TO Report: The Players Guild 06/01/13

[Kameli0n]

Only 14 vintage participants were in attendance. Top 4 were awarded for the event. First place took 250 in store credit, second took 50 in store credit, 3rd and 4th were awarded 25 in store credit. Thanks again to everyone who did chose to support the format and come to play vintage in Bloomsburg.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
UW Bomberman: 1 –  7.14%
UWb Bomberman: 1 –  7.14%
URb Landstill: 1 –  7.14%
Strix Control: 1 –  7.14%
Grixis Painter: 1 –  7.14%

Workshops:
Martello: 2 – 14.29%
Martello w/Metalworker: 1 – 7.14%
Terra Nova: 1 – 7.14%

Bazaars:
Dredge/Doomsday/Lab Maniac Combo (aka Lance.dec): 1 –7.14%

Others:
Noble Fish: 1 – 7.14%
Mayor Fish: 3 – 21.43%

This event was run with 4 swiss rounds with the cut to top 4.

Top 4 Pairings and Results
Edwards, Rob vs. MacClaren, Rob –MacClaren wins
Ballester, Lance vs. Bernquist, Dan – Bernquist wins

Finals
Bernquist, Dan vs. MacClaren, Rob – wins

Please inform us of any suggestions you may have for us to improve our tournaments in the future. And again, thanks to everyone who did come out to the event. Congrats to Dan for winning!

Top 4 Decklists:

First – Dan Bernquist
“Grixis Painter"

3 Trinket Mage
3 Painter’s Servant
1 Goblin Welder
1 Blightsteel Colossus
3 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Grindstone
1 Pithing Needle
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Spell Snare
4 Force of Will
2 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Rakdos Charm
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Ponder
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mountain
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Island
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Volcanic Island

SB:
1 Darkblast
1 Spell Pierce
1 Mental Misstep
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Flusterstorm
1 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Ingot Chewer

Second – Rob MacClaren
“Track 5 from Album ‘Four’ by Blues Traveler”

4 Noble Hierarch
3 Voice of Resurgence
1 Scavenging Ooze
2 Vendilion Clique
3 Meddling Mage
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Shardless Agent
2 Trygon Predator
3 Stony Silence
4 Force of Will
2 Path to Exile
2 Selesnya Charm
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Forest
2 Savannah
4 Tropical Island
2 Tundra

SB:
1 Selesnya Charm
1 Flusterstorm
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Rest in Peace
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Path to Exile
2 Mindbreak Trap

Semi-Finalist – Rob Edwards
“Martello”

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

Semi-Finalist – Lance Ballester
“Dr. Edge’s Laboratory”

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Serum Powder
4 Golgari Grave Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Dakmor Salvage
2 Darkblast
2 Griselbrand
1 Sun Titan
2 laboratory Maniac
4 Dread Return
3 Cabal Therapy
4 Mental Misstep
4 Narcomoeba
4 Bloodghast
2 Fatestitcher
2 Bridge from Below
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Riftstone Portal
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea

SB:
3 Divining Witch
3 Liliana of the Veil
4 Doomsday
3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Verdant Catacombs

Again, thanks for all the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event is July 6, 2013. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to Dan!!!

[ramrodjon]

Thanks to Shawn for always getting these reports out quickly for those of us who couldn't attend. 

Rob E: Is the 4th Revoker to help fight Jace and trade with Fish guys? 

Rob M: How was Voice in a Shardless Fish deck?  I thought it could have a home there with a control heavy metagame.  Also, I've often run into trouble with too many situational instants (Fstorm, Hurks, etc.) during cascades that I've tried to use permanent answers to go with Shardless Agent.  Did you have any trouble with this?

Hope to see you all soon!

[A.-1.]

Revoker is good against activated abilities, which is almost every deck. Doomsday and Dredge are barely hit by Revoker. Jace is a punk. I don't care about that guy.

I'll answer for the other Rob. Shardless Agent -> Voice was a house for Rob in testing and in the tournament. Instants were too clunky with SA.

@Shawn - First took $180 and second took $120.

[mr.grim]

@ Rob M. Track five is really good , but where are the mountains? lol

Props to the top and Shawn G.

Props to A.1 for publicly calling Jace a punk!

[rpf5029]

@ Rob M. Track five is really good , but where are the mountains? lol

Props to the top and Shawn G.

Props to A.1 for publicly calling Jace a punk!

A.1 is just salty because he thought Jace was going to be a non-factor in Vintage. 

No mountains, but U/W Bomberman isn't exactly Red Deck Wins, either... :-p

[msg67183]

After playing UW Bomberman or "Kohler Deck Wins" as I call it, and going a awesome 0-3 then getting a bye, I must say, I can't play that deck, haha. I guess I'm just going to stick with Dredge.

[A.-1.]

A.1 is just salty because he thought Jace was going to be a non-factor in Vintage. 

I'm going to assume you're joking.

[rpf5029]

A.1 is just salty because he thought Jace was going to be a non-factor in Vintage. 

I'm going to assume you're joking.

Got me! 

[Samoht]

After playing UW Bomberman or "Kohler Deck Wins" as I call it, and going a awesome 0-3 then getting a bye, I must say, I can't play that deck, haha. I guess I'm just going to stick with Dredge.

Care to give a quick run down of what you played and how the games went?

[msg67183]

Round 1 Glakin on Terra Nova:
Game 1
He wins the die roll, goes turn 1 Shop Mox Trinisphere
I go Misty Pass
He then goes Shop Lodestone
I go Misty Pass
He Metamorphs his Lodestone

Game 2
I go Island Peral Pass
He tries for a turn 1 SoR I Sabotage
I draw and pass, no mana source
He plays Revoker, I in resp tap Pearl for white, he names Pearl
I Swords his Revoker
Draw, no mana source
He Strips Island, plays Revoker on Pearl
I draw No mana rest of game

Round 2 Kohler on Humans:
Game 1 I end up using 3 Jaces but they die to his high density of UNCOUNTERABLE dudes, while all I draw is counters.
Game 2 goes the same way, except I get a little bit more action getting a Salvagers into play and trying to do some fancy things with EE.

Round 3 Martello
Game 1 I win with Jace's Ultimate
Game 2 I lose to Wurmcoil Engine being Metamorphed.
Game 3 I lose to Wurmcoil with a Chalice at 1 and Swords in hand

[Samoht]

Round 1 Glakin on Terra Nova:
Game 1
He wins the die roll, goes turn 1 Shop Mox Trinisphere
I go Misty Pass
He then goes Shop Lodestone
I go Misty Pass
He Metamorphs his Lodestone

Game 2
I go Island Peral Pass
He tries for a turn 1 SoR I Sabotage
I draw and pass, no mana source
He plays Revoker, I in resp tap Pearl for white, he names Pearl
I Swords his Revoker
Draw, no mana source
He Strips Island, plays Revoker on Pearl
I draw No mana rest of game

Round 2 Kohler on Humans:
Game 1 I end up using 3 Jaces but they die to his high density of UNCOUNTERABLE dudes, while all I draw is counters.
Game 2 goes the same way, except I get a little bit more action getting a Salvagers into play and trying to do some fancy things with EE.

Round 3 Martello
Game 1 I win with Jace's Ultimate
Game 2 I lose to Wurmcoil Engine being Metamorphed.
Game 3 I lose to Wurmcoil with a Chalice at 1 and Swords in hand

Fair enough. G2 against Glackin you made some decisions that put you into a tough spot. I'd likely have let the Sphere hit with the intention of countering a physical threat. I also probably mulligan a 1 land 1 mox hand against Terra Nova if I have no way to draw extra cards, IE Ancestral or Brainstorm.

I haven't tested against the newer Humans list so can't comment.

Strange to see Wurmcoil Engine's in Martello but they need shouldn't be too problematic as your hate outside of Witness/Disenchant solves him equally well. What happened to have Wurmcoil's in play?

Seems like you hit some bad luck.

[msg67183]

Games 2 and 3 I had Witness out also, but Revoker is a Bitch haha.

[disrupting specter]

The 8th place dredge deck that transforms into Doomsday lab man looks interesting. I haven't seen that before. How well does that transformation sideboard work? Have you tried Dark Depths SB? Does Doomsday work better? Did you always get  for Doomsday?

[vaughnbros]

The 8th place dredge deck that transforms into Doomsday lab man looks interesting. I haven't seen that before. How well does that transformation sideboard work?

4th* place since this was sadly only a 14 man tournament.  More people need to come out to these!  

I think it works pretty well.  I was 3-0 in the swiss drew into top 4, where I was blown out by miser rakdos charm game 1 and then game 2 by first turn cage into early vault/key with misstep and force back up.

Have you tried Dark Depths SB? Does Doomsday work better?

In my opinion a 1 card combo > 2 card combo unless there is a significant power difference.  Both Divining witch and doomsday are 1 card combos on par with the dark depths/hexmage power level.

The only game I saw doomsday specifically in this tournament I would've been playing directly into a force of will, that I saw after using therapy.  By him playing around my doomsday though I was able to dredge post board for enough value to kill him.  In my testing it played very well.

Did you always get   for Doomsday?

Urborg all but guarantees that I hit BBB.  On top of that pretty much every non bazaar land taps for black on its own.

[Onslaught]

The Maniac/Dredge deck is only 58, are the missing cards Fatestitchers?

[vaughnbros]

The Maniac/Dredge deck is only 58, are the missing cards Fatestitchers?

Correct 2 fatestitchers are missing.