MVPLS vintage event 4-13-13

[Calvin240sx]

I can't tell you how awesome it was to have 27 guys battling it out for the mox pearl this weekend. We had a number of 1st and 2nd time players of the format in the shop this weekend. We did a double feature match for each swiss round(5) and the last round was all feature matches. The madness of having the title belt prizing is something I'm probably going to play with a bit more. I thought it was pretty sweet we had one person supply 1/4 of the decks too!
 
In attendance were:
 
Matt Murray(grixis control)
Justin "#3" Kohler(u/w bomberman)
Jose Ramos("cripple fight"  -aka- bug fish)
Paul Mastriano(u/w bomberman)
Andy "happymeal" Habermehl("mosquito" -aka- A.N.T.)
Sam Savage("thrift shop" -aka -forgemaster combo mud)
Mark Kinney("no will to walk" -aka- grixis strix control)
Ryan Glackin("a bug's life" -aka- bug fish)
Sam Shaw(5C shops)
Shawn Tappen("RDW w/ red cards" -aka- grixis control)
Richard Roberts(dredge)
Stephen Nowakowski(doomsday)
Brett Krodel(merfolk)
David Clawson(burning Griselbrand oath)
Timothy Kenney(dredge)
Bradford Voight(Aurelia dredge)
Lance Ballester(dredge)
Ryan Bergeman(u/w landstill)
Daniel Proule(u/b Tezz agent control)
Seth Zulinski("GoST in the shell" -aka- u/w landstill)
Michael Fluke(Minus 6)
Ryan Tigro("A new hope" aka-rwu delver tempo)
Chas Hinkle(dredge)
Rob Edwards(martello shops)
Shawn Griffiths(martello shops)
Keith Seals("snapstill" -aka- u/r landstill)
Mike Noble("dr. horrible's sing along blog" -aka- doomsday)
 
Top 8
Jose vs. Ryan G.      Jose 2-0
Sam Savage vs. Paul   Paul 2-1
Mark K. vs. Matt      Matt 2-1
Andy vs. Kohler       Kohler 2-0
 
Top 4
Matt vs. Paul     Matt 2-0
Kohler vs. Jose   Kohler 2-1
 
Finals
Kohler vs. Matt     Matt gets the invite and the win in the split finals.
 
Matt Murray
1 black lotus
1 mox sapphire
1 mox jet
1 mox ruby
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl
1 time vault
1 sensei's divining top
1 nihil spellbomb
1 sol ring
1 voltaic key
3 snapcaster mage
1 blightsteel colossus
4 dark confidant
3 jace, the mind sculptor
4 force of will
3 mana drain
2 lightning bolt
3 mental  misstep
1 time walk
1 ancestral recall
1 vampiric tutor
1 brainstorm
1 flusterstorm
1 tinker
1 thirst for knowledge
1 mystical tutor
1 merchant scroll
1 demonic tutor
1 yawgmoth's will
1 library of alexandria
1 tolarian academy
2 island
2 volcanic island
3 underground sea
2 misty rainforest
4 scalding tarn
 
SB
4 ingot chewer
1 mountain
1 viashino heretic
1 lightning bolt
1 REB
1 pyroclasm
2 yixlid jailer
1 pithing needle
1 grafdigger's cage
2 nihil spellbomb
 
 
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 Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Plains
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Cavern of Souls
2 misty rainforest
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
 
 
Jose' Ramos
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Mental Misstep
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Spell Pierce
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Time Walk
1 Vendilion Clique
4 Dark Confidant
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Liliana of the Veil
1 Nature’s Claim
3 Abrupt Decay
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Nightveil Specter
3 Trygon Predator
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Bayou
2 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Wasteland

SB:
1 Flusterstorm
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Yixlid Jailer
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Pithing Needle
1 Wasteland

 
 Paul Mastriano
4 mana drain
4 force of will
2 auriok slavagers
1 ancestral recall
1 thirst for knowledge
1 blightsteel colossus
1 time vault
1 aether spellbomb
1 sensei's divining top
1 brainstorm
3 mental misstep
1 grafdigger's cage
1 tinker
3 spell snare
4 trinket mage
1 engineered explosives
1 time walk
1 voltaic key
3 jace, the mind sculptor
1 aven mindcensor
1 mox jet
1 mox ruby
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl
1 mox sapphire
1 mana crypt
1 black lotus
1 sol ring
2 cavern of souls
4 flooded strand
3 tundra
3 island
2 polluted delta
1 tolarian academy
1 plains
 
SB
4 swords to plowshares
2 disenchant
2 steel sabotage
1 pithing needle
1 tormod's crypt
2 vendilion clique
3 grafdigger's cage
 
 
Sam Savage
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
3 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Sundering Titan
1 Trinisphere
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Duplicant
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 City of Traitors
4 Mishra’s Factory

 
SB
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Ratchet Bomb
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Duplicant
3 Tormod’s Crypt
 
 
Mark Kinney
1 island
1 seat of the synod
1 tolarian academy
3 underground sea
2 volcanic island
4 scalding tarn
3 polluted delta
4 dark confidant
3 goblin welder
3 balfeul strix
1 myr battlesphere
1 phyrexian metamorph
4 force of will
3 mana drain
2 mental misstep
1 tezzeret, the seeker
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
3 ingot chewer
1 red elemental blast
1 mountain
2 nihil spellbomb
1 executioner's capsule
1 lightning bolt
2 duress
1 yixlid jailer
2 tormod's crypt


Andy Habermehl
2 swamp
1 island
1 mystical tutor
1 vampiric tutor
1 misty rainforest
3 ad nauseam
3 preordain
4 pact of negation
1 black lotus
1 bayou
4 dark ritual
1 demonic tutor
3 underground sea
4 polluted delta
4 duress
1 necropotence
4 chrome mox
1 sol ring
1 yawgmoth's will
1 flusterstorm
2 tendrils of agony
1 mox opal
1 mana vault
2 gitaxian proble
1 mana crypt
1 ancestral recall
1 mox sapphire
1 thoughtseize
1 mox jet
1 tolarian aademy
1 lotus petal 1 imperial seal
3 cabal ritual

SB
1 island
1 flusterstorm
2 hurykll's recall
3 chain of vapor
4 xantid swarm
4 dark confidant


Ryan Glackin
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Mental Misstep
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Time Walk
1 Vendilion Clique
4 Dark Confidant
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Liliana of the Veil
1 Nature’s Claim
1 sylvan library
3 Abrupt Decay
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Nightveil Specter
3 Trygon Predator
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

2 null rod
1 forest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
1 swamp
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Wasteland


SB
1 flusterstorm
2 duress
4 leyline of the void
3 yixlid jailer
3 nature's claim
1 thrun, the last troll
1 pithing needle

Meta Breakdowns:

Shops: 4 total
 3x martello, 1 5C

Bazaars: 6 total
 5 dredge, 1 WGD combo

Blue stuffs: 13 total
 2 BUG fish, 2 Bomberman, 1 Merfolk, 3 Landstill, 1 Strix control, 1 Tezz agent, 1 Delver tempo, 2 grixis control

Combo: 4  
 2 Doomsday, 1 A.N.T., 1 Oath of Druids


Big thanks to all you guys who made it out. Arguably one of the best events I've run in almost a year.

Props:
Matt for winning his 2nd vintage event ever!(and for taking my advise on what to play)
Jose' for playing with only one arm.
Whoever shuffled for the cripple during the day.
Mike Fluke for fighting thru the cancer and playing minus 6 blindly in his 1st ever vintage event.
Brad V. for playing in his 1st ever vintage event.
Rob for bringing his blinged out Type 4! Please bring this again bro!
Having a 27 man event and only having 37 proxies total!
Chas for coming out and showing some love.
Ryan B's lady for being such a trooper.
Keith's family for coming and hanging out(you gotta cool family bro).
Paul and Kohler for giving tutorials to some newer players.
All the guys who came back to the shop to draft for $$$$
and of course, Mike Noble. Just because.

Slops:
Whoever lost to Brad while he didn't dredge one card all match. That had to hurt.
Anyone who dropped b4 the T8 was announced. Last round was all feature matches.
The Lucky Dog staff. You guys are usually awesome. Boy did ya'll suck this weekend.
The so called "band" at the Lucky Dog. I would've rather have listened to pigs yodeling.

There will not be an event the 2nd weekend of may in lancaster! Repeat! There will be no event the 2nd weekend of may in lancaster! The 2nd weekend of May will be at TDG with the one and only, Nick Coss. I will be looking to host either the 3rd or 4th wknd in may.

As always, if there's anything you guys can suggest to help improve these events, please for the love of all that you love, say something. Suggestions are always welcome. Whining not so much.

Cheers,
Cal

[StanleyAugust]

Woops, another two top 8's for BUG just as I stated it was incredibly underplayed in the other thread 

[mr.grim]

This event was a hell of a time. I will try to make the next one.
Thank you Calvin for a well run event and the kind word. The Fam had a good time as well.

Props to P-mas , Glackin , Justin " The Cardboard Juggernaut " Kohler , and the rest of the top.
props the the chinese place up the road! gooood grub!
The championship belt feature.

Slops:
ME! Even the "bye" almost won.
For drawing 26 cards in a row and not seeing 1 force VS combo.

[psyburat]

Thanks for the shout-out again, Calvin!

Hilarious point of contention, but it kinda looks like Marc Lanigra actually earned the invite: http://morphling.de/printview.php?c=1631&d=1

[Calvin240sx]

Sam Savage;
Well...
Since I can't create a drain account...What's disabled registration?!

PROPS:
Justin Kohler allowing me to borrow a deck.
Thanks to the person who was supposed to use said deck, but no showed!
Continuing my Top8 streak in a format I don't play.
Beating Paul M. in Swiss rounds. I heard he's good.
Seeing some old, yet friendly faces!

Slops:
Losing to Paul M. In top8.
I seriously can't think of anymore slops...that's how sick this event was!!!

Thanks Cal for running such a sweet event! I'm definitely trying to come out again in May!

[Prospero]

Sam Savage;
Well...
Since I can't create a drain account...What's disabled registration?!

If you know anyone who is looking to create a TMD account, please have them email the staff at:

ManaDrain2012@gmail.com

Ask them to send their:

First Name:
Last Name:
Desired Username:
Preferred Email Address:

Once they've done that, I can manually create all the requested accounts.

[Pokey]

Thanks for the shout-out again, Calvin!

Hilarious point of contention, but it kinda looks like Marc Lanigra actually earned the invite: http://morphling.de/printview.php?c=1631&d=1

Good deck is good.  Just changed a few cards that seemed good for the meta last minute.


Great event Calvin!  Local tournaments are nice.  I have time to catch a nap before these!  

[Calvin240sx]

Thanks for the shout-out again, Calvin!

Hilarious point of contention, but it kinda looks like Marc Lanigra actually earned the invite: http://morphling.de/printview.php?c=1631&d=1

Good deck is good.  Just changed a few cards that seemed good for the meta last minute.


Great event Calvin!  Local tournaments are nice.  I have time to catch a nap before these!  


You forget I also work night shift as well. In a print shop as well. Preaching to the choir 
Cheers,
Cal

[UnderachievementNexus]

I don't think cutting EE for a Heretic really qualifies as changing some meta relative cards. Did he even play the Heretic? I mean there were like 4 shops decks there.

[Cruel Ultimatum]

I don't think cutting EE for a Heretic really qualifies as changing some meta relative cards. Did he even play the Heretic? I mean there were like 4 shops decks there.

He also cut a flusterstorm for a jace. That was the only change I noticed, and not one I would recommend doing.

[Pokey]

Such harsh criticism!  

How about I just say I cut cards I don't like for sweet ones (like Jace).  Hey, at least there weren't 4!

-1 Flusterstorm, -1 Hurkyl's, +1 Jace, +1 Mana Drain.

EE doesn't do anything awesome.  I like Heretic, and would have expected shops to be a bigger player.

[Cruel Ultimatum]

Such harsh criticism!  

How about I just say I cut cards I don't like for sweet ones (like Jace).  Hey, at least there weren't 4!

-1 Flusterstorm, -1 Hurkyl's, +1 Jace, +1 Mana Drain.

EE doesn't do anything awesome.  I like Heretic, and would have expected shops to be a bigger player.

I actually don't mind 3 jace, I just would have cut the third snapcaster or mental misstep for it.

[Pokey]

Such harsh criticism!  

How about I just say I cut cards I don't like for sweet ones (like Jace).  Hey, at least there weren't 4!

-1 Flusterstorm, -1 Hurkyl's, +1 Jace, +1 Mana Drain.

EE doesn't do anything awesome.  I like Heretic, and would have expected shops to be a bigger player.

I actually don't mind 3 jace, I just would have cut the third snapcaster or mental misstep for it.

Fair.  I didn't actually give it a ton of thought as these changes were made roughly five minutes before round 1.

[UnderachievementNexus]

And since you didn't have to play it it didn't really matter
Also if you think that Shops would have been more relevant I don't know why you would choose to play flusterstorm . . .

[Pokey]

And since you didn't have to play it it didn't really matter
Also if you think that Shops would have been more relevant I don't know why you would choose to play flusterstorm . . .

That's why I CUT a flusterstorm.  Can't cut all of them.  Card is too good.

[Cruel Ultimatum]

And since you didn't have to play it it didn't really matter
Also if you think that Shops would have been more relevant I don't know why you would choose to play flusterstorm . . .

What are you trying to get at? As far as I know, Justin never claimed to have reinvented the wheel with frigid control.

[UnderachievementNexus]

What I'm saying is the cuts were NOT dependant on an expected meta. But rather Inbred Bias because Kohler likes Jace and Mana Drain

[Pokey]

I really can't argue against this.

[tzeentchlord9]

Great event. Feature matches were awesome and it ran a lot smoother with a separate person to report to. Looking forward to the next one.