Xtreme Games of Lindenhurst, IL (USA) hosted their monthly Vintage tournament this weekend (unsanctioned, like most in the USA). 20 people showed up to battle it out for the following prizes:
1st Place – Time Walk (Unlimited)
2nd Place – Mana Drain
3rd Place – $25
4th Place – $25
Jimmy McCarthy of Team Serious and Team MeanDeck went undefeated with Blue-White Bomberman to win the tournament, and to claim the Time Walk.
Once again the owners of Xtreme Games (Eric and Shannon) put on another smooth and well run event with nice prize support, so our compliments to them. We have Top 8 decklists, a full metagame breakdown, pictures, and more. There are a lot of interesting choices in the Top 8 decklists (specifically Jimmy McCarthy’s Bomberman list, Mike Hadjuk’s ‘Empire Blue’ list, and Mike Solymossy’s Doomsday lists).
Metagame Breakdown (20 decks total)
2 TPS
1 Confidant Tendrils
1 ANT
1 Doomsday Tendrils
1 Bomberman
1 Key-Vault Mono Blue
1 Key-Vault UBG
1 Key-Vault UBG w/Confidant
1 Key-Vault UBG w/Confidant & Predator
1 Mono Blue Control
1 Empire Blue/Remora Control)
1 5C Stax
1 Oath
2 Fish UGW
1 Mono Black Sadistic Sacrament Beats
1 Red-Green Beats
2 Dredge (w/Leyline of Sanctity main deck)
Final Standings After 5 Rounds of Swiss
1 Jimmy McCarthy (playing Serious Bomberman)
2 Jeff Levine (playing ANT)
3 Jerome Yanchick (playing 5C Stax)
4 Mike Solymossy (playing Doomsday Tendrils)
5 Mike Hajduk (playing Empire Blue/Remora Control)
6 Shawn Williams (playing Confidant Tendrils)
7 Mike Noble (playing TPS)
8 Brian Lark (playing Fish UGW)
9 Joel Williams (playing Key-Vault UBG w/Confidant)
10 Jason Brinkman (playing Key-Vault UBG w/Confidant & Predator)
11 Ryan Forsberg (playing Key-Vault Mono Blue0
12 Jason Jaco (playing Oath)
13 Derek Pool (playing Red-Green Beats)
14 Willie Milton (playing TPS)
15 Derek Wochinski (playing Key-Vault UBG)
16 David Devio (playing UGW Fish)
17 Larry Griswold (playing Dredge w/Leyline of Sanctity main)
18 Carl Hoyer (playing Mono Blue Control)
19 Kevin Poenish (playing Dredge w/Leyline of Sanctity main)
20 Alex Franson (playing Black Sadistic Sacrament Beats)
Top 8 Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Jimmy McCarthy defeats Brian Lark 2-0
Mike Solymossy defeats Mike Hajduk 2-0
Jerome Yanchick defeats Shawn Williams 2-0
Jeff Levine defeats Mike Noble 2-0
Semifinals
Jimmy McCarthy defeats Mike Solymossy 2-0
Jerome Yanchick defeats Jeff Levine 2-0
Finals
Jimmy McCarthy defeats Jerome Yanchick 2-0
Top 8 Decklists
Jimmy McCarthy playing Serious Bomberman – 1st Place
Business (35)
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
3 Spell Pierce
4 Mana Drain
1 Echoing Truth
1 Balance
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Thirst For Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Fact or Fiction
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Auriok Salvagers
4 Trinket Mage
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 Engineered Explosives
Mana Sources (25)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Tundra
3 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Plains
Sideboard (15)
3 Honor the Fallen
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
2 Disenchant
3 Energy Flux
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Wrath of God
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Pithing Needle
Jerome Yanchick playing Empire Stax – 2nd Place
Business (35)
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Trinisphere
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Tangle Wire
3 Smokestack
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Sundering Titan
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Crop Rotation
1 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Goblin Welder
1 Gorilla Shaman
Mana Sources (25)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
4 City of Brass
3 Gemstone Mine
4 Mishra’s Workshop
Sideboard (15)
4 Leyline of Sanctity
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Nature’s Claim
1 Ensnaring Bridge
Jeff Levine playing Empire A Storm – 3rd Place
Business (30)
4 Thoughtseize
4 Duress
4 Chain of Vapor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Necropotence
4 Ad Nauseam
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Tendrils of Agony
Mana Sources (30)
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
1 Black Lotus
4 Chrome Mox
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
4 Polluted Delta
2 Underground Sea
1 Bayou
2 Island
2 Swamp
Sideboard (15)
3 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Xantid Swarm
3 Yixlid Jailer
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Bayou
1 Tropical Island
Mike Solymossy playing ‘I’m on MeanDeck, so this has to be good, right?’ – 4th Place
Business (33)
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
2 Mana Drain
3 Thoughtseize
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Rebuild
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Meditate
1 Gush
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Gifts Ungiven
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
2 Doomsday
Mana Sources (27)
3 Dark Ritual
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
3 Island
1 Swamp
Sideboard (15)
1 Tropical Island
2 Trygon Predator
4 Dark Confidant
4 Yixlid Jailer
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Tinker
1 Inkwell Leviathan
Mike Hajduk playing Empire Blue – 5th Place
Business (36)
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
2 Mindbreak Trap
3 Spell Pierce
4 Mana Drain
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Mystic Remora
1 Time Walk
1 Thirst For Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Fact or Fiction
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Empty the Warrens
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
Mana Sources (24)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
3 Island
1 Snow-Covered Island
Sideboard (15)
2 Seasinger
3 Red Elemental Blast
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Yixlid Jailer
3 Engergy Flux
Shawn Williams playing Confidant Tendrils – 6th Place
Business (31)
1 Thoughtseize
4 Duress
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
3 Preordain
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Dark Confidant
1 Necropotence
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Timetwister
1 Ad Nauseam
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
2 Tendrils of Agony
1 Mind’s Desire
Mana Sources (29)
4 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Bloodstained Mire
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Badlands
2 Island
1 Swamp
Sideboard (15)
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Yixlid Jailer
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Annul
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Ancient Tomb
Mike Noble playing TPS – 7th Place
Business (30)
4 Force of Will
3 Thoughtseize
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Grim Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Necropotence
1 Timetwister
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Memory Jar
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
2 Empty the Warrens
1 Darksteel Colossus
Mana Sources (30)
4 Dark Ritual
3 Cabal Ritual
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Island
2 Swamp
Sideboard (15)
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixlid Jailer
1 Pithing Needle
1 Massacre
1 Echoing Truth
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Rebuild
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
Brian Lark playing Empire Fish – 8th Place
Business (42)
4 Force of Will
3 Daze
3 Spell Pierce
3 Stifle
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Null Rod
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Trygon Predator
3 Meddling Mage
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Aven Mindcensor
Mana Sources (21)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
1 Flooded Strand
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Tundra
3 Tropical Island
1 Island
1 Forest
Sideboard (15)
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Nature’s Claim
3 Energy Flux
2 Ravenous Trap
4 Wheel of Sun and Moon