TO Report: The Council Open #5 - TPG - Bloomsburg, PA

Big thanks goes out to all that made the trek down here to The Players Guild in Bloomsburg, PA to play some vintage magic. Great to see some new faces, along with all the faithful vintage players that have been coming to these events regularly now. Unfortunateness occurred today in the outcome of a very low 21 player showingdue to the great Rhode Island Legacy events. Top 4 were awarded for this event. 1st was still the Unlimited Mox Ruby Signed, 2nd was $75 in credit, 3rd and 4th were $35 in credit. Big thanks to Eric again for letting us use his space for vintage cards, and a bigger thanks for everyone who came out to support the Council Open.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Oaths:
Elephant Oath: 1 - 4.76%
GG Oath: 1 - 4.76%

Drains:
Gush Tendrils: 1 - 4.76%
Turbo Tezz: 2 - 9.52%
ETW Tezz: 2 - 9.52%
Demars Control: 3 - 14.29%

Workshops:
Metalworker MUD: 2 - 9.52%
Espresso Stax: 2 - 9.52%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 2 - 9.52%

Null Rods:
Noble Fish: 2 - 9.52%
Dark Times: 1 - 4.76%
Plateaus: 1 - 4.76%
Magus.dec: 1 - 4.76%

This event was run with 5 swiss rounds with the cut to top 8.

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Ballester, Lance vs. Jones, John - Ballester wins
Pace, Joe vs. Berry, Craig - Pace wins
Potucek, Josh vs. Butker, Josh - Potucek wins
Magrann, Will vs. Materewicz, Chris - Magrann wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

Potucek, Josh vs. Magrann, Will - Potucek wins
Pace, Joe vs. Ballester, Lance - Pace wins

Finals

Potucek, Josh vs. Pace, Joe - Potucek wins

A big thanks again to Eric for helping us out with a location to play, and another thanks for inviting us to come back in the future for more fun events! And again, thanks to everyone for coming out to help support the game! Congrats to Josh for winning a mox!

Top 8 Decklists:

First - Josh Potucek
ETW Tezz - Tournament Report can be viewed at http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=42298.0

4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Spell Pierce
2 Thoughtseize
3 Dark Confidant
2 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Rebuild
2 Empty the Warrens
1 Jace, the Mind Scupltor
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 black lotus
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
1 mox pearl
1 mox jet
1 mix emerald
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault
1 sol ring
4 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
1 Swamp
2 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:
1 Pyroclasm
1 Volcanic Island
3 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Ingot Chewer
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void

Second - Joe Pace
GG Oath

1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Spell Pierce
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Preordain
1 Regrowth
2 Thoughtseize
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
2 Dragon Breath
4 Oath of Druids
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Forest
1 Island

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Nature's Claim
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroclasm
3 Ravenous Trap

Semi-Finalist - Will Magrann
Espresso Stax[/b]

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
4 Ancient Tomb
3 Rishadan Port
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Karn, Silver Golem
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
4 Smokestack
4 Serum Powder
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Ghost Quarter
3 Pithing Needle
2 Duplicant
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Sphere of Resistance

Semi-Finalist - Lance Ballester
"Sh*t.dec"

1 Earwig Squad
1 Mox Jet
3 Imperial Recruiter
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Simian Spirit Guide
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Goblin Welder
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Null Rod
1 Mox Ruby
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Blood Moon
4 Dark Confidant
1 Cunning Sparkmage
1 Goblin Matron
1 Stingscourger
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Swamp
1 Mountain
3 City of Traitors
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Polluted Delta
3 Badlands

SB:
3 Ingot Chewer
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Trinisphere
1 Vexing Shusher
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Maniac Vandal
1 Avalanche Riders
1 Basilisk Collar

Quarter-Finalist - Josh Butker
Demars Control

2 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
3 Island
3 City of Brass
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
2 Grim Monolith
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Echoing Truth
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Preordain
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
2 Voltaic Key
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Tinker
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Brainstorm

SB:

3 Ravenous Trap
3 Mental Misstep
3 Nature's Claim
1 Pithing Needle
1 Doom Blade
1 Dismember
1 Rebuild
1 Pyroclasm
1 Echoing Truth

Quarter-Finalist - Craig Berry
Demars Control

4 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-covered Island
2 Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
4 City of Brass
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Force of Will
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Rebuild
1 Spell Pierce
1 Brainstorm
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Preordain
1 Yawgmoth's Will
3 Mana Drain
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Imperial Seal
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Voltaic Key
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tinker
1 Ponder
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Time Vault
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Walk

SB:
1 Forest
3 Nature's Claim
2 Dark Confidant
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Yixlid Jailer
3 Red Elemental Blast
4 Leyline of the Void

Quarter-Finalist - Chris Materewicz
Noble Fish

3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Meddling Mage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
3 Trygon Predator
4 Spell Pierce
4 Force of Will
3 Gaddock Teeg
3 Kataki, War's Wage
2 Cold-eyed Selkie
3 Null Rod
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Island
1 Forest
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Tropical Island
1 Savannah
3 Tundra
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus

SB:

1 Swords to Plowshares
3 Nature's Claim
4 Ravenous Trap
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Tarmogoyf
2 Spell Snare

Quarter-Finalist - John Jones
Plateaus

4 Ghost Quarter
4 Plateau
4 Wasteland
1 Plains
1 Snow-covered 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 Vangal
3 Hero of Oxid Ridge
3 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Red Elemental Blast
2 Path to Exlie
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault

SB:

2 Price of Progress
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Firestorm
2 Path to Exile
1 Pyroblast
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Seal of Cleansing
4 Leyling of the Void

Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg Council Vintage event is set for June, 25, 2011. COME SUPPORT THE NEW OWNERSHIP OF BRANDON BROWN AND MYSELF!!!!! If anyone has any input on this date please let me know asap. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to the top 8!!!