Comic Book Depot - Mox Emerald Event on 8/25

[Samoht]

After a long layoff, tournament reports from Comic Depot events are back! We had 15 players battling for the chance to acquire the aforementioned Mox. Despite the smaller turnout, we elected to cut to top 8 anyway, with the play/draw rule for higher seeding in effect. Mishra was still a bit ornery about his lack of placing in the recent past and continued to make his presence felt. A newer twist on an existing strategy was employed as well involving some Flash cards. The top 4 decided to split the Mox into pieces, forgoing a chance for sole possession. Congratulations to the winners: Nick Detwiler, Mike Egan, JP Kohler, and Mike Herbig.

Metagame Breakdown:

Blue Control: 7
2 Mystical Teachings Control
1 UW Standstill
1 OmniRectorShow
1 Young Pyro
1 RUG Delver
1 Branded Oath

Workshops: 5
2 Espresso Stax
2 Genesis Chamber
1 Forgemaster Stax

Rituals: 2
2 Burning Long

Bazaars: 1
1 Dredge

Top 8 Pairings:
Detwiler (Stax) defeats Dixon (Teachings)
Egan (Teachings) defeats Chang (Stax)
Kohler (Chamber) defeats Mahr (Stax)
Herbig (Long) defeats Eckert (OmniRectorShow)

Decklists:
1st-4th - Mike Egan
Mystical Teachings Control

Artifacts (8):
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring

Artifacts (3):
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key

Creatures (8):
4 Dark Confidant
1 Restoration Angel
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Vendilion Clique

Instants (18):
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dismember
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Teachings
2 Spell Snare
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Thirst for Knowledge

Sorceries (4):
1 Balance
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Planeswalkers (3):
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret the Seeker

Land (16):
2 Cavern of Souls
4 Flooded Strand
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tundra
2 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15):
1 Devout Witness
2 Disenchant
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Plains
3 Rest in Peace
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Yixlid Jailer

1st-4th - Nick Detwiler
Espresso Stax

Artifacts Mana (9):
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring

Artifacts(25):
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Ratchet Bomb
4 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere

Artifact Creatures (7):
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Steel Hellkite

Lands (19):
4 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland

Sideboard (15):
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Porcelain Legionnaire
3 Serrated Arrows
3 Tormod's Crypt
2 Witchbane Orb

1st-4th - Mike Herbig
Burning Long

Artifact Mana (15):
1 Black Lotus
2 Chrome Mox
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
2 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring

Artifacts (1):
1 Memory Jar

Instants (9):
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor

Sorceries (16):
4 Burning Wish
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Duress
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Windfall

Creatures (2):
2 Griselbrand

Enchantments(6):
1 Necropotence
4 Oath of Druids
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain

Lands (11):
4 City of Brass
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Gemstone Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard (15):
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Diminishing Returns
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Laboratory Maniac
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Shattering Spree
1 Show and Tell
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Thoughtseize
1 Yawgmoth’s Will

1st-4th - JP Kohler Happy Birthday
Genesis Chamber Affinity

Artifact Mana (10):
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
3 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire

Artifacts (9):
4 Genesis Chamber
1 Memory Jar
4 Skullclamp

Artifact Creatures (26):
4 Arcbound Ravager
1 Blightsteel Colossus
3 Frogmite
2 Kuldotha Forgemaster
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Memnite
3 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Signal Pest
1 Sundering Titan

Sorceries (3):
1 Biorhythm
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker

Lands (12):
4 Ancient Tomb
3 Gaea's Cradle
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard (15):
2 Dismember
2 Echoing Truth
4 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Nature's Claim
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Witchbane Orb

5th-8th - Roland Chang
Forgemaster Stax

Artifacts Mana (9):
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring

Artifacts(18):
1 Contagion Engine
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere

Artifact Creatures (14):
3 Kudoltha Forgemaster
4 Lodestone Golem
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Steel Hellkite
1 Sundering Titan

Lands (19):
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Cavern of Souls
1 City of Traitors
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland

Sideboard (15):
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Dismember
1 Ghost Quarter
3 Grafdiggers Cage
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Witchbane Orb

5th-8th - Tom Dixon
Mystical Teachings Control

Artifact Mana (8):
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring

Artifacts (3)
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key

Creatures (10):
4 Dark Confidant
1 Restoration Angel
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Trinket Mage
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Vendilion Clique

Instants (14):
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dismember
4 Force of Will
2 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
1 Momentary Blink
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Steel Sabotage

Sorceries (6):
1 Balance
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Planeswalkers (3):
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret the Seeker

Land (16):
2 Cavern of Souls
4 Flooded Strand
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tundra
2 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15):
1 Devout Witness
2 Disenchant
3 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Helm of Obediance
1 Plains
4 Rest in Peace
3 Swords to Plowshares

5th-8th - Mickey Mahr
Espresso Stax

Artifact Creatures (9):
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Phyrexian Revoker

Artifact Mana (7):
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring

Artifacts (25):
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Null Rod
4 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere

Lands (19):
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland

Sideboard (15):
2 Dismember
2 Duplicant
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Tormod's Crypt

5th-8th - Mike Eckert
OmniRectorShow (Show-Flash Photography)

Artifacts (9):
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring

Creatures (6):
4 Academy Rector
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

Instants (14):
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Echoing Truth
1 Flash
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Vampiric Tutor

Sorceries (12):
4 Cabal Therapy
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
3 Show and Tell
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantments (4)
1 Energy Flux
2 Omniscience
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain

Lands (15):
2 Flooded Strand
2 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
2 Tundra

Sideboard (15):
1 Energy Flux
2 Flusterstorm
2 Kataki, War's Wage
4 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Moat
1 Notion Thief
4 Ravenous Trap


Some interesting card choices in the top 8. Notably Biorhythm, Mystical Teachings, Contagion Engine, Serrated Arrows, Moat, and Ingot Chewer (SB of Oath). It also is interesting that 3/4 of the Shop decks featured Smokestack. Look forward to the next event, stay tuned!

[Bibendum]

Was a ton of fun, had a great time and seemed to luck out on my birthday. Only dropped one game all day on my birthday which was during round one. Split the top 4 and ended up with a mox from Mr. Detwiler to boot. Biorhythm was fun but i'd probably just put another dude in its place. Memory Jar is outrageous in this list. In testing and in playing outside of one match I tinkered for that every time I could. Thanks again for all the birthday wishes from everyone and thanks Nick for another great event

[Samoht]

And yes, I segregated the lists and put each section in alphabetical order. Deal.

Mystical Teachings was sweet, but I got utterly devastated by some insane Long draws in the swiss. That deck has to be treated like Shops when you are on a creature based deck, being on the play is requisite. Their ability to land t1 Oath or Duress into Oath on t2 is too devastating.

[A.-1.]

I wholeheartedly approve of Teachings -> Teferi. That's one of my favorite Type 4 plays.

[vaughnbros]

Mystical Teachings was sweet, but I got utterly devastated by some insane Long draws in the swiss. That deck has to be treated like Shops when you are on a creature based deck, being on the play is requisite. Their ability to land t1 Oath or Duress into Oath on t2 is too devastating.

May I ask what other decks you played during the day?  I love the whole mystical teachings with flash creatures, but your curve seems fairly high to me especially with it sporting bob.

[Samoht]

Mystical Teachings was sweet, but I got utterly devastated by some insane Long draws in the swiss. That deck has to be treated like Shops when you are on a creature based deck, being on the play is requisite. Their ability to land t1 Oath or Duress into Oath on t2 is too devastating.

May I ask what other decks you played during the day?  I love the whole mystical teachings with flash creatures, but your curve seems fairly high to me especially with it sporting bob.

UW Landstill and Oath. Egan played a very similar list and I believe he had a more shop infested Swiss.

[Cruel Ultimatum]

Mystical Teachings was sweet, but I got utterly devastated by some insane Long draws in the swiss. That deck has to be treated like Shops when you are on a creature based deck, being on the play is requisite. Their ability to land t1 Oath or Duress into Oath on t2 is too devastating.

May I ask what other decks you played during the day?  I love the whole mystical teachings with flash creatures, but your curve seems fairly high to me especially with it sporting bob.

UW Landstill and Oath. Egan played a very similar list and I believe he had a more shop infested Swiss.

Besides beating Roland in t8, I played Nick Detwiler on espresso round one where I lost. However I did punt against Nick as I was trying to play fast because we were short on time and tapped the wrong mana to cast jace, thus keeping myself off drain. Had that happened, I woul have won that game and the match would have lost likely been a draw. I also beat burning long and rug delver on the day.

As far as the mana curve, it seems about the same as a bomber man/blue angels list which plays 6-7 4 drops.

[Comic Book Depot]

Thanks Mr. Dixon for a fantastic tournament report and thank you Mr. Detwiller for a fantastic vintage event.