MVPLS Vintage 3-9-13 TO Report

[Calvin240sx]

We had 18 come to do battle for a mox ruby this weekend. Weather, fortunately, was not an issue this event. We also had 3 newcomers to the format playing this weekend(even featuring a father/son tandem and Craig Berry).
 
In attendance were:
Ryan Bergeman(u/r landstill)
Mark Kinney(grixis "dirty bird strix" control)
Justin Kohler(u/w bomberman)
Shawn Griffiths(martello shops)
Tim Kenney(dredge)
Dylan "The Kid" Thomas(mono grn infect)
Shawn Tappen(grixis control)
Kevin "Pops" Thomas(oath of druids)
Joel Lim("reel" fish)
John Jones(turbo tezz)
Josh Butker(doomsday)
Rob Edwards(martello sops)
Lance Ballester(dredge)
Will Magrann(shops)
Craig Berry(4c gush storm)
Mike Noble(doomsday)
Paul Mastriano(griselbrand oath storm)
Alex Lin(u/r lanstill)
 
Top 8
Rob E. vs Paul M.     Rob wins
Joel L. vs. Mark K.   Joel wins
Mike vs. Shawn T.     Shawn wins
Justin K. vs. Will M.   Justin wins
 
Top 4
Rob vs. Justin       Justin wins
Shawn vs. Joel      Joel wins
 
Finals
Joel vs. Justin       Justin wins
 
Paul Mastriano
1 mox pearl
1 mox sapphire
1 mox jet
1 mox ruby
1 mox emerald
1 sol ring
1 mana crypt
1 mox opal
1 mana vault
1 black lotus
1 lion's eye diamond
1 lotus petal
2 chrome mox
4 city of brass
4 forbiddne orchard
1 tolarian academy
2 gemstone mine
1 time vault
1 voltaic key
1 memory jar
1 brainstorm
1 tinker
1 demonic tutor
1 timetwister
1 necropotence
1 mind's desire
1 yawgmoth's will
1 time walk
1 vampiric tutor
1 ancestral recall
1 wheel of fortune
1 ponder
4 oath of druids
4 duress
4 dark ritual
2 griselbrand
4 burning wish
2 hurkyl's recall
 
SB
2 shattering spree
3 nature's clain
1 show and tell
1 laboratory manic
4 ancient tomb
2 hurkyl's recall
1 thoughtseize
1 tendrils of agony
 
Will Magrann
4 mishra's workshop
4 wasteland
4 ancient tomb
4 mishra's factory
4 mutavault
1 strip mine
1 tolarian academy
4 lodestone golem
4 phryexian revoker
4 phyrexian metamorph
4 chalice of the void
4 sphere of resistance
4 thorn of amethyst
4 dismember
2 sculpting steel
1 trinisphere
1 mox ruby
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl
1 mox sapphire
1 mox jet
1 sol ring
1 mana crypt
 
SB
4 grafdigger's cage
3 the tabernacle at pendrell vale
3 tormod's crypt
3 null rod
2 ghost quarter
 
Rob Edwards
4 mishra's workshop
4 wasteland
4 ancient tomb
4 mishra's factory
1 strip mine
1 tolarian academy
1 sol ring
1 mana crypt
1 black lotus
1 mox pearl
1 mox emerald
1 mox ruby
1 mox jet
1 mox sapphire
4 kuldotha forgemaster
4 lodestone golem
4 tangle wire
4 chalice of the void
4 thorn of amethyst
3 sphere of resisitance
3 phyrexian revoker
3 phyrexian metamorph
1 trinisphere
1 sundering titan
1 steel hellkite
1 duplicant
1 crucible of worlds
 
SB
1 crucible of worlds
1 wurmcoil engine
1 geistcatcher's rig
2 ensnaring bridge
2 ratchet bomb
2 duplicant
2 tormod's crypt
2 garfdigger's cage
2 the tabernacle at pendrell vale
 
Joel Lim
1 black lotus
1 mox sapphire
4 aether vial
3 phantasmal image
4 cursecatcher
4 lord of atlantis
4 master of the pearl trident
3 merrow reejerey
4 silvergill adept
1 waterfront bouncer
1 ancestral recall
3 daze
4 force of will
2 mental misstep
2 spell pierce
4 cavern of souls
9 island
1 strip mine
4 wasteland
1 time walk
 
SB
3 greafdigger's cage
3 tormod's crypt
4 steel sabotage
1 hurkyl's recall
2 dismember
2 ghost quarter
 
Shawn Tappen
1 blightsteel colossus
1 time vault
1 nihil spellbomb
1 voltaic key
1 sensei's divining top
1 black lotus
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl
1 mox jet
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
1 mana crypt
1 sol ring
2 jace, the mind sculptor
1 vendilion clique
3 snapcaster mage
4 dark confidant
4 force of will
3 mana drain
2 izzet charm
2 mental misstep
1 flusterstorm
1 steel sabotage
2 lightning bolt
1 tinker
1 thirst for knowledge
1 yawgmoth's will
1 time walk
1 demonic tutor
1 brainstorm
1 ancestral recall
1 vampiric tutor
1library of alexandria
1 tolarian academy
2 misty rainforest
4 scalding tarn
2 volcanic island
3 underground sea
2 island
 
SB
1 mountain
1 lightning bolt
4 ingot chewer
1 viashino heretic
1 red elemental blast
1 pyroclasm
2 nihil spellbomb
2 yixilid jailer
1 pithing needle
1 grafdigger's cage
 
Justin Kohler
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 jet
1 mox ruby
1 mox emerald
1 mox sapphire
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
4 swords to plowshares
3 rest in peace
2 disenchant
2 steel sabotage
1 devout witness
1 grafdigger's cage
1 pithing needle
1 tormod's crypt
 
Mark Kinney
1 island
1 seat of the synod
1 tolarian academy
3 underground sea
3 volcanic island
4 scalding tarn
3 polluted delta
4 dark confidant
3 goblin welder
3 balfeul strix
1 myr battlesphere
4 force of will
3 mana drain
3 mental misstep
1 izzet charm
1 brainstorm
1 thirst for knowledge
1 sol ring
1 sensei's divining top
1 skullclamp
1 voltaic key
1 demonic tutor
1 vampiric tutor
1 tinker
2 jace, the mind sculptor
2 tezzeret, agent of bolas
1 ancestral recall
1 mox sapphire
1 mox emerald
1 mox ruby
1 mox jet
1 mox pearl
1 black lotus
1 time vault
1 time walk
 
SB
1 wurmcoil engine
1 rakdos charm
3 ingot chewer
1 red elemental blast
1 mountain
3 nihil spellbomb
1 flusterstorm
1 executioner's capsule
1 lightning bolt
2 duress
 
Mike Noble
1 laboratory maniac
4 dark ritual
4 doomsday
4 force of will
4 gush
4 mental misstep
4 preordain
2 flusterstorm
1 ancestral recall
1 brainstorm
1 demonic tutor
1 hurkyl's recall
1 imperial seal
1 merchant scroll
1 mystical tutor
1 ponder
1 steel sabotage
1 tendrils of agony
1 time walk
1 vampiric tutor
1 yawgmoth's will
1 black lotus
1 lotus petal
1 mox jet
1 mox sapphire
4 flooded strand
4 misty rainforest
4 underground sea
1 island
1 tropical island
 
SB
3 hurkyl's recall
3 steel sabotage
2 dimir charm
2 duress
2 island
1 dismember
1 extirpate
1 mana vault

All and all it was a fun event to watch.
Props:
Craig and Will for rocking the Hawaiian shirts.
Rob Edwards for writing his decklist in pink pen.
Justin Kohler for winning in consecutive weeks.
Mark Kinney for being awake for the event.
Mike Noble. Just because.

Slops:
The rest of us for not rocking Hawaiian shirts.


Looking forward to April's event. Thank you for supporting the format and the event.
Cheers,
Cal


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[tzeentchlord9]

This was another fun event. Congrats to the top 8, but I don't recall seeing Josh Potucek there?

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

I am on the list of being here...But I wasn't here...Interesting lol someone registered as being me???

Yeah so anyway, I WAS NOT at this event haha. Hope to make one in the future though...

[rbtabris]

There was another UR Landstill player, but I'm not sure of his name.

My day went:

Round 1 - Win vs. Tim w/Dredge
Round 2 - Tie vs. Craig w/East Coast Wins
Round 3 - Loss vs. Justin w/Bomberman
Round 4 - Win vs. Josh w/Doomsday
Round 5 - Loss vs. Rob w/Martello

Had some super-awkward games with Rob. Game 1 I think he mulled to 5, or maybe even 4? Several turns into the game, I felt like I was beginning to stabilize. He had used two Wastelands (but I did have basics). I think he had a Factory out, and after countering something on his turn, I dropped Standstill and my own Factory. He used his third Wasteland the next turn, and proceeded to beat me with his Factory as I failed to draw another Factory (which he actually had the FOURTH Wasteland for ), or any of my five waste effects. I eventually Hurkyl's Recalled (sub-optimally timed), but with having to pop my own Standstill, he was just able to go nuts the following turn.

Game 2 I had turn 1 Welder, which met a Revoker the following turn, and I believe Chalice at 1. A second Revoker came out, naming Jace. Trinisphere came out at some point, as well. I got to three colorless lands to drop EE at 0 (he had Chalice with me having multiple Lightning Bolts in-hand, and he had a couple moxen). He then Metamorphed a Revoker, naming EE. I had a couple of Mishra's Factories to keep his beats at bay, but he eventually resolved a Wurmcoil. By the time I was able to finally draw a Chewer, I was too far behind and dead if he'd swing with his team. Still, they were some fun and interesting games. Playing a zero-proxy deck was fun, as well!

Thanks for the tournament, Calvin! Looking forward to the next one. (Hopefully with a larger turnout.)

[Calvin240sx]

I am on the list of being here...But I wasn't here...Interesting lol someone registered as being me???

Yeah so anyway, I WAS NOT at this event haha. Hope to make one in the future though...

Sorry bro. He had ur name in deck designer spot n I forgot to write his name(Alex) in the players spot. My apologies.
Cheers,
Cal

[Cruel Ultimatum]

I am on the list of being here...But I wasn't here...Interesting lol someone registered as being me???

Yeah so anyway, I WAS NOT at this event haha. Hope to make one in the future though...

Its like the time that 4 people signed up as nick detwiler.

[A.-1.]

Getting warmer with the report  .

Good games, Ryan. Sorry I had to dreamcrush.

[rbtabris]

Good games, Ryan. Sorry I had to dreamcrush.

Not at all. It was great to finally play you.

[ramrodjon]

Rob, how did the side-board Geistcatcher's Rig pan out?  Also noticed 1x Crucible main-deck over 1x City of Traitors.  Any mana problems with the switch?

[tzeentchlord9]

I just want to say Justin Kohler needs to be stopped.

[A.-1.]

Jon, I never boarded Rig in. I don't think I drew CoW game one and wished it was a mana source. I might not have even drawn CoW game one at all.

Kohler is very stoppable. Am I the only one with a decent record against him?

[Kameli0n]

Nope. I don't think Kohler has won against me in over 2 years, and we play against each other A LOT!! Well, maybe he did one time, I just don't remember.

[Samoht]

Jon, I never boarded Rig in. I don't think I drew CoW game one and wished it was a mana source. I might not have even drawn CoW game one at all.

Kohler is very stoppable. Am I the only one with a decent record against him?

He and I are 50/50. As most mirrors should be.

[KingSquee]

I'm 0-X-1 lifetime against Kohler I believe. My bad, ya'll. I take full responsibility for that. I have to be better prepared to play against him.

But while that is pretty bad it's still better than the combined 0-X I am against the law firm of Detwiler, (Dave) Gans, and Hornung.

[Pokey]

@Rob:  Geistcatcher's Rig?  There are flying creatures in vintage?

Can't wait to play against everyone again on the 23rd!

[psyburat]

Jon, I never boarded Rig in. I don't think I drew CoW game one and wished it was a mana source. I might not have even drawn CoW game one at all.

Kohler is very stoppable. Am I the only one with a decent record against him?

I'm about 50/50 with him at this point, although only in about 3 games.  My deck du jour certainly makes him play differently than he'd want to.

Thanks all, especially Calvin, for the awesome day!  Props to Dimir Charm, which successfully killed two Dark Confidants, countered a Tinker, and fixed my draws twice.  It's a keeper.

[tzeentchlord9]

^ My bobs (Shakes fist in air)

[Cruel Ultimatum]

Since justin started playing bomberman I think I am 2-1 against him. (the wins were with esper bomberman and the loss was with nw oath)

[KingSquee]

@Rob:  Geistcatcher's Rig?  There are flying creatures in vintage?

Can't wait to play against everyone again on the 23rd!

It shoots down Aven Mindcensors and Vendilion Cliques quite nicely I hear! It might occasionally hit a Trygon Predator as well.

[Pokey]

@Rob:  Geistcatcher's Rig?  There are flying creatures in vintage?

Can't wait to play against everyone again on the 23rd!

It shoots down Aven Mindcensors and Vendilion Cliques quite nicely I hear! It might occasionally hit a Trygon Predator as well.

Isn't Duplicant just better 95% of the time?  I'm all about cute sideboard cards though, so the Rig is fine by me.

[A.-1.]

Rig was for Trygon Predator if anyone was playing Noble Fish or UBRg Control.

Duplicant is almost never going to be a 4/5 after resolving. I'd rather have a 4/5 after hitting a Trygon than a 2/3 and get run over by dumb exalted dudes.

[Wave]

@Mark Kinney (and everyone else with the knowledge of Strixes) I'm a little curious how the Balfeul Strix treated you during the day? I understand their merits in the Workshop match ups but they must be god awful against blue and other non Fish decks. Are they worthy of 3 slots in the main?

[Calvin240sx]

@Mark Kinney (and everyone else with the knowledge of Strixes) I'm a little curious how the Balfeul Strix treated you during the day? I understand their merits in the Workshop match ups but they must be god awful against blue and other non Fish decks. Are they worthy of 3 slots in the main?

well.....
1: it's a removal spell that can be pitched to FoW
2: can be tinkered away after netting you a card(minimally)
3: insane amounts of synergy with clamp and welders
4: deals with flying threats and can become a major issue if Tezz 2 makes him a 5/5
hopefull you get the idea
cheers,
cal