[Results - Top 8] T1@Tobi's Home (Muehltal), 15.10.2010

[Tobi]

This was a small preparation tournament for the French Open. Prize was a free-entry voucher for the tournament.
It was held at my home.  

11 players, 4 rounds swiss, top 4.

Pics: http://picasaweb.google.de/tobias.egelhof/20101015VintageInMuehltal?authkey=Gv1sRgCJaJ3trGpMLitQE&feat=directlink


Standings after 4 rounds of Swiss:

Alban Lauter - Oath
Daniel Scherer - Dredge
Andreas Lorenz - Dredge
Amadeus Kurz - UWG Fish
Thomas Irmler - Welder Combo
Tobias Egelhof - Espresso Stax
Rolf Schmidt - Aggro MUD
Marcus Quandt - UBg Tezz (?)
Immanuel Kurz - UB Drain Tendrils
Florian Klotz - Oath
Andreas Neumann - Gush Storm

Top 4
Alban vs Amadeus - Alban wins
Daniel vs Andreas - Daniel wins

Finale
Alban vs Daniel - Alban wins


Listen:


1st
Alban Lauter

1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
2 Show and Tell
3 Spell Pierce
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Regrowth
4 Oath of Druids
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Terastodon

4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Forest
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea

Sideboard
1 Balance,
1 Darkblast
2 Extirpate,
4 Leyline of the Void,
1 Massacre
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Strip Mine
1 Terastodon
1 Wasteland



2nd
Daniel Scherer

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Serum Powder
4 Undiscovered Paradise
2 City of Brass
2 Petrified Field
1 Dakmor Salvage
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Ichorid
4 Bloodghast
4 Narcomoeba
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
1 Golgari Thug
3 Darkblast
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Dread Return
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
1 Woodfall Primus
4 Bridge from Below
4 Cabal Therapy

Sideboard
1 Ichorid
2 City of Brass
4 Nature's Claim
4 Chain of Vapor
4 Leyline of Sanctity



3rd
Andreas Lorenz

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Serum Powder
4 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Strip Mine
2 Dakmor Salvage
4 Ichorid
4 Bloodghast
4 Narcomoeba
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
2 Golgari Thug
1 Darkblast
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Dread Return
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
1 Angel of Despair
4 Bridge from Below
4 Cabal Therapy

Sideboard
3 City of Brass
2 Ingot Chewer
4 Emerald Charm
3 Chain of Vapor
3 Ancient Grudge



4th
Amadeus Kurz

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

Sideboard
1 Meddling Mage
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Ghost Quarter
2 Nature's Claim
3 Path to Exile
2 Ravenous Trap
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Seal of Cleansing



Special award to Thomas Irmler and his awesome deck. I even took the work of typing down the whole pile:

5th
Thomas Irmler

1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Diamond
3 City of Brass
1 Stip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Gemstone Mine
1 Academy Ruins
1 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Seat of the Synod
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Tinker
1 Trash for Treasure
4 Goblin Welder
2 Sundering Titan
1 Jester's Cap
1 Memory Jar
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Fastbond
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Timetwister
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Intuition
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Thoughtcast
1 Zuran Orb
1 Balance
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
3 Defense Grid
1 Ponder
1 Regrowth
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Frantic Search

Sideboard
3 Nature's Claim
3 Ancient Grudge
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Tormod's Crypt
3 Duplicant
1 Defense Grid

[Doomsday]

Looks like a good time, and thanks for the lists.  What is the "Engel" in the 3rd place Dredge list?  Iona?  Angel of Despair?

[Tobi]

Looks like a good time, and thanks for the lists.  What is the "Engel" in the 3rd place Dredge list?  Iona?  Angel of Despair?

Angel of Despair I guess. Edited.

[conboy31]

I am curious about Albans oath SB.  I often found I wanted a waste and a strip with oath, so I put them in the maindeck (taking out library and tolarian).  This allowed for some stronger SB options.  An example would be adding a perish and an energy flux to the sb.

If Alban posts here, I would be interested about his thoughts on the issue.

[ArcanisXxX]

Hey, I tested different Oath builds for a longer time in several tournaments and the one posted above is the most successful so far. Before I used to play a Strip Mine in my main deck as well and it was strong, especially against dredge but also a bit random. In this build I am not able to play it anymore mainly because I really need the 3rd Underground Sea to play Thoughtseize when I need it. In fact the 2 Thoughtseize as well as the 2 Show and Tell won many games for me. As sideboardcards the wasteeffects  however worked really well. I normally board the Strip + Wasteland in against Dredge, MUD and Stax, Noble Fish and also against Oath Mirror. You'd always want those extra lands against all those and they are far more flexible than for an example Pithing Needle or Yailer. Moreover Tolarian and Library are far too strong against every Control Mirror since you want to be able to play like a regular Tezzeret many times. For the extra sideboardcards I guess you won't need more since you hardly have any matchups under 50% winning ratio (if you don't fail of course ).

Vs. Noble Fish the 2 mainboard Show and Tell or Tinker win most of the games. Balance, Massacre and Darkblast do the rest after boarding and the 2nd Terastodon increases your chance for a successful Show and Tell.

Vs. all Stax/MUD it is hard to lose if you win the diceroll of the 1st round. In my opinion you won't need something like Energy Flux. Only Chalice of the Void can be really annoying and he usually isn't able to play Chalice 1 for Nature's Claim, Chalice 2 for Oath and Chalice 3 for Tinker, so you should have an option all the time.

Vs. Dredge you are set up well with 8 cards in your sideboard. It is always a question of who draws more sideboard/anti sideboardcards. 1 Nature's Claim should be put inside after boarding because many players use the White Leyline nowadays after boarding.

Greetings. Alban