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« on: August 26, 2013, 12:46:25 pm » |
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Alright, finally got around to typing up this TO report. As usual I would like to start off by thanking everyone who came out to the event and made it a huge success. The vintage community in Boston is growing very well and I'm happy to see it return with some of the strength that it had in its prime.
That being said, thank you as well to Pandemonium for hosting again and helping provide outstanding prize support. Props to Amelia our judge who did a fantastic job of managing a lot of difficult rules calls and keeping the event running smoothly and on time.
NOW! On to the important information:
We had a grand total of 37 in attendance for this event and we ran 6 rounds of swiss with a cut to the top 8. The field was incredibly diverse, if not slightly more blue than some previous tournaments.
Meta Breakdown
5 BUG Fish
4 Grixis Control
3 Grislebrand Oath
2 Other
2 Esper Plainswalker Control
2 Pyromancer Gush
2 Pyromancer - Clamp
2 RUG Pyromancer
2 Prison Shops
2 Burning Long
2 U/W Angel Control
1 Dredge
1 Delver-Still
1 Gush Control
1 Affinity Shops
1 Welder Shops
1 Forgemaster Shops
1 MUD Aggro
1 UW Bomberman
Standings at Cut to Top 8
1. Warren Connell (Pyromancer Gush) (18 pts)
2. Tony Yergeau (Regrow - Oath) (15 pts)
3. Stephen Houdlette (Angel Control) (14 pts)
4. Oliver Beaumont (Bomberman) (13 pts)
5. Paul Ewenstein (U/W/R Geist) (13 pts)
6. Dillon Rafferty (Angel Control) (13 pts)
7. Eric Dupuis (Grixis Control) (13 pts)
8. Alex Brown (Grixis Control) (12 pts)
Top 8 Matches
Warren Connell (Pyromancer Gush) vs Alex Brown (Grixis) --> Warren Wins
Oliver Beaumont (Bomberman) vs Paul Ewenstein (Geist) --> Oliver Wins
Tony Yergeau (Regroath) vs Eric Dupuis (Grixis) --> Eric Wins
Stephen Houdlette (Angels) vs Dillon Rafferty (Angels) --> Stephen Wins
At this point the top 4 decided on an even 4-way split of the prizes (which worked out to $200 in store credit per person
Top 8 Deck Lists (In no particular order)
Eric Dupuis Grixis Control
4 Force of Will
4 Dark Confidant
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Flooded Strand
3 Mental Misstep
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Mana Drain
2 Jace, The Mindsculptor
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Voltaic Key
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Thoughtseize
1 Flusterstorm
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Blightsteel Collossus
1 Tinker
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
SB
2 Pithing Needle
1 Surgical Extracton
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Mountain
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Viashino Heretic
4 Ingot Chewer
1 Yixlid Jailer
2 Lightining Bolt
Oliver Beaumont Bomber Man
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Spell Snare
1 Time Vcault
4 Force of Will
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Mana Drain
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Pearl
1 Blightsteel Colossus
4 Trinket Mage
4 Flooded Strand
1 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Tundra
2 Vendillion Clique
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Tinker
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Mox Jet
4 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
2 Auriok Savagers
1 Votlaic Key
1 Mox Ruby
1 Plains
1 Time Walk
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Mana Crypt
1 Brainstorm
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Island
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
2 Polluted Delta
SB
3 Rest in Peace
3 Swords to Plowshares
3 Kataki, Wars Wage
1 Devout Witness
1 Disenchant
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Pithing Needle
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant
Stephen Houdlette U/W Angel Control
3 Tundra
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Plains
3 Island
4 Flooded Strand
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
4 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
1 Cunning Wish
1 Flusterstorm
3 Trinket Mage
3 Mental Misstep
3 Mana Drain
2 Sense's Divining Top
2 Engineered Explosives
3 Spell Snare
2 Vendillion Clique
1 Thirst for KNowledge
3 Resotration Angel
2 Snapcaster Mage
SB
3 Rest in Peace
1 Devout Witnsess
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Terferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Disenchant
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod's Crypt
Warren Connel Pyromancer Gush
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
4 Preordane
3 Flusterstorm
3 Mental Misstep
3 Young Pyromance
3 Regrowth
2 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Wll
1 Fastbond
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Timewalk
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Polluted Delta
1 Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropcal Island
SB
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixilid Jailer
2 Thoughtseize
3 Nature's Claim
3 Ingot Chewer
1 Mountain
Dillon Rafferty U/W Angel Control
3 Island
1 Plains
4 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Tundra
4 Trinket Mage
3 Vendillion Clique
3 Restoration Angel
3 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Spellsnare
3 Mental Misstep
3 Mana Drain
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timewalk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 Grafdiggers Cage
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
SB
2 Steel Sabotage
3 Disenchant
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Rest in Peace
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Aetherling
1 Devout Witness
Alex Brown Grixis Control
1 Black Lotus
1 SOl Ring
1 Mna Crypt
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcaninc Island
2 Island
4 Dark Confidant
3 Snapcaster Mage
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Spell Snare
3 Mental Misstep
2 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstrom
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Thoughtseize
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
SB
1 Yixilid Jailer
1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Ingot Chewer
2 Lighting Bolt
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Pyroclasm
1 Mountain
Anthony Yergeau Regr-Oath
4 Oath of Druids
4 Regrowth
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
3 Flusterstorm
2 Impulse
2 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Griselbrand
1 Timewalk
1 Show and Tell
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Island
2 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
SB
1 Show and Tell
1 Mana Vault
2 Rebuild
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Pithing Needle
1 Surgical Extraction
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Misdirection
Paul Ewenstein WUR Geist Control
2 Volcanic Island
3 Tindra
1 Plateau
2 Flooded Strand
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Arid Mesa
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
1 Karakas
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol RIng
1 Mox Saphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timewalk
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
2 Spell Snare
2 Steel Sabotage
2 Spell Pierce
3 Lightning Bolt
2 Swords to Plowshares
3 Mental Misstep
3 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Geist of St. Traft
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Vendillion Clique
SB
2 Surgical Exctraction
2 Meddling Mage
2 Wear//Tear
2 Rest in Peace
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 ethersworn Canonist
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Detention Sphere
1 Elspeth Knight-Errant
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Bill Copes
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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2013, 03:30:28 pm » |
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37!!!! That's awesome!!!
EXCLAMATE!
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TheWhiteDragon
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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2013, 08:23:04 pm » |
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Was that really 8 blue decks in the top 8? Gotta love diversity. Jace + FoW FtW.
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ErtaiAdept
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« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2013, 08:31:50 pm » |
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Was that really 8 blue decks in the top 8? Gotta love diversity. Jace + FoW FtW.
Statistically speaking it was pretty likely given that out of 37 people attending only 7 were not blue based (9 if you count the two event decks that showed up) Pandemonium has always been slanted towards the blue end of the spectrum as far as Meta games go, but this was unusual even for this area. |
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2013, 08:38:35 pm » |
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I was personally shocked (and pleased at the same time) at the lack of Shops in the tournament this time around. Also, only 1 Dredge deck after its success last time.
Glad I got to use 5 or 6 of my sideboard cards that day at least!
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« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2013, 11:56:35 am » |
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Clearly we need to restrict Lodestone Golem, as he's oppressing the field.
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Bill Copes
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« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2013, 03:47:56 pm » |
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Clearly we need to restrict Lodestone Golem, as he's oppressing the field.
 I almost accidentally spit out my drink at the monitor. |
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« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2013, 08:46:37 pm » |
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Clearly we need to restrict Lodestone Golem, as he's oppressing the field.
BAN THE WORKSHOP!!! BAN IT!!! /sarcasm. |
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« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2013, 01:09:10 pm » |
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Grats to all of the top 8! It was a fun time like usual and good games were had. It ran smoothly and everyone was fun to play against.
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