On the weekend of 19th to 21st of August, New Zealand had its first annual Eternal Weekend, with Old School 93/94 on Friday with 10 players, Legacy on Saturday with 34 players and Vintage on Sunday with 18 players. All days were sanctioned, hence not allowing "Play-test" or Collectors Edition cards. We had players from all over New Zealand and Australia coming to Auckland to play the best formats of Magic.
We had 5 rounds of swiss and cut to top 8.
The payouts were:
1st English Mana Drain
2nd $150
3rd-4th $75
Door prize: Sealed box of Eternal Masters
Top 8:
1st: Gary Freedman on Hermit Dredge
2nd: Hrishikesh Sidhartha on DPS
3rd: Ethan Griswold on Grixis Pyromancer
4th: James White on Reanimator
5th: James Jordaan on Dredge
6th: Ethan Taylor on Jaco Eldrazi
7th: Michael Willis on Green Jaco Eldrazi
8th: Alan Hale on Dredge
Bonus
9th Oystein Kalas (myself) on Jeskai Mentor
Congratulation to Gary on winning the tournament, which was an improvement on the Andy Fletcher results from last year where he got 2nd with a very similar deck (impressive!).
Even though we don't have the big numbers you get in US/Europe, I'm very happy that we got 18 players for sanctioned Vintage. I did a metagame breakdown same style as Ryan Eberhart does, thank you for letting me use your spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GWSa7vzSMGEAT0h1X4N5yxoWrGahx8lY7SbUdfujKeg/edit?usp=sharing).
Here are the top 8 decklists:
1st: Gary Freedman - Hermit Dredge
4 Bridge from Below
4 Narcomoeba
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
1 Dread Return
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
2 Thoughtseize
4 Force of Will
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ponder
1 Vampiric Tutor
4 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
2 Bayou
2 Polluted Delta
2 Verdant Catacombs
1 Tinker
2 Hermit Druid
1 Blightsteel Colossus
4 Dark Confidant
2 Cabal Therapy
2 Trygon Predator
1 Mana Crypt
4 Misty Rainforest
SB
4 Yixlid Jailer
4 Vampire Hexmage
1 Dark Depths
1 Trygon Predator
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Scavenging Ooze
2nd: Hrishikesh Sidhartha - DPS
1 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Polluted Delta
1 Lotus Petal
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Cabal Ritual
4 Duress
4 Dark Petition
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Gitaxian Probe
2 Cabal Therapy
1 Brainstorm
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mind's Desire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Necropotence
1 Ponder
1 Swamp
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Flooded Strand
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Sol Ring
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Tinker
1 Tundra
SB
3 Defense Grid
1 Chain of Vapor
3 Ravenous Trap
1 Tundra
1 Balance
2 Serenity
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Yixlid Jailer
3rd: Ethan Griswold - Grixis Pyromancer
3 Flooded Strand
2 Island
1 Strip Mine
3 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
1 Snapcaster Mage
4 Young Pyromancer
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
2 Dack Fayden
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
4 Force of Will
4 Gitaxian Probe
3 Gush
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Lightning Bolt
4 Mental Misstep
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Ponder
2 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
3 Cabal Therapy
1 Baleful Strix
1 Snuff Out
1 Pyroblast
1 Flusterstorm
1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
3 Polluted Delta
SB
1 Toxic Deluge
3 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Sulfur Elemental
1 Pyroblast
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Murderous Cut
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Energy Flux
3 Tormod's Crypt
4th: James White - Reanimator
4 Griselbrand
4 Entomb
4 Exhume
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Reanimate
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Collective Brutality
4 Mental Misstep
4 Preordain
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
4 Flooded Strand
4 Underground Sea
1 Tundra
1 Island
4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
4 Polluted Delta
4 Force of Will
SB
1 Ashen Rider
1 Stormtide Leviathan
1 Balance
3 Ratchet Bomb
3 Serenity
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Scrubland
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
5th: James Jordaan - Dredge
2 Dakmor Salvage
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
4 Narcomoeba
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
4 Serum Powder
4 Undiscovered Paradise
2 Mana Confluence
2 City of Brass
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Unmask
4 Ichorid
4 Bridge from Below
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Bloodghast
2 Golgari Thug
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Dread Return
SB
4 Barbarian Ring
3 Ingot Chewer
4 Nature's Claim
4 Leyline of Sanctity
6th: Ethan Taylor - Jaco Eldrazi
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Lodestone Golem
3 Dismember
4 Eldrazi Mimic
4 Wasteland
3 Endbringer
4 Endless One
3 Eye of Ugin
3 Ghost Quarter
2 Matter Reshaper
4 Null Rod
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Reality Smasher
1 Strip Mine
4 Thought-Knot Seer
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Warping Wail
4 Eldrazi Temple
1 Trinisphere
SB
4 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Leyline of Sanctity
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
1 Warping Wail
1 Dismember
7th: Michael Willis - Green Jaco Eldrazi
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Chalice of the Void
3 Dismember
4 Eldrazi Mimic
4 Wasteland
3 Endbringer
4 Endless One
3 Eye of Ugin
3 Ghost Quarter
2 Matter Reshaper
4 Null Rod
4 Reality Smasher
1 Strip Mine
4 Thought-Knot Seer
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Warping Wail
4 Eldrazi Temple
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 World Breaker
1 Corrupted Crossroads
SB
4 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Leyline of Sanctity
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
1 Dismember
8th: Alan Hale - Dredge
2 Dakmor Salvage
4 Narcomoeba
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
1 Flame-Kin Zealot
4 Serum Powder
4 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Mana Confluence
3 City of Brass
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Ichorid
4 Bridge from Below
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Bloodghast
3 Golgari Thug
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Dread Return
4 Prized Amalgam
1 Fatestitcher
4 Mental Misstep
SB
3 Barbarian Ring
3 Ingot Chewer
3 Wispmare
2 Chain of Vapor
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Petrified Field
1 Serenity
Bonus
9th Oystein Kalas (myself) - Jeskai Mentor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Dig Through Time
4 Flooded Strand
1 Mana Crypt
2 Island
2 Gitaxian Probe
3 Gush
4 Force of Will
2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Flusterstorm
4 Mental Misstep
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Monastery Mentor
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Pyroblast
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Strip Mine
2 Dack Fayden
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
3 Tundra
2 Volcanic Island
3 Young Pyromancer
SB
3 Containment Priest
2 Path to Exile
1 Flusterstorm
3 Rest in Peace
2 Serenity
1 Stony Silence
2 Wear/Tear
1 Plains
Worst breakers ever!