This past week the Lords of the Pit hosted another Middle School event in Chicago, in a recurring series of events called Middle School Marauders (#MiddleSchoolMarauders on social media). Future events in this series will usually be open to the public every couple of months, and found on our Events page here.
Tournament Structure and Prizing
As usual, with most local events we try to keep things moving quickly so people can have fun and get in and out, and then go hang out with friends at night afterwards. We often do Swiss+1 with no draws allowed, to encourage people to actually play Magic rather than draw matches. In the pandemic era of regular last minute cancellations we were left with 13 ballers, and this event ended up being 5 total rounds. This month featured a taco bar and other refreshments.
There was a large stack of Middle School staples that people could choose from before the tournament, or people can bring their own card, and each card was stamped and group signed as the prize pool.
Final Standings After Swiss+1
Decks
Brandon Adams – Survival Elves RG
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Ian Blank – Mono Black Pox
Matt Braun – Tax Rack Aggro WR
Lorien Elleman – Necro Rock BG
Graham – Burn
Jaco – Goblins RGB
Ben Jones – Mono Black Pox
Andy MacDougall – Goblins R
Jimmy McCarthy – Survival Elves RG
Matt Moss – Tinker Devourer
Shane Semmens – Enchantress SquirrelCraft
David Velasco – Wizards UWB
Zach Zurawski – Slide Rift RW
Tournament Action
McCarthy (Survival Elves RG) vs. MacDougall (Goblins R)
Braun (Tax Rack Aggro RW) vs. Graham (Burn)
Elleman (Necro Rock BG) vs. Zurawski (Slide Rift RW)
Jones (Mono Black Pox) vs. Graham (Burn)
Moss (Tinker Devourer) vs. Jaco (Goblins RGB)
Zurawski (Slide Rift RW) vs. Elleman (Necro Rock BG)
Braun (Tax Rack Aggro RW) vs. Semmens (Enchantress SquirrelCraft)
Blank (Mono Black Pox) vs. Adams (Survival Elves RG)
Velasco (Wizards UWB) vs. Elleman (Necro Rock BG)
Jones (Mono Black Pox) vs. Braun (Tax Rack Aggro WR)
Zurawski (Slide Rift RW) vs. Blank (Mono Black Pox)
Jaco (Goblins RGB) vs. Braun (Tack Rack Aggro WR), a topdecked Firestorm for 7 (exactly lethal) in Game 3
McCarthy (Survival Elves RG) vs. Adams (Survival Elves RG)
Jones (Mono Black Pox) vs. Velasco (Wizards UWB)
Semmens (Enchantress SquirrelCraft) vs. Zurawski (Slide Rift RW)
Velasco (Wizards UWB) vs. McCarthy (Survival Elves RG)
MacDougall (Goblins R) vs. Braun (Tax Rack Aggro WR)
Blank (Mono Black Pox) vs. Graham (Burn)
McCarthy (Survival Elves RG) vs. MacDougall (Goblins R)
Afternoon Carnitas Taco Bar, by Jaco
Shortbread Cookies with Campari Frosting, by Jimmy McCarthy
Thanks for reading, and we’ll catch you next time.