Blue Bell Game Day #15 TO Report - Top 8 Lists and Results and more!

[Iron_Chef]

First of all, thank you very much to the 30+ players who played in the Vintage tournament at Blue Bell Game Day 15.  We had a rematch in the finals from a previous BBGD, with Will Magrann and Jake Gans squaring off.

Here are the Top 8 Decks: (Thank you very much to Will Magrann for typing them up)

Jake Gans- Minus Six
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Underground Sea
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Polluted Delta
2 Island
1 Swamp

4 Dark Confidant
3 Worldgorger Dragon
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae

4 Duress
4 Force of Will
2 Intuition
2 Read the Runes
2 Animate Dead
2 Dance of the Dead
1 Time walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Necromancy
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Echoing Truth
1 Brainstorm
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
Sideboard:
4 Mana Drain
2 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1Island
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tinker
1 Blighsteel Colossus
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Will Magrann- Espresso Stax
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
3 Rishadan Port
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

4 Lodestone Golem
3 Karn, Silver Golem
2 Phyrexian Metamorph

4 Serum Powder
4 Smokestack
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Pithing Needle
3 Ghost Quarter
2 Duplicant
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Sphere of Resistance

Paul Mastriano- Meandeck Jacevault
4 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Island
1 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy

4 Dark Confidant
1 Blighsteel Colossus

4 Force of Will
4 Preordain
3 Mana Drain
2 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Voltaic Key
1 Tinker
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Time Vault
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Imperial Seal
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Nature's Claim
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
Sideboard:
4 Yixlid Jailer
3 Mystic Remora
3 Nature's Claim
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Pithing Needle
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Dismember
1 Doom Blade

Joe Brown- Demars Control
4 Misty Rainforest
4 City of Brass
2 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Scalding Tarn
1 tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy

1 Inkwell Leviathan

4 Force of Will
4 Preordain
3 Mana Drain
2 Voltaic Key
2 Jace, the Mindsculptor
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Deglamer
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Ponder
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tinker
1 Time Vault
1 Imperial Seal
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mana Crypt
1 ManaVault
1 Mox Sapphire
Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nature's Claim
2 Red Elemental blast
2 Pyroclasm
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Pyroblast
1 Forest
1 Pithing Needle

Vito Picozzo- Gush Storm
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Snow Covered Island
1 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta

4 Force of Will
4 Gush
2 Jace, the Mindsculptor
2 Mana Drain
2 Spell Pierce
2 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Voltaic Key
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestrall Recall
1 Misdirection
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Timetwister
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Vault
1 Fastbond
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Vampirc Tutor
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Grim Monolith
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus

Sideboard:
2 Yixlid jailer
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Ingot Chewer
2 Pyroclasm
1 Nature's Claim
1 Pyroblast
1 Volacanic Island
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Nihil Spellbomb

Brendan Banfield- Gush Storm
4 Underground Sea
3 Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Polluted Delta
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand

1 Blighsteel Colossus

4 Force of Will
4 Gush
3 Preordain
3 Mana Drain
2 Thoughsteize
2 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tinker
1 Mind's Desire
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Timetwister
1 Memory Jar
1 Fastbond
1 Regrowth
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
Sideboard:
4 Nature's Claim
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Duress
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Sower of Temptation

Jason Koresko- The Plateaus Win Again
4 Ghost Quarter
4 Plateau
4 Wasteland
2 Plains
2 Sacred Foundry
1 Strip Mine

4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Leonin Arbiter
4 Kataki, War's Wage
3 Goblin Vandal
3 Hero of Oxid Ridge
3 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Gorilla Shaman

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Red Elemental Blast
1 Firestorm
1 Pyroblast
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
4 War Priest of Thune
3 Path to Exile
2 Price of Progress
2 Ethersworn Canonist

Brian Carey- Elephant Oath
4 Forbidden orchard
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Strip Mine
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta

1 Terrastodon
1 Iona, Shield of emeria
1 Blighsteel Colossus

4 Force of Will
4 Oath of Druids
3 Mana Drain
3 Lightning Bolt
2 Jace, the Mindsculptor
2 Nature's Claim
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Beast Within
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Spell Pierce
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Extirpate
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Inkwell Leviathan

AND here's the Metagame Breakdown!

Mana Drains: 12
Golden Gun Oath: 3
Elephant Oath: 1
Tyrant Oath: 1
Minus Six: 3
Turbo Tezz: 2
Jace Control: 1
Demars Control: 1
Workshops: 12
Mono Red Shop Aggro: 2
Espresso Stax: 6
Kuldotha Mud/ MUD: 1
Precursor MUD: 2
Metalworker MUD: 1
Null Rods: 4
Plateaus Win Again: 1
Noble Fish: 1
The Mountains Win Again (Imperial Recruiters, Null Rods): 2
Bazaars: 2
Dredge: 2
Rituals: 5
TPS with Shops Board: 1
ANT: 2
Gush Combo: 2

Thank you very much to everyone who attended, and to Chas Hinkle, Mike Coyle, Abe Corson, and everyone else who attended.  Blue Bell Vintage tournaments would be nothing without you, the players.

-Nick Coss

[Mr. Type 4]

Another great tournament.  I'd especially like to thank Nick for remembering that I wanted an Imperial Seal and picking one up for me to win.  It kept me motivated all day and it was pretty awesome to win something I really wanted and that I'll get a lot of use out of. 

Is that 2 combo decks and (gasp!) an aggro deck in the Top 8?  Take that, haters.  i feel kinda bad for Jason and his aggro deck, though - my deck went absolutely ape-shit against his, including a first-turn kill from my control deck.  Let's face it, that's pretty unheard of.  I hope he's not terribly turned off from Vintage because of that.  His deck was very innovative and cool (4x Kitaki, 5x maindeck REB - holy shit!).

You got absurdly lucky to beat me, Jake Gans.  The odds of you winning against me like that are pretty slim, so you better be on top of your game next time we square off!  Still- congratulations on yet another win 

[Ummmyeh13]

Paul, you're a pretty cool guy and all, but its going to take a hell of a lot more to dissuade Jason from playing Vintage...especially with his second T8 in a row with TPWA.

[Mr. Type 4]

Paul, you're a pretty cool guy and all, but its going to take a hell of a lot more to dissuade Jason from playing Vintage...especially with his second T8 in a row with TPWA.

Awesome. that deck is no joke.

[voltron00x]

Paul, you're a pretty cool guy and all, but its going to take a hell of a lot more to dissuade Jason from playing Vintage...especially with his second T8 in a row with TPWA.

Awesome. that deck is no joke.

He knocked me out of top 8 contention earlier this year using Fleshbag Marauder.  Jason will do what Jason wants to do, God bless him.

[psyburat]

Jason Koresko wants Necropotence unrestricted so that he can pump his Death's Shadow.  In fact, the man bought at least 50 Shadows at 83 cent apiece in preparation for Phyrexian mana.

Also congrats to Will McGroin on another MUDdy appearance!

[Will]

I just realized how ironic is it that I'm a Tough Mudder now. That's the secret to my success, I've become one with the MUD.

[Tobi]

Thanks for the lists.

Missing cards report:
Will - 4 cards missing
Brian - 1 card missing

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[Will]

4 Ancient Tombs are missing from Will's list and 1 Polluted Delta is missing from Brian's list.

[frolll]

Jake Gans is becoming kind of my personnal hero, top8ing with DRAGON in 2011 ; he got balls. (even if he get lucky, he still brought DRAGON to the tournament) Could it be that Dragon is better than Ichorid ? :O  Sweet Minus Six list - I gotta give it a try some day.

Sweet top8, must I say.

[Tobi]

Jake Gans is becoming kind of my personnal hero, top8ing with DRAGON in 2011 ; he got balls. (even if he get lucky, he still brought DRAGON to the tournament) Could it be that Dragon is better than Ichorid ? :O  Sweet Minus Six list - I gotta give it a try some day.

Sweet top8, must I say.

I think you missed something 

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5 top 8 appearances of Dragon in 2011:
3x 1st place
2x 2nd place

[Mr. Type 4]

Could it be that Dragon is better than Ichorid ?

Overall - probably.  Head to head - Ichorid is way better. 

[Will]

It certainly helps that Jake is one of the best Dredge pilots in the area. Because of that he's been able to avoid dredge for the most part so far while playing Dragon.