24 February 2018: Romancing The Stones pt 2 [17 players]

[Stuart]

Yesterday, we returned for the second part of the Romancing The Stones series. After announcing the event a little bit late, we were thrilled to have 17 players duking it out at Austin Beerworks. This time, we were battling for cash and a Mox Jet playmat.

After 5 rounds of swiss, our standings were:

1. Patrick Vincent: Paradoxical Mentor
2. Stuart Ziarnik: Bargain Storm
3. Brian Tweedy: Inferno Oath
4. Sam Katz: Paradoxical Mentor
5. Johnny Angulo: UR Delver
6. Chris Huckabee: Punishing Oath
7. David Mallett: Team Leovold
8. Ian Files: RUG Walkers
9. Jack Belingrath: Bargain Storm
10. Rob Connolly: Moon Stompy
11. TJ Boyd: Blue Stew
12. Ian Jefferies: Tezzeret Workshop Combo Insanity
13. Jacob Zernick: 5C Humans
14. Woodrow Bogucki: Paradoxical Storm
15. Matt Bock: Grixis Thieves
16. Alex Tune: 5C Humans
17. Joel Peabody: Welder Shenanigans

So, a much different meta than last time! Specifically, no Shops or Eldrazi - what the hell type of format is this?!

The top 4 played it out, with Patrick Vincent eventually toppling Brian Tweedy in the finals . . .

. . . and taking home the mat:

And thus, our top 4 for Romancing The Stones pt II was:

1. Patrick Vincent: Paradoxical Mentor
2. Brian Tweedy: Inferno Oath
   3/4. Stuart Ziarnik: Bargain Storm
   3/4. Sam Katz: Paradoxical Mentor

A heinous picture of our Top 4:

And now for pics of the day . . .

Guys bein' dudes:

Me attempting to beat double Thalia:

There's more than one insane Paradox card in Kaladesh:

Woodrow, seconds before discovering that the Paradoxical deck he was borrowing didn't have outs to hatebears:

Oath vs. tiny proxies:

Me, trying to math:

Two decks that can both play Arlinn Kord:

Everyone signed my Brainstorm!

Thanks again to everyone for coming out! March looks to be a crazy month, so we're looking at 4/14 for our next event & will confirm the date soon.

[bscheidemann]

The decks look awesome! I heard there was some mindslaver action from Jacob.

[Stuart]

@bscheidemann Hell yeah. There were also some sweet Scheidemann-brand proxies in attendance. Hope you’re able to make it out next time.

[Stuart]

Patrick was excited to show off his winning deck, so here it is along with his 1st place playmat: