We are proud to bring you the Top 8 decklists from the GenCon 2012 Vintage Prelim 4pm tournament. Below you will also find a complete metagame breakdown, with a list of what deck type each player played, a metagame breakdown, and a few pictures from the event itself. Enjoy!
Top 8 Decklists
1st Place – Joshua Butker – LabMan Doomsday
Business (39)
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
3 Flusterstorm
2 Thoughtseize
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
3 Preordain
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Fastbond
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Laboratory Maniac
4 Doomsday
1 Tendrils of Agony
Mana Sources (21)
3 Dark Ritual
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Polluted Delta
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Flooded Strand
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
2 Island
Sideboard (15)
2 Island
1 Polluted Delta
1 Rebuild
3 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Dismember
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Xantid Swarm
1 Dark Ritual
1 Necropotence
2nd Place – William Rosa – Confidant Control UB
Business (33)
4 Force of Will
1 Spell Pierce
2 Remand
2 Mana Drain
2 Dark Confidant
1 Magus of the Unseen
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
Mana Sources (27)
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Opal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Academy Ruins
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
3 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Halimar Depths
1 Strip Mine
2 Wasteland
1 Library of Alexandria
Sideboard (15)
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Energy Flux
1 Dark Confidant
1 Repeal
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Flusterstorm
1 Mystic Remora
1 Pithing Needle
1 Misdirection
3rd Place – John Jones – Espresso Stax
Business (35)
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Trinisphere
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Serum Powder
4 Tangle Wire
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Smokestack
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Karn, Silver Golem
Mana Sources (25)
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
Sideboard (15)
2 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Razormane Masticore
3 Dismember
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
4th Place – William Stevens – Aggro MUD
Business (33)
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Sphere of Resistance
4 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Trinisphere
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Tangle Wire
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Precursor Golem
3 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Steel Hellkite
Mana Sources (27)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
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)
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
4 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Maze of Ith
2 Duplicant
2 Pithing Needle
Top 8 – Hiromichi Ito – Vintage RUG Delver
Business (40)
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
3 Flusterstorm
2 Spell Pierce
1 Ancient Grudge
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
3 Preordain
4 Gush
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Scavenging Ooze
2 Grim Lavamancer
4 Delver of Secrets
Mana Sources (20)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Tropical Island
4 Volcanic Island
1 Island
1 Forest
Sideboard (15)
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Surgical Extraction
2 Trygon Predator
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Forest
Top 8 – James Searles – Griselbrand Ritual Oath
Business (33)
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep
2 Thoughtseize
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Oath of Druids
1 Show and Tell
2 Griselbrand
1 Memory’s Journey
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Mind’s Desire
2 Tendrils of Agony
Mana Sources (27)
4 Dark Ritual
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Island
Sideboard (15)
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Forest
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Dismember
1 Duress
2 Pyroclasm
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Flusterstorm
Top 8 – Josh Potucek – UR Landstill
Business (35)
4 Force of Will
2 Misdirection
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Mental Misstep
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Mana Leak
3 Mana Drain
1 Fire/ice
1 Dismember
1 Echoing Truth
4 Engineered Explosives
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Standstill
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Crucible of Worlds
Business (25)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Mountain
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Library of Alexandria
Sideboard (15)
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Steel Sabotage
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Viashino Heretic
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Yixlid Jailer
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
Top 8 – Stephen Menendian – Cobra Gush
Business (38)
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Gush
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
4 Flusterstorm
2 Trygon Predator
1 Necropotence
1 Fastbond
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Tinker
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
Mana Sources (22)
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Island
Sideboard (15)
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Nature’s Claim
3 Ingot Chewer
2 Lightning Bolt
1 Mountain
Decks Played (Alphabetically, by Player)
Eric Atlas – Forgemaster MUD
Vincent Buck – MUD
Joshua Butker – LabMan Doomsday
Zohar Bhagat – Dredge (Ingot Chewer main)
Michael Bowman – Forgemaster MUD
Sam Craven – Confidant Snapcaster Strix UBR Control
Kevin Cron – URG Landstill
Katie Crist – GoldenGun (Emrakul + Blightsteel) Oath
Preston Cordy – Confidant Strix Welder UBR Control
Matt Elias – UR Landstill
Daniel Friedman – Painter
John Grudzina – Confidant Snapcaster UBR Control
Michael Gouthro – Metalworker MUD
Stephane Garard – Confidant Snapcaster Esper Control
Visna Harris – Mindshrieker & Power Artifact Combo Control
Matt Hazard – Confidant Snapcaster UB Control
Hiromichi Ito – RUG Delver
Jason Jaco – TurboTezz
Brandon Jones – 2 Card Monte
John Jones – Espresso Stax
Mike Keith – Merfolk
Theo Limber – Snapcaster Control UBRG
Paul Mastriano – Griselbrand Show & Oath
Douglas McGrew – UR Standstill (with Snapcaster)
Stephen Menendian – Cobra Gush
Jon Neal – Dredge (Sun Titan)
Sean O’Brien – BUG Fish
Vito Picozzi – Empty Gush
Eric Polereckz – Griselbrand Control Oath
Josh Potucek – UR Landstill
Josh Rayden – Confidant Snapcaster Control UBRG
Sean Robbins – Emrakul Show & Oath
Charles Rolko – Dredge (Ingot Chewer main)
William Rosa – Confidant Control UB
Michael Scheffenecker – Forgemaster MUD
James Searles – Griselbrand Ritual Oath
Wesley Shafer – Goblins
William Stevens – Aggro MUD
Kevin Swan – Griselbrand Ritual Oath
Metagame Breakdown
2 Card Monte – 1
BUG Fish – 1
Cobra Gush – 1
Confidant and/or Snapcaster and/or Planeswalker Control – 8
Dredge Variants – 3
Empty Gush – 1
Goblins – 1
LabMan Doomsday – 1
Landstill Variants – 4 (URG Landstill – 1, UR Landstill -3)
Merfolk – 1
Mindshrieker & Power Artifact Combo Control – 1
MUD & Workshop Variants – 7
Oath Variants – 6 (GoldenGun Oath -1, Griselbrand Show & Oath – 1, Emrakul Show & Oath – 1, Griselbrand Control Oath – 1, Griselbrand Ritual Oath – 2)
Painter -1
RUG Delver -1
TurboTezz – 1
Photos From Vintage Prelim 4pm
Vintage Prelim 4pm Round 3 Stephen Menendian (Cobra Gush 4C) vs. John Jones (MUD)
Vintage Prelim 4pm Round 3 Vito Picozzo (Empty Gush) vs. Zohar Bhagat (Dredge)
Vintage Prelim 4pm Round 3 Josh Potucek (UR Landstill) vs. Michael Gouthro (Metalworker MUD)
Special thanks for this information goes out to Monty Ashley from Wizards of the Coast, head judge Ingrid Lin-Jan, along with Dan, Rob, and Alan from Pastimes. We are grateful for them allowing access to this information for us to share with the world.