N.Y.S.E. IX - Official Report

   For starters, I’d like to say thanks to all the players who made it out to Brothers Grim to play Vintage yesterday. We had 25 show up, which was pretty solid considering there was a local area PTQ and additional competing local events.

The Complete Metagame Breakdown:

Drains:
Tezzeret: 5

Workshops:
MUD Stax: 5

Bazaars:
Dredge: 2
Euro Madness: 1

Combo:
TPS: 4
Elves: 1

Null Rods:
Noble Fish: 2
Dark Times: 2
Goblins: 1

Oath:
Elephant Oath: 2

   The metagame at this tournament was a three headed monster, as Shops and Tezzeret both made up 20% of the field, with TPS variants comprising an additional 16%. The Null Rod pillar made up 20% of the metagame, with Dredge clocking in at 8% and Euro Madness making an appearance.

Top 8 Pairings and Results:

Brian Lane vs. Ted Soppeck – Brian wins
Chris Pikula vs. Jason Imperiale – Chris wins
Jake Gans vs. Mike Lapine – Jake wins
Bernie Parisi vs. Pat Keegan – Bernie wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

Brian Lane vs. Chris Pikula – Brian wins
Bernie Parisi vs. Jake Gans – Bernie wins

Finals

Brian Lane vs. Bernie Parisi – Brian wins

   Congratulations to Brian Lane, Bernie Parisi, and all of our top 8 competitors.

Top 8 Decklists:

1st - Brian Lane
MUD Stax

1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
2 Mishra’s Factory
2 City of Traitors
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Trinisphere
3 Smokestack
2 Null Rod
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Karn, Silver Golem
2 Razormane Masticore
1 Duplicant

SB:
1 Ravenous Trap
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Relic of Progenitus
1 Duplicant
3 Pithing Needle
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Sculpting Steel
2 Null Rod

2nd - Bernie Parisi
BAD Fish

3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Island
1 Forest
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
2 Windswept
3 Flooded Strand
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
2 Null Rod
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Rebuild
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Path to Exile
4 Force of Will
3 Daze
3 Spell Pierce
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Aven Mindcensor
2 Trygon Predator
3 Meddling Mage
4 Noble Hierarch

SB:
1 Sower of Temptation
4 Ravenous Trap
3 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Energy Flux
1 Hurkyl’s Recall

3rd – Chris Pikula
Meddling Tezz

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

SB:
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Perish
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Ravenous Trap
4 Leyline of the Void

4th – Jake Gans
Dredge Minus Mindsculpting

4 Narcomoeba
4 Bloodghast
4 Ichorid
1 Fatestitcher
2 Golgari Thug
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
1 Crop Rotation
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

5th – Ted Soppeck
Bob TPS

1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
4 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Imperial Seal
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Grim Tutor
2 Tendrils of Agony
4 Dark Confidant
2 Duress
4 Force of Will
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Time Twister
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
4 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Underground Sea
2 Island
3 Swamp
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Sensei’s Divining Top

SB:
1 Snow-Covered Island
2 Duress
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Mind’s Desire
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Tinker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
2 Hurkyl’s Recall

Pat Keegan
Espresso Stax

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

SB:
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Maze of Ith
3 Duplicant
3 Pithing Needle
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Tormod’s Crypt

7th – Jason Imperiale
Tezz

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Time Vault
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
2 Thoughtseize
1 Voltaic Key
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Jace the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Repeal
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Mana Drain
4 Dark Confidant
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Force of Will
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Brainstorm
1 Tinker
1 Ponder
3 Spell Pierce
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
4 Island
4 Underground Sea
1 Swamp

SB:
2 Mystic Remora
1 Spell Pierce
2 Energy Flux
1 Rebuild
2 Seasinger
3 Yixlid Jailer
1 Massacre
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Tormod’s Crypt

8th- Michael Lapine
Dark Times

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

SB:
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Ravenous Trap
2 Sadistic Sacrament
2 Pithing Needle
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Engineered Plague
2 Damnation
2 Karakas

9th Place Prize:

   The 9th place prize was 257 Mistform Ultimus’s, and it went out to Tom Daliapes. Welcome back to Vintage Tom. Maybe you can trade them all for a fetchland. Congrats Tom!

Sportsmanship Prize:

   The Sportsmanship Prize of a Misty Rainforest was won by Greg Fenton, one of the nicest guys you could hope to meet, or play against. Congrats Greg!

Player of the Year Standings:

   The Player of the Year Race standings have been updated. Your top 5:

1.   Gans, Jake – 73
2.   Chitturi, Ashok – 62
3.   Forino, Raffaele – 62
4.   Glackin, Ryan – 62
5.   Davis, Jim - 53

   The complete standings:

Albergo, Pat – 13
Bauer, Michael – 34
Brandon, Madison - 7
Brown, Max – 30
Carey, Brian – 21
Chang, John – 12
Chianese, Jim - 6
Chitturi, Ashok – 62
Close, Andrew – 1
Cohen, Steven - 6
Conway, Scott - 14
Coss, Nick – 19
Daliapes, Tom - 9
Davis, Jim – 53
Davis, Joe - 9
Dixon, Tom – 25
Duprez, Dean - 10
Earley, David – 34
Edwards, Rob - 21
Egan, Michael - 30
Eisenhaur, Mike - 30
Elias, Matt – 25
Fenton, Greg – 33
Fisher, Ryan – 29
Folinus, Jeff - 3
Forino, Raffaele - 62
Forino, Vincent – 25
Fritz, Asa - 12
Gans, David - 7
Gans, Jake – 73
Gersher, Eric – 7
Giuliante, Thomas - 9
Glackin, Ryan – 62
Goldberg, JR - 12
Granberry, Brad – 22
Grasso, AJ – 34
Gumina, TJ - 9
Hansen, Chris - 28
Hangley, James - 22
Harris, Visna - 15
Hornung, Mark - 35
Imperiale, Jason – 44
Ingram, Peter - 25
Jasie, David - 8
Jones, Brandon - 12
Karmiche, Dominick – 12
Kazhdan, Joe – 16
Keegan, Pat - 14
Klompowens, Jake – 18
Konak, Ronald – 15
Lane, Brian – 24
Lapine, Mike – 43
Lawrence, Robert – 39
Lazzaro, John - 9
Li, Ici – 16
Lopategi, Aritz – 12
Mann, Corey - 19
Martin, Jesse – 3
Mason, Dan - 9
Mastrolia, Antonio – 6
Miner, Russell - 10
Mirsberger, Donald – 23
Moss, Matt - 6
Nezin, Alec - 9
Noble, Mike – 30
Owen, Alex - 6
Parisi, Bernie - 40
Parsinitz, Ralph – 51
Pikula, Chris - 17
Pollack, Austin – 50
Potucek, Josh - 1
Rappa, Ryan - 9
Reilly, Brian – 19
Reitnauer, David - 7
Robbins, Sean - 15
Rosa, William – 4
Rottenberg, Brian - 4
Rubinstein, Aaron - 3
Schreiber, Mike – 9
Schreiber, Thomas – 3
Seals, Keith - 6
Smith, Noah - 4
Soppeck, Ted – 22
Speicher, Richard - 3
Stein, Josh – 6
Sumrall, Nick – 10
Taylor, Tim - 16
Tietze, Max - 6
Towers, Robert – 6
Vezo, Dan – 6

   Thanks to the Brothers Grim staff of Dave, Frank and Gil for making this event possible, to all the gents who made it out to the tournament, to Bernie Parisi who both dealt and played (what a champ) and to Chris Pikula, for explaining why the Ghana soccer team is just that good. I definitely didn’t know that their heads were more powerful than ours.

   N.Y.S.E. X is just around the corner. I hope to see everyone again soon!