N.Y.S.E. XVI - Official Tournament Report

[Prospero]

     First things first: I’d like to thank the 31 players who came out to battle Vintage yesterday at Brothers Grim.  We had a stacked top 8, but in the end Allen Fulmer’s East Coast Wins proved it’s name prescient.

Complete Metagame Breakdown:


Mana Drains:

Cobra Storm: 2
Bob Control: 1
East Coast Wins: 3
Stasis: 1
Minus Six: 1
Minus Seven (Minus Six with Oath board instead): 1
DeMars Control: 1
Keeper: 1
U/R Magus: 1
U/R/B Tezz(es): 1
Meandeck Gush: 1
4CC: 1
U/R/B Painter: 1


Bazaar of Baghdads:

Sun Titan Dredge: 3
Probe Dredge: 1


Dark Rituals:

Forino Sui Black: 1
Suicide Black w/ Drain Life: 1


Mishra’s Workshops:

Metalworker MUD: 1
Cat Stax: 1
Cat Stax Fever: 1
Espresso Stax: 2


Null Rods:

Elves!: 1
RWB Fish: 1
Noble Fish: 1


     So apparently this is what happens when you are hell bent on beating Shops.  We had myriad interpretations of blue decks, and Shops were virtually shut out, in Shop country nonetheless.  Dredge was a popular call and it’s understandable – Sun Titan Dredge is one of the fastest and most powerful decks in the format.  The most exciting thing, for me at least, was the rebirth of Forino Sui Black, which tore through Gush decks all day long.


Top 8 Pairings and Results:


Allen Fulmer vs. Paul Mastriano – Fulmer wins
Vincent Forino vs. David Earley – Forino wins
Jake Gans vs. Jonathan Varelakis – Gans wins
Shawn Anthony vs. Mike Hajduk – Anthony wins


Top 4 Pairings and Results:


Allen Fulmer vs. Jake Gans – Fulmer wins
Vincent Forino vs. Shawn Anthony – Forino wins


Finals:


Allen Fulmer vs. Vincent Forino – Fulmer wins


     Congratulations to Allen Fulmer, Vincent Forino and all of my top 8 competitors.


Top 8 Decklists:


1st – Allen Fulmer
East Coast Wins


4 Scalding Tarn
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Mental Misstep
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
2 Preordain
1 Ponder
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Time Walk
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Fastbond
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Blightsteel Colossus

SB:

1 Island
1 Mountain
1 Pyroclasm
1 Perish
2 Ingot Chewer
2 Nature’s Claim
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pithing Needle

2nd – Vincent Forino
Forino Sui Black

3 Dark Confidant
1 Imperial Seal
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Necropotence
2 Tendrils of Agony
4 Night’s Whisper
4 Gitaxian Probe
2 Cabal Ritual
4 Duress
1 Extirpate
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Cabal Therapy
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Grim Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Dark Ritual
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
4 Swamp
2 Wasteland
4 Polluted Delta
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
2 Underground Sea
1 Strip Mine
2 Bloodstained Mire
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
1 Library of Alexandria

SB:

4 Leyline of the Void
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Null Rod
1 Elvish Spirit Guide
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Island
1 Darkblast
2 Ill Gotten Gains
1 Doom Blade
1 Extirpate


3rd – Jake Gans
Cat Dragon Fever

1 Slash Panther
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
2 Animate Dead
2 Dance of the Dead
3 Polluted Delta
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Necromancy
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
3 Worldgorger Dragon
2 Read the Runes
2 Intuition
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Swamp
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
4 Duress
4 Dark Confidant
1 Brainstorm
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Force of Will

SB:

4 Mana Drain
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tinker
1 Island
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Blightsteel Colossus

4th – Shawn Anthony
East Coast Wins

4 Scalding Tarn
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Mental Misstep
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
2 Preordain
1 Ponder
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Time Walk
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Fastbond
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Blightsteel Colossus

SB:

1 Mountain
1 Island
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Perish
1 Pyroclasm
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Red Elemental Blast

5th – Paul Mastriano
Meandeck Gush

1 Fastbond
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Imperial Seal
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Misdirection
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Thoughtseize
4 Preordain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Polluted Delta
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Island
2 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island

SB:

1 Pithing Needle
1 Mountain
4 Ingot Chewer
1 Pyroclasm
2 Mental Misstep
1 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Flusterstorm

6th – David Earley
4CC

1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Blighsteel Colossus
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Mana Drain
1 Misdirection
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 City of Brass
1 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will

SB:


1 Pithing Needle
1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Lightning Bolt
2 Mental Misstep
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Pyroblast
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Red Elemental Blast

7th – Jonathan Varelakis
U/R/B Painter

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
3 Mystic Remora
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tinker
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Force of Will
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
2 Goblin Welder
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Opal
2 Grindstone
1 Mana Vault
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Voltaic Key
3 Painter’s Servant
1 Time Vault
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Island
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Volcanic Island

SB:

2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Magus of the Moon
1 Blood Moon
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Mountain

8th – Mike Hajduk
Cat Stax

4 Slash Panther
1 Trinisphere
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Null Rod
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory

SB:

4 City in a Bottle
1 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Duplicant
4 Precursor Golem

9th Place Prize:

     Congratulations to Ryan Glackin; I can see your future, and it involves some very shitty rares...  

Player of the Year Race:

     The PotY standings will be updated sometime in the next 48 hours or so (hopefully.)  If not, I’m going to have to do them when I get back from GenCon.

In Conclusion:

     My sincere thanks to Gil, Frank, and all the staff of Brothers Grim – you guys make these events excellent, to Nick Coss who isn’t just a nice guy, but is also a dealer extraordinaire, to Brian Paskoff, the best judge around and, most importantly, to all of my competitors – you are what makes Vintage the great format that it is.

     Prize support for 8/27 has been set, and will be updated in the announcement forum.  I hope to see everybody at the end of August!

[XxtSundaybxX]

Shawns decklist:  -hurkyls recall +steel sabotage (maindeck)

[Prospero]

Shawns decklist:  -hurkyls recall +steel sabotage (maindeck)

Fixed.

[KingSquee]

9th Place Prize:

     Congratulations to Ryan Glackin; I can see your future, and it involves some very shitty rares...  

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Final round unintentional draws into 9th place, it's a beautiful thing! East Coast Takes Hours!

Here it is in all its glory, my 9th place Cat Stax Fever deck list. You'll find it has many similarities to the 8th place list.

Deck:

4 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Slash Panther
1 Black Lotus
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
4 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
1 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland

Sideboard:

4 Chalice of the Void
3 Jester's Cap
4 Precursor Golem
4 Relic of Progenitus

[desolutionist]

Final round unintentional draws into 9th place, it's a beautiful thing! East Coast Takes Hours!

You Jester Capped me!  I believe on turn 5 I had in my hand Drain, Force, Hurkyl's, etc.  I had a ton of mana, I had an Ingot Chewer and Jace in play and another Chewer somewhere in my deck.  Had the Cap been a Smokestack, you might have won that match!

Those Demonic Consultations were epic! I think I should have sideboarded Leyline of the Void in against you, Vin!  I didn't have anything else except Pyroclasm.

Congrats to Allen and to East Coast Wins for winning another tournament

[XxtSundaybxX]

I had a blast at this tournament. It was unfortunate that attendance was compromised but as usual it was everything I hoped it would be, except for 32 players. We probably could have done without the drama of our car leaving us stranded in ny and getting it fixed while we all hung out in the parking lot but hey, this is a tourney we will never forget right?

As usual, great tourney Nick.

[Mr. Type 4]

Another great event in New York!

Congrats to Allen Fulmer who continues the tradition of winning it all after eliminating me.  Forino's deck looked pretty savage vs Sean Anthony in the top 4, and since Allen's deck is pretty much the same it looked pretty grim going into the finals.  Nice work.

[quicksilvervii]

Great tourney, as always.

Was hoping to see more players though - was attendance down due to SCG Pittsburgh?

[voltron00x]

Great tourney, as always.

Was hoping to see more players though - was attendance down due to SCG Pittsburgh?

Possibly, and also worth noting that summer attendance is always bad for Vintage, or has been the past few years.  The normal "monthly" events tend to dip 25-33%, or at least, Blue Bell always has. 

[v4ino]

Final round unintentional draws into 9th place, it's a beautiful thing! East Coast Takes Hours!

Those Demonic Consultations were epic! I think I should have sideboarded Leyline of the Void in against you, Vin!  I didn't have anything else except Pyroclasm.

Those were definitely some intense games - Lotus as 7th card off a consult is the stuff great stories are made of!! Leyline can be problematic depending on what type of game it turns into though they are usually just clunk a nimble combo pilot can navigate around. I have to re-evaluate my sb plan as well considering I usually don't need any help beating blue decks packing MD ancient grudges and various other useless cards.

[XxtSundaybxX]

I strongly considered boarding leylines in against vinnie, but I just felt like they wouldn't do enough vs what I would cut for them. I just brought in the pyroclasm. Which I used to kill a bob the turn after vinnie played it. Sick life.

[desolutionist]

I strongly considered boarding leylines in against vinnie, but I just felt like they wouldn't do enough vs what I would cut for them. I just brought in the pyroclasm. Which I used to kill a bob the turn after vinnie played it. Sick life.

the only times he killed me was with Will.  And if you look at his deck, LotV would slow him down significantly.

[XxtSundaybxX]

Yeah game one he killed me with will too. And cabal therapy would be shut off. Hmm. I jus didn't want the dead draws in the midgame.

[desolutionist]

Yeah game one he killed me with will too. And cabal therapy would be shut off. Hmm. I jus didn't want the dead draws in the midgame.

If Will is shut off all he has is Night's Whispers and Confidants to... outdraw us? (lol)

[v4ino]

I strongly considered boarding leylines in against vinnie, but I just felt like they wouldn't do enough vs what I would cut for them. I just brought in the pyroclasm. Which I used to kill a bob the turn after vinnie played it. Sick life.

the only times he killed me was with Will. 

By the same logic you tinkered on me twice, should I start boarding in Shadow of Doubt?

If you two know each other, take it to a private room

[XxtSundaybxX]

Calm down Vinnie haha. We know each other, we were playing the same 75. We were simply evaluating whether leyline is a legitiment sideboard strategy against your deck.