N.Y.S.E. XI Official Report

[Prospero]

     First up, I’d like to thank everybody who came out to Brothers Grim yesterday.  We had 46 guys compete for an Unlimited Lotus, but at the end of the day, only Shawn Griffiths's Peanut Oath stood above the rest.

The Complete Metagame Breakdown:

Mana Drains

U/R Control: 1
Jace Control: 9
4C Tezzeret: 1
Landstill: 2
Elephant Oath: 4
Keeper: 1
Bomberman: 2

Workshops

Espresso Stax: 9
Mono-Red Shops: 1
Two Card Monte: 1
MUD Aggro: 1

Null Rods

Noble Fish: 3
U/B Fae: 1

Bazaars

Dredge: 6

Rituals/Combo

Bob TPS: 1
Belcher: 1
Dark Times: 1
TPS: 1

     I have called the U/B/G/R Jace deck that won Champs Jace Control.  It is a misnomer to call it Tezzeret, as there are no Tezzerets to be found in either main or board.  Additionally the deck runs three Jace, the Mind Sculptor in the main, and I don’t remember Tezzeret decks consistently running more than two Tezzerets.  
    
     Jace Control and Espresso Stax both comprised nearly 20% of the field.  The Drain pillar comprised more than 43% of the metagame as a whole.  For the time being, it seems as though blue pilots have found their answer to MUD, and the various (traditional) Shop strategies.  While Shops made up 26% of the field, only Shop Combo (Two Card Monte) made the top 8.  Traditional Shop Aggro and Shop Prison strategies were shut out, though they were plentiful at the event.  Additionally, Dredge, which has been a popular metagame choice in the Shop capital of the world, was shut out of the top 8.

Top 8 Pairings and Results:

Josh Jacobson vs. Asa Fritz – Jacobson wins
David Reitnauer vs. Chris Pikula – Reitnauer wins
Shawn Griffiths vs. Justin Bova – Griffiths wins
Ryan Fisher vs. Shawn Anthony – Fisher wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results:

Josh Jacobson vs. David Reitnauer – Jacobson wins
Shawn Griffiths vs. Ryan Fisher – Griffiths wins

Finals:

Shawn Griffiths vs. Josh Jacobson – Griffiths wins

     Congratulations to Shawn Griffiths, Josh Jacobson, and all of our top 8 competitors.  By winning the event, Shawn won himself an option to purchase a round one bye at Waterbury XIV.

Top 8 Decklists:

1st Shawn Griffiths
Peanut Oath

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

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

2nd Josh Jacobson
Noble Fish

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

SB:
4 Leyline of Sanctity
3 Nature’s Claim
3 Gaddock Teeg
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Wasteland

3rd Ryan Fisher
Two Card Monte

3 City of Brass
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Painter’s Servant
4 Grindstone
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Helm of Obedience
4 Goblin Welder
4 Serum Powder
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Tinker
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Memory Jar
1 Intuition
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Lotus Petal
1 Pyroblast

SB:
1 Pyroblast
4 Dark Confidant
2 Thoughtseize
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Balance
1 Tormod’s Crypt

4th David Reitnauer
Jace Control

4 Force of Will
4 Dark Confidant
3 Mana Drain
4 Spell Pierce
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Trygon Predator
2 Thoughtseize
1 Time Walk
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
2 Tropical Island
1 Forest
1 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Flooded Strand
1 Mystical Tutor

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Pithing Needle
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast

5th Justin Bova
Noble Fish

3 Tundra
3 Tropical Island
1 Flooded Strand
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
3 Null Rod
3 Spell Pierce
3 Daze
3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Cold-Eyed Selkie
2 Meddling Mage
2 Trygon Predator
1 Gaddock Teeg
4 Force of Will

SB:
2 Kataki, War’s Wage
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Ravenous Trap
2 True Believer
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Wheel of Sun and Moon
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Arcane Laboratory

6th Asa Fritz
U/R Landstill

4 Standstill
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Fire/Ice
2 Daze
2 Chain of Vapor
1 Misdirection
2 Stifle
2 Spell Pierce
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Gorilla Shaman
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Null Rod
1 Black Lotus
1 Moz Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
3 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Volcanic Island
2 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand

SB:
2 Mindbreak Trap
3 Lightning Bolt
3 Energy Flux
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
4 Threads of Disloyalty

7th Shawn Anthony
Bob TPS

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

SB:
1 Mana Vault
1 Tinker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Yixlid Jailer
1 Island
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rushing River
1 Darkblast

8th Chris Pikula
Tezzeret

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

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Yixlid Jailer
2 Pithing Needle
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Sower of Temptation


9th Place Prize

     The 9th place prize was not as great as the last few months, still, I’m sure that Jon Byer will enjoy has 9 Trained Orgg’s.  Congratulations Jon!

Sportsmanship Prize

     The Sportsmanship prize of a Scalding Tarn is to be awarded to Andrew Brady.  Congratulations Andrew!

Random Wolf Shirt

     Due to an error on my part, we were wolf shirt-less on the day.  The wolf shirt prize, which I am now only going to give away at Lotus events, will be given away at the next N.Y.S.E. event instead.  I am aiming for October 23rd.  As soon as I have confirmation on the date, I will put the event up on the event calendar.

     In the end, I’d like to say thanks to Dave, Frank, Gil and all the Brothers Grim staff, to our judge, Brian Paskoff, and to all our competitors.  It was a great day for Vintage on Long Island, and I hope to see everyone again at N.Y.S.E. XII.

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

Thanks for an awsome event Nick. Our car managed to grab 3 of the top seats in the tourny. Congrats to Shawn, Asa, and Dave.

[daveshotme]

Yea nick thanks alot for such a great tour. It was alot of fun like usual. Your events are always a blast. Good job Shawn on the win. I will see u at bloomsburg. Maybe if I'm i'n top 8 standings I'll just drop like old times sake haha. Everyone show ur support for Shawn and come to bloomsburg on sept 18. 

[ByerBeware]

It's Jon Byer, not Justin. And yes, I'm thrilled with them, especially considering there was also a Butcher Orgg thrown in.

[KingSquee]

Heh, it looks like two of the three Noble Fish pilots made Top 8. The one who didn't? Good 'ol "Al Punto" here. I guess I'll go back to registering for these events with my real name.

I started out 2-0, then won game 1 against Mr. Pikula in round 3 despite a mull to four, then the wheels fell off. I finished 2-4. Bleh.

[forcethewill]

It's Jon Byer, not Justin. And yes, I'm thrilled with them, especially considering there was also a Butcher Orgg thrown in.

the butcher orgg was my idea!

[mr.grim]

First off congrats to the champ! Shawn G. played my Peanut Oath list and after beating a whole bunch of face,came home with a lotus!
Im pretty sure that it once again shows just how good nepa is!

Congrats to Council member Ryan Fisher! Watch out for this guy he is on a ass kicking streak! I do belive this is his third top8 appearance in 4 events,One being a win!
Yup more props for NEPA! 

Even with my list winning this event and a good friend doin well. I really wished I could of made this one. .N.Y.S.E events are fantastic from start to finish,GET YOUR ASS TO THE NEXT ONE!!!!!

@ Nick D. as always thank you for what you do for us.

[H]

Thanks for a great tournament Nick, I know i had a blast, i i believe the rest of BTB did too.

I am hoping to be able to make the next one too, but Saturday is rough the way work is.

You can find all my pictures in a link in the announcement thread.  If you can't get the link to work, let me know i will get them to you another way.

[rpf5029]

Nick,

O.K., so the deck I played was innovated by Mr. Matt Elias, and all credit for the deck should go to him, but c'mon... neither my wonderful title or "deck designer" get mentioned??  I'm kinda hurt. 

That aside, thank you for hosting such a wonderful event! 

[Iron_Chef]

Thor, the God of Thunder

[voltron00x]

Nick,

O.K., so the deck I played was innovated by Mr. Matt Elias, and all credit for the deck should go to him, but c'mon... neither my wonderful title or "deck designer" get mentioned??  I'm kinda hurt. 

That aside, thank you for hosting such a wonderful event! 

I was so excited when I saw in the other thread that someone lost to Consult for Grindstone, because I knew what that meant.  I'm really glad to see the deck is still doing well even if it is seeing limited play.  It won the 24-person late-night event at Gen Con also.  Very, very cool.  Congrats on your top 4! 

[Therubecube]

Can we get a breakdown of the drink meta at TGIF?

[Cruel Ultimatum]

Diddy up was everywhere

[Prospero]

Diddy up was everywhere

At $10.19 per, no less.

[Womba]

Diddy up was everywhere

At $10.19 per, no less.

I got my play-set of them......cheaper than most mythic rares.......

[MagusOfTheMoon]

Diddy up was everywhere

At $10.19 per, no less.

I got my play-set of them......cheaper than most mythic rares.......

Poor trade choice. For the same price you could have enjoyed a black berry delight margarita + keep the shaker tops.

[rpf5029]

Nick,

My sideboard should have 2 Jailers in it...

[Tobi]

Nick,

My sideboard should have 2 Jailers in it...

Ah. I was about to ask this 

[Prospero]

Nick,

My sideboard should have 2 Jailers in it...

Corrected.

[Prospero]

The points standings on the Player of the Year race have been updated and stand as such:

Albergo, Pat – 13
Anthony, Shawn - 17
Bauer, Michael – 43
Bova, Justin - 16
Brady, Andrew - 6
Brandon, Madison - 7
Brown, Max – 37
Byer, Jon - 13
Carey, Brian – 21
Chang, John – 12
Chianese, Jim - 15
Chitturi, Ashok – 62
Close, Andrew – 1
Cohen, Steven - 6
Conway, Scott - 20
Coss, Nick – 28
Daliapes, Tom - 9
Davis, Jim – 53
Davis, Joe – 9
DeMarco, Jesse - 9
Dixon, Tom – 53
Duffy, Sean – 2
Duprez, Dean - 10
Earley, David – 40
Edwards, Rob - 21
Egan, Michael - 56
Eisenhaur, Mike - 30
Elias, Matt – 25
Fenton, Greg – 51
Fisher, Ryan – 48
Folinus, Jeff - 6
Forino, Raffaele - 90
Forino, Vincent – 38
Fritz, Asa - 28
Gans, David - 7
Gans, Jake – 96
Gersher, Eric – 7
Giuliante, Thomas - 15
Glackin, Ryan – 68
Goldberg, JR - 12
Granberry, Brad – 22
Grasso, AJ – 34
Griffiths, Shawn - 26
Gumina, TJ - 9
Hansen, Chris - 28
Hangley, James – 29
Harris, Visna – 18
Headley, Michael - 7
Hornung, Mark - 44
Imperiale, Jason – 44
Ingram, Peter – 25
Jacobson, Josh – 24
Jasie, David - 12
Jones, Brandon - 12
Karmiche, Dominick – 12
Kazhdan, Joe – 16
Keating, Brian - 6
Keegan, Pat - 14
Klompowens, Jake – 18
Kohler, James - 12
Konak, Ronald – 15
Lane, Brian – 40
Lapine, Mike – 43
Lawrence, Robert – 48
Lazzaro, John - 15
Li, Ici – 22
Lopategi, Aritz – 12
Mann, Corey - 19
Martin, Jesse – 3
Mason, Dan - 15
Mastrolia, Antonio – 6
Miner, Russell - 10
Mirsberger, Donald – 35
Moss, Matt - 6
Nezin, Alec - 9
Noble, Mike – 30
Nowakowski, Steve - 3
Owen, Alex - 18
Parisi, Bernie – 40
Pate, Matt - 17
Parsinitz, Ralph – 51
Pikula, Chris - 46
Pollack, Austin – 59
Potucek, Josh – 4
Prouler, Jesse – 4
Rappa, Ryan - 15
Reilly, Brian – 26
Reitnauer, David - 26
Robbins, Sean – 15
Rodriguez, Jostin - 3
Rosa, William – 4
Rottenberg, Brian - 4
Rubinstein, Aaron – 3
Savage, Michael - 9
Schreiber, Mike – 9
Schreiber, Thomas – 3
Seals, Keith – 6
Smith, Eric - 12
Smith, Noah – 10
Soppeck, Ted – 22
Speicher, Richard - 3
Stein, Josh – 6
Sumrall, Nick – 10
Taylor, Tim - 16
Tietze, Max - 6
Towers, Robert – 15
Tyminski, Michael - 3
Vezo, Dan – 6
Weinberger, Andrew – 9


Your top 10 are:

1.  Gans, Jake - 96
2.  Forino, Raffaele - 90
3.  Glackin, Ryan - 68
4.  Chitturi, Ashok - 62
5.  Pollack, Austin - 59
6.  Egan, Michael - 56
7.  Davis, Jim - 53
7.  Dixon, Thomas - 53
9.  Fenton, Greg - 51 
9.  Parsinitz, Ralph - 51

[Maverrick77]

The points standings on the Player of the Year race have been updated and stand as such:

What is the player of the year race?  How are points earned?

[MagusOfTheMoon]

[/quote]

What is the player of the year race?  How are points earned?
[/quote]

I'm new to all of this but I assume it an accumulative total if points in all events attended. I'm only assuming this because I played in the last lotus event and had 3 wins, and now I'm on that chart at 9 points. In a standard event you get 3 points fir a win and 1 for a draw. This helps with initial parings and placement. Tie breaks go too opponents win percentages.

Hope that helped.

[MagusOfTheMoon]

There is probably additional points awarded to top eight based on placement.

[Prospero]

The Player of the Year race is a points race that runs from 1/23 through the final N.Y.S.E tournament of 2010.  Only points from major N.Y.S.E. events (not N.Y.S.E. Lites or weekly tournaments at Mark's Comics) count towards the standings.  3 points are awarded for a win, 1 point is awarded for a draw.

This is the additional bonus given to the top 8:

1st - 12 points
2nd - 9 points
3rd/4th - 6 points
5th-8th - 3 points

Thus if a player has 15 points at the end of the Swiss standings, and this player wins the event, the player would get an additional 12 points for a grand total of 27 points on the day.  

The winner of the N.Y.S.E. Player of the Year race gets free entry into all major (not N.Y.S.E. Lite or weekly Vintage touranments) N.Y.S.E events for 2011.  I'm working on a trophy as well.  

[Bibendum]

It better be the ED SMASH!!! Trophy

[TrollMcSmash]

Nick thanks for hosting TWO fantastic events in a row. I really like the New York Vintage community and I hope to make it up to more of your events this fall, so I hope to see everyone around. Also, uh, my apologies to the gentlemen from whom I borrowed 3x Spell Pierce, as they are still in my deck and I noticed it when I got home. Whoops.
  
   Also, it was grand to finally meet the infamous Nick Coss.

    Open wager: if anyone can top 8 with a deck running Eager Cadet x4 at the next NYSE event, I will eat my hat.

    I'd also love to see if anyone else will down to Burning Wish ---> Lava Spike

   Thanks everyone for letting me see such a great community! Hope to see more of everyone.

[Bibendum]

i think that was me with the spell pierces, its all good man, as always thanks a ton nick, every event is always run well

[MagusOfTheMoon]

    I'd also love to see if anyone else will down to Burning Wish ---> Lava Spike

I believe it was (Top Deck)Time Twister----->Trinket Mage (tap out)-----> Black Lotus (tripple red)-----> Burning Wish -----> Lava Spike Ftw.   

[Demonic Attorney]

MagusoftheMoon,

As has been explained, red font is reserved for moderator use.  Please use regular font color. 

-DA

[mikekilljoy]

All I need to know is that I have never gone on tilt that fast, that early in a tourney ever. And that's not even the worst tilt I've ever been on.

Again, Nick, thanks for running the event and sorry for the way I left it.