TO Report: The Players Guild 06/07/14

[Kameli0n]

25 vintage participants ventured to Bloomsburg for the chance to win credit and the NYSE II Qualifier this afternoon, a bit less than expected. Top 8 were awarded for the event.  First took home $300 in store credit and won the NYSE II Qualifier, second took $150 in store credit, third and fourth each earned $50 in store credit, and fifth through eighth took home $25 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 all for more events in the future!

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
UW Wizards: 1 – 4%
UWR Landstill: 1 - 4%
Esper Control: 1 – 4%
4 Color Control: 1 – 4%
Grixis Welder-Dack Control: 1 – 4%
UWR Welder-Dack Control: 1 – 4%
BUG Control: 3 – 12%
Blue Danube Waltz: 1 – 4%

Workshops:
Metalworker MUD: 1 – 4%
Martello: 1 – 4%
Uba Stax: 1 – 4%
Australian Shops: 1 – 4%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 0 – 0%

Combo:
Gush Storm: 1 - 4%
Tendrils: 1 – 4%
Git Long: 1 – 4%
Mono Red Painterstone: 1 – 4%

Brian Kelly Decks:
4 Color Cavern Control: 1 – 4%

Fish:
UR Delver: 5 – 20%
Merfolk: 1 – 4%

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Pallas, Brian vs. Edwards, Rob –Pallas Wins
Chang, Roland vs. Kelly, Brian – Chang Wins
Materewicz, Chris vs. Kohler, Justin –Kohler Wins
Thompson, Nathan vs. Brown, Joseph – Brown Wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

Pallas, Brian vs. Kohler, Justin –Kohler Wins
Chang, Roland vs. Brown, Joseph – Chang Wins

Finals

Chang, Roland vs. Kohler, Justin – Kohler 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 Justin for winning!

Top 8 Deck lists:

First – Justin Kohler
“Red Deck Wins"

1 Aven Mindcensor
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Trinket Mage
1 Magus of the Future
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Flusterstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Snare
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Time Walk
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
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:
3 Rest in Peace
2 Disenchant
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Pithing Needle
1 Flusterstorm
4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Batterskull

Second – Roland Chang
“ Forgemaster MUD"

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

SB:
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Serrated Arrows
1 Steel Hellkite
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Witchbane Orb
2 Wurmcoil Engine

Semi-Finalist – Brain Pallas
“MUD"

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
1 City of Traitors
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
3 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Tangle Wire
3 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
4 Metalworker
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Sundering Titan
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Karn, Silver Golem

SB:
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Duplicant
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Steel Hellkite
2 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Myr Battlesphere

Semi-Finalist – Joseph Brown
“Deck name not provided"

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Mana Vault
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Snare
1 Flusterstorm
1 Misdirection
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Regrowth
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Pernicious Deed
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand

SB:
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Ravenous Trap
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Massacre
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Pithing Needle
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Forest

Quarter-Finalist – Rob Edwards
“ Gitaxian Probe"

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

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

Quarter-Finalist – Chris Materewicz
“deck name not provided"

4 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Mountain
3 Island
1 Black Lotus
3 Volcanic Island
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
4 Preordain
1 Brainstorm
2 Spell Pierce
1 Ponder
3 Lightning Bolt
4 Gush
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Fire/Ice
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Steel Sabotage
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
1 Misdirection
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Snapcaster Mage
4 Young Pyromancer
4 Delver of Secrets

SB:
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Ravenous Trap
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Pyroblast
1 Dismember
4 Ingot Chewer
1 Hurkyl’s Recall

Quarter-Finalist – Brian Kelly
“4 Color Cavern Control"

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

SB:
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Flusterstorm
1 Notion Thief
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Aegis of the Gods
1 War Priest of Thune
2 Disenchant
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Karakas
1 Lingering Souls

Quarter-Finalist – Nathan Thompson
“Esper"

4 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
1 Plains
2 Tundra
3 Underground Sea
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Mental Misstep
1 Spell Pierce
1 Flusterstorm
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Dark Confidant
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Disenchant
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will

SB:
1 Pithing Needle
2 Yixlid Jailer
3 Rest in Peace
1 Annul
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Serenity
1 Devout Witness
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Darkblast
1 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm


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 Justin!!!

[Slayn001]

That's like 112 pct?

[H]

That's like 112 pct?

If you are only giving 100% you just aren't even trying.  My guess is it's due to rounding?

EDIT: There are 31 decks listed out of 25 competitors. Mathematical!

Also, Joe Browns list must be missing some lands, I don't think he'd run with only 9 mana sources (and 45 cards).

[Grand Inquisitor]

MD: 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

What % is this?  Sweet %

[mr.grim]

Props to Justin , Roland and the rest of the top.

[msg67183]

A big Congrats to Justin. I was shocked when I only saw 3 Jaces lol.
Congrats to the rest of the top!

[Hrishi]

I hardcast Blightsteel 3 times in this event, and I don't think I've ever hardcasted it before. Justin drained one of them

Congrats for the victory!

[Kameli0n]

Percentages updated to reflect I may be dyslexic and put 4's instead of 1's for two of the categories since their percentage was 4. Joe Brown's deck list will be updated tomorrow to reflect his lands. Thank you all for your posted concerns.

[brianpk80]

MD: 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

What % is this?  Sweet %

She was an all-star throughout the day, hardcast four times with no issues. 

"Cavern naming Praetor."
"Uh..."

After running Myr Battlesphere last week, I found that card ended up in my hand significantly more than half the time and was entering play more often than not by paying  , which is one of the reasons people sometimes opt for it over Blightsteel Colossus.  So I borrowed an idea from my Modern Gifts deck and liked it in testing enough to give it a spin.

A big Congrats to Justin. I was shocked when I only saw 3 Jaces lol.
Congrats to the rest of the top!

The 4th Jace is now Magus of the Future.   

Thanks to Shawn for hosting a great event w. generous prize support and for taking the time to post the results promptly as a voluntary service to the Vintage community. 

[nedleeds]

Thanks for the write up some interesting decks, probably one error though in the MUD list

1 Trinisphere
4 Metalworker
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Sundering Titan
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Karn, Silver Golem

Hellkite? Or a really big surprise in games in which he gets his Sapphire online.

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

Congrats to the top 8. Kohler, I love how your list has evolved from bomberman to just UW Control!

[ramrodjon]

Thanks, Shawn, for hosting.  Great to see everyone.  Congrats to Justin and the top 8.

[Changster]

Thanks for hosting a great event, Shawn!  Prize support was incredibly generous and it was nice to spend some time after the tournament with some of the guys for once.  I had a blast! =)

Congrats to Justin and his shop-slaying skillz!

[Guli]

MD: 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

What % is this?  Sweet %

It is the anti-guli syndrome

Jokes asside, I really like the Elesh Norn idea, it is a super Mayor/Pontiff in 1 go for 7 mana. I am considering a plan with Loyal Retainers to use Elesh as well. I can't really hardcast it but I might be able to find ways to use it as a reanimator target. You hardly need any other plan to fight aggro strategies and Elesh is a super nice clock and gives protection against -2/-2 effects. The effect as it is without looking to mana cost is one of the most desired effects for the deck idea's I pursue. Finding a smooth way to get it in play would be nice. Cavern/Retainer would be uncounterable, the trick is to get it into the graveyard. Maybe it is as simple as Entomb.

[brianpk80]

MD: 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

What % is this?  Sweet %

It is the anti-guli syndrome

Jokes asside, I really like the Elesh Norn idea, it is a super Mayor/Pontiff in 1 go for 7 mana. I am considering a plan with Loyal Retainers to use Elesh as well. I can't really hardcast it but I might be able to find ways to use it as a reanimator target. You hardly need any other plan to fight aggro strategies and Elesh is a super nice clock and gives protection against -2/-2 effects. The effect as it is without looking to mana cost is one of the most desired effects for the deck idea's I pursue. Finding a smooth way to get it in play would be nice. Cavern/Retainer would be uncounterable, the trick is to get it into the graveyard. Maybe it is as simple as Entomb.

That may work.  I just swapped it straight up with the Battlesphere since I am one of the Tinker-cursed among us (Robot always in hand, always flips Colossus to Bob FTL), figuring since I'm always paying 7 I might as well do something more definitive.  I didn't dedicate any thought to cheating her into play as it wasn't necessary.  Bomberman shells can ramp like crazy.  Glad you are becoming more fond of the Cenobite!

[xouman]

Cenobite is a beast. When I've faced it, it was devastating. And the casting cost is not impossible to pay (but somebody could argue that the cost is too high against mana denial decks).

What about mirror entity? It's a beautiful human, that can use lots of mana for a quick kill. It dies to any removal and is affected by revoker, but can it deserve a spot in a humans deck with lots of mana?

[brianpk80]

Cenobite is a beast. When I've faced it, it was devastating. And the casting cost is not impossible to pay (but somebody could argue that the cost is too high against mana denial decks).

What about mirror entity? It's a beautiful human, that can use lots of mana for a quick kill. It dies to any removal and is affected by revoker, but can it deserve a spot in a humans deck with lots of mana?

Mirror Entity is a solid finisher in a Fish deck like Guli's.  I tend to not deal much damage to people these days until the finale.  Good suggestion for aggro though. 

[Ten-Ten]

Im so used to either auto-include 4x Force of Will or none at all for so long, that I couldnt wrap my head around Brian kelly's list only running 2 in the whole 75.

Interesting list. Congrats on the finish.

Also, good to see Bomberman take first again

[msg67183]

Im so used to either auto-include 4x Force of Will or none at all for so long, that I couldnt wrap my head around Brian kelly's list only running 2 in the whole 75.

Interesting list. Congrats on the finish.

Also, good to see Bomberman take first again

If you haven't noticed Kohler doesn't play Bomberman anymore. He cut Salvagers and the Spellbomb from the deck.

[Samoht]

Im so used to either auto-include 4x Force of Will or none at all for so long, that I couldnt wrap my head around Brian kelly's list only running 2 in the whole 75.

Interesting list. Congrats on the finish.

Also, good to see Bomberman take first again

If you haven't noticed Kohler doesn't play Bomberman anymore. He cut Salvagers and the Spellbomb from the deck.

It's still Bomberman to Justin. As long as he has t1 Jace he doesn't care.

[msg67183]

Im so used to either auto-include 4x Force of Will or none at all for so long, that I couldnt wrap my head around Brian kelly's list only running 2 in the whole 75.

Interesting list. Congrats on the finish.

Also, good to see Bomberman take first again

If you haven't noticed Kohler doesn't play Bomberman anymore. He cut Salvagers and the Spellbomb from the deck.

It's still Bomberman to Justin. As long as he has t1 Jace he doesn't care.

It will be slightly harder with only 3 Jace now.

[Chubby Rain]

Im so used to either auto-include 4x Force of Will or none at all for so long, that I couldnt wrap my head around Brian kelly's list only running 2 in the whole 75.

Interesting list. Congrats on the finish.

Also, good to see Bomberman take first again

If you haven't noticed Kohler doesn't play Bomberman anymore. He cut Salvagers and the Spellbomb from the deck.

It's still Bomberman to Justin. As long as he has t1 Jace he doesn't care.

It will be slightly harder with only 3 Jace now.

He still did in to me in Elmira. Turn 1 Lotus, Crypt,  Jace, Top and fetchland. You know, business as usual.