[Results] The Dutch Vintage Tournament Series X, 24-Jan-2010 Black Lotus Edition

[Zieby]

First,

Thank you all…………..

You are the reason we can have these great tournaments in the first place, because of you all we could celebrate our tenth edition of The Dutch Vintage Tournament Series.

This event was a celebration and there for we gave a Black Lotus for first and a Timetwister for Second. We had 49 players and although we had Guaranteed the Black Lotus with 50 Players and Up, we still gave it away. And the rest of the Price structure remained the same.

I also want to say special thank you to Bram Snepvangers who made his time available to Judge our event due to the unavailability of our other Judge.

The Top 8 was filled with some regulars but the finals where played by the Veteran and the Rooky,

Quarter finals:
1   Rieff, Menno      
8   Veen van de, Steffen      Menno Wins

2   Hendriks, Thommas      
7   Ruijterkamp, Arjen      Thommas Wins

3   Bollen, Joost      
6   Drijvers, Richard      Joost Wins

4   Bulk van den, Steve      
5   Reijnders, Peter      Steve Wins

Semi Finals:
1   Rieff, Menno
4   Bulk van den, Steve      Menno Wins

3   Bollen, Joost      
2   Hendriks, Thommas      Joost Wins

Finals:
1   Rieff, Menno
3   Bollen, Joost      Menno Wins the Black Lotus

Congratulation to Menno for taking the Black Lotus with him and to Joost who played his first Vintage Tournament (He is a Legacy player with numerous Top 8 finishes). But what you all want to read is below. The Top 8 Decks a Metagame breakdown and the complete standings.

1 .. Menno Rieff with Tezz
// Lands
    1 Tolarian Academy
    1 Library of Alexandria
    3 Volcanic Island
    2 Underground Sea
    1 Scalding Tarn
    1 Misty Rainforest
    4 Polluted Delta
    1 Swamp
    3 Island

// Creatures
    4 Dark Confidant
    1 Tezzeret the Seeker
    1 Inkwell Leviathan

// Spells
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Jet
    1 Mox Emerald
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Mox Ruby
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Mana Vault
    1 Mana Crypt
    1 Sol Ring
    4 Force of Will
    1 Ponder
    1 Tinker
    1 Voltaic Key
    1 Time Vault
    2 Sensei's Divining Top
    1 Brainstorm
    1 Time Walk
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Thirst for Knowledge
    4 Mana Drain
    1 Merchant Scroll
    1 Darkblast
    1 Hurkyl's Recall
    1 Fire/Ice
    1 Gifts Ungiven
    1 Imperial Seal
    1 Mystical Tutor
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Yawgmoth's Will

// Sideboard
SB: 2 Sower of Temptation
SB: 1 Extirpate
SB: 4 Leyline of the Void
SB: 3 Greater Gargadon
SB: 2 Rack and Ruin
SB: 1 Pyroblast
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast

2 .. Joost Bollen with Selki Strike
// Lands
    4 Tropical Island
    3 Tundra
    3 Flooded Strand
    2 Windswept Heath
    1 Polluted Delta
    3 Wasteland
    1 Strip Mine

// Creatures
    4 Noble Hierarch
    4 Qasali Pridemage
    4 Cold-Eyed Selkie
    2 Ethersworn Canonist
    2 Meddling Mage
    2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

// Spells
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Hurkyl's Recall
    3 Stifle
    4 Force of Will
    4 Spell Pierce
    1 Mox Pearl
    2 Orim's Chant
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Mystical Tutor
    1 Brainstorm
    1 Time Walk
    3 Null Rod
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Mox Emerald

// Sideboard
SB: 1 Ravenous Trap
SB: 1 Kataki, War's Wage
SB: 1 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2 Pithing Needle
SB: 1 Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 2 Krosan Grip
SB: 2 Umezawa's Jitte
SB: 3 Swords to Plowshares
SB: 1 Echoing Truth

3 .. Thommas Hendriks with BUG Fish
// Lands
    1 Island
    4 Wasteland
    1 Strip Mine
    2 Underground Sea
    3 Tropical Island
    1 Bayou
    4 Polluted Delta
    2 Verdant Catacombs
    1 Swamp

// Creatures
    1 Trygon Predator
    4 Tarmogoyf
    4 Dark Confidant
    4 Cursecatcher

// Spells
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Mox Emerald
    2 Spell Snare
    3 Null Rod
    4 Force of Will
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    3 Thoughtseize
    3 Spell Pierce
    1 Mox Jet
    2 Duress
    1 Time Walk
    1 Brainstorm
    1 Diabolic Tutor
    1 Merchant Scroll
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Black Lotus

// Sideboard
SB: 3 Seal of Primordium
SB: 2 Trygon Predator
SB: 1 Slaughter Pact
SB: 2 Smother
SB: 2 Ravenous Trap
SB: 1 Darkblast
SB: 4 Yixlid Jailer

4 .. Steve van den Bulck with BR Stax
// Lands
    4 Mishra's Workshop
    4 Wasteland
    4 Badlands
    1 Bloodstained Mire
    1 Scalding Tarn
    1 Strip Mine
    1 Barbarian Ring
    1 Cabal Pit
    1 Tolarian Academy
    2 Bazaar of Baghdad
    1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

// Creatures
    4 Goblin Welder
    4 Dark Confidant
    1 Gorilla Shaman

// Spells
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    4 Smokestack
    1 Trinisphere
    4 Chalice of the Void
    4 Tangle Wire
    3 Crucible of Worlds
    2 Thorn of Amethyst
    2 Null Rod
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Darkblast
    1 Mana Crypt
    1 Mox Emerald
    1 Mox Jet
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Ruby
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Sol Ring

// Sideboard
SB: 4 Leyline of the Void
SB: 2 Maze of Ith
SB: 2 Viashino Heretic
SB: 2 Rack and Ruin
SB: 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Helm of Obedience

5 .. Peter Reijnders with Selki Strike
// Lands
    4 Tropical Island
    3 Tundra
    3 Misty Rainforest
    2 Windswept Heath
    1 Forest
    1 Strip Mine
    3 Wasteland

// Creatures
    2 Trygon Predator
    4 Qasali Pridemage
    3 Meddling Mage
    4 Cold-Eyed Selkie
    2 Vendilion Clique
    4 Noble Hierarch

// Spells
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Time Walk
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Emerald
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Mox Sapphire
    3 Null Rod
    3 Swords to Plowshares
    2 Spell Pierce
    3 Daze
    4 Force of Will
    3 Stifle
    1 Mystical Tutor

// Sideboard
SB: 1 Trygon Predator
SB: 1 Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 1 Energy Flux
SB: 1 Enlightened Tutor
SB: 3 Wheel of Sun and Moon
SB: 2 Umezawa's Jitte
SB: 1 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 2 Arcane Laboratory
SB: 2 Children of Korlis
SB: 1 Propaganda

6 .. Richard Drijvers with TPS
// Lands
    2 Swamp
    2 Island
    1 Tolarian Academy
    2 Underground Sea
    4 Polluted Delta
    1 Bloodstained Mire

// Creatures
    1 Darksteel Colossus

// Spells
    1 Mystical Tutor
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Gifts Ungiven
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    1 Imperial Seal
    1 Grim Tutor
    1 Merchant Scroll
    1 Necropotence
    1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
    1 Yawgmoth's Will
    1 Memory Jar
    1 Timetwister
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Ponder
    1 Tendrils of Agony
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Lotus Petal
    2 Cabal Ritual
    4 Dark Ritual
    1 Mana Crypt
    1 Mana Vault
    1 Sol Ring
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Mox Ruby
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Jet
    1 Mox Emerald
    1 Brainstorm
    1 Chain of Vapor
    1 Mind's Desire
    1 Fact or Fiction
    1 Time Walk
    1 Tinker
    1 Rebuild
    1 Misdirection
    4 Force of Will
    4 Duress

// Sideboard
SB: 2 Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Pithing Needle
SB: 1 Yixlid Jailer
SB: 1 Slaughter Pact
SB: 3 Dark Confidant
SB: 1 Sadistic Sacrament
SB: 1 Ravenous Trap
SB: 1 Extirpate
SB: 1 Massacre
SB: 1 Swamp
SB: 1 Island

7 .. Arjen Ruiterkamp with Iona Oath
// Lands
    2 Misty Rainforest
    1 Wasteland
    1 Volcanic Island
    3 Underground Sea
    2 Tropical Island
    1 Strip Mine
    4 Forbidden Orchard
    3 Flooded Strand

// Creatures
    1 Hellkite Overlord
    1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
    1 Iona, Shield of Emeria

// Spells
    1 Ponder
    1 Wipe Away
    1 Time Walk
    1 Fire/Ice
    2 Spell Pierce
    4 Oath of Druids
    1 Mystical Tutor
    1 Merchant Scroll
    4 Impulse
    4 Force of Will
    1 Brainstorm
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Lim-Dul's Vault
    1 Ancient Grudge
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Yawgmoth's Will
    1 Time Vault
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    3 Thoughtseize
    1 Duress
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Voltaic Key
    1 Mox Emerald
    1 Sensei's Divining Top
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Mox Ruby
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Jet

// Sideboard
SB: 4 Leyline of the Void
SB: 1 Ravenous Trap
SB: 1 Krosan Grip
SB: 1 Oxidize
SB: 1 Trinisphere
SB: 1 Arcane Laboratory
SB: 1 Yixlid Jailer
SB: 1 Pithing Needle
SB: 1 Tinker
SB: 1 Firespout
SB: 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
SB: 1 Perish

8 .. Steffen van de Veen with Dark Remora Control
// Lands
    2 Polluted Delta
    4 Misty Rainforest
    1 Library of Alexandria
    3 Island
    1 Tolarian Academy
    3 Underground Sea
    2 Volcanic Island

// Creatures
    1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
    4 Dark Confidant

// Spells
    1 Fire/Ice
    1 Tinker
    1 Time Walk
    1 Thirst for Knowledge
    3 Spell Pierce
    3 Repeal
    1 Black Lotus
    1 Mox Sapphire
    1 Voltaic Key
    1 Time Vault
    1 Sol Ring
    1 Sensei's Divining Top
    1 Mox Ruby
    1 Mox Pearl
    1 Mox Jet
    1 Mox Emerald
    1 Mana Crypt
    1 Mystical Tutor
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Vampiric Tutor
    1 Yawgmoth's Will
    1 Ancestral Recall
    1 Brainstorm
    4 Force of Will
    3 Mana Drain
    1 Merchant Scroll
    1 Misdirection
    3 Mystic Remora

// Sideboard
SB: 1 Helm of Obedience
SB: 4 Leyline of the Void
SB: 1 Extirpate
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Darkblast
SB: 2 Pyroclasm
SB: 3 Rack and Ruin
SB: 1 Ravenous Trap

The Complete Metagame Breakdown with some surprices.
Aggro / Aggro Control   11 in Total
Selki Strike   7
Bug Fish   2
Goblins   2
   
Drain Control   15 in Total
Tezz   6
TV Control   3
The Deck   3
Remora Trap   1
Bob Tendrils   1
Control Slaver   1
   
Workshop   12 in Total
Workshop Aggro   5
5C Stax   2
MUD   2
Painter   2
BR Stax   1
   
Combo   11 in Total
TPS   5
Iona Oath   3
Watskeburt / AlmostBlue   2
ANT   1


Standings after 6 Rounds of card slinging:
Rank   Name   Points   OMW%
1   Rieff, Menno   15   58,5185
2   Hendriks, Thommas   14   65,7407
3   Bollen, Joost   14   63,7037
4   Bulk van den, Steve   14   61,1111
5   Reijnders, Peter   13   65,5556
6   Drijvers, Richard   13   60,1852
7   Ruijterkamp, Arjen   13   55,5556
8   Veen van de, Steffen   13   46,2963
9   Vaart van der, Martijn   12   61,2963
10   Keijzer, Duncan   12   57,7778
11   Rijn van, Frank   12   55,1852
12   Kuijper, Arjan   12   53,1481
13   Dolstra, Menno   12   52,037
14   Bouw, Dennis   12   50,3704
15   Pover, Jean-Paul   11   54,4444
16   Geurtsen, Evert   10   61,1111
17   Hens, Tom   10   44,8148
18   Boese, Timor   10   44,4444
19   Kraker de, Joram   9   58,6667
20   Oorthuis, Wouter   9   56,4815
21   Kennedie, Charles   9   53,8889
22   Broek van den, Benny   9   53,5185
23   Kalf, Timmo   9   52,963
24   Heukelen, Dries   9   50
25   Bos, Arjan   9   47,2222
26   Stein Callenfels van, Remco   9   47,037
27   Froyen, Bart   7   51,8519
28   Zeeman, Goswin   7   50,6667
29   Versluijs, Onno   7   48,1481
30   Alders, Laers   7   42,963
31   Scheurs, Jos   7   41,6667
32   Been, Iso   6   52
33   Bruinoogen, Bastiaan   6   50,6667
34   Krap, Tristan   6   50,1852
35   Vaart van der, Jasper   6   49,3333
36   Klinkenberg, Jurre   6   49,3333
37   Passman, Ido   6   47,7778
38   Michalik, Robin   6   45,3704
39   Schoofs, Simon   6   41,1111
40   Kopperberg, Twan   6   40,3704
41   't Mannetje, Hero   4   58,3333
42   Pumanns, Frank   4   42,4444
43   Hondius, Merrin   4   33,3333
44   Kiewit, Marco   3   77,7778
45   Stemerdink, Bjorn   3   46,2963
46   Nuyten, Martin   3   44
47   Marijnissen, Bart   3   43,75
48   Bijkerk, Dennis   1   50
49   Zundert van, Marius   0   50

[Marske]

It was an awesome event, even though I received the hardest ass kicking I've had in ages (as my result shows)... It's never before happened to me that I went 0-4 drop... my deck completely shit out on me. (Played Watskeburt) That being said, it was a wonderful day filled with Vintage and I'm sure I'll get out of this slump fast enough..

It's awesome to see Richard Drijvers put up such a good result with my list (As you can see he played the same one Smmenen quoted which I've suggested a few weeks ago)

Arjan, thanks for putting the results up so fast.

[ggeforce]

we can have lists of "The Deck" & Control Slaver ???

[Smmenen]

It was an awesome event, even though I received the hardest ass kicking I've had in ages (as my result shows)... It's never before happened to me that I went 0-4 drop... my deck completely shit out on me. (Played Watskeburt) That being said, it was a wonderful day filled with Vintage and I'm sure I'll get out of this slump fast enough..

It's awesome to see Richard Drijvers put up such a good result with my list (As you can see he played the same one Smmenen quoted which I've suggested a few weeks ago)

Arjan, thanks for putting the results up so fast.

I was looking at that and like.... wait a second... that looks familiar!  It looks like he played, card for card, the one I played at the Meandeck Open at the end of November!   All the way to down to Imperial Seal and the absurd 18 land

Looks like it paid off as the top 8 was all Fish and Stax! 

[Marske]

I was looking at that and like.... wait a second... that looks familiar!  It looks like he played, card for card, the one I played at the Meandeck Open at the end of November!   All the way to down to Imperial Seal and the absurd 18 land

Looks like it paid off as the top 8 was all Fish and Stax!

Haha, ok, so he played a maindeck we both have been advocating and, unless I'm miscounting, which I'm not, he plays 14 land! It was the sideboard I've been using however . Too bad Richard got his ass kicked by Selkie in a drawn out top 8 match, I think had he beaten that he could have easily gone to win the entire thing.

[LotusHead]

It's UBER AWESOME that you posted decklists in MWS format!

[mrieff]

It was a great event (of course since I won it ) and thank you for organizing it.
I attribute my win mostly to the decklist, which must also seem familair to someone 

Although my draws were by no means spectacular (no turn 1 Ancestralls  or a funny Lotus, on average 1 mulligan per match) I did manage to draw quite a healthy mix of counters/card drawers/mana. And that decklist is really very tight. I had doubts about the Darkblast, but I am really happy I kept it in.

Now anyone needs a Lotus 

[Skeggi]

Now anyone needs a Lotus  

Yeah, me. I still have to e-mail you about that, but I always forgot to bring the note with your e-mail to work

Congratulations on the win. That was one of the most fun finals I've ever played, haha, it was crazy.

Edit: P.S. I didn't play Mystic Decree but Mystical Tutor seems to be missing in that list

[Zieby]

Edit: P.S. I didn't play Mystic Decree but Mystical Tutor seems to be missing in that list

Changed into Mystical Tutor in the first post.

@ Mrieff and Skeggi,
Thanks for the props here and on TMC, I hope to see you both on our next event and of course congratulations to both of you.

@ LotusHead,
Great that you liked it, it is also much easier and I will do it for all the upcoming events as well.

@ Marske,
Smmenen was indicating the Tezz list that was played by Mrieff, not the the TPS list from Richard.

my deck completely shit out on me. (Played Watskeburt)

That happens when you pick-up a deck the night before and never even playtested it once, You never comboed game one with BF.
If you play Watskeburt as TPS you will lose hard, If you play the deck without Focus, you lose hard (As I did in the first 2 rounds).

What I'm trying to say is: The deck is good for the above Metagame but you need allot of skill and Focus to win with it.

we can have lists of "The Deck" & Control Slaver ???

Sorry, but only top 8 lists will be posted.

Greetz Arjan

[Marske]

@Zieby,
Then why did he quote me ?! I was referring to the TPS list Richard played not the Tezz list that won the event !

That happens when you pick-up a deck the night before and never even playtested it once, You never comboed game one with BF.
If you play Watskeburt as TPS you will lose hard, If you play the deck without Focus, you lose hard (As I did in the first 2 rounds).

What I'm trying to say is: The deck is good for the above Metagame but you need allot of skill and Focus to win with it.

The fact that I didn't sleep more then 2 hours and was already feeling sick didn't help either That being said, you are obviously right, it's a hard deck to play and I probably shouldn't have played it without practicing.

[Twaun007]

I'm glad to see a BR stax list in the top 4.

That sideboard is the nutz vs fish.

[endelig]

There were control slaver decks there?
That's interesting.
EDIT: Misread something.

Anyway. Is control slaver still viable?
Pardon me if I shouldn't ask this here.
I just think it's interesting to see some of those decks on the list that are more fringe like that.

[Marske]

@endelig,
How more detailed do you want ?! I don't see this much detail with most Result threads to be fair.... Do you guys really want to see every non-top 8 decklist because it has a funny name or is an old list? What's next, people calling their deck "Attack of the Fluffy bunnies" to just get their deck online after they scrub out ?!

Control Slaver seems buildable, that's not to say it's viable.

[Zieby]

Control Slaver was played with Strategic Planning and Intuition as GY fillers.

Viable --> He was 18th at the end of the tournament.

Greetz Arjan

[Tobi]

Missing card report:
none!

Great coverage! 

@Marske: Ouch...

[endelig]

Control Slaver was played with Strategic Planning and Intuition as GY fillers.

Viable --> He was 18th at the end of the tournament.

Greetz Arjan

I was just wondering if there was some sort of new tech or something. I see it's just strategic slaver. I didn't mean to ask for much extra or anything. I just find old decks like slaver performing at any level in current metas to be interesting. I suppose it's more a matter of personal interest. There is always the possibility of a resurgence of some old deck in the current meta.

[RichardD]

It was an awesome event, even though I received the hardest ass kicking I've had in ages (as my result shows)... It's never before happened to me that I went 0-4 drop... my deck completely shit out on me. (Played Watskeburt) That being said, it was a wonderful day filled with Vintage and I'm sure I'll get out of this slump fast enough..

It's awesome to see Richard Drijvers put up such a good result with my list (As you can see he played the same one Smmenen quoted which I've suggested a few weeks ago)

Arjan, thanks for putting the results up so fast.

I was looking at that and like.... wait a second... that looks familiar!  It looks like he played, card for card, the one I played at the Meandeck Open at the end of November!   All the way to down to Imperial Seal and the absurd 18 land

Looks like it paid off as the top 8 was all Fish and Stax! 

The deck needs some more help against that Selkie Strike stuff.
It is basically all I've lost too while playing the deck in 2 different tournaments. (playing against Selkie Strike 4 times in total in those 2 tournaments)