RIW Monthly in Livonia, Michigan (15 players) 10/1/17

[Shaman Ben]

We had 15 players for 5 rounds of swiss.

Final standings and archetype:

1st: James Crouch BUG 4-0-1
2nd: Greg Kraigher Shops 4-1 @gkraigher
3rd: Shaman Ben Perry Dredge 3-1-1 (me)
4th: Marland Moore Decklist Missing 3-1-1 @moorebrother1
5th: Tyler Crook Bugstill 3-2
6th: Chad Teuscher UR Delver 3-2
7th: Aaron Katz UWR 3-2 @methaloam
8th: JD Williams Paradox Belcher
9th: David Merriam Grixis Thieves @mourningpalace
10th: Scott Shuttleworth UR Delver
11th: Marcel Moore Eldrazi Shops
12th: Kevin Cron Grixis @CHA1N5
13th: Mike Rogers 2 Card Monte @biggysmallz77
14th: Jake Weinman Decklist Missing
15th: Jon Wilkerson: Dredge

BUG (1st)

James Crouch

4 Deathrite Shaman

4 Dark Confidant

3 Leovold, Emissary of Trest

2 Ramunap Excavator

1 Trygon Predator

2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

4 Force of Will

2 Mental Misstep

2 Flusterstorm

3 Abrupt Decay

1 Dismember

1 Ancestral Recall

1 Time Walk

1 Ponder

1 Brainstorm

1 Demonic Tutor

2 Null Rod

2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

1 Black Lotus

1 Mox Sapphire

1 Mox Emerald

1 Mox Jet

4 Wasteland

1 Strip Mine

3 Underground Sea

3 Tropical Island

1 Bayou

3 Polluted Delta

2 Misty Rainforest

2 Verdant Catacombs

Side Board:

3 Grafdigger's Cage

2 Ravenous Trap

3 Nature's Claim

1 Energy Flux

1 Null Rod

1 Maelstrom Pulse

1 Umezawa's Jitte

2 Fatal Push

1 Toxic Deluge

Aggro Shops (2nd)

Greg Kraigher

4 Mishra's Workshop

4 Mishra's Factory

4 Wasteland

4 Ancient Tomb

1 Strip Mine

1 Tolarian Academy

1 Black Lotus

1 Mana Crypt

1 Mox Emerald

1 Mox Jet

1 Mox Pearl

1 Mox Sapphire

1 Mox Ruby

1 Sol Ring

1 Thorn of Amethyst

1 Trinisphere

4 Arcbound Ravager

3 Chief of the Foundry

4 Hangarback Walker

1 Lodestone Golem

3 Foundry Inspector

4 Precursor Golem

4 Walking Ballista

2 Phyrexian Revoker

4 Sphere of Resistance

2 Sorcerous Spyglass

1 Fleetwheel Cruiser

Side Board:

1 City in a Bottle

1 Citanul Flute

2 Wurmcoil Engine

2 Crucible of Worlds

4 Grafdigger's Cage

4 Null Rod

1 Witchbane Orb

Sun Titan Dredge (3rd)

Shaman Ben

4 Bazaar of Baghdad

3 City of Brass

4 Undiscovered Paradise

2 Dakmor Salvage

4 Bloodghast

3 Fatestitcher

1 Flame-Kin Zealot

4 Golgari Grave-Troll

2 Golgari Thug

2 Ichorid

4 Narcomoeba

4 Stinkweed Imp

3 Sun Titan

1 Ancestral Recall

1 Black Lotus

4 Bridge from Below

4 Cabal Therapy

3 Dread Return

1 Lion's Eye Diamond

1 Lotus Petal

1 Mox Sapphire

4 Serum Powder

Side Board:

4 Hollow One

3 Gurmag Angler

4 Nature's Claim

4 Serenity

Missing List (4th)

Marland Moore

Bugstill (5th)

Tyler Crooks

4 Deathrite Shaman

3 Leovold Emisary of Trest

1 Ramunap Excavator

3 Jace the Mind Sculptor

4 Standstill

1 Ancestral Recall

1 Brainstorm

1 Vampiric Tutor

1 Null Rod

1 Dismember

3 Abrupt Decay

1 Pernicious Deed

1 Toxic Deluge

4 Force of Will

3 Mental Misstep

2 Mindbreak Trap

2 Mana Drain

1 Black Lotus

1 Mox Sapphire

1 Mox Jet

1 Mox Emerald

1 Strip Mine

3 Wasteland

1 Creeping Tar Pit

1 Treetop Village

1 Mishras Factory

4 Misty Rainforest

1 Polluted Delta

1 Verdant Catacombs

1 Forest

2 Tropical Island

3 Underground Sea

1 Bayou

Side Board:

1 Null Rod

2 Natures Claim

1 Dismember

1 Enginnered Explosives

3 Energy Flux

1 Wasteland

1 Trygon Predator

1 Grafdiggers Cage

4 Leyline of the Void

UR Delver (6th)

Chad Teuscher

4 Delver of Secrets

2 Snapcaster Mage

3 Young Pyromancer

1 Ancestral Recall

1 Brainstorm

1 Gitaxian Probe

3 Lightning Bolt

4 Mental Misstep

1 Ponder

4 Preordain

2 Spell Pierce

2 Ancient Grudge

1 Time Walk

4 Force of Will

1 Gush

1 Dig Through Time

1 Treasure Cruise

1 Black Lotus

1 Mox Ruby

1 Mox Sapphire

2 Null Rod

1 Flooded Strand

1 Island

1 Library of Alexandria

2 Misty Rainforest

1 Polluted Delta

3 Scalding Tarn

1 Tropical Island

1 Strip Mine

4 Volcanic Island

4 Wasteland

Side Board:

2 Ancient Grudge

3 Pyroblast

4 Grafdigger's Cage

2 Flusterstorm

4 Smelt

UWR (7th)

Aaron Katz

2 Dack Fayden

1 Monastery Mentor

2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

2 Snapcaster Mage

3 Young Pyromancer

1 Time Walk

1 Treasure Cruise

4 Preordain

1 Ponder

1 Gitaxian Probe

4 Mental Misstep

1 Ancestral Recall

1 Gush

1 Dig Through Time

1 Brainstorm

2 Pyroblast

2 Abrade

4 Force of Will

1 Mystical Tutor

3 Swords to Plowshares

1 Black Lotus

1 Mox Ruby

1 Mox Sapphire

1 Mox Pearl

2 Stony Silence

4 Flooded Strand

3 Scalding Tarn

2 Volcanic Island

2 Tundra

1 Island

1 Strip Mine

1 Library of Alexandria

1 Plains

1 Mountain

Side Board:

2 Steel Sabotage

1 Hurkyl's Recall

2 Fragmentize

1 Balance

3 Grafdigger's Cage

3 Containment Priest

1 Pyroblast

1 Flusterstorm

1 Stony Silence

Paradoxical Belcher (8th)

JD Williams

1 Gitaxian Probe

1 Ancestral Recall

1 Ponder

1 Time Walk

1 Black Lotus

4 Preordain

4 Force of Will

1 Mox Ruby

1 Mox Sapphire

1 Mox Pearl

1 Mox Jet

1 Mind's Desire

1 Tezzeret the Seeker

4 Goblin Charbelcher

4 Paradoxical Outcome

1 Timetwister

1 Time Vault

2 Elvish Spirit Guide

2 Simian Spirit Guide

1 Tinker

1 Sol Ring

1 Mana Vault

2 Voltaic Key

3 Grim Monolith

2 Hurkyl's Recall

4 Expedition Map

4 Mox Opal

1 Mox Emerald

1 Mana Crypt

1 Lotus Petal

1 Lion's Eye Diamond

4 Chrome Mox

1 Tolarian Academy

Side Board:

1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind

4 Leyline of Anticipation

4 Chain of Vapor

3 Tormod's Crypt

3 Defense Grid

[Shaman Ben]

A few notes from the day:

I realized that the City of Brass should be Mana Confluence but did not get around to reprinting them before the event. As such, in the last round, @gkraigher did the civilized thing and crushed me with a City in a Bottle.

In round 2, I hardcast bridge from Below off of Black Lotus to send a message to my opponent.

I finished 3-1-1. My draw should have been a win but I am not actually very good at magic, and sometimes the allure of powerful things leads me to making bad plays. My loss was to Shops. In game one I kept a double bazaar hand on the play. I set up a decent start with my first bazaar, but my opponent played Sorcerous Spyglass on Turn One and shut me off. This was followed by 2 weak dredges and getting beat down by an army of Golems.

[gkraigher]

Calling me civilized for putting your city into a bottle makes my mind go off in weird tangents. I appreciate the compliment, but that might have been the last City in a Bottle I ever cast in Vintage. Time will tell.

My decklist should be called Mud Lies because, even though that's the decklist I submitted to you, it's about 20 cards off the list I actually played.

If I remember correctly, you cast the bridge from below off lotus specifically to play around deathrite shaman....

[mourningpalace]

This event was a lot of fun. Thanks @Shaman-Ben for doing this each month. Hope to be there again next month!

[Shaman Ben]

@mourningpalace Thanks for coming out. I will get next month posted soon, its going to be november 5th (I am aiming to do the first sunday of every month.)

[moorebrother1]

I played Saheeli Rai Oath again. Deck is almost the same from last tournament.

[Topical_Island]

I love that one could say Shaman Ben played a more normal deck for this event, by playing Dredge.