TO Report: The Players Guild 04/05/14

18 vintage participants ventured to Bloomsburg for the event this afternoon, a bit less than expected. Top 4 were awarded for the event. It was a split but they played it out for the top spot. First took home $150 in store credit, whereas the rest of the top 4 took home $100 in store credit each. Thanks again to those who came out to support the format and play vintage in Bloomsburg, and we look forward to seeing you all for more events in the future!

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
UW Bomberman: 1 – 5.56%
UW Wizards Control: 1 – 5.56%
Control Oath: 2 – 11.11%
Grixis Control: 2 – 11.11%
BUG Tezzeret Control: 1 – 5.56%

Workshops:
Workshops: 0 – 0%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 1 – 5.56%

Combo:
Gitaxian Long: 1 - 5.56%
Gush Tendrils: 3 – 16.67%

Brian Kelly Decks:
Magus Bomberman: 1 – 5.56%

Fish:
Junk Hatebears: 1 – 5.56%
White Trash: 1 – 5.56%
UW Remorablade: 1 – 5.56%
Merfolk: 2 – 11.11%

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Fisher, Ryan vs. Ball, Bela – Fisher wins
Conicelli, Frank vs. Edwards, Rob – Edwards wins
Picozzo, Vito vs. Navickas, Justin – Picozzo wins
Kelly, Brian vs. Murray, Matthew – Kelly wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results
Fisher, Ryan vs. Kelly, Brian – Kelly wins
Edwards, Rob vs. Picozzo, Vito – Picozzo wins

Finals

Picozzo, Vito vs. Kelly, Brian –Kelly 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 Deck lists:

First – Brian Kelly
“Magus Bomberman"

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Opal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
2 Auriok Salvagers
3 Trinket Mage
1 Magus of the Future
2 Noble Hierarch
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Grand Abolisher
2 Force of Will
2 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Repeal
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Cavern of Souls
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria

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

Second – Vito Picozzo
“ Not the best deck ever, this is just a tribute"

4 Misty Rainforest
3 Scalding Tarn
1 island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Preordain
1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Regrowth
1 Fastbond
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Gush

SB:
1 Toxic Deluge
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Trygon Predator
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Forest
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Notion Thief

Semi-Finalist – Rob Edwards
“ Gitaxian Long"

1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
2 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Snow-covered Swamp
4 Dark Ritual
1 Cabal Ritual
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Blightsteel Colossus
4 Force of Will
4 Duress
3 Gitaxian Probe
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Rebuild
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Tinker
1 Memory Jar
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Timetwister
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Necropotence

SB:
3 Sadistic Sacrament
3 Defense Grid
3 Engineered Explosives
1 Swamp
1 Island
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Inkwell Leviathan

Semi-Finalist – Ryan Fisher
“Deck name withheld"
1 Black Lotus
1 Blightsteel Colossus
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
1 Voltaic Key
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Thoughtseize
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Echoing Truth
4 Force of Will
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Misdirection
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
1 Time Vault
1 Tinker
2 lightning Bolt
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
2 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria

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

Quarter-Finalist – Matthew Murray
“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 Mental Misstep
3 Spell Snare
1 Flusterstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Tundra
3 Cavern of Souls
3 Island
1 Plains

SB:
2 Magus of the Unseen
2 Disenchant
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Rest if Peace
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 Glen Elanda, Archmage

Quarter-Finalist – Justin Navickas
“ Oath"

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

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

Quarter-Finalist – Bela Ball
“Kitties and Clerics"

8 Plains
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Ghost Quarter
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Karakas
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Leonin Relic Warder
4 Leonin Arbiter
4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
3 Kataki, War’s Wage
3 Dryad Militant
3 Judge’s Familiar
3 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Aven Mindcensor
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Swords to Plowshares

SB:
3 Stony Silence
3 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Path to Exile
2 Rest in Peace
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Batterskull
1 Umezawa’s Jitte

Quarter-Finalist – Frank Conicelli
“5 Color Controll"

4 Golgrari Grave-Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
2 Golgari Thug
4 Narcomoeba
4 Bloodghast
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Fatestitcher
1 Flame-kin Zealot
1 Sun Titan
3 Ichorid
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Dread Return
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Serum Powder
4 Bridge from Below
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 City of Brass
2 Dakmor Salvage

SB:
4 Nature’s Claim
3 Chain of Vapor
3 Firestorm
3 Wispmare
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Again, thanks for the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event has not been set yet. Thanks again everyone!!!!! And once again, Congratulations to Brian!!!