The sixth annual Eternal Central Old School at Eternal Weekend tournament is in the books, and was one for the ages. After subtracting late drops and no shows, and then piecing in a few late additions, a record setting 196 Magicians played Old School in the great state of Pennsylvania, making this once again the largest gathering of its kind yet held anywhere in the world.
Returning to the storied Elks Lodge 336 for a second year, players from half a dozen countries and umpteen United States enjoyed cheap drinks and food on demand all afternoon and evening. Once again we wiped the Elks Lodge out of all available food, and copious amounts of booze.
The tournament was able to raise a substantial amount for charity, which will be donated to PAWS Chicago, a 501(c)3 charity focused on implementing solutions to end the killing of homeless pets and create a No Kill Chicago. Special thanks must go to Lord Agra, who always helps tournament operations run smoothly on the back end, with little fanfare.
Special thanks must also go out to Matt Dennis, Jason Schwartz, Mike Frantz, Josh Burgoa, Joey Combs, Dan Frazier, Jimmy Cooney, and our friends in Italy who organize the Fishliver Oil Cup, all for their generous donations to our wonderful prize pool and charity raffles. Thank you also to everyone who donated, attended, and purchased raffle tickets on game day. The animals thank you for your help.
While originally scheduled to run as SWISS+1, the event was run as straight SWISS on game day due to time constraints, which meant eight 50 minute Swiss rounds, using Eternal Central’s recommended Old School 93-94 rules, with no draws allowed (and Sudden Death Chaos Orb flipping if any matches went to time). As we continue to emphasize, the point of Old School is to play Old School, meet new friends, and catch up with old ones.
This year’s event featured many recognizable archetypes like RUG, Workshop Aggro, The Deck, Pink Weenie, Dreams Combo, and more. But it also featured a ton of creative decks, as you’ll see in the Metagame Breakdown section below, which has a sortable table and search function that you can use, and every player’s deck is shown in the decklist section below.
Pairings, and Final Standings After Swiss
Round 1 Pairings
Round 2 Pairings
Round 3 Pairings
Round 4 Pairings
Round 5 Pairings
Round 6 Pairings
Round 7 Pairings
Round 8 Pairings
Metagame Breakdown
Here is a sortable table that shows all players and associated decks played (you can sort by name, deck type, or prize awarded)
First Name | Last Name | Decklist Photo | Awarded |
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Bob | Agra | UWR Skies AC | Swiss 13 Place |
Lucas | Allison | EhrnamGeddon GWB | |
Michael | Ames | RW Shahrazad Aggro | |
Daniel | Anschutz | CandleFlare Gauntet Surge | |
Thomas | Ashby | Black White Preacher + Lord of the Pit | Most Creative 15 Place |
Andy | Baquero | Bait and Switch (Lure, False Orders, Thicket Basilisk, Cockatrice) | Most Creative 05 Place |
Trevor | Bartlett | Big Pink | |
Tristan | Bates | Atog 5C | |
Levi | Baumgardner | 4C Aggro | |
Jason | Beaupre | Black Red Immolated Dwarves | |
Paul | Blakeley | Dreams Combo 5C | |
Petr | Bocak | BWU Aggro | |
Brian | Bogdon | BRU Aggro | |
George | Boone | Legendary Legends (4C Singleton Legends) | Most Creative 16 Place |
Ryan | Borashan | Mono Black | |
Dave | Boruta | UW Zoo | |
Joel | Bowers | Atog 5C | |
Scott | Bradley | Basalt and Battery (Power Monolith Prison Combo) | Most Creative 03 Place |
Jonathan | Brne | 4C Aggro Control | |
Mark | Brothers | ErhnamGeddon 5C | |
Gene | Brumby | Guardian Beast Control UBR | |
Jonathan | Brummer | Millstone Control | |
Damyan | Brunson | BRU Rack | |
Dustin | Buckingham | UWB Aggro Control | Swiss 05 Place |
Josh | Burgoa | RUG Berserk | |
Michael | Butzen | Workshop Aggro UW | |
Andrew | Callaghan | Dreams Combo UBR | Swiss 15 Place |
Paul | Callis | BRU Aggro | Swiss 10 Place |
Rubens | Campana | Mono Black | |
Carlos Eduardo | Cardoso Galhardo | Goblins Mono Red | |
Nick | Chen | Naya Bazaar Zoo | |
Jeremy | Chernick | BWU Aggro | |
Jeremy | Chien | Eureka Mirror Lich Combo | Most Creative Honorable Mention |
Simon | Christie | URB Control | Swiss 04 Place |
Dustin | Clark | Millstone Dreams | Hardest Partier |
Lyle | Cohen | Goblins RU | |
Joey | Combs | UR Aggro | |
James | Cooney | RB Dwarves and Derelors | |
Cyrus | Corman-Gill | Mono Black | |
Daniel | Cowling | BRW Aggro | Swiss 06 Place |
David | Craig | ErhnamGeddon GW | |
Ward | Crane | Black White | |
Dave | Crowley | Atog RW | |
Bryan | Daniels | Mono Black | |
Paul | Deegan | Dreams Combo UBR | |
Matthew | Dennis | Black Red Storm World Winds of Mephistopheles | Most Creative Honorable Mention |
Paul | DeSilva | 5C Zoo | Swiss 02 Place |
Alex | DeVries | TaxEdge RW | |
Biagio | Di Cioccio | Dreams Combo 4C | |
Nicholas | Dickerson | Kobolds RG | |
Eric | Do Couto | BWU Aggro | |
Jason | Dorman | BRU Aggro | |
Dominic | Dotterrer | Stasis | |
Daniel | Dunaway | Mono Black | |
James | Easteppe | The Deck | |
Lorien | Elleman | 4C Aggro | |
Kevin | Elliott | RWU Ydwen.dec | |
Drew | Epstein | Industrial Revolution (Hazezon Tamar, Fastbond, Swords of the Ages) | Most Creative 12 Place |
Brian | Espinoza | Mono Black | |
James | Everson | BR Nether Void Land Destruction | |
Gabriel | Farkas | Black White | |
Alan | Finney | 4C Troll Aggro | Swiss 16 Place |
Owen | Fletcher | Green Red Alpha 75 | |
Andrew | Frank | Grixis Moon Stompy | |
Mike | Frantz | Invisible Djinn | Most Creative Honorable Mention |
Arturo | Garcia | BUG Aggro | |
John | Gehling | Goblins Mono Red | |
Christopher | George | Goblins RU | |
Gregg | Graham | Eureka | |
William Dair | Grant | Mono Blue Juxtapose w/Transformational Stasis Sideboard | Most Creative 13 Place |
Matt | Guido | Dreams Combo 4C | |
Charles | Hahn | Yawgmoth's Buffet (Yawgmoth's Demon, Argivian Archaeologist) | Most Creative 04 Place |
Matt | Hahn | 4C Zoo | |
Michael | Hartog | TaxEdge | |
Ryan | Hobbs | ChannelBall 4C Aggro | |
Bryan | Hockey | The Deck | |
Nicholas | Ireland | RUG Storm Seeker Aggro Control | |
Rajah | James | 5C MirrorLichBall | |
Brian | Jones | Mono Black | |
Josh | Jones | Equilibrium Armageddon Control | Most Creative 14 Place |
Adam | Jourdan | Black Blue Aggro | |
Ben | Katz | UWB Aggro Control | Swiss 12 Place |
Ryan | Keach | Workshop Aggro UB | |
Daniel | Kelly | 5C Aggro Control | |
Michael | Kiesel | Black Red Aggro | |
Charles | Klein | Titania's Prison 4C | |
Mike | Klements | Merfolk Berserk UG Pump | Most Creative 10th Place |
Patrick | Kline | Goblins 5C | |
John | Knerr | RUG Zoo | |
Michael | Kochis | Goblin RUW | |
Jared | Kohler | UGW Zoo | Swiss 14 Place |
Jason | Koresko | Workshop Aggro RUG | |
Greg | Kotscharjan | Pink Moon | |
Paul | Kovalov | BWU Aggro | |
Wenzel | Krautmann | URB Aggro Control | |
Sam | Krohlow | Power Monolith 5C | |
Peter | Lankering | BWU Aggro | |
David | Lee | Troll Disco BRU | |
Adam | Lemke | Whirly Dirvy Conspiracy (Sleight of Mind, Dervish, Northern Paladin) | Most Creative 06 Place |
Jared | Lentz | Black Red Nether Void Land Destruction | |
Brian | Limbacher | Coffin Control | Most Creative Honorable Mention |
Erik | Limbacher | Mono Green | |
Jeffrey | Liu | Demonic Energy (Demonic Hordes + Instill Energy) | Most Creative 11 Place |
Will | Magrann | Atog URB | Swiss 01 Place |
Dane | Malone | Druid's Gate (Gate to Phyrexia, Thelonite Druid, Sindbad) | Most Creative 01 Place |
Bryan | Manolakos | Living Plane Control | |
Matthew | Marmorato | GR Land Destruction | |
Andrew | Mattus | 4C Black Aggro | |
Daniel | Mayo | Atog 4C | |
Brenden | McBain | Goblins Mono Red | |
Jimmy | McCarthy | Naya Bazaar Zoo | |
Chris | McCubbin | 4C Zoo | |
Josh | McCurley | UW Aggro Control | |
Steven | McGrew | BRW Rack | |
Michael | McLaughlin | WRB Aggro | |
Andrew | McLennan | BUG Artist Proof Aggro | Most Creative 07 Place |
Jake | McLeod | Black Red Aggro | |
Jay | McLeod | Mono Blue UrzaTron | |
Douglas | McMahon | Re-Scrambled Eggs (Ashnod's Altar, Rukh, Guardian Beast, Disk) | Most Creative 09 Place |
PJ | Melies | Titania's Prison WG | |
Stephen | Menendian | URB Aggro Control | |
Matt | Messa | Goblins Mono Red | |
Joel | Mick | Workshop Aggro UBR | |
Raymond | Mitchell | TaxEdge 5C | |
Johnathan | Mondel | Dreams Combo 5C | |
Nicholas | Montaquilla | Goblins Mono Red | |
Samuel | Moody | FlareSurge Barbs RG | |
Samuel | Morreale | WRU Zoo | |
Shane | Mott | BUG Artifact Aggro | |
Benjamin | Murfin | Ernie at the Disco (RG Troll Disco) | |
Summer | Newett | Black White Aggro | |
Jim | Noonan | UWG Aggro | |
Chris | O'Hanlon | White Weenie | |
Jamie | Parke | 5C Storm Seeker Burn | |
Will | Parshall | Atog URB | Swiss 09 Place |
Jason | Paul | Goblins RBU | |
Connor | Payne | Titania's Plane Prison | Most Creative Honorable Mention |
Frank | Pedota | UWR Zoo | |
Chris | Pepin | 75KhabalGhouls.dec (Khabal Ghoul + All Hallow's Eve Combo) | Most Creative 08 Place |
Don | Perrien | UR Control | |
Benjermin | Perry | Eureka | |
Michael | Phillips | Mono Black | |
Daniel | Piquard | Pink Disco | |
John | Poggemeyer | Mono Black | |
Ian | Poper | Black Blue Aggro Control | |
Patrick | Quinn | Stasis | |
Sebastian | Rauskolb | Mono Black | |
Joe | Reuschel | Atogless 4C-Atog Aggro | |
Ben | Revell | All-In Reanimator | |
Jon | Revell | RUG Zoo | |
Matthew | Rhett | BRU Aggro | |
Charles | Rolko | Eureka | |
Seth | Roncoroni | 5C Zoo | Swiss 08 Place |
Madeline | Rose | The Deck | |
Ryan | Sala | 4C Black Aggro | |
Jonathan | Salem | UWB Hive Control | |
Michael | Scheffenacker | Atog URB | Swiss 03 Place |
Jason | Schiffman | Stasis | |
Justin | Schrank | Naya Bazaar Zoo | |
Jason | Schwartz | Black Blue Alpha Aggro | |
Fernando | Secco | The Deck | |
Shane | Semmens | Power Monolith | |
Derek | Shank | UWR Zoo | |
Jason | Shaw | CandleFlare Ring of Ma'Ruf | |
Rich | Shay | Workshop Aggro UBR | |
Michael | Simpson | Workshop Aggro UBR | |
Peter | Simpson | 4C Zoo | |
Dennis | Spiegel | Homarid Spawning Bed + Fallen Angel | Most Creative 02 Place |
Joseph | Stacko | Dreams Combo 5C | |
Thomas | Sutherland | Mono Black | |
Andy | Swaffar | Workshop Aggro UWB | |
Thomas | Swindell | Atog 5C | |
Jesse | Switzer | 4C Control | |
John Mark | Tadena | 5C Gauntlet Big Red | Most Creative Honorable Mention |
Jonny | Teigesser | Power Monolith 5C | |
Chad | Teuscher | RUG Tempo | |
Matt | Thomas | CandleFlare RGB | |
Luke | Tooker | 4C Zoo | |
Nam | Tran | Workshop Aggro UBR | Swiss 07 Place |
Brian | Tweedy | ErhnamGeddon GW | |
Pez | Unholy | Workshop Aggro UWR | |
Brian | Urbano | Workshop Aggro UW | |
Michael | VanDyke | Atog 4C | |
Brian | Vegso | RUG Zoo | |
Robert | Vincent | CandleFlare RW | |
Matt | Wareham | DECKLIST MISSING | |
Kyle | Wells | ErhnamGeddon GW | |
Aaron | West | Story Time (Shahrazad UWR) | |
Jeff | West | White Weenie | |
Jeff | White | URB Fork Aggro | Swiss 11 Place |
John | White | Red Green Erhnam | |
Brian | Wilson | Titania's Prison WGB | |
Tim | Winter | RUG Storm Seeker Burn | |
Craig | Winzer | RUG Zoo | |
Brendan | Yeats | Pink Weenie | |
Stuart | Ziarnik | Goblins Mono Red |
ALL Decks, Alphabetically, by Last Name
Bob Agra – UWR Skies AC Swiss 13 Place
Lucas Allison – ErhnamGeddon GWB
Michael Ames – RW Shahrazad Aggro
Daniel Anschutz – CandleFlare Gauntet Surge
Thomas Ashby – Black White Preacher + Lord of the Pit Most Creative 15 Place
Andy Baquero – “Bait and Switch” (Lure + False Orders + Thicket Basilisk + Cockatrice) Most Creative 05 Place
Trevor Bartlett – Big Pink
Tristan Bates – Atog 5C
Levi Baumgardner – 4C Aggro
Jason Beaupre – Black Red Immolated Dwarves
Paul Blakeley – Dreams Combo 5C
Petr Bocak – BWU Aggro
Brian Bogdon – BRU Aggro
George Boone – Legendary Legends (4C Singleton Legends) Most Creative 16 Place
Ryan Borashan – Mono Black
Dave Boruta – UW Zoo
Joel Bowers – Atog 5C
Scott Bradley – Basalt and Battery (Power Monolith Prison Combo) Most Creative 03 Place
Jonathan Brne – 4C Aggro Control
Mark Brothers – ErhnamGeddon 5C
Gene Brumby – Guardian Beast Control UBR
Jonathan Brummer – Millstone Control
Damyan Brunson – BRU Rack
Dustin Buckingham – UWB Aggro Control Swiss 05 Place
Josh Burgoa – RUG Berserk
Michael Butzen – Workshop Aggro UW
Andrew Callaghan – Dreams Combo BRU Swiss 15 Place
Paul Callis – BRU Aggro Swiss 10 Place
Rubens Campana – Mono Black
Carlos Eduardo Cardoso Galhardo – Goblins Mono Red
Nick Chen – Naya Bazaar Zoo
Jeremy Chernick – BWU Aggro
Jeremy Chien – Eureka Mirror Lich Combo Most Creative Honorable Mention
Simon Christie – URB Control Swiss 04 Place
Dustin Clark – Millstone Dreams Hardest Partier
Lyle Cohen – Goblins RU
Joey Combs – UR Aggro
James Cooney – RB Dwarves and Derelors
Cyrus Corman-Gill – Mono Black
Daniel Cowling – BRW Aggro Swiss 06 Place
David Craig – ErhnamGeddon GW
Ward Crane – Black White
Dave Crowley – Atog RW
Bryan Daniels – Mono Black
Paul Deegan – Dreams Combo UBR
Matthew Dennis – Black Red Storm World Winds of Mephistopheles Most Creative Honorable Mention
Paul DeSilva – 5C Zoo Swiss 02 Place
Alex DeVries – TaxEdge RW
Biagio Di Cioccio – Dreams Combo 4C
Nicholas Dickerson – Kobolds RG
Eric Do Couto – BWU Aggro
Jason Dorman – BRU Aggro
Dominic Dotterrer – Stasis
Daniel Dunaway – Mono Black
James Easteppe – The Deck
Lorien Elleman – 4C Aggro
Kevin Elliott – RWU Ydwen.dec
Drew Epstein – “Industrial Revolution (Hazezon Tamar + Fastbond + Swords of the Ages)” Most Creative 12 Place
Brian Espinoza – Mono Black
James Everson – BR Nether Void Land Destruction
Gabriel Farkas – Black White
Alan Finney – 4C Troll Aggro Swiss 16 Place
Owen Fletcher – Green Red Alpha 75
Andrew Frank – Grixis Moon Stompy
Mike Frantz – Invisible Djinn Most Creative Honorable Mention
Arturo Garcia – BUG Aggro
John Gehling – Goblins Mono Red
Christopher George – Goblins RU
Gregg Graham – Eureka
William Dair Grant – Mono Blue Juxtapose w/Transformational Stasis Sideboard Most Creative 13 Place
Matt Guido – Underworld Dreams Combo 4C
Charles Hahn – “Yawgmoth’s Buffet” (Yawgmoth’s Demon + Argivian Archaeologist) Most Creative 04 Place
Matt Hahn – 4C Zoo
Michael Hartog – TaxEdge
Ryan Hobbs – ChannelBall 4C Aggro
Bryan Hockey – The Deck
Nicholas Ireland – RUG Storm Seeker Aggro Control
Rajah James – 5C MirrorLichBall
Brian Jones – Mono Black
Josh Jones – Equilibrium Armageddon Control Most Creative 14 Place
Adam Jourdan – Black Blue Aggro
Ben Katz – UWB Aggro Control Swiss 12 Place
Ryan Keach – Workshop Aggro UB
Daniel Kelly – 5C Aggro Control
Michael Kiesel – Black Red Aggro
Charles Klein – Titania’s Prison 4C
Mike Klements – Merfolk Berserk UG Pump Most Creative 10th Place
Patrick Kline – Goblins 5C
John Knerr – RUG Zoo
Michael Kochis – Goblin RUW
Jared Kohler – UGW Zoo Swiss 14 Place
Jason Koresko – Workshop Aggro RUG
Greg Kotscharjan – Pink Moon
Paul Kovalov – BWU Aggro
Wenzel Krautmann – URB Aggro Control
Sam Krohlow – Power Monolith 5C
Peter Lankering – BWU Aggro
David Lee – Troll Disco BRU
Adam Lemke – “Whirly Dirvy Conspiracy” (Sleight of Mind + Dervish + Northern Paladin) Most Creative 06 Place
Jared Lentz – Black Red Nether Void Land Destruction
Brian Limbacher – Coffin Control Most Creative Honorable Mention
Erik Limbacher – Mono Green
Jeffrey Liu – Demonic Energy (Demonic Hordes + Instill Energy) Most Creative 11 Place
Will Magrann – Atog URB Swiss 01 Place
Dane Malone – “Druid’s Gate” (Gate to Phyrexia + Thelonite Druid + Ley Druid) Most Creative 01 Place
Bryan Manolakos – Living Plane Control
Matthew Marmorato – GR Land Destruction
Andrew Mattus – 4C Black Aggro
Daniel Mayo – Atog 4C
Brenden McBain – Goblins Mono Red
Jimmy McCarthy – Naya Bazaar Zoo
Chris McCubbin – 4C Zoo
Josh McCurley – UW Aggro Control
Steven McGrew – BRW Rack
Michael McLaughlin – WRB Aggro
Andrew McLennan – BUG Artist Proof Aggro Most Creative 07 Place
Jake McLeod – Black Red Aggro
Jay McLeod – Mono Blue UrzaTron
Douglas McMahon – “Re-Scrambled Eggs” (Ashnod’s Altar + Rukh + Guardian Beast + Disk) Most Creative 09 Place
PJ Melies – Titania’s Prison WG
Stephen Menendian – URB Aggro Control
Matt Messa – Goblins Mono Red
Joel Mick – Workshop Aggro UBR
Raymond Mitchell – TaxEdge 5C
Johnathan Mondel – Dreams Combo 5C
Nicholas Montaquilla – Goblins Mono Red
Samuel Moody – FlareSurge Barbs RG
Samuel Morreale – WRU Zoo
Shane Mott – BUG Artifact Aggro
Benjamin Murfin – Ernie at the Disco (RG Troll Disco)
Summer Newett – Black White Aggro
Jim Noonan – UWG Aggro
Chris O’Hanlon – White Weenie
Jamie Parke – 5C Storm Seeker Burn
Will Parshall – Atog URB Swiss 09 Place
Jason Paul – Goblins RBU
Connor Payne – Titania’s Plane Prison Most Creative Honorable Mention
Frank Pedota – UWR Zoo
Chris Pepin – 75KhabalGhouls.dec (Khabal Ghoul + All Hallow’s Eve Combo) Most Creative 08 Place
Don Perrien – UR Control
Benjermin Perry – Eureka
Michael Phillips – Mono Black
Daniel Piquard – Pink Disco
John Poggemeyer – Mono Black
Ian Poper – Black Blue Aggro Control
Patrick Quinn – Stasis
Sebastian Rauskolb – Mono Black
Joe Reuschel – Atogless 4C Atog Aggro
Ben Revell – All-In Reanimator
Jon Revell – RUG Zoo
Matthew Rhett – BRU Aggro
Charles Rolko – Eureka
Seth Roncoroni – 5C Zoo Swiss 08 Place
Madeline Rose – The Deck
Ryan Sala – 4C Black Aggro
Jonathan Salem – UWB Hive Control
Michael Scheffenacker – Atog URB Swiss 03 Place
Jason Schiffman – Stasis
Justin Schrank – Naya Bazaar Zoo
Jason Schwartz – Black Blue Alpha Aggro
Fernando Secco – The Deck
Shane Semmens – Power Monolith
Derek Shank – UWR Zoo
Jason Shaw – CandleFlare Ring of Ma’Ruf
Rich Shay – Workshop Aggro UBR
Michael Simpson – Workshop Aggro UBR
Peter Simpson – 4C Zoo
Dennis Spiegel – Homarid Spawning Bed + Fallen Angel Most Creative 02 Place
Joseph Stacko – Dreams Combo 5C
Thomas Sutherland – Mono Black
Andy Swaffar – Workshop Aggro UWB
Thomas Swindell – Atog 5C
Jesse Switzer – 4C Control
John Mark Tadena – 5C Gauntlet Big Red Most Creative Honorable Mention
Jonny Teigesser – Power Monolith 5C
Chad Teuscher – RUG Tempo
Matt Thomas – CandleFlare RGB
Luke Tooker – 4C Zoo
Nam Tran – Workshop Aggro UBR Swiss 07 Place
Brian Tweedy – ErhnamGeddon GW
Pez Unholy – Workshop Aggro UWR
Brian Urbano – Workshop Aggro UW
Michael VanDyke – Atog 4C
Brian Vegso – RUG Zoo
Robert Vincent – CandleFlare RW
Matt Wareham – DECKLIST MISSING
Kyle Wells – ErhnamGeddon GW
Aaron West – Story Time (Shahrazad UWR)
Jeff West – White Weenie
Jeff White – URB Fork Aggro Swiss 11 Place
John White – Red Green Erhnam
Brian Wilson – Titania’s Prison WGB
Tim Winter – RUG Storm Seeker Burn
Craig Winzer – RUG Zoo
Brendan Yeats – Pink Weenie
Stuart Ziarnik – Goblins Mono Red
Tournament Action and Wrapup
The hashtag for social media for the event was #ECOldSchool2019, which you can use to find more on Twitter, Instagram, etc. Thank you to everybody who came out to play, and we hope to see you again soon. As we move forward experimenting with more changes we hope to make each event more unique and fun. For any corrections, comments, or follow up, please email eternal.central@gmail.com. Below are just some of the sweet action and community pics from the day.
Main Floor Action
Basement Action
Bar Action
The Swamp King
Mad Style
Arm Wrestling to See Who Goes First
Shaman Ben
Ydwens Rule
California Represents
Studying Most Creative Deck Technology
Most Creative Trophy, graciously donated by Matt Dennis and the Underworld Dreamers
“The Finals” – Magrann vs. DeSilva
Your 2019 Old School Champion, Will Magrann