We are proud to bring you the Top 8 decklists from the GenCon 2012 Vintage Prelim 10am tournament. Below you will also find a complete metagame breakdown, with a list of what deck type each player played, a metagame breakdown, and a few pictures from the event itself. Enjoy!
Top 8 Decklists
1st Place – Mike Solymossy – Vintage RUG Delver
Business (41)
4 Force of Will
2 Mental Misstep
3 Flusterstorm
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Echoing Truth
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
3 Preordain
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
2 Snapcaster Mage
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Scavenging Ooze
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Delver of Secrets
Mana Sources (19)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Misty Rainforest
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Forest
Sideboard (15)
3 Nature’s Claim
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Mountain
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Ancient Grudge
2nd Place – Nate Ponce – URG Planeswalker Control
Business (36)
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Pierce
2 Flusterstorm
2 Mana Drain
3 Lightning Bolt
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Chandra, the Firebrand
1 Tinker
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Regrowth
Mana Sources (24)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
2 Island
Sideboard (15)
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Ingot Chewer
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Ravenous Trap
3 Firespout
3rd Place – Justin Kohler – Bomberman
Business (36)
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
3 Spell Snare
1 Flusterstorm
4 Mana Drain
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Auriok Salvagers
3 Aven Mindcensor
4 Trinket Mage
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
Mana Sources (24)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Cavern of Souls
4 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Tundra
4 Island
1 Plains
Sideboard (15)
1 Terminus
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Disenchant
3 Steel Sabotage
1 Pithing Needle
4th Place – Richard Johnson – Bomberman
Business (36)
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
3 Spell Snare
2 Flusterstorm
4 Mana Drain
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Thirst for Knowledge
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Auriok Salvagers
3 Aven Mindcensor
3 Trinket Mage
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
Mana Sources (24)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
3 Tundra
4 Island
1 Plains
Sideboard (15)
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Disenchant
2 Kataki, War’s Wage
1 Energy Flux
1 Tinker
1 Blighsteel Colossus
1 Flusterstorm
Top 8 – Jack Colwell – UBR Baleful Strix Control
Business (36)
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
3 Mana Drain
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Goblin Welder
3 Baleful Strix
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tinker
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
Mana Sources (24)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
4 City of Brass
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
1 Island
Sideboard (15)
3 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Yixlid Jailer
2 Flusterstorm
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Lightning Bolt
Top 8 – Bernie Parisi – Bant Fish
Business (38)
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Stony Silence
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Meddling Mage
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Scavenging Ooze
1 Tarmogoyf
4 Shardless Agent
1 Trygon Predator
Mana Sources (22)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Savannah
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
Sideboard (15)
1 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Path to Exile
2 Dismember
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
3 Serenity
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Tarmogoyf
3 Trygon Predator
Top 8 – Blaine Christensen – BC Shops
Business (32)
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Ratchet Bomb
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Trinisphere
4 Tangle Wire
3 Smokestack
3 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Karn, Silver Golem
3 Triskelion
Mana Sources (28)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Buried Ruin
Sideboard (15)
3 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Crucible of Worlds
3 Sphere of Resistance
Top 8 – Patrick Fehling – Griselbrand Control Oath
Business (37)
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
3 Spell Pierce
2 Ancient Grudge
3 Nature’s Claim
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Dismember
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Oath of Druids
2 Griselbrand
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
Mana Sources (23)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Verdant Catacombs
3 Tropical Island
1 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Island
Sideboard (15)
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Volcanic Island
1 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Pyroclasm
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Nihil Spellbomb
Decks Played (Alphabetically, by Player)
Ward Allen – Bant Control
John Beste – Painter
Lee Bower – Merfolk
Scott Bray – MUD
Teresa Buss –White Aggro (Thalia, Arbiter, Revoker, etc.)
Blaine Christensen – MUD Aggro/BC Shops
Nick Calcatera – Dredge (4 Nature’s Claim main)
John Carlson – MUD
Dresden Chung – Dredge (Sun Titan)
Jack Colwell – UBR Baleful Strix Control
Joe Davis – UBRG Snapcaster Control
David DeSantis – UBR Snapcaster Control
Nick Detwiler – Welder MUD
Tom Dixon – Minus 6 (Confidant Worldgorger Dragon Combo)
Joshua Exe – Bomberman UW
Zachary Exe – Tendrils Gush
Patrick Fehling – Griselbrand Control Oath
Ryan Forsberg – Stoneforge/Snapcaster Esper Control
Daniel Friedman – Painter
Stephane Gerard – Confidant Snapcaster Esper Control
Ryan Glackin – Forgemaster MUD
JR Goldberg – Remora Gush Delver 4C Special
Michael Gouthro – Metalworker MUD
AJ Grasso – UR Landstill
Visna Harris – Mindshrieker & Power Artifact Combo Control
Reed Hartman – Griselbrand Control Oath
Matt Hazard – Confidant Snapcaster UB Control
Sean Hettich – Aggro MUD
David Ho – Dredge (Sun Titan)
Mark Hornung – Talrand Cobra Gush
Scott Hughes – Welder/Magus MUD
Hiromichi Ito – RUG Delver
Mark Jenison – Confidant Snapcaster UBRG Control
Jon Johnson – UBRG Control
Richard Johnson – Bomberman UW
Brandon Jones – 2 Card Monte
Dave King – Griselbrand Ritual Oath
Hans Knapp – Dredge (Misstep + Crop Rotation main)
Justin Kohler – Bomberman UW
Charles Krauer – Candelabra of Tawnos + Underground Sea + Mishra’s Workshop Aggro Special
Steven Liao – Dredge (Chewer main)
Douglas McGrew – UR Standstill (with Snapcaster)
Anthony Michaels – TurboTezz UBG
Raymond Mitchell – Bant Fish
Nathaniel Moes – Dredge (Misstep + Nature’s Claim main)
Bernie Parisi – Bant Fish
Lam Phan – 5C Keeper (aka I have so many singletons I have to use more than the front of my sheet to register my deck)
Nate Ponce – UBRG Planeswalker Control
Greg Prico – Welder MUD
Mitesh Rao – Griselbrand Control Oath
Sean Robbins – Show and Oath
William Rosa – UB Confidant Control
Stephan Ruszczak – RUG Delver
Mike Solymossy – RUG Delver
Jesse Spears – AK Snapcaster Control (Intuitive) UBR
William Stevens – Aggro MUD
Kevin Swan – Griselbrand Ritual Oath
Mark Trogdon – Welder/Magus MUD
David Williams – UR Landstill
Derek Wochinski – Griselbrand Control Oath
Colin Wu – Griselbrand Control Oath
Metagame Breakdown
2 Card Monte – 1
5C Keeper – 1
AK Snapcaster Control (Intuitive) UBR -1
Baleful Strix Control – 1
Bant Control – 1
Bant Fish – 2
Bomberman – 3
Candelabra of Tawnos + Underground Sea + Mishra’s Workshop Aggro Special – 1
Confidant and/or Snapcaster and/or Planeswalker Control – 9
Dredge – 6
Gush Tendrils -1
Merfolk – 1
Mindshrieker & Power Artifact Combo Control -1
Minus 6 (Confidant Worldgorger Dragon Combo) -1
MUD & Workshop Variants – 11
Oath Variants– 8 (Griselbrand Control Oath – 5, Griselbrand Ritual Oath – 2, Show and Oath – 1)
Painter – 2
Remora Gush Delver 4C Special – 1
RUG Delver – 3
Talrand Cobra Gush – 1
TurboTezz – 1
UR Landstill – 3
White Aggro – 1
Photos From Vintage Prelim 10am
Special thanks for this information goes out to Monty Ashley from Wizards of the Coast, head judge Ingrid Lin-Jan, along with Dan, Rob, and Alan from Pastimes. We are grateful for them allowing access to this information for us to share with the world.