalize
1 Pyroclasm
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Helm of Obedience
3 Leyline of the Void

Image deleted by request - Prospero
7th Josh Meckez Won 2x Foil Thoughtseize

3 Painter's Servant
1 Goblin Welder
3 Trinket Mage
1 Grindstone
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Tinker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawg Will
4 Force of Will
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Pyroblast
2 Misdirection
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Echoing Truth
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Academy Ruins
3 Ancient Tomb
3 Volcanic Island
1 Underground Sea
3 Island
2 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring

Sideboard
1 Pithing Needle
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Rack & Ruin
2 Commandeer
2 Threads of Disloyalty
2 Arcane Laboratory
1 Trinisphere
3 Pyroclasm


8th Demonic Attorney Won an Alpha Berserk

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Ophidian
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Magus of the Moon
3 Glen Elendra Archmage
3 Impulse
2 Fire // Ice
2 Misdirection
2 Sower of Temptation
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
3 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
5 Island
3 Volcanic Island
1 Strip Mine
1 Mana Crypt
1 Library of Alexandria

Sideboard
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Rack & Ruin
2 Pithing Needle
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Tinker
1 Platinum Angel
1 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Old Man of the Sea
1 Pyroclasm
1 Viashnino Heretic

[CRAZY COW]

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  5   Demonic Attorney
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great name!

[voltron00x]

Hmm... needs more Tezzeret.

[Smmenen]

Eastman: Congratulations on your deck making both of the top 2!

You didn't end up cutting the Rack and Ruin for Top #2?

@ DA: Man, Gyser is going to make your deck so much better.   Cool deck. 

[LotusHead]

Hmm... needs more Tezzeret.

Lol! But also note the 14 Bob's in top 8 as well!

Seriously fantastic prize support!

Lotus, USeax4, FOWx4x2?

Nice!

[Juggernaut GO]

Got to give my props to the prize support as well, giving back every dollar taken in and rewarding winners with cards that people actually want is definitely commendable.  Actually in adding everything up according to retail prices it would appear that Eric actually lost money on this event which is never a good thing.

[Kiriyuu]

Hey!

I've been playing the Eastman tezz list lately too, with just 3 minor changes (one of which is the rack and ruin out for the 2nd Top) and it does feel really really good.

Dark confidant is always amazing, and the answers package is brilliant.

congratulations on the finish, and thanks for the decklist, it's a blast to play

[LSD25]

whats up with 5th and 6th wearing the jesus shirts?  is that a trend in MA?  and is 6th place decklist missing a time vault.. or does he just play 2 keys?

[waywreth]

Not sure what's up with the Jesus shirts...

But Jason did have a Time Vault in his deck (along with 2 keys).

[FadeToBlack]

whats up with 5th and 6th wearing the jesus shirts?  is that a trend in MA?  and is 6th place decklist missing a time vault.. or does he just play 2 keys?

I assure you there was a Time Vault. I don't know about the other guy, but my shirt says Shuttlesworth on the back. So if you follow the Celtic and know who Ray Allen is....

[Nefarias]

whats up with 5th and 6th wearing the jesus shirts?  is that a trend in MA?  and is 6th place decklist missing a time vault.. or does he just play 2 keys?

I don't know about the other guy, but my shirt says Shuttlesworth on the back. So if you follow the Celtic and know who Ray Allen is....

I don't know about the other guy, but my shirt says The Answer to Y2K on the front. So if you remember that nothing happened when all the computers changed over to 2000...