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    • Shaman Ben
      Shaman Ben last edited by Shaman Ben

      We had 17 players for our Sanctioned No Proxy Vintage Trial for a Bye at Eternal Weekend.

      After 5 rounds of Swiss and a cut to top 8, our Winner was @biggysmallz77

      Standings:

      1 Mike Rogers @biggysmallz77 - 2 Card Monte
      2 Kyle Lenox @zodiacboyscout - White Trash
      3 Kevin Cron @CHA1N5 - Solemn Depths Mentor
      4 Matt Wareham - Ravager Shops
      5 Aaron Katz - @methaloam UWR Mentor
      6 Michael Tabler - Paradoxical Outcome
      7 Steve Sasala @ssasala - White Eldrazi
      8 Chad Teuscher - UWR Mentor

      9 Nam Tran - @nartman99 2 Card Monte
      10 Andrew Raichlin - Jacodrazi
      11 Kevin Reinke - Dredge
      12 Andrew McLennan - 2 Card Monte
      13 Marcel Moore - Dredge
      14 Marland Moore - @moorebrother1 Nahiri Landstill
      15 Steve Walsh - Dredge
      16 Mike Kaczor - Bomberman
      17 Mark Kubiak - @mdkubiak UWR Mentor

      Top 8 Lists:
      1st:

      # Two Card Monte
      ## Mike Rogers
      
      Main Deck:
      4 Ancient Tomb
      4 Gemstone Mine
      4 Mana Confluence
      4 Mishra's Workshop
      1 Tolarian Academy
      1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
      
      4 Painter's Servant
      
      1 Ancestral Recall
      1 Demonic Consulation
      1 Demonic Tutor
      1 Hurkyl's Recall
      2 Pyroblast
      1 Timetwister
      1 Tinker
      1 Vampiric Tutor
      1 Wheel of Fortune
      
      2 Seal of Cleansing
      
      1 Black Lotus
      3 Defense Grid
      4 Grindstone
      4 Helm of Obedience
      4 Leyline of the Void
      1 Lotus Petal
      1 Mana Crypt
      1 Mana Vault
      1 Memory Jar
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Sol Ring
      1 Trinisphere
      
      Sideboard:
      1 Balance
      1 City of Brass
      4 Containment Priest
      2 Echoing Truth
      2 Ensnaring Bridge
      2 Grafdigger's Cage
      1 Flusterstorm
      2 Surgical Extraction
      

      2nd:

      # White Deck Wins
      ## Kyle Lenox
      Main Deck:
      6 Plains
      2 Karakas
      3 Cavern of Souls
      4 Wasteland
      4 Ghost Quarter
      1 Strip Mine
      
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Sapphire
      3 Grafdigger’s Cage
      4 Thorn of Amethyst
      
      2 Rest in Peace
      3 Stony Silence
      
      4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
      4 Containment Priest
      4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
      4 Leonin Relic-Warder
      4 Leonin Arbiter
      2 Mother of Runes
      
      Sideboard:
      1 Aegis of the Gods
      2 Kataki War’s Wage
      2 Porcelain Legionaire
      2 Eidolon of Rhetoric
      2 Fragmentize
      2 Pithing Needle
      4 Leyline of Sanctity
      

      3rd:

      # Solemn Depths Mentor
      ## Kevin Cron
      
      Main Deck:
      4 Tundra
      4 Flooded Strand
      4 Polluted Delta
      2 Island
      1 Plains
      1 Ancient Tomb
      4 Dark Depths
      
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Mana Crypt
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mox Pearl
      
      4 Force of Will
      4 Mental Misstep
      2 Flusterstorm
      
      3 Monastery Mentor
      2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
      4 Mystic Remora
      4 Solemnity
      1 Hurkyl's Recall
      4 Preordain
      3 Swords to Plowshares
      1 Ponder
      1 Brainstorm
      1 Ancestral Recall
      1 Dig Through Time
      1 Time Walk
      
      Sideboard:
      3 Rest in Peace
      3 Seal of Cleansing
      2 Hurkyl's Recall
      3 Grafdigger's Cage
      2 Mindbreak Trap
      1 Engineered Explosives
      1 Swords to Plowshares
      

      4th:

      # Ravager Shops
      ## Matt Wareham
      
      Main Deck:
      4 Arcbound Ravager
      3 Chief of the Foundry
      1 Lodestone Golem
      2 Phyrexian Metamorph
      4 Phyrexian Revoker
      2 Precursor Golem
      4 Steel Overseer
      4 Walking Ballista
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Chalice of the Void
      1 Mana Crypt
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Sol Ring
      4 Sphere of Resistance
      4 Thorn of Amethyst
      1 Trinisphere
      4 Ancient Tomb
      4 Mishra’s Factory
      4 Mishra’s Workshop
      1 Strip Mine
      1 Tolarian Academy
      4 Wasteland
      
      Sideboard:
      1 Precursor Golem
      4 Grafdigger’s Cage
      4 Porcelain Legionaire
      1 Wurmcoil Engine
      2 Dismember
      1 Hangarback Walker
      2 Ratchet Bomb
      

      5th:

      # UWR Mentor
      ## Aaron Katz
      
      Main Deck:
      1 Library of Alexandria
      2 Pyroblast
      2 Dack Fayden
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Pearl
      3 Flooded Strand
      1 Island
      1 Treasure Cruise
      1 Dig Through Time
      1 Gush
      4 Force of Will
      1 Time Walk
      1 Snapcaster Mage
      1 Merchant Scroll
      3 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
      4 Preordain
      1 Ponder
      1 Mystical Tutor
      4 Mental Misstep
      1 Gitaxian Probe
      1 Brainstorm
      1 Ancestral Recall
      4 Monastery Mentor
      1 Stony Silence
      3 Swords to Plowshares
      1 Abrade
      1 Plains
      2 Volcanic Island
      3 Tundra
      4 Scalding Tarn
      Sideboard
      1 Abrade
      1 Stony Silence
      1 Fragmentize
      1 Engineered Explosives
      3 Containment Priest
      4 Ingot Chewer
      3 Grafdigger's Cage
      1 Mountain
      

      6th:

      # P.O.
      ## Michael Tabler
      
      Main Deck:
      1 Blightsteel Colossus
      1 Snapcaster Mage
      1 Demonic Tutor
      1 Gitaxian Probe
      1 Tendrils of Agony
      1 Time Walk
      1 Tinker
      1 Yawgmoth's Will
      1 Ancestral Recall
      1 Brainstorm
      2 Flusterstorm
      4 Force of Will
      3 Mana Drain
      3 Mental Misstep
      1 Mystical Tutor
      4 Paradoxical Outcome
      1 Repeal
      1 Rebuild
      3 Thirst for Knowledge
      1 Vampiric Tutor
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Chrome Mox
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Opal
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mana Vault
      1 Mana Crypt
      2 Sensei's Divining Top
      1 Sol Ring
      4 Polluted Delta
      3 island
      1 Tolarian Academy
      3 Underground Sea
      1 Library of Alexandria
      2 Scalding Tarn
      
      Sideboard: 
      1 Tormod's Crypt
      2 Grafdigger's Cage
      1 Engineered Explosives
      1 Echoing Truth
      1 Nihil Spellbomb
      1 Yixlid Jailer
      2 Mindbreak Trap
      3 Hurkyl's Recall
      1 Steel Sabotage
      1 Snuff Out
      1 Dread of Night
      

      7th:

      # White Eldrazi
      ## Steve Sasala
      
      Main Deck:
      4 Wasteland
      1 Strip Mine
      4 Cavern of Souls
      4 Eldrazi Temple
      4 Plains
      2 Karakas
      4 Ancient Tomb
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mana Crypt
      1 Chalice of the Void
      4 Thorn of Amethyst
      4 Phyrexian Revoker
      4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
      3 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
      3 Eldrazi Displacer
      4 Thought-Knot Seer
      4 Reality Smasher
      2 Containment Priest
      1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
      
      Sideboard:
      1 Trinisphere
      2 Swords to Plowshares
      2 Ghost Quarter
      2 Kataki, War’s Wage
      1 Grafdigger’s Cage
      4 Leyline of Sanctity
      2 Null Rod
      1 Containment Priest
      

      8th:

      # UWR Mentor
      ## Chad Teuscher
      
      Main Deck:
      1 Brainstorm
      2 Pyroblast
      1 Ancestral Recall
      1 Dig Through Time
      1 Time Walk
      1 Treasure Cruise
      1 Mystical Tutor
      1 Merchant Scroll
      1 Gitaxian Probe
      1 Ponder
      1 Snapcaster Mage
      1 Gush
      1 Fragmentize
      2 Dack Fayden
      4 Swords to Plowshares
      4 Mental Misstep
      3 Jace Vryn's Prodigy
      4 Force of Will
      4 Monastery Mentor
      4 Preordain
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Strip Mine
      1 Library of Alexandria
      1 Plains
      1 Island
      2 Volcanic Island
      3 Tundra
      4 Flooded Strand
      2 Scalding Tarn
      1 Arid Mesa
      
      Sideboard:
      1 Fragmentize
      3 Grafdigger's Cage
      1 Balance
      1 Mountain
      3 Ingot Chewer
      3 Containment Priest
      3 Stony Silence
      

      14th:

      # Landstill
      ## Marland Moore
      
      Maindeck:
      3 Mental Misstep
      2 Mana Drain
      4 Force of Will
      3 Mindbreak Trap
      4 Standstill
      4 Swords to Plowshares
      2 Disenchant
      3 Nahiri, the Harbinger
      1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
      1 Treasure Cruise
      1 Dig Through Time
      1 Brainstorm
      1 Ancestral Recall
      1 Time Walk
      1 Jace, the Mindsculptor
      1 Dack Fayden
      1 Supreme Verdict
      1 Moat
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Mox Ruby
      3 Mishra's Factory
      3 Wasteland
      1 Strip Mine
      1 Plains
      2 Island
      3 Tundra
      3 Volcanic Island
      4 Flooded Strand
      1 Scalding Tarn
      
      Sideboard:
      3 Nimble Obstructionist
      3 Tormod's Crypt
      1 Crucible of Worlds
      3 Containment Priest
      1 Moat
      1 Fragmentize
      1 Pyroblast
      2 By Force
      

      16th:

      # Bomberman
      ## Mike Kaczor
      
      Main deck:
      2 Auriok Salvagers
      2 Snapcaster Mage
      4 Trinket Mage
      1 Walking Ballista
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Engineered Explosives
      1 Mana Crypt
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Sapphire
      2 Sensei's Divining Top
      1 Sol Ring
      1 Ancestral Recall
      1 Brainstorm
      1 Dig Through Time
      4 Force of Will
      4 Mana Drain
      3 Mental Misstep
      2 Swords to Plowshares
      2 Thirst for Knowledge
      1 Merchant Scroll
      1 Time Walk
      2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
      1 Voltaic Key
      1 Time Vault
      2 Cavern of Souls
      4 Flooded Strand
      3 Island
      1 Library of Alexandria
      2 Polluted Delta
      1 Tolarian Academy
      3 Tundra
      
      Sideboard:
      2 Disenchant
      2 Energy Flux
      1 Grafdigger's Cage
      2 Mindbreak Trap
      2 Monastery Mentor
      1 Pithing Needle
      1 Plains
      2 Steel Sabotage
      1 Swords to Plowshares
      1 Tormod's Crypt
      

      Thanks to everyone that came out.

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        kistrand last edited by

        Really like Kevin Cron's Solemnity list, not only the obvious Dark depths combo but also Mystic Remora. Very nice.

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        • Shaman Ben
          Shaman Ben @kistrand last edited by

          @kistrand It was awesome to see in action.

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            zodiacboyscout last edited by

            So I played white trash to 2nd place. The deck was entirely metagamed for the combo environment. It was awsome, it was a balst and it was a really cool deck to play. If I were to play it again I would want to change some things (like adding paths and swords).

            My rounds were as follows.
            Rd1 was Andrew Raichlin colorless eldrazi.
            This was a tough match from the getco. They have bigger dudes then me and they make those dudes faster then me. So I list this round because of not having spot removal. If I had spot removal it would of been different. 0-1

            Rd2 bye 1-1 i scouted the area so i new what to expect. This gave me the advantage the rest of the tournamnet.

            Rd3 was kevin on dredge
            This guy was pissssssssssed
            G1 I played turn 1 cage. Turn 2 wasteland his bazzar and played rest in peace, turn 3 contaimnet.
            G2 mull to oblivion
            G3 played rest in peace and containment turn 1. With spirit of laby and thalia turn 2. He eventually scooped
            2-1

            R4 was againt kevin
            G1 Turn 1 was thalia and thorn. He drew and discarded
            Turn 2 was spirit of laby. He conceded.
            G2 I had laby and Arbitor turn 1.
            I think it was turn 3 on his turn that he tapped out to play e.e. on 2. Now i had needle in hand because I saw him play it before and i played needle. I chose to name flooded stand becuase it was on colors for his mana and i wanted to tax him I also had more dudes in hand so i didnt care if he blew up my dudes. It won me the match but i should of played it on e.e becuase it was the correct play at the moment. I dunno, I still won so whatever.
            Anyways he blew up my dudes and I cast more. 3-1.

            R5 was against Aaron on mentor.
            Aaron is a seasond mentor player and this is the one match i wanted to avoid. Thankfully we were both locked in so we drew. I had 4th place after standinds Wooot

            Quarterfinals was chad on mentor
            G1 had thalia and laby super fast and they won
            G2 my draws were horrible so he beat me with mentor
            G3. This game was nuts. I played arbitor and ghosted 2 of his lands. He evntually plut in mentor and made guys but I kept clogging the board withdudes. It litterally got to a stale mate and we both were on go, well he was draw go, I was play dude go. I knew that eventually I would win with Legionarre and Mom combo to swing through his army, but I wanted to find the other 2 so I had back up. Between all the taxes, hate and land destruction he couldnt do anything and I won with legon/mom.

            Semifinals was Matt on aggro shops
            G1 had turn 1 stony silence and 3 relic warders to eat all his permanents. One thing to mention that after my second warder hit the feild he metamorphed it to eat my stony. The 3rd warder ate his metamoph. This gave me flashbacks to 2010 oring nonsense in standard. Lol
            G2 he had turn 1 precursor golem. I scopped.
            G3 had kataki and legonare to fight his dudes/ tax him. Eventually he got in a balista and shot my kataki. I dew stony the next turn to add insult. But i had both frags so slammed stony, fraged his other thomgs and won.

            Finals was mike on 2 card monty.
            G1 This match was rough. He faster then me game 1 so I mulled to stony. Got it in play but he had painter on blue and shot stony to grind me.
            G2 i mulled to find leyline but at 5 I had needle and stony so I kept. I played needle on grindstone since he didnt play black lenyline turn 1. Found out he had turn 1 kill. So I survived a turn and destoryed both with nature claim and pyro shannigans.

            So I got 2nd place with a deck that looks like a pile of crap on a piece of paper. And it feels great. I want to continue expirimenting with hatebears because the deck is awsome. Im really thankfull that my shops match was fun becuase Matt kept making jokes and which helped ease the tension after that stressfull mentor match g3. Word got around the shop that hatebears was in top 8 so some modern dudes came over and were watching. They got interested and I talked with them so thats a +1! If anybody ever had concerns about playing hatebaers I say try it. Its something different and who know, ypu may just like it!

            Peace out
            also
            TRIBAL KITTY WHITE TRASH 4 THE WIN!!!!!!!!

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              Griselbrother last edited by Griselbrother

              Congratulations on your good performance, Kyle, and most importantly it seems like you had a lot of fun. White Trash (or whatever you want to call it) is actually a pretty solid deck in my opinion. I've played it a lot over the years and it's still my favorite archetype to play. As you mentioned, you build the deck to fight a specific meta which is what you want to do. The archetype has a pretty deep card pool to tune your deck towards a specific meta: Thalia 2.0, Sanctum Prelate, Palace Jailer, Phyrexian Revoker, Eldrazi Displacer etc. I might actually write a primer on it, now that I think of it.

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              • mediumsteve
                mediumsteve last edited by

                Sounds like a great tournament. Hilarious that Kyle successfully got paired against dredge.

                The Vintage format lives on broken cards, and I see no reason why there shouldn't be broken cards that benefit my particular deck of choice to an inordinate degree. I mean, that's only fair.

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                • Ten-Ten
                  Ten-Ten last edited by

                  Looks like the tourney was a blast.
                  Any chance we can get the Landstill and Bomberman lists?

                  "Memnarch or the vedalken salvage most of the large machines, leaving us only scraps. Scraps are enough."

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                    Shaman Ben @Ten-Ten last edited by

                    @Ten-Ten I can try to get them posted tomorrow, I still have all the lists

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                      zodiacboyscout @mediumsteve last edited by

                      @mediumsteve drege was one of the decks I new that there would be a lot of. So the g1 tech was sweet

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                        zodiacboyscout @Griselbrother last edited by

                        @Griselbrother the deck was sick. I liked the leion atbitor ghost quarter synergy. It recked my mentor player. Also having graveyard hate mainboard felt nice, and Mom/Legionarre was mvp of that tornamnet. Without those 2 I dont belive I could of beat the mentor player.

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                          Shaman Ben @Ten-Ten last edited by

                          @Ten-Ten added both lists to the original post!

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                            Shaman Ben last edited by Shaman Ben

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                              Ten-Ten @Shaman Ben last edited by

                              @Shaman-Ben
                              Awesome. Thank you very much, sir.

                              "Memnarch or the vedalken salvage most of the large machines, leaving us only scraps. Scraps are enough."

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                                DeaTh-ShiNoBi last edited by

                                I'm really excited to hear Kevin talk about his Solemnity deck in the next SMIP episode. Grats to @biggysmallz77 for the win. I'm always happy to see 2 Card Monte doing well.

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                                  the duressed last edited by

                                  I love seeing 2-Card Monte taking it home! It certainly helps that there was enough Dredge in the event to make the maindeck Leylines live threats.

                                  @biggysmallz77 I'd love to hear about your experiences with the deck if you're up for writing a report (or mini-report, or rambling series of mostly coherent words).

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