Team Serious Open Results - Columbus - July 19

[GrandpaBelcher]

We had a small (11) but fun group of players show up for Vintage in Columbus on Saturday. Final standings are below along with ALL 11 DECKLISTS! (Woo!) The top four split the guaranteed $300 prize. After gaming, a group of us went to the Pint Room in Dublin, mostly to spite Sam Krohlow, who couldn't make it. It was delicious.

The next events are:
July 26 (Next Weekend!) in Warren, MI: http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=46444.0
August 9 in Berea, OH (for a Library): http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=46550.0

Finals Standings
1. Nat Moes - Bomberman 2k8 - 4-0
2. Randall Witherell - Metalworker MUD - 3-1
3. Mark J. Trogdon - Metalworker MUD - 3-1
4. Eric Gustafson - Jace Vault - 3-1
5. Jared Rice - UWR Delver - 2-2
6. Eric Butler - 4C Control - 2-2
7. Riley Curran - URg Landstill - 2-2
8. Eric Caffrey - Pyromancer Ascension Combo - 1-3
9. Noah Stromberg - Gush Storm - 1-3
10. Rick Gideon - Pack Rat Control - 1-3
11. Geoff Moes - Pyromancer Ascension Control - 1-3

1. Nat Moes - Bomberman 2k7
3 Auriok Salvagers
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Balance
1 Plains
1 Snow-Covered Island
2 Island
4 Flooded Strand
2 Scalding Tarn
3 Tundra
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Pithing Needle
2 Mental Misstep
4 Trinket Mage
2 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
2 Snapcaster Mage
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Echoing Truth

Sideboard
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Energy Flux
1 Wrath of God
3 Swords to Plowshares
2 Disenchant
3 Relic of Progenitus
1 Grafdigger's Cage

2. Randal Witherell - Metalworker MUD
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Crystal Vein
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
3 Metalworker
4 Triskelion
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Smokestack
4 Tangle Wire
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
4 Sculpting Steel
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Duplicant
3 Null Rod
3 Pithing Needle
3 Blasting Station

3. Mark Trogdon - Metalworker MUD
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Pithing Needle
3 Triskelion
4 Metalworker
1 Black Lotus
3 Smokestack
3 Staff of Domination
2 Arcbound Ravager
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Sol Ring
1 Trinisphere
1 Mana Crypt
1 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Ancient Tomb

4. Eric Gustafson - Jace Vault
4 Force of Will
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Verdant Catacombs
3 Underground Sea
2 Polluted Delta
1 Mox Emerald
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Tropical Island
3 Spell Pierce
1 Hurkyl's Recall
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Tinker
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
4 Dark Confidant
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Walk
3 Mana Drain
1 Blightsteel Colossus
2 Thoughtseize
1 Voltaic Key
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ponder
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Time Vault
1 Island

Sideboard
3 Nature's Claim
2 Flusterstorm
2 Trygon Predator
3 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Forest
4 Leyline of the Void

5. Jared Rice - UWR Delver
3 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Delver of Secrets
3 Lightning Bolt
4 Force of Will
2 Flusterstorm
2 Spell Pierce
3 Flooded Strand
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Tundra
3 Volcanic Island
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Ponder
3 Mental Misstep
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Mox Pearl
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Path to Exile
3 Gush
3 Young Pyromancer
1 Black Lotus
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Batterskull
1 Skullclamp

Sideboard
2 Gorilla Shaman
1 Disenchant
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Eidolon of the Great Revel
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Rest in Peace
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Pithing Needle

6. Eric Butler - 4C Control
2 Liliana of the Veil
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Ancient Grudge
4 Dark Confidant
1 Sol Ring
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Flusterstorm
2 Negate
4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Spell Pierce
2 Mental Misstep
1 Spell Snare
1 Brainstorm
1 Preordain
1 Ponder
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Bayou
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Swamp
1 Island
1 Tropical Island

Sideboard
1 Toxic Deluge
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Forest
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Flusterstorm
2 Nature's Claim
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Pithing Needle
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Diabolic Edict

7. Riley Curran - URg Landstill
3 Spell Snare
3 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
2 Negate
1 Mana Drain
2 Mindbreak Trap
4 Force of Will
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphier
1 Black Lotus
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Standstill
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Time Walk
3 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Wasteland

Sideboard
1 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Pithing Needle
1 Batterskull
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Dismember
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Energy Flux
1 Pyroclasm
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mountain

8. Eric Caffrey - Pyromancer Ascension Combo
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
4 Preordain
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Gush
4 Force of Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
3 Duress
2 Regrowth
1 Fastbond
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Empty the Warrens
4 Pyromancer Ascension
1 Manamorphose
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Raniforest
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Island

Sideboard
3 Ancient Grudge
3 Abrupt Decay
2 Pyroblast
2 Surgical Extract
1 Massacre
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Tormod's Crypt

9. Noah Stromberg - Gush Storm
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Memory Jar
1 Fastbond
1 Necropotence
1 Tezzeret, the seeker
3 Gitaxian Program
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Regrowth
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Grim Tutor
1 Timetwister
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Mind's Desire
4 Dark Ritual
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mental Misstep
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Cabal Ritual
1 Rebuild
1 Fact or Fiction
2 Gush
2 Verdant Catacombs
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island

10. Rick Gideon - Pack Rat Control
2 Cavern of Souls
2 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
2 Swamp
4 Underground Sea
3 Wasteland
1 Black Lotus
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Flusterstorm
3 Mental Misstep
1 Pithing Needle
2 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Tragic Slip
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Dark Confidant
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Negate
3 Pack Rat
3 Snapcaster Mage
1 Time Walk
1 Dismember
1 Toxic Deluge
4 Force of Will

Sideboard
1 Flusterstorm
3 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Steel Sabotage
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Echoing Truth
1 Dismember
2 Energy Flux
3 Mindbreak Trap

11. Geoff Moes - Pyromancer Ascension Control
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
4 Gutter Snipe
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Pyromancer Ascension
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Gush
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Manamorphose
1 Island
1 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
4 Duress
4 Night's Whisper
4 Rite of Flame
1 Time Walk
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Sideboard
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Ancient Grudge
4 Rack and Ruin
4 Vandalblast

[mr.grim]

Props to Nat !
@Mark Trogdon: Your list looks steller as always! How did the 3 staffs work for you?

[zeus-online]

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[GrandpaBelcher]

No, that deck is actually okay. Rick had a cold and was not feeling his best. This isn't the first time Pack Rat has been played in Vintage at all (http://morphling.de/search.php?type=3&app=10&sorting=DESC&search=pack+rat&sent=1).

To be fair, the Pyromancer Ascensions are some kind of a joke that I don't get.

[President Skroob]

To be fair, the Pyromancer Ascensions are some kind of a joke that I don't get.

Nobody gets it, but it's a shared delusion that both Caffrey and I enjoy greatly.

[zeus-online]

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[GrandpaBelcher]

Without context, Pack Rat turns unnecessary cards into a legitimate aggressive threat. It's particularly strong against aggro, since removing one Rat doesn't remove the ability to just make more rats. I'm not sure what to tell you beyond that. The deck was not played as a joke.

[zeus-online]

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[KIP_NZ]

To be fair, the Pyromancer Ascensions are some kind of a joke that I don't get.

I'm guessing it's a reference to the tales from the drinking bracket cast where "Of course it's young pyromancer not pyromancer acensions because he doesn't have a brain injury" or something like that?

[xouman]

Here in Spain, pack rat see some play

http://www.tcdecks.net/busqueda.php?token=Decks&tname=&nlow=0&nhigh=0&dlow=0&mlow=0&ylow=0&dhigh=0&mhigh=0&yhigh=0&player=&dname=&format=Vintage&aname=&main=pack+rat&nomain=&side=&noside=&strict=on

It has the benefit to skip targeted removal quite smoothly, and in the mid-late game all draws can be */* rats. No more bad topdecks