TSI: The Land 3 - Mishra’s Twerkshop - 6/3, 6/4 2022

We had 34 players signed up for the Vintage portion of TSI: The Land 3 - Mishra’s Twerkshop (vaccinations were required for attendance).

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Philanthropy
TSI: The Land Series continues the spirit of giving this year, raising over $1100 for the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley through the generous donations of attendees, friends and Seriousos in absentia.

Vintage
Round 3 - Pinata
To celebrate the 3rd event in The Land Invitational series, we had a Liquor Pinata!

Standings
After 6 rounds of Swiss, the standings were as follows:

Top 8 after Swiss:

1: Pat Vincent
2: Kevin Lewandoski
3: Jacob Hilty
4: Kai Schafroth
5: Stuart Ziarnik
6: Guhstin Dewey
7: Bryan Hockey
8: Bob Agra

Here is how the top 8 played out:

Quarterfinal -

Pat V. vs. Mcgrew - Pat wins!
Kai vs. Stu - Kai wins!
Kevin L. vs Bryan H. - Kevin Wins!
Jacob Hilty vs Guhstin - Jake wins!

Semi -
Pat V. vs Kai - Kai wins!
Kevin L vs Jacob Hilty - Kevin L wins!

Finals:

Kevin L vs Kai - Kai wins!

Kai poses with his prize and his Trophy necklace.

Meta Game

Blue / Blue Combo (12):
BUG Standstill
BUG
Bird Blade x 2
Bant Archon
Grixis Tinker
Yorion
Ledger Shredder
UR Ragavan
BUG Abdel
BUG Chainsmokers
Castatrolabe

Bazaar (3):
Dredge
Hogaak

Workshops: (6)
Hardened Scales x 2
Cyberdrive Aggro
Patchwork Automaton
Smokestack
8 Cast

Combo: (8)
Doomsday
PO x 3
UR Belcher
Abundant Belcher
Underworld Dreams
DPS x2

Misc: (3)
Merfolk
GSZ Depths
Eldrazi
Decklists

TOP 16 Decks
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/tsi-the-land-3-mishra-s-twerkshop

We are working on getting the full 34 lists up.

Middle School

Everything kicked off with 21 players for Middle School on Friday. After 6 rounds (Swiss +1), the standings were as follows:

T8 Metagame

1. Landstill
2. Full English Breakfast
3. Squirrelcraft Enchantress
4. BG Nether Spirit Control
5. Fires
6. Pox
7. Naya Beasts
8. Elves

Grandpa Belcher’s World Famous Pub Quiz
As the Top 8 of Vintage began, Nat hosted his World Famous Pub Quiz (WFPQ)!

Four Teams formed to battle it out for the true Glory of The Land.

Team "Awesome" - Rajah, Ben, Rob, Joe, Hazard (Quotation marks added by Nat)
"Kevin Poenisch by Himself" - Eric, Kevin, Angelo, Kevin
Team Mean Reflect Bus - JR, Andy, Jimmy, David
"Dr. Steven B. Morbius" - Steven, Mike O, Jake B., Bob

Rounds included classic Pub themes such as Dogs and Blues Brothers, along with Magic related categories and an amazing Lightning Round.

It was clear from the beginning that allowing the super team of Mean Reflect Bus to come together was a mistake; they ran away with the victory. While Hazard was able to hold down Team “Awesome” with a near-perfect score in the Blues Brother’s category, JR’s virtuoso performance in the “Lightning Round” category Wrestling with Film capped off their near flawless victory.

Congrats to Team Mean Reflect Bus for taking home the Trivia Gold! And huge thank you to Nat for hosting!

Nat, Super Host:

Cake
We had not one but two birthdays on the weekend! First up was Ben Revell celebrating 40 years! We enjoyed German Chocolate cake on Friday to celebrate.

We also helped Nat celebrate the BIG 40 with a cake and singing!

To the relief of some and the regret of others, no spankings were distributed to either birthday boy. That I know of.

Crackin’ Boosties: Mystery Booster Convention Edition

Nam had a box of the much sought after “Convention Edition” of the Mystery Boosters. He didn’t want to draft himself but would enjoy his box getting opened, so we did it!

Angelo
Chad
Mike O
Eric / McGrew
Kevin Poensich
David Lance
Rajah
Ben Revell

The finals featured Angelo on a nasty fast Green deck with Beastmaster’s Ascension and some super dope Convention cards vs. Rajah on a mostly mono-black deck featuring Meren, Mortapod, and Reassembling Skeleton. Angelo smashed face and prevailed as the Mystery Booster Convention Edition Champion!

Thanks!
James Family for use of the space and grilling and everything!
Andy for amazing trophy and the name
Angelo for the Bottlehouse Warm UP
JR, Jerry, Twan - My dad and uncle say special thanks for the help prepping and chatting
Nat for the amazing trivia. You rule.
All Team Serious Friends
All attendees! Everyone else not mentioned by name who did anything, thank you and appreciate you!

12 Players gathered for the first time at All-American Cards and Comics, including 7 Seriousos. Some of us met for breakfast at the Mocha House. It was good

We played Swiss +1 rounds with no cut, with payout to T4. Here are the standings and archetypes.

Make sure to catch us for the next Team Serious Open event on 2022.09.17!

MTGMELEE: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/10722#standings

Standings
Rank Player Decklist Points
1 Dave Ketterer Ravager Shops 12
2 Max Gibson Underworld Breach 12
3 Rajah James Paradoxical Outcome 9
4 Chad Proctor-Frazier Doomsday 9
5 Ken Riddle Hogaak Vine 9
6 Jared Cassarly Dredge 9
7 John Poggemeyer Simic Aggro 6
8 Paul Blakeley Bant Control 6
9 Angelo Kortyka Paradoxical Outcome 6
10 Mark Trogdon Colorless Prison 6
11 Marshall Arthurs HollowVine 3
12 Jerry Yang HollowVine 3

Meta
Workshops - 2 (Aggro, Prison)
Blue Combo - 4 (2x PO, Doomsday, Breach)
Blue Aggro Control - 1 (Noble Dudes)
Blue Aggro Combo - 1 (Infect)
Bazaar - 4 (Hogaak, Dredge, 2xHollowVine)

Decklists

1 Dave Ketterer Ravager Shops 12

Deck
1 Gingerbrute
1 Lodestone Golem
2 Arcbound Ravager
4 Foundry Inspector
4 Patchwork Automaton
4 Walking Ballista
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Nettlecyst
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
4 Urza's Saga
4 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Unlicensed Hearse

Sideboard
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Mental Misstep
1 Pithing Needle
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
1 Unlicensed Hearse
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Archive Trap
3 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Mindbreak Trap

2 Max Gibson Underworld Breach 12

Deck
1 Abrade
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Bolas's Citadel
1 Brain Freeze
1 Brainstorm
1 Dack Fayden
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
4 Hullbreacher
1 Mana Crypt
1 Manifold Key
1 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Pithing Needle
3 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
2 Pyroblast
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Underground Sea
1 Underworld Breach
4 Urza's Saga
1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Volcanic Island

Sideboard
1 Abrade
1 Alpine Moon
1 By Force
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Pyroblast
1 Pyroclasm
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

3 Rajah James Paradoxical Outcome 9

Deck
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Bolas's Citadel
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dress Down
1 Flooded Strand
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Island
1 Karn, the Great Creator
1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
3 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
2 Night's Whisper
4 Paradoxical Outcome
2 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
1 Repeal
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sol Ring
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Sideboard
1 Balance
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Disenchant
1 Flusterstorm
3 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Pithing Needle
1 Repeal
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tormod's Crypt

4 Chad Proctor-Frazier Doomsday 9

Deck
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
4 Doomsday
2 Flooded Strand
4 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
2 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
2 Portent
4 Preordain
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa's Oracle
1 Time Walk
4 Underground Sea
1 Vampiric Tutor

Sideboard
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
3 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

5 Ken Riddle Hogaak Vine 9

Deck
1 Badlands
4 Basking Rootwalla
1 Bayou
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Black Lotus
4 Blazing Rootwalla
4 Bloodghast
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Dryad Arbor
3 Force of Vigor
4 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
4 Hollow One
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
4 Once Upon a Time
4 Stitcher's Supplier
1 Strip Mine
1 Taiga
4 Vengevine
2 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
2 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard
1 Alpine Moon
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Collector Ouphe
1 Force of Vigor
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast

6 Jared Cassarly Dredge 9

Deck
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Creeping Chill
2 Force of Negation
3 Force of Vigor
4 Force of Will
1 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Golgari Thug
4 Grief
4 Hollow One
4 Ichorid
1 Mental Misstep
4 Narcomoeba
1 Noxious Revival
4 Prized Amalgam
4 Serum Powder
4 Shambling Shell
4 Silversmote Ghoul
4 Stinkweed Imp

Sideboard
2 Contagion
1 Force of Vigor
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Noxious Revival
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland

7 John Poggemeyer Infect 6

Deck
4 Glistener Elf
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Blighted Agent
1 Allosaurus Shepherd
1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Preordain
2 Berserk
1 Flusterstorm
1 Brainstorm
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Crop Rotation
2 Scale Up
2 Vines of Vastwood
4 Daze
4 Invigorate
1 Ponder
1 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
1 Time Walk
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Tropical Island
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Forest
1 Pendelhaven

Sideboard
3 Leyline of the Void
2 Force of Vigor
1 Bojuka Bog
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Karakas
2 Archive Trap
2 Energy Flux
2 Seeds of Innocence
1 Collector Ouphe

8 Paul Blakeley Bant Control 6

Deck
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Brainstorm
2 Cathar Commando
1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
2 Collector Ouphe
3 Daze
1 Endurance
3 Flooded Strand
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Vigor
4 Force of Will
4 Living Wish
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Ramunap Excavator
1 Savannah
1 Snapcaster Mage
2 Spell Queller
2 Swords to Plowshares
3 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Time Walk
4 Tropical Island
2 Tundra
3 Wasteland

Sideboard
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Collector Ouphe
1 Endurance
1 Force of Vigor
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Strip Mine
2 Surgical Extraction
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Wasteland
1 Nature's Claim
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Maze of Ith

9 Angelo Kortyka Paradoxical Outcome 6

Deck
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Bolas's Citadel
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dress Down
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Island
1 Karn, the Great Creator
1 Lavinia of the Tenth
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Manifold Key
1 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
3 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Night's Whisper
4 Paradoxical Outcome
1 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
1 Repeal
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sol Ring
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Sideboard
1 Balance
1 Dress Down
1 Flusterstorm
1 Fragmentize
1 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mycosynth Lattice
1 Pithing Needle
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tormod's Crypt

10 Mark Trogdon Metalworker Prison 6

Deck
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Black Lotus
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Expedition Map
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lodestone Golem
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Metalworker
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Staff of Domination
1 Strip Mine
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Walking Ballista
4 Wasteland

Sideboard
1 Crucible of Worlds
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Pithing Needle
4 Ravenous Trap
3 Wurmcoil Engine

11 Marshall Arthurs HollowVine 3

Deck
4 Wasteland
1 Petrified Field
1 Strip Mine
1 Gitaxian Probe
3 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
4 Force of Negation
4 Force of Vigor
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Serum Powder
4 Master of Death
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
4 Noxious Revival
4 Blazing Rootwalla
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Vengevine
4 Hollow One
4 Bazaar of Baghdad

Sideboard
4 Fury
3 Ravenous Trap
2 Ghost Quarter
2 Snapback
4 Leyline of the Void

12 Jerry Yang HollowVine 3

Deck
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Blazing Rootwalla
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Force of Negation
4 Force of Vigor
4 Force of Will
2 Fury
4 Hollow One
4 Master of Death
1 Mental Misstep
3 Mindbreak Trap
4 Noxious Revival
4 Serum Powder
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Strip Mine
4 Vengevine
4 Wasteland

Sideboard
2 Archive Trap
2 Fury
2 Gaea's Cradle
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Ravenous Trap
2 Snapback

Team Serious Open - 2022.07.23

"Lift the Veil of Summer"
Format: Unsanctioned Vintage - Unlimited Playtest Cards

Where: All-American Cards & Comics
161 W Market St, Warren, OH 44481

All-American Cards and Comics has a wide selection of gaming supplies, sealed product and singles. Make sure to support our sponsors while you are there. Post tournament meal options include al fresco dining at local favorites Leo's and Up a Creek Tavern!

Entry Fee: $20.00
Registration Open: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/10722
Start Time: 12:00 PM

Decklists will be collected via mtgmelee when you register and must be submitted before the event. We are interested in what decks folks choose to play given no financial barriers; let's put the Serious metagame on the map!

Rounds:
We will play Swiss+1 rounds based on attendance.

Prizing:
Store Credit Prizes equal 100% of Entry Fees

Playtest Cards:
Check themanadrain.com/playtest for info on how to make your cards.

Boring Ad Naus List

4 Ad Nauseam
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Brainstorm
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Chrome Mox
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Imperial Seal
1 Island
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Mental Misstep
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Pact of Negation
4 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Sol Ring
2 Swamp
2 Tendrils of Agony
4 Underground Sea
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Sideboard:
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Bayou
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Extirpate
4 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Timetwister
1 Tropical Island
4 Xantid Swarm

I really enjoyed the deck break downs, especially Tiny Robots. Mental Misstep too strong!

I'm in Warren, OH.

Cool that you guys are meeting up. I can't make this one but do post again when you have your next meet up.

Have fun!

## Dragon 2018?

1 Ancestral Recall
2 Animate Dead
1 Badlands
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Black Lotus
1 By Force
1 Chain of Vapor
3 Collective Brutality
2 Dance of the Dead
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
2 Flusterstorm
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Imperial Seal
1 Intuition
1 Island
3 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Necromancy
4 Polluted Delta
2 Pull from Tomorrow
2 Pyroblast
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Sol Ring
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2 Thoughtseize
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
3 Underground Sea
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Volcanic Island
3 Worldgorger Dragon

Sideboard:
1 Blightsteel Colossus
3 Defense Grid
1 Helm of Obedience
2 Ingot Chewer
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Tezzeret the Seeker 
1 Time Vault
1 Tinker
1 Voltaic Key

Anyway, this is the pile I played. Super fun times going 2-3.

Mainly chose to play it because I have wanted to try the deck but can not reasonably play it on MTGO due to time restrictions.

Sharing this! Vintage in NE Ohio. Updated 5/22 with more information below.

Just added to the EW 2019 calendar, 2 Vintage Trials at Bottom Dollar Trading Cards!

https://www.cardtitan.com/trials

Hi folks. There is a shop here in Champion, OH called Bottom Dollar Trading Cards.

They are holding Vintage EW trials on 6/14, starting at 6PM and 6/16, starting at Noon. EW Trials are open to all players. This event will be run with Competitive REL and decklists are required. Rounds will be commensurate with the number of players, with a cut to T8 if 9 or more players. We need to get 8 people per event to fire.

I am not an employee nor do I have any interest in the shop, I'm simply working with the shop to put this on. The primary thing is to get some byes for locals, since most of all the trials are on the East Coast.

With that in mind, the tentative plan is $10 entry w/ no prize payout. With the minimum 8, it basically just covers the cost the shop has to pay to Card Titan, so you are just paying for the chance at a bye. If there is an unexpectedly high turn out, there may be additional payout.

*** Update: A generous community member has donated prize support for the Trials. An additional $50 will be added to the prize pool, PER EVENT!! ***

Let me know if you have questions or need any other info, will do my best to help.
www.bdtcevents.com
5199 Mahoning Ave
Building A
Warren, OH 44483

Post here if you are coming or interested, for possible car pool action.

# DRAGON
## Rajah James

Mana
1 Badlands
1 Island
4 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
4 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire

Combo Stuff
2 Animate Dead
2 Dance of the Dead
1 Necromancy
3 Worldgorger Dragon
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
4 Bazaar of Baghdad

Loot/Filter/Draw/Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
1 Gifts Ungiven
3 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Imperial Seal
1 Intuition
1 Lim-Dul's Vault
2 Pull from Tomorrow
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor

Protect
2 Thoughtseize
1 Chain of Vapor
3 Collective Brutality
2 Flusterstorm
3 Force of Will

Good Stuff
1 Time Walk
1 Gitaxian Probe

Sideboard:
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 By Force
1 Helm of Obedience
4 Hollow One
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Tezzeret the Seeker 
1 Time Vault
1 Tinker
1 Voltaic Key

Report:
Round 1 vs. Kyle Lennox - Doomsday

I have Kyle on some kind of Tendrils deck. My opener is great, because I have a Bazaar and some other action, in the form of a Dragon and a Git Probe or so. I can bluff being on straight Dredge to possibly have him hold back going off, if he is on a Force deck. Kyle says "No" to fun by opening with a restricted card--Gitaxian Probe. The jig is up.

Game proceeds over a few turns with me looting and finding nothing, down to no cards ish, meanwhile Kyle keeps drawing lands, no action and slams Labman. I find and play JVP, and Labman proceeds to get aggro for a turn.

I flip JVP the next turn and am still jammed on mana producing lands. Choice is to neg Jace and flashback Collective Brutality or cast Imperial Seal. Choose to cast seal for the reanimation spell. Pass turn.

He rips Dark Petition, has spell mastery and wins via a determinant Yawg Will - Tendrils line thanks to his inordinate amount of mana sources in play.

Side Note: Kyle attempts to cheaty face me by cycling Street Wraith off Yawg Will. He does one, and then as he does the second, I say, "You are doing that, I assume you know that that works?" Pro Tip: It doesn't work. He puts his card back, he wins anyway.

G2 was intense on my side but not really a game. The fun parts were: a. He casts Necropotence. I cast gifts for Force, Fluster and 2 other blue cards. He gives me the Force and let's me counter the Necro. Next turn, he casts Dark Ritual, Doomsday and wins with a Gush/Labman pile. Pretty sure Kyle has my number, don't think I have beaten him at a TSO yet. GG
0-1, 0-2

Round 2 - Steve McGrew - Jesaki Pryo

G1 Steve led by probing me and being no fun. I had a hot opener, with Mana Crypt and Bazaar and pretty sure a jet? Based on looking at my life pad, I thoughseizing something or looking w/ Probe, then a crypt hit, then take 2 from another thoughtseize, another crypt hit. Steve is digging furiously, me with a Dragon in the yard.

By turn 5 or so, he has made a board of 2-3 lands and some moxen. He makes Pyro and JTMS, tapping out. Zero's him, made a land drop. After his flurry of action, he was left with just one card and one open mana, representing Flusterstorm. If we rip a reanimation spell, it would be Flacid-storm. Instead I rip and main phase Dig Through Time, which he Flusters, and I'm able to pay with my Mana Crypt mana. I take a look and find Lotus, Necromancy in my 7. DRAGON.

G2 Steve mulls I think. I'm on my transformational plan, minus Leyline/Helm. My opener is gasolina, with Tezz, Black Lotus, Thoughtseize. I have a look, see Force, Force, YP, mana--no other blue cards to pitch. Sad FoW. Slam Tezz and and minus to grab Key.

I couldn't think of any outs he would have (he said he had 2x Needles but didn't see them), and passed the turn. He passes it back, minus again for Vault. GG.
1-1, 2-2

Round 3 - Tyler Wilcox - Grixis Tinker?

These games were quick; too bad it was a pair down for me. Tinker into BS after A call.

G2, I transform, with one of each of the reanimation spells and one dragon for gifts. Thoughtseize, saw A call and Force. He draws a bunch of cards, counters two reanimation spells and then Vault/Key. GG
1-2, 2-4

Round 4 - Steve Sasala - White Eldrazi

G1: I open with with Probe; I have some amount of action, Tasigur, Dragon, Lim-Dul’s Vault, Dance to the Dead. I see Wasteland, Eldrazi Temple, Ancient Tomb, Thalia, Displacer, Smasher and TKS. So we just need some way to end the Dragon loop.

He leads with Wasteland and passes. I make a land drop and pass.

Turn 2, he plays Thalia off of the Cavern he rips naming Human, passes. At his EOT, I jam Lim-Dul’s Vault, planning to find the combo. Since I have Tasigur in hand I just need to ditch and animate Dragon at this point, but have to be able to stop the loop. I have a look at see Collective Brutality in the top 5, so I stack them, drawing CB first.

On my turn 3, I play Collective Brutality, negging Thalia, escalated to drain him, ditching Dragon. I pass with Underground Sea as my only black source. I have another Sea in hand, plus the animation spell. If he makes a land drop and then slams TKS, I'm SOL, bc he follows up with Smasher, and just runs me over. I pass and pray.

He puts me on not having any more black sources / not having the combo in hand, so he goes to his turn, wastes my Sea, passes with no other play. I animate Dragon, make infinite mana, end the loop by animating Thalia, play Tasigur and win.

G2: I transform to the Bad Grixis Tinker (BGT) board plan and say leggo. He opens super heavy GY hate, with Tormod's Crypt followed by Cage, then Revoker then Containment Priest. They aggro me for two turns, while I have open a have natural Vault/Key (don't recall) plus Tinker to win. GG.
2-2, 4-4

RD 5 - Ben - Inferno (Kelly) Oath

Swiss plus one means I get a wicked pair down. I didn't realize it but I was out of prize even if won, since Kyle got the bye and he had beaten me, he was going to be a higher 3-2 seed. Meh. My opponent was 1-3 and graciously conceded to me to try to help me get into prize (T4 payout), since he was mathematically eliminated, unfortunately we didn't get there. Thanks to him. A 3 game nail biter.

G1 Was him playing a bunch of lands, not finding Oath. I don’t recall the exact sequence but he countered some amount of my spells and but I end up Dragon’ing him after beating him with some spirit tokens. He had a board with Dack when I won.

G2 Kyle was watching our game and regaling us with jokes. “How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman? Zero.” Definitely too soon.

So he opens slowly, I end up casting Intution for A call, DT and Tinker. Tinker for BS. Get Dack’ed. Lose. “You were driving somewhere at 90 but I’m not sure you knew where.” -Kyle

G3 He has mono counter spells. I have actions 4 ways, with Imperial Seal, Tinker, Vault, Tezz. He just has it every time, counters for days. Grinds me and find an Oath plus Orchard, flips up Inferno Titan, shoots my spirit tokens, grudges the remnants of my mana, and passes. I have some outs off the top if I can find the Dragon. No such luck and I scoop it up. GG

2-3 (3-2), 5-6 (6-4)
*Official Standings

Overall Thoughts: Lim-Dul’s Vault was excellent whenever I saw it, even if it got countered all except once. The threat represented is finding all your pieces in one shot, mathematically it is likely if you are in the MB configuration. With 4 Bazaar, 3 Dragon and 5 Animate spells, looking at cards in chunks of 5 could net you one stack with all 3, hopefully at least 2.

Hollow one plan was live in almost every game; never did I see one in my opener.

The transformational sideboard plan is probably not great, but everyone has GY hate. I don’t think playing anti-hate like Dredge does is right, because our combo is harder to assemble; sure I can blow up your Cage, but still need to find the Dragon, or the Animate.

I would like to find a way to have Dack in the MB as he is a looter on his own. Possibly cutting one JVP? He gets bolted a lot since those are generally blank otherwise

Fun day with a fun deck.

Yes, these events are sanctioned events! No proxies.

12 Players gathered for the first time at All-American Cards and Comics, including 7 Seriousos. Some of us met for breakfast at the Mocha House. It was good

We played Swiss +1 rounds with no cut, with payout to T4. Here are the standings and archetypes.

Make sure to catch us for the next Team Serious Open event on 2022.09.17!

MTGMELEE: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/10722#standings

Standings
Rank Player Decklist Points
1 Dave Ketterer Ravager Shops 12
2 Max Gibson Underworld Breach 12
3 Rajah James Paradoxical Outcome 9
4 Chad Proctor-Frazier Doomsday 9
5 Ken Riddle Hogaak Vine 9
6 Jared Cassarly Dredge 9
7 John Poggemeyer Simic Aggro 6
8 Paul Blakeley Bant Control 6
9 Angelo Kortyka Paradoxical Outcome 6
10 Mark Trogdon Colorless Prison 6
11 Marshall Arthurs HollowVine 3
12 Jerry Yang HollowVine 3

Meta
Workshops - 2 (Aggro, Prison)
Blue Combo - 4 (2x PO, Doomsday, Breach)
Blue Aggro Control - 1 (Noble Dudes)
Blue Aggro Combo - 1 (Infect)
Bazaar - 4 (Hogaak, Dredge, 2xHollowVine)

Decklists

1 Dave Ketterer Ravager Shops 12

Deck
1 Gingerbrute
1 Lodestone Golem
2 Arcbound Ravager
4 Foundry Inspector
4 Patchwork Automaton
4 Walking Ballista
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Nettlecyst
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
4 Urza's Saga
4 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Unlicensed Hearse

Sideboard
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Mental Misstep
1 Pithing Needle
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
1 Unlicensed Hearse
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Archive Trap
3 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Mindbreak Trap

2 Max Gibson Underworld Breach 12

Deck
1 Abrade
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Bolas's Citadel
1 Brain Freeze
1 Brainstorm
1 Dack Fayden
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
4 Hullbreacher
1 Mana Crypt
1 Manifold Key
1 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Pithing Needle
3 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
2 Pyroblast
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Underground Sea
1 Underworld Breach
4 Urza's Saga
1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Volcanic Island

Sideboard
1 Abrade
1 Alpine Moon
1 By Force
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Pyroblast
1 Pyroclasm
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

3 Rajah James Paradoxical Outcome 9

Deck
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Bolas's Citadel
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dress Down
1 Flooded Strand
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Island
1 Karn, the Great Creator
1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
3 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
2 Night's Whisper
4 Paradoxical Outcome
2 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
1 Repeal
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sol Ring
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Sideboard
1 Balance
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Disenchant
1 Flusterstorm
3 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Pithing Needle
1 Repeal
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tormod's Crypt

4 Chad Proctor-Frazier Doomsday 9

Deck
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
4 Doomsday
2 Flooded Strand
4 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
2 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
2 Portent
4 Preordain
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa's Oracle
1 Time Walk
4 Underground Sea
1 Vampiric Tutor

Sideboard
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
3 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

5 Ken Riddle Hogaak Vine 9

Deck
1 Badlands
4 Basking Rootwalla
1 Bayou
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Black Lotus
4 Blazing Rootwalla
4 Bloodghast
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Dryad Arbor
3 Force of Vigor
4 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
4 Hollow One
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
4 Once Upon a Time
4 Stitcher's Supplier
1 Strip Mine
1 Taiga
4 Vengevine
2 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
2 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard
1 Alpine Moon
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Collector Ouphe
1 Force of Vigor
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast

6 Jared Cassarly Dredge 9

Deck
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Creeping Chill
2 Force of Negation
3 Force of Vigor
4 Force of Will
1 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Golgari Thug
4 Grief
4 Hollow One
4 Ichorid
1 Mental Misstep
4 Narcomoeba
1 Noxious Revival
4 Prized Amalgam
4 Serum Powder
4 Shambling Shell
4 Silversmote Ghoul
4 Stinkweed Imp

Sideboard
2 Contagion
1 Force of Vigor
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Noxious Revival
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland

7 John Poggemeyer Infect 6

Deck
4 Glistener Elf
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Blighted Agent
1 Allosaurus Shepherd
1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Preordain
2 Berserk
1 Flusterstorm
1 Brainstorm
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Crop Rotation
2 Scale Up
2 Vines of Vastwood
4 Daze
4 Invigorate
1 Ponder
1 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
1 Time Walk
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Tropical Island
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Forest
1 Pendelhaven

Sideboard
3 Leyline of the Void
2 Force of Vigor
1 Bojuka Bog
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Karakas
2 Archive Trap
2 Energy Flux
2 Seeds of Innocence
1 Collector Ouphe

8 Paul Blakeley Bant Control 6

Deck
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Brainstorm
2 Cathar Commando
1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
2 Collector Ouphe
3 Daze
1 Endurance
3 Flooded Strand
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Vigor
4 Force of Will
4 Living Wish
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Ramunap Excavator
1 Savannah
1 Snapcaster Mage
2 Spell Queller
2 Swords to Plowshares
3 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Time Walk
4 Tropical Island
2 Tundra
3 Wasteland

Sideboard
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Collector Ouphe
1 Endurance
1 Force of Vigor
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Strip Mine
2 Surgical Extraction
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Wasteland
1 Nature's Claim
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Maze of Ith

9 Angelo Kortyka Paradoxical Outcome 6

Deck
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Bolas's Citadel
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dress Down
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Island
1 Karn, the Great Creator
1 Lavinia of the Tenth
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Manifold Key
1 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
3 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Night's Whisper
4 Paradoxical Outcome
1 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
1 Repeal
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sol Ring
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Sideboard
1 Balance
1 Dress Down
1 Flusterstorm
1 Fragmentize
1 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mycosynth Lattice
1 Pithing Needle
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tormod's Crypt

10 Mark Trogdon Metalworker Prison 6

Deck
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Black Lotus
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Expedition Map
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lodestone Golem
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
4 Metalworker
4 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Sol Ring
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Staff of Domination
1 Strip Mine
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Walking Ballista
4 Wasteland

Sideboard
1 Crucible of Worlds
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Pithing Needle
4 Ravenous Trap
3 Wurmcoil Engine

11 Marshall Arthurs HollowVine 3

Deck
4 Wasteland
1 Petrified Field
1 Strip Mine
1 Gitaxian Probe
3 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
4 Force of Negation
4 Force of Vigor
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Serum Powder
4 Master of Death
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
4 Noxious Revival
4 Blazing Rootwalla
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Vengevine
4 Hollow One
4 Bazaar of Baghdad

Sideboard
4 Fury
3 Ravenous Trap
2 Ghost Quarter
2 Snapback
4 Leyline of the Void

12 Jerry Yang HollowVine 3

Deck
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Blazing Rootwalla
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Force of Negation
4 Force of Vigor
4 Force of Will
2 Fury
4 Hollow One
4 Master of Death
1 Mental Misstep
3 Mindbreak Trap
4 Noxious Revival
4 Serum Powder
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Strip Mine
4 Vengevine
4 Wasteland

Sideboard
2 Archive Trap
2 Fury
2 Gaea's Cradle
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Ravenous Trap
2 Snapback

Team Serious Open - 2022.09.17
"Dominaria United"
Format: Unsanctioned Vintage - Unlimited Playtest Cards

Where: All-American Cards & Comics
161 W Market St, Warren, OH 44481

All-American Cards and Comics has a wide selection of gaming supplies, sealed product and singles. Make sure to support our sponsors while you are there. Post tournament meal options include al fresco dining at local favorites Leo's and Up a Creek Tavern!

Entry Fee: $20.00
Registration Open: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/11179
Start Time: 12:00 PM

Decklists will be collected via mtgmelee when you register and must be submitted before the event. We are interested in what decks folks choose to play given no financial barriers; let's put the Serious metagame on the map!

Rounds:
We will play Swiss+1 rounds based on attendance.

Prizing:
Store Credit Prizes equal 100% of Entry Fees

Playtest Cards:
Check themanadrain.com/playtest for info on how to make your cards.

Team Serious Open - 2022.07.23

"Lift the Veil of Summer"
Format: Unsanctioned Vintage - Unlimited Playtest Cards

Where: All-American Cards & Comics
161 W Market St, Warren, OH 44481

All-American Cards and Comics has a wide selection of gaming supplies, sealed product and singles. Make sure to support our sponsors while you are there. Post tournament meal options include al fresco dining at local favorites Leo's and Up a Creek Tavern!

Entry Fee: $20.00
Registration Open: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/10722
Start Time: 12:00 PM

Decklists will be collected via mtgmelee when you register and must be submitted before the event. We are interested in what decks folks choose to play given no financial barriers; let's put the Serious metagame on the map!

Rounds:
We will play Swiss+1 rounds based on attendance.

Prizing:
Store Credit Prizes equal 100% of Entry Fees

Playtest Cards:
Check themanadrain.com/playtest for info on how to make your cards.

TSI: The Land 3 - Mishra’s Twerkshop - 6/3, 6/4 2022

We had 34 players signed up for the Vintage portion of TSI: The Land 3 - Mishra’s Twerkshop (vaccinations were required for attendance).

https://www.laureltwist.com/cookies

Philanthropy
TSI: The Land Series continues the spirit of giving this year, raising over $1100 for the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley through the generous donations of attendees, friends and Seriousos in absentia.

Vintage
Round 3 - Pinata
To celebrate the 3rd event in The Land Invitational series, we had a Liquor Pinata!

Standings
After 6 rounds of Swiss, the standings were as follows:

Top 8 after Swiss:

1: Pat Vincent
2: Kevin Lewandoski
3: Jacob Hilty
4: Kai Schafroth
5: Stuart Ziarnik
6: Guhstin Dewey
7: Bryan Hockey
8: Bob Agra

Here is how the top 8 played out:

Quarterfinal -

Pat V. vs. Mcgrew - Pat wins!
Kai vs. Stu - Kai wins!
Kevin L. vs Bryan H. - Kevin Wins!
Jacob Hilty vs Guhstin - Jake wins!

Semi -
Pat V. vs Kai - Kai wins!
Kevin L vs Jacob Hilty - Kevin L wins!

Finals:

Kevin L vs Kai - Kai wins!

Kai poses with his prize and his Trophy necklace.

Meta Game

Blue / Blue Combo (12):
BUG Standstill
BUG
Bird Blade x 2
Bant Archon
Grixis Tinker
Yorion
Ledger Shredder
UR Ragavan
BUG Abdel
BUG Chainsmokers
Castatrolabe

Bazaar (3):
Dredge
Hogaak

Workshops: (6)
Hardened Scales x 2
Cyberdrive Aggro
Patchwork Automaton
Smokestack
8 Cast

Combo: (8)
Doomsday
PO x 3
UR Belcher
Abundant Belcher
Underworld Dreams
DPS x2

Misc: (3)
Merfolk
GSZ Depths
Eldrazi
Decklists

TOP 16 Decks
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/tsi-the-land-3-mishra-s-twerkshop

We are working on getting the full 34 lists up.

Middle School

Everything kicked off with 21 players for Middle School on Friday. After 6 rounds (Swiss +1), the standings were as follows:

T8 Metagame

1. Landstill
2. Full English Breakfast
3. Squirrelcraft Enchantress
4. BG Nether Spirit Control
5. Fires
6. Pox
7. Naya Beasts
8. Elves

Grandpa Belcher’s World Famous Pub Quiz
As the Top 8 of Vintage began, Nat hosted his World Famous Pub Quiz (WFPQ)!

Four Teams formed to battle it out for the true Glory of The Land.

Team "Awesome" - Rajah, Ben, Rob, Joe, Hazard (Quotation marks added by Nat)
"Kevin Poenisch by Himself" - Eric, Kevin, Angelo, Kevin
Team Mean Reflect Bus - JR, Andy, Jimmy, David
"Dr. Steven B. Morbius" - Steven, Mike O, Jake B., Bob

Rounds included classic Pub themes such as Dogs and Blues Brothers, along with Magic related categories and an amazing Lightning Round.

It was clear from the beginning that allowing the super team of Mean Reflect Bus to come together was a mistake; they ran away with the victory. While Hazard was able to hold down Team “Awesome” with a near-perfect score in the Blues Brother’s category, JR’s virtuoso performance in the “Lightning Round” category Wrestling with Film capped off their near flawless victory.

Congrats to Team Mean Reflect Bus for taking home the Trivia Gold! And huge thank you to Nat for hosting!

Nat, Super Host:

Cake
We had not one but two birthdays on the weekend! First up was Ben Revell celebrating 40 years! We enjoyed German Chocolate cake on Friday to celebrate.

We also helped Nat celebrate the BIG 40 with a cake and singing!

To the relief of some and the regret of others, no spankings were distributed to either birthday boy. That I know of.

Crackin’ Boosties: Mystery Booster Convention Edition

Nam had a box of the much sought after “Convention Edition” of the Mystery Boosters. He didn’t want to draft himself but would enjoy his box getting opened, so we did it!

Angelo
Chad
Mike O
Eric / McGrew
Kevin Poensich
David Lance
Rajah
Ben Revell

The finals featured Angelo on a nasty fast Green deck with Beastmaster’s Ascension and some super dope Convention cards vs. Rajah on a mostly mono-black deck featuring Meren, Mortapod, and Reassembling Skeleton. Angelo smashed face and prevailed as the Mystery Booster Convention Edition Champion!

Thanks!
James Family for use of the space and grilling and everything!
Andy for amazing trophy and the name
Angelo for the Bottlehouse Warm UP
JR, Jerry, Twan - My dad and uncle say special thanks for the help prepping and chatting
Nat for the amazing trivia. You rule.
All Team Serious Friends
All attendees! Everyone else not mentioned by name who did anything, thank you and appreciate you!

@jetstrike maybe I played you online? Anywho, played a version with Curio and salted a bit when they always had it. How many do you run?

Seems like Curio will be kind of dead a lot of times. Cool you are having success with it.

Trials are Vancouver Mulligan, with MH1 legal in all formats on 6/14.

Yes, these events are sanctioned events! No proxies.

*** Update: A generous community member has donated prize support for the Trials. An additional $50 will be added to the prize pool, PER EVENT!! ***

Sharing this! Vintage in NE Ohio. Updated 5/22 with more information below.

Just added to the EW 2019 calendar, 2 Vintage Trials at Bottom Dollar Trading Cards!

https://www.cardtitan.com/trials

Hi folks. There is a shop here in Champion, OH called Bottom Dollar Trading Cards.

They are holding Vintage EW trials on 6/14, starting at 6PM and 6/16, starting at Noon. EW Trials are open to all players. This event will be run with Competitive REL and decklists are required. Rounds will be commensurate with the number of players, with a cut to T8 if 9 or more players. We need to get 8 people per event to fire.

I am not an employee nor do I have any interest in the shop, I'm simply working with the shop to put this on. The primary thing is to get some byes for locals, since most of all the trials are on the East Coast.

With that in mind, the tentative plan is $10 entry w/ no prize payout. With the minimum 8, it basically just covers the cost the shop has to pay to Card Titan, so you are just paying for the chance at a bye. If there is an unexpectedly high turn out, there may be additional payout.

*** Update: A generous community member has donated prize support for the Trials. An additional $50 will be added to the prize pool, PER EVENT!! ***

Let me know if you have questions or need any other info, will do my best to help.
www.bdtcevents.com
5199 Mahoning Ave
Building A
Warren, OH 44483

Post here if you are coming or interested, for possible car pool action.

Bumps! Right now I'm good to go but I'm still tentative. Anyone else making it out?