TO Report: The Players Guild 03/01/14

[Kameli0n]

29 vintage participants ventured to Bloomsburg for the event this afternoon. Even though the numbers were lower than projected, the payout remained as announced for this one.  Top 8 were awarded for the event.  First took home an Unlimited Mox Ruby, second took home $150 in store credit, third and fourth took home $75 each in store credit, and fifth-eighth took home $30 each in store credit. Thanks again to those who came out to support the format and play vintage in Bloomsburg, and we look forward to seeing you for more events in the future!

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
UW Bomberman: 2 –  6.9%
Esper Bomberman: 1 –  3.45%
UR Landstill: 1 –  3.45%
Brotherly Love Vault: 3 –  10.34%
Control Oath: 3 – 10.34%
BUG Control: 1 –  3.45%
4c Control: 1 – 3.45%


Workshops:
Martello: 2 – 6.9%
Espresso: 1 – 3.45%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 2 – 6.9%
Minus 6: 1 –  3.45%

Combo:
Gitaxian Long: 1 - 3.45%
Gush Tendrils: 1 –  3.45%
Mono R Painterstone: 1 –  3.45%

Brian Kelly Decks:
Magus Bomberman: 1 –  3.45%

Fish:
Esper Fish: 1 –  3.45%
BUG Fish: 2 –  6.9%
Junk Hatebears: 1 – 3.45%
White Trash: 1 –  3.45%
UW Remorablade: 1 –  3.45%
Merfolk: 1 –  3.45%

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Navickas, Justin vs. Brown, Joe – Navickas wins
Kohler, Justin vs. Krushka, James – Krushka wins
Potucek, Joshua vs. Parisi, Bernie – Potucek wins
Murray, Matthew vs. Kelly, Brian – Murray wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results
Navickas, Justin vs. Murrary, Matthew –Murray wins
Potucek, Joshua vs. Krushka, James – Krushka wins

Finals

Murray, Matthew vs. Krushka, James – Murray 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 Matthew for winning!

Top 8 Decklists:

First – Matt Murray
“UW Zardoz"

4 Trinket Mage
3 Vendilion Clique
2 Sower of Temptation
1 Aven Mindcensor
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Spell Snare
3 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
3 Island
1 Plains
3 Cavern of Souls
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Flooded Strand
2 Tundra

SB:
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Disenchant
2 Magus of the Unseen
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Rest in Peace
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 Glen Elendra Archmage

Second – James Krushka
“ Martello"

1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sundering Titan
1 Duplicant
3 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
1 Steel Hellkite
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Trinisphere
3 Sphere of Resistance
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 City of Traitors
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Ancient Tomb

SB:
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Ratchet Bomb
1 Duplicant
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Witchbane Orb

Semi-Finalist – Justin Navickas
“ Oath"

4 Oath of Druids
1 Show and Tell
2 Griselbrand
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Lotus Petal
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
3 Mana Drain
2 Swan Song
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Memory’s Journey
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Flusterstorm
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Misdirection
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Forbidden Orchard

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


Semi-Finalist – Joshua Potucek
 “4c Planeswalker Control"

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Wear/Tear
1 Balance
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Mental Misstep
1 Spell Snare
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ral Zarek
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 City of Brass
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mountain
2 Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Tundra
1 Volcanic Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire

SB:
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Ingot Chewer
2 Viashino Heretic
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Grafdigger’s Cage

Quarter-Finalist – Brian Kelly
“Magus Bomberman"

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Opal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Engineered Explosives
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Magus of the Future
2 Auriok Salvagers
3 Dark Confidant
2 Trinket Mage
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Notion Thief
2 Force of Will
2 Mental Misstep
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Repeal
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Cavern of Souls
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
2 Tundra
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Flusterstorm
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 War Priest of Thune
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Disenchant
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Llawan, Cephalid Empress

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 Polluted Delta
3 Island
3 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand

SB:
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Rest in Peace
2 Disenchant
1 Devout Witness
2 Magus of the Unseen
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod’s Crypt

Quarter-Finalist – Joe Brown
“ Minus 6"

1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
2 Animate Dead
2 Dance of the Dead
4 Dark Confidant
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Duress
1 Imperial Seal
1 Necromancy
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Echoing Truth
4 Force of Will
2 Intuition
2 Read the Runes
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
3 Worldgorger Dragon
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Flooded Strand
2 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
4 Underground Sea

SB:
4 Mana Drain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tinker
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Snow-covered Island

Quarter-Finalist – Bernie Parisi
“Bob’s Desire"

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Null Rod
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Tarmogoyf
2 Scavenging Ooze
2 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Pierce
1 Flusterstorm
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Trygon Predator
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Force of Will
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
2 Polluted Delta
2 Verdant Catacombs
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Bayou
4 Abrupt Decay

SB:
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Dismember
1 Yixlid Jailer
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Flusterstorm
3 Nature’s Claim

Again, thanks for the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event is April 5, 2014. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to Matthew!!!

[msg67183]

Congrats to the Top 8! A special congrats to Matt for taking it does and winning the Ruby! That was an awesome Finals, and thank you for letting me borrow the Jittes!

3-2 isn't horrible with the Blue Demons, hopefully I can Top 8 next time!

By the way, Jaya Ballard is a Bitch!

[brianpk80]

Great event & turnout.  Rob was on Gitaxian Long; the deck name for me should be Magus Bomberman.  Congrats to Matt for winning.  He stole my Magus of the Future with a Sower of Temptation last time and stole my Auriok Salvagers and combo killed me on the spot with Lotus, EE, and Top today.  Snazzy victory.  4 Llawans next time; this means war.    Will be back next month.  Thanks Shawn!

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

Thanks for an awesome event Shawn! Hopefully see ya next time...I now know how city of brass works  nevertheless I had a great time

[mr.grim]

Props to Joe Brown and the rest of the top!
Props to Matt for the "w" and the savage play on Kelly.
As always, this was a great time! It was cool to see a bunch of old faces from the BB days.

[psu42]

Congrats Matt!  Sucked losing to you in the semis personally, but we had some great games no doubt.  Looking forward to the next vintage tournament.

[Ten-Ten]

Congrats on the win , Matt.

Also, Kameli0n, any chance we can get a peek at the actual  Gitaxian Long list? 

[A.-1.]

It's the same list I played at the last two Bloomsburgs.

"Gitaxian Long"

1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Island
4 Dark Ritual
1 Cabal Ritual

1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Tinker
4 Force of Will
4 Duress
3 Gitaxian Probe
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Rebuild
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Memory Jar
1 Timetwister
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Mind's Desire
1 Sensei's Divining Top

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Pithing Needle
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Island
1 Swamp
3 Defense Grid
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Inkwell Leviathan

Round One: I lost to Justin Navickas on Oath who made top four. I sideboarded incorrectly game two and mulled to four game three.
Round Two: I raced and beat JP on Brotherly Love Vault aka Tezzerator.
Round Three: I lost to Keith on Martello. I misplayed game three which likely cost me the game.
Round Four: I raced and beat Ryan 2-0 on Dredge.
Round Five: I raced and beat AJ on Tezzerator.

[Ten-Ten]

Thank you, A-1. Very much appreciated.