Vintage Champs 2015 Saturday Prelim – Decklists and Top 8 Playoff

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)
Chalice of the Void
Sphere of Resistance
Trinisphere
Tangle Wire
Crucible of Worlds
Phyrexian Revoker
Metalworker
Phyrexian Metamorph
Lodestone Golem
Karn, Silver Golem
Steel Hellkite
Staff of Nin

[/Business] (0)

[Mana Sources] (24)
Black Lotus
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mana Crypt
Sol Ring
Tolarian Academy
Mishra’s Workshop
Ancient Tomb
City of Traitors
Strip Mine
Wasteland

[/Mana Sources] (0)
[Sideboard] (15)
Grafdigger’s Cage
Relic of Progenitus
Ghost Quarter
Crucible of Worlds
Ratchet Bomb
Wurmcoil Engine[/Sideboard]

Delver

[Business] (42)
Force of Will
Mental Misstep
Cabal Therapy
Lightning Bolt
Kolaghan’s Command
Gush
Gitaxian Probe
Preordain
Ponder
Brainstorm
Ancestral Recall
Time Walk
Dack Fayden
Treasure Cruise
Dig Through Time
Demonic Consultation
Demonic Tutor
Delver of Secrets
Snapcaster Mage
Young Pyromancer

[/Business] (0)

[Mana Sources] (18)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Scalding Tarn
Polluted Delta
Volcanic Island
Underground Sea
Island
Strip Mine

[/Mana Sources] (0)
[Sideboard] (15)
Mountain
Pulverize
Ingot Chewer
Pyroblast
Grafdigger’s Cage
Ravenous Trap
Sudden Shock[/Sideboard]

BUG

[Business] (38)
Force of Will
Misdirection
Mental Misstep
Flusterstorm
Abrupt Decay
Thought Scour
Ponder
Brainstorm
Ancestral Recall
Time Walk
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Treasure Cruise
Dig Through Time
Demonic Tutor
Deathrite Shaman
Snapcaster Mage
Trygon Predator
Notion Thief
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Crucible of Worlds

[/Business] (0)

[Mana Sources] (22)
Black Lotus
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire
Verdant Catacombs
Polluted Delta
Misty Rainforest
Underground Sea
Tropical Island
Bayou
Swamp
Strip Mine
Wasteland

[/Mana Sources] (0)
[Sideboard] (15)
Dismember
Snuff Out
Engergy Flux
Forest
Nature’s Claim
Null Rod
Abrupt Decay
Engineered Explosives
Virulent Plague
Ravenous trap
Grafdigger’s Cage[/Sideboard]

UWR

[Business] (37)
Force of Will
Mindbreak Trap
Flusterstorm
Swords to Plowshares
Wear // Tear
Engineered Explosives
Moat
Mana Drain
Sensei’s Divining Top
Brainstorm
Ancestral Recall
Time Walk
Impulse
Dack Fayden
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Dig Through Time
Vendilion Clique
Dragonlord Ojutai

[/Business] (0)

[Mana Sources] (23)
Black Lotus
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Sol Ring
Scalding Tarn
Flooded Strand
Tundra
Volcanic Island
Island
Snow-Covered Island
Mountains
Karakas

[/Mana Sources] (0)
[Sideboard] (15)
Containment Priest
Ingot Chewer
Ravenous Trap
Wear // Tear
Pyroblast
Swords to Plowshares
Supreme Verdict
Shattering Spree
Pithing Needle
Rest in Peace
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir[/Sideboard]

Worldgorger

[Business] (38)
Force of Will
Mental Misstep
Thoughtseize
Hurkyl’s Recall
Bazaar of Baghdad
Gitaxian Probe
Ancestral Recall
Time Walk
Timetwister
Treasure Cruise
Dig Through Time
Vampiric Tutor
Demonic Tutor
Intuition
Animate Dead
Dance of the Dead
Necromancy
Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
Worldgorger Dragon
Tasigur, the Golden Fang

[/Business] (0)

[Mana Sources] (22)
Black Lotus
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mana Crypt
Sol Ring
Flooded Strand
Polluted Delta
Underground Sea
Tundra
Island
Swamp

[/Mana Sources] (0)
[Sideboard] (15)
Plains
Cavern of Souls
Auriok Salvagers
Monastery Mentor
Nihil Spellbomb
Steel Sabotage
Containment Priest
Serenity
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Flusterstorm[/Sideboard]

Mentor

[Business] (39)
Force of Will
Mental Misstep
Flusterstorm
Pyroblast
Swords to Plowshares
Wear // Tear
Gush
Preordain
Brainstorm
Ancestral Recall
Time Walk
Dack Fayden
Treasure Cruise
Dig Through Time
Merchant Scroll
Young Pyromancer
Monastery Mentor

[/Business] (0)

[Mana Sources] (21)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Sol Ring
Library of Alexandria
Scalding Tarn
Flooded Strand
Polluted Delta
Misty Rainforest
Volcanic Island
Tundra
Island

[/Mana Sources] (0)
[Sideboard] (15)
Containment Priest
Grafdigger’s Cage
Nihil Spellbomb
Rest in Peace
Ravenous Trap
Wear // Tear
Swords to Plowshare
Ingot Chewer
Shattering Spree
Mountain
Snow-Covered Island[/Sideboard]

Pyromancer

[Business] (42)
Force of Will
Mental Misstep
Cabal Therapy
Pyroblast
Lightning Bolt
Gush
Gitaxian Probe
Preordain
Ponder
Brainstorm
Ancestral Recall
Time Walk
Dack Fayden
Treasure Cruise
Dig Through Time
Demonic Tutor
Snapcaster Mage
Young Pyromancer

[/Business] (0)

[Mana Sources] (18)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Scalding Tarn
Flooded Strand
Volcanic Island
Underground Sea
Island
Strip Mine

[/Mana Sources] (0)
[Sideboard] (15)
Pyroblast
Mountain
Electrickery
Null Rod
Dread of Night
Grafdigger’s Cage
Ingot Chewer
Pulverize[/Sideboard]

Storm

[Business] (27)
Duress
Echoing Truth
Hurkyl’s Recall
Rebuild
Ponder
Brainstorm
Ancestral Recall
Time Walk
Timetwister
Necropotence
Memory Jar
Yawgmoth’s Bargain
Mind’s Desire
Treasure Cruise
Vampiric Tutor
Demonic Tutor
Tinker
Dark Petition
Tendrils of Agony
Yawgmoth’s Will

[/Business] (0)

[Mana Sources] (33)
Dark Ritual
Cabal Ritual
Mox Opal
Lotus Petal
Black Lotus
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mana Crypt
Sol Ring
Mana Vault
Tolarian Academy
Library of Alexandria
Polluted Delta
Underground Sea
Island
Snow-Covered Island
Swamp

[/Mana Sources] (0)
[Sideboard] (15)
Hurkyl’s Recall
Rebuild
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Ghost Quarter
Blightsteel Colossus
Defense Grid
Mental Misstep
Toxic Deluge[/Sideboard]