Results - Serious Open - Sandusky, Ohio - July 2.... Seriously

[Twaun007]

On June 6th Dave P. Baum put notice out for all North Ohioan gunslingers to come test their skills in a good ol’ fashion shootout. 24 Sharpshooters came in from miles around and after the dust settled only one was left standing. Unlike recent tourneys there was no splitting here. These warriors battled for pride, cash, women, and above all.... Glory.

After the first round began, peopled were getting merked left and right. Wading knee deep through muck and empty shell casings, only one would survive. The dark horse of the tournament, a Wizards deck piloted by none other than Vintage’s own Nat Moes would take the crown.



Vintage Wizards
A Vintage deck, by Nat Moes aka Lochinvar81
1st place at a POP! Tournament in Sandusky Ohio 7.2.2011

4 Force of Will
3 Daze
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall

4 Dark Confidant
4 Voidmage Prodigy
4 Leonin Relic Warder
3 Cursecatcher
3 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Meddling Mage
2 Stormscape Apprentice

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Aether Vial

4 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Island
4 Tundra
2 Underground Sea

SB
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Stifle
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Planar Void
1 Plains
3 Kataki, War’s Rage
2 Samurai of the Pale Curtain

Oath of Druids
A Vintage deck, by Juan Rodriguez aka Juanmandingo
2nd place at a POP! Tournament in Sandusky Ohio 7.2.2011

3 Thoughtseize
4 Force of will
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Oath of Druids
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
3 Preordain
4 Gush
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Krosan Reclamation
1 Fastbond
1 Flash of Insight
1 Brain Freeze

2 Tidespout Tyrant

1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Sensei’s Divining Top

2 Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
4 Forbidden Orchard

SB
1 Dismember
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Extirpate
1 Pyroblast
1 Energy Flux
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Steel Sabotage

Vintage Control
A Vintage deck, by Jason Pare aka Lawnboy
3rd - 4th place at a POP! Tournament in Sandusky Ohio 7.2.2011

4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Fluster Storm
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Rebuild
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Tinker
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Imperial Seal
3 Preordain

1 Blightsteel Colossus

1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key

3 City of Brass
2 Underground Sea
3 Polluted Delta
2 Island
1 Snow covered Island
1 Misty Rain Forets
1 Scolding Tarn
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island

SB
1 Tropical Island
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Ravenous Trap
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Natures Claim
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Red elemental Blast
1 Firespout


Vintage Control
A Vintage deck, by Paul Kim aka Hitman
3rd - 4th place at a POP! Tournament in Sandusky Ohio 7.2.2011

1 Ancestral Recall
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Mana Drain
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Natures Claim
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s will
1 Fact or fiction
1 Tesseret, the Seeker

1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Goblin Welder

1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Nihil Spellbomb

1 Island
4 city of Brass
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy

SB
1 Nihil spellbomb
4 Leylind of the Void
2 Doom Blade
1 Natures Claim
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Pryoblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Duress
1 Thoughtseize
1 Pithing Needle


Bobby Digital Control
A Vintage deck, by Anthony Michaels aka Twaun007
5th - 8th place at a POP! Tournament in Sandusky Ohio 7.2.2011

4 Thoughtseize
4 Spell Peirce
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ancesrtal Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Tinker
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Rebuild
1 Demonic tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will

4 Dark Confidant
1 Sundering Titan

1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key

1 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Underground Sea
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Snow-covered Island
4 Island

SB
4 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Energy Flux
2 Annul
1 Old Man of the Sea
1 Pithing Needle

Vintage Wizards
A Vintage deck, by Josh Chapple aka CoffeeCup
5th - 8th  place at a POP! Tournament in Sandusky Ohio 7.2.2011

4 Force of Will
3 Daze
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Aether Vial

4 Dark Confidant
3 Voidmage Prodigy
4 Leonin Relic Warder
1 Sower of Temptation
2 Cursecatcher
3 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Meddling Mage
2 Stormscape Apprentice

4 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Island
3 Tundra
2 Underground Sea

SB
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Jotun Grunt
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Plains
2 Mental Mistep
1 Angelic Curator


MUD
A Vintage deck, by Nam Tran aka Nartman99
5th - 8th  place at a POP! Tournament in Sandusky Ohio 7.2.2011

1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Staff of Domination
2 Crucible of Worlds

4 Lodestone Golem
4 Metal Worker
4 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Arcbound Ravager
2 Triskelion


4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
2 Rishadan Port
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

SB
4 Sculpting Steel
4 Relic of Progenitus
4 Duplicant
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Wurmcoil Engine

MUD
A Vintage deck, by Theo Limber
5th - 8th place at a POP! Tournament in Sandusky Ohio 7.2.2011

1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Trinisphere
1 Memory Jar
3 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle wire
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Chalice of the Void

4 Lodestone Golem
4 Metal Worker
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Steel Hellkite
2 Wurmcoil Engine

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
2 City of Traitors
2 Mishra’s Factory
1 Strip Mine
Tolarian Academy

SB
4 Null Rod
4 Leyline of Sanctity
3 Leyline of the Void
3 Phyrexian Revover
1 Phyrexian Metamorph


Big thanks goes out to all who attended the first Serious Open. The tourney was a blast and a big congratulation has to go out to Nat Moes. His MG-42 was on target all day as he tore his way up to number one.

Random facts

-Someone registered their Turbo Tezz list with 3 Mana Vaults and 2 Grim Monoliths.
-There was a total of 12 Dark Confidants in the top 8 and only 4 Gush
-There were a total of 23 Dark Confidants, 24 Gush, 4 Dark Rituals, 24 Lodestone Golems, and 13 Jace, the Mind Sculptors out of 24 deck lists
-The Dark Sith Lord himself, Stephen Q. Menedian showed up at had a copy of Understanding Gush with him. I flipped through it and have to say it is excellent. I' highly recommend picking a copy up.
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The Serious meta-
2 Dredge
1 Turbo Tezz
2 Fish
1 Dark Depts
2 Oath of Druid w/Gush
5 Gush Control/Comb decks
4 Blue control decks with out Gush
1 TPS
6 Workshop’s


POP! is a store that is about all things pop culture. The venue is clean, organized and has some retro video game systems set up to play. The store has video games, books, comics, action figures, magic cards and tons of other stuff to read. I highly recommend coming to the next Serious Open. We're shooting for either late August or sometime in October. we'll keep the vintage community posted.  

-Twaun007, hip hop activist and media assassin

[Tobi]

Thanks for the lists, this is a very interesting top 8.

Missing cards:
Juan - 1 SB card missing
Jason - 1 SB card missing
Nam - 1 MD card missing

Funny fact: The amount of apostrophes is very low in this top 8.
(I noticed because I have to change all ´ to ' because the morphling.de parser only accepts the '. I had very little work here compared to other lists.)

[lawnboy]

Missing cards:
Jason - 1 SB card missing

It was a Tropical Island

Thanks to Matt Hazard for organizing this, David Baum for hosting, and to everyone who game out. This was a terrific event.

[Ten-Ten]

nice top 8!
wow! Bobby Digital ran 16 digital bullets!...

4 Thoughtseize
4 Spell Peirce
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will

Anthony, how did the spell pierce work out through out the tourney? did you ever wish it was something else?

Congrats to Nat for the win!
Good to see 3color fish still kicks ass!..
yes, i said 3 color fish

[nartman99]

Awesome event, as always. Thanks to Matt for setting it up, Dave for hosting, Twaun for posting, and everyone that made it out. I had a blast and I can't wait for the next one!

Also my list (Nam Tran) is missing Tolarian Academy from the maindeck.

[DavidPBaum]

It was great seeing everyone at the new shop.  I'm looking forward to the next event.

Best Quote of the Day....
             "Optimus sold out to the man?"  -  Dewey

[Twaun007]

I modified the lists with corrections so every thing should be good.

nice top 8!
wow! Bobby Digital ran 16 digital bullets!...

4 Thoughtseize
4 Spell Peirce
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will

Anthony, how did the spell pierce work out through out the tourney? did you ever wish it was something else?

Spell Pierce was nice all day. It did it's job well in letting me drop Dark Confidant's turn two fairly easy(with a mox of course). There were multiple times which I would lead T1 Thoughtseize into T2 Dark Confidant with Spell Pierce back up. It was also a blast using Spell Peirce to hit Preordains and Preordain seems to be everywhere in blue decks right now.

The only thing I could see replacing Spell Peirce would be either Steel Sabotage or Spell Snare. The problem is, they all do radically different things. I think you'd have to really think about what the meta would be like in order to make the right call.