TO Report: The Council Open #4- TPG - Bloomsburg, PA - 06/09/12

[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. Unfortunately, we had another very low turnout. Only 21 participants. Top 4 were awarded for this event. 1st was an Unlimited Mox Pearl and a gencon voucher, 2nd was $100 in credit and a gencon voucher, 3rd and 4th was $40 in credit. Big thanks to everyone who came out to support the Council Open.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
Landstill: 3 – 14.29%
Midrange Bant: 1 – 4.76%  
Demon Oath: 1 – 4.76%  
Bomberman: 1 – 4.76%  
Jace Control: 2 - 9.52%  
RUG Delver: 1 – 4.76%  

Workshops:
Martello: 1 – 4.76%  
Espresso:  1 – 4.76%  

Bazaars:
Dredge Fish: 1 – 4.76%  

Null Rods:
Fish Variants: 3 – 14.29%
Dark Times: 1 – 4.76%  

Combo:
Painter: 1 – 4.76%  
Gush Tendrils: 3 – 14.29%%  
Empty Gush: 1 – 4.76%  

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Edwards, Rob vs. Kohler, Justin – Kohler wins
Noble, Mike vs. Tappen, Shawn – Noble wins
Butker, Josh vs. Ballester, Lance – Ballester wins
Potucek, Josh vs. Picozzo, Vito – Picozzo wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

Noble, Mike vs. Ballester, Lance – Noble wins
Kohler, Justin vs. Picozzo, Vito –Kohler wins

Finals

Noble, Mike vs. Kohler, Justin – Noble 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 Mike for winning it all!

Top 8 Decklists:

First – Mike Noble
“Me Fish”

4 Meddling Mage
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Shardless Agent
4 Tarmogoyf
1Trygon Predator
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Stony Silence
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Wasteland
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Black Lotus
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Strip Mine

SB:
4 Dismember
4 Ravenous Trap
4 Serenity
3 Trygon Predator

Second – Justin Kohler
“Red Deck Wins”

2 Auriok Salvagers
3 Aven Mindcensor
4 Trinket Mage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Flusterstorm
3 Spell Snare
3 Mental Misstep
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Time Walk
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Black Lotus
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Plains
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand
3 Tundra
4 Island

SB:
1 Flusterstorm
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Kataki, War’s Wage
3 Energy Flux
1 Pithing Needle

Semi-Finalist – Lance Ballester
“Dredge Fish”

4 Golgari Thug
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Narcomoeba
4 Ichorid
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
4 Serum Powder
4 Bridge from Below
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Black Lotus
2 Dakmor Salvage
1 Mox Emerald
1 Ancestral Recall
3 City of Brass
3 Unmask
2 Petrified Field
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Stinkweed Imp
1 Riftstone Portal
3 Mental Misstep
1 Fatestitcher
1 Darkblast
4 Force of Will

SB:
3 Trygon Predator
3 Tarmogoyf
3 Dark Confidant
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 City of Brass
2 Underground Sea
2 Bayou

Semi-Finalist – Vito Picozzo
“Gonzalez Tendrils”

1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Mystic Remora
1 Fastbond
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Brainstorm
2 Mana Drain
2 Mindbreak Trap
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
2 Repeal
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Misdirection
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
3 Trygon Predator
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring

SB:
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Rebuild
1 Scavenging Ooze
2 Sower of Temptation
2 Flusterstorm
1 Forest
2 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Massacre
1 Dismember
1 Vendilion Clique

Quarter-Finalist – Rob Edwards
“Martello Shops"

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 City of Traitors
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Kudoltha Forgemaster
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Sphere of Resistance
3 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Trinisphere
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Duplicant
1 Sundering Titan

SB:

4 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Duplicant
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Wurmcoil engine

Quarter-Finalist – Josh Potucek
“UR(g) Landstill”

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Misdirection
2 Mental Misstep
4 Standstill
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Engineered Explosives
2 Fire/Ice
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Wasteland
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Volcanic Island
1 Mountain
1 Strip Mine
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tropical Island

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Pyroblast
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Tropical Island
2 Ancient Grudge

Quarter-Finalist – Shawn Tappen
“Junk Fish”

4 Noble Hierarch
4 Dark Confidant
3 Knight of Reliquary
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Gaddock Teeg
3 Kataki, War’s Wage
3 Qasali Pridemage
3 Aven Mindcensor
2 Scavenging Ooze
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Cavern of Souls
2 Horizon Canopy
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Tropical Island
2 Savannah
1 Bayou
1 Scrubland
4 Windswept Heath
1 Karakas
1 Lotus Petal

SB:
3 Mental Misstep
3 Nature’s Claim
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Extirpate
2 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Path to Exile

Quarter-Finalist – Joshua Butker
“Drain Tendrils”

1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Library of Alexandria
3 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
3 Dark Ritual
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Necropotence
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Gush
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
2 Preordain
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
3 Flusterstorm
2 Mana Drain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Noxious Revival
1 Fastbond
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Yixlid Jailer
2 Pithing Needle
2 Dismember
1 Island
2 Steel Sabotage
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Dark Ritual

Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg Council Vintage event is not set as of yet. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to the top 8!!!

[Samoht]

Pretty sure Josh ran Engineered Explosives and not Engineered Plague.

[A.-1.]

You didn't play in this one Shawn, and my sideboard is missing 1 Wurmcoil Engine.

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

Pretty sure Josh ran Engineered Explosives and not Engineered Plague.

This is true. I lost to Vito in game 3 of top 8. He mulled to 6, with turn 1 jace force back. I had force but no way to stop that turn 1. He followed it up with gifts 2 turns later. After the match I was told he was holding another Jace. Oh well I had a fun time regardless!

Grats to Mr. Noble, and all of the rest of the top!

[mr.grim]

Had a great time at the event . I'm happy that my day ended with good games , not mana screws and mulls. Grats to the top . R.I.P to Separatist Council it was a good run .

[psyburat]

Thanks Shawn and everybody, it was a lot of fun, especially getting to try out some new tech!

My maindeck is missing 1 Trygon Predator, btdubz.

[Kameli0n]

Lists updated. I know I didn't play?? Not sure what that meant exactly?

[Kameli0n]

Thank you. I couldn't find it. I assumed he was referring to deck lists.

[vaughnbros]

Congrats to Mike for winning and the rest of top 8.  And a thanks to the players guild for hosting the event.

In my list the name is Dredge Fish, since it does have red in it, and the Forces and Darkblast were in the main deck you have me with a 20 card sideboard.

[msg67183]

Congrats to the top 8 wish I could have been there. But the baby is home safe and sound now. Should be at next months tourney.

[Kameli0n]

I changed it for you. If you prefer to have your deck named something specific, in the future please list what you want your deck called instead of not having anything on it so I don't have to go around and ask everyone what they want it called. A lot of people han in deck lists with no deck names, and a lot of times not even the persons name at all,

[KingSquee]

Congrats on the win Mr. Noblis! I'm glad I picked up a second Chaos Reigns deck for MSRP at Target yesterday so I could complete my set of Shardless Agents!

Would have so liked to be there yesterday, but I've been in sunny rainy Florida for the past week. I got an 1100-mile drive home to look forward to tomorrow!

[thebliff]

Same, wish I could have been there as well.  I think next month is a definite for me.

Grats Mike and the rest of the Top 8!  Shardless Agent gets there!