We had 15 people come out to play some Vintage. After 4 rounds and a cut to Top 4, Top 4 split so we could get food. The top 4 in order of finish was:

1. Frank Singel – Mono Red
2. Nam Tran – Nick Detwiler Shops
3. Andrew McLennan – White Eldrazi
4. Marcus Rose – Merfolk

Frank Singel – Mono Red

1 Cunning Sparkmage
3 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Magus of the Moon
2 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Simian Spirit Guide
1 Sulfur Elemental
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Price of Progress
1 Sudden Shock
1 Black Lotus
1 Chalice of the Void
2 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Mox Ruby
3 Null Rod
1 Trinisphere
4 Blood Moon
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Koth of the Hammer
4 Ancient Tomb
3 City of Traitors
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Strip Mine
11 Mountain

4 Leyline of Sanctity
3 Leyline of the Void
2 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Ingot Chewer
3 Grafdigger’s Cage

Nam Tran – Nick Detwiler Shops

4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire
1 Trinisphere
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Lodestone Golem
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Walking Ballista
4 Steel Overseer
3 Foundry Inspector
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Mishra’s Workshop

4 Relic of Progenitus
4 Pithing Needle
4 Duplicant
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Gaea’s blessing

Andrew McLennan – White Eldrazi

4 Thoughtknot Seer
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Eldrazi Displacer
3 Containment Priest
3 Reality Smasher
1 Trinisphere
1 Kataki, War’s Wage
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Recruiter of the Guard
4 Wasteland
4 Ancient Tomb
5 Plains
1 Karakas
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
4 Cavern of Souls
2 Eldrazi Temple
1 Strip Mine

3 Fragmentize
2 Ghost Quarter
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Kataki, War’s Wage
1 Containment Priest
2 Null Rod
1 Rest in Piece
2 Pithing Needle
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Stony Silence

Marcus Rose – Merfolk

4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Ceremonious Rejection
1 Daze
4 Cursecatcher
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
4 Lord of Atlantis
3 True-Name Nemesis
1 Waterfront Bouncer
2 Merrow Reejerey
2 Phantasmal Image
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
3 Null Rod
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Cavern of Souls
9 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island

2 Ceremonious Rejection
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Back to Basics
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Echoing Truth
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Pithing Needle
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Flusterstorm
1 Dismember

Metagame breakdown:

Workshops:

• Nick Detwiler Shops
• Tiny Robots
• Metalworker Staff
• 2 Card Muddy
• 2 Card Monte

Eldrazi:

• White Eldrazi
• W/r

Oath of Druids:

• Labman Oath
• Paradoxical Outcome Oath

Combo:

• Paradoxical Outcome Storm
• Blue Belcher

Misc:

• Grixis Control
• Vintage Lands
• Mono Red
• Merfolk

Thanks to everybody that came out! See you guys at the next TSO!

Finished dead last and had a blast. But having my brother top 4 was pretty awesome, and so was having 12 of us attend dinner and drinks after. TEAM SERIOUS LIVES!

TSO was a blast as usual. Was running hot with BG Chopper City in the Ghetto until I ran into T1 Magus of the Moon. Finished up 2-2 for the day.

See you guys at the next one.

BOAM! Mini 2 card muddy report!

r1 bye
r2 vs mono red: g1 I lose the die roll and my opening 7 is leyline, helm, painter, grindstone, workshop, ancient tomb, mox. unfortunately he has t1 blood moon and rabblemaster off of ancient tomb, ssg, black lotus and I cannot assemble anything fast enough. g2 he has the nuts off a mull to 6 with t1 null rod and a chewer for my razormane masticore. this definitely felt like my worst matchup in the room.

r3 vs shops: g1 I am on the play and mulligan to 6, keeping workshop, serum powder, 2 mox, painter, grindstone. I play out my entire hand in that order preparing for the turn 2 activation. unfortunately he has t1 revoker (his only main deck out) for the grindstone. I am unable to assemble another combo before I lose. g2 I fall to a null rod, needle, and 3 wastelands powered out by a t1 foundry inspector.

r4 vs w eldrazi: g1 I play out my entire opening 6 on turn 1: workshop, mox, lodestone golem, mox, mox, painter's servant. he only has lands that hurt him and no moxen to power out threats that can challenge LSG. g2 he has a t1 null rod and wastelands to prevent me from powering out anything meaningful.

g3 is the interesting one and deserves its own paragraph. I begin by serum powdering away 4 hands in a row - 28 cards. achievement unlocked. I powdered away 8 lands, 3 mox, lotus, sol ring, and a bunch of creatures, but notably only 4 combo pieces. The remaining 32 cards have 12 combo pieces, which seems great, but they're a bit mana light. 2 workshops, 2 tombs, 3 caverns, 3 mox, and mana crypt are the remaining mana sources (11 total). I then end up mulliganing to 4 keeping helm, helm, mana crypt, mox, scrying cavern to the top. Not ideal. Unfortunately for my opponent he kept a threat-light hand and I ended up winning off of a razormane masticore. Vintage magic, everyone.

for those keeping track at home: 0 combo kills, 2 beatdown kills. not exactly what I set out to do, but them's the breaks!