Xtreme Games (Lindenhurst, IL, USA) hosted their monthly Vintage tournament on 05/23/2015, and below you can find the Top 8 decklists, as well as a brief metagame breakdown of all decks played.
There were a very good spread of decks that showed up this month, including all of the usual suspects, a return of Oath to the Top 8, as well as new back to back Xtreme Games Vintage winner Tommy Kolowith’s new 4C Control variant, utilizing Deathrite Shaman and zero basic lands.
Top 8 Decklists, by Final Standing
4C
| [Business] (37) 4 Force of Will 3 Mental Misstep 3 Thoughtseize 3 Mana Drain 1 Fire // Ice 1 Abrupt Decay 1 Ancient Grudge 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Ponder 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 3 Dack Fayden 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 2 Dig Through Time 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Crucible of Worlds 4 Deathrite Shaman 1 Snapcaster Mage [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (23) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 2 Flooded Strand 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Scalding Tarn 2 Underground Sea 2 Tropical Island 2 Volcanic Island 1 Strip Mine 4 Wasteland [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 3 Nature’s Claim 1 Toxic Deluge 1 Ancient Grudge 2 Izzet Staticaster 2 Dismember 2 Nihil Spellbomb 4 Grafdigger’s Cage[/Sideboard] |
Workshops
| [Business] (34) 4 Chalice of the Void 4 Thorn of Amethyst 2 Sphere of Resistance 3 Phyrexian Revoker 1 Trinisphere 3 Tangle Wire 2 Phyrexian Metamorph 4 Lodestone Golem 4 Kuldotha Forgemaster 2 Wurmcoil Engine 2 Steel Hellkite 1 Duplicant 1 Sundering Titan 1 Dismember [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (26) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 1 Tolarian Academy 4 Mishra’s Workshop 4 Ancient Tomb 1 Strip Mine 4 Wasteland 3 Homeward Path 2 Cavern of Souls [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 4 Grafdigger’s Cage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 1 Crucible of Worlds 2 Ghost Quarter 2 Razormane Masticore 1 Duplicant 1 Wurmcoil Engine 1 Dismember 1 Spine of Ish Sah 1 Karakas[/Sideboard] |
Mentor
| [Business] (38) 4 Force of Will 1 Misdirection 3 Mental Misstep 1 Pyroblast 1 Flusterstorm 1 Mana Drain 1 Repeal 1 Hurkyl’s Recall 1 Echoing Truth 1 Fire // Ice 3 Mystic Remora 1 Sensei’s Divining Top 1 Ponder 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Thirst for Knowledge 2 Dack Fayden 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Treasure Cruise 2 Dig Through Time 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Tinker 1 Blightsteel Colossus 2 Monastery Mentor 2 Snapcaster Mage [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (23) 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 Scalding Tarn 1 Flooded Strand 2 Tundra 4 Volcanic Island 2 Steam Vents 1 Island [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 2 Grafdigger’s Cage 3 Containment Priest 2 Rest in Peace 1 Supreme Verdict 3 Ingot Chewer 3 Pulverize 1 Mountain[/Sideboard] |
Dredge,
| [Business] (47) 4 Bazaar of Baghdad 4 Serum Powder 4 Golgari Grave-Troll 4 Stinkweed Imp 2 Golgari Thug 4 Narcomoeba 4 Bloodghast 3 Ichorid 4 Bridge from Below 4 Cabal Therapy 1 Unmask 4 Ingot Chewer 1 Ancient Grudge 4 Leyline of the Void [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (13) 4 Undiscovered Paradise 4 Mana Confluence 4 Petrified Field 1 Dakmor Salvage [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 3 Unmask 2 Mental Misstep 4 Nature’s Claim 4 Chain of Vapor 2 Wispmare[/Sideboard] |
Oath,
| [Business] (36) 4 Force of Will 1 Misdirection 2 Mental Misstep 3 Flusterstorm 1 Mana Drain 2 Abrupt Decay 1 Ponder 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Treasure Cruise 2 Dig Through Time 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Oath of Druids 3 Show and Tell 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 2 Griselbrand 1 Time Vault 1 Voltaic Key 1 Yawgmoth’s Will [/Business] (0) [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 Tolarian Academy 4 Forbidden Orchard 4 Misty Rainforest 1 Scalding Tarn 3 Underground Sea 3 Tropical Island 1 Snow-Covered Island [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 1 Ravenous Trap 2 Yixlid Jailer 1 Forest 2 Nature’s Claim 3 Steel Sabotage 1 Hurkyl’s Recall 1 Flusterstorm 1 Show and Tell 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind 1 Engineered Plague 1 Engineered Explosives[/Sideboard] |
Oath,
| [Business] (37) 4 Force of Will 2 Misdirection 4 Mental Misstep 2 Swan Song 2 Thoughtseize 2 Mana Drain 1 Abrupt Decay 1 Ponder 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 2 Dig Through Time 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Oath of Druids 2 Show and Tell 1 Gaea’s Blessing 2 Griselbrand 1 Yawgmoth’s Will [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (23) 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 Forbidden Orchard 4 Misty Rainforest 3 Underground Sea 2 Tropical Island 2 Island [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 1 Forest 4 Nature’s Claim 1 Hurkyl’s Recall 2 Abrupt Decay 2 Show and Tell 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite 4 Leyline of the Void[/Sideboard] |
Mentor
| [Business] (37) 4 Force of Will 2 Mental Misstep 2 Flusterstorm 2 Mana Drain 1 Repeal 2 Swords to Plowshares 3 Gush 2 Sensei’s Divining Top 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Dack Fayden 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Treasure Cruise 3 Dig Through Time 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Tinker 1 Blightsteel Colossus 3 Monastery Mentor 2 Snapcaster Mage [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (23) 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 3 Polluted Delta 3 Flooded Strand 3 Tundra 2 Volcanic Island 2 Island [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 4 Grafdigger’s Cage 2 Rest in Peace 4 Ingot Chewer 1 Dack Fayden 1 Wear // Tear 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Mindbreak Trap[/Sideboard] |
Grixis
| [Business] (37) 4 Force of Will 2 Mental Misstep 2 Pyroblast 2 Red Elemental Blast 2 Mana Drain 1 Brainstorm 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Thirst for Knowledge 1 Dack Fayden 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Tinker 1 Blightsteel Colossus 4 Dark Confidant 1 Vendilion Clique 2 Snapcaster Mage 3 Painter’s Servant 2 Grindstone 1 Yawgmoth’s Will [/Business] (0) [Mana Sources] (23) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Mana Crypt 1 Tolarian Academy 1 Library of Alexandria 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Flooded Strand 3 Underground Sea 3 Volcanic Island 2 Island [/Mana Sources] (0) | [Sideboard] (15) 3 Grafdigger’s Cage 1 Ravenous Trap 1 Nihil Spellbomb 2 Pyroclasm 2 Lightning Bolt 3 Ingot Chewer 3 Hurkyl’s Recall[/Sideboard] |
Top 4 Playoff
Note: With 16 players 5 rounds of Swiss were played, with a cut to Top 4 to encourage more rounds actually being played out (and fewer draws), which worked well. The play/draw rule for the Top 4 was in effect, and the store still paid out to the Top 8.
Semifinals
1 Tommy Kolowith (4C Control) vs. 4 Chris Nighbor (Dredge) – Kolowith wins 2-1
2 Danny Friedman (Mentor Remora URW) vs. 3 Jason Jaco (Workshop Forgemaster) – Jaco wins 2-0
Finals
1 Tommy Kolowith (4C Control) vs. 3 Jason Jaco (Workshop Forgemaster) – Kolowith wins 2-1
Metagame Report
Grouped by Deck
4C Control – 1
Delver UR – 1
Dragon – 1
Dredge – 1
Grixis Control Slaver – 1
Grixis Painter – 1
Mentor Gush URW – 1
Mentor Remora URW – 1
Mono Blue Charbelcher – 1
Oath – 2
Rector Omniscience – 1
TurboTezz UBR – 1
Workshop Forgemaster – 1
Workshop Smokestack – 1
Workshop Terranova – 1
Total: 16