Action Comics Las Vegas – August Top 8 Decklists & Metagame Report

Here are the results from the August Vintage tournament held in Vegas, in a small but burgeoning Vintage scene tipped off to us by one of our faithful readers.

Location: Action Comics, Henderson, NV (USA)
Date: 08/18/2012
Total players: 19

Top 8 Decklists

1st Place – Brandon Smith – Metalworker MUD
Business (34)
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
4 Tangle Wire
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Metalworker
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Duplicant
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Sundering Titan
1 Staff of Nin

Mana Sources (26)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
2 Mishra’s Factory

Sideboard (15)
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Dismember
1 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Relic of Progenitus
1 Defense Grid
2 Crucible of Worlds

2nd Place – Kenny Thomas – Bant Fish
Business (38)
3 Tarmogoyf
4 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Meddling Mage
3 Qasali Pridemage
2 Aven Mindcensor
3 Trygon Predator
4 Shardless Agent
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Batterskull
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Ancestral Vision
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Force of Will

Mana Sources (22)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
3 Tundra
4 Tropical Island
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland

Sideboard (15)
3 Flusterstorm
3 Nature’s Claim
3 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Relic of Progenitus

3rd Place – Chris Higashi – Remora Gush Tendrils
Business (37)
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Mana Drain
2 Repeal
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Gush
4 Mystic Remora
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Fastbond
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Old Man of the Sea

Mana Sources (23)
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Volcanic Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Library of Alexandria

Sideboard (15)
1 Yixlid Jailer
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Old Man of the Sea
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Mindbreak Trap

4th Place – Rob ‘O’ – Bomberman
Business (36)
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
3 Mana Drain
3 Mana Leak
2 Repeal
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
2 Fact or Fiction
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Aven Mindcensor
2 Auriok Salvagers
3 Trinket Mage
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Sensei’s Divining Top

Mana Sources (24)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
3 Tundra
4 Island
1 Plains
1 Library of Alexandria

Sideboard (15)
3 Steel Sabotage
3 Disenchant
3 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Batterskull
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle

5th Place – Kirk Rider – Forgemaster MUD
Business (33)
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
4 Tangle Wire
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Duplicant
1 Sundering Titan

Mana Sources (27)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory

Sideboard (15)
2 Duplicant
1 Staff of Nin
1 Pithing Needle
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Ratchet Bomb
4 Tormod’s Crypt
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

6th Place – Drake Wilder – Metalworker MUD
Business (34)
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Trinisphere
4 Metalworker
3 Tangle Wire
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Duplicant
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Sundering Titan

Mana Sources (26)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
3 City of Traitors
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland

Sideboard (15)
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Null Rod
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Ratchet Bomb
3 Grafdigger’s Cage

7th Place – Joe Loster- Bant Fish
Business (38)
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Meddling Mage
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Cold-Eye Selkie
1 Trygon Predator
3 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
3 Daze
3 Steel Sabotage
3 Stony Silence
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Green Sun’s Zenith
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk

Mana Sources (22)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland

Sideboard (15)
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Flusterstorm
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Trygon Predator
1 Cold-Eye Selkie
4 Ravenous Trap

8th Place – Scott Paris – Remora Gush Tendrils
Business (37)
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Flusterstorm
2 Mana Drain
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Repeal
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Gifts Ungiven
4 Gush
4 Mystic Remora
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Fastbond
1 Yawgmoth’s Will

Mana Sources (23)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
2 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
2 Volcanic Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria

Sideboard (15)
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Nature’s Claim
2 Ingot Chewer
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Old Man of the Sea
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Flusterstorm
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Yixlid Jailer
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Sower of Temptation

Metagame Report

Bant Fish – 2 (1 Noble, 1 other)
Bomberman – 1
BUG Control -1
Dredge- 2
Elves – 1
Griselbrand Oath – 1
GW Hatebears – 2
Forgemaster Workshops – 2
Meandeck (LabMan) Doomsday – 1
Metalworker MUD – 2
Remora Gush Tendrils – 2
UBR Confidant Control – 2

Special thanks to Joe McKellar for typing these lists up and passing along this information to us. If you are in the Vegas area hit these tournaments up every month to support your local scene at Action Comics!