NSC Vintage (Baltimore, MD) 3/27/10 Results Thread

[TripleAgent]

30 Entrants


1st - Karl Kress - Beta Mox Pearl
2nd - Paul Lynch - Library Of Alexandria
3rd - Ben Friedman - From The Vault: Exiled Box Set
4th - Doug Azzano - From The Vault: Exiled Box Set

Top 8:

Karl Kress (Noble Fish) d. Joe Tanner (Goblins)
Ben Friedman (Noble Fish d. Gronx (5c Tez?)
Doug Azzano (4c Tez) d. Matt Mancinelli (BUG Fish)
Paul Lynch (Noble Fish) d. James Peyton (TPS)

Top 4:

Karl d. Ben
Paul d. Doug

Congrats to Karl Kress, who after winning so often lately, really needs a cool nickname/handle lol. Despite my printer breaking and other silly mishaps, this event went pretty smoothly, hopefully a good time was had by all.

Metagame stats:

Tez 4
MUD 3
Oath 4
Goblins 1
Noble Fish 5
Dredge 1
Stax 1
TPS 7
Depths 1
BUG Fish 2
Drain Tendrils 1



1st Karl Kress - Noble Fish


4 Noble Hierarch
4 Meddling Mage
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Tarmogoyf
2 Cold-Eyed Selkie
2 Trygon Predator
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Stifle
3 Daze
2 Spell Pierce
4 Force Of Will
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
1 Black Lotus
2 Swords To Plowshares
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island
2 Tundra
1 Savannah
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Forest
1 Island

SB:

2 Tormod's Crypt
4 Leyline Of The Void
1 Pithing Needle
2 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Trygon Predator
2 Swords To Plowshares
1 Null Rod
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Sower Of Temptation

2nd Paul Lynch - Noble Fish


4 Noble Hierarch
3 Meddling Mage
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Tarmogoyf
2 Trygon Predator
2 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Stifle
3 Daze
3 Spell Pierce
4 Force Of Will
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
1 Black Lotus
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Swords To Plowshares
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island
2 Tundra
1 Savannah
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Forest
1 Island

SB:

3 Sword To Plowshares
4 Leyline Of The Void
2 Kataki, War's Wage
2 Trygon Predator
2 Serum Powder
1 Nature's Claim
1 tarmogoyf

3rd Ben Friedman - Noble Fish


4 Noble Hierarch
4 Meddling Mage
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Tarmogoyf
2 Cold-Eyed Selkie
2 Trygon Predator
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
3 Stifle
3 Daze
2 Spell Pierce
4 Force Of Will
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
1 Black Lotus
2 Swords To Plowshares
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island
2 Tundra
1 Savannah
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Forest
1 Island

SB:

3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Ravenous Trap
2 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Sower Of Temptation
1 Pithing Needle
1 Null Rod
2 Swords To Plowshares
1 Trygon Predator

4th Doug Azzano - Tez

1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
2 Tundra
1 Island
1 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Grim Monolith
1 Library Of Alexandria
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Balance
1 Tendrils Of Agony
3 Enlightened Tutor
1 Time Vault
3 Voltaic Key
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Spell Pierce
1 Tinker
1 Imperial Seal
1 Sphinx Of The Steel Wind
1 Rebuild
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Planar Void
1 Tezzeret, The Seeker
4 Force Of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Regrowth

SB:

1 Scroll Rack
1 Sword To Plowshares
1 Tezzeret, The Seeker
4 Leyline Of The Void
1 Spell Snare
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Pithing Needle
1 Volcanic Island
3 Greater Gargadon

5th Joe Tanner - Goblins

4 Earwig Squad
3 Mogg Fanatic
4 Goblin Ringleader
4 Goblin Lackey
4 Skirk Prospector
4 Warren Instigator
4 Goblin Matron
1 Goblin Recruiter
1 Lightning Crafter
1 Goblin Warcheif
1 Goblin Tinkerer
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Goblin Cheiftain
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Badlands

SB:

2 Shattering Spree
2 Goblin Vandal
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Ib Halfheart, GOblin Tactician
2 Warren Weirding
1 Wort, Boggart Auntie
2 Planar Void
4 Leyline Of The Void

6th Gronx - 5c Tez

4 Force Of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Fact Or Fiction
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Tinker
1 Tezzeret, The Seker
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Regrowth
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mind Twist
1 Fire/Ice
1 Balance
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Burning Wish
1 Pernicious Deed
4 City Of Brass
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Island
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Library Of Alexandria
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Crucible Of Worlds
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key

SB:

1 Duress
1 Sphinx Of The Steel Wind
1 Sower Of Temptation
3 Oath Of Druids
4 Leyline Of The Void
1 Shattering Spree
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Imperial Seal
1 Timetwister
1 Helm Of Obedience

1 T.O. with hurting hands after typing out what is damn near a Hghlander deck. Nice work, Gronx *shakes fist*

7th Matt Mancinelli - BUG Fish

1 Darkblast
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
4 Force Of Will
4 Dark Confidant
4 Daze
3 Trygon Predator
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Thoughtseize
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Null Rod
1 Black Lotus
3 Stifle
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Swamp
1 Strip Mine
3 Polluted Delta
4 Wasteland
3 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
1 Bayou
3 Tropical Island
1 Forest

SB:

3 Deathmark
2 Extirpate
2 Yixlid Jailer
3 Energy Flux
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline Of The Void

8th James Peyton - TPS

1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Chain Of Vapor
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Tendrils Of Agony
1 Tinker
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Fact Or Fiction
1 TImetwister
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Grim Tutor
4 Duress
4 Force of Will
1 Time Walk
1 Misdirection
1 Mind's Desire
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Underground Sea
2 Island
2 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Lotus Petal
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Memory Jar

SB:

1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Infest
1 Chain Of Vapor
3 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline Of The Void

I am already in the pre-planning stages for the next one, which should be in May. Thanks again for all the support!

P.S. Team Baltimore is calling out all the out of towners that didn't make it, there were 20 - 25 locals I think. I know some had good reason, but it was assumed the turnout would spike. A few definitely had words for Team NJ. Maybe we can have some "grudge matches" next time, lol. Karl and the gang are really feeling themselves right now. I would like to personally congratulate all the local players who did well, our people are really stepping it up. Especially Matt and Ben, who are great plyers period, but have little to no Vintage experience and smashed.

[TripleAgent]

Bump for full info.

[GrandpaBelcher]

Thanks for posting these, Darryn.  We'll be looking forward to the next one.

[Evenpence]

So half of the top 8 was Fish, and 3/4ths of the top 4?  Wow.

[voltron00x]

This was scheduled opposite a ptq in Philly and I think also vintage in NY, so that was a problem. I will make the next one.

[TripleAgent]

Scheduling is getting difficult, dodging other events is more and more daunting. I will try to be more careful with the next date.

[pierce]

i'd like the t8's thoughts on the relevancy of thada in fish. if the fish players thought he was a bomb or forgettable, and how their opponents ranked him in their perception of threats.

so yeah. if you played this event, please chime in.

[TripleAgent]

I didn't play fish, but of course I know all these guys, and Paul who came in 2nd is a playtest partner. We've talked about it, and he and Karl love it. Karl got it T1 against Ben in a game in semis and won off the strength of that. Paul is a huge advocate, it unanswered is blowouts in the mirror and Vault matches, as well as being good in general in the rest, save maybe TPS. I'll ask Paul to join in on this.

[pierce]

I didn't play fish, but of course I know all these guys, and Paul who came in 2nd is a playtest partner. We've talked about it, and he and Karl love it. Karl got it T1 against Ben in a game in semis and won off the strength of that. Paul is a huge advocate, it unanswered is blowouts in the mirror and Vault matches, as well as being good in general in the rest, save maybe TPS. I'll ask Paul to join in on this.

unless this is post board, and it steal a jitte, i'm 100% lost on how its relevant in the mirror. evasion + exalted is cute and all, but other creatures have evasion. it seems weak vs stax, marginal vs oath, great vs tezz, bad vs fish, and marginal vs tps (taking lotus vs them should be decent though). but that is merely my perception, and i'd like to see how it matches vs actual tournament games.

[voltron00x]

I didn't play fish, but of course I know all these guys, and Paul who came in 2nd is a playtest partner. We've talked about it, and he and Karl love it. Karl got it T1 against Ben in a game in semis and won off the strength of that. Paul is a huge advocate, it unanswered is blowouts in the mirror and Vault matches, as well as being good in general in the rest, save maybe TPS. I'll ask Paul to join in on this.

unless this is post board, and it steal a jitte, i'm 100% lost on how its relevant in the mirror. evasion + exalted is cute and all, but other creatures have evasion. it seems weak vs stax, marginal vs oath, great vs tezz, bad vs fish, and marginal vs tps (taking lotus vs them should be decent though). but that is merely my perception, and i'd like to see how it matches vs actual tournament games.

It's actually pretty good against Oath.  Most play Key/Vault, and many play Tinker + Robot now as well.

[pierce]

I didn't play fish, but of course I know all these guys, and Paul who came in 2nd is a playtest partner. We've talked about it, and he and Karl love it. Karl got it T1 against Ben in a game in semis and won off the strength of that. Paul is a huge advocate, it unanswered is blowouts in the mirror and Vault matches, as well as being good in general in the rest, save maybe TPS. I'll ask Paul to join in on this.

unless this is post board, and it steal a jitte, i'm 100% lost on how its relevant in the mirror. evasion + exalted is cute and all, but other creatures have evasion. it seems weak vs stax, marginal vs oath, great vs tezz, bad vs fish, and marginal vs tps (taking lotus vs them should be decent though). but that is merely my perception, and i'd like to see how it matches vs actual tournament games.

It's actually pretty good against Oath.  Most play Key/Vault, and many play Tinker + Robot now as well.

for the record, this is the type of input i desire. actual scenarios. in bant fish, i see how the card may play a role within context of a gamestate, since you should have either trygon or pridemage making the oath plan hard for them.

[Gekoratel]

I've never played Fish but I'd think that stealing a Crucible vs. Stax/MUD would be very strong if you had a Wasteland already in play or in yard.  Also if you are somehow out perming them which is unlikely could get Tangle Wire but Crucible seems like the obvious choice.  From my brief stints with Stax being to able recur Wastelands on their board makes the plan of Tangle Wire->Smokestack a lot stronger but if they can recur lands then this option is diminished.  That said Stax is much less popular than MUD right now it seems.

[Tobi]

Interesting top 8, thanks for posting it.

The Goblin-list misses 4 cards maindeck.

[KoboldsRfun]

Thanks to all the 4 of's in my list it fits on one side of the deck registration sheet except for my mountains which I think got overlooked. There should be 6 mountains main deck if I'm counting right.

[Tobi]

Right, it was 6 cards missing

Thanks.