TO Report: The Players Guild 01/04/14

[Kameli0n]

24 vintage participants were in attendance. Top 8 were awarded for the event. 1st place took home the Mox Emerald and second took 150 in store credit, 3rd and 4th took 75 in store credit, and 5th-8th took 30 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 –  4.17%
UR Landstill: 2 –  8.33%
UW Angels: 1 –  4.17%
Esper Stoneforge Control: 1 –  4.17%
Griselbrand Oath: 1 –  4.17%
Grixis Control: 3 –  12.5%
Strix Control: 2 – 8.33%
UR Wizards: 1 –  4.17%

Workshops:
Martello: 1 – 4.17%
Aggro Shops: 1 – 4.17%
5 Color Stax: 1 – 4.17%
Affinity Shops: 1 – 4.17%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 1 – 4.17%
Dr. Edge’s Laboratory: 1 – 4.17%

Combo:
Doomsday Gush: 1 – 4.17%
TPS: 1 – 4.17%
Omnitell: 1 – 4.17%

Brian Kelly Decks:
5 Creatures Oath of Druids: 1 –  4.17%

Others:
Merfolk: 1 –  4.17%
BUG Fish: 1 – 4.17%


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

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Kohler, Justin vs. Butker, Joshua – Butker wins
Potucek, Joshua vs. Fisher, Ryan – Fisher wins
Ballester, Lance vs. Tran, Allan – Ballester wins
Kelly, Brian vs. Dempsey, Brandon – Kelly wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

Butker, Joshua vs. Kelly, Brian – wins
Ballester, Lance vs. Fisher, Ryan – wins

Finals

Ballester, Lance vs. Butker, Joshua - Lance 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 Lance for winning!

Top 8 Decklists:

First – Lance Ballester
“ Dr. Edge’s Laboratory"

4 City of Brass
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Serum Powder
4 Bloodghast
4 Mental Misstep
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Narcomoeba
3 Dread Return
3 Darkblast
4 Golgari Grave Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
2 Dakmor Salvage
1 Riftstone Portal
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Bridge from Below
1 Griselbrand
1 Sun Titan
2 Laboratory Maniac

SB:
1 Dark Confidant
4 Mayor of Avabruck
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Divining Witch
4 Cavern of Souls


Second – Joshua 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 Doomsday
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
3 Thoughtseize
2 Spell Snare
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Gush
1 Brainstorm
4 Preordain
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Dark Ritual

SB:
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Mana Vault
4 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Dismember
2 Extirpate
2 Flusterstorm
1 Swamp

Semi-Finalist – Brian Kelly
“5 – Creature Oath of Druids "

4 Oath of Druids
2 Auriok Salvagers
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Griselbrand
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 City of Brass
2 Cavern of Souls
2 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Opal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Memory Jar
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
2 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
1 Repeal
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Timetwister
1 See Beyond
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond

SB:
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Peacekeeper
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Notion Thief
1 Meddling Mage
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Swan Song
1 Rebuild
1 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
1 Karakas

Semi-Finalist – Ryan Fisher
“ Grixis Control"

4 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Mental Misttep
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Mana Drain
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Echoing Truth
1 Time Walk
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tinker
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Misdirection
2 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Gifts Ungiven
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Mystical Tutor

SB:
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Mountain
1 Pyroclasm
1 Lightning Bolt
4 Ingot Chewer
1 Flusterstorm

Quarter-Finalist – Brandon Dempsey
“5 Color Stax"

4 Goblin Welder
1 Duplicant
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Sylvok Replica
1 Sundering Titan
1 Triskelion
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Smokestack
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Balance
1 Crop Rotation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Trinisphere
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
4 City of Brass
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
3 Gemstone Mine
1 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Sylvok Replica
2 Chains of Mephistopheles
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Duplicant
1 Pithing Needle
1 The Tabernacle of Pendrell Vale
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Triskelion

Quarter-Finalist – Justin Kohler
 “Red Deck Wins"

1 Aven Mindcensor
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 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 Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Plains
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Cavern of Souls
2 Misty Rainforest
3 Island
3 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand

SB:
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Rest in Peace
2 Disenchant
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Devout Witness
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 PithingNneedle
1 Tormod's Crypt

Quarter-Finalist – Allan Tran
“No Deck Name Provided"

4 Dark Confidant
4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Notion Thief
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Batterskull
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mana Drain
2 Thoughtseize
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Disenchant
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mana Crypt
1 Academy Ruins
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Island
1 Scrubland
3 Underground Sea
3 Tundra
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand

SB:
1 Disenchant
1 Devout Witness
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Rest in Peace
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 True-Name Nemesis
2 Duress

Quarter-Finalist  – Josh Potucek
“UR Wizards "

4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Sower of Temptation
4 Vendilion Clque
4 Trinket Mage
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
4 Mental Misstep
3 Spell Snare
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Volcanic Island
4 Island
1 Mountain
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Library of Alexandria

SB:
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Lightning Bolt
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Grafdigger’s Cage

Again, thanks for the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event is February 1, 2014. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to Lance!!!

[Ten-Ten]

Brian Kelly Decks:
5 Creatures Oath of Druids: 1 –  4.17%

I lol'd
Neat deck though, along with Potucek's Wizards.

Also, did Mr. Kohler have a sb?

[ramrodjon]

Thanks to Shawn for hosting this tournament, and congratulations to Lance and the rest of the Top 8.  Although I didn't do well at all, it's always a good day to get out and play some Vintage.

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

Awesome event! I played the UR wizards and in the t8 I lost to my own Mana Crypt while having Jace Clique going to town. I wasn't able to find an EE or Trinket mage...ever lol. Deck was great and tournament was fun! Can't wait to play again! Thanks Shawn

[mr.grim]

Props to top!
I would like to see a report from Brandon. That list looks fun as hell!

[msg67183]

Congrats to the top 8, to the 3 opponents who beat me in the Swiss that made it to top 8 (Potuceck, Ringer and Fisher) and a big congrats to Allan for top 8ing his first Bloomsburg Tourney!

[brianpk80]

It's an honor to have become a brand name defining the long lost sixth pillar of Vintage...   

It's probably just another combo deck though.  Great event, great prize, look forward to next month.  Thanks for hosting the event, Shawn!

[vaughnbros]

Congrats to the rest of top 8.  I had a great time as always at Bloomsburg with our awesome community.  Of course taking home a mox by playing wastelands, bazaars, and caverns in the same deck is awesome too!

[Kameli0n]

You probably won't get a report from Brandon. He just plays whatever deck I give him for each event, and since he is typically a standard/draft player he doesn't even use tmd.

[mr.grim]

Ok.

[cvarosky80]

Big ups to Lance and the rest of the Top 8. Sorry to have missed this one, but will certainly be at the next one! Also, "Brian Kelly Decks" just may the the single best description of Brian Kelly decks that I've ever seen. 

[brianpk80]

Ok.

I can tell you that he had the following opening against me on the play in the game that he won--

Lotus, Ruby, Tinker -> Sundering Titan... Mishra's Workshop, Sphere of Resistance.

I played Cavern, Lotus, AEther Spellbomb, bounce Titan, and in the next few turns, he hit Wasteland, Strip Mine, Wasteland, Workshop, Workshop and replayed the Titan with 9 Shop mana and me having nothing in play.  It looked like a very fun deck.  In the other games, he was very prepared for the Oath of Druids so I had to win by hardcasting Salvagers and comboing out w. Tendrils. 

[A.-1.]

Did he really play those cards in that sequence? That seems awful. Shop, Ruby, SoR, Lotus, Tinker is much better.

[brianpk80]

Did he really play those cards in that sequence? That seems awful. Shop, Ruby, SoR, Lotus, Tinker is much better.

It was that sequence.  We'd played before in the Swiss and he knew I wasn't on Force. 

[A.-1.]

That sequence also plays around Mindbreak Trap.

[brianpk80]

That sequence also plays around Mindbreak Trap.

I noticed.  This was a g1 of our second match and when I run Traps they're in the sideboard, so it didn't make a difference either way.  Your sequencing is more universally optimal though for sure.  

[Guli]

What a brilliant metagame

Congrats to those who made top 8!