T.O. Report, Metagame Summary, Top 8 Decklists & more!
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who comes out to play at Top Deck Games month after month; you guys are the backbone of the Vintage community. Secondly, thank you everyone for your patience. As Top Deck Games grows, and my attention gets pulled in many different directions, it gets exponentially tougher to find time for creating and posting things like this. In the future I hope to have the Top 8 decklists and metagame breakdown posted by the Monday following an event. With nothing further, here are THREE EVENTS worth of Top 8 Decklists, metagame breakdowns for each event, as well as the local metagame trend across the last three months! I need to hash out some more data for the January and February tournaments to figure out who played who as well as their final ranks, so I haven't included any info other than the Top 8 decklists for the moment (they'll be updated "soon").
Winter Open - 63 players
Winner: Adam Conn
2 Qasali Pridemage
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Voice of Resurgence
1 Snapcaster Mage
2 True-Name Nemesis
2 Scavenging Ooze
1 Vendilion Clique
3 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Spell Pierce
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Force of Will
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Sylvan Library
1 Island
1 Plains
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Batterskull
1 Ponder
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Flooded Strand
Sideboard
1 Pithing Needle
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Trygon Predator
2 Rest in Peace
2 Disenchant
2 Path to Exile
1 Flusterstorm
2 Annul
2nd place: Tom Dixon
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Island
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Force of Will
2 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
1 Misdirection
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Spell Snare
1 Flusterstorm
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Preordain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Time Walk
1 Memory’s Journey
1 Regrowth
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
4 Oath of Druids
2 Griselbrand
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
Sideboard
1 Tinker
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Ancient Grudge
3 Abrupt Decay
1 Toxic Deluge
2 Duress
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Nihil Spellbomb
Brad Jarman, 3rd/4th
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
1 Sun Titan
2 Fatestitcher
3 Golgari Thug
3 Ichorid
3 Ingot Chewer
4 Bloodghast
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
3 Mental Misstep
2 Dread Return
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Bridge from Below
4 Serum Powder
2 Dakmar Salvage
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 City of Brass
4 Undiscovered Paradise
Sideboard
3 Chain of Vapor
1 Darkblast
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
3 Firestorm
1 Ingot Chewer
4 Nature’s Claim
2 Wispmare
Mike Sorrentino, 3rd/4th
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Duplicant
1 Sundering Titan
1 Steel Hellkite
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tanglewire
3 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
Sideboard
3 Relic of Progenitus
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Pithing Needle
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Duplicant
Harry Corvese, 5th-8th
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
2 Island
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Delver of Secrets
3 Young Pyromancer
1 Brainstorm
3 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
2 Spell Pierce
2 Preordain
1 Steel Sabotage
4 Gush
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mox Emerald
Sideboard
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
2 Pyroblast
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
Brian Durkin, 5th-8th
4 Cavern of Souls
9 Island
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
3 Merrow Rejeerey
3 Phantasmal Image
4 Silvergill Adept
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Waterfront Bouncer
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
2 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Time Walk
Sideboard
3 Dismember
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Pithing Needle
3 Steel Sabotage
2 Tormod’s Crypt
Michael Ruggiero, 5th-8th
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
3 Mana Drain
2 Flusterstorm
1 Misdirection
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Spell Snare
1 Steel Sabotage
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Show and Tell
3 Preordain
2 Gitaxian Probe
4 Oath of Druids
2 Griselbrand
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
Sideboard
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Pithing Needle
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Forest
John Jones, 5th-8th
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Wasteland
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Verdant Catacombs
1 Bayou
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite Shaman
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 True-Name Nemesis
2 Trygon Predator
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Nature's Claim
2 Spell Pierce
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Toxic Deluge
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Life from the Loam
1 Thoughtseize
1 Time Walk
Sideboard
4 Dismember
1 Forest
3 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Nature's Claim
1 Steel Sabotage
January 25th - 51 players
Joshua Butler: Doomsday
4 Polluted Delta
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
4 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Doomsday
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Gush
1 Brainstorm
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Time Walk
4 Preordain
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Snare
3 Thoughtseize
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
2 Steel Sabotage
Sideboard
2 Flusterstorm
3 Ravenous Trap
2 Darkblast
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Swamp
4 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mana Vault
Greg Fenton: Oath
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
4 Oath of Druids
2 Griselbrand
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
1 Misdirection
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Preordain
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Abrupt Decay
2 Show and Tell
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Memory’s Journey
Sideboard
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Pithing Needle
1 Forest
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Abrupt Decay
Tom Dixon: Oath
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 City of Brass
2 Polluted Delta
1 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Memory Jar
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
2 Voltaic Key
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Mox Opal
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Transmute Artifact
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Windfall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Mana Vault
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
2 Chain of Vapor
4 Gitaxian Probe
2 Misdirection
1 Regrowth
SB: 2 Thoughtseize
SB: 3 Ingot Chewer
SB: 1 Ancient Grudge
SB: 2 Nature's Claim
SB: 3 Yixlid Jailer
SB: 2 Nihil Spellbomb
SB: 2 Toxic Deluge
Will Magrann: Espresso Stax
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
2 Ghost Quarter
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Karn, Silver Golem
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Smokestack
4 Tanglewire
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mox Pearl
Sideboard
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Pithing Needle
3 Serrated Arrows
3 Maze of Ith
Justin Kohler: Bomberman
1 Aven Mindcensor
2 Auriok Salvager
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Trinket Mage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Flusterstorm
1 Thrist 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 Gradigger’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 Polluted Delta
3 Island
3 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
Sideboard
4 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
Mark Tocco: Tezzerator
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
2 Flooded Strand
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Force of Will
2 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
2 Mana Drain
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Toxic Deluge
3 Dark Confidant
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Ponder
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Thoughtseize
1 Abrupt Decay
Sideboard
1 Thoughtseize
1 Mental Misstep
3 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Trygon Predator
1 Forest
Andrew Varsallona: Stax
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Trinisphere
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
1 Mana Crypt
1 City of Traitors
1 Wurmcoil Engine
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Steel Hellkite
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Tanglewire
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Smokestack
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
Sideboard
2 Dismember
2 Porcelain Legionnaire
3 Serrated Arrows
1 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Witchbame Orb
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Wurmcoil Engine
Michael Ruggiero: Oath
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
3 Mana Drain
2 Flusterstorm
2 Misdirection
4 Oath of Druids
2 Griselbrand
3 Preordain
2 Show and Tell
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Polluted Delta
1 Island
Sideboard
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Pithing Needle
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Forest
February 15th - 43 players
Justin Kohler: Bomberman
1 Aven Mindcensor
2 Auriok Salvager
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Trinket Mage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Flusterstorm
1 Thrist 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 Gradigger’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 Polluted Delta
3 Island
3 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
Sideboard
4 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
Chas Hinkle: Dredge
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 City of Brass
4 Undiscovered Paradise
2 Dakmar Salvage
4 Bloodghast
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
2 Golgari Thug
3 Ichorid
4 Ingot Chewer
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
1 Sun Titan
4 Bridge from Below
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Dread Return
4 Mental Misstep
4 Serum Powder
Sideboard
4 Nature’s Claim
4 Chain of Vapor
3 Wispmare
2 Firestorm
1 Darkblast
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Tom Dixon: Junk Hatebers
1 Eternal Witness
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Gaddock Teeg
2 Qasali Pridemage
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Dark Confidant
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Thoughtseize
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Abrupt Decay
2 Green Sun’s Zenith
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Swords to Plowshares
4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
1 Null Rod
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
2 Bayou
2 Savannah
2 Scrubland
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Windswept Heath
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
Sideboard
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
3 Swords to Plowshares
2 Kataki, War’s Wage
2 Rest in Peace
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Disenchant
1 Abrupt Decay
Brian Durkin: Merfolk
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
4 Silvergill Adept
3 Phantasmal Image
3 Merrow Rejeerey
2 Thassa, God of the Sea
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
9 Island
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
3 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
2 Daze
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Flusterstorm
3 Null Rod
Sideboard
4 Aether Vial
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Dismember
1 Echoing Truth
Vasa Balakrishnan: B/U/W control
1 Batterskull
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mana Drain
3 Mental Misstep
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Flusterstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Disenchant
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Dark Confidant
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Academy Ruins
4 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Marsh Flats
1 Scrubland
1 Karakas
3 Tundra
3 Underground Sea
1 Black Lotus
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Pearl
Sideboard
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Disenchant
2 True-Name Nemesis
2 Thoughtseize
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Rest in Peace
AJ Grasso: Tezzerator variant
4 City of Brass
2 Polluted Delta
2 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Mox Opal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
2 Chain of Vapor
2 Voltaic Key
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Memory Jar
1 Time Vault
1 Brainstorm
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Transmute Artifact
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Windfall
1 Yawghmoth’s Will
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Regrowth
Sideboard
3 Toxic Deluge
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Thoughtseize
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
Joel Lim: Merfolk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
2 Merrow Rejeerey
3 Phantasmal Image
4 Silvergill Adept
2 True-Name Nemesis
1 Waterfront Bouncer
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
1 Steel Sabotage
4 Cavern of Souls
9 Island
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Time Walk
Sideboard
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Pithing Needle
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Dismember
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Steel Sabotage
1 Ghost Quarter
Ryan Glackin: Junk Hatebears
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Aven Mindcensor
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Black Lotus
1 Batterskull
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Wasteland
2 Windswept Heath
2 Marsh Flats
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Bayou
1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Savannah
1 Scrubland
1 Strip Mine
1 Swamp
Sideboard
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Rest in Peace
2 Kataki, War’s Wage
2 Pithing Needle
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Unexpectedly Absent
