Sorta results? Team Serious Open - Warren, MI - March 7th

[Twaun007]

Here's a quick round up of the Team Serious Open held at Eternal Games in Warren, MI this past Saturday. Deck lists weren't collected so it was pretty bad ass having the opportunity to adjust sideboards after round one to accommodate the meta.

Here we go.

18 Vintage aficionados made their way out to swap stories about proper monocle placement and top hat tilting angles.

Standings prior to top eight.


(one person did drop)

I believe the top 8 assassin's weapons of choice were

Charlie "I X-0 the swiss cause my deck is the cheese" Krug - Forgemaster Shops
Duane "I'm X-0 lifetime against Twaun007" Haddix - TerraNova Shops
Patrick 'King of the Impossible"Ohren - Gifts Academy Rector Flash
Jerry "I got more lyrical fire than a Balrog" Yang - UR Delver
Aaron "A A Ron" Katz - Merfolk
Justin "I'm a baller" Waller - Forgemaster Shops
Anthony "Twaun007" Michaels - Twaunstax
Kevin "Darth CHA1N5" Cron - UWr Mentor Cron-trol

Justin Waller took it down with Workshops defeating Cron in the finals

Yangtime and Duane placed 3rd/4th

And everyone else got smoked 1st round in top 8

I can try and locate deck lists if they're requested.

Attempt at Top 8 lists


1st place - Justin Waller - Forgemaster Shops
Main Deck:60                
1 Black Lotus          
1 Mox Emerald            
1 Mox Jet                  
1 Mox Pearl                  
1 Mox Ruby                    
1 Mox Sapphire          
4 Mishra's Workshop    
2 Cavern of Souls          
2 Mishra's Factory  
1 Tolarian Academy  
4 Ancient Tomb  
1 Strip Mine  
4 Wasteland  
1 Mana Crypt  
1 Sol Ring  
4 Chalice of the Void  
4 Sphere of Resistance  
3 Phyrexian Revoker  
4 Lodestone Golem  
3 Kuldotha Forgemaster  
1 Duplicant  
1 Staff of Nin  
3 Crucible of Worlds  
4 Tangle Wire  
1 Trinisphere  
1 Steel Hellkite  
1 Wurmcoil Engine  
1 Phyrexian Metamorph  
2 Smokestack  
1 Karn Silver Golem  

Sideboard:15
3 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Staff of Nin
4 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Duplicant
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Dismember
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Batterskull

2nd Place - Kevin Cron - UWr Mentor Crontrol
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3rd/4th - Duane Haddix - TerraNova Shops
Main Deck:60
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Dismember
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Null Rod
1 Sculpting Steel
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mutavault
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Blinkmoth Nexus

Sideboard:15
1 Dismember
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Null Rod
1 Sculpting Steel
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Precursor Golem


3rd/4th Jerry "Yangtime" Yang - UR Delver
Main Deck:60
4 delver of secrets
4 force of will
4 lightning bolt
4 mental misstep
4 preordain
4 scalding tarn
4 volcanic island
4 young pyromancer
3 dig through time
3 grafdigger's cage
3 gush
2 island
2 pyroblast
1 ancestral recall
1 black lotus
1 brainstorm
1 dack fayden
1 flooded strand
1 mindbreak trap
1 misdirection
1 misty rainforest
1 mountain
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
1 polluted delta
1 ponder
1 time walk
1 treasure cruise

Sideboard:15
4 ingot chewer
3 ravenous trap
2 engineered explosives
2 price of progress
2 snapcaster mage
1 ancient tomb
1 flusterstorm

5th/8th - Charlie Krug - Forgemaster Shops
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5th/8th - Patrick Ohren - Gifts Academy Rector Flash
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5th/8th - Aaron Katz - Merfolk
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5th/8th - Twaun007 - Twaunstax
Main Deck:60
4 Smokestack
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Steel Hellkite
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Buried Ruin
2 Ghost quarter
1 Mishra's Factory
4 Ancient Tomb

Sideboard:15
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Expedition Map
1 Karakas
4 Grafdigger's Cage
4 relic of Progenitus
2 Ratchet Bomb



Bonus -
Demarsian Technology - Steel City Oath
Main Deck:60
4 Oath of Druids
1 Show and Tell
4 Force of Will
1 Griselbrand
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Tinker
1 Show and Tell
1 Burning Wish
1 Time Twister
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
4 Thoughtcast
3 Preordain
2 Thoughtseize
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's WIll
1 Time Walk
1 Mana Vault
4 Mox Opal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
4 Forbidden Orachard
2 Mana Confluence
4 Seat of Synod
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard:15
1 Show and Tell
1 Balance
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Vandal Blast
1 Thoughtseize
3 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Rest in Peace
2 Nature's Claim
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Mana Confluence

[Smmenen]

Nice!  Was Demars playing Steel City Vault?

[Twaun007]

Nice!  Was Demars playing Steel City Vault?

Yeah. I think it had Oath in the board or main as well.

And I didn't see a single Bomberman deck

[JustDee1223]

For those interested here is my unconventional take on a Forgemaster Stax list.  FWIW, Patrick Ohren was on a Gifts Academy Rector Flash deck.
Main Deck                   Side Board
1 Black Lotus            3 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Mox Emerald            1 Staff of Nin
1 Mox Jet                    4 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Mox Pearl                    1 Duplicant
1 Mox Ruby                    2 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Mox Sapphire            2 Dismember
4 Mishra's Workshop    1 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Cavern of Souls            1 Batterskull
2 Mishra's Factory   
1 Tolarian Academy   
4 Ancient Tomb   
1 Strip Mine   
4 Wasteland   
1 Mana Crypt   
1 Sol Ring   
4 Chalice of the Void   
4 Sphere of Resistance   
3 Phyrexian Revoker   
4 Lodestone Golem   
3 Kuldotha Forgemaster   
1 Duplicant   
1 Staff of Nin   
3 Crucible of Worlds   
4 Tangle Wire   
1 Trinisphere   
1 Steel Hellkite   
1 Wurmcoil Engine   
1 Phyrexian Metamorph   
2 Smokestack   
1 Karn Silver Golem   

[Ten-Ten]

For those interested here is my unconventional take on a Forgemaster Stax list.  FWIW, Patrick Ohren was on a Gifts Academy Rector Flash deck.   

Nice stax.
I was just about to ask for list...lol
Also, anybody know what Raichlin was playing?
Im going to guess all shop decks at event made top8 

[Chubby Rain]

Nice!  Was Demars playing Steel City Vault?

Yeah. I think it had Oath in the board or main as well.

And I didn't see a single Bomberman deck

Perhaps he should have played Bomberman, given he finished 15th out of 17th...

Edit: forgot the winky face...

[JACO]

For those interested here is my unconventional take on a Forgemaster Stax list.

Hey there, that's an interesting list. I like the Tangle Wires and Crucibles, but don't love the Smokestacks. I suppose you could play 1 to tutor up with Forgemaster if/when the need arises (or perhaps a Ratchet Bomb?). Why did you choose to only play 3 Forgemasters? I always want to see have that card (or multiples of it) in my hand when playing a Forgemaster deck.

FWIW, Patrick Ohren was on a Gifts Academy Rector Flash deck.

Do you, or he (if he's on these boards) know the decklist? I'm curious as to how it compares to the one I wrote about on EC, what his thoughts were, and what he would change from it.

[JustDee1223]

Jaco,

 The short answer is I like the utility of being able to tutor but dislike losing lock pieces to do so.  And smokestack further enforced the incremental ways I was looking to lock my opp out.
 
The rector player was playing a list almost identical to what you posted with some substitutions in the board. 

Please check your inbox, I sent a message in regards to submitting a piece to EC.

[forests failed you]

Nice!  Was Demars playing Steel City Vault?

I played an Oath Tendrils deck that I brewed up. 

4 Oath of Druids
1 Show and Tell
4 Force of Will
1 Griselbrand
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Tinker
1 Show and Tell
1 Burning Wish
1 Time Twister
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
4 Thoughtcast
3 Preordain
2 Thoughtseize
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's WIll
1 Time Walk
1 Mana Vault
4 Mox Opal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
4 Forbidden Orachard
2 Mana Confluence
4 Seat of Synod
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard:
1 Show and Tell
1 Balance
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Vandal Blast
1 Thoughtseize
3 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Rest in Peace
2 Nature's Claim
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Mana Confluence

The SCV / Oath hybrid thing didn't work out quite as well as I was hoping it would -- but I don't think the deck was as bad as the result that I put up.

Straight Oath or Straight SCV is probably just a better choice in general.  Over the course of about five rounds I'm pretty sure that my mana base did approximately 1000 damage to me.  So, just adding Orchards (even to a fast combo deck) certainly has a very real cost.

I was hoping that adding Oaths would help me out against Workshop decks.  I actually played against a Shop deck but I never drew an Oath (and wouldn't you know that I had a five or six turn window to draw an Oath but didn't!). 

I also lost to a mono blue counterspell deck to get eliminated from Top eight which I certainly wasn't planning on playing against. 

But I beat Dredge and so I went home happy.  Had a blast playing at this tournament and really enjoyed playing my deck even though it wasn't built ideally.  I learned a lot about the format and am looking forward to playing more Vintage in the coming months.

[cutlex]

My (Duane's) list was 74/75 of Pikula's current VSL list.

[Twaun007]

I updated the OP with some decklists and I'll continue updating if anyone decides to posts theirs.