Meandeck Open -- June 20th, 2010 RESULTS

[Smmenen]

Vintage returns to the midwest!  So does Kevin Cron (Chain5!)!   In honor of his return to the midwest, we are hosting another Meandeck Open!   Git yur Vintage on!


John Knight -- tell your friends!  

Gus, I know you'll be there.  Bring some friends!

The Moore brothers !  We hope to see you there.

And the Kentucky crew: Bobby Graves, Will Cutler, Schoerkerz -- etc we hope you can make it to this one!  We missed you at the last one.  Let us know you are coming!

Here are the details:

WHAT: VINTAGE! Tournament

Swiss + Top 8.

Entry is $20

PRIZES:

CASH!!!
1st Place: 40% of Prize Pool
2nd Place: 20% of Prize Pool
3rd Place: 10% of Prize Pool
4th Place: 10% of Prize Pool
5th-8th: 5% of prize pool each

Prize Pool will be 80% of entry fees!

$200 payout guaranteed!

BONUS There will be a FREE single elimination side event will begin with X-1 round of swiss with a grand prize of $40 (which will come from the main prize pool).  

PROXIES: UNLIMITED PROXIES will be permitted.

There are THREE ways of making procies:

1) The first and most basic is taking a basic land card and writing the details of the card on it. 2) The second method is to take a card that shares some of the characteristics with the card that is being proxied and erase any characteristics that do not match, replacing them with the correct characteristics.   See: http://forums.starcitygames.com/viewtopic.php?t=291560 for more detaiils on how to do this.
3) the third is to print out all 75 cards, and slip the sheet of paper into each sleeve.   If you do this, every card must be proxied.   The first two methods are preferred.  

ALSO,Collector's Edition and International Edition cards will be legal for this tournament.  If you intend on running CE or IE cards, you MUST:

1) use completely opaque sleeves, AND
2) Double Sleeve your card OR use a looser fitting sleeves where the cut of the corner of the card is not visible.  Otherwise, you must replace your sleeves before the top 8.  

WHEN: Sunday, June 20, 2010

The store opens at 11:30 AM. Registration starts at 12:30. Registration will close and the tournament begins at 1PM sharp.  To save time, consider typing or writing up your decklist ahead of time.  

WHERE:

The Soldiery
4256 N. High St.
Columbus, Ohio 43214

If you need to car pool to Columbus, post your needs and we'll find someone whom you can travel with.   I'll start a signup if necessary.  

FINALLY, don't miss our post-game chowdown at Thurmans.

Put the address in your GPS so you can get there after the tournament!  

http://www.thethurmancafe.com/

Don't miss on eating this:



This tournament will be great fun, good laughs, and amazing times.  

Stephen Menendian

[GrandpaBelcher]

I'll be in Columbus that weekend anyway.  I'm going to see if I can swing this.  It's a longshot, but I'd love to at least drop by.

[Smmenen]

That would be awesome!   This is going to be a great event!

[Prkchpsndwiches]

Too bad it's scheduled on Father's Day 

[serracollector]

Yea, just noticed that also steve.  Not sure I will be able to make this one, father's day and all.  I think that might hurt your attendance a little.

[Smmenen]

Hey folks -- just a reminder to book your calendars!   

This tournament is shaping up to be an awesome event.   We have people coming from all over the state, and we'll have a great field.   Let's see if we can finally cross the 33 player threshold!

Stephen

[Smmenen]

Confirmed:

Joe Bushman will also be in this tournament.    I'm psyched!!!!!

[Twaun007]

Tell the ladies to bring quad lazer pairs of underwear since there will be plenty of turn one pantie destruction when Yangtime, Snoop Trogg, and Twaun P. roll up into the hizzy.

WOP GNUK!

[Smmenen]

UNREAL

Please don't give me a wedgie!    I

[Smmenen]

Rumor is that Rich Shay will be rolling up in this!!

[Smmenen]

tournament attendance was depressed by the holiday, but everyone here had a great time.

I beat Rich Shay in the finals (Meandeck MUD over TPS), after Rich beat my teammate Paul Mastriano!   It was our first rematch since 2007 Vintage Champs finals!   

[The Atog Lord]

This was my invasion of the Meandeck Open, and I had a blast. I played Storm Combo. After spending most of yesterday trying to decide what to play, Brad saying the deck was good was enough for me to give it a try.

It was great to see everyone again, and I hope next time I'll be able to stay later and hang out a bit more.

[Smmenen]

13 players, cut to top 4.   Thanks to everyone who came on Father's Day!  I know lots of people couldn't make it.   It was great to have Bushman back in the crowd too, and great to see Rich Shay in the midwest!   It was some tough competition!

1st Place: Stephen Menendian
Meandeck MUD
1 Trinisphere
4 Null Rod
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Sculpting Steel
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Juggernaut
1 Razormane Masticore
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Black Lotus

Sideboard:
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Duplicant
2 Razormane Masticore
4 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Relic of Progenitus

2nd Place: Rich Shay
BoB TPS
2 Island
1 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
3 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
4 Dark Confidant
1 Sol Ring
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Tendrils of Agony
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Timetwister
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Ponder
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
2 Cabal Ritual
4 Dark Ritual
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Time Walk
1 Necropotence
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Brainstorm
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Impulse
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Sleight of Hand

Sideboard:
1 Island
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Sphinx of the Steel Weind
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Tinker
1 Yixlid Jailer
4 Duress

3rd Place: Oliver Sovol
UBg Tezzeret Control

4 Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Dark Confidant
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Sower of Temptation
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Pierce
2 Mana Drain
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Regrowth
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Repeal
1 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Thirst For Knowledge
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt

Sideboard:
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Wasteland
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Extirpate
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Smother
2 Ravenous Trap
2 Seal of Primordium
1 Perish
1 Echoing Truth

4th Place: Paul Mastriano
Oath

1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Tropical Island
1 Forest
2 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Terrastodon
1 Tidespout Tyrant
1 See Beyond
1 Misdirection
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Pierce
2 Mana Drain
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Jace the Mindsculptor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Walk
1 Thirst For Knowledge
1 Brainstorm
4 Oath of Druids
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Regrowth

Sideboard:
2 Path to Exile
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Extirpate
3 Nature's Claim
2 Energy Flux
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Pithing Needle
2 Yixlid Jailer

[The Atog Lord]

Congratulations, Steve. Nicely done.

[Oath of Happy]

That MUD list is absolutely perfect.  I'll be using it to test my deck vs.

Rich, did Jace, Slight, or Impulse Disapoint you at all and did you wish any of them were Jar, Tinker, or Fof?

Edit:  The MUD list has 16 cards in the SB.  My guess is there was one Razormane in the main and only 1 in the Side?

[Smmenen]

That MUD list is absolutely perfect.  I'll be using it to test my deck vs.

Rich, did Jace, Slight, or Impulse Disapoint you at all and did you wish any of them were Jar, Tinker, or Fof?

Edit:  The MUD list has 16 cards in the SB.  My guess is there was one Razormane in the main and only 1 in the Side?

It is an amazing MUD list.  I've been working on MUD intensively for the last couple of weeks, playing with various permutations.  I haven't had this much fun tuning a deck in a long while.    It sorta reminded me of the days of old.   I developed three different lists: a 1) Smokestack list, 2) a Metalworker/SOFI more traditional list, and 3) the Null Rod list.   I felt these were the three major approaches to the archertype.  The Null Rod/Juggernaut/Sculpting Steel list was the version that had the strongest synergies, I felt.   Sculpting Steel is such an unbelievable beating right now.   The only card that's iffy is the Mana Vault, which I've been thinking about cutting for another beater (2nd Masticore or even a Su-Chi) or the 4th Sculpting Steel.   Let me know what you find out.  

The sideboard only has 2 Crucibles.   Whoops.   The deck is also strong against most Workshop variants (even those with Welder, which can be answered with Pithing Needle).   My bigger concern is making sure that I annihilate Fish decks with beatsticks.   Masticore is one of the best answers to Trygon Predator, too.

BTW, I posted Paul's decklist.  Top 4 is there now.  

[Marske]

@Rich,
As said in your report, way to represent !

@Steve,
Good job at winning the event, I gotta make it out to one of these some day.... It's an interesting list you played there.

[Tobi]

Very interesting MUD list. Congratulations for the good finish, Steve.
So you found that Black Lotus is worth running? 

Paul's list misses 2 cards btw.

[Odd mutation]

Very interesting MUD list. Congratulations for the good finish, Steve.
So you found that Black Lotus is worth running?  

And Juggernaut instead of Triskelion?? Very interesting list indeed...

Robrecht

[tezzajw]

Juggs has better synergy with the Null Rods than Triskelion does.

With a Null Rod out, I'd rather pay 4 mana for a 5/3, than pay 6 mana for a 4/4.

It's a nice list, for sure.