Superstars May 2011 Results! No Pics! I'm Not LotusHead!

[Psychatrog]

So, we had 12 for Vintage today (5/22) here at Superstars in San Jose, CA.  I had guaranteed two Tropical Islands to first (a $200 value, they were SP) and since twelve people showed up, I put up an HP Sea for 2nd (a $100 value.)

Swiss Standings:
Rank   Name            Points   OMW%   PGW%   OGW%
1   Campusano, Eric   10           69.44   63.64   61.3     
2   Jolliffe, Dylan   10           58.33   58.33   56.16
3   Huang, Jeff     9           54.17   70           53.13
4   Cheng, Lin Hua   9           38.89   100           37.37
5   Knox, Joshua   6           62.5           45.45   58.63
6   Christiansen, Blaine A   6   56.25   60           48.75
7   Devine, Ryan L   6           56.25   55.56   51.13
8   Borchers, Jared   6           45.83   55.56   43.29
9   Phung, Michael   3           66.67   25           70.37
10   Telleen, Adam   3           64.58   25           65.83
11   dela Cruz, Jimmy B   3   55.56   42.86   56.61
12   Lewis, Michael W   0           45.83   11.11   48.59

Top 4 Decklists: (they split for $75 store credit each)

Eric Campusano
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Blightsteel Colossus
3 Thoughtseize
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Walk
1 Time Vault
4 Spell Pierce
1 Tinker
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Dark Confidant
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
2 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
4 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
SB:
2 Perish
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nature's Claim
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Praetor's Grasp

Lin Hua Cheng
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
4 Underground Sea
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Blightsteel Colossus
4 Dark Confidant
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Spell Pierce
2 Trygon Predator
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Vault
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Brainstorm
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Nature's Claim
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Thoughtseize
SB:
2 Nature's Claim
2 Firespout
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Pithing Needle
2 Rack and Ruin

Jeff Huang
4 Force of Will
4 Preordain
3 Spell Pierce
3 Mana Drain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Island
3 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
SB
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pyroblast
2 Smother
1 Lightning Bolt
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Pithing Needle
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Ingot Chewer

Dylan Jolliffe
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Darkblast
4 Bridge from Below
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
3 Ichorid
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Cephalid Coliseum
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Narcomoeba
4 Serum Powder
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Chain of Vapor
3 Bloodghast
1 Terastodon
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
3 Golgari Thug
2 Dread Return
SB
1 Goblin Welder
2 Ray of Revelation
1 Ancient Grudge
4 Nature's Claim
1 Darkblast
2 Chain of Vapor
4 Leyline of Sanctity

[TheWhiteDragon]

So, we had 12 for Vintage today...Top 4 Decklists: (they split for $75 store credit each)

And this, my friends, is why Vintage is dead

[Psychatrog]

So, we had 12 for Vintage today...Top 4 Decklists: (they split for $75 store credit each)

And this, my friends, is why Vintage is dead

I'm sorry, I don't understand.  Vintage is dead because I gave out $300 in prizes, equal to all the entry fees taken in?  Or, Vintage is dead because only 12 players showed up?  That's some kind of weird reverse causality, I think.  Or even more confusing, because four players who are friendly and know each other well chose to split? 

[Metman]

So, we had 12 for Vintage today...Top 4 Decklists: (they split for $75 store credit each)

And this, my friends, is why Vintage is dead

I'm sorry, I don't understand.  Vintage is dead because I gave out $300 in prizes, equal to all the entry fees taken in?  Or, Vintage is dead because only 12 players showed up?  That's some kind of weird reverse causality, I think.  Or even more confusing, because four players who are friendly and know each other well chose to split? 

Nor is it productive to any kind of conversation.

Thank you for hosting and posting your tournament.  The Dredge list looks particularly interesting with 4 Cephalid Colosseum.  I'm curious how often he was able to have mana up to activate it.   

[Gambit]

Thanks for posting the lists Eric, it was good to play some vintage again. I was the dredge player. My plan was to have a good game against shop decks so I wanted a lot of lands and a lot of Bloodghasts / Ichorids. This worked pretty well as I played against Workshops twice.

@Metman I activated a Coliseum one time and it won me the game. I mostly just wanted a lot of lands and figured I would play some that were good when they weren't paying for sphere effects.

Good to see everyone!

[LotusHead]

Some of superstars playerbase are T2 superstars now, and are globetrotting.  Hopefully I will be there next month. I miss vintage.

Also, 4 names of the 12 are unfamilliar to me, so Vintage is +4.

Also, LOL at the thread title.

[LSD25]

I have finals otherwise I would have joined, along with one or two others.

Right on Eric, dylan, and jeff. Not sure if I know Lin.

Like the trygon and sower jace builds. What was Ryan playing?

[jeffthefob]

Must be a pretty chill Sunday for Eric....  JKJKJK, thanks for typing the decklist and posting the results.

Random thoughts: I think vintage has less variance than yugioh...

[aahz]

Also, 4 names of the 12 are unfamilliar to me, so Vintage is +4.

You might have played vintage with one of them before, so maybe only +3. 

[Metman]

Thanks for posting the lists Eric, it was good to play some vintage again. I was the dredge player. My plan was to have a good game against shop decks so I wanted a lot of lands and a lot of Bloodghasts / Ichorids. This worked pretty well as I played against Workshops twice.

@Metman I activated a Coliseum one time and it won me the game. I mostly just wanted a lot of lands and figured I would play some that were good when they weren't paying for sphere effects.

Good to see everyone!

I don't doubt that activating it won you games.  I was curious how often it came into play and didn't do anything because you couldn't find another source to activate it.

[Gambit]

Thanks for posting the lists Eric, it was good to play some vintage again. I was the dredge player. My plan was to have a good game against shop decks so I wanted a lot of lands and a lot of Bloodghasts / Ichorids. This worked pretty well as I played against Workshops twice.

@Metman I activated a Coliseum one time and it won me the game. I mostly just wanted a lot of lands and figured I would play some that were good when they weren't paying for sphere effects.

Good to see everyone!

I don't doubt that activating it won you games.  I was curious how often it came into play and didn't do anything because you couldn't find another source to activate it.

One time I wanted to cast a bloodghast and had a gemstone mine and a coliseum. My oppenent had 2 leyline of the void in play and I had mulliganed to 2 without a bazaar. So that game wasn't going well anyway. But that was the only time I wanted to be a city of brass.