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

[Prospero]

     First things first: my sincere thanks to the guys who made the trip out to Brothers Grim yesterday.  Between the GP in Toronto, and Legacy events in Philly, we were kind of crushed in terms of attendance, but I know that I had a great time anyways.  At the end of the day yesterday Sean Higgins’ Ravager Affinity stood tall, winning an Ancestral Recall.

Complete Metagame Breakdown:

Mana Drains:

Elephant Oath – 2
Titan Oath – 1
Jace Control – 1
Cobra Vault – 1

Workshops:

5CStax – 1
Ravager Affinity – 1

Bazaars:

Dredge – 2

Null Rods:

Noble Fish – 1
B/U/W Fish w/Vault – 1
Suicide Black – 1
BUG Fish – 1
GAT – 1

Rituals:

Bob Tendrils – 1
Gush Storm – 1

     It seems ironic to call the Ravager Affinity deck a Shop deck, as it ran 0 Workshops, but it is difficult to put it under the Null Rod pillar, as Null Rod shuts the deck off…  That being said, it’s tough to analyze a field that is comprised of 16 decks, but the field was relatively diverse.  No one pillar dominated and the field was wide open.

Top 8 Pairings and Results:

Jake Gans vs. Nick Coss – Gans wins
Sean Higgins vs. Dave Gans – Higgins wins
Alex Owen vs. Ralph Parsinitz – Owen wins
Robert Lawrence vs. Brian Reilly – Lawrence wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results:

Jake Gans vs. Robert Lawrence – Gans wins
Sean Higgins vs. Alex Owen – Higgins wins

Finals:

Sean Higgins vs. Jake Gans – Higgins wins

     Congratulations to Sean Higgins on both his first N.Y.S.E. win, and his first N.Y.S.E. top 8.  Congratulations to Jake Gans for sewing up the Player of the Year race.  Additionally, I’d like to congratulate all of our top 8 competitors.

Top 8 Decklists:

1st - Sean Higgins
Ravager Affinity

4 Arcbound Ravager
2 Ornithopter
2 Memnite
4 Frogmite
2 Myr Enforcer
4 Disciple of the Vault
1 Triskelion
4 Thoughtcast
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Timetwister
1 Echoing Truth
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Opal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Memory Jar
4 Skullclamp
2 Pithing Needle
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Seat of the Synod
1 Vault of Whispers
2 Glimmervoid
2 City of Brass
1 Darksteel Citadel

SB:
4 Painters Servant
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Pyroblast
1 Grindstone
2 Mountain
1 Great Furnace
1 Hurkyl’s Recall

2nd – Jake Gans
Dredge

4 Narcomoeba
4 Bloodghast
3 Ichorid
4 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Golgari Thug
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
1 Black Lotus
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
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

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

3rd – Alex Owen
Jace Control

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

SB:
2x Sower of Temptation
2x Yixlid Jailer
4x Leyline of the Void
1x Pyroblast
2x Red Elemental Blast
2x Nature's Claim
1 Pithing Needle
1x Forest

4th – Robert Lawrence
Wizards

4 Dark Confidant
1 Sower of Temptation
4 Spellstutter Sprite
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Trygon Predator
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Darkblast
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Spell Pierce
1 Time Walk
4 Aether Vial
1 Black Lotus
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Strip Mine
2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Wasteland

SB:
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Curfew
1 Krosan Grip
2 Nature's Claim
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
1 Energy Flux

5th – Dave Gans
Dredge

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

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

6th – Nick Coss
Gush Storm

4x Polluted Delta
3x Flooded Strand
3x Underground Sea
2x Tropical Island
1x Island
1x Snow-Covered Island
1x Black Lotus
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Pearl
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
4x Lotus Cobra
4x Dark Ritual
4x Gush
4x Force of Will
1x Misdirection
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Time Walk
1x Brainstorm
1x Ponder
1x Preordain
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Gifts Ungiven
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Mind's Desire
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Imperial Seal
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1x Necropotence
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Fastbond
1x Regrowth

SB:
4x Leyline of the Void
2x Ravenous Trap
1x Pithing Needle
2x Duress
2x Island
2x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Tinker
1x Inkwell Leviathan

7th – Ralph Parsinitz
Cobra Vault

2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Bayou
1 Snow Covered Island
1 Swamp
1 Forest
3 Polluted Delta
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Misty Rainforest
4 Dark Confidant
4 Lotus Cobra
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Tinker
1 Necropotence
4 Force of Will
4 Spell Pierce
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Duress
1 Darkblast
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Trinisphere
2 Perish
1 Nature’s Ruin

8th – Brian Reilly
Dr. Teeth & the Family Band

2 Psychatog
3 Trygon Predator
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Ponder
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Tinker
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
4 Quirion Dryad
4 Spell Pierce
3 Preordain
3 Thoughtseize
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
2 Berserk
3 Polluted Delta
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Island

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Forest
1 Volcanic Island
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Sower of Temptation

     Due to the number of entrants the other giveaways that are normally done were not.  9th place prize, was awarded, and there are some very, very Pale Moons for one James Q. Hangley to pick up.
   
     Whenever you have an event with poor turnout, there are a million little problems that crop up.  The Ancestral Recall was guaranteed, and my sincere thanks to Vincent Forino for taking a little less than we had discussed.  My sincere thanks go out to Brian Paskoff, our judge, who took a free dinner in lieu of full payment.  My thanks also go out to Brother’s Grim, for taking no fee from me on the day.  Brother’s Grim provides an exceptionally large venue with great staff.  Gil, Frank, Dave, I couldn’t run these events without you guys.  Thank you all.
   
     There is nothing up on the calendar at the moment, but I am looking at running a Lotus tournament to kick off 2011.  The date I’m shooting for right now is Saturday, January 8th.  More news will be posted, hopefully, this week, about N.Y.S.E. XIII.
   
     So, once again, thanks to all who made this possible, and thanks to all the faces, both old and new, who made it out for a great day of Vintage on Long Island.

[Prospero]

The updated, and potentially final, points standings in the N.Y.S.E. Player of the Year race:

Albergo, Pat – 13
Anthony, Shawn - 17
Bauer, Michael – 46
Bova, Justin - 16
Brady, Andrew - 6
Brandon, Madison - 7
Brown, Max – 37
Byer, Jon - 13
Carey, Brian – 25
Chang, John – 12
Chianese, Jim - 15
Chitturi, Ashok – 62
Close, Andrew – 1
Cohen, Steven - 6
Conway, Scott - 20
Coss, Nick – 43
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 – 57
Fisher, Ryan – 48
Folinus, Jeff - 6
Forino, Raffaele - 90
Forino, Vincent – 38
Fritz, Asa - 28
Gans, David - 17
Gans, Jake – 111
Gersher, Eric – 7
Giuliante, Thomas - 15
Glackin, Ryan – 68
Goldberg, JR - 12
Granberry, Brad – 22
Grasso, AJ – 34
Griffiths, Shawn - 26
Gumina, TJ – 9
Hanson, Billy - 3
Hanson, Chris - 28
Hangley, James – 35
Harris, Visna – 18
Headley, Michael – 7
Higgins, Sean - 21
Hornung, Mark - 44
Imperiale, Jason – 44
Impink, Jack – 4
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 – 61
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 - 32
Parisi, Bernie – 40
Pate, Matt - 17
Parsinitz, Ralph – 61
Pikula, Chris - 46
Pollack, Austin – 59
Potucek, Josh – 4
Prouler, Jesse – 4
Rappa, Ryan - 15
Reilly, Brian – 36
Reisnour, Anthony - 3
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 - 111
2.  Forino, Raffaele - 90
3.  Glackin, Ryan - 68
4.  Chitturi, Ashok - 62
5.  Lawrence, Rob - 61
5.   Parsinitz, Ralph - 61
7.  Pollack, Austin - 59
8.  Fenton, Greg - 57
9.  Egan, Michael - 56
10.  Davis, Jim - 53
10.  Dixon, Thomas - 53

[Prospero]

Additionally, I'd like to offer one more big congratulations to Big Rob Lawrence, who has been a regular of my events, and not only cracked top 8 for the first time, but won his quarterfinals match, and gave Jake Gans a run for his money in the semifinals.  Persistence pays, and it was great to see you make it this far Rob.  Keep doing what you're doing...

[personalbackfire]

Additionally, I'd like to offer one more big congratulations to Big Rob Lawrence, who has been a regular of my events, and not only cracked top 8 for the first time, but won his quarterfinals match, and gave Jake Gans a run for his money in the semifinals.  Persistence pays, and it was great to see you make it this far Rob.  Keep doing what you're doing...

I was happy to see his name in the top8 as well. Congrats to everyone else as well!

[Cruel Ultimatum]

all i can say is...

ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD!?!?

also congrats to big rob and Jackels

[Bibendum]

How about 4 more for the road

[MirariKnight]

Congratulations to Sean and Rob. You guys have been working real hard for a long time now, glad to hear you're both doing well.

[ahabs.leg]

Congrats to Sean and the rest of the Top 8.

Nick, sincere apologies I couldn't make it. I look forward to any events you can put together in the future.

[Prospero]

@Brian

No worries.  GP's that are close enough to travel to are rare enough, and it was understood.  I hope to see you at an N.Y.S.E. Lite, or at the Lotus event in January.

[StrongIslandRob]

Additionally, I'd like to offer one more big congratulations to Big Rob Lawrence, who has been a regular of my events, and not only cracked top 8 for the first time, but won his quarterfinals match, and gave Jake Gans a run for his money in the semifinals.  Persistence pays, and it was great to see you make it this far Rob.  Keep doing what you're doing...

I was happy to see his name in the top8 as well. Congrats to everyone else as well!

hey bro thanks it means alot