Old School at GP Oakland

[Max Power]

My brother and I will be in Oakland for the Grand Prix and we want to know if there is any interest in getting together some Old School magic there.

I know that there are a few players in the Bay Area who might want to go, but maybe more since it is a Grand Prix.

So far we have 2 perhaps 3 players for it.  Any more?

[Smmenen]

Yes, I am.  I think Vintage Magic may be trying to organize a small offsite old school event on Sunday.  Will let you know. N

[eliotd]

Definitely interested and have at least 3 participants. Looks like CF is still working on the side event schedule, maybe they'd host an official Old School side event?? Who do we have to lobby?  

[Max Power]

We (the four of us in my group) are still wondering what the banned/restricted list will be as we divide up the power and staples among the 4 decks that we have planned.  Seems like we have enough for an event already!

[Smmenen]

We will likely be using Eudo B&R list. 

[eliotd]

Looks like CF has agreed to let us use space at the venue for Old School play on Sunday, but it will be a casual tournament with no buy-in/prizes. I imagine we could still all sign a Moss Monster or Giant Shark or whatever to give to the winner in true Swedish style (I'll bring one of each just in case...).

https://www.facebook.com/groups/267586756684840/permalink/786058118171032

[eliotd]

Meet at 11am at the side event registration desk. Same rules/sets/restricted list as Eudemonia.

http://www.eudogames.com/magic/160228-old-school-magic

[grandpa_MTG]

Got the all clear for Old School, see you at 11am

[eliotd]

What a great event, thanks to all who showed up and participated on Sunday! Jason was the winner at 4-0 with The Deck. I believe Ryan (WW), John (Deadguy Ale) and the fellow who beat me in the last round piloting the Blue Artifacts deck whose name is escaping me at the moment all finished 3-1. If anyone else has more results details, please share.

Am I correct that we ultimately had 15 players? I didn't manage to get a copy of the pairings sheet. I have photos of 10 full decks and action shots showing three more, plus Eliot Burk's White Weenie which isn't in any of the photos, which makes 14, and we had an uneven number of players since someone had a bye each round, so I gather there must have been one other deck that I missed?

Here are photos from the event. See you all at the next one - time to brew up something new!

Blue Artifacts



Red/Black aggro control



Deadguy Ale



Goblins!



Mono Green running sans sleeves (love the Hidden Path tech!)



Red/Green zoo



Jason's winning list, featuring the prize Moss Monster



Another build of The Deck



My Underworld Dreams combo deck



Ryan's White Weenie



Decks we didn't get full photos of:

The Deck featuring Alabaster Potion (!)
Steve's Black Blue White deck
Eliot's White Weenie
Green White Blue (Erhnamgeddon?)
Another one?

Some action shots:





Alabaster Potion!



Llanowar showdown





Big Mana Drain fueled Fireball



Mr. Moss Monster

[Max Power]

Thanks for posting this Eliot.  We had a great time playing in this event.  I've already started working on some other deck ideas that have been floating around. 

I lost to Eliot's Winds of Change combo deck, and I can certainly say that one of my favorite aspects about 93/94 is that losing a match isn't as bad in the format because it usually involves interesting card interaction.

I look forward to the next event, even if I won't be able to make it to Eudo Games in February.

[Smmenen]

sweet photos Eliot.  Please share this link with folks for the next event: http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=48358.0