TO Report: The Players Guild 01/03/15

[Kameli0n]

Today, 23 vintage participants ventured out to Bloomsburg following the holiday seasons in order to win store credit. Top 8 were awarded for the event.  First and second split 450 in credit, third and fourth took 50 in store credit, and fifth through eighth took 25 in store credit each . 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:
Control Oath: 4 – 17.39%
UW Bomberman: 1 – 4.35%
UWR Bomberman: 1 – 4.35%
UWR Stoneforge: 1 – 4.35%
UW Stoneforge: 1 – 4.35%
Grixis Pyromancer Control: 1 – 4.35%
4c Control: 1 – 4.35%

Workshops:
Martello: 3 – 13.04%
Terra Nova: 1 – 4.35%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 0 – 0.00%

Combo:
Burning Oath: 1 – 4.35%
BUG Gush Tendrils: 2 –8.7%
4c Gush Tendrils w/Pyromancer: 3 – 13.04%
4c Dack Tendrils: 1 –4.35%

Brian Kelly Decks:
Salvagers Oath: 1 –4.35%

Fish:
RUG Delver: 1 – 4.35%

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Potucek, Joshua vs. Dempsey, Brandon – Potucek wins
Ottaway, Sean vs. Sees, William – Sees wins
Geras, Jonathan vs. Navickas, Justin – Geras wins
Murray, Matthew vs. Kohler, Justin – Murray wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results
Potucek, Joshua vs. Murray, Matthew – Murray wins
Geras, Jonathan vs. Sees, Williams – Sees wins

Finals
Murray, Matthew vs. Sees, William – Split

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 the top 8!

Top 8 Deck lists:

Finalist – Bill Sees
“no deck name provided"

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

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

Finalist – Matthew Murray
“no deck name provided"

3 Young Pyromancer
1 Tendrils of Agony
3 Dack Fayden
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
2 Ancient Grudge
4 Gush
4 Preordain
3 Dig Through Time
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Fire/Ice
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Fastbond
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Island
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Flooded Strand
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tropical Island

SB:
1 Mountain
4 Ingot Chewer
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Pyroblast
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Yixlid Jailer

Semi-Finalist – Joshua Potucek
“American Bomberman"

4 Trinket Mage
3 Auriok Salvagers
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
2 Swords to Plowshares
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
4 Mana Drain
2 Spell Snare
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Dig Through Time
2 Dack Fayden
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
4 Flooded Strand
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Plains
2 Island
2 Volcanic Island
3 Tundra
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Library of Alexandria

SB:
1 Batterskull
2 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 Containment Priest
2 Red Elemental Blast

Semi-Finalist – Jonathan Geras
“Gottshall’s Baby"

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

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

Quarter-Finalist – Justin Kohler
“Red Deck Wins"

2 Auriok Salvagers
4 Trinket Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Magus of the Future
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Flusterstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
2 Spell Snare
2 Swords to Plowshares
3 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
1 Time Walk
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 AEther Spellbomb
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:
4 Containment Priest
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
2 Disenchant
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Magus of the Unseen
1 Devout Witness
2 Ethersworn Canonist

Quarter-Finalist – Sean Ottaway
“Mana Drain Control"

4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
4 Oath of Druids
3 Griselbrand
3 Counterspell
3 Preordain
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Show and Tell
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Misdirection
1 Flusterstorm
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Strip Mine
1 Polluted Delta

SB:
4 Nature’s Claim
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Flusterstorm
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Forest

Quarter-Finalist – Justin Navickas
“Humans and Elementals"

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

SB:
1 Pyroblast
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Innocent Blood
1 Diabolic Edict
2 Ingot Chewer
2 Viashino Heretic
1 Mountain

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

4 Misty Rainforest
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
4 Gush
4 Force of Will
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Preordain
3 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet

SB:
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Toxic Deluge
3 Nature’s Claim
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Trygon Predator
1 Forest
2 Nihil Spellbomb

Again, thanks for the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event is February 7, 2015. Thanks again everyone!!!!! Congratulations to the top 8!!!

[Prospero]

At what point did it stop being Terra Nova and start being something else?

[ramrodjon]

At what point did it stop being Terra Nova and start being something else?

It is most definitely Terranova, Nick, and I am a fan.  Gottshall is a kid that plays at Shawn's events and I name my decklists as an inside joke simply to jest. 

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

Awesome event and props to all my nice opponents. I only lost 1 game going into the top 4 (2-0'd two other gush storm decks in swiss) and lost game 1 and game 3 to Murray after he overwhelmed me with Library of Alexandria both games....Good job on Finals Matt and I'm sorry about your steelers

[msg67183]

Congrats to the entire top 8 and especially to Bill and Matt for the Finals! I had fun despite learning a new deck let alone an entire new archetype. Here is what I played:



"Oops... I Win"


28 Mana 

Black Lotus

Lotus Petal 

Mana Crypt 

Mana Vault 

Mox Emerald 

Mox Jet 

Mox Pearl 

Mox Ruby 

Mox Sapphire 

Sol Ring 

4 Dark Ritual 

2 Cabal Ritual 

Tolarian Academy 

4 City of Brass 

4 Mana Confluence 

3 Gemstone Mine 


19 Tutor/Draw 

Mystical Tutor 

Memory Jar 

Demonic Tutor 

Necropotence 

Vampiric Tutor

Yawgmoth's Bargain 

Ancestral Recall 

Brainstorm 

Timetwister 

Tinker 

Wheel of Fortune 

Ponder 

Windfall 

Merchant Scroll 

4 Gitaxian Probe 

1 Treasure Cruise 


6 Win the Game 

Mind's Desire 

Yawgmoth's Will 

Time Walk 

2 Tendrils of Agony 

1 Empty the Warrens 


4 Disruption 

4 Duress 


3 Storm Enabler 

1 Rebuild 

1 Hurkyl's Recall 

1 Chain of Vapor 


Sideboard 

4 Tormod's Crypt 


4 Ingot Chewer 

2 Hurkyl's Recall 

1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind 

1 Toxic Deluge 


3 Pyroblast 


I went 2-3 on the day making plenty of mistakes, but I really love the deck, it's a ton of fun. Thank you Brian Kelly for letting me borrow the Deluge!
Maybe next time I can do better. All in all it was a great day, thank you Shawn for yet another great event!

[mr.grim]

Props to The Beard and the rest of the top! I wish I could of made this one.

[ramrodjon]

Thanks, Keith.  I had a great time as usual, playing at Shawn's store.  We brought a full car out to battle Vintage from the Scranton area and hope to continue bringing more.  Supporting a fun format, with a great TO and shop, and some great people to hang out with makes the trips worth it, win, lose, or draw. 

I finished 3-1-1 in Swiss with Terranova, expecting Blue decks that want to do degenerate things with their explosive starts and powerful spells and also expected to see Martello Shops who also do degenerate thing with their mana, Forgemasters, and BDR's (big dumb robots).  I am a Null Rod player at heart and recently took a fondness to the Terranova build.  My thanks to Shawn and the Forino brothers for discussing some options and advice with the build. 

Rd1 Calvin H. on a Scary Planeswalker brew.  Broken spells, counter spells, cantrips, Ashiok and Dack...I was askerred, but was able to take the set 2-1.
Rd2 Dave R. on Martello Shops.  He mulls hard this series and doesn't see enough of his accelerants to get going.  Win 2-1
Rd3 JPot on UWR Bomberman Dack Jace.  I was close in game one swinging with animated lands, but Tomb to activate them was too painful, as he was able to stabilize.  Game 2 on the play went better for me, and game 3 was brutal.  Josh had turn 1 SFM, fetching up a Batterskull.  Life totals 34-2, GG, sir.
Rd4 Matt M on 4c Peezy Dack Sauciness.  I think game 1 Matt chained a ton of spells together, making many elementals, putting me away quickly.  Games 2 and 3, Matt had some mana issues and my deck wasn't helping matters any, dropping resistors, applying pressure, and making his mana problems worse.  Win 2-1
Rd5 Sean O intentional draw
Top8 Justin N. on RBU Peezy Bob Hand Disruption deck.  Both games I landed early LSGs and went to town, copying them whenever possible, and getting spheres down for good measure.  Win 2-0
Top4 Bill S. on UW Landstill We had a pretty epic series here that went to three games.  I made some crucial play errors here that may have led to some different results, but give credit where it is due, Bill played tight and was a pleasure to play against (even though he whomped a Serenity on me with multiple Mox, Batterskull, and Revoker in play!)  A true gentleman among the format, and I wish him the best in his upcoming marriage!

I would consider experimenting with a card or 2, but the list feels consistent.  It may not be the best in the room, or piloted by the best, but I like it. 
Props: Shawn for running the event and keeping them firing every month.  My opponents for being cool, especially Dave and Matt because they are Steelers fans.  My team and carmates...Ramrod ain't dead!
Slops: The Chinese buffet guy was scrubbing the grease vents on top of some of the food.  Kinda gross.  Also saw a burned up truck on the effing highway on the way home!  People gotta be more careful when the roads are slick...like Jeremy Beaver.