[TO Report] Boston NYSE Qualifier and Mox Event

[ErtaiAdept]

Another Successful event for Boston Vintage!  28 Total players, 5 Rounds of Swiss and then a Cut to Top 8.  While the turnout for this event was as big as the last one, if you consider the fact that this was a Sunday on a Holiday Weekend, it was still a fantastic showing.

Congtulations to Bobby Fortanely who will be the recipient of the NYSE Paid Entry.  (I'll see you in NY Bobby and I expect a rematch).

That being said, I spoke with the store owners and we will be scheduling another even for some time in August, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

Special thanks:
Pandemonium Books for hosting us and providing us with a great environment to play in and their continued support for the Vintage community in Boston

As always a great thanks to our Head Judge Elliot, and his staff (I'm sorry but I never did catch his name)

ELD as always for being a source for all our prize support needs.

All the new and returning vintage players who made it out for the event.  Especially those who made the drive from a bit further out.  Hope to see you all next time.

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And now onto the important information

Total Attendance: 28

Meta Game Breakdown:
4   Espresso Stax
1   Metal Worker MUD
1   5 Color Shops
3   Grixis Control
3   Griselbrand Oath
3   Bomberman
2   BUG Control
1   Gush Storm
1   Regrowth Gush
2   Dredge
1   Doomsday
1   Mono Red
1   Rug Delver
1   Burning Long
1   Turbo Tezz
1   Guttersnipe
1   Grixis Countertop



Standings after 6 Rounds of Swiss (CUT TO TOP 8)
1st - Alex Brown (13 Points)
2nd - Eric Dupuis (12 Points)
3rd - Bobby Fortanely (11 Points)
4th - Chris Ferry (11 Points)
5th - Brian Schlossberg (11 Points)
6th - David Goscinak (10 Points)
7th - Marco Farrugia (10 Points)
8th - Craig Masley (10 Points)

**Note: I don't have the tie breakers in front of me at this point, so the exact ordering of the 11 and 10 pointers may not be completely correct


Quarter Finals
Craig Masley (Griselbrand Oath) vs Alex Brown (BUG Control) -- > Alex Wins
Brian Schlossberg (MUD) vs Bobby Fortanely (Dredge) --> Bobby Wins
Chris Ferry (Doomsday) vs Marco Farrugia (BUG Control) --> Marco Wins
Eric Dupuis (Grixis) vs David Goscinak(No Stax Mud) --> Eric Wins


Semi-Finals
Alex Brown (BUG Control) vs Booby Fortanely (Dredge) --> Bobby Wins
Eric Duipuis (Grixis) vs Marco Farrugia (BUG) --> Marco Wins


Finals
Bobby Fortanely (Dredge) vs Marco Farrugia(BUG) --> Split

**Bobby and Marco were both friends, and decided to split the prizes of first and second agreeing that Bobby would take the NYSE Qualifier.


TOP 8 DECKLISTS

Alex Brown - BUG
3   Wasteland
1   Strip Mine
3   Tropical Island
3   Underground Sea
1   Bayou
4   Misty Rainforest
2   Polluted Delta
1   Black Lotus
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Mox Emerald
1   Mox Jet
4   Deathrite Shaman
4   Snapcaster Mage
4   Dark Confidant
2   Tarmogoyf
1   Jace, The Mind Sculptor
2   Trygon Predator
4   Abrupt Decay
4   Force of Will
3   Mental Misstep
2   Spell Pierce
2   Flusterstorm
2   Steel Sabotage
1   Vampiric Tutor
1   Ancestral Recall
1   Demonic Tutor
1   Time Walk
1   Brainstorm

SB   
1   Tarmogoyf
1   Nature's Claim
1   Null Rod
1   Surgical Extraction
1   Yixlid Jailer
1   Swamp
1   Wasteland
4   Leylind of the Void
4   Snuff Out


   
   
Eric Dupuis - Grixis Control
1   Black Lotus
1   Blightsteel Colossus
1   Mana Crypt
1   Mox Emerald
1   Mox Jet
1   Mox Pearl
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Sensei's Divining Top
1   Sol Ring
1   Time Vault
1   Voltaic Key
4   Dark Confidant
1   Demonic Tutor
1   Vampiric Tutor
1   Yawgmoth's Will
1   Ancestral Recall
1   Brainstorm
1   Flusterstorm
4   Force of Will
1   Hurkyll's Recall
2   Jace, The Mind Sculptor
2   Mana Drain
3   Mental Misstep
1   Merchant Scroll
1   Mystical Tutor
3   Snapcaster Mage
1   Thirst for Knowledge
1   Time Walk
1   Tinker
2   Lightning Bolt
1   Thoughtseize
2   Flooded Strand
2   Island
1   Library of Alexandria
4   Scalding Tarn
1   Tolarian Academy
3   Underground Sea
2   Volcanic Island
SB   
1   Yixlid Jailer
1   Tormod's Crypt
1   Mountain
1   Surgical Extraction
1   Nihil Spellbomb
1   Grafdigger's Cage
1   Viashino Heretic
4   Ingot Chewer
2   Lightning Bolt
2   Pithing Needle


   
Brian Scholssberg - MUD Silver
4   Loadestone Golem
4   Smokestack
4   Sphere of Resistance
4   Chalice of the Void
4   Tanglewire
3   Crucible of Worlds
1   Trinisphere
4   Dismember
4   Phyrexian Metamorph
4   Mishra's Workshop
4   Ancient Tomb
4   Wasteland
4   Mishra's Factory
1   Stripmine
1   Tolarian Academy
1   Sol Ring
1   Mana Crypt
1   Mox Emerald
1   Mox Pearl
1   Mox Jet
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mox Sapphire
3   Mutavault
SB   
4   Grafdigger's Cage
3   Relic of Progenitus
3   Thorn of Amethyst
2   Null Rod
2   Ghost Quarter
1   The Tabernacle of Pendrell Vale

   
Bobby Fortanely - Dredge
4   Bloodghast
4   Golgari Grave Troll
2   Golgari Thug
4   Ichorid
1   Ingot Chewer
4   Narcomeba
4   Stinkweed Imp
1   Street Wraith
4   Bridge from Below
4   Cabal Therapy
4   Darkblast
1   Gitaxian Probe
4   Leyline of the Void
1   Mental Misstep
4   Serum Powder
4   Bazaar of Baghdad
4   City of Brass
1   Gemstone Mine
1   Petrified Field
4   Undiscovered Paradise
SB   
3   Chain of Vapor
1   Firestorm
3   Ingot Chewer
3   Mental Misstep
4   Nature's Claim
1   Whispmare
   

   
Chris Ferry - Doomsday
2   Polluted Delta
2   Flood Strand
1   Misty Rainforest
2   Scalding Tarn
4   Underground Sea
2   Tropical Island
2   Island
1   Black Lotus
1   Mox Jet
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Lotus Petal
1   Sol Ring
4   Force of Will
4   Doomsday
4   Mental Misstep
4   Preordane
4   Gush
3   Flusterstorm
2   Hurkyl's Recall
1   Ponder
1   Mystical Tutor
1   Ancestral Recall
1   Duress
1   Demonic Tutor
1   Brainstorm
1   Vampiric Tutor
1   Yawgmoth's Will
1   Imperial Seal
1   Fastbond
1   Thoughtseize
1   Steel Sabotage
1   Merchant Scroll
1   Laboratory Maniac
1   Tendrils of Agony
SB   
4   Leyline of the Void
2   Yixlid Jailer
1   Surgical extraction
2   Xantid Swarm
3   Steel Sabotage
2   Hurkyl's Recall
1   Rebuild

   
   
Marco Farrugia - BUG Control
2   Trygon Predator
4   Dark Confidant
4   Deathrite Shaman
4   Snapcaster Mage
1   Scavenging Ooze
1   Tarmogoyf
4   Force of Will
1   Ancestral Recall
2   Flusterstorm
3   Mentral Misstep
4   Abrupt Decay
1   Vampiric Tutor
1   Brainstorm
2   Steel Sabotage
2   Spell Pierce
1   Demonic Tutor
1   Time Walk
1   Mox Emerald
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Mox Jet
1   Null Rod
1   Black Lotus
4   Verdant Catacombs
2   Polluted Delta
1   Strip Mine
3   Wasteland
3   Tropical Island
2   Underground Sea
1   Bayou
1   Watery Grave
SB   
4   Leyline of the Void
4   Snuff Out
2   Yixlid Jailer
1   Steel Sabotage
1   Swamp
1   Wasteland
1   Sower of Temptation
1   Trygon Predator


   
   
David Goscinak - No Stax Workshops
1   Sundering Titan
2   Triskelion
4   Lodestone Golem
1   Karn, Silver Golem
4   Goblin Welder
2   Crucible of Worlds
4   Tanglewire
4   Chalice of the Void
4   Sphere of Resistance
1   Trinisphere
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mox Pearl
1   Mox Jet
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Mox Emerald
1   Black Lotus
1   Sol Ring
1   Mana Crypt
1   Mana Vault
1   Tolarian Academy
1   Bazaar of Baghdad
4   Mishra's Workshop
3   Gemston Mine
4   Wasteland
4   City of Brass
1   Strip Mine
1   Balance
1   Vampiric Tutor
1   Demonic Tutor
1   Ancestral Recall
1   Tinker
1   Crop Rotation
SB   
1   Duplicant
1   Ensnaring Bridge
1   Engineered Explosives
2   Pyroclasm
4   Tormod's Crypt
2   Ancient Grudge
3   Red Elemental Blast

   
   
   
Craig Masley - Whisper Oath
4   Force of Will
3   Mental Misstep
2   Mana Drain
1   Lightning Bolt
1   Fire//Ice
1   Steel Sabotage
1   Nature's Claim
1   Vampiric Tutor
1   Brainstorm
1   Ancestral Recall
4   Night's Whisper
1   Time Walk
1   Show and Tell
1   Demonic Tutor
1   Merchant Scroll
1   Yawgmoth's Will
4   Oath of Druids
2   Griselbrand
2   Jace, The Mind Sculptor
4   Forbidden Orchard
3   Underground Sea
2   Tropical Island
2   Island
2   Polluted Delta
2   Misty Rainforest
1   Volcanic Island
1   Black Lotus
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Mox Pearl
1   Mox Jet
1   Mox Emerald
1   Mox Ruby
1   Mana Crypt
1   Sol Ring
1   Lotus Petal
1   Time Vault
1   Voltaic Key
SB   
4   Leyline of the Void
1   Red Elemental Blast
1   Pyroblast
1   Tormod's Crypt
1   Pithing Needle
1   Nature's Claim
1   Abrupt Decay
1   Hurkyl's Recall
1   Steel Sabotage
1   Flusterstorm
1   Firespout
1   Show and Tell

[A.-1.]

Congrats, Mr. Ferry. Way to rep PA.

[Explosive Engineer]

Thanks to Craig and Pandemonium for organizing this event; I had a great time. The vintage community in the Boston area is a bunch of really super guys and makes for a lot of fun.  It was good to see everyone.

Cheers,
Brian S

[mr.grim]

@ A.1.... He is now a bostonite.


 Props to Ferry and the rest of the top.

[SammieBee]

Thanks to Craig and Pandemonium for organizing this event; I had a great time. The vintage community in the Boston area is a bunch of really super guys and makes for a lot of fun.  It was good to see everyone.

Cheers,
Brian S

Plus one super awesome female

[bfeingersh]

Solid turnout despite the holiday weekend, hopefully we can make this a more regular thing in the area. Loved my deck despite just missing top 8, feeling very salty not making the cut and probably going to make the trek to NYSE now to run it back.

[A.-1.]

Obviously, Keith. But once a Pennsylvanian, always a Pennsylvanian, right?

[ErtaiAdept]

Thanks to Craig and Pandemonium for organizing this event; I had a great time. The vintage community in the Boston area is a bunch of really super guys and makes for a lot of fun.  It was good to see everyone.

Cheers,
Brian S

Plus one super awesome female

Indeed!  Glad to see you were able to get on the forums Sam

[InfectedMushroom]

My list is missing 2x scalding tarn.

It was a good day for vintage, and everybody was really nice. Props to the winners, and thank you pandemonium for hosting the tournament. Awesome prize support and friendly players.

[ErtaiAdept]

My list is missing 2x scalding tarn.

Updated, thanks Chris.

[rooneg]

Looks like Marco Farrugia's main deck is only 55 cards.  Missing some lands perhaps?

Acually, Alex Brown's main deck is also short, it's only 57 cards.

[ErtaiAdept]

Looks like Marco Farrugia's main deck is only 55 cards.  Missing some lands perhaps?

Acually, Alex Brown's main deck is also short, it's only 57 cards.

Thanks for the proofreading guys. Both lists have been fixed:

Marcos was missing some fetches
Alex I had just put 1 Deathrite instead of 4

[rooneg]

Alex I had just put 1 Deathrite instead of 4

That makes a lot more sense.  I was wondering why he'd play 1 DRS

[mr.grim]

Yes ,Rob. Ferry will forever be Wilkes Barres greatest hero. I'm working on the mini comic book series now.

[Will]

Hey, any chance you could break down the Workshop decks further?

[ErtaiAdept]

Hey, any chance you could break down the Workshop decks further?

Sure, are you talking like Martello vs Espresso etc?  I can probably take care of that some time tomorrow.  Unfortunately I'm at work now and won't be home till late tonight.

[Bill Copes]

Went 1-2-go home, but had an awesome time!  Great to see friends and meet some new people.  Thanks to Craig, ELD, Pandemonium and everyone else involved!

[ErtaiAdept]

Updated OP with Shops breakdown.  The two Terra Nova Lists were a bit different than the original, but that was the closest approximation I could make. (See Brian Schlossberg's List)

[Explosive Engineer]

Updated OP with Shops breakdown.  The two Terra Nova Lists were a bit different than the original, but that was the closest approximation I could make. (See Brian Schlossberg's List)

Craig,  

While i recognize what you're trying to do by branding the shop decks with existing decknames for organizational purposes, doing so is a bit pedantic and misses the point as a result.  The most important thing to consider when classifying the shop decks, either as an opponent trying to figure out how to beat it or as the TO reporting results, is what the game plan of the deck is.  My list was heavily meta-gamed for this tournament, but if it needs to fall into an existing bucket it is probably closer to an 'espresso' plan than a 'terra nova' one.  

Cheers,
Brian

[ErtaiAdept]

Updated OP with Shops breakdown.  The two Terra Nova Lists were a bit different than the original, but that was the closest approximation I could make. (See Brian Schlossberg's List)

Craig,  

While i recognize what you're trying to do by branding the shop decks with existing decknames for organizational purposes, doing so is a bit pedantic and misses the point as a result.  The most important thing to consider when classifying the shop decks, either as an opponent trying to figure out how to beat it or as the TO reporting results, is what the game plan of the deck is.  My list was heavily meta-gamed for this tournament, but if it needs to fall into an existing bucket it is probably closer to an 'espresso' plan than a 'terra nova' one.  

Cheers,
Brian

Updated and corrected.  That makes sense looking back at the list.  I originally was doing it from memory and knew you had run a lot of the same cards as the terra nova list (man lands, dissmember in the main etc.)  Sorry for the mixup.