[TO Report] December 8th NEV Series at Top Deck Games

[Iron_Chef]

Sorry about the tardiness of this report (and the non-existence of the November TO Report).  I sadly cannot find the decklists for the November event, and as such, can't put together the tournament report.  

If you want to know who won, or check any of the NEV points earned from that event, you can always check the Google Document detailing the Player's Club race for the NEV Series (just scroll to the right).  

Thank you to everyone who came out to play!  Even though we had a few less folks then usual, everyone still had a great time!

Congratulations to Jake Gans who, with this win, advances to level four of the NEV Player's Club and secures himself a Round 1 bye at the NEV Invitational!

Top Eight Decklists

1st – Jake Gans
L’Aragosta Stax

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

SB:

2 Ghost Quarter
2 Duplicant
2 Steel Hellkite
2 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Phyrexian Revoker

2nd – Brad Jarman
Stop BUGging Me

1 Swamp
1 Forest
1 Island
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Bayou
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
4 Dark Confidant
3 Deathrite Shaman
3 Tarmogoyf
3 Trygon Predator
2 Snapcaster Mage
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Steel Sabotage
3 Abrupt Decay
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus

SB:

4 Leyline of the Void
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Flusterstorm
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Dismember
1 Sower of Temptation

3rd – Dave Gans
Dredge

4 Bloodghast
4 Narcomoeba
3 Ichorid
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
1 Griselbrand
3 Golgari Thug
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
1 Sun Titan
2 Mental Misstep
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Dread Return
4 Bridge from Below
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Serum Powder
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 City of Brass
4 Undiscovered Paradise
2 Dakmor Salvage

SB:

1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2 Ingot Chewer
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Chain of Vapor
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Darkblast
2 Wispmare
2 Petrified Field

4th – Josh Potucek
U/R Landstill

4 Standstill
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Misdirection
2 Mindbreak Trap
4 Mana Drain
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Ratchet Bomb
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Izzet Charm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Island
1 Mountain
3 Volcanic Island
2 Faerie Conclave
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Library of Alexandria

SB:

1 Ghost Quarter
4 Ingot Chewer
2 Viashino Heretic
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Leyline of the Void

5th – Chris Kelsey
Martello Shops

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

SB:

2 Ghost Quarter
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Duplicant
2 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Wurmcoil Engine

6th – Chris Kelsey
Noble Fish

3 Trygon Predator
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Deathrite Shaman
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Meddling Mage
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
1 Scavenging Ooze
4 Force of Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Daze
3 Path to Exile
3 Green Sun’s Zenith
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Dryad Arbor

SB:

4 Serenity
3 Rest in Peace
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Mental Misstep

7th – Mike Noble
Bela Lugosi’s Home Security System

1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
3 Dark Ritual
3 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Flusterstorm
1 Ponder
1 Rebuild
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Imperial Seal
4 Preordain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
4 Doomsday
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Fastbond
2 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Polluted Delta
2 Tropical Island
4 Underground Sea

SB:

1 Island
1 Dark Ritual
1 Mental Misstep
3 Nature’s Claim
3 Xantid Swarm
2 Doom Blade
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Infest
1 Perish

8th – Justin Kohler
Red Deck Wins

1 Aven Mindcensor
2 Auriok Salvagers
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Trinket Mage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Flusterstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Mental Misstep
3 Spell Snare
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
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 Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Plains
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Cavern of Souls
2 Polluted Delta
3 Island
3 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand

SB:

1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Disenchant
2 Steel Sabotage
3 Rest in Peace
1 Devout Witness

My thanks to my employees, but also to you, the players!  I hope to see you all for the Winter Open (where you will be able to play in a grinder to qualify for the NEV Invitational), and the Sunday 1/6 Vintage event at Top Deck Games!

Edited for spelling, deck list errors, etc. - Prospero

[shrewarmies]

The first place deck has 4 strip mines and the marinara list has no welders.

[InfectedMushroom]

First also has 7 Metamorphs

[Prospero]

The first place deck has 4 strip mines and the marinara list has no welders.

This was actually Martello Shops (which is the Forgemaster deck), not MUD Marinara, which is the Welder/Smokestack deck.

The first place deck has 4 strip mines and the marinara list has no welders.

This has been corrected.  The three cards in the board were actually Phyrexian Revokers.

[Samoht]

Pretty sure Mike Noble won the event based on his deck name alone.

[Kameli0n]

What is the date of the winter open?

[Prospero]

What is the date of the winter open?

The Winter Open is Standard this year, with Vintage side events (probably eight mans) at a yet to be determined entry fee kicking off for entry into the NEV Invitational.  On Sunday, 1/6, there will be the NEV Invitational, as well as a Vintage Mox tournament for all those who did not qualify.

Full details on grinders, and other last minute means to qualify, will be posted in the next day or two.

[Will]

If a metagame breakdown could get added to this at sometime before the Invitational I'd greatly appreciate it. 

[psyburat]

Pretty sure Mike Noble won the event based on his deck name alone.

Thanks dude!  I was looking for something ridiculous that wasn't a non sequitur, just an obscure reference.  If you Google it you'll find out about a certain South Jersey grindcore band that I saw put on a damn good live show.