RIW Monthly in Livonia, Michigan (15 players) 10/1/17
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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 -
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.
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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....
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This event was a lot of fun. Thanks @Shaman-Ben for doing this each month. Hope to be there again next month!
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@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.)
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I played Saheeli Rai Oath again. Deck is almost the same from last tournament.
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I love that one could say Shaman Ben played a more normal deck for this event, by playing Dredge.
