TO Report: The Players Guild 11/30/13

[Kameli0n]

21 vintage participants were in attendance. Top 8 were awarded for the event. 1st and 2nd place split prize and tool home 175 each in store credit, 3rd and 4th took 50 in store credit, and 5th-8th took 25 in store credit. Thanks again to those who came out to support the format and play vintage in Bloomsburg.

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
UW Bomberman: 1 –  4.76%
Esper Bomberman: 1 –  4.76%
Bob Pyro Control: 1 –  4.76%
BUG Control: 1 –  4.76%
Griselbrand Oath: 2 –  9.52%
Grixis Control: 1 –  4.76%
Strix Control: 1 – 4.76%


Workshops:
Martello: 1 – 4.76%
Aggro Shops: 2 – 9.52%
Espresso: 1 – 4.76%
Affinity Shops: 1 – 4.76%


Bazaars:
Dredge: 0 –0.0%

Combo:
Doomsday Gush: 2 – 9.52%
Humanstorm: 1 – 4.76%
OmniShow: 1 – 4.76%


Others:
UR Delver: 1 – 4.76%
BUG Fish: 1 –  4.76%
Mountains Win Again: 1 –  4.76%
Merfolk: 1 –  4.76%

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results
Savage, Sam vs. Sees, William – Sees wins
Edwards, Rob vs. Butker, Joshua – Butker wins
Murray, Matthew vs. Kohler, Justin – Murray wins
Kelly, Brain vs. Bernquist, Dan – Kelly wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results
Murray, Matthew vs. Butker, Joshua – Butker wins
Sees, William vs. Kelly, Brian – Kelly wins

Finals
Butker, Joshua vs. Kelly, Brian – 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 Brian for winning!

Top 8 Decklists:

First – Brian Kelly
“Humanstorm "

4 Dark Confidant
3 Notion Thief
2 Grand Abolisher
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Noble Hierarch
1 Trinket Mage
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Memory Jar
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
2 Mental Misstep
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Repeal
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Cavern of Souls
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Flooded Strand
2 City of Brass
2 Underground Sea
1 Tundra
1 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Rest in Peace
2 Flusterstorm
2 Disenchant
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Ophiomancer
1 War Priest of Thune
1 Karakas

Second – Josh Butker
“ Doomsday Gush"

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

SB:
2 Dimir Charm
2 Dismember
2 Steel Sabotage
4 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mana Vault
1 Swamp
2 Extirpate
1 Duress

Semi-Finalist – William Sees
 “Shawn’s Time Vault "

3 Mana Drain
2 Spell Snare
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
4 Dark Confidant
1 Blightsteel Colossus
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Abrupt Decay
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
3 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
3 Tropical Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Flooded Strand
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:
2 Thoughtseize
2 Flusterstorm
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall

Semi-Finalist – Matthew Murray
“ No deck name provided"

4 Show and Tell
3 Omniscience
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Emrakul, the Aeon’s Turn
1 Griselbrand
1 Tinker
2 Thoughtseize
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Preordain
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
3 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Misty Rainforest

SB:
3 Ancient Tomb
3 Energy Flux
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Echoing Truth
1 Flusterstorm
1 Extirpate
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Yixlid Jailer

Quarter-Finalist – Rob Edwards
“ MUD"

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
4 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Steel Hellkite
2 Triskelion
2 Ratchet Bomb
1 Trinisphere

SB:
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Pithing Needle
2 Duplicant
3 Dismember
2 Ghost Quarter
2 Relic of Progenitus

Quarter-Finalist – Sam Savage
“Oath "

2 Griselbrand
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Memory’s Journey
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Misdirection
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Flusterstorm
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
2 Show and Tell
4 Oath of Druids
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Strip Mine
2 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
4 Forbidden Orchard

SB:
3 Nature’s Claim
3 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Show and Tell
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Forest
2 Pithing Needle

Quarter-Finalist – Justin Kohler
 “Red Deck Wins "

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 Swords to Plowshares
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 Pearl
1 Mox Jet
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:
3 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
1 Peacekeeper

Quarter-Finalist – Dan Bernquist
“ DUD"

1 Strip Mine
1 Buried Ruins
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
3 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Triskelion
1 Staff of Nin

SB:
2 Smokestack
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Duplicant
2 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Ratchet Bomb
1 Relic of Progenitus
4 Grafdigger’s Cage

Again, thanks for the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event is January 4, 2014. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to Brian!!!

[d8dk32]

That Humanstorm list is really cool. Humans are ridiculously versatile it seems. And OmniTell in the Top 4. That's pretty cool too. A lot of cool stuff can be done in Vintage right now.

[msg67183]

A BIG Congrats to Brian for taking this one down! Now you have a pretty Emerald added to your collection.
Kohler, thanks for the great deal on cards, and I finally see the card you were talking about, very funny!
Congrats to the rest of the top 8.
I guess I need some more practice with my deck, I went 1-3 with Merfolk never tested it before.
Oh well there is always next time. I will also have sleep this time, playing Vintage without sleep is rough, Kohler how do you do it? Lol
Thank you Shawn for a fun event, thank you to Brian for giving me the perfect name for the deck:
"Blue Demons" because apparently Merfolk are evil! Lol

[Samoht]

Congrats to the stacked top 8, especially to Brian for taking it down with such an interesting list. I also think Murray's list was really sweet as well, when I saw he had t8'd I assumed it was just Bomberman but it was in fact way more fun!

[Grand Inquisitor]

Fear the Ophiomancer!
 

Congrats Brian

[Gaddock Teeg]

Still tilted from the goober who left early...

[psyburat]

[Chubby Rain]

Congrats to the stacked top 8, especially to Brian for taking it down with such an interesting list. I also think Murray's list was really sweet as well, when I saw he had t8'd I assumed it was just Bomberman but it was in fact way more fun!

Thanks, Tom. I posted about the deck in the Blue-Control forum and added a tournament report. The deck was a lot of fun to play and I would welcome any suggestions you may have.

[brianpk80]

Thanks for the comments, Matt, Matt, Tom, Stephen, Shawn, and d8dk32.

I put a report here: http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=44932.msg635316#msg635316

The decklist and deck description are on page 15 of the Humans thread along w. the report from Mythic Games. 

[mr.grim]

Props to Rob, Josh , Mr. Sees and the rest of top!

[Mythic Games]

Had a great time. Congrats to Brian who is on a heater. Back to back stellar finishes with the Humanstorm.

[Kameli0n]

Kohler, thanks for the great deal on cards

It's great to know people are comfortable buying and selling cards in someone else's establishment. Thanks for informing us all about it in your post! The establishment which is the local gaming store that pays rent and bills to provide you with a place to play.