Some of us got together in Boyertown to jam cards while listening to the sweet sounds of . . .somebody playing live music at the street fair right outside the shops open doors. It was actually a nice setting if not a little distracting. With an EE legacy qualifier and another regional shop hosting a T1 tournament today the player base was divided. We had 12 show to battle it out at Deal Me In Games where there are normally 20-30. A little disappointing but Jason didn't let us down. When we got to the top 8 he offered up full prize support as if we hit 30. The top 8 all talked him into something more reasonable for the store. After much prodding from the Top 8 to not get hosed on prize support Jason scaled it and awarded prizes as if 20 had shown up. Always a great host!

Despite the low turnout it was one hell of a room to maneuver thru. We ended with a top 4 split of prizes between Dan Barkon, Dan Miller, Zach Dobbin and Jeremy Beaver. With the top 8 rounded out by William Dayton, Josh Barkon, Jason Beaupre and Greg Hoover.

Top 8 quarter-finals
Dan Miller defeats William Dayton
Dan Barkon defeats Jason Beaupre
Zach Dobbin defeats Greg Hoover
Jeremy Beaver defeats Josh Barkon

Top 4 split from there

Here are the top 8 deckslists with 1-4 in no particular order other than when I found the decklists in the pile and 5-8 in no particular order other than how I found the decklists in the pile:

Dan Miller on 2 trinkets to paradox (its funny because its a riff on 2 tickets to paradise - very clever daniel. very clever)

1 black lotus
1 engineered explosives
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault
1 mox emerald
1 mox jet
2 mox opal
1 mox pearl'
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
3 sensei's divining top
1 sol ring
1 nihil spellbomb
1 pithing needle
2 snapcaster mage
2 trinket mage
3 monastery mentor
3 mystic remora
1 demonic tutor
1 gitaxian probe
4 thoughtcast
1 time walk
1 timetwister
1 yawgmoth's will
1 flooded strand
2 island
1 library of alexandria
1 misty rainforest
1 polluted delta
1 scalding tarn
1 tolarian academy
2 tundra
1 cavern of souls
1 ancestral recall
4 force of will
4 paradoxical outcome
1 rebuild
1 repeal
sb: 1 engineered explosives, 2 flusterstorm, 1 grafdiggers cage, 1 pithing needle, 1 rebuild, 1 tormod's crypt, 1 balance, 1 disenchant, 1 fragmentize, 1 toxic deluge, 1 vampiric tutor, 2 rest in peace (61/14 split per dan)

Zach Dobbin on mystic mentor (arabian knights)
1 ancestral recall
1 black lotus
1 brainstorm
1 demonic tutor
1 engineered explosives
4 flooded strand
4 force of will
1 grim monolith
2 island
1 lotus petal
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault
4 monastery mentor
1 mox emerald
1 mox jet
3 mox opal
1 mox pearl
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
3 mystic remora
4 paradoxical outcome
1 ponder
1 rebuild
1 repeal
1 scalding tarn
1 seat of synod
3 sensei's divining top
1 sol ring
4 thoughtcast
1 time walk
1 timetwister
1 tolarian academy
2 tundra
2 underground sea
1 vampiric tutor
1 yawgmoth's will
sb: 1 engineered explosives, 2 flusterstorm, 2 fragmentize, 2 grafdigger's cage, 1 hukyl's recall, 1 mystic remora, 1 nihil spellbomb, 1 pithing needle, 1 plains, 1 tendrils of agony, 1 tormod's crypt, 1 toxic deluge

Dan Barkon on Car Shops
4 mishra's workshop
4 ancient tomb
4 mishra's factory
4 wasteland
1 stripmine
1 tolarian academy
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl
1 jox jet
1 black lotus
1 sol ring
1 mana crypt
4 sphere of resistance
4 thorn of amethyst
3 tangle wire
1 trinisphere
1 chalice of the void
1 batterskull
4 fleetwheel cruiser
1 lodestone golem
1 phyrexian metamorph
4 phyrexian revoker
4 arcbound ravager
4 walking ballista
2 hangarback walkers
sb: 4 grafdiggers cage, 2 relic of progenitus, 2 dismember, 2 steel hellkite, 1 wurmcoil engine, 1 skysovereign consul flagship, 2 crucible of worlds, 1 ghost quarter

Jeremy Beaver on Hydra of Defiance
2 island
1 strip mine
4 scalding tarn
2 misty rainforest
3 tropical island
4 volcanic island
1 black lotus
1 mox emerald
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
4 managorger hydra
2 snapcaster mage
1 ancestral recall
1 brainstorm
1 dig through time
1 gush
1 merchant scroll
1 misdirection
1 mystical tutor
1 ponder
1 time walk
1 treasure cruise
4 force of will
2 mana drain
4 mental misstep
1 dack fayden
2 chandra, torch of defiance
3 lightning bolt
1 pyroblast
1 ancient grudge
3 preordain
3 quirion dryad
sb: 1 by force, 1 energy flux, 1 mangle horn, 1 pithing needle, 1 sulfer elemental, 2 nature's claim, 2 pyroblast, 3 tormod's crypt, 3 grafdigger's cage

Top 5-8
Greg Hoover on Paradoxical Mentor
1 mox emerald
1 mox jet
1 mox pearl
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
1 mana vault
1 mana crypt
1 sol ring
1 black lotus
1 voltaic key
1 time vault
1 mox opal
1 sensei's divining top
1 engineered explosives
1 blightsteel colossus
3 monastery mentor
4 paradoxical outcome
1 ancestral recall
1 brainstorm
4 force of will
2 flusterstorm
1 dig through time
1 pithing needle
2 swords to plowshares
1 gush
1 tolarian academy
1 sialdn
2 polluted delta
4 flooded strand
3 volcanic island
1 karakas
2 tundra
1 library of alexandria
1 cavern of souls
1 jace mind sculptor
1 dack fayden
1 time walk
1 tinker
1 fragmentize
1 gitaxian probe
1 ancient grudge
1 treasure cruise
1 ponder
sb: 2 grafdiggers cage, 1 pithing needle, 3 sulfur elemental, 2 containment priest, 1 swords to plowshares, 3 fragmentize, 2 by force 1 supreme verdict

William Dayton on something that starts with an M ravagers (sorry, couldn't make out that word)
4 ancient tomb
4 mishra's factory
4 mishra's workshop
1 strip mine
1 tolarian academy
4 wasteland
4 arcbound ravager
1 lodestone golem
3 phyrexian metamorph
4 phyrexian revoker
4 walking ballista
1 black lotus
1 chalice of the void
4 fleetwheel cruiser
1 mana crypt
1 mox emerald
1 mox jet
1 mox pearl
1 mox sapphire
1 sol ring
4 sphere of resistance
4 tangle wire
4 thorn of amethyst
1 trinisphere
sb: 2 crucible of worlds, 4 grafdiggers cage, 3 null rod, 3 tormod's crypt, 1 dismember, 2 wurmcoil engine

Jason Beaupre on Beers (r/w aggro)
1 stripmine
1 library of alexandria
2 wasteland
2 flooded strand
1 volanic island
1 tundra
4 plateau
1 scalding tarn
3 arid mesa
1 mountain
1 plains
1 mana crypt
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
1 mox pearl
1 black lotus
3 swords to plowshares
3 nahiri, the harbinger
1 sanctum prelate
2 gorilla shaman
1 balance
3 scab-clan berserker
2 mental misstep
2 wear/tear
2 sudden shock
1 simian spirit guide
1 ancestral recall
1 time walk
1 emrakul, the aeaons torn
1 dwarven miner
4 spirit of the labyrinth
1 jace, vryn's prodigy
1 dack fayden
3 thorn of amethyst
1 sol ring
1 thalia, heretic cathar
2 thalia, guardian of thraben
sb: 2 pyroblast, 2 mindbreak trap, 2 stony silence, 1 kataki war's wage, 1 ingot chewer, 1 by force, 1 engineered explosives, 1 relic of progentus, 4 rest in peace

Josh Barkon on blowout car shop
4 mishra's workshop
4 ancient tomb
4 wasteland
4 mishra's factory
1 stripmine
1 tolarian academy
1 inventor's fair
1 black lotus
1 mox sapphire
1 mox emerald
1 mox jet
1 mox pearl
1 mox ruby
1 mana crypt
1 sol ring
4 arcbound ravager
4 phyrexian revoker
4 walking ballista
2 hangarback walker
1 steel hellkite
1 lodestone golem
1 trinisphere
1 chalice of the void
4 fleetwheel cruiser
4 thorn of amethyst
4 sphere of resistance
4 tanglewire
sb: 4 grafdiggers cage, 2 relic of progenitus, 2 crucible of worlds, 2 wurmcoil engine, 1 steel hellkite, 1 precursor golem, 1 skysovereign consul flagship, 1 dismember, 1 pithing needle

After 3 events here is the point totals for the Deal Me In Games top 8 champs:

Dan Barkon 32
Josh Barkon 42
Jason Beaupre 21
Jeremy Beaver 37
Joe Brennan 38
Matt Buck 17
Max Clark 9
Samantha Dayton 18
William Dayton 40
Dominic Difebo 9
Zach Dobbin 16
Troy Fluks 9
Josh Fuller 11
Stephen Ganter 14
John Geras 18
Ryan Glackin 4
Chuck Greb 11
Sean Higgins 5
Greg Hoover 32
Chris Hopkinson 9
Evan Hundertmark 18
Nicholas Kirkenbauer 9
Josh Lalo 20
Madi Lentz 7
Joel Lim 11
Dan Miller 30
Michael Monks 11
Steve Nowakowski 17
Joe Pace 11
Josh Potucek 26
Josh Richards 11
Keith Seals 36
William Sees 13
Carson Shup 5
Dan Sollazzo 7
Chris Varosky 22

This now makes our top 8:

1. Josh Barkon 42
2. William Dayton 40
3. Joe Brennan 38
4. Jeremy Beaver 37
5. Keith Seals 36
6. Dan Barkon/Greg Hoover 32
7. Dan Barkon/Greg Hoover 32
8. Dan Miller 30

Metagame breakdown:

Shops
3 total 3 top 8
Not much variation on the main components. All 3 featured 4x walking ballista, 4x ravager, 4x fleetwheel cruiser and aggro package. 2/3 had 2 hangarback walker. All 2 had various amounts of phyrexian metamorph. Most differences came in a few flex spots with either batterskull or steel hellkite

Paradoxical Outcome decks
4 total, 3 top 8

1 was U/W/r
3 were U/W/b with 1 going thirst for knowledge and 2 going mystic remora for additional drawspells
1 of the 4 had 0 monastery mentors, 2 had 3 mentors and 1 had 4 mentors
2 was had a main deck tendrils kill, 1 had a s/b tendrils kill
2 featured vault/key/tinker/colossus (the u/w/r and 1 of the u/w/b)
1 had 3x mental misstep 3 had 0 mental misstep
2 had 4x thoughtcast 2 had 0 thoughtcast
3 had library of alexandria

Oath
1 oath 0 top 8
1 Saheeli/oath

Creature based control
4 total 2 top 8
1 white eldrazi
1 w/r/u control
1 u/g/r
1 w/r aggro control

2 were thorn of amethyst decks
1 had library of alexandria
2 had both versions of thalia
1 had misdirection
3 had strip mine 1 had wasteland

1 is an unknown deck as I dont have a decklist for Ryan Glackin. Ryan if you read this would you mind adding your decklist to the report? I have Ryan's general deck categorized above but none of his deck choices are in the refined breakdown.

@Khahan Glackin played U/R delver
with eidelon and scab clans

Look for our next tournament, tentatively scheduled for August 12!!!!