Might not be a bad idea to answer questions about how Vintage differs from other formats. Like what goes into vintage mulligan decisions compared to modern or standard. How does the narrow set of archetypes confine deck building decisions?
Questions like that definitely could help shed a light for non-vintage players on our format. In fact feel free to use those questions.
Finally I would like to congratulate our top 7 (slash 8, slash 9) in the final standings for our invitational event. The invitational is a year long ranking. Each round you play at deal me in games earns you points. 3 for a win, 2 for a tie, 1 for a loss. At the end the year the top 8 point earners get invited to a special invitational tournament to be held before the first tournament in January. This year, the first tournament in January will be Sunday January 13 at noon. This means the invitational will be Sunday January 13th - time to be determined, but tentatively at 10am.
We have the top 7 decided with Greg Hoover and Leon Anton tied for 8th place. Leon and Greg will have a 1 match play off for the final spot the day of the invitational. The winner will take 8th place, the loser will take a seat and watch everybody else. If there are any no shows from the top 8, we will fill in from there with 9th, 10th, etc.
Your top 8 (slash 9) are:
The invitational will start with traditional top 8 pairings so in the quarter finals:
1 Dan Miller plays 8 Winner of Anton/Hoover
2 Zach Dobbin play 7 Dean Harris
3 Dan Barkon plays 6 Josh Barkon
4 Nick DiJohn plays 5 Joe Brennan
If there are any no-shows, we just slide everybody up 1 in the standings and adjust accordingly.
I'd like to thank everybody who came out to support Jason at Deal Me In Games this year as he presented a fantastic Vintage environment for us all to enjoy. In all we had 54 unique players in the series in 2018. Hopefully in 2019 we can see each and everyone of you again and then some. Full standings for the invitational are below.
Josh Barkon's 2nd place Decklist
Welcome to our final report of the 2018 Calendar year and final event in the Deal Me In Games 2018 Invitational series. I'd like to congratulate Nick DiJohn for taking down the event last Sunday at Deal Me In Games, defeating Josh Barkon in the finals. We had an intense top 8 that included: Joe Brennan, Josh Barkon, Nick DiJohn, Chris Roepke, Evan Hunterdmark, Zach Dobbin and Dean Harris and Jose Ortiz.
The quarter finals saw Dean Harris, Joe Brennan, Josh Barkon and Nick Dijohn advance to the semis
The semis saw Nick and Josh advance to duke it out for the store champion of December.
Our top 8 decks were:
Nick DiJohn - Remora Outcome
Josh Barkon - Ravager Shops
Dean Harris - UR Delver
Joe Brennan - PO Xerox
Evan Hunterdmark - Ravager Shops
Zach Dobbin - Null Shops
Chris Roepke - PO Xerox
Jose Ortiz - Ravager Shops
In all we had 12 players with the following meta breakdown:
Workshops 4 (4 in top 8 )
1 null rod
3 ravager shops
Combo 3(0 made top 8 )
1 2 card monte
1 Bomberman
1 splintertwin
1 aggro control (1 made top 8 )
1 UR Delver
2 PO Decks (1 made top 8 )
2 PO Vault/Key decks
2 Xerox decks (2 made top 8 )
2 xerox jeskai control decks
Unique, interesting and rarely played cards:
1 narset the transcedent
4 Deceiver exarch (1 deck)
4 splinter twin (1 deck)
3 mystic remora (1 deck)
1 spell pierce
1 enlightened tutor
1 smash to smithereens
1 meltdown
3 thoughtseize (1 deck)
4 leyline of the void (1 deck)
3 helm of obedience (1 deck)
1 voltaic servant
1 transmute artifact
1 razormane masticore (sideboard)
2 traxos, scourge of kroog
1 propaganda
4 karn, scion of urza (2 decks)
We had an interesting discussion yesterday at the Deal Me In Games tournament with the following changes proposed and supported by a handful of shops players who were in attendance:
Restrict: mental misstep, arcbound ravager, walking ballista
Unrestrict: thorn of amethyst, flash and possibly brainstorm
These of course would be hand in hand restrictions and unrestrictions, to happen all at once. They were not intended to be individual ideas people threw out there.
Here is the complete year to date standings:
Monthly at Deal Me In Games in Boyertown, Pa (South eastern). We did used to have monthly every weekend w/ 2 hours of NY/NJ/PA tri-state area but some of the stores were getting double booked by other stores wanting to jump in and a handful of them saw attendance drop to the point where it wasn't sustainable for them. I dont think we have it every single weekend now, but still in any given month could easily see 2-3 weekends filled with paper vintage.
Welcome to Winter 2018 everybody. Its time to announce the next event in our 2018 VINTAGE INVITATIONAL series.
Deal Me In Games next event will be SUNDAY Dec 9, 2018 starting at noon.
Come do battle against some of the best Vintage players in the world all here in Boyertown, Pa. This is a 15 proxy event, so bring your best Vintage deck and get ready to do battle.
Also keep in mind this is the final event of 2018 which means points tallied after Sunday December 9th will be the FINAL STANDINGS for our invitational. This is even more exciting than the 2017 finale as we have 7 people competing for the final 3 spots. Going into the event, 3 (Leon Anton, Dean Harris and Greg Hoover) are tied for 6th, 7th and 8th. Josh Barkon is a mere 2 points out of the top 8, Jason Beaupre is very much alive being only 4 points out and Sahaj Viradia is still in pretty serious contention with only a 7 point deficit to makeup and Stephen Ganter is still alive but has a 9 point mountain to climb.
To make it even more interesting, Nick Dijohn is only in 5th place by 5 points and Joe Brennan is holding onto 4th by 9 points. While a decent showing by either pretty much locks them into the top 8, an invite for either is not necessarily a lock.
Here is the relevant standings going in:
1 Dan Miller 138
2 Dan Barkon 116
3 Zach Dobbin 111
4 Joe Brennan 89
5 Nick DiJohn 85
6 Leon Anton 80
6 Dean Harris 80
6 Greg Hoover 80
9 Josh Barkon 78
10 Jason Beaupre 78
11 Sahaj Viradia 73
12 Stephen Ganter 71
Who:
Jason at Deal Me In Games
What:
15 playtest T1 tournament
Where:
127 East Philadelphia Ave
Boyertown, PA 19512
ph#: 484-415-0058
When:
Sunday, Nov 11 at 12 Noon
Why:
So we can get together and have fun playing Magic the Gathering in its best format ever for some kickass prizes. ***
Entry Fee: $35 at the door with 100% going to prize support.
$30 per person will go towards the prize structure for that day's event. $5 per person will go towards prizes for our annual top 8 point totals. That's right, we are bringing back the Deal Me In Standings for 2018. At the end of 2018 the 8 players who have accrued the most points will get an invite to special closed event with a MISHRA'S WORKSHOP AND UNDERGROUND SEA for 1st and 2nd. 3rd-8th prizes yet to be announced. If you want an example of whats in store for 2018 just take a look at the prize support for 2017's top 8 championships that included 2 unlimited Underground Seas, 1 Unlimited Tundra and 1 Unlimited Bayou.
Come to compete for your chance at the invitational, but more importantly, come to compete on Sunday December 9th in particular for your chance to bring down this monthly store event.
@ebgmtg said in Proxy vintage around Pittsburgh,PA area:
@khahan how many do u typically get for the events?
It does vary a good bit. At our worst we are 12-15. At our best we are 24-28. We pull a lot of players from Eastern Pa, up and down Jersey and NYC.