Held on Saturday afternoon/night, the Vintage Champs Prelim tournament drew 109 players, meaning 7 rounds of Swiss, followed by Top 8 playoffs, awarding 2 round byes to both first and second place finishers. Below you’ll find the Top 8 Playoff Bracket, followed by the Top 8 decklists.
Top 8 Playoff Bracket
Top 8 Quarterfinals
1 Obert Chen (Workshop Metalworker Staff) vs. 8 Adrian Becker (Storm Combo) – Chen wins
4 Danny Friedman (UWR Control) vs. 5 JR Goldberg (Worldgorger Dragon Combo) – Friedman wins
2 Jimmy McCarthy (BUG Control) vs. 7 David McNamara (Pyromancer Gush URB) – McCarthy wins
3 Dave Kaplan (Delver URB) vs. 6 Vito Picozzo (Mentor UWR) – Kaplan wins
Top 4 Semifinals
1 Obert Chen (Workshop Metalworker Staff) vs. 4 Danny Friedman (UWR Control) – Chen wins
2 Jimmy McCarthy (BUG Control) vs. 3 Dave Kaplan (Delver URB) – Kaplan wins
Top 2 Finals
1 Obert Chen (Workshop Metalworker Staff) vs. 3 Dave Kaplan (Delver URB) – Chen wins
(Note: The Finals participants agreed to split prizes in order to save time, and Kaplan scooped to Chen for DCI recording purposes. Both were awarded 2 round byes for the Vintage Champs main event.)
Top 8 Decklists
Workshop
| [Business] (36) 4 Chalice of the Void 4 Sphere of Resistance 1 Trinisphere 4 Tangle Wire 2 Crucible of Worlds 3 Phyrexian Revoker 4 Metalworker 3 Phyrexian Metamorph 4 Lodestone Golem 2 Karn, Silver Golem 1 Steel Hellkite 4 Staff of Nin [/Business] (0) [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 4 Mishra’s Workshop 4 Ancient Tomb 2 City of Traitors 1 Strip Mine 4 Wasteland [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 4 Grafdigger’s Cage 3 Relic of Progenitus 2 Ghost Quarter 1 Crucible of Worlds 2 Ratchet Bomb 3 Wurmcoil Engine[/Sideboard] |
Delver
| [Business] (42) 4 Force of Will 3 Mental Misstep 3 Cabal Therapy 4 Lightning Bolt 1 Kolaghan’s Command 3 Gush 4 Gitaxian Probe 2 Preordain 1 Ponder 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Dack Fayden 1 Treasure Cruise 2 Dig Through Time 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Demonic Tutor 3 Delver of Secrets 1 Snapcaster Mage 4 Young Pyromancer [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (18) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 4 Scalding Tarn 3 Polluted Delta 4 Volcanic Island 1 Underground Sea 1 Island 1 Strip Mine [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 1 Mountain 2 Pulverize 4 Ingot Chewer 1 Pyroblast 4 Grafdigger’s Cage 2 Ravenous Trap 1 Sudden Shock[/Sideboard] |
BUG
| [Business] (38) 4 Force of Will 1 Misdirection 3 Mental Misstep 1 Flusterstorm 3 Abrupt Decay 2 Thought Scour 1 Ponder 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Treasure Cruise 3 Dig Through Time 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Deathrite Shaman 3 Snapcaster Mage 2 Trygon Predator 1 Notion Thief 2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 1 Crucible of Worlds [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (22) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire 4 Verdant Catacombs 1 Polluted Delta 1 Misty Rainforest 3 Underground Sea 2 Tropical Island 1 Bayou 1 Swamp 1 Strip Mine 4 Wasteland [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 1 Dismember 1 Snuff Out 1 Engergy Flux 1 Forest 3 Nature’s Claim 1 Null Rod 1 Abrupt Decay 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Virulent Plague 1 Ravenous trap 3 Grafdigger’s Cage[/Sideboard] |
UWR
| [Business] (37) 4 Force of Will 2 Mindbreak Trap 3 Flusterstorm 2 Swords to Plowshares 1 Wear // Tear 2 Engineered Explosives 1 Moat 3 Mana Drain 1 Sensei’s Divining Top 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 3 Impulse 3 Dack Fayden 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 4 Dig Through Time 2 Vendilion Clique 1 Dragonlord Ojutai [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (23) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Flooded Strand 3 Tundra 3 Volcanic Island 1 Island 1 Snow-Covered Island 1 Mountains 1 Karakas [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 2 Containment Priest 3 Ingot Chewer 1 Ravenous Trap 1 Wear // Tear 1 Pyroblast 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Supreme Verdict 1 Shattering Spree 2 Pithing Needle 1 Rest in Peace 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir[/Sideboard] |
Worldgorger
| [Business] (38) 4 Force of Will 2 Mental Misstep 2 Thoughtseize 2 Hurkyl’s Recall 4 Bazaar of Baghdad 2 Gitaxian Probe 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Timetwister 1 Treasure Cruise 2 Dig Through Time 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Demonic Tutor 2 Intuition 3 Animate Dead 1 Dance of the Dead 1 Necromancy 3 Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy 3 Worldgorger Dragon 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (22) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Mana Crypt 1 Sol Ring 4 Flooded Strand 3 Polluted Delta 3 Underground Sea 1 Tundra 2 Island 1 Swamp [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 1 Plains 2 Cavern of Souls 1 Auriok Salvagers 2 Monastery Mentor 1 Nihil Spellbomb 2 Steel Sabotage 3 Containment Priest 1 Serenity 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 1 Flusterstorm[/Sideboard] |
Mentor
| [Business] (39) 4 Force of Will 3 Mental Misstep 2 Flusterstorm 2 Pyroblast 3 Swords to Plowshares 1 Wear // Tear 4 Gush 4 Preordain 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 2 Dack Fayden 1 Treasure Cruise 3 Dig Through Time 1 Merchant Scroll 2 Young Pyromancer 4 Monastery Mentor [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (21) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 1 Library of Alexandria 4 Scalding Tarn 1 Flooded Strand 1 Polluted Delta 1 Misty Rainforest 3 Volcanic Island 3 Tundra 1 Island [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 2 Containment Priest 2 Grafdigger’s Cage 1 Nihil Spellbomb 1 Rest in Peace 1 Ravenous Trap 1 Wear // Tear 1 Swords to Plowshare 3 Ingot Chewer 1 Shattering Spree 1 Mountain 1 Snow-Covered Island[/Sideboard] |
Pyromancer
| [Business] (42) 4 Force of Will 4 Mental Misstep 3 Cabal Therapy 1 Pyroblast 3 Lightning Bolt 3 Gush 4 Gitaxian Probe 3 Preordain 1 Ponder 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Dack Fayden 1 Treasure Cruise 3 Dig Through Time 1 Demonic Tutor 3 Snapcaster Mage 4 Young Pyromancer [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (18) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 4 Scalding Tarn 3 Flooded Strand 3 Volcanic Island 2 Underground Sea 1 Island 1 Strip Mine [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 1 Pyroblast 1 Mountain 1 Electrickery 1 Null Rod 1 Dread of Night 4 Grafdigger’s Cage 4 Ingot Chewer 2 Pulverize[/Sideboard] |
Storm
| [Business] (27) 4 Duress 1 Echoing Truth 1 Hurkyl’s Recall 1 Rebuild 1 Ponder 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Timetwister 1 Necropotence 1 Memory Jar 1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain 1 Mind’s Desire 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Tinker 4 Dark Petition 2 Tendrils of Agony 1 Yawgmoth’s Will [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (33) 4 Dark Ritual 3 Cabal Ritual 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 1 Library of Alexandria 4 Polluted Delta 4 Underground Sea 1 Island 1 Snow-Covered Island 1 Swamp [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 3 Hurkyl’s Recall 1 Rebuild 1 Strip Mine 2 Wasteland 2 Ghost Quarter 1 Blightsteel Colossus 3 Defense Grid 1 Mental Misstep 1 Toxic Deluge[/Sideboard] |