[TO Report] BBGD #5 - 43 Players - Top 8 Lists, Music Videos, & MORE!

[Iron_Chef]

Thanks to everyone who came to play at the 5th Blue Bell Game Day!  The Vintage Main Event had 43 players, more then we've seen in a few months which is awesome!  Ed Carey came out of retirement (don't call it a comeback!) and Charles (forcethewill) was "in charge" all day (literally James Hangley signed up as "Charles N. Charge").  Also, a big thanks to Mike Coyle for letting us use his store to battle with the Vintage cards, and Abe for driving up from Virginia to judge a "local" Vintage event.

Here is how my Friday night went:
8pm: James Hangley, Nick Detwiler, Mike Egan, and Bernie Parisi arrive at my house.
9pm: Trip to the liquor store.
10pm-2am: the world became "fuzzy" and nothing happened, but someone emptied out his handle of Jaeger (according to James Hangley)

This exchange between myself and Jimmy at approximately 12 am:
Me, knocking on the bathroom door: "Jimmy, are you ok?"
Jimmy: "I can't see, I have no pulse, I think I'm dying."
Me: "open your eyes, then you can see"
Jimmy: "oh"

I'm very happy that I decided to schedule this tournament for a Noon start time, 11am would never have happened in a million years.

Also, as a shout-out to everyone out there who is obsessed with Alvin and the Chipmnks, here is James P Hangley III's, Ryan Glackin's, and Craig Berry's TRIBUTE TO THE CHIPMUNKS.  I personally have already repressed this.  But nonetheless, it needs to be shared.

The Top 8 Results:

Top 8:
Ray Robillard defeated Jake Gans
Dave Reitnauer defeated Jeff Folinus
Ryan Glackin defeated Max Brown
Keith Seals defeated Charles N. Charge (James Hangley)

Top 4:
Dave Reitnauer defeated Ray Robillard
Keith Seals defeated Ryan Glackin

Finals:
Keith Seals defeated Dave Reitnauer

Congratulations to Keith Seals, the winner of the Blue Bell Game Day #5!

The Top 8 Decklists:

1st – Keith Seals
Peanut Oath

2 Misty Rainforest
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Island
1 Forest
2 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Wipe Away
2 Mana Drain
3 Spell Pierce
1 Misdirection
4 Force of Will
1 Lim-Dul’s Vault
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Regrowth
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
4 Oath of Druids
1 Tidespout Tyrant
1 Terastodon
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker

SB
3 Pithing Needle
3 Extirpate
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Path to Exile
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Energy Flux
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind

2nd Dave Reitnauer
Bob Tezz

2 Mystic Remora
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Brainstorm
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Time Vault
2 Spell Pierce
3 Dark Confidant
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Ponder
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Swamp
3 Tropical Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
2 Island
3 Underground Sea

SB
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Yixlid Jailer
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Energy Flux
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Seal of Primordium
1 Perish
2 Spell Snare

3rd Ryan Glackin
Mykie Noble Fish

2 Swords to Plowshares
4 True Believer
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Spell Pierce
1 Time Walk
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Tarmogoyf
4 Meddling Mage
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Trygon Predator
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
2 Flooded Strand
1 Forest
1 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Plains
1 Savannah
1 Strip Mine
3 Tropical Island
2 Tundra
3 Wasteland

SB
2 Swords to Plowshares
3 Ravenous Trap
3 Nature’s Claim
3 Null Rod
2 Pithing Needle
2 Tormod’s Crypt

4th Ray Robillard
Key-Nasty

4 City of Brass
1 Gemstone Mine
4 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Black Lotus
4 Wasteland
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Repeal
1 Mindslaver
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Balance
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Trinisphere
1 Memory Jar
1 Tinker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Vault
1 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Metalworker
4 Staff of Domination
4 Voltaic Key

SB
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Glowrider
4 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Triskelion
1 Emrakul, the Aeon’s Torn

5th Jake Gans
Mind Sculptor Dredge

4 Narcomoeba
4 Bloodghast
4 Ichorid
1 Fatestitcher
2 Golgari Thug
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Flame Kin Zealot
2 Chain of Vapor
2 Nature’s Claim
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Dread Return
4 Bridge from Below
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
2 Petrified Field
3 Undiscovered Paradise
3 City of Brass
2 Dakmor Salvage
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria

SB
2 Chain of Vapor
1 Darkblast
4 Serenity
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Unmask
2 Nature’s Claim

6th – James Hangley
Espresso Stax

4 Chalice of the Void
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
2 Powder Keg
1 Trinisphere
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Serum Powder
4 Tangle Wire
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Smokestack
3 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Rishadan Port
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland

SB
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Pithing Needle
1 Powder Keg
2 Duplicant
3 Maze of Ith

7th – Max Brown
Dark Times

4 Dark Ritual
4 Dark Confidant
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Vampire Hexmage
4 Duress
4 Thoughtseize
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Null Rod
1 Pithing Needle
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Crucible of Worlds
3 Diabolic Edict
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sadistic Sacrament
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
2 Dark Depths
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
11 Swamp

SB
3 Bitterblossom
2 Emissary of Despair
1 Trinisphere
1 Darkblast
1 Pithing Needle
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Phyrexian Tower
3 Null Rod
1 Engineered Plague

8th – Jeff Folinus
Mono Red Shops

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
5 Mountain
2 Barbarian Ring
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Goblin Welder
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Null Rod
1 Trinisphere
4 Tangle Wire
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Smokestack
4 Lodestone Golem

SB
4 Shattering Spree
2 Greater Gargadon
4 Tormod’s Crypt
3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Duplicant

The 2010 Blue Bell Player of the Year Standings:

There is one event missing from these standings, the "Day 2" from the Philly Open 5 that was held at Alternate Universes in Holmes, PA.  I do not have the tournament files from this event, but as soon as I get them off AU's computer they will be added to the standings.

The Top 8 in the Player of the Year Race:
Elias, Matt – 108
Di Febo, Dominic – 106
Granberry, Brad – 104
Brown, Max – 99
Materewicz, Chris – 84
Pace, Joe – 73
Beaver, Jeremy – 71
Folinus, Jeff – 70

The Complete Standings (Alphabetical)

Anthony, Shawn – 24
Ata, David - 16
Barton, Brad – 23
Bauer, Mike - 28
Beaver, Jeremy – 71
Berman, Hal – 12
Berse, Sam – 51
Bhagat, Zohar – 12
Bilarczyk, Andy - 6
Brown, Max – 99
Bush, Don – 9
Byrne, John – 13
Carey, Brian – 36
Carey, Ed – 21
Cavanaugh, Andrew – 9
Check, Andrew – 6
Chitturi, Ashok – 26
Chou, Willis – 6
Close, Andrew – 3
Conway, Scott - 4
Crotty, Joe – 3  
Cusick, Robert – 12
Davis, Jim – 3
Davis, Joe – 18
Del Paggio, Kyle – 20
Detwiler, Nick – 43
Di Donato, Rick - 3
Di Febo, Dominic – 106
Dixon, Tom – 3
Duffy, Sean – 3
Earley, David – 13
Edwards, Rob – 43
Egan, Mike – 33
Eisenhauer, Mike - 40
Elias, Matt – 108
Evenpence, Colby – 16
Farias, Andrew – 6  
Ferrante, Chris - 12
Ferry, Chris – 9
Fisher, Ryan – 9
Fitzgerald, Maura – 12
Flury, Mike – 6
Folinus, Jeff – 70
Forino, Vincent – 3
Frias, Lloyd – 25
Frias, Marc – 27
Fritz, Asa - 15
Fulmer, Allen – 19
Gans, Jake – 60
Gildea, Robert - 3
Glackin, Ryan – 69
Goldberg, JR - 12
Gorzkowski, Shawn - 6
Granberry, Brad – 104
Grasso, AJ – 12
Griffiths, Shawn - 29
Grudzina, John – 24
Gumina, TJ – 21
Hangley, James – 26
Hansen, Chris – 3
Harkins, Jesse – 6
Harris, Visna – 30
Hibbs, Shaun – 3
Higginbottom, James – 4
Hinkle, Chas – 27
Hixson, Pat – 6
Hornung, Mark – 33
Howe, Josh – 6
Hughes, Scott – 15
Hundertmark, Evan – 41
Imperiale, Jay – 15
Ingram, Peter – 7
Jasie, David – 6
Jones, Brandon - 6
Jones, John – 9  
Kaynes, Michael – 4
Kazhdan, Joe – 6
Keegan, Pat – 3
Kelly, Francis - 6  
Konak, Ronald – 25
Kress, Karl - 48
Lalo, Josh – 13
Lane, Brian – 12
Lanza, Shaun – 6
Lapine, Mike – 6
Lawrence, Rob – 37
Lewis, Christopher – 9
Li, Ici – 12
Lieberman, Eric – 6
Lind-Caro, Sean – 6
Lopategi, Aritz – 12
Lowry, Ian – 6
Lynch, Paul – 6
Magrann , Will – 12
Mann, Corey - 6
Markowicz, Eric – 40
Martin, Jesse - 28
Marucci, Matt – 3
Mastriano, Paul – 34
Materewicz, Chris – 84
McGrail, Rendan - 3
Mercer, Matt – 1
Michaels, Anthony – 15
Milligan, Leigh – 3
Mirsberger, Donald – 12
Moes, Nat – 6  
Mossman, Matt – 9
Moti, Ted – 0
Motyka, Michael – 25
Mueller, Kyle - 3
Noble, Mike – 30  
Nocenti, Brian – 9
Nowakowski, Steve – 46
Pace, Joe – 73
Panzarella, Chris – 7
Parisi, Bernie – 33
Parisi, Matt – 3
Parsinitz, Ralph – 42
Petrunis, Chris – 6
Pikula, Chris – 34
Picozzo, Vito – 9
Pohling, Ross - 15
Pollack, Austin - 42
Potucek, Josh – 53
Probasco, Andy - 20
Quick, Barry – 10
Rappa, Ryan – 12
Reche-Salas, Javier – 6  
Reitnauer, Dave –31
Richards, John – 33
Rine, Matt – 33
Robillard, Ray - 28
Robbins, Sean – 28
Rubinstein, Aaron - 12
Sanchez, Juan – 19
Scarborough, Josh – 3  
Seals, Keith – 51
Sharkey, James – 3
Shay, Rich – 9
Siow, Lucas – 9
Smith, Mike – 17
Smith, Noah – 9
Soppeck, Ted - 6
Sorin, Roman – 9
Stefanski, Adam – 6
Stein, Josh – 9
Talaga, Andrew – 10
Tanner, Joe - 9
Thomas, Brian - 3
Thompson, Nathan – 55
TImlin, Tim – 6  
Turner, Tim – 6
Van Zundert, Marius – 9
Walker, Jason – 3
Wertz, Walter – 6  
Wiglusz, Josh - 14
Wolsky, John – 27
Wurtzel, Jeremy - 6
Yang, Jerry - 6
Zullnski, Seth – 1

[forcethewill]

a wonderful event.  I am so glad i toughed it out and decided to play.  Truth be told Friday night should never have happened.  I am never going near your brother again. 
Up until round 4 i wasn't sure if i wanted to play.  I felt like just dropping and sleeping it off in the car. 
But thanks for the event, the memories(umm i dont really recall them) and the good times.  I still want the waitress' number as well as the hostess' from the cherry hill dinner. 
Props:

Much love and respect to the NEPA crew.  Mr. Keith Seals I am glad you won.  If it wasnt me I am glad for it to be you!
Mr. Coss i believe you left out the proper deck name as well as some important numbers of cards I played. 
the hard work of the designers of expresso staxxx.  You know who you are and the love for you is always there
Nick Detwiller for not letting me go to that party Friday night where i would have died.

[Therubecube]

Thanks for a great event Nick, I wouldn't hesitate to make the trip again. I really love these events because of the people who go to them and this one was no exception. It was an all star event with GRAND TICHUS to be had by all. I'm still not happy I didn't get my Vintage Soccer side event but we can work on that for next time. Props to all the guys I brought up for their great showings, James Hangley for staying alive, Ricosuave and JR for being there and offering to drink long island ice teas with me and both Nicks for the best use of a saturday.

Ryan, I didn't do the Philly shirt justice but I will be wearing one (that fits) at the next event to settle the bet.

Max Brown, if you dis Ke$ha like that again I will not be driving you anymore.

[Ravager Sam]

Jake Gans' deck is missing a dread return target...I would guess...

[metalhead666]

Congrats to Keith!

This was a good tournament, despite my record.  Finally lost to good opponents and decks and not to not drawing enough lands, or too many, ...etc.

P.S.  Keith's list only has 58 cards.

[GU3ST]

Jake Gans' deck is missing a dread return target...I would guess...

There is supposed to be an Iona there

[InfectedMushroom]

Keith's list is missing Tezzeret, The Seeker and Jace, The Mind Sculptor.

We have tested this list extensively, and congrats Keith for a good performance. We are testing a few small changes, but I think it is a pretty solid decklist.

[Marske]

Turner, Tim – 6
Van Zundert, Marius – 9
Walker, Jason – 3

WHAT?! I can be in the player of the year race !?

Sounds like you guys have a blast and I need to make it out there more often

[Katzby]

and Abe for driving up from Virginia to judge a "local" Vintage event.

Ooh, a shoutout!  I don't get many of those these days so I have to relish them when they happen.  

Anyway, my pleasure!  I'm glad turnout was pretty good this time and that players, in general, seemed to have fun.  Also, thanks to everybody for acknowledging my birthday by singing at me.  That kind of thing eases the pain of aging, though not quite as much as eating a whole birthday cake when I got home.  

Abe

[Therubecube]

Turner, Tim – 6
Van Zundert, Marius – 9
Walker, Jason – 3

WHAT?! I can be in the player of the year race !?

Sounds like you guys have a blast and I need to make it out there more often

I need to make it out there more often. Convince Nick to go, I've been trying to plan a Euro adventure for weeks now.

[Tobi]

James Hangley's list misses one card. Black Lotus? 

[A.-1.]

Espresso Stax is missing Trinisphere. The deck doesn't run Black Lotus.

[daveshotme]

For the record me and Keith split in the finals. I really wanted to play it out but Keith wanted a split and the " winner" went to the higher dice roller for the 1st place spot and obv I lost it.  Great job Keith on a job well done on sat.

[2nd_lawl]

Black Lotus? 

Pfft unplayable.

[mr.grim]

@Dave, I would of played it out! Thats why let YOU make the call! The only reason it was brought up was our driver for the carpool was very very ill.thanks for the props! props back at you!

Thanks to Nick Coss for holding a fantastic day of card flopping! Win or lose Blue bell game days are a effin blast. We as a vintage community are very lucky to have t.o's like Nick C. and Nick D..

Props ....
  Once again to Dave . We should sit and play a set the next time we meet.
 Paul M. for a hell of a game ,and for rocking a version of peanut oath in ohio the next day and making top4.
 CHARLES N. CHARGE... James our top eight match was epic! that puts us at 1 and 1! With out a doubt you alone make it worth it to come out and play... Just open your eyes man!
last but not least congrats to the rest of the top 8!

Slops...
Pudges cheesesteak that was bought during round six. At 2 am not so good!

[GU3ST]

Man who ever typed these deck lists really messed up
cough (Nick Detwiler)

[Prospero]

Man who ever typed these deck lists really messed up
cough (Nick Detwiler)

Man, whoever ran Jace in Dredge doesn't understand the format.  Cough.

[GU3ST]

Man who ever typed these deck lists really messed up
cough (Nick Detwiler)

Man, whoever ran Jace in Dredge doesn't understand the format.  Cough.

Actually i dont think you realize the true power of jace in dredge its OVER 9000!!!!!

[daveshotme]

Oh ok well I didn't know u actually wanted to play it out. I thought u wanted a split so I split cause ur a cool guy. Anyone else besides Josh or asa I probably would have played it out. Either way u got it and u deserve all the credit. Job well done Keith. See u next time

[Leooooh]

 Does Jeff Folinus have a profile here at the manadrain.com?

I want to discuss some ideas on those MonoRed shop builds!!!

Thanx

[Therubecube]

Man who ever typed these deck lists really messed up
cough (Nick Detwiler)

Man, whoever ran Jace in Dredge doesn't understand the format.  Cough.

Actually i dont think you realize the true power of jace in dredge its OVER 9000!!!!!

Actually I'm pretty sure its under 9000 in that deck.

[Cruel Ultimatum]

Man who ever typed these deck lists really messed up
cough (Nick Detwiler)

Man, whoever ran Jace in Dredge doesn't understand the format.  Cough.

Actually i dont think you realize the true power of jace in dredge its OVER 9000!!!!!

Actually I'm pretty sure its under 9000 in that deck.

Actually I'm pretty sure its under 0001 in that deck.

[Therubecube]

Man who ever typed these deck lists really messed up
cough (Nick Detwiler)

Man, whoever ran Jace in Dredge doesn't understand the format.  Cough.

Actually i dont think you realize the true power of jace in dredge its OVER 9000!!!!!

Actually I'm pretty sure its under 9000 in that deck.

Actually I'm pretty sure its under 0001 in that deck.

[  ] playable in dredge
[ ] not playable in dredge

[GU3ST]

Man who ever typed these deck lists really messed up
cough (Nick Detwiler)

Man, whoever ran Jace in Dredge doesn't understand the format.  Cough.

Actually i dont think you realize the true power of jace in dredge its OVER 9000!!!!!

Actually I'm pretty sure its under 9000 in that deck.

Actually I'm pretty sure its under 0001 in that deck.

[  ] playable in dredge
[ ] not playable in dredge

its very playable in dredge thats why i played it

[personalbackfire]

Does Jeff Folinus have a profile here at the manadrain.com?

I want to discuss some ideas on those MonoRed shop builds!!!

Thanx

His handle is Gekoratel

[Gekoratel]

Does Jeff Folinus have a profile here at the manadrain.com?

I want to discuss some ideas on those MonoRed shop builds!!!

You can feel free to send me a PM if you have any questions of the deck.  My list started with Ici Li's version of Mono-Red Stax as I felt it was by far the most powerful version out there before Lodestone Golem was printed.  Although Ici thinks Lodestone doesn't belong in the deck I like how it allows the deck to win quickly and certain starts like T1. Resistor T2. Lodestone puts a lot of decks on the back foot if they don't have Force.  Another reason I choose to play the deck is that I feel the MUD matchup is quite good because of Welder and Crucible in the MD.  Both of these cards give MUD a very hard-time, Null Rod a card that would seem marginal in the MU is actually quite strong since it shuts down Metalworker, Karn, and Trike from killing Welder.  But with that said Null Rod is still the weakest card in the deck but I don't know what would really serve well as a replacement.  There isn't enough Fish/Aggro in our meta to warrant running Powder Keg in that slot.  But this is something that could easily be changed based on what your meta is like.  Good luck with the deck.

Also this was another well run tournament at Blue Bell hopefully we can keep getting 40+.

[Twaun007]

I went completely bonkers when I read Jeff Folinus Mono Red Shops.

Man that guy is good.

Congrats on the finish Jeff.

I hope I can make it out to one these again. They are absolutely amazing and I would recommend anyone within the region go to them. They are completely off the meat rack.

 

[forcethewill]

Just throwing it out there one of the top 8 players had a concussion during the event. Not saying who but we can guess

[Prospero]

Just throwing it out there one of the top 8 players had a concussion during the event. Not saying who but we can guess

A night out with Elliot Coss would have killed you.  A few hours with him left you believing you'd broken your sternum, hand, foot, left you with a concussion, and left you more drunk than I have ever seen anyone.  Good God, we can't ever let you two come together again.

[Iron_Chef]

What can I say, my little brother is a savage.

@Forcethewill; just be happy i stopped him after he hit you 3 or 4 times with the folding table...