The fifth annual Eternal Central Old School at Eternal Weekend tournament is in the books, and was one for the ages. After subtracting drops and no shows, and then piecing in late additions, a record setting 181 Magicians played Old School in the great state of Pennsylvania, making this the largest gathering of its kind yet held anywhere in the world.
The Elks Lodge venue was a step back in time, with wood paneling on the walls, a small event stage, and an awesome bar featuring drinks from $2.50 to a maximum of $5 (top shelf!). Awesome food deals were also to be found, with food ranging from $3-5 for appetizers and sandwiches made on demand. The Elks Lodge ended up going through every single bit of food (and all accompanying condiments) they had in the building, as well as 4-5 kegs of draft beer, and nearly every bottled beer in stock. They were quite thankful for the business!
The tournament was able to raise a substantial amount for charity, which will be split between After School Matters (in Chicago), and the Tree of Life Synagogue (in Pittsburgh, where there was a very recent senseless act of violence – funds will be distributed to the families via the synagogue). In addition, community stalwart and international globetrotter Jason Schwartz donated a CE Chaos Orb, which was raffled off, and 100% of the proceeds donated to the Innocence Project. Thank you all to everyone who donated and attended!
Special thanks must also go Lord Mullen, for running various tasks and taking photos throughout the event, Gene Brumby for helping with judge calls throughout the day, the invaluable Lord Agra, who always helps ensure tournament operations run smoothly on the back end, as well as everyone who donated something for this special day.
The tournament was run as SWISS+1, with nine 50 minute Swiss rounds, using Eternal Central’s recommended Old School 93-94 rules, with no draws allowed (and Sudden Death Chaos Orb flipping if any matches went to time). As we continue to emphasize, the point of Old School is to play Old School, meet new friends, and catch up with old ones.
This year’s event featured old standbys like The Deck, RUG Zoo, Goblins, Troll Disco, Pink Weenie, and many others you’ve probably come to expect in 93-94 events. But it also featured dozens of sweet brews, which made for very difficult decisions when picking the Most Creative decks at the end of the day. The Metagame Breakdown section below has a sortable table and search function that you can use, and every player’s deck is shown in the decklist section below.
Pairings, and Final Standings After Swiss
Round 1 Pairings
Round 2 Pairings
Round 3 Pairings
Round 4 Pairings
Round 5 Pairings
Round 6 Pairings
Round 7 Pairings
Round 8 Pairings
Round 9 Pairings
Metagame Breakdown
Here is a sortable table that shows all players and associated decks played (you can sort by name, deck type, or prize awarded)
| First Name | Last Name | Decklist Photo | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob | Agra | Underworld Burnout | |
| Luke | Ailanjian | UR Gauntlet Burn | |
| Lucas | Allison | Tax Edge 5C | |
| Nicholas | Antuzzi | Blue Green Voyages of Sindbad | |
| Andy | Baquero | Illusionary Mask | Most Creative 06 Place |
| Trevor | Bartlett | Pink Weenie | |
| Nicholas | Batista | UW Equilibrium Aggro Control | |
| Jason | Beaupre | Mono Blue Mana Vortex | |
| Chris | Bergeson | Goblins RUG | |
| Christopher | Berkley | BG Grow (Fungusaur Pestilence) | Most Creative 09 Place |
| Jeffrey | Blyden | Workshop Aggro URB | |
| Brian | Bogdon | Black White | |
| Joseph | Bonura | UWB Control | |
| George | Boone | UWR Aggro | |
| Scott | Bradley | Black Red Control | |
| Jonathan | Brne | Pink Weenie | |
| Mark | Brothers | ErhnamGeddon UWG | |
| Gene | Brumby | Guardian Beast | |
| Jonathan | Brummer | CandleFlare Combo | |
| Damyan | Brunson | UW Control | |
| Phillip | Brunswick | White Weenie | |
| Dustin | Buckingham | Troll Disco URB | |
| Justin | Burdett | UR Control | |
| Eliot | Burk | Troll Disco URB | |
| Blake | Burkholder | 4C Aggro Control | Swiss Standings 03 Place |
| Patrick | Burt | Reanimator | |
| Michael | Butzen | Eureka of the Clockwork Ages | Most Creative 07 Place |
| Andrew | Callaghan | Dreams Combo BUR | |
| Paul | Callis | Troll Disco URB | |
| Anthony | Carosone | Workshop Aggro Mono Green | |
| Nicholas | Chen | UWR Aggro Control | |
| Jeremy | Chernick | Stasis Control | |
| Jeremy | Chien | Eureka | |
| Blaine | Christiansen | Workshop Aggro UB | |
| Simon | Christie | URB Aggro Control | |
| Dustin | Clark | Troll Disco URB | Swiss Standings 04 Place |
| Robert | Connolly | Mono Black | |
| James | Cooney | Elvish Farmer Control | |
| Andrew | Cotter | Story Time (Shahrazad UWR) | |
| Ryan | Crouch | Black Green | |
| Bryan | Daniels | Mono Black | |
| Eliot | Davidoff | Troll Disco URB | Swiss Standings 07 Place |
| Eric | Debrosky | Red Green Land Destruction | |
| Ryan | DeMarco | Black Red | |
| Peter | Dentith | Power Monolith 5C | |
| Alex | DeVries | Tax Edge WR | |
| Nicholas | Dickerson | Kobolds! | |
| Philip | Dituri | Dreams Combo 4C | |
| Eric | Do Couto | Black White | |
| Dominic | Dotterrer | Juxtapose Control | Most Creative 05 Place |
| Jared | Doucette | Atog Berserk | |
| James | Easteppe | Mana Vortex Control | |
| Kevin | Elliott | Nether Void Artifact Aggro | |
| Drew | Epstein | 5C Manabarbs | Most Creative 01 Place |
| Tyler | Etters | ErhnamGeddon WGR | |
| Benjamin | Farkas | 4C Aggro Control | |
| Marc | Flore | RG Berserk Aggro | |
| Robert | Foflygen | Alpha Mono Green | |
| Francis | Ford | Sleight of Mind Combo Control | Most Creative 10 Place |
| Andrew | Frank | Mono Blue Tempo | |
| Michael | Frantz | Atog-Chi of the Ages-Ball | |
| Eugene | Freeman | Mono Black | |
| Arturo | Garcia | Black Blue Aggro | Swiss Standings 05 Place |
| Sean | Gaunt | RG Aggro | |
| John | Gehling | White Weenie | |
| Christopher | George | Atog URB | Swiss Standings 09 Place |
| William | Grant | God Demands Peace (Divine Intervention Tron) | Most Creative 03 Place |
| Jeff | Green | Goblins Mono Red | |
| John | Grudzina | The Deck | |
| Matt | Guido | ErhnamGeddon GWB | |
| Charles | Hahn | UWR Aggro | |
| Ryan | Hobbs | Goblins Mono Red | |
| Evan | Husney | Atog 5C | |
| Justin | Iskra | 4C Aggro Control | |
| Rajah | James | Mephistopheles' Sanctuary | |
| Jared | Jansen | White Weenie | |
| Mark | Jonovitch | Black White | |
| Christian | Jorn | 4C Aggro Control | |
| Linsey | Jorn | White Weenie | |
| Adam | Jourdan | Black Blue Aggro | |
| Ben | Katz | Black White Demon Reanimator | |
| Ryan | Keach | Sage of Lat-Nam Artifact Aggro | |
| Jody | Keith | UR Aggro Control | |
| Benjamin | Kennedy | Mono Black | |
| Thomas | Kiene | UR Aggro Control | |
| John | Knerr | Tax Edge Aggro WRU | |
| Michael | Kochis | Goblins RUW | |
| Kyle | Koeppe | Goblins RUW | |
| Jared | Kohler | UWG Zoo | |
| Jason | Koresko | UWR HydraGeddon | |
| Greg | Kotscharjan | UWR Control | |
| Greg | Kraigher | Goblins Mono Red | |
| Ryan | Lamanna | Surge Flare | Most Creative 04 Place |
| Adam | Lemke | Troll Disco URB | |
| Mark | LePine | Troll Disco URB | Swiss Standings 08 Place |
| Dan | Luchesa | Alpha Naya Pile | |
| Will | Magrann | Atog 5C | |
| Dane | Malone | Enchantress Spice | Most Creative 11 Place |
| Bryan | Manolakos | Orgg.dec | Swiss Standings 10 Place |
| Eric | Marich | UWR Aggro | |
| Matthew | Marmorato | White Weenie | |
| Daniel | Mayo | UWR Aggro | |
| Joshua | McBride | Power Monolith 5C | |
| Jimmy | McCarthy | Dreams Combo 5C | |
| Justin | McGinley | Dreams Combo 5C | |
| Steven | McGrew | Power Monolith 5C | |
| Andrew | McLennan | MISSING DECKLIST | |
| Tim | McMath | Atog UR | Swiss Standings 11 Place |
| Stephen | Menendian | UR Control | Swiss Standings 06 Place |
| Paul | Messplay | The Deck | |
| Michael | Metelsky | RG Berserk Aggro | |
| Raymond | Mitchell | Tax Edge WRG | |
| John | Mondel | RG Berserk | |
| Kyle | Montgomery | Power Artifact Combo | |
| Samuel | Moody | Atog 4C | |
| Marcel | Moore | MISSING DECKLIST | |
| Matt | Moss | URB Aggro | |
| Benjamin | Murfin | Mono Green | |
| Jim | Noonan | 5C Gasoline | |
| Jamie | Parke | Atog 5C | Swiss Standings 02 Place |
| Jason | Paul | Atog 4C | |
| Chris | Pepin | Stasis Twiddle Vault | |
| Don | Perrien | UR Control | |
| Michael | Perrien | Pink Weenie | |
| Benjermin | Perry | Rag Man's Bag Singleton | Most Creative 08 Place |
| Nathan | Phillips | Mono Black | |
| Kevin | Poenisch | Sunglasses at Night | |
| Mike | Poole | MISSING DECKLIST | |
| Ian | Poper | Black White | |
| Stephen | Preston | Thrull Away | |
| Sebastian | Rauskolb | Mono Black | Swiss Standings 01 Place |
| Joe | Reuschel | Sword of Darkness | |
| Seth | Roncoroni | 4C Zoo | |
| Jack | Ryan | Black Red Sacrifice | |
| Michael | Scheffenacker | Goblins 5C | |
| Jason | Schiffman | The Deck | |
| Jason | Schwartz | Atog UR | |
| Daniel | Seco | Troll Disco URB | |
| Shane | Semmens | Thulsa Doom (Serpent Generator.dec) | Most Creative 12 Place |
| Benoit | Seveno | Turbo Pumpkin (Reanimator) | |
| Derek | Shank | Storytime (Shahrazad UWR) | |
| Rich | Shay | Spice Rack | |
| Ryan | Smith | Black White | |
| Matt | Sperling | Pink Weenie | |
| Dennis | Spiegel | Fallen Preacher | |
| Richard | Sponholz | Black Red Rack | |
| Joseph | Stacko | Dreams Combo 5C | |
| Aaron | Steele | Metamorphosis.dec | Most Creative Honorable Mention |
| Demian | Steltz | Black Blue Aggro | |
| Andy | Swaffar | Nether Void UWB Aggro | |
| Thomas | Swindell | Goblins 5C | Swiss Standings 12 Place |
| John Mark | Tadena | Mono Black | |
| Kyle | Teagan | MISSING DECKLIST | |
| Chad | Teuscher | RUG Tempo | |
| Michael | Thorington | Mono Black | |
| Neil | Thorlakson | Troll Disco URB | |
| Luke | Tooker | The Deck | |
| Dalton | Tran | Mono Green | |
| Travis | Turner | Pink Weenie | |
| Brian | Tweedy | Sage of Lat-Nam URB | |
| Pez | Unholy | The Deck | |
| Brian | Urbano | Atog URB | |
| Daniel | Van Nostrand | Mono Black | |
| Michael | VanDyke | Workshop Aggro UWB | |
| Brian | Vegso | Black White | |
| Naveen | Vemuri | RUG Zoo | |
| Justin | Waller | Mephistopheles' Sanctuary | |
| Matt | Wareham | MISSING DECKLIST | |
| Kyle | Wells | 4C Aggro Control | |
| Jeff | West | The Deck | |
| Robert | Westergaard | White Weenie | |
| Jeffrey | White | CandleFlare Combo | |
| Mark | Whitehead | RG Berserk Aggro | |
| Randall | Williams | UR Burn | |
| Brian | Wilson | RUG Tempo | |
| Tim | Winter | Junk Shop Reanimator | |
| Craig | Winzer | RG Berserk Aggro | |
| Randal | Witherell | GR Thallids | |
| Stuart | Ziarnik | Goblins Mono Red | |
| Merle | Zimmermann | The Fall of Kher Keep (Spellbook Kobolds) | Most Creative 02 Place |
| Michael | Zuniga | URB Aggro Control |
ALL Decks, Alphabetically, by Last Name
Bob Agra – Underworld Burnout
Luke Ailanjian – UR Gauntlet Burn
Lucas Allison – Tax Edge 5C
Nicholas Antuzzi – Blue Green Voyages of Sindbad
Andy Baquero – Illusionary Mask – Most Creative 06 Place
Trevor Bartlett – Pink Weenie
Nicholas Batista – UW Equilibrium Aggro Control
Jason Beaupre – Mono Blue Mana Vortex
Chris Bergeson – Goblins RUG
Christopher Berkley – BG Grow (Fungusaur Pestilence) – Most Creative 09 Place
Jeffrey Blyden – Workshop Aggro URB
Brian Bogdon – Black White
Joseph Bonura – UWB Control
George Boone – UWR Aggro
Scott Bradley – Black Red Control
Jonathan Brne – Pink Weenie
Mark Brothers – ErhnamGeddon UWG
Gene Brumby – Guardian Beast Control
Jonathan Brummer – CandleFlare Combo
Damyan Brunson – UW Control
Phillip Brunswick – White Weenie
Dustin Buckingham – Troll Disco URB
Justin Burdett – UR Control
Eliot Burk – Troll Disco URB
Blake Burkholder – 4C Aggro Control
Patrick Burt – Reanimator
Michael Butzen – Eureka of the Clockwork Ages – Most Creative 07 Place
Andrew Callaghan – Dreams Combo BUR
Paul Callis – Troll Disco URB
Anthony Carosone – Workshop Aggro Mono Green
Nicholas Chen – UWR Aggro Control
Jeremy Chernick – Stasis Control
Jeremy Chien – Eureka
Blaine Christiansen – Workshop Aggro UB
Simon Christie – URB Aggro Control
Dustin Clark – Troll Disco URB
Robert Connolly – Mono Black
James Cooney – Elvish Farmer Control
Andrew Cotter – Story Time (Shahrazad UWR)
Ryan Crouch – Black Green
Bryan Daniels – Mono Black
Eliot Davidoff – Troll Disco URB
Eric Debrosky – Red Green Land Destruction
Ryan DeMarco – Black Red
Peter Dentith – Power Monolith 5C
Alex DeVries – Tax Edge WR
Nicholas Dickerson – Kobolds!
Philip Dituri – Dreams Combo 4C
Eric Do Couto – Black White
Dominic Dotterrer – Juxtapose Control – Most Creative 05 Place
Jared Doucette – Atog Berserk
James Easteppe – Mana Vortex Control
Kevin Elliott – Nether Void Artifact Aggro
Drew Epstein – 5C Manabarbs – Most Creative 01 Place
Tyler Etters – ErhnamGeddon WGR
Benjamin Farkas – 4C Aggro Control
Marc Flore – RG Berserk Aggro
Robert Foflygen – Alpha Mono Green
Francis Ford – Sleight of Mind Combo Control – Most Creative 10 Place
Andrew Frank – Mono Blue Tempo
Michael Frantz – Atog-Chi of the Ages-Ball
Eugene Freeman – Mono Black
Arturo Garcia – Black Blue Aggro
Sean Gaunt – RG Aggro
John Gehling – White Weenie
Christopher George – Atog URB
William Grant – God Demands Peace (Divine Intervention Tron) – Most Creative 03 Place
Jeff Green – Goblins Mono Red
John Grudzina – The Deck
Matt Guido – ErhnamGeddon GWB
Charles Hahn – UWR Aggro
Ryan Hobbs – Goblins Mono Red
Evan Husney – Atog 5C
Justin Iskra – 4C Aggro Control
Rajah James – Mephistopheles’ Sanctuary
Jared Jansen – White Weenie
Mark Jonovitch – Black White
Christian Jorn – 4C Aggro Control
Linsey Jorn – White Weenie
Adam Jourdan – Black Blue Aggro
Ben Katz – Black White Demon Reanimator
Ryan Keach – Sage of Lat-Nam Artifact Aggro
Jody Keith – UR Aggro Control
Benjamin Kennedy – Mono Black
Thomas Kiene – UR Aggro Control
John Knerr – Tax Edge Aggro WRU
Michael Kochis – Goblins RUW
Kyle Koeppe – Goblins RUW
Jared Kohler – UWG Zoo
Jason Koresko – UWR HydraGeddon
Greg Kotscharjan UWR Control
Greg Kraigher – Goblins Mono Red
Ryan Lamanna – Surge Flare Most Creative 04 Place
Adam Lemke – Troll Disco URB
Mark LePine – Troll Disco URB
Dan Luchesa – Alpha Naya Pile
Will Magrann – Atog 5C
Dane Malone – Enchantress Spice – Most Creative 11 Place
Bryan Manolakos – Orgg.dec
Eric Marich – UWR Aggro
Matthew Marmorato – White Weenie
Daniel Mayo – UWR Aggro
Joshua McBride – Power Monolith 5C
Jimmy McCarthy – Dreams Combo 5C
Justin McGinley – Dreams Combo 5C
Steven McGrew – Power Monolith 5C
Andrew McLennan – MISSING DECKLIST
Tim McMath – Atog UR
Stephen Menendian – UR Control
Paul Messplay – The Deck
Michael Metelsky – RG Berserk Aggro
Raymond Mitchell – Tax Edge WRG
John Mondel – RG Berserk
Kyle Montgomery – Power Artifact Combo
Samuel Moody – Atog 4C
Matt Moss – URB Aggro
Benjamin Murfin – Mono Green
Jim Noonan – 5C Gasoline
Jamie Parke – Atog 5C
Jason Paul – Atog 4C
Chris Pepin – Stasis Twiddle Vault
Don Perrien – UR Control
Michael Perrien – Pink Weenie
Benjermin Perry – Rag Man’s Bag Singleton Most Creative 08 Place
Nathan Phillips – Mono Black
Kevin Poenisch – Sunglasses at Night
Mike Poole – MISSING DECKLIST
Ian Poper – Black White
Stephen Preston – Thrull Away
Sebastian Rauskolb – Mono Black
Joe Reuschel – Sword of Darkness
Seth Roncoroni – 4C Zoo
Jack Ryan – Black Red Sacrifice
Michael Scheffenacker – Goblins 5C
Jason Schiffman – The Deck
Jason Schwartz – Atog UR
Daniel Seco – Troll Disco URB
Shane Semmens – Thulsa Doom (Serpent Generator.dec) Most Creative 12 Place
Benoit Seveno – Turbo Pumpkin (Reanimator)
Derek Shank – Story Time (Shahrazad UWR)
Rich Shay – Spice Rack
Ryan Smith – Black White
Matt Sperling – Pink Weenie
Dennis Spiegel – Fallen Preacher
Richard Sponholz – Black Red Rack
Joseph Stacko – Dreams Combo 5C
Aaron Steele – Metamorphosis.dec – Most Creative Honorable Mention
Demian Steltz – Black Blue Aggro
Andy Swaffar – Nether Void UWB Aggro
Thomas Swindell – Goblins 5C
John Mark Tadena – Mono Black
Kyle Teagan – MISSING DECKLIST
Chad Teuscher – RUG Tempo
Michael Thorington – Mono Black
Neil Thorlakson – Troll Disco URB
Luke Tooker – The Deck
Dalton Tran – Mono Green
Travis Turner – Pink Weenie
Brian Tweedy – Sage of Lat-Nam URB
Pez Unholy – The Deck
Brian Urbano – Atog URB
Daniel Van Nostrand – Mono Black
Michael VanDyke – Workshop Aggro UWB
Brian Vegso – Black White
Naveen Vemuri RUG Zoo
Justin Waller – Mephistopheles’ Sanctuary
Matt Wareham – MISSING DECKLIST
Kyle Wells – 4C Aggro Control
Jeff West – The Deck
Robert Westergaard – White Weenie
Jeffrey White – CandleFlare Combo
Mark Whitehead – RG Berserk Aggro
Randall Williams – UR Burn
Brian Wilson – RUG Tempo
Tim Winter – Junk Shop Reanimator
Craig Winzer – RG Berserk Aggro
Randal Witherell – GR Thallids
Stuart Ziarnik – Goblins Mono Red
Merle Zimmermann – The Fall of Kher Keep (Spellbook Kobolds) – Most Creative 02 Place
Michael Zuniga – URB Aggro Control
Tournament Action and Wrapup
The hashtag for social media for the event was #ECOldSchool2018, which you can use to find more on Twitter, Instagram, etc. Thank you to everybody who came out to play, and we hope to see you again soon. As we move forward experimenting with more changes we hope to make each event more unique and fun. For any corrections, comments, or follow up, please email eternalcentral@gmail.com. Below are just some of the sweet action and community pics from the day.
Pregame Announcements
Panorama Shot
Table Locations
When Juxtapose Hits the Stack
Ydwen Efreet vs. Trolls
Serpent Generator vs. Deep Spawn
When Eureka Resolves, But Your Opponent Puts Shivan Dragon and 3 Mana Flares into Play
The Brothers’ War, Dotterer vs. Semmens
Berserking an Opponent’s Triskelion, as Removal
Unsleeved Alpha Mono Green
One Good Chaos Orb Deserves Another
Tetravus vs. Orgg
Dice City Winz
Top 12 After Swiss (thank you to Jimmy Cooney for the photos)
Part of the prize for Most Creative, graciously donated by Matt Dennis and the Underworld Dreamers
Most Creative Winner Drew Epstein, alongside DCG’s Jimmy Cooney
If you did not receive a Deep Spawn from the event, or lost yours at the event, please contact us, and we will mail you out a replacement. Also, if you left a small blue notebook at the event, we have it and can mail it out to you. Please email eternalcentral@gmail.com ASAP. Thanks for reading, and we’ll see you at the next one!