NYSE4 Vintage Open – ALL Decklists and Metagame Breakdown

NYSE 4 was played a little while ago, and was another example of great tournament organizing, coupled with lots of community support. A (NYSE) record 157 players attended, with entrance fees of $100 pre-reg or $125 same day, and players traveled from all over the country. Nick Detwiler (aka Prospero) continues to do yeoman’s work promoting and supporting Vintage, even as the format’s recent changes have made him and others wary.

You can find our live coverage from the event here live coverage, including round by round pairings, standings, and the live streaming video embed

We’ve posted the Top 16 decklists in the first section below, then broken down all decks for a metagame breakdown in the next section, and then posted the full decklists from ALL other competitors in the final section (alphabetically, by last name, first name). It is now in table form, so you can sort by last name, or by deck type. To find a specific deck by player name or deck type, press CRTL+F to bring up the Find function in your browser, and then type in your search string. Rather than including a massive wall of text on this page, each decklist/name is a URL/link to an individual Google document containing the decklist, for further manipulation.

A special mention and huge thank you must be given to Matt Murray (aka chubbyrain), who put in extremely long hours typing up and organizing all of these decklists after the event. When you see him in person next time please thank him for performing this Herculean task, buy him a beverage, and maybe even serenade him by singing “chubby rain” to the tune of the classic Prince hit “Purple Rain.”

Top 16 Decklists, by Final Standing

1. Andy Markiton – Ravager TKS Shops
2. Tom Metelsky – Grixis Pyromancer
3. Ryan Glackin – Amalgam Dredge
4. Hank Zhong – Esper Mentor
5. Andy Probasco – White Eldrazi
6. Roland Chang – Ravager TKS Shops
7. Vito Picozzo – Jeskai Mentor
8. Brian Kelly – Esper Mentor
9. Brian Schlossberg – Ravager TKS Shops
10. Jason Jaco – Eldrazi Tribal
11. Jordan Kasten – Transform Dredge
12. AJ Grasso – Gush Mentor Bomberman
13. Nicholas Cummings – Belcher
14. Lee Hillman – White Eldrazi
15. Matt Murray – Sylvan Mentor
16. Nick DiJohn – Smasher TKS Shops

Top 8 Playoff Bracket

Quarterfinals
1 Andy Probasco (White Eldrazi) vs. 8 Hang Zhong (UWR Mentor) – Zhong wins
2 Roland Chang (Workshop Ravager Aggro) vs. 7 Ryan Glackin (Amalgam Dredge) – Glackin wins
3 Tom Metelsky (Grixis Pyromancer) vs. 6 Brian Kelly (Esper Mentor) – Metelsky wins
4 Andrew Markiton (Workshop Ravager Aggro) vs. 5 Vito Picozzo (UWR Mentor) – Markiton wins

Semifinals
3 Tom Metelsky (Grixis Pyromancer) vs. 7 Ryan Glackin (Amalgam Dredge) – Metelsky wins
4 Andrew Markiton (Workshop Ravager Aggro) vs. 8 Hang Zhong (UWR Mentor) – Markiton wins

Finals
3 Tom Metelsky (Grixis Pyromancer) vs. 4 Andrew Markiton (Workshop Ravager Aggro) – Markiton (aka Montolio) wins!

Metagame Report

Matt Murray (aka chubbyrain) and Ryan Eberhart (aka Diophan) have created an awesome complete metagame breakdown, including archetypes, and match performance by archetype. This is now live on TheManaDrain here, and here is the full spreadsheet in Google Docs so you can further manipulate the information as you see fit.

ALL Decklists, Alphabetically by Last Name