Thanks to Eric and Shannon at Xtreme Games in Lindenhurst (IL, USA) for hosting another sweet monthly Vintage event. Unfortunately the weather in the Midwest was a drag and only 14 players came out to battle for the guaranteed Unlimited Mox Pearl for first place, and it seemed like all 14 had a good time. There were some fresh faces and some of the old guard in attendance. The farthest traveler that I know of (Evan Caufmann) came down from Michigan, so props to him!
After 4 rounds of Swiss there was a cut to Top 4, and the standings looked like this:
1 Ben Carp (playing MUD with 13 spheres)
2 Hans Knapp (playing Dredge with Crop Rotation)
3 Ryan Forsberg (playing Cobra Gush)
4 Jeff Levine (playing MUD with Sculpting Steel)
And in no particular order these other contestants came out to battle:
Jaco (playing 2 Card Monte)
Danny Friedman (playing Empty Gush KeyVault)
Amanda McNicholas (playing Noble Fish with Steel Sabotage)
Michael Bernat (playing Empty Gush KeyVault)
Jeremiah Goertz (playing 4C Confidant/Cutpurse/Trygon control/fish)
Keith Newyear (playing Noble Fish with Steel Sabotage and Green Sun’s Zenith)
Bob Homer (playing MUD with Metalworker)
John Knapp (playing TPS)
Matt Fischer (playing Slivers
Evan Cauffman (playing Noble Fish)
In the Top 4 (semifinals) number one seed Ben Carp bested Jeff Levine in a MUD mirror match, while second seeded Hans Knapp Dredged his way to the finals by rolling over Ryan Forsberg’s Gush deck. Hans’ luck would continue in the finals, where he smoked Ben in a quick 2-0 victory to take home the Mox!
The Top 4 decklists are below, and a few pics of tournament action can be found on Eternal Central’s new official Flickr account, in the album found HERE!
1st Place – Hans Knapp (Dredge)
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 City of Brass
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Crop Rotation
1 Dakmor Salvage
1 Darkblast
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
2 Golgari Thug
4 Bloodghast
4 Ichorid
4 Narcomoeba
1 Terastodon
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
2 Dread Return
4 Bridge From Below
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Leyline of the Void
Sideboard
4 Nature’s Claim
4 Chain of Vapor
3 Darkblast
4 Unmask
2nd Place – Ben Carp (MUD)
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Smokestack
2 Karn, Silver Golem
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Trinisphere
3 Steel Hellkite
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
2 Mishra’s Factory
3 Ghost Quarter
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
Sideboard
3 Triskelion
4 Maze of Ith
3 Ratchet Bomb
2 Mishra’s Factory
3 Duplicant
3rd Place – Ryan Forsberg (Cobra Gush)
4 Force of Will
4 Duress
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Necropotence
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Fastbond
4 Lotus Cobra
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
4 Polluted Delta
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Forest
Sideboard
1 Pithing Needle
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Oath of Druids
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Dystopia
2 something else not listed
4th Place – Jeff Levine (MUD)
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Null Rod
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
2 Karn, Silver Golem
4 Steel Hellkite
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Duplicant
3 Sculpting Steel
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
4 Wasteland
2 Mishra’s Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
Sideboard
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Duplicant
2 Jester’s Cap
1 Sculpting Steel
3 Triskelion
4 Relic of Progenitus