TO Report: The Players Guild 07/11/15

[Kameli0n]

Today, 16 vintage participants came out to Bloomsburg in order to win store credit. Top 8 were awarded for the event.  Top 4 split 100 each in store credit, and fifth through eighth took 25 each 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:
Mentor City Vault: 1 – 6.25%
Blue Danube Waltz: 1 – 6.25%
America Control: 1 – 6.25%
UB Omni-Tell: 1 – 6.25%
Control Oath: 1 – 6.25%
UR Twin: 1 – 6.25%
America Mentor Control: 1 – 6.25%

Workshops:
Martello: 1 – 6.25%
Martello w/ Metalworker: 1 – 6.25%
Frobots: 1 – 6.25%

Bazaars:
Dredge: 1 – 6.25%

Brian Kelly Decks:
Dragonlord Salvager’s Oath: 1 – 6.25%

Fish:
UR Delver: 1 – 6.25%
BUG Fish: 1 – 6.25%
RUG Delver: 1 – 6.25%

Rogue:
RW Death and Taxes: 1 – 6.25%

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

Top 8 Pairings and Results

Proulx, Daniel vs. Marx, Brian – Proulx Wins
Beaver, Jeremy vs. Dempsey, Brandon – Dempsey Wins
Nir, JD vs. Geras, Jonathan – Geras Wins
Hopkinson, Chris vs. Difebo, Dom – Wins

Top 4 Pairings and Results

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:

Semi-Finalist – Brandon Dempsey
“Boat Control – Act II"

2 Island
4 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
3 Tundra
3 Volcanic Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
2 Flusterstorm
3 Mental Misstep
2 Pyroblast
2 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
1 Treasure Cruise
3 Dig Through Time
2 Preordain
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Repeal
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Moat
1 Time Walk
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Snapccaster Mage
4 Dack Fayden
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Narset Transcendant
1 Karn Liberated

SB:
1 Supreme Verdict
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Devout Witness
1 Plains
1 Pithing Needle
1 Kataki, War’s Wage
2 Disenchant
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Containment Priest
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Semi-Finalist – Daniel Proulx
“Blue Danube Waltz"

1 Island
1 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Academy Ruins
3 Mishra’s Factory
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
3 Chalice of the Void
2 Sphere of Resistance
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Null Rod
1 Trinisphere
1 Pithing Needle
3 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Trinket Mage
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Baleful Strix
1 Notion Thief
3 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
4 Force of Will
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Propaganda
1 Tinker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Daze

SB:
1 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Illness in the Ranks
1 Engineered Plague
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Propaganda
1 Baleful Strix
2 Ghost Quarter
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Guardian Beast
1 Flusterstorm
1 Null Rod
1 Extirpate

Semi-Finalist – Chris Hopkinson
“Frobots"

1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Workshop
3 Arcbound Ravager
4 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Porcelain Legionnaire
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Triskelion
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Trinisphere
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Batterskull
4 Sphere of Resistance

SB:
4 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Duplicant
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Dismember

Semi-Finalist – Jonathan Geras
“ Kragle Oath"

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

SB:
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Strip Mine
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Toxic Deluge
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Quarter-Finalist – Brian Marx
“No Deck Name Provided"

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Mana Confluence
4 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Dakmor  Salvage
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
3 Golgari Thug
4 Bloodghast
4 Narcomoeba
3 Ichorid
4 Serum Powder
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Bridge from Below
4 Mental Misstep
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Dread Return
2 Fatestitcher
1 Flamekin Zealot
1 Sun Titan

SB:
4 Nature’s Claim
4 Chain of Vapor
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Murderous Cut

Quarter-Finalist – Jeremy Beaver
“No Deck Name Provided"

1 Pyroblast
3 Lightning Bolt
4 Splinter Twin
2 Dack Fayden
1 Flusterstorm
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Impulse
2 Dig Through Time
2 Misdirection
3 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
4 Preordain
4 Deceiver Exarch
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Tundra
2 Island
2 Steam Vents
2 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Volcanic Island

SB:
1 Pyroblast
1 Mountain
1 Wear//Tear
3 Pulverize
3 Ingot Chewer
3 Containment Priest
3 Ravenous Trap

Quarter-Finalist – JD Nir
“Mentor City Vault"

4 Monastery Mentor
2 Skullclamp
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
4 Mox Opal
4 Seat of the Synod
2 Cavern of Souls
2 Tundra
1 Ancient Den
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
2 Repeal
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Thoughtcast
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ponder
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Timetwister
1 Time Walk
SB:
3 Containment Priest
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Devout Witness
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Cavern of Souls

Quarter-Finalist – Dominic Difebo
“Giggle Bots"

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

SB:
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Dismember
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Batterskull
1 Duplicant
1 Steel Hellkite
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Again, thanks for the support. The date of the next Bloomsburg event is not set as of yet. Thanks again everyone!!!!! Congratulations to the top 8!!!

[Cruel Bargain]

Missed 2 Tabernacle on Giggle Bots list...

[Archae]

Hay Shawn -
Just a quick note: the SB for the Blue Danube Waltz should have an Engineered Plague instead of Engineered Explosives.
Thanks!

[Holden1669]

I believe the Mentor City Vault list is missing four cards. Any idea what those might be?

[Dr_Tongue]

I believe the Mentor City Vault list is missing four cards. Any idea what those might be?

I'm leaning towards it being 4x Expedition Map possibly with only 10 lands maindeck. That would explain the lower land count as well as synergy with Thoughtcast etc.

[serracollector]

Could also be four chrome mox. I personally would run four chrome over the four map.

[Holden1669]

Yeah I thought maybe Chrome Mox. Or Tinker, Blightsteel, Jar and something else.

[Chubby Rain]

I believe the Mentor City Vault list is missing four cards. Any idea what those might be?

They are Preordains.

[Holden1669]

Ha. Or preordains. Thanks.

[Dr_Tongue]

That makes sense too. I took a look at the list myself and saw 10 lands main, no fetchlands, and some 2x of lands like Cavern and Ancient Tomb in the SB and figured it might be Maps to grab white or Tolarian. Aside from a Neo-Academy or Belcher or for old time's sake 9 land stompy, I didn't think that 10 lands would be enough without a fetch/tutor effect.
 On a side note, I see Brainstorm didn't even make the list yet Ponder did. Is this because of the lack of fetchland's or another omission possibly as well?

[Chubby Rain]

That makes sense too. I took a look at the list myself and saw 10 lands main, no fetchlands, and some 2x of lands like Cavern and Ancient Tomb in the SB and figured it might be Maps to grab white or Tolarian. Aside from a Neo-Academy or Belcher or for old time's sake 9 land stompy, I didn't think that 10 lands would be enough without a fetch/tutor effect.
 On a side note, I see Brainstorm didn't even make the list yet Ponder did. Is this because of the lack of fetchland's or another omission possibly as well?

I'm not the deck designer but friends with him. Brainstorm is not in there because of the lack of shuffle effects leading to getting Brainstorm-locked. This doesn't hold for Ponder as you can shuffle the top of your deck if you don't find what you are looking for.