14 April 2018: Romancing The Stones 3 (27 players in Austin, TX)

Stuart

Romancing The Stones 3 is a wrap! 27 players came out to 4th Tap, making this the largest Austin vintage event on record. As organizers, we were absolutely thrilled with the turnout, and appreciate everyone who spent their Saturday with us.

After 5 rounds of Swiss and the Top 4, our final standings were:

Bryan Hockey – Paradoxical Mentor
Travis Brown – White Eldrazi
Shane Rice – Dark Petition Storm
Sam Craven – Two Card Monte
Chris Huckabee – Young Mentor
Alex Brundage – Mirror Depths
Stuart Ziarnik – White Eldrazi
Brian Tweedy – Oath
Mike O’Malley – Blue Jund
Jacob Zernick – Burn!
Joseph Amaya – Ravager Shops
Matt Jordan – Oath
Patrick Vincent – Paradoxical Mentor
Sam Katz – Painter
Robin Mannas – Oath
Jake Baltz – Painter
Curt Christian – Bargain Storm
Eric Smothermon – Grixis Thieves
Hugo Vargas – Ravager Shops
Bobby Scheidemann – Jeskai Xerox
Chris Poff – Pyromancer
Maggie Andrews – Belcher
Matt Harger – Sylvan Walkers
Austin Madert – Jeskai Xerox
Tim Everett – Moon Stompy
Jeff Lubinski – Lands
David Mallett – Team Leovold

Congrats to Bryan Hockey as the proud owner of our Abyss playmat, and the newest addition to the Festival of Friendship championship bracket!

As you can see, our meta was about as well-rounded as you can ask for: a good mix of combo, aggro-prison, and control. I've submitted the top 4 lists to mtgtop8.com, and Sam should be posting pics of all the lists on lonestarlhurgoyfs.com soon.

Thanks again to for battling it out!

Our top 4:

More cool proxies from Bobby:

Austin & Hugo's first time Vintaging with us:

Robin, Travis, and Shane seemingly enjoying themselves:

Shaman Ben

I love Sam's shirt.

Stuart

@shaman-ben That’s a shirt? I thought it was a bag of russet potatoes he cut holes in.

Shaman Ben

@stuart Librarian brand potatoes are toxic to humans.

thecravenone

Decklists and more pics up at https://lonestarlhurgoyfs.com/2018-04-17-14-April-2018-Results/

bscheidemann

I'm gonna scoop up all the "Didn't drop but still last" prizes from here on out! Every misplay = tons of knowledge. Thanks for putting this together and I am looking forward to haphazardly piloting a new deck at the next event!