TO Report: The Players Guild 09/06/14

[Kameli0n]

25 vintage participants ventured to Bloomsburg for the chance to win store credit. Top 8 were awarded for the event.  First through fourth split their $600 in store credit but played it out for final positioning, and fifth through eighth took home $25 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 – 4%
UB Wizards: 1 – 4%
Night’s Whisper Control Slaver: 1 - 4%
Oath Control: 1 – 4%
Esper Control: 1 – 4%
4c Keeper: 1 – 4%
RUG Landstill: 1 – 4%

Workshops:
Metalworker/Forgemaster MUD: 1 – 4%
Martello: 2 – 8%

Bazaars:
Dr. Edge: 1 – 4%

Combo:
Gush Tendrils: 1 – 4%
Doomsday Gush: 1 – 4%
Mono R Painter: 1 – 4%
Omni-Tell w/ Eureka!: 1 – 4%
Talrand Gush: 1 – 4%

Brian Kelly Decks:
Salvagers Oath: 1 – 4%

Fish:
UR Delver: 1 – 4%
RUG Delver: 2 – 8%
Mountains Win Again: 1 – 4%
Merfolk: 2 – 8%
WBg Hatebears: 1 – 4%
Elves: 1 – 4%

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results
Difebo, Dominic vs. Eberhart, Ryan – Difebo wins
Homschek, Keith vs. Seals, Keith – Seals wins
Kelly, Brian vs. Dixon, Thomas – Kelly wins
Thomas, Brian vs. Brown, Joseph – Brown wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results
Difebo, Dominic vs. Brown, Joseph – Brown wins
Kelly, Brian vs. Seals, Keith – Kelly wins

Finals
Kelly, Brian vs. Brown, Joseph – 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
“Salvagers Oath"
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Opal
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Engineered Explosives
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
2 Auriok Salvagers
1 Griselbrand
1 Magus of the Future
4 Oath of Druids
2 Force of Will
2 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Repeal
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Gitaxian Probe
1 Preordain
1 Ponder
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Mana Confluence
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy

SB:
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Notion Thief
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Flusterstorm
1 Magus of the Moat
1 Tinker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
2 Nature's Claim
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Ancient Grudge


Second – Joe Brown
“No Deck Name Provided"

4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
3 Flusterstorm
2 Thoughtseize
1 Duress
1 Misdirection
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Gush
4 Preordain
1 Ponder
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
4 Doomsday
1 Fastbond
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Dark Ritual

SB:
3 Trygon Predator
2 Extirpate
2 Yixlid Jailer
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Xanthid Swarm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Forest

Semi-Finalist – Dominic Difebo
“Snap Keeper"

4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
3 Mental Misstep
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Flusterstorm
3 Snapcaster Mage
1 Spell Pierce
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fire/Ice
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Noxious Revival
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
2 Island
3 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
1 City of Brass
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Merchant Scroll

SB:
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Ingot Chewer
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Dismember
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Viashino Heretic
2 Pithing Needle
2 Extirpate

Semi-Finalist – Keith Seals
“A.1. – Fenton – Dixon – Seals - Oath"

2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Island
1 Snow-covered Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Noxious Revival
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Flusterstorm
2 Mental Misstep
1 Memory's Journey
3 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Oath of Druids
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Griselbrand
1 Imperial Seal
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Show and Tell
1 Yawgmoth’s Will

SB:
1 Strip Mine
1 Flusterstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Show and Tell
3 Nature’sClaim
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Toxic Deluge
2 Ravenous Trap
4 Leyline of the Void

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

SB:
1 Serrated Arrows
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Witchbane Orb
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Dismember
1 Duplicant
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Cavern of Souls

Quarter-Finalist – Tom Dixon
“Dr. Edge"

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Dread Return
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Griselbrand
1 Sun Titan
4 Mental Misstep
4 Serum Powder
4 Bloodghast
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Narcomoeba
1 Dakmor Salvage
1 Riftstone Portal
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Laboratory Maniac
3 Bridge from Below
3 Darkblast
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Mana Confluence

SB:
1 Dark Confidant
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Mayor of Avabruck
4 Divining Wish
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Quarter-Finalist – Keith Homschek
“Delver"

1 Trygon Predator
4 Young Pyromancer
2 Snapcaster Mage
4 Delver of Secrets
1 Time Walk
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Fire/Ice
1 Dack Fayden
3 Lightning Bolt
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
4 Gush
1 Ponder
3 Preordain
2 Spell Pierce
3 Mental Misstep
2 Misdirection
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Strip Mine
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand

SB:
1 Mountain
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Ingot Chewer
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Ravenous Trap

Quarter-Finalist – Ryan Eberhart
“Night’s Whisper Control Slaver"

2 Goblin Welder
2 Dack Fayden
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Notion Thief
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Pyroblast
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Ponder
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Night’s Whisper
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Flooded Strand
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Island

SB:
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Ingot Chewer
2 Pyroblast
1 Lightning Bolt
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Mountain
1 Toxic Deluge

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 Brandon and Brian!!!

[cvarosky80]

Wow.....This report's been up for almost 3 hours now, and Gottschall hasn't posted within 30 seconds of it going up? Weird.....

Anyways, big ups to those who Top 8'ed today! Especially Keith Seals, because Keith Seals is da sexiest mo-fo in Vintage.

[Kameli0n]

Wow.....This report's been up for almost 3 hours now, and Gottschall hasn't posted within 30 seconds of it going up? Weird.....

Anyways, big ups to those who Top 8'ed today! Especially Keith Seals, because Keith Seals is da Second sexiest mo-fo in Vintage.

I fixed this for you.

[ramrodjon]

Great event as always, Shawn.  Nice seeing some new faces and familiar ones (especially Gottshall).  Good seeing Joe, Keith, and Dom all in the top 4.  The Ramrod is strong with these ones.

[msg67183]

Wow.....This report's been up for almost 3 hours now, and Gottschall hasn't posted within 30 seconds of it going up? Weird.....


Anyways, big ups to those who Top 8'ed today! Especially Keith Seals, because Keith Seals is da sexiest mo-fo in Vintage.

First of all Chris, my last name is Gottshall. I will say I had fun despite my piss poor performance.
Here is a mini report of my day:

First, the list:

4 Cavern of Soul

2 Gaea's Cradle  

5 Snow-Covered Forest  

Black Lotus
Mox Emrald

4 Elvish Spirit Guide  

1 Dryad Arbor  


3 Llanowar Elves  

4 Fyndhorn Elves  

4 Elvish Mystic  

4 Nettle Sentinel  

4 Heritage Druid  

4 Wirewood Symbiote  

1 Priest of Titania

4 Elvish Visionary  

4 Wirewood Hivemaster  

1 Reclamation Sage  

1 Craterhoof Behemoth  


4 Green Sun's Zenith  

4 Skullclamp  


Sideboard:


4 Grafdigger's Cage  

4 Deglamer  

3 Reclamation Sage  

2 Ravenous Trap  

1 Gaea's Herald  

1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader



Round 1 Unpowered UR Delver

Game 1 I crush him pretty hard
Game 2 he has turn one Delver turn 2 Delver turn 3 Delver and a Bolt.
Game 3 I had the game but he naturally draws his one of Engineered Explosives that he boarded in and blows me out.
0-1

Round 2 Gush Storm

Game 1 he combos turn two.
Game 2 we go back and forth for a while with tokens via my hivemaster and his pyromancer, but he eventually just goes nuts with Yawg Will.
0-2

Round 3 BWg Pox
Game 1 I empty my hand turn two thanks to top decking lotus after he duresses and sees all dudes, making his liliana really bad. I hardcast Craterhoof about turn 4.
Game 2 is fairly easy as I assemble the turn 3 win and take a ten or so minute turn.
1-2

Round 4 URG Landstill
Game one I thought I was fair off until I see my opponent drop Huntmaster of the Fells and I get wrecked.
Game 2 I have Ezuri to answer his EE. He only plays colorless lands and I win easily shortly after.
Game 3 I get wrecked hard because he assembles Life from the Loam with Strip Mine as well as Academy Ruins and EE... Sad Panda.
1-3

Round 5 against Magus Top Helm of Awakening Combo

Game 1 I win fairly quickly as he drew no business.
Game 2 he counted to ten and asked if we could go to game 3 after showing me tendrils.
Game 3 he assembled Magus, Top and Helm, draws his deck, makes near infinite storm, and tendrils.
1-4

So from what I see, I shouldn't have lost the Delver match, my opponent even said that. Other than that it just seemed like I played against Tendrils too much which I can't really do anything against. All in all I had fun though so that's all that matters.

People may think it's stupid to play a deck that they aren't used to seeing, when I say who are you to judge what I do? I may not win all the time, but I have fun playing what I play. It may appear to not feel very Vintage, but in fact this deck plays similarly to the storm decks you see, if you don't believe me proxy it up and test it for yourself.

On a different note, thank you Shawn for a great event. Congrats to Brian, Joe, Keith, Dom and the rest of the Top!

Also a thank you to Mickey Mahr for allowing me to test my deck against Workshops after the Swiss. The testing was proving my point that I in fact do not have a problem beating Workshops. The deck loses to the same hands any deck loses to, but it can out attrition Workshops fairly easily as Mickey soon found out.

[Samoht]

I had a blast playing Dredge. I borrowed the deck on a whim from a friend, David Kaplan, because I really think the deck is being criminally underplayed locally. It's powerful, and as people go further and further away from dedicated quality hate cards, it gets better. I played Lance's version to transform into a Fishy deck w/ a combo kill. I only played about 15 or so games with it on the day, and I found the Mayor to be underwhelming. It could certainly be that my opponents just had good hands when it came out on turn 1, but it never did anything but chump block. I almost certainly wish it was 4 Dark Confidant and then a random other good card instead of Mayor but I trust Lance has vetted it thoroughly and will trust him. I believe David told me he had cut "a card" for a third Bridge. I definitely was happy with the 3rd Bridge, but he told me that he thinks it was a Dakmor Salvage that he cut after we spoke about the deck's performance. Having a hard time recurring Bloodghast was an issue for me several times and that can be directly traced to it. If I was to play this list again I'd likely cut Riftstone Portal and a Darkblast for two more Dakmor Salvage. Portal feels very win more, though again it could be that I'm just not playing G2/G3 optimally. Ancestral was the stone cold nuts. I don't understand any Dredge deck that does not play it and/or Brainstorm.  It's seems to be even better in decks that are trying to fight over hate pieces than in this one, and it pushed me through clumps to wins several times.

I played against BWg(transform), Keeper(transform), URg Delver(stayed), Merfolk(transformed), Oath(stayed), and Brian Kelly(stayed). I don't think it's correct to transform against Oath. Perhaps this is why Lance doesn't play this all the time, as any time Oath is big you are going to have a really hard time winning G2/G3 against their hate because you can't fight it and can't really afford to swap decks. I didn't want to swap against RUG as I thought that the Witch for Maniac plan was too fragile with all of his spot removal. It might have been right to do a hybrid style here but I'm likely wrong. Keeper went 3 and I lost to a top decked Mox for Tinker and then to a TV+K that came down after a Jace had a party.

[boggyb]

Cool. Were the Wastelands, err, good? I don't get it.

[diophan]

I'm the guy with the NWCS deck. Thanks to everyone on TMD who worked on this deck, especially Zherbus and Rich Shay.

Thanks Shawn for running a good event. This was my first constructed tournament in many years, and it was good to meet so many vintage players. Hope to be there again next time!

[Samoht]

Cool. Were the Wastelands, err, good? I don't get it.

Yes. They were stellar.

[Hrishi]

I got to resolve Eureka multiple times. This event was awesome.

[vaughnbros]

Congrats on the finish Tom.  Thank you for the right up its good to hear another point of view on the deck.  The mayors are there to beat up on fair decks, like shops, delver, UW angels, ect.  Once he flips against these decks he ends the game in short order.  The card that was cut for the bridge was the second dakmor.  I found that 2 bridges was sufficient for me to combo off consistently with lab maniac, but if you are new to the deck 3 bridges certainly makes comboing easier.  Portal is purely there for the workshops match up, it's completely useless in pretty much every other one.  You often need it to push a dread return through spheres.  You should have definitely transformed against RUG.  You can usually abuse stinkweed imps and darkblasts to hold their aggro plan in check until you get a mayor or feel safe to combo off.  The only problem with ancestral and brainstorm is that U mana is not reliable in all these lists.  This one in particular has 6 ways of casting them (including lotus), making ancestral a pretty high variance card choice.  As for Bob I used to play him in greater numbers, Mayor was just a metagame choice at the time I played this list, since bob is not good against aggro when the average CMC is as high as it is in this list.  Oath is definitely the reason I don't play this at every vintage tournament I go to, it's nearly impossible to win post board.  However, while playing it I feel favored against everything else.  After much brewing, I finally have a newer version capable of dealing with oath now though.

Cool. Were the Wastelands, err, good? I don't get it.

Yes. They were stellar.

Turn 1 bazaar, turn 2 waste is probably one of the most disgustingly broken feelings I've ever had playing magic.

[StrongSide]

Congrats to all top 8...it was finally nice being able to say I was there to. First vintage top 8! I didn't even mind getting dominated by Keith. Fun event as always and we will see ya at the next one

[mr.grim]

Props to the Brian Kelly on the W.  Props to Keith H. on his 1st vintage top 8; I can feel the force grow stronger in you . It was super sweet to have 3 Ramrodders in the top 4. Shawn , thank you for another great event!

[brianpk80]

Thanks to everyone for the comment/congrats and to Shawn for consistently hosting great events with the most punctual reporting on the globe.  There was a request for a tournament report and a different request for a primer on 4-Creature Oath of Druids (aka Salvagers Oath, aka 5-Creature Oath of Druids, aka 9-creature Oath of Druids, aka Kelly Oath, aka "The Merry Go Round"); if I have time later in the week I'll see what I can do.  Congrats to both Keiths for making T8, and mad props to Hrishi for Eureka and Alan's very intriguing Huntmaster of the Fells Landstill deck.  Great meeting returning Vintage player Ryan Eberheart; hope to see you again!

-B

[Samoht]

Thanks to everyone for the comment/congrats and to Shawn for consistently hosting great events with the most punctual reporting on the globe.  There was a request for a tournament report and a different request for a primer on 4-Creature Oath of Druids (aka Salvagers Oath, aka 5-Creature Oath of Druids, aka 9-creature Oath of Druids, aka Kelly Oath, aka "The Merry Go Round"); if I have time later in the week I'll see what I can do.  Congrats to both Keiths for making T8, and mad props to Hrishi for Eureka and Alan's very intriguing Huntmaster of the Fells Landstill deck.  Great meeting returning Vintage player Ryan Eberheart; hope to see you again!

-B

Congratulations Brian. Glad you won after vanquishing me. I see how much you loved Dredge!

[brianpk80]

Congratulations Brian. Glad you won after vanquishing me. I see how much you loved Dredge!

Thanks Tom.  Regrettably, I won't be taking your public awareness campaign for more Dredge hate to heart.  Only fair decks should worry about Dredge. 

[JPettie]

Only fair decks should worry about Dredge. 

[vaughnbros]

Only fair decks should worry about Dredge. 

If you could please explain this to Greg Fenton, I would greatly appreciate it.

[Oath Breaker]

Wow.....This report's been up for almost 3 hours now, and Gottschall hasn't posted within 30 seconds of it going up? Weird.....


Anyways, big ups to those who Top 8'ed today! Especially Keith Seals, because Keith Seals is da sexiest mo-fo in Vintage.

First of all Chris, my last name is Gottshall. I will say I had fun despite my piss poor performance.
Here is a mini report of my day:

First, the list:

4 Cavern of Soul

2 Gaea's Cradle  

5 Snow-Covered Forest  

Black Lotus
Mox Emrald

4 Elvish Spirit Guide  

1 Dryad Arbor  


3 Llanowar Elves  

4 Fyndhorn Elves  

4 Elvish Mystic  

4 Nettle Sentinel  

4 Heritage Druid  

4 Wirewood Symbiote  

1 Priest of Titania

4 Elvish Visionary  

4 Wirewood Hivemaster  

1 Reclamation Sage  

1 Craterhoof Behemoth  


4 Green Sun's Zenith  

4 Skullclamp  


Sideboard:


4 Grafdigger's Cage  

4 Deglamer  

3 Reclamation Sage  

2 Ravenous Trap  

1 Gaea's Herald  

1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader



Round 1 Unpowered UR Delver

Game 1 I crush him pretty hard
Game 2 he has turn one Delver turn 2 Delver turn 3 Delver and a Bolt.
Game 3 I had the game but he naturally draws his one of Engineered Explosives that he boarded in and blows me out.
0-1

Round 2 Gush Storm

Game 1 he combos turn two.
Game 2 we go back and forth for a while with tokens via my hivemaster and his pyromancer, but he eventually just goes nuts with Yawg Will.
0-2

Round 3 BWg Pox
Game 1 I empty my hand turn two thanks to top decking lotus after he duresses and sees all dudes, making his liliana really bad. I hardcast Craterhoof about turn 4.
Game 2 is fairly easy as I assemble the turn 3 win and take a ten or so minute turn.
1-2

Round 4 URG Landstill
Game one I thought I was fair off until I see my opponent drop Huntmaster of the Fells and I get wrecked.
Game 2 I have Ezuri to answer his EE. He only plays colorless lands and I win easily shortly after.
Game 3 I get wrecked hard because he assembles Life from the Loam with Strip Mine as well as Academy Ruins and EE... Sad Panda.
1-3

Round 5 against Magus Top Helm of Awakening Combo

Game 1 I win fairly quickly as he drew no business.
Game 2 he counted to ten and asked if we could go to game 3 after showing me tendrils.
Game 3 he assembled Magus, Top and Helm, draws his deck, makes near infinite storm, and tendrils.
1-4

So from what I see, I shouldn't have lost the Delver match, my opponent even said that. Other than that it just seemed like I played against Tendrils too much which I can't really do anything against. All in all I had fun though so that's all that matters.

People may think it's stupid to play a deck that they aren't used to seeing, when I say who are you to judge what I do? I may not win all the time, but I have fun playing what I play. It may appear to not feel very Vintage, but in fact this deck plays similarly to the storm decks you see, if you don't believe me proxy it up and test it for yourself.

On a different note, thank you Shawn for a great event. Congrats to Brian, Joe, Keith, Dom and the rest of the Top!

Also a thank you to Mickey Mahr for allowing me to test my deck against Workshops after the Swiss. The testing was proving my point that I in fact do not have a problem beating Workshops. The deck loses to the same hands any deck loses to, but it can out attrition Workshops fairly easily as Mickey soon found out.

Sorry for the late reply to this report.
I was the lucky guy in match one who happened to top deck the EE at just the right moment. It was almost a shame, I really wanted Elves to do well in Vintage.
This was my first trip to The Players Guild, and it was well worth the 2 hour drive!
I played an unpowered U/R Delver deck with no intention of doing well, just wanted the practice of playing unpowered against full on powered decks in preparation of playing at Worlds in October. My day consisted of 1 win and 4 loses, but it was a great time scrubbing out!
The absolute highlight of the day for me, was my son making the top 8 playing my MUD deck. This was his first top 8 in Vintage, and I couldn’t be happier for him!
Thanks to all of my opponents for being an outright delight to play this silly game with!
Kevin