TO Report: The Council Open #9 - TPG - Bloomsburg, PA - 9/17/11

[Kameli0n]

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. Especially with the high amount of events that have been taking place simultaneously. We had 24 players in attendance today despite all the other great events taking place!! Top 8 were awarded for this event. 1st was $300 in store credit, 2nd was $75 in credit, 3rd and 4th were $40 in credit, and 5th through 8th were awarded $20 in credit for their efforts. Big thanks to everyone who came out to support the Council Open.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
Meandeck Cobra Storm: 1 – 4.17%
Suicide Jace Vault: 1 – 4.17%
Welder Control: 1 – 4.17%
Cobra Jace: 1 – 4.17%
Gush Bob: 3 – 12.50%
Demon Oath: 1 – 4.17%

Workshops:
Stax: 1 – 4.17%
UR Stax: 1 – 4.17%
Aggro MUD:  3 – 12.50%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 3 – 12.50%

Null Rods:
Dark Times: 1 – 4.17%
Landstill: 2 – 8.33%
Noble Fish: 1 – 4.17%

Other:
WW: 1 – 4.17%
Classic Fish: 1 – 4.17%
Reanimator: 1 – 4.17%
Elves: 1 – 4.17%

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Brown, Joe vs. Edwards, Rob – Edwards wins
Jones, John vs. Robbins, Sean – Jones wins
Thompson, Nathan vs. MacClaren, Rob – MacClaren wins
Pace, Joe vs. Ballester, Lance – Pace wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

MacClaren, Rob vs. Jones, John –  MacClaren wins
Pace, Joe vs. Edwards, Rob – Pace Wins

Finals
MacClaren, Rob vs. Pace, Joe – Pace Wins

     Please inform us of any suggestions you may have for us to improve our tournaments in the future! And again, thanks to everyone for coming out to help support the game! Congrats to  Joe for winning it all!

Top 8 Decklists:

First – Joe Pace
“Gush Bob”[/b]

1 Black Lotus
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic key
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Fastbond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Island
2 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Mana Drain
3 Misty Rainforest
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Underground Sea
3 Dark Confidant
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
1 Lightning Bolt

SB:
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Pithing Needle
1 Mountain
2 Ravenous Trap
2 Pyroclasm
3 Ingot Chewer
4 Yixlid Jailer
1 Ancient Grudge


Second – Rob MacClaren
“Noble Fish”
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Savannah
2 Tundra
3 Tropical Island
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
3 Null Rod
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
3 Daze
3 Mental Misstep
3 Spell Pierce
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Cold-Eyed Selkie
2 Vendilion Clique
3 Trygon Predator
3 Meddling Mage

SB:
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Flusterstorm


Semi-Finalist – Rob Edwards
“UR Stax”-

4 Mishra’s Workshop
3 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Mountain
1 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Black Lotus
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Goblin Welder
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Karn, Silver Golem
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Smokestack
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Sphere of Resistance
2 Expedition Map
1 Trinisphere
3 Crucible of Worlds

SB:
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Dismember
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Ravenous Trap
3 Razormane Masticore
3 Mental Misstep
4 Nihil Spellbomb


Semi-Finalist – John Jones
“Landstill”

4 Standstill
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Null Rod
2 Spell Pierce
2 Steel Sabatoge
2 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Misdirection
1 Time Walk
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Fire/Ice
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
2 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
4 Volcanic Island
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby

SB:
3 Energy Flux
1 Firespout
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Underground Sea
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast


Quarter-Finalist – Nathan Thompson
“Bob Gush”

1 Library of Alexandria
1 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
3 Dark Confidant
3 Jace, the MindSculptor
1 Flusterstorm
2 Mental Misstep
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Fastbond
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Lightning Bolt

SB:
1 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Pithing Needle
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Snow-covered Mountain
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Pyroclasm
3 Ingot Chewer
1 Flusterstorm

Quarter-Finalist – Sean Robbins
“Suicide Jace Vault (Minus 12)”
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Tinker
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Dark Confidant
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Mental Misstep
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Echoing Truth
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
3 Island
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Yixlid Jailer
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lightning Bolt
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Mountain


Quarter-Finalist – Joe Brown
“Titan Dredge”

4 Bloodghast
2 Ichorid
4 Narcomoeba
3 Fatestitcher
3 Sun Titan
4 Golgari Grave Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
2 Golgari Thug
1 Flamekin Zealot
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Dread Return
1 Darkblast
4 Bridge from Below
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
4 Serum Powder
3 City of Brass
4 Undiscovered Paradise
2 Dakmor Salvage
4 Bazaar of Baghdad

SB:
4 Nature’s Claim
4 Chain of Vapor
1 Serenity
1 City of Brass
1 Darkblast
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Firestorm

Quarter-Finalist  – Lance Ballester
“Classic Fish”

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
4 Coralhelm Commander
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Rootwater Thief
4 Silvergill Adept
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
3 Steel Sabotage
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Time Walk
4 Ghost Quarter
10 Island
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Gemstone Caverns

SB:
1 Pithing Needle
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Mental Misstep
3 Mindbreak Trap
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Surgical Extraction

Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg Council Vintage event is not set. If you would have any suggestions on when a plausible date may be, please do not hesitate to comment. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to the top 8!!!

[voltron00x]

Congrats Joe Pace!

[A.-1.]

I enjoy losing to Joe Pace in top 8. That is all.

[Slayn001]

Deck name is clearly, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", not titan dredge

[Cunningbeaver]

Deck name is clearly, "The sun always shines on Meandeck in Philadelphia", not titan dredge

Fixd that for you Mr. Brown.

[A.-1.]

I believe I left a Phyrexian Metamorph at the store. I put the cards I got with store credit into my box but didn't double check them. Metamorph was one of these cards and is probably still in the $5 sleeve. If anyone found it, please let me know.

[Kameli0n]

The store does not open until Monday Rob, when I get there I will be sure to look for it for you, and obviously if I find it I'll set it aside and keep it for you. That's how I roll. Any idea where I should find it?

[A.-1.]

You're awesome man. I don't remember where I saw it last but I'd guess on the display cases or the binders.

[Teps]

Congratz to Joe Pace.

[voltron00x]

Deck name is clearly, "The sun always shines on Meandeck in Philadelphia", not titan dredge

Fixd that for you Mr. Brown.

 

[mr.grim]

Congrats Mr. Pace!
Props to the rest of the top 8!

[rpf5029]

Thanks again to Shawn for running another awesome event!  I got blown apart most of the day, including a super-epic misplay that cost me G1, R1, but whatever -- I was playing ELVES!

Anyway, a bunch of people complimented me on my custom play mat and wanted the link for the website where I got it, so here it is:  http://www.erolj.com/products/playmatXpress.html

But remember... no matter what you get, my play mat will still be nicer than yours. 

[halo295]

I take it that one of the two tops in Joe's deck really should be key?

[Kameli0n]

Correct.

[LSD25]

happy to see noble fish get some play.  been trying to update this for a while.

[Mr. Type 4]

I had a good record going into the last round, got paired down, lost and finished in the dreadful 9th place - but still had a good time.  It's always fun out in Bloomsburg. 

Congrats to Joe Pace for taking it down - this was a pretty tough field.

[Ten-Ten]

I had a good record going into the last round, got paired down, lost and finished in the dreadful 9th place - but still had a good time.  It's always fun out in Bloomsburg. 

Congrats to Joe Pace for taking it down - this was a pretty tough field.

sir, may i ask, what deck were you running?

[Mr. Type 4]

Cobra Storm.  Nathan got me pretty good with that maindeck Flusterstorm as I played around a possible Spell Pierce.