January 24th, 2010
The Field:
4 Tezzeret
4 Oath
4 Fish (3 UGW, 1 UGWb)
3 TPS
2 Ad Nauseam
3 Stax (1 5c Stax, 1 BR Stax, 1 Staxless Stax)
2 Workshop Aggro (1 MUD, 1 Mono Red Workshop Aggro)
1 Reanimator
1 Suicide Black
1 Dredge
I am guessing you counted my deck as a fish deck. BUT where is the white in my deck????? The Mox Pearl was in there just to throw people off, and as an extra free mana source. It was pure blue and green only lol. I want my own spot on the decklists
Thank you. The deck was so Linear it was crazy. 99% of the time the hand was "first turn noble, turn 2 selkie/heretic/trygon, turn 3 favor with mana leak/force back up." As I tried to tell multiple people there the deck was NOT NOT NOT NOT fish, it is BBS with green splash. Fish uses things like burn and bounce and wastelands to mess up the board til they can finish with small critters. My deck plays only 1 selkie or 1 heretic with a couple nobles maybe, and the Favor, with lots of counter back up to keep it alive, that's BBS style not fish. I chose Favor over Rancor in the long run because of my decks weaknesses to Darkblast and Fire/Ice. That extra 2 HP, not to mention FLYING!!!(still the best evasion ability, when they didn't have islands), and vigilance so I could attack and block those nasty confidants. Selkie + Favor = Ancestral every turn, and with 13 Counterspells maindeck......well you get the idea. Honestly I think I had 5 games where people quit once I got selkie with a favor on him, so glad I chose it over rancor.
I wish I had taken enuff notes to do a full tournament report, but in short:
Game 1 vs Stax - 2-0 Trygon ftw simple enuff. Even platinum angel can't stop a Trygon with Favor on it.
Game 2 vs Tendrils usingAdnaseuam.
Anyways, he went duress first turn, followed by 2 moxes, some rituals, and Adnauseam into drawing for the first turn kill.
Game 2 I got first turn noble, mox sapphire, and spell pierce a Demonic Tutor, then dropped selkie with favor, and forced another key spell, then just drew 4 cards a turn and called it GG.
Game 3, I decided to play slow, I laid Mox Emerald/Noble, and stripped his Underground Sea, then a 2nd turn trygon got rid of moxen/mana vault, and no mana = no combo.
2-1
Game 3 was against a Tezz deck with Dark Confidants.
Game one double spell pierce and selkie with 2 nobles = gg
Game 2, I just drew the nuts. Stole his ancestral with a Misdirection, and spell pierced his backup FOW, leaving him with no cards, and me with lots = gg
Game 4 and 5 I just ID'd, against Oath, and the Depths Combo deck (props on that and how far you got great deck and great talking to you!)
Top 8 I play the same 5 color stax deck that I had went 2-0 against earlier, and we even played for fun before the tourney, and I think I won like 8/10 times pre side, but in the t8, he just got the nuts.
Something like first or 2nd turn tinker into Sundering Titan, followed by powder keg, and the other game was 2 welders, and Jar. He made me chuck all 3 trygons, and 4 selkies. Not much I could do.
Pros:
-Making top 8 after not playing Vintage or really any magic since I "quit" in 2003.
-Making top 8 with a deck I made in 40 minutes on MWS and play testing 5 games online the friday before the tournament.
-Meeting so many people who love magic as much as me.
-for Wizards restricting all good blue draw, and thus making draw creatures such as confidant, selkie, and heretic possible.
-VIP CARDS: Misdirection-Stole 3 Ancestrals!!!!! And of course won each of those games. Favor of the Overbeing....on a selkie, heretic or trygon, its just sick, oh, and it pitches to Force of Will/Misdirection.
Cons:
-Not getting higher than top 6. I played against the Oath deck for fun, and destroyed it surprisingly. I "guessed" it would be a bad match.
-Not getting to play against the Depths deck or against Steve. I beleive those 2 decks would have been my worst match ups, and who doesn't wanna play their worst and see how they would do?
-Not getting to go to Thurman's
I just didn't have the time or $. Maybe next time.
-For vintage not being much different than it was 7 years ago, except every deck removed 3 newly restricted draw cards, and added a Tezz, Voltaic Key, and Time Vault.
Great tourney steve, and thanks for the heads up on the next one being march 14th, I let a lot more people know, and since they have so much time to plan for it, I think I will get more down this time. See ya then!
Oh, and if any changes, I would remove the 2 leige, as I NEVER EVER cast them, because my opponent either quit before I cast it, or I just didn't get them, and put in a brainstorm, and Fact or Fiction, I think....or Maybe a twister and regrowth.....I donno. Something like that.
