Courtesy of our friend Joshua Butler (@VintageFamilar) we bring you the Top 8 decklists and wrap-up from the GP Brisbane Vintage Side Event (sanctioned!).
“GP Brisbane was a blast and it would not have been complete without a touch of Sanctioned Vintage. In the end, we had 25 brave souls, powered up and ready to battle make their way into the hall to find out who would remain standing in the end. Five very interesting rounds ensued with what could have been a feature match, both due to the calibre of players and the decks involved. Overall this event was great and we had a heap of people watching from the sidelines.
At the end of the Swiss, it was the BUG Fish deck (BUG Fish won the previous Australian Vintage event) who would be on the play for the entire top 8. Unfortunately for our BUG player, he fell in the Semi’s to our eventual second place player. At the end of the day it was Robert Bartlet, running BC Stax who reigned supreme over the other 24 players taking home. Robert was also notable as the only player running Workshops in this event. Robert left the venue with a foil Rare/Mythic Theros Sheet.”
At the end of the day, our final standings were:
1) Robert Bartlett – BC Espresso
2) Luke McCandless – U/R Delver
3) Michael Smith – BUG Fish
4) Nicholas Chmielewski – Pyromancer Storm
5) Lachlan Saunders – Steel City Vault
6) Will Lou – Sun Titan Dredge
7) Karl Reeves – Burning Oath
8) Boyd Fernicola – GW Hate Bears
9) Aloysius Landrigan – Dredge
10) Ben Conwell – BUG Fish
11) Charlie Donaldson – Dark Times
12) Christopher Turner – Pyromancer Accumulated Knowledge
13) William Wong – Grixis Control
14) Brett Hughes – Grixis Control
15) Shane Svoboda – Doomsday
16) Josh Archer – Dredge
17) Daniel King – ?
18) Paul Myconos – Reani Oath
19) David Brotchie – U/R Landstill
20) Benjamin Huang – U/W Control
21) Ainsley Spencer – Oops, All Spells
22) Christine May – BUG Fish
23) Sarah Nicholas – Merfolk
24) Adrian Preston – Oath
25) Julian Oyston – Reanimator
Top 8 Bracket & Final Standings
Quarterfinals
Robert Bartlett (Espresso) defeats Karl Reeves (Burning Oath) 2-0
Nicholas Chmielewski (Pyromancer Gro) defeats William Lou (Sun Titan Dredge) 2-1
Michel Smith (BUG Fish) defeats Boyd Fernicola (GW Hate Bears) 2-0
Luke McCandless (U/R Delver) defeats Lachlan Saunders (Steel City Vault) 2-1
Semifinals
Robert Bartlett (Espresso) defeats Nicholas Chmielewski (Pyromancer Gro) 2-0
Luke McCandless (U/R Delver) defeats Michael Smith (BUG Fish) 2-1
Finals
Robert Bartlett (Espresso) defeats Luke McCandless (U/R Delver) 2-0
Top 8 Decklists
BC Stax, by Robert Bartlett - 1st
| [Business] (32) 4 Chalice of the Void 4 Tangle Wire 3 Crucible of Worlds 3 Smokestack 2 Ratchet Bomb 1 Trinisphere 4 Lodestone Golem 3 Triskellion 3 Phyrexian Revoker 3 Phyrexian Metamorph 2 Karn, Silver Golem [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (28) 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 Mishra’s Workshop 4 Ancient Tomb 1 City of Traitors 4 Buried Ruin 1 Strip Mine 4 Wasteland [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 4 Grafdigger’s Cage 4 Tormod’s Crypt 3 Sphere of Resistance 3 Wurmcoil Engine 1 Crucible of Worlds[/Sideboard] |
UR Delver, by Luke McCandless - 2nd
| [Business] (42) 4 Force of Will 2 Mental Misstep 3 Spell Snare 3 Flusterstorm 1 Steel Sabotage 4 Lightning Bolt 2 Price of Progress 4 Gush 2 Preordain 1 Ponder 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Mystical Tutor 4 Delver of Secrets 3 Young Pyromancer 3 Snapcaster Mage 2 Vendillion Clique [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (18) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 3 Misty Rainforest 2 Scalding Tarn 2 Volcanic Island 6 Island 2 Mountain [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 4 Ingot Chewer 4 Grafdigger’s Cage 2 Spell Pierce 1 Pyroblast 1 Red Elemental Blast 1 Shattering Spree 1 Mental Misstep 1 Shattering Blow[/Sideboard] |
BUGR Tempo, by Michael Smith - 3rd
| [Business] (38) 4 Force of Will 3 Flusterstorm 3 Mental Misstep 3 Abrupt Decay 2 Spell Pierce 1 Steel Sabotage 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Life from the Loam 4 Deathrite Shaman 4 Dark Confidant 3 Snapcaster Mage 2 Trygon Predator 1 Vendillion Clique [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (22) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire 4 Scalding Tarn 3 Misty Rainforest 3 Underground Sea 2 Tropical Island 1 Volcanic island 1 Strip Mine 4 Wasteland [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 4 Ingot Chewer 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Yixlid Jailer 2 Ancient Grudge 1 Mountain 1 Echoing Truth 1 Flusterstorm[/Sideboard] |
4C Pyromancer Gush, by Nicholas Chmielewski - 4th
| [Business] (40) 4 Force of Will 3 Mental Misstep 3 Flusterstorm 2 Ancient Grudge 1 Hurkyl’s Recall 4 Gush 4 Preordain 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Demonic Tutor 3 Regrowth 1 Fastbond 1 Tendrils of Agony 1 Yawgmoth’s Will 4 Young Pyromancer 1 Snapcaster Mage [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (20) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 4 Scalding T2arn 3 Polluted Delta 2 Volcanic Island 2 Tropical Island 2 Underground Sea 1 Snow-Covered Island [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 4 Leyline of the Void 4 Ingot Chewer 3 Nature’s Claim 2 Yixlid Jailer 1 Mountain 1 Lightning Bolt[/Sideboard] |
Steel City Vault 2013, by Lachlan Saunders - 5th
| [Business] (36) 4 Force of Will 2 Misdirection 2 Flusterstorm 2 Hurkyl’s Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Ponder 1 Preordain 1 Sensei’s Divining Top 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Timetwister 1 Windfall 1 Wheel of Fortune 1 Thirst for Knowledge 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Memory Jar 1 Mind’s Desire 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Transmute Artifact 1 Tinker 1 Gift’s Ungiven 1 Yawgmoth’s Will 2 Voltaic Key 1 Time Vault 1 Goblin Welder 1 Inkwell Leviathan [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (24) 3 Mox Opal 1 Lotus Petal 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 1 Polluted Delta 1 Scalding Tarn 2 Underground Sea 1 Tropical Island 1 Volcanic Island [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 3 Nihil Spellbomb 2 Yixlid Jailer 2 Thoughtseize 2 Nature’s Claim 2 Ancient Grudge 1 Flusterstorm 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Illness in the Ranks 1 Tormod’s Crypt[/Sideboard] |
Sun Titan Dredge, by Will Lou - 6th
| [Business] (48) 4 Bazaar of Baghdad 4 Serum Powder 4 Bridge from Below 4 Golgari Grave-Troll 4 Stinkweed Imp 4 Bloodghast 4 Narcomoeba 3 Sun Titan 3 Ichorid 3 Fatestitcher 2 Golgari Thug 1 Flame-kin Zealot 3 Dread Return 4 Cabal Therapy 1 Ancestral Recall [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (13) 1 Black Lotus 1 Lion’s Eye Diamond 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Lotus Petal 4 Undiscovered Paradise 3 City of Brass 2 Dakmoor Salvage [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 4 Chain of Vapor 4 Nature’s Claim 2 Ancient Grudge 2 Firestorm 2 Darkblast 1 City of Brass[/Sideboard] |
Burning Tendrils, by Karl Reeves - 7th
| [Business] (30) 4 Duress 2 Hurkyl’s Recall 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Burning Wish 1 Tinker 1 Ponder 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Timetwister 1 Wheel of Fortune 1 Windfall 1 Necropotence 1 Memory Jar 1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain 1 Mind’s Desire 4 Oath of Druids 2 Griselbrand [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (30) 4 Dark Ritual 2 Mox Opal 2 Chrome Mox 1 Lion’s Eye Diamond 1 Lotus Petal 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 Forbidden Orchard 4 City of Brass 2 Gemstone Mine [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 4 Ancient Tomb 3 Nature’s Claim 1 Yawgmoth’s Will 1 Tendrils of Agony 1 Empty the Warrens 1 Show and Tell 1 Diminishing Returns 1 Hurkyl’s Recall 1 Thoughtseize 1 Laboratory Maniac[/Sideboard] |
GW Hatebears, by Boyd Fernicola - 8th
| [Business] (39) 4 Noble Hierarch 4 Quasali Pridemage 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 3 Aven Mindcensor 3 Student of Warfare 2 Scavenging Ooze 2 Leonin Relic-Warder 2 Phyrexian Revoker 2 Gaddock Teeg 2 Ethersword Cannonist 1 Knight of the Reliquary 1 Fauna Shaman 3 Grafdigger’s Cage 1 Crucible of Worlds 2 Stony Silence 1 Life from the Loam 2 Path to Exile [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (21) 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Pearl 1 Wooded Foothills 1 Arid Mesa 4 Windswept Heath 3 Savannah 3 Forest 2 Plains 1 Strip Mine 4 Wasteland [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 4 Surgical Extraction 3 Rest in Peace 3 Mindbreak Trap 2 Swords to Plowshares 2 Choke 1 Batterskull[/Sideboard] |