TSI Hazard's Birthday 3.0 2-17-2018 Results

[nartman99]

We filled up the house again with 24 players for the 3rd annual Matt Hazard Birthday Team Serious Invitational.

Some drinks:

The donated prizes:

Some tournament action:

After 5 rounds of Swiss, the top 8 played out as follows:

Top 8:

(1st) Frank Singel (Vintage Lands) vs (8th) Craig Kuchar (Zacama Oath) – Frank wins 2-1

(3rd) Kevin Cron (4 Color Leovold) vs (6th) Nam Tran (2 Card Monte) – Kevin wins 2-1

(4th) Jon Hammack (Grixis Tinker) vs (5th) Charles Rolko (Jeskai Mentor) – Charles wins 2-1

(2nd) Kevin Nelson (Dredge) vs (7th) Ben Perry (Oath) – Ben wins 2-1

Top 4:

Frank Singel (Vintage Lands) vs Kevin Cron (4 Color Leovold) – Frank wins 2-1
Charles Rolko (Jeskai Mentor) vs Ben Perry (Oath) – Ben wins 2-1

Finals

Frank Singel (Vintage Lands) vs Ben Perry (Oath) – Ben wins 2-1

Every match in the elimination rounds went to 3 games!

Congrats to Ben Perry, our first repeat TSI Champion!

Decklists:

Ben Perry – Oath

4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
1 Pyroblast
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Flusterstorm
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
2 Preordain
2 Show and Tell
1 Dig Through Time
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
4 Oath of Druids
2 Griselbrand
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Dack Fayden
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
1 Island
4 Forbidden Orchard
2 Polluted Delta
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Black Lotus

Sideboard: 

4 Leyline of the Void
1 Wasteland
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Bane of Progress
1 Ancient Grudge
3 Nature’s Claim

Frank Singel – Vintage Lands 

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Bojuka Bog
3 Dark Depths
1 Forest
2 Ghost Quarter
1 Glacial Chasm
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Riftstone Portal
1 Strip Mine
2 Taiga
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
4 Thespian's Stage
1 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
3 Ancient Grudge
1 Chalice of the Void
3 Crop Rotation
4 Exploration
1 Fastbond
3 Gamble
4 Life from the Loam
3 Manabond
2 Mental Misstep
3 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby

Sideboard:

1 Bojuka Bog
1 Glacial Chasm
2 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Nature's Claim
2 Null Rod
1 Pithing Needle
1 Pyroblast
1 Ramunap Excavator
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Song of the Dryads

Kevin Cron – 4 Color Leovold

2 Deathrite Shaman
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
1 Sylvan Library    
2 Dack Fayden
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor    
1 Ponder
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Brainstorm
4 Preordain
1 Dig Through Time
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Gush
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Abrupt Decay    
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
2 Pyroblast
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Library of Alexandria
3 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn 
1 Island
3 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island

Sideboard:

4 Leyline of the Void
2 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Shattering Spree
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Pyroblast
1 Mountain
1 Fire Covenant
1 Annul

Charles Rolko – Jeskai Mentor

1 Mox Sapphire 
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus 
1 Ancestral Recall 
1 Time Walk 
1 Ponder 
1 Brainstorm 
4 Preordain 
1 Monastery Mentor 
2 Young Pyromancer 
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance 
2 Dack Fayden 
2 Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy 
1 Gush 
1 Dig Through Time 
1 Treasure Cruise 
1 Gitaxian Probe 
1 Abrade 
1 Search for Azcanta 
3 Swords to Plowshares 
2 Pyroblast 
1 Flusterstorm 
3 Mental Misstep 
4 Force of Will 
2 Stony Silence 
3 Flooded Strand 
4 Scalding Tarn 
3 Volcanic Island 
2 Tundra 
1 Library of Alexandria 
1 Snow Covered Island 
1 Mountain ("Arabian Nights, sorry Snow Covered fans!") 
1 Snow Covered Plains 

Sideboard: 

1 Flusterstorm 
1 Rest in Peace 
2 Wear//Tear 
2 Minbreak Trap 
2 Shattering Spree 
2 By Force 
2 Grafdiggers Cage 
3 Containment Priest

Kevin Nelson – Dredge 

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Dakmor Salvage
2 Mana Confluence
1 Riftstone Portal
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Bloodghast
4 Bridge from Below
4 Cabal Therapy
2 Dread Return
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Flayer of the Hatebound
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
1 Golgari Thug
3 Ichorid
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Mental Misstep
4 Narcomoeba
4 Prized Amalgam
4 Serum Powder
4 Stinkweed Imp

Sideboard:

3 Gurmag Angler
4 Hollow One
4 Nature's Claim
4 Null Rod

Jon Hammack – Grixis Tinker

2 Island
1 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island 
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
3 Preordain
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Abrade 
2 Night’s Whisper
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Mana Drain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Dack Fayden
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Force of Will
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Dig Through Time

Sideboard:

4 Leyline of the Void
2 Subterranean Tremors 
2 Flusterstorm
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Ravenous Trap
1 By Force
1 Echoing Truth
1 Notion Thief
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mindbreak Trap

Nam Tran – 2 Card Monte

4 Leyline of the Void
4 Helm of Obedience
4 Painter’s Servant
4 Grindstone
1 Trinisphere
3 Defense Grid
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Disenchant
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
1 Timetwister
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Memory Jar
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
4 Mana Confluence
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard:

3 Mindbreak Trap
3 Containment Priest
4 Nature’s Claim
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 City of Brass
1 Balance
1 Ancient Grudge

Craig Kuchar – Zacama Oath

1 Flooded Strand
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
2 Volcanic Island
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Inferno Titan
1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Balance
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
4 Force of Will
1 Mana Drain
3 Mental Misstep
1 Mystic Retrieval
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Arlinn Kord
1 Black Lotus
1 Dack Fayden
1 Dragon Breath
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Oath of Druids
1 Sol Ring
1 Sylvan Library

Sideboard: 

1 Ancient Grudge
1 Carnage Tyrant
1 Firespout
1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Nature's Claim
1 Pithing Needle
1 Strip Mine
1 Sudden Shock
4 Tormod's Crypt
1 Tsabo's Web

Ben picked a Russian foil Khalni Hydra as his prize. Mostly for all of the green mana symbols!

Kevin Cron ended up with Ben's prize box 3rd pick.

The box:

Opening a set of Homelands, 2 Illuminati Decks, pack of shades of grey crayons, a page torn out of a bible, a wormword treefolk altered to be a malort elemental, and a stack of foreign staples, some japanese foils and some alters.

Kevin was given the choice of choosing Door #1 or trading Door #1 for Door #2. Kevin opted for Door #2. Door #1 had a Worldwake Jace, the Mindsculptor. Door #2 had a Jace, the Malort Sculptor Forest!

Frank took a revised Taiga for 2nd place. Jon Hammack took a Legends Karakas. Nam Tran took a set of Rivals of Ixalan. Craig Kuchar took an Iconic Masters Mana Drain and a box of Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies! I am not sure how the rest of the prizes went. Everyone got to pick something so I'm sure they can post what they got! The From the Vault pictured is the Lore set.

The stream past broadcast can be found at twitch.tv/seriousvintage. I've made highlights of all of the rounds that can be found in the highlights sections with these approximate timestamps.

Round 1: Nam Tran (2 Card Monte) vs Matt Hazard (U/B Control)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/230746530

1:01:00 - 1:43:00

Round 2: Andrew McClennan (U/R Delver) vs Rick Gideon (Esper Control)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/230749205

2:05:00 - 2:32:00

Round 3: Kevin Nelson (Dredge) vs Charles Rolko (Jeskai Mentor)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/230749671

3:24:00 - 4:15:38

Round 4: Jon Hammack (Grixis Tinker) vs Kevin Nelson (Dredge)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/230750314

4:25:00 - 5:29:00

Round 5: Rajah James (Ravager Shops) vs Matt Hazard (Temporal Mastery Spy Network Hazard Control)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/230750638

5:40:00 - 6:12:00

Top 8: Craig Kuchar (Zacama Oath) vs Frank Singel (Vintage Lands)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/230750900

6:30:00 - 7:12:04

Top 4: Charles Rolko (Jeskai Mentor) vs Ben Perry (Oath)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/230751177

7:32:00 - 8:33:50

Finals: Frank Singel (Vintage Lands) vs Ben Perry (Oath)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/230751580

9:39:00 - 10:57:52

The matches have also been uploaded to our youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpAK-R0_pmD3dnJZ32yJL0w

I must have messed up the time stamps so the first batch of videos are under 2 minutes and a few others uploaded that are way too long. The next batch are correct but I don't have our youtube login so I can't delete the mistakenly uploaded videos

Metagame breakdown:

Blue: 7

• Grixis Tinker
• Jeskai Mentor
• 4 Color Leovold
• U/R Delver
• 4 Color Leovold Kess
• U/B Control
• Esper Control

Oath: 6

• (4) Oath
• (2) Burning Paradoxical Oath

Shops: 6

• (1) 2 Card Monte
• (5) Ravager Shops

Misc: 5

• Vintage Lands
• Dredge
• Paradoxical Outcome Storm
• Spirits
• Infect

[zodiacboyscout]

I belive the metagame report is off. Iwas on blue black goodstuff

[13NoVa]

God, the mystery box captures Ben and Team Serious so well. Wish I could have neen there but the wife and I are going to Barbados and then saving for a house, so Im on a strict “one magic trip in 2018”

See ya’ll in Roanoke!

[cleverpseudonym]

Some Deck Pics!

@nartman99 said in TSI Hazard's Birthday 3.0 2-17-2018 Results:

Top 8:

(1st) Frank Singel (Vintage Lands) vs (8th) Craig Kuchar (Zacama Oath) – Frank wins 2-1

(3rd) Kevin Cron (4 Color Leovold) vs (6th) Nam Tran (2 Card Monte) – Kevin wins 2-1

(4th) Jon Hammack (Grixis Tinker)
https://twitter.com/JonHammack/status/965408698045739008 vs (5th) Charles Rolko (Jeskai Mentor) – Charles wins 2-1
(2nd) Kevin Nelson (Dredge) vs (7th) Ben Perry (Oath) https://twitter.com/LibrarianOfLeng/status/965270787862212608 – Ben wins 2-1

Metagame breakdown:

Blue: 7

• Grixis Tinker
• Jeskai Mentor
• 4 Color Leovold
• U/R Delver
• 4 Color Leovold Kess
• U/B Control
• Esper Control

Oath: 6

• (4) Oath
• (2) Burning Paradoxical Oath - https://twitter.com/JMJACO/status/965613840523235334

Shops: 6

• (1) 2 Card Monte
• (5) Ravager Shops - https://twitter.com/rykerwilliams/status/965669708862312449
Misc: 5

• Vintage Lands
• Dredge
• Paradoxical Outcome Storm
• Spirits
• Infect

[matori]

@nartman99 said in TSI Hazard's Birthday 3.0 2-17-2018 Results:
"a page torn out of a bible"

Which page was it?

[nartman99]

@matori Looks like Jeremiah!

[Shaman Ben]

I have a bunch more pics and am starting on a blog update. This event was awesome, and not just because I won it. Time to watch these videos.

[infant_no_1]

I'll be streaming these decks starting with Craig's Zacama Oath on tonight's stream. Then I'll be doing one per stream until I get to Ben's list.
Unfortunately Oath hates me so I expect no success tonight.

[Dr. J]

Happy birthday big dawg Hazard! Too bad you didn't win that Taiga; maybe next time?

Looks like a blast, if Ohio were closer to Iowa I would have been all over this.

[mdkubiak]

Not sure how I feel about a page torn out of a bible, but glad everyone had fun!

[bscheidemann]

I really love that 4c Leovold list. Any deck that runs Tasigur is awesome!

[garbageaggro]

I am sad I had to miss this, and hope that hazard had a great time at his birthday, on the plus side I supplied Magnus with a new playmate!

[Shaman Ben]

@mdkubiak The bible page was not torn out specifically for this, but rather taken from a box full of random bible pages that I have acquired over the years.

[mdkubiak]

@shaman-ben That sounds vaguely Ben Perry like. haha