Next Level Vintage (March Edition)

On Sunday 3rd March, 8 players made it out to Next Level Games for 3 rounds of Swiss (and in some cases a lot of post tourney testing).

It was unfortunate that we did not make it 5 months in a row with 10+ players but with a PTQ at the same time as well as out change of day to a Sunday an attendance drop was not surprising.

We also had two new players who came along for their first event and I hope that we will see them again.

Our final results after 3 rounds were:

1) Ben Kearney (Burning Long) *
2) James 'Jimbo' Dowling (Tezzeret's Picnic) *
3) Andy Horne (Strix Control)
4) Joshua Butler (Espresso Shops)
5) Zac Crowley (Dredge)
6) Owen (Martello Shops)
7) Michael Lau (Mangara.dec)
8) Chris Bourke (Dark Times)

* Undefeated in Swiss

Deck Lists

1) Ben Kearney - Burning Long

Lands (11)
2 Gemstone Mine
4 City of Brass
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Tolarian Academy

Artifacts (15)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Opal
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
2 Chrome Mox
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Sol Ring
1 Memory Jar

Creatures (2)
2 Griselbrand

Enchantments (6)
4 Oath of Druids
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain

Instants (9)
4 Dark Ritual
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall

Sorceries (17)
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Windfall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mind's Desire
4 Burning Wish
4 Duress
1 Thoughtseize
1 Tinker
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister

Sideboard
1 Gleeful Sabotage
3 Nature's Claim
1 Thoughtseize
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Pyroclasm
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Show and Tell
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Empty the Warrens

2) James 'Jimbo' Dowling - Tezzeret's Picnic
Note: This deck should have been playing Tolarian Academy but one was not sourced at the beginning of the tournament

Lands (14)
4 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
5 Island
1 Swamp

Artifacts (18)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
3 Grim Monolith
1 Mana Vault
3 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Nihil Spellbomb

Creatures (1)
1 Myr Battlesphere

Planeswalkers (7)
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
2 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Karn Liberated

Enchantments (2)
2 Back to Basics

Instants (14)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Darkblast
1 Vampiric Tutor

Sorceries (4)
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Sideboard (15)
Note: Sideboard is a hodge-podge of cards that were lying around

3 Yixlid Jailer
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Trinisphere
2 Mental Misstep
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Wurmcoil Engine
3 Dismember

3) Andy Horne - Strix Control
Lands (15)
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Island

Artifacts (11)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei's Divining Top

Creatures (10)
1 Myr Battlesphere
2 Goblin Welder
3 Baleful Strix
4 Dark Confidant

Planeswalkers (2)
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Instants (17)
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Mana Drain
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Lightning Bolt
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Flusterstorm

Sorceries (5)
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Ponder

Sideboard (15)
1 Flusterstorm
3 Ingot Chewer
1 Trinisphere
4 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pithing Needle
1 Goblin Welder
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Mountain

4) Joshua Butler - Espresso

Lands (18)
4 Mishra's Workshop
3 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Tolarian Academy

Artifacts (33)
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
4 Serum Powder
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Smokestack
3 Crucible
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Pithing Needle

Creatures (9)
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Karn, Silver Golem
2 Duplicant

Sideboard (15)
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Maze of Ith
2 Pithing Needle
1 Tabernacle at Pendral Vale

Again well done for everyone who attended and I hope everyone had a great time.

Great Plays:

Karn exiled himself in the past and created a time paradox (Karn Liberated -3 exiling a Karn, Silver Golem)

A blue player runs out Key-Vault with no mana to activate Key and gets double Metamorphed.

Karn > Lilliana of the Veil. Activate my Sol Ring is response to edict...