[Top Deck Games] Sat, Nov 22nd Vintage $1k! Top 8 Decklists, Metagame Breakdown!

[Iron_Chef]

November 22nd was a great day for Vintage!  32 players traveled to battle, and a wide array of different archetypes were represented, take a look:



Mana Drain: 9
Show and Oath – 4
Bomberman - 2
Keeper – 1
UWb Control – 1
Traditional Tezz - 1

Mishra’s Workshop: 9
Martello - 4
Metalworker Forgemaster - 2
Marinara -1
Terra Nova – 2

Null Rod/Tempo: 8
URg Delver - 3
URbg Delver – 1
UR Delver – 1
Merfolk 1
RW Hatebears - 1
4c Hate Bears -  1

Storm Combo: 3
Dark Ritual – 2
Gush Storm - 1

Bazaar of Baghdad: 3
Turtle Dredge – 2
Fatestitcher – 1

Top 8
Patrick Morris (Metalworker Forgemaster)vs Greg Fenton (Show and Oath) – Fenton wins
Josh Potuceck (RW Hatebears/Simians Mom) vs Mark Tocco (Show and Oath) – Tocco wins
Shawn Griffiths (Show and Oath) vs Roland Chang (Martello Shops) – Chang wins
Mike Sorrentino (Martello Shops) vs Nick DiJohn (Martello Shops) DiJohn wins

Top 4 (who prize split but battled for the glory!)
Chang vs Tocco – Chang wins
Fenton vs DiJohn – Fenton wins

Finals:
Chang vs. Fenton – Chang wins

Congratulations to Roland, Greg, and the rest of the top 8 competitors!  A strong showing from Workshops/Oath really kept Treasure Cruise down, locking it out of the top 8 entirely. We look forward to seeing you at the Winter Open to see the next evolution of the metagame! Here are the top 8 decklists:

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

Sideboard:
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Dismember
1 Duplicant
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Pithing Needle
4 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Witchbane Orb
2 Wurmcoil Engine

Greg Fenton – 2nd Place on Show and Oath
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
4 Oath of Druids
2 Griselbrand
2 Show and Tell
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
2 Misdirection
2 Flusterstorm
2 Thoughtseize
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Memory’s Journey
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Brainstorm
4 Preordain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Abrupt Decay

Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
4 Nature’s Claim
1 Forest
2 Abrupt Decay

Nick DiJohn – 3rd/4th Place on Martello Shops
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Trinisphere
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3Phyrexian Revoker
1 Batterskull
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Kudoltha Forgemaster
1 Duplicant
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Sundering Titan

Sideboard:
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Witchbane Orb
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Precursor Golem
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Duplicant

Mark Tocco – 3rd/4th Place on Show and Oath
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Island
4 Oath of Druids
2 Griselbrand
2 Show and Tell
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
2 Misdirection
2 Flusterstorm
2 Thoughtseize
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Memory’s Journey
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Brainstorm
4 Preordain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Dig Through Time

Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
4 Nature’s Claim
4 Abrupt Decay
1 Forest

Josh Potucek 5th/8th Place on RW Hatebears (Simian’s Mom)
4 Mother of Runes
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Sudden Shock
3 Prophetic Flamespeaker
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Containment Priest
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
4 Leonin Relic-Warder
4 Plateau
2 Plains
1 Mountain
4 Arid Mesa
1 Flooded Strand
1 Keldon Megaliths
4 Cavern of Souls
2 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus

Sideboard:
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Path to Exile
1 Wasteland
4 Ingot Chewer
4 Grafdiggers Cage

Patrick Morris 5th/8th Place on Metalworker Forgemaster
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Kudoltha Forgemaster
2 Metalworker
4 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Sundering Titan
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Duplicant
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Trinisphere
2 Lightning Greaves
3 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard:
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Dismember
1 Duplicant
1 Steel Hellkite
4 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Witchbane Orb
2 Wurmcoil Engine

Shawn Griffiths 5th/8th Place on Show and Oath
2 Griselbrand
2 Show and Tell
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
2 Thoughtseize
1 Ponder
3 Preordain
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Abrupt Decay
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
1 Flusterstorm
4 Mental Misstep
1 Brainstorm
2 Dig Through Time
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
4 Oath of Druids
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Strip Mine

Sideboard:
1 Abrupt Decay
3 Nature’s Claim
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Progenitus
2 Duress
1 Forest
1 Toxic Deluge
2 Nihil Spellbomb

Mike Sorrentino 5th/8th Place on Martello Shops
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Trinisphere
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Kudoltha Forgemaster
1 Duplicant
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Sundering Titan

Sideboard:
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Duplicant
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Triskelion
1 Witchbane Orb
2 Dismember

[PDM]

Thank you for starting to post these again!

[vaughnbros]

Thank you for the report!  5 delver decks and 0 in the top 8.

[tribet]

Quick let's ban Oath & Golem!

[msg67183]

Thank you for the report!  5 delver decks and 0 in the top 8.

This was pre Cruise though Lance, just proving how powerful the card is in that deck.

[PETER FLUGZEUG]

Thank you for the report!  5 delver decks and 0 in the top 8.

This was pre Cruise though Lance, just proving how powerful the card is in that deck.

I'm not sure I understand your sentence. Nov 22, the oath player certainly plays dig through time, the OP states that "A strong showing from Workshops/Oath really kept Treasure Cruise down, locking it out of the top 8 entirely."

[Hrishi]

Thank you for the report!  5 delver decks and 0 in the top 8.

This was pre Cruise though Lance, just proving how powerful the card is in that deck.

This was last weekend, and we most certainly had access to Treasure Cruise. I even played against one of them.

[msg67183]

I misread this report, I thought it was the one Nick was late on, that was for October but posted in November, my bad. On that note that's awesome then lol. See, people have adapted to Delver already! Treasure Cruise doesn't need restricted

[KrauserKrauser]

Yeah, as long as you play decks that specifically prey on Delver ie Shops and Oath.

Not surprised to see those archetypes now on top. 

Congrats to the Top 8

[Greg]

This event was a blast, as is commonplace with all Nick Coss parties. We're incredibly lucky to have such a great community around these parts. If you've yet to come to a Vintage event at Top Deck Games and live within driving distance, I would strongly suggest coming to check one out.

I battled against a Workshop deck in each round of the top eight. I was close to pulling off the hat-trick, but Roland was just too powerful to overcome. The lone game that I won against Roland was solely due to his treacherous Mana Crypt. Congratulations on the win, buddy.

I misread this report, I thought it was the one Nick was late on, that was for October but posted in November, my bad.

It's worth noting that both Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time were legal in October, as well.

[healo]

Greg's Oath list and Mark's Oath list seem to have more then 60 cards. Is that correct or am I out of my mind?

[Greg]

Greg's Oath list and Mark's Oath list seem to have more then 60 cards. Is that correct or am I out of my mind?

Mark took the 75 that I was playing and tweaked it a tiny bit before the event began, but I highly doubt he added in a 61st card.

I can say with confidence that, outside of the Mana Crypt, my list is correct. I'm going to assume that Mark did not play a Mana Crypt either, so I believe that our lists are correct, except for the accidental addition of a Mana Crypt as the 61st card.

[Samoht]

It was a transcription error. Copy + Paste is the devil. They are both -1 Mana Crypt.

[healo]

Yeah, thanks, that is exactly what I thought. Mana Crypt just doesn't fit in those lists. It was the first thing I cut while building my own thing. Anyways, I had a blast playing similar deck recently, it is a pleasure to pilot.

Only thing I can't get right (beside always setting my couters ratio wrong for given meta - I play lots of MTGO daylies, so it is very random) is the ratio and amount of late-game cards like Jaces/Digs/Gifts/Tezzeret and such. I often wish I had the other card instead, because Jaces are ofted dead due to own Orachrds, I often get far behind before I get my Dig to be active (mostly when it is in my opening hand). I've been experimenting with Gifts/Regrowth lately, but there are drawbacks too, so I'm kinda lost there.

Well, if you (or anyone) could make a short comment on your experience with those issues, I'd appreciate it very much.

PS: Sorry, if this is not a correct place to ask such questions.