TMD Open 14.5 TO Report (0th Place)

[iamfishman]

April 9th was a good day for Vintage.  We had 44 people at this event in Stratford, Ct.  The players seemed to have a terrific time and the $5 reduced entry fee and word of mouth of people like Nick D. may have been contributing factors that brought in a terrific 15 new players.

I can't thank enough the 44 players who came out for a great time.  Without player support, there is no Vintage, and you should all know that it means a lot to me that you chose to use your Saturday to play Vintage, and I hope you felt it was worth it.

I feel, now more than ever, in the wake of players being priced out of Legacy and proxy vintage quickly becoming the "budget" format, that we have a unique opportunity to draw players into the format, show them some great tourneys, and retain a good player base.  I send out a cry to all TO's to consider doing things like upping proxy limits, building and supplying extra decks to new players, etc to work on growing attendance.  It isn't just one thing that will help the format, and no idea is neccesarily better or worse than another if they are beneficial, so please, let's see what we can do to get the size and frequency of vintage events back to where they should be.

Without further ado...

Standings after 6 rounds of Swiss
Place Name Points
1 Orcutt, Sean 14
2 Copes, Bill 14
3 Levesque, Adam 13
4 Kavanaugh, James 13
5 Beaumont, Oliver 13
6 Lydon, Michael 13
7 Detwiler, Nick 13
8 Martin, Jesse 13
9 Dupre, Craig 12
10 Probasco, Andy 12
11 Coggins, Nichol 12
12 Timoney, Justin 10
13 Greene, Robert 10
14 Cleveland, Jason 9
15 Fortuna, David 9
16 Del Paggio, Kyle 9
17 Yarrington, Dan 9
18 Merriam, Ross 7
19 Hajduk, Mike 6
20 Farias, Andrew 6
21 Lawrence, David 6
22 Hughes, Scott 6
23 Anand, Jeff 6
24 Bedoukian, David 6
25 Ata, David 6
26 Bedoukian, Philip 6
27 Wolchesky, Elliott 6
28 Fortune, Damien 6
29 Earley, David 4
30 Vallas, Nick 4
31 Pate, Matthew 4
32 Varelakis, Jonathan 3
33 Zhnag, Peter 3
34 Swatkins, Brian 3
35 Harris, Visna 3
36 Clark, Timothy 3
37 Cutrone, Michael 3
38 Fenton, Greg 3
39 Bergeron, Michael 3
40 Owen, Alex 0
41 Kowalczyk, Jeff 0
42 Banfield, Brenden 0
43 Schlossberg, Brian 0
44 Hanna, David 0

Top 8:
Jesse Martin defeats Sean Orcutt
James Kavanaugh defeats Oliver Beaumont
Michael Lydon defeats Adam Levesque
Bill Copes defeats Nick Detwiler
Top 4:
Jesse Martin defeats James Kavanaugh
Bill Copes defeats Michael Lydon
Finals:
Jesse Martin defeats Bill Copes

Top 8 Lists:
Jesse Martin
1st Place
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
1 Misdirection
2 Duress
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
3 Preordain
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Gush
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Regrowth
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Timetwister
1 Time Walk
2 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
1 Tendril's of Agony
1 Tinker
1 Memory Jar
1 Mind's Desire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emrald
1 Black Lotus
4 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
3 Island
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
2 Yixalid Jailer
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Misdirection
1 Duress
1 Virtue's Ruin

Bill Copes
2nd Place
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Precursor Golem
2 Duplicant
1 Black Lotus
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 Null Rod
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Sculpting Steel
4 Tangle Wire
Sideboard:
2 Sculpting Steel
2 Ghost Quarter
2 Razormane Masticore
3 Pithing Needle
3 Bojuka Bog
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Maze of Ith

James Kavanaugh
Playing "Stinky Ooze Blues"
3rd Place
4 Thoughtseize
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Time Walk
2 Buried Alive
4 Animate Dead
2 Intuition
4 Dark Ritual
1 Tinker
1 Necrotic Ooze
2 Read the Ruins
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Triskelion
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Phyrexian Devourer
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Cephalid Coliseum
4 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
Sideboard:
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Time Vault
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Dragon Breath
1 Emrakul, the Aeon's Torn
4 Oath of Druids
1 Voltaic Key

Michael Lydon
4th Place
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Serum Powder
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Narcomeba
4 Bloodghast
4 Golgari Grave Troll
4 Bridge from Below
4 Undiscovered Paradise
3 Nature's Claim
2 Golgari Thug
2 Dakmor Salvage
2 Ichorid
3 Leyline of the Void
3 Darkblast
2 Dread Return
2 City of Brass
2 Petrified Field
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Flame Kin Zealot
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
Sideboard:
1 Ichorid
2 City of Brass
2 Wispmare
4 Chain of Vapor
1 Nature's Claim
1 Leyline of the Void
3 Pithing Needle
1 Darkblast

Sean Orcutt
5th Place
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Serum Powder
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Narcomeba
4 Bloodghast
4 Golgari Grave Troll
4 Bridge from Below
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Golgari Thug
1 Dakmor Salvage
3 Ichorid
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Dread Return
1 Woodfall Primus
4 Chalice of the Void
3 City of Brass
2 Petrified Field
Sideboard:
3 Chain of Vapor
4 Nature's Claim
3 Darkblast
1 Firestorm
1 City of Brass
3 Ingot Chewer

Adam Levesque
6th place
4 Forest
4 Mountains
4 Wasteland
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Taiga
1 Strip Mine
4 Gorilla Shaman
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Nature's Claim
4 Pyroblast
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Ancient Grudge
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Black Lotus
2 Seal of Primordium
Sideboard:
4 Red Elemental Blast
2 Pithing Needle
2 Lightning Bolt
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Vexing Shusher

Oliver Beaumont
7th Place
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Preordain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Misdirection
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will
5 Island
4 Polluted Delta
3 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Opal
1 Sol Ring
Sideboard:
4 Yixalid Jailer
3 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Steel Sabotage
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Diabolic Edict
1 Hurkyl's Recall

Nick Detwiler
8th Place
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Serum Powder
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Tangle Wire
1 Trinisphere
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Smokestack
3 Karn, Silver Golem
2 Duplicant
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Rishidan Port
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Pithing Needle
3 Ratchet Bomb
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Duplicant
3 Ghost Quarter

In our free, single elimination side event we had 22 players.
In the finals we saw David Bedoukain play against Nick Vallas.
Dave took the whole thing down.

So, in conclusion, I had a terrific time Saturday and be sure to look forward to TMD Open 14.6(hey I had to fit it in somehow) coming in about a month and a half.

Cheers,
Ray

[Yare]

Correction: Nick Vallas should replace David Earley in the finals of the side event.

Beyond that, this was a great event. I am really looking forward to your future events.

[iamfishman]

Correction: Nick Vallas should replace David Earley in the finals of the side event.

Beyond that, this was a great event. I am really looking forward to your future events.

Right you are, sir.   Corrected and found out Dave won in the finals.

[voltron00x]

Very glad to see the strong attendance at this event!  Not surprised to see Dredge did well, Jesse's deck looks awesome, congrats to teammate Nick Detwiler, as well as the brave soul playing Ooze/Devourer combo.

[Meddling Mike]

Another great event! Thanks Ray!

[sorcutt]

Very glad to see the strong attendance at this event!  Not surprised to see Dredge did well, Jesse's deck looks awesome, congrats to teammate Nick Detwiler, as well as the brave soul playing Ooze/Devourer combo.

Jesse's list stomped all over me post-board.  Tendrils' answer to Dredge: I'm too fucking fast for you and laugh in the face of your Leyline of Sanctities! Although I did almost stabilize game 3 after mulling to 1 because tinker-> Myr Battlesphere is WEAKSAUCE. haha, hey I had to amuse myself somehow in that slaughter of a third game!

Also

Standings after 6 rounds of Swiss
Place Name Points
1 Orcutt, Sean 14
2 Copes, Bill 14

Bill Copes isn't a man who likes to see his name second.  In fact Bill Copes is going to "get there" in team car and run your ass over Ray for disrespecting his name and putting it after anything.

This is the revised list of the standings after 6 rounds of Swiss:

1. Bill Copes
2. God

In the Beginning there was Bill Copes.

[Bill Copes]

In the Beginning there was Bill Copes.

Thank you, TMD, for making me smile 

[TopSecret]

Wow, this looked awesome and that ooze deck seems wicked sweet. Also congrats to the whole top 8, but especially Adam with RG Beatz. Amazing. I might work towards getting to one of these at some point if events allow. This thread has gotten me pretty pumped about the state of the format.

EDIT: I understand that I didn't mention Bill Copes in my post, but I'm sure if he really is as amazing as lore holds, my post will just edit itself.

DOUBLE EDIT: Holy shit.

TRIPLE EDIT: TO BILL COPES!

[Meddling Mike]

In the Beginning there was Bill Copes.

Thank you, TMD, for making me smile 

 25The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

 26The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

Numbers 6:25-26

[Yamamato]

Had a great time at the event, it was my first TMD Open and my first time playing R/G was in the first round having done zero play testing.  I'm usually a dredge player but just wasn't feeling the deck lately, so put up R/G together, similar to the current list going around the TMD with some tweaks.  Performed so much better than I expected getting into the T8 only losing to dredge in the swiss and T8.

[Eastman]

Awesome event. Jesse and Bill both had really solid lists I think.  Props to the dredge players for capitalizing on a meta that was sleeping on hate. 

[Commandant]

Awesome event. Jesse and Bill both had really solid lists I think.  Props to the dredge players for capitalizing on a meta that was sleeping on hate. 

Tell me about it... too bad I couldn't make it.

[Bill Copes]

Awesome event. Jesse and Bill both had really solid lists I think.  Props to the dredge players for capitalizing on a meta that was sleeping on hate.  

That list can run anything over if you play tightly. However, it does have a tendency to fold to an Eldrazi Conscription attached to a Birds of Paradise.

I wish I could replay that last match. I made a horrible turn 1 misplay that cost me game 1.  I had an awesome hand that could have played a chalice at 1 and follow up the next turn with null rod, to catch any Moxen that could have hit.  Instead, I play chalice 0, rod, I think. Something suboptimal that didn't shut off jesse's lines of play.
 
The deck worked for game 2 - it made spheres and beef. I essentially got turn 1'd game 3. Jesse's turn 1 lotus, Time Twister, Lotus, land, Jace, counters, and bounce was a little hard to play through with a Time Twister hand that fed me three 2-spheres and some sol lands.  Oh well.  I'll get it done next time. Congrats, Jesse.  Well played match.