Last Saturday, August 12 we had 19 players show up to do battle at Deal Me In Games for the 4th tournament in our 2017 series. After 5 rounds of play we had our top 8 and they had a unanimous decision to split.

Without further ado here are your Top 8 in order of final standings before split:
Zack Mullin on Dredge
Keith Seals on Spaghetti Shops
Josh Richards on Dredge
Ryan McKinney on Mentor
Stephen Harvey on Mentor
Matt Buck on Saheeli Oath
Zach Dobbin on Mentor
Chris Kelsey on Car Shops

On the whole we had 19 decks broken down as follows:
Dredge 3 (2 top
Pretty straight forward builds
2 used flame-kin zealot (1 made top
1 used 4x hollow one
2 ran 3x ichorid 1 ran 0x ichorid (the 0x and 1 3x made top

Shops 5 (2 on top
1 ran eldrazi shops (made top
1 ran triskelion
4 ran 4x sphere, 4x amethyst 1x trinisphere, 1 lodestone, 4x revoker, 4xwaste 1x strip
4 ran precursor golem (ranging from 1 copy to 4 copies)
4 ran ravager/ballista
1 ran thought-knot seer/phyrexian smasher

Mentor Builds 4 (3 made top
4 ran 3x mentor
2 ran 2x pyroblast 1 ran 1x pyroblast
2 ran 2x Jace Prodigy 1 ran 1x Jace Prodigy 1 ran 0x Jace Prodigy
1 ran a singleton pyromancer (made top
1 ran paradoxical outcome (made top
4 ran 1x engineered explosives
2 ran snapcaster mage (1 made top
1 ran x2 mental misstep, 2 ran 3x mental misstep 1 ran 4x mental misstep

Oath of Druids 2 (1 made top
1x salvagers oath
1x saheeli oath
2 ran 4x mental misstep
2 ran 1x beast within

Creature based 2 (0 made top
1 White eldrazi (standard build)
1 R/W/U control
2 ran 2 versions of thalia
1 ran 2x gorilla shaman

Standstill 1 (0 made top
Ran Moat and Emrakul promised end
2 vendilion clique
2 snapcaster mage

Doomsday 1 (0 made top
Standard build

Painter 1 (0 made top
3 Pyro and 2 Red elemental blast
1 gush
2mana drain

Point totals coming soon.

Matt buck saheeli oath top 8

I'll have updated point totals probably tomorrow when Nyquil is done kicking my ass and making me feel loopy.

@khahan said in Deal Me In Games 8/12/17 Vintage series #4 Results:

Doomsday 1 (0 made top
Standard build

The last standard build I recall ran 4 Gush and 3 Gitaxian Probe. Any lead as to who piloted it and/or the list?

It was me, Josh B. The list is basically Dark Petition Doomsday, but mostly black with thoughtseizes and defense grids. Unfortunately, I was so out of practice and have never actually played with Dark Petition (I messed up spell master once and the math another time) that I didn't do the list justice. I made two major mistakes that cost me a game both times, and I'm sure I made a bunch of other errors, too.

Overall, I like the list, but it's nothing compared to what it once was. I think it's definitely got potential if piloted well, but it's also definitely clunkier.

In any case, the tournament was fun, it was great to see some of the guys again, and really well run. So, thanks go out to Jay and the shop.

@takaryx said in Deal Me In Games 8/12/17 Vintage series #4 Results:

It was me, Josh B. The list is basically Dark Petition Doomsday, but mostly black with thoughtseizes and defense grids. Unfortunately, I was so out of practice and have never actually played with Dark Petition (I messed up spell master once and the math another time) that I didn't do the list justice. I made two major mistakes that cost me a game both times, and I'm sure I made a bunch of other errors, too.

Overall, I like the list, but it's nothing compared to what it once was. I think it's definitely got potential if piloted well, but it's also definitely clunkier.

In any case, the tournament was fun, it was great to see some of the guys again, and really well run. So, thanks go out to Jay and the shop.

Derp, my bad, I never followed up on the text message you sent me. I should have assumed it was you.

What the hell is Spaghetti Shops?

@cutlex said in Deal Me In Games 8/12/17 Vintage series #4 Results:

What the hell is Spaghetti Shops?

Here's all the copies of the deck from MTGGoldfish since Thiim's Vintage Challenge win.

@hierarchnoble Ah Eldrazi shops, thank you.

And our new point totals are as follows:

Leon Anton 7
Dan Barkon 43
Josh Barkon 53
Jason Beaupre 30
Jeremy Beaver 44
Joe Brennan 38
Matt Buck 33
Josh Butker 9
Max Clark 9
Samantha Dayton 18
William Dayton 40
Dominic Difebo 9
Zach Dobbin 31
Troy Fluks 9
Josh Fuller 11
Stephen Ganter 14
John Geras 18
Ryan Glackin 4
Chuck Greb 11
Dean Harris 7
Steven Harvey 16
Sean Higgins 5
Greg Hoover 42
Chris Hopkinson 9
Evan Hundertmark 27
Chris Kelsey 15
Nicholas Kirkenbauer 9
Josh Lalo 20
Madi Lentz 7
Joel Lim 11
Ryan McKinney 16
Dan Miller 30
Michael Monks 11
Zack Mullin 17
Steve Nowakowski 17
Joe Pace 11
Josh Potucek 26
Josh Richards 27
Keith Seals 53
William Sees 23
Carson Shup 5
Dan Sollazzo 7
Chris Varosky 32

This gives us a new top 8 of:

1. Josh Barkon/Keith Grim 53
2. Keith Grim/Josh Barkon 53
3. Jeremy Beaver 44
4. Dan Barkon 43
5. Greg Hoover 42
6. William Dayton 40
7. Joe Brennan 38
8. Matt Buck 33

On the outside looking in for the last 2 tournaments we have:
Jason Beaupre (30), Zach Dobbin (31), Evan Hundertmark (27), Dan Miller (30), Josh Potucek (26), Josh Richards (27), Chris Varosky (32), William Sees (23)

Those are all the players within 10 points of making top 8. Having a top 8 player simply miss a tournament can easily make up those points. Some are close enough that a 3-2 vs a 2-3 or even 2-2-1 record could be the difference. Nothing is set in stone yet except maybe Josh B and Keith being in assuming they dont miss a tournament. Things are heating up. Decklists coming soon for top 8.

Also the top 8 all chose to split and were each awarded 4 points for the top 8 matches they potentially could have played.

Top 8 decklists in final order of standings:

Zach Mullin on Dredgebolded text
4 golgari gravetroll
4 bloodghast
2 golgari thug
4 narcomoeba
4 stinkweed imp
4 fatestitcher
1 flame-kin zealot
3 sun titan
1 black lotus
1 lion's eye diamond
1 lotus petal
1 mox sapphire
4 cabal therapy
4 bridge from below
4 serum powder
4 dread return
4 bazaar of Baghdad
1 dakmor salvage
4 mana confluence
1 petrified field
4 undiscovered paradise

sb: 4 rending valley, 4 ingot chewer, 2 abrupt decay, 2 nature's claim, 3 petrified field

Keith Grim on Spaghetti Shops

1 strip mine
2 cavern of souls
1 tolarian academy
4 wasteland
4 eldrazi temple
4 ancient tomb
4 Mishra's workshop
1 sol ring
1 mana crypt
1 black lotus
1 mox jet
1 mox pearl
1 mox emerald
1 mox sapphire
1 mox ruby
3 null rod
1 chalice of the void
1 trinisphere
4 sphere of resistance
4 thorn of amethyst
4 precursor golem
3 phyrexian metamorph
4 thought-knot seer
3 reality smasher
1 lodestone golem
4 phyrexian revoker

sb: 4 gradiggers cage, 2 tormod's crypt, 2 wurmcoil engine, 2 duplicant, 3 dismember, 1 pithing needle, 1 tabernacle at pendrell vale

Josh Richards on Dredge

4 bazaar of Baghdad
4 mana confluence
4 undiscovered paradise
2 petrified field
1 dakmor salvage
4 golgari grave-troll
4 stinkweed imp
3 golgari thug
4 bloodghast
4 narcomoeba
4 cabal therapy
4 serum powder
4 bridge from below
3 leyline of the void
4 unmask
2 dread return
1 ashen rider
1 iona, shield of emiria
3 ichorid

sb: 3 abrupt decay, 4 nature's claim, 4 ingot chewer, 3 wispmare, 1 elesh norn, grand cenobite

Ryan McKinney on Mentor
3 monastery mentor
3 jace, vryn's prodigy
1 young pyromancer
4 force of will
4 preordain
3 mental misstep
2 pyroblast
3 swords to plowshares
1 ancestral recall
1 brainstorm
1 dig thru time
1 treasure cruise
1 ponder
1 gitaxian probe
1 gush
1 time walk
1 merchant scroll
1 jace, the mind sculptor
2 dack fayden
1 mox pearl
1 mox sapphire
1 mox ruby
1 mox jet
1 black lotus
1 fragmentize
1 engineered explosives
1 balance
4 flooded strand
3 scalding tarn
3 tundra
3 volcanic island
1 island
1 plains
1 library of Alexandria
1 strip mine

sb: 1 mountain, 1 by force, 1 fragmentize, 1 swords to plowshares, 1 path to exile, 1 pyroblast, 2 containment priest, 2 grafdiggers cage, 1 rest in peace, 1 disenchant, 2 stony silence, 1 supreme verdict

Stephen Harvey on mentor

1 black lotus
1 sol ring
1 mox ruby
1 mox jet
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl
1 mox sapphire
3 tundra
2 volcanic island
4 flooded strand
2 scalding tarn
2 Island
1 plains
1 library of Alexandria
1 karakas
4 force of will
3 mana drain
4 mental misstep
1 pyroblast
1 balance
1 engineered explosives
3 swords to plowshares
2 snapcaster mage
3 monastery mentor
2 sensei's diving top
1 time walk
2 jace, the mind sculptor
2 dack fayden
1 ancestral recall
1 merchant scroll
1 brainstorm
1 mystical tutor
1 gush
1 dig thru time
1 hurkyl's recall
1 treasure cruise

sb: 2 wear/tear, 1 swords to plowshares, 2 by force, 1 basic mountain, 1 pithing needle, 1 containment priest, 2 grafdiggers cage, 3 rest in peace, 2 pyroblast

Matt Buck on Saheeli Oath
4 mental misstep
4 oath of druids
4 force of will
4 scalding tarn
2 flooded strand
2 tundra
2 volcanic island
2 tropical island
3 forbidden orchard
1 island
1 mox sapphire
1 mox ruby
1 mox jet
1 mox pearl
1 mox emerald
1 black lotus
1 ancestral recall
1 time walk
1 brainstorm
1 ponder
2 sun titan
3 dack fayden
1 beast within
1 dig thru time
1 detention sphere
2 preordain
3 saheeli rai
1 treasure cruise
1 jace, the mind sculptor
1 flusterstorm
1 pyroblast
1 sol ring
1 ancient grudge
1 balance
2 sensei's divining top

sb: 2 mindbreak trap, 2 nature's claim, 1 blazing archon, 2 ancient grudge, 2 sudden shock, 1 pyroblast, 1 mountain, 4 tormod's crypt

Zach Dobbin on Monastery mentor (hank zhongs build)

1 ancestral recall
1 black lotus
1 brainstorm
2 dack fayden
1 dig thru time
1 engineered explosives
2 flooded strand
1 flusterstorm
4 force of will
1 gitaxian probe
1 gush
1 island
2 jace, vryn's prodigy
1 jace, the mind sculptor
1 library of Alexandria
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault
3 mental misstep
1 merchant scroll
2 misty rainforest
3 monastery mentor
1 mox emerald
1 mox jet
1 mox opal
1 mox pearl
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
4 paradoxical outcome
1 ponder
2 preordain
1 fragmentize
2 scalding tarn
2 sensei's divining top
1 snapcaster mage
1 sol ring
1 time walk
1 tolarian academy
1 treasure cruise
3 tundra
2 volcanic island

sb: 1 balance, 2 by force, 2 containtment priest, 1 fragmentize, 1 grafdigger's cage, 2 pyroblast, 2 rest in peace, 1 seal of cleansing, 2 swords to plowshares, 1 tormod's crypt

Chris Kelsey on workshops

1 mana crypt
1 sol ring
1 mox jet
1 mox ruby
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl
1 mox sapphire
1 black lotus
1 tolarian academy
1 strip mine
4 ancient tomb
4 Mishra's workshop
4 Mishra's factory
4 wasteland
4 sphere of resistance
4 thorn of amethyst
3 fleetwheel cruiser
1 triskelion
4 phyrexian revoker
4 arcbound ravager
4 foundry inspector
4 walking ballista
3 phyrexian metamorph
1 lodestone golem
1 trinishphere
1 chalice of the void

sb: 1 karakas, 2 wurmcoil engine, 1 dismember, 2 ratchet bomb, 4 grafdigger cage, 3 tormod's crypt, 2 crucible of worlds

I also want to add a personal plug for Jason at Deal Me In Games here. The prize support we post is based on attendance of 30 people. I just want to note that Jason has NEVER once scaled prize support down. Even when we had 12, he offered full prize support (the top 8 basically begged and insisted on lesser support).

When he offered the Bazaar of Baghdad at 30 and we hit 24 - he still gave out the bazaar. I suggested he up the entry fee to $35 to use the extra $5 to offset the prize for the top 8 at the end of the year and he refused. So while I'm the visible face who does all the advertising, Jason is the one who takes all the financial risk and puts himself on the line. He never fails to be a stand-up TO and shopkeeper when it comes to prizes. So a big thanks to Jason for all his support for the T1 community this year!!

@khahan said in Deal Me In Games 8/12/17 Vintage series #4 Results:

I also want to add a personal plug for Jason at Deal Me In Games here. The prize support we post is based on attendance of 30 people. I just want to note that Jason has NEVER once scaled prize support down. Even when we had 12, he offered full prize support (the top 8 basically begged and insisted on lesser support).

When he offered the Bazaar of Baghdad at 30 and we hit 24 - he still gave out the bazaar. I suggested he up the entry fee to $35 to use the extra $5 to offset the prize for the top 8 at the end of the year and he refused. So while I'm the visible face who does all the advertising, Jason is the one who takes all the financial risk and puts himself on the line. He never fails to be a stand-up TO and shopkeeper when it comes to prizes. So a big thanks to Jason for all his support for the T1 community this year!!

This in itself makes me want to drive the extra 1.5 hours for the next tournament to show this shop some love and support. I'm quite a distance away, but I'll make sure I can schedule to make one of these tournaments. People say they love Vintage, but the way to do it is to put your money where your mouth is.

As soon as I can get another manager for my facility, I will be scheduling time to come down.