LCV 2015 - Finals tournament - 01/09 - Barcelona -33 players - Top16 Decks

[PeAcH]

This last Saturday 9th of January we had the LCV Finals held @ our LGS: Maná Infinito Store.

As you might know, the LCV Finals is an invitation only tournament where you will face some of most fearsome opponents that´s because you could only attend the tournament if you had ended among the top32 players of the regular seasson:

http://www.eternalcatala.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=2726

After the 6 rounds of Swiss (last round first 3 tables IDed and tables 4 abd 5 had to play it out) and the top8, here are the best deck lists.

1st - Antoni Sánchez - Supremacy
Maindeck:
4 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mana Crypt
3 Mana Drain
1 Mana Vault
3 Mental Misstep
1 Misdirection
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Noxious Revival
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
3 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
3 Notion Thief
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Rebuild
1 Toxic Deluge

2nd - Javier David - Terra Nova "Mudnovahoney"
Maindeck:
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
3 Mutavault
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Chalice of the Void
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Null Rod
3 Smokestack
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
Sideboard:
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Karakas
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Duplicant
3 Dismember
4 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Witchbane Orb

Top 4 - Rubén González - Gush Tendrils
Maindeck:
1 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Notion Thief
2 Dack Fayden
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
1 Fastbond
4 Force of Will
4 Gush
1 Mana Crypt
2 Mana Drain
4 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Preordain
2 Repeal
1 Sol Ring
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
1 Mountain
3 Ingot Chewer
1 Sulfur Elemental
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Pyroblast
3 Ravenous Trap
2 Sudden Shock

Top 4 - Daniel Gómez Blanco - Forgemaster MUD
Maindeck:
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Cavern of Souls
3 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Sundering Titan
1 Triskelion
1 Batterskull
1 Black Lotus
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
Sideboard:
1 Duplicant
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Dismember
3 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Null Rod
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Witchbane Orb

Top 8 - Guillem Ragull - Griselbrand Oath "Stormseeker Oath"
Maindeck:
1 Flooded Strand
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Griselbrand
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Mana Crypt
1 Memory's Journey
3 Mental Misstep
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Oath of Druids
1 Ponder
3 Preordain
1 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Show and Tell
1 Sol Ring
2 Thoughtseize
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
1 Abrupt Decay
3 Arcane Laboratory
2 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Nature's Claim
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Toxic Deluge

Top 8 - Marcel Milià - Esper Mentor
Maindeck:
4 Flooded Strand
1 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
3 Tundra
3 Underground Sea
3 Monastery Mentor
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
3 Cabal Therapy
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
1 Disenchant
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Gitaxian Probe
3 Gush
1 Mana Crypt
3 Mental Misstep
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Painful Truths
1 Ponder
2 Preordain
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard:
1 Plains
1 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Meddling Mage
1 Arcane Laboratory
2 Disenchant
1 Energy Flux
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Ravenous Trap
2 Rest in Peace
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Stony Silence

Top 8 - Roger Riera - Academy Belcher
Maindeck:
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
4 Chrome Mox
4 Expedition Map
4 Force of Will
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Goblin Charbelcher
4 Grim Monolith
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Memory Jar
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
4 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Pact of Negation
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Sol Ring
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Vault
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Voltaic Key
Sideboard:
2 Defense Grid
3 Dismember
3 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of Anticipation
3 Tormod's Crypt

Top 8 - Òscar Rubí - GWB Beatdown
Maindeck:
2 Bayou
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Karakas
2 Savannah
2 Scrubland
1 Strip Mine
2 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
4 Windswept Heath
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Gaddock Teeg
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Mother of Runes
1 Scavenging Ooze
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Abrupt Decay
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
3 Stony Silence
4 Swords to Plowshares
Sideboard:
3 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Nature's Claim
1 Serenity
3 Surgical Extraction
4 Thoughtseize


9th - Raúl Roso - Ravager MUD "MA-MUD"
Maindeck:
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland
3 Arcbound Ravager
3 Hangarback Walker
4 Lodestone Golem
3 Metalworker
4 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Triskelion
1 Black Lotus
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
3 Sword of Fire and Ice
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
1 Umezawa's Jitte
Sideboard:
2 Duplicant
2 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Dismember
4 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Witchbane Orb

10th - Adam Subirana - Supremacy
Maindeck:
4 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mana Crypt
3 Mana Drain
1 Mana Vault
3 Mental Misstep
1 Misdirection
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Noxious Revival
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
3 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
3 Notion Thief
3 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Mindbreak Trap
4 Ravenous Trap
2 Rebuild
1 Toxic Deluge

11th - Sergio Cobos - U/W Landstill
Maindeck:
4 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Plains
2 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Strip Mine
4 Tundra
3 Wasteland
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Dig Through Time
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
4 Mental Misstep
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Misdirection
4 Standstill
2 Supreme Verdict
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Time Walk
Sideboard:
2 Containment Priest
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Disenchant
1 Ghostly Prison
2 Rest in Peace
2 Serenity
2 Stony Silence
2 Swords to Plowshares

12th - Tomàs Winand - Grixis Control
Maindeck:
1 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
1 Blightsteel Colossus
2 Notion Thief
3 Dack Fayden
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Mana Crypt
3 Mana Drain
3 Mental Misstep
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ponder
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
2 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
1 Mountain
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Sulfur Elemental
2 Energy Flux
1 Illness in the Ranks
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Slaughter Games

13th - Oscar Basart - Dark Petition Storm
Maindeck:
1 Badlands
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Underground Sea
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
2 Cabal Ritual
3 Cabal Therapy
4 Dark Petition
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Duress
4 Gitaxian Probe
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mind's Desire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Necropotence
1 Ponder
1 Sol Ring
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
4 Ancient Tomb
2 Defense Grid
1 Echoing Truth
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Mindbreak Trap
3 Ravenous Trap
1 Sadistic Sacrament

14th - Pablo Ambrojo - BUG
Maindeck:
1 Bayou
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Wasteland
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Gurmag Angler
1 Notion Thief
1 Scavenging Ooze
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Trygon Predator
4 Abrupt Decay
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
2 Flusterstorm
3 Mental Misstep
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Nature's Claim
2 Null Rod
1 Ponder
3 Spell Pierce
1 Thoughtseize
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard:
1 Forest
1 Notion Thief
1 Trygon Predator
1 Dread of Night
1 Engineered Plague
3 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Nature's Claim
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pithing Needle
1 Thoughtseize
1 Toxic Deluge

15th - Edu Castro - U/R Delver "A pincho PUTA"
Maindeck:
2 Arid Mesa
4 Flooded Strand
2 Island
2 Polluted Delta
4 Volcanic Island
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Monastery Swiftspear
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Sulfur Elemental
3 Young Pyromancer
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
2 Gitaxian Probe
3 Gush
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Mental Misstep
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
2 Price of Progress
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard:
1 Mountain
1 Greater Gargadon
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Viashino Heretic
4 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Ravenous Trap
2 Smash to Smithereens

16th - Manuel Gómez - Dredge
Maindeck:
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Dakmor Salvage
4 Mana Confluence
4 Petrified Field
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Bloodghast
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
3 Golgari Thug
4 Ichorid
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Bridge from Below
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Dread Return
4 Serum Powder
4 Unmask
Sideboard:
4 Barbarian Ring
4 Ingot Chewer
3 Wispmare
4 Nature's Claim


Congratulation to Antoni Sánchez for winning the Regular Season as well as the Finals tournament.


Stay tuned for more events in 2016!

[LandDestroyer]

1st - Antoni Sánchez - Supremacy
Maindeck:
4 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mana Crypt
3 Mana Drain
1 Mana Vault
3 Mental Misstep
1 Misdirection
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Noxious Revival
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
3 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard:
3 Notion Thief
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Rebuild
1 Toxic Deluge

Does Antoni Sánchez  have a write up anywhere (in English) about his deck.  I did a quick google and saw he usually either plays something like this or Oath.  

Am interested in what his typical gifts piles are, how he sideboards, and what cards he'd like in there (like Jace TMS?) but didn't make the cut.

[xouman]

I don't think Antoni has written anything. Adam Subirana (Powerslave in Eternalcatala.com) helped boosting Gifts in the league and he actually played Jace:

http://eternalcatala.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2728&p=11132&hilit=Gifts#p11132
http://eternalcatala.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2718&p=11090&hilit=Gifts#p11090

Yep, those are two reports in spanish, but you can see also the lists.

If you want to contact Antoni, he can be found sometimes in cockatrice crushing randoms like me :p

[Power_slave]

Hey, glad to see our deck is awakening curiosity heheh
Well, I started testing the deck as soon as Gifts were unrestricted (Jan 2015 I think), made top8 that same month and since then Antoni and I have played the deck throughout the year (in his case much more positively than mine  ). When t4k was also unrestricted we made some changes in the deck, the card fit perfectly but we had to make room for it (in that point Jace tms leaved the deck). We are good friends and we live in the same town so was quite easy to test it together and exchange opinions and our different points of view, finally got a list which have not changed since then (except for some sb options).

Regarding Gifts piles, I think it's impossible to give an standard list since there are so many different situations in every game during a tournament. Just to give some examples, for winning piles...lotus noxious will snap, vault key will noxious, tinker walk tezz noxious...and so on, always depending on your mana availability, or opponent's deck, and many other factors. It's also common keep a tutor in hand (or tolarian) and make the pile around them. Everything becomes easier if Noxious is already in hand, or Will...
You can also go for card advantage pile, typical one is recall noxious snapcaster and anything else that you could need to defend it, maybe a mental misstep or another counterspell, put a bomb in this pile instead of the counter could be also a good idea depending on your hand.
Sometimes you may need more counters, fow drain misdirection and fluster could be ok (spoiler! we are testing one copy of overwhelming denial  ).

The card's versatility is what makes it good and complex at the same time. Imho Gift Ungiven is an amazing card, and especially in this deck which is completely built around it. It offers solutions for lots of different situations, and perfectly played, as in the case of Antoni, this deck undoubtedly becomes a Tier1 as he had proved winning both regular and finals, playing the deck in 11 of the 12 tournaments.

Regarding sideboard, would be easier to answer with specific matchups doubts 

[LandDestroyer]

I don't think Antoni has written anything. Adam Subirana (Powerslave in Eternalcatala.com) helped boosting Gifts in the league and he actually played Jace:

http://eternalcatala.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2728&p=11132&hilit=Gifts#p11132
http://eternalcatala.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2718&p=11090&hilit=Gifts#p11090

Yep, those are two reports in spanish, but you can see also the lists.

If you want to contact Antoni, he can be found sometimes in cockatrice crushing randoms like me :p

Thanks!

Hey, glad to see our deck is awakening curiosity heheh
Well, I started testing the deck as soon as Gifts were unrestricted (Jan 2015 I think), made top8 that same month and since then Antoni and I have played the deck throughout the year (in his case much more positively than mine  ). When t4k was also unrestricted we made some changes in the deck, the card fit perfectly but we had to make room for it (in that point Jace tms leaved the deck). We are good friends and we live in the same town so was quite easy to test it together and exchange opinions and our different points of view, finally got a list which have not changed since then (except for some sb options).

Regarding Gifts piles, I think it's impossible to give an standard list since there are so many different situations in every game during a tournament. Just to give some examples, for winning piles...lotus noxious will snap, vault key will noxious, tinker walk tezz noxious...and so on, always depending on your mana availability, or opponent's deck, and many other factors. It's also common keep a tutor in hand (or tolarian) and make the pile around them. Everything becomes easier if Noxious is already in hand, or Will...
You can also go for card advantage pile, typical one is recall noxious snapcaster and anything else that you could need to defend it, maybe a mental misstep or another counterspell, put a bomb in this pile instead of the counter could be also a good idea depending on your hand.
Sometimes you may need more counters, fow drain misdirection and fluster could be ok (spoiler! we are testing one copy of overwhelming denial  ).

The card's versatility is what makes it good and complex at the same time. Imho Gift Ungiven is an amazing card, and especially in this deck which is completely built around it. It offers solutions for lots of different situations, and perfectly played, as in the case of Antoni, this deck undoubtedly becomes a Tier1 as he had proved winning both regular and finals, playing the deck in 11 of the 12 tournaments.

Regarding sideboard, would be easier to answer with specific matchups doubts 

Thanks so much for coming and discussing!  I'd gotten out of Vintage in 2004 and just got back in this Summer and have been enjoying checking out the different archetypes.  This looks more complicated than many other builds but also more in tune with what I'd like to try now that chalice and DTT are restricted.  I would LOVE to read even more details notes about how any specific matches go, how you sideboard, neat lines of play you've done and remember, etc.  Thanks so much again! 

[PeAcH]

1st post updated with top16 deck lists!

[YakuzaXRock]

You can find Antoni on cockatrice, by name Antoniss

he plays the gift deck all the time

[LandDestroyer]

Here in a few minutes I'm going to take apart grixis pyromancer and either build that deck, efro's dark storm, or maybe this oath deck
http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=10930&d=262294&f=VI

then i'm going to lgs to play against merfolk player.  which deck should i built? :-p