Pittsburgh PA 10/23/2010: MTG Throwback, Mox Ruby!

[Chris The Avatar]

Mr. Nice Guy Games will be hosting a Throwback Vintage Event. The intent is to experience for a day what it was like to play in 1995/1996 era of magic. Only sets from this time period will be legal, The restricted list will follow a relatively accurate reconstructed restricted list. This will be the second throwback tournament, the first was a blast to play in! I have posted the link to the previous tournament results below to give you a feel for the meta game. Were hoping for some more player support out there, many of you seem interested after seeing the results from the first tournament and were hoping to build the format.

A few restrictions have changed since the last tournament, here is a summary:

1. Mindtwist is banned
2. Stripmine is unrestricted
3. Icy Manipulator is unrestricted


Set Legality
The following sets are legal in the MTG Throwback tournament. Any future edition of a card is acceptable as long as it
was in one of the sets listed below. For example a Mirrodin or Tenth Edition Icy Manipulator is perfectly legal.

Core Sets:

• Alpha
• Beta
• Unlimited
• Revised
• Fourth Edition

Expansions:

• Arabian Nights
• Antiquities
• Legends
• The Dark
• Fallen Empires
• Ice Age
• Homelands
• Alliances
• Original Book Promos

*Acceptable Book Promos Include: Arena, Mana Crypt, Nalathni Dragon, and Sewers of Estark

Banned Card List
(You may NOT play any of the following cards in your deck)

• All Ante Cards
• Chaos Orb
• Falling Star
• Mind Twist

Restricted Card List
(You may only play 1 copy of all of the following cards in your deck)

• Ali From Cairo
• Ancestral Recall
• Balance
• Berserk
• Black Lotus
• Black Vise
• Braingeyser
• Candelabra of Tawanos
• Channel
• Copy Artifact
• Demonic Tutor
• Fastbond
• Fork
• Gauntlet of Might
• Hurkyl's Recall
• Ivory Tower
• Land Tax
• Library of Alexandria
• Mana Crypt
• Mana Vault
• Maze of Ith
• Mirror Universe
• Mishra's Workshop
• Mox Emerald
• Mox Jet
• Mox Pearl
• Mox Ruby
• Mox Sapphire
• Necropotence
• Recall
• Regrowth
• Sol Ring
• Sword of the Ages
• Time Vault
• Time Walk
• Timetwister
• Underworld Dreams
• Wheel of Fortune
• Zuran Orb

Rules/Errata:
The tournament will follow all modern/current rules and errata of cards, the same as any other format.

Proxies:
15 Proxies will be allowed for this tournament. If needed additional proxies may be purchased at 50 cents apiece.


Downlodable/Printable Tournament Information

Download PDF

Location/Hosting Information:
(412) 828 1701
802 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont, PA 15139
TO: Ron Kotwica
This is an unsanctioned event.
(Thanks for hosting Ron)

*Tentative Date: 10/23/2010 (October 23rd)  Registration is at Noon
*If all goes well this shouldn't change.

Entry Fee: $25.00

Prize Information

16 or more people

1st Place: Unlimited Mox Ruby
2nd Place: Juzam Djinn
3rd Place: Illusionary Mask
4th Place: Mirror Universe
5th Place: Volcanic Island
6th Place: Volcanic Island
7th Place: Taiga
8th Place: Scrubland

12 - 15 people

1st Place: Unlimited Mox Ruby
2nd Place: Juzam Djinn
3rd Place: Taiga
4th Place: Scrubland

8 - 11 people

1st Place: Unlimited Mox Ruby
2nd Place: Taiga

Tournament and Mox is Guaranteed as long as 8 or more people show up.

Give Aways/Door Prizes
All Hollow's Eve (Legends)
Throwback Card Binders and Shirts

Results from Springs Tournament:
http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=40391.0



Please let us know you think you might attend! We hope to see you there. Thanks for looking.

[RitNecroWin]

I'm in for sure- the last one was a TON of fun!!!!   

[metalhead666]

If this was closer to Philly I'd be in for sure.

[metalhead666]

If you are going for authenticity on the era's BnR list, I believe that Mana Vault and Mana Crypt were not restricted at the time.  I know they were restricted in '99 when Urza's block was released.

[Chris The Avatar]

well you may be correct, something ill dig into for the next one. Mana Vault seems like it was before that, As soon as I post the list I do not change it because it is not fair for people who do not check back here, so if we do another in the winter then I will fix it then. Thanks for the input though.

[Mr. Type 4]

I'll prob be comming around for this, and I think we can safely say that we'll get 8 people to play for the Mox, I expect a good couple more than that based on the general level of interest after the last one.  I even bought some cards to use.

I dont know how i feel about Strip Mine, but I do think that a format like this gets boring fast if we don't make any changes.  We'll see how it affects deck construction. 

@Chris - might be a good idea to have a couple ideas for the next Throwback tournament after this one. (like keep the same, Mirage block legal etc) and then the people that come to this event can vote on what the next one is.  That should help get the players more actively invested in the "throwback tournament scene." 
 

[Chris The Avatar]

Strip mine should make Land Destruction viable, something that was missing from the last tournament. I can say with 100% certainty that strip mine was unrestricted at this time. It wasn't till wasteland was printed that strip mine became restricted.

I will be switching up the format for the Winter/Spring one. We will be including Mirage block and just bringing it up one block each time after that.  I have tried not to ignore the comments from the first one and this was the most common comment.

I do appreciate the interest and comments.

Thanks for the support

[Shock Wave]

Awesome event. I hope it goes well!

Just a question: How do the rules work? Do you follow modern rules, or are they old school as well?

[Chris The Avatar]

It follows modern rules and eratta, there is no arguments about rulings that way...

[Chris The Avatar]

I have updated the prize information! I am still working out is a good third place prize. Payout is even better than last time!

[Chris The Avatar]

Less than a week to go, I am very excited to see what decks come out of this tournament. I am sure it will be even more interesting than last time. Hope to see you all there.

[Seismic Assault]

The tournament is tomorrow and I've heard rumors of Paul Sculptini Mastriano making an appearance.  I have high expectations for this one. Hope to see you there.

[Frank the Tank]

The last one was lots of fun, I hope to see all the previous participants as well as many more!