TO Report: The Players Guild 05/04/13

[Kameli0n]

Yet another sad attendance rating for a vintage event in PA. Only 18 vintage participants were in attendance. Top 4 were awarded for the event. First place took 250 in store credit (and the playmat and NYSE Power Tournament Qualifier entry), second took 100 in store credit, 3rd and 4th were awarded 30 in store credit. Thanks to everyone who did chose to support the format and come to play vintage in Bloomsburg.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
UW Bomberman: 2 –  11.11%
Golden Gun Oath: 1 –  5.56%
UW Landstill: 1 –  5.56%
Esper Bomberman: 1 –  5.56%
Suicide Jace Vault: 1 –  5.56%

Workshops:
Martello: 2 – 11.11%
Aggro MUD: 1 – 5.56%
5c Stax: 1 – 5.56%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 0 – 0.00%

Combo:
Doomsday: 2 –  11.11%
Gush Tendrils: 1 –  5.56%
Ritual Oath: 1 –  5.56%


Others:
Noble Fish: 1 – 5.56%
BUG Fish: 1 – 5.56%
Humans: 1 – 5.56%
Dark Times: 1 –  5.56%

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


Top 8 Pairings and Results

Picozzo, Vito vs. Edwards, Rob – Edwards Wins
Kelly, Brian vs. Murray, Matthew – Murray Wins
Butker, Joshua vs. Difebo, Dominic – Butker Wins
Kohler, Justin vs. Navickas, Justin – Kohler Wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

Butker, Joshua vs. Edwards, Rob – Butker Wins
Kohler, Justin vs. Murray, Matthew – Kohler Wins

Finals
Butker, Joshua vs. Kohler, Justin – Butker 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 Joshua for winning!

Top 8 Decklists:



First – Joshua Butker
“Doomsday”

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

SB:
1 Thoughtseize
1 Flusterstorm
2 Extirpate
2 Dismember
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Swamp
1 Mana Crypt
4 Steel Sabotage

Second – 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 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 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


Semi-Finalist – Matthew Murray
“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 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

Semi-Finalist – Rob Edwards
“Martello"

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

SB:
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Geistcather’s Rig
1 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Duplicant
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Ensaring Bridge
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Grafdigger’s Cage

Quarter-Finalist – Brian Kelly
“Mayor Fish”

4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Dark Confidant
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Mayor of Avabruck
2 Fiend Hunter
2 Abrupt Decay
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Batterskull
1 Sin Collector
1 Shardless Agent
1 Eternal Witness
1 Lyev Skyknight
2 Stony Silence
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Exava, Rakdos Bloodwitch
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Cavern of Souls
4 City of Brass
1 Gemstone Mine
2 Marsh Flats
1 Windswept Heath
1 Bayou
1 Tundra
1 Savannah
1 Karakas
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Mishra’s Factory
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet

SB:
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Extirpate
1 Sin Collector
1 Pithing Needle
1 Skylasher
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 Rest in Peace
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 True Believer
1 Wasteland
1 Mishra’s Factory
1 Rayne, Academy Chancellor

Quarter-Finalist – Justin Navickas
“Esper Bomberman”

4 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
2 Underground Sea
3 Tundra
2 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Cavern of Souls
4 Dark Confidant
3 Trinket Mage
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Auriok Salvagers
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Time Vault
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Flusterstorm
2 Mental Misstep
1 Voltaic Key
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Tinker
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Yawgmoth’s Will

SB:
1 Plains
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Darkblast
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Annul
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Energy Flux
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Path to Exile
1 Serenity

Quarter-Finalist  – Vito Picozzo
“Almost Red”

2 Regrowth
1 Fastbond
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ponder
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
4 Gush
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
1 Misdirection
3 Repeal
2 Talrand, Sky Summoner
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Lotus Petal
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Library of Alexandria

SB:
1 Notion Thief
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Forest
1 Ravenous Trap
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Flusterstorm
1 Massacre

Quarter-Finalist – Dominic Difebo
“BUG"

4 Force of Will
3 Deathrite Shaman
3 Dark Confidant
3 Trygon Predator
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Polluted Delta
3 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
3 Null Rod
2 Spell Pierce
2 Mental Misstep
2 Thoughtseize
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Echoing Truth
1 Dismember
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk

SB:
3 Yixlid Jailer
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Energy Flux
2 Dismember
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Flusterstorm
1 Virtue’s Ruin
1 Steel Sabotage



Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event is June 1, 2013. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to Joshua!!!

[msg67183]

Congrats to Josh and the rest of the Top 8.
Bomberman is the new Shops!
3 out of 8 in the top (also notice it is all 3 that were played)
Once again congrats!

[A.-1.]

My first time at The Lube wasn't as bad as I thought. The overpriced food was good and the service was decent. I'd probably try it again.

[msg67183]

@Brian Kelly
How effective was Exava?
Unless I'm mistaken all I see is a 4 mana 4/4 haste first strike, unless that is all u were going for?

[brianpk80]

@Brian Kelly
How effective was Exava?
Unless I'm mistaken all I see is a 4 mana 4/4 haste first strike, unless that is all u were going for?

I didn't draw her, but she's amazing in testing.  My worst match-up is Bomberman because it has unlimited unsummons, can randomly combo out, and has a gazillion creatures to protect the Jace, which must be stopped.  The Cavern makes Exava an uncounterable 4/4 haste first strike, which means she kills Jace on the spot or trades unfavorably with any of its guardians, including Auriok Salvagers.  She's often attacking for 5, 6, or 7 because of bonuses like Exalted and the +1/+1 bonus from Mayor of Avabruck.  The 4 toughness is relevant because of Lightning Bolt, Fire/Ice, Pyroclasm, etc.  In an emergency, she can be reset w. Karakas, which is in there for the usual reasons.  Think of a Slash Panther that is uncounterable, gets bigger, and survives more removal and those are the situations for which Humans can use Exava.  

[Cruel Bargain]

No wonder Vito made the top 8, he was playing 2 Time Walks! That card gets really good when you have an army of 2/2 drakes, I guess.

[msg67183]

I figured it was for Jace.
Another question:
Sigarda? Why?

[brianpk80]

I figured it was for Jace.
Another question:
Sigarda? Why?

U/R Landstill.  Post-sideboard, different variations of that deck can bring in a lot of removal that punishes small toughness; ie Fire/Ice, Pyroclasm.  Thrun was considered but it's not cool to have them block w. recurring Factories and keep Brainstorming w. Jace.  Hold Cavern in hand and when the time is right, lay it, name Angel and that generally puts them at your mercy.   

[personalbackfire]

@Butker

No fastbond? Has this been a common thing in the doomsday deck lately?

I don't have anywhere near the experience you (and Mike) have with the deck but I quite liked fastbond in the deck when I played it to give it another way to win the game.

I like the addition of Seize. I was playing duress over Flusterstorm when I was playing the deck since it seems like having proactive protection in a deck as fast as doomsday is a good call. I could be biased as I love Duress in combo and gush decks in general.

Could you see going to 2 seize/duress main deck and 1 flusterstorm?

Edit:
Also, the missing cards in your deck are 4 Polluted Delta?

[Asphyxious]

No.  I think every doomsday list, including my own, have been running fastbond, but I started to feel like it was a sacred cow.  I had more hands where fastbond was just getting in the way than I did where it was being useful.  Most of the time when I could win with fastbond, I could win anyway without it.

The only game where I missed fastbond was in a game against Ryan Bergemen playing U/W Landstill.  He had a Stony Silence on the field, which slowed me down given that I didn't have access to Fastbond.  So, with Gush in hand I resolved Doomsday and passed the turn.  With Fastbond, I could have won that turn, but I ended up winning anyway, just a turn or two later.  Though the game was a lot more interesting as a result.  That being said, that was the only time that I missed Fastbond at all.

I do like thoughtseize, but I probably wouldn't go down to 1 flusterstorm.  I love flusterstorm too much.

Yeah, the other cards are 4x Delta.

[mr.grim]

PROPS to Dom, Justin ,Brian and the rest of the top.

[Worldslayer]

So the real question this tournament raises is...at what point are we, as Vintage, going to stop bomberman? Not THE Bomberman, obviously, since that motherfucker is just indestructable, but the archetype maybe. Kohler's starting to spawn additional overlords, and they went three for three this time around. Worse is no one seems surprised.

Also, one of these days when I have money for a hotel I'm coming to a Player's Guild. I just can't make my car do eight hours of driving in one day, the poor thing would die.

Congratulations to the vintage warriors who made it out, and the top 8, though!

[Kameli0n]

Money for a hotel? I think the place across the street from the mall is like, 30 dollars a night or something.

[UnderachievementNexus]

It's not about beating bomberman. Its that most players misunderstand how the matchup should be played and sb inappropriately. Kohler wont tell you how to beat him but its not difficult to figure out

[brianpk80]

Mini-report here: http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=44932.msg625062#msg625062

[KingSquee]

Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event is June 1, 2013. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to Joshua!!!

I see no Kaijudo events on my calendar for this day so I will try to make it. Make an announcement thread for this one!

[Kameli0n]

Okay.