TO Report: The Players Guild 11/29/14

[Kameli0n]

Unfortunately, only 14 vintage participants ventured out to Bloomsburg following the holiday seasons in order to win store credit. Top 4 were awarded for the event.  Top 4 split $400 in store credit. Thanks again to those who did come out to support the format and play vintage in Bloomsburg. We look forward to seeing you all for more events in the future!

The Metagame Breakdown:

Forces:
Steel City Vault: 1 – 7.14%
BUG Control: 1 – 7.14%
Esper Control: 1 – 7.14%
Grixis Control: 1 – 7.14%

Workshops:
Aggro MUD: 1 – 7.14%
Terra Nova: 1 – 7.14%
Stax: 1 – 7.14%
Marinara: 1 – 7.14%

Bazaars:
Dredge w/HexmageDepths: 1 – 7.14%
Minus 6: 1 – 7.14%

Brian Kelly Decks:
Salvagers Oath: 2 –14.29%
Humanstorm: 1 – 7.14%

Fish:
4c Pyromancer Gush: 1 – 7.14%

This event was run with 4 swiss rounds with the cut to top 8.

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Dempsey, Brandon vs. Ottoway, Sean – Dempsey wins
Brooks, Joshua vs. Geras, Jonathan – wins
Kohler, Justin vs. Navickas, Justin – Navickas wins
Sees, William vs. Kelly, Brian – Kelly wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

Dempsey, Brandon vs. Kelly, Brian – Kelly wins
Brooks, Joshua vs. Navickas, Justin – Brooks wins

Finals

Brooks, Joshua 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 top 4 and Brian for winning!

Top 8 Deck lists:

First – Brian Kelly
“Salvagers Oath"

1 Black Lotus
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 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Oath of Druids
2 Auriok Salvagers
1 Magus of the Future
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
3 Force of Will
2 Flusterstorm
1 Mental Misstep
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Repeal
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
2 Gitaxian Probe
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ponder
2 Preordain
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Mana Confluence
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria

SB:
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Tsabo's Web
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Notion Thief
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Nature's Claim
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mental Misstep
1 Grand Abolisher

Second – Joshua Brooks
“Stax"

4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
3 Buried Ruin
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Smokestack
2 Triskelion
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Trinisphere

SB:
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Null Rod
2 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Batterskull

Semi-Finalist – Brandon Dempsey
“Fat Dragon with No Friends "

1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Snow-covered Island
1 Mana Crypt
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Force of Will
2 Read the Runes
2 Dig Through Time
2 Entomb
1 Echoing Truth
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Intuition
3 Duress
1 Imperial Seal
1 Necromancy
2 Animate Dead
2 Dance of the Dead
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
3 Worldgorger Dragon
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge

SB:
4 Dark Confidant
3 Mana Drain
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Yawmgoth’s Will
1 Library of Alexandria

Semi-Finalist – Justin Navickas
“Humans and Elementals"

2 Cavern of Souls
2 Polluted Delta
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Young Pyromancer
3 Dark Confidant
2 Snapcaster Mage
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Preordain
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
3 Duress
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Force of Will
2 Spell Pierce
2 Flusterstorm
4 Mental Misstep
2 Lightning Bolt

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Pyroblast
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Innocent Blood
Quarter-Finalist – Jonathan Geras
“Gottshall’s Baby"

4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Dismember
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Null Rod
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
4 Wasteland
4 Mutavault
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Karakas
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine

SB:
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Sculpting Steel
1 Karakas
2 Batterskull
2 Darksteel Juggernaut
2 Tormod’s Crypt

Quarter-Finalist – Justin Kohler
“Red Deck Wins (now with red cards!"

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
4 Oath of Druids
2 Auriok Salvagers
1 Magus of the Future
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
3 Force of Will
2 Flusterstorm
1 Mental Misstep
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Repeal
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
2 Gitaxian Probe
1 Tinker
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Mana Confluence
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria

SB:
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tsabo’s Web
2 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Notion Thief
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mental Misstep
1 Grand Abolisher

Quarter-Finalist – William Sees
“no deck name provided"

1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
2 Island
1 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand
4 Tundra
1 Plains
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Batterskull
3 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Vendilion Clique
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Mana Drain
1 Ponder
4 Standstill
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Flusterstorm
1 Misdirection
4 Force of Will
2 Spell Snare
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Mental Misstep

SB:
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Swords to Plowshares
4 Rest in Peace
4 Serenity
1 Flusterstorm
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Supreme Verdict

Quarter-Finalist – Sean Ottoway
“Fish Commander"

4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Young Pyromancer
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
1 Flusterstorm
2 Steel Sabotage
3 Treasure Cruise
2 Gush
2 Dack Fayden
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Preordain
1 Time Walk
3 Lightning Bolt
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island
1 Island
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Polluted Delta

SB:
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Abrupt Decay
2 Ravenous Trap
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Flusterstorm
1 Mountain
1 Pyroblast
2 Annul

Again, thanks for the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event has not been set yet. Thanks again everyone!!!!! Congratulations to the top 4 and Brian!!!

[msg67183]

Congrats to the Top 8, and especially to Brian, my round one loss.
Hopefully next month I'll be more lucky. Thank you Shawn for hosting another great event!

[jcb193]

Well, this was certainly a cheesy path to the finals (semi-finals bye), but I'll take it.  Nobody has interest in a tourney report, so here's the props and slops:

Mega Props:
Sean Ottoway for being super cool about a tabernacle upkeep.  Solid guy.  I'll pay it forward.  

Props:
The cool Bloomsburg crowd.  Brandon and Sean were classy opponents, and the Brian Kelly deck will continue to haunt my workshop dreams.  Had some great games with Johnathan in the quarter finals- nothing like 20 permanents on the field.  

Slops:
Ancient Tombs and Mana Crypts did a lot of damage today (for me and against).

Plays that worked:
Leading with wasteland

Plays that didn't:
Trying to beat a first turn tezzeret and oath.  
Making a deal in the swiss to not use seeding in finals with BK (though to be honest, he trounced me on the draw too). He's a great person to play against. Very animated and fun.

The deck I played was a slightly modified Blaine Christensen Deck.  I decided to run an extra Tabernacle in sideboard and a ghost quarter in main (ghost quarter didn't affect any game).   I also usually run an extra Wurmcoil (3), but decided to mess around with batterskull instead (which I am not a big fan of).  

[psu42]

Thanks for another great event Shawn.  Turnout was lower than expected, but everyone still had fun.

Congrats to all top 8.  After the top 4 split I just wanted to leave to save time for the drive home, sorry I couldn't battle it out.  You would probably be no match for Humans and Elementals anyway!

[jcb193]

No worries, totally understand!  Sticking around for 3 hours for a chance at bragging rights, doesn't make much sense   I'm sure we'll cross paths again!  Till next time-

[ramrodjon]

"Unfortunately, only 14 vintage participants ventured out to Bloomsburg following the holiday seasons in order to win store credit."
Let's be honest, though, Shawn, once the awesomeness factor is calculated in, there was probably more like 41 participants. 

[mr.grim]

Props to The Beard and the rest of the top. Shawn alone counts for like 36 btw.

[StrongSide]

I had to double check this to make sure I was reading the beards deck correctly haha. I wish I could have attended but I was on my death bed with the flu that caught up with me and I still have sadly. I will have to push for the next one! congrats to all

[Hrishi]

There are more Brian Kelly decks than half the established pillars of Vintage...

World domination incoming.

[brianpk80]

Thanks for all the responses and to Shawn for hosting another great event.