This past weekend during Grand Prix Los Angeles a 93-94 tournament was hosted by Channel-Fireball, using their own custom rules (Alpha through Fallen Empires, restricted Strip Mine, most other rules nearly the same as EC’s B&R List). 16 players showed up to battle 4 rounds of straight Swiss, including players from Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and California primarily.
The field appeared to be a good mix of decks, including a few variants of The Deck, Shahrazad, UR, Mono Black, Black White, Naya Zoo, White Weenie, Millstone Control, Underworld Dreams combo, etc. There was a good amount of excitement around the event, with dozens of onlookers throughout the event.
Tons of excitement for Old School Constructed (93/94) at #GPLA. pic.twitter.com/hijJj0NER8
— Arthur Halavais (@ahalavais) May 22, 2016
Prizes given out were Channel-Fireball credit, as well as an Amnesia that was signed and altered by artist Mark Poole, and then signed by all of the players. We don’t have final standings, but Mike Kravitz (playing UR) was the only player to go 4-0 on the day, and won the Amnesia for first place. Below you can find most of the decklists, deck photos, as well as a few photos of in-game action. Enjoy!
Decklists
White Weenie, by Eliot Burk
| Business (38) 3 Swords to Plowshares 4 Disenchant 1 Dust to Dust 3 Armageddon 4 Crusade 1 Army of Allah 4 Savannah Lions 3 Tundra Wolves 3 Clergy of the Holy Nimbus 4 Order of Leitbur 4 White Knight 4 Thunder Spirit Mana Sources (22) 1 Sol Ring 1 Strip Mine 4 Mishra’s Factory 16 Plains | Sideboard (15) 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Balance 1 Wrath of God 1 Exorcist 3 Preacher 1 Circle of Protection: Red 3 Divine Offering 2 Dust to Dust 2 City in a Bottle |
Power Artifact Combo, by Daniel Chang
| Business (30) 1 Mana Drain 4 Counterspell 4 Power Sink 1 Chaos Orb 2 Amnesia 1 Regrowth 1 Recall 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Timetwister 1 Wheel of Fortune 1 Braingeyser 4 Fireball 3 Stream of Life 4 Power Artifact Mana Sources (31) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 4 Fellwar Stone 4 Basalt Monolith 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Strip Mine 4 City of Brass 4 Volcanic Island 4 Tropical Island 4 Island | Sideboard (9) 2 Blue Elemental Blast 2 Ali from Cairo 2 Nether Void 2 Gloom 1 Jade Monolith |
Story Time, by Tristan De Liege
| Business (39) 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Chain Lightning 3 Psionic Blast 2 Swords to Plowshares 4 Disenchant 1 Dust to Dust 2 Energy Flux 1 Chaos Orb 1 Timetwister 1 Wheel of Fortune 4 Shahrazad 1 Black Vise 4 Savannah Lions 3 White Knight 4 Serendib Efreet Mana Sources (21) 1 Sol Ring 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Strip Mine 3 Mishra’s Factory 3 City of Brass 4 Plateau 4 Tundra 3 Volcanic Island 1 Plains | Sideboard (15) 1 Fireball 2 Swords to Plowshares 1 Balance 1 Maze of Ith 3 Blue Elemental Blast 2 Energy Flux 2 Red Elemental Blast 1 Divine Offering 2 Circle of Protection: Red |
Naya Zoo, by Richard Franklin
| Business (41) 1 Stone Rain 2 Disenchant 3 Swords to Plowshares 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Chain Lightning 4 Giant Growth 2 Sylvan Library 1 Wheel of Fortune 4 Savannah Lions 4 Gazban Ogre 4 Kird Ape 4 Argothian Pixies 4 Elvish Archer Mana Sources (19) 1 Strip Mine 2 City of Brass 4 Taiga 4 Plateau 4 Savannah 2 Plains 2 Forest | Sideboard (15) 1 Mountain Yeti 2 Orcish Artillery 1 Karma 3 Whirling Dervish 1 Tranquility 2 Disenchant 1 Tsunami 1 Swords to Plowshares 3 Red Elemental Blast |
RUG, by Joseph Horen
| Business (38) 1 Mana Drain 2 Power Sink 4 Lightning Bolt 2 Chain Lightning 2 Psionic Blast 1 Fireball 1 Channel 1 Giant Growth 1 Ice Storm 2 Shatter 2 Sylvan Library 1 Regrowth 1 Braingeyser 3 Birds of Paradise 4 Kird Ape 2 Argothian Pixies 2 Elvish Archer 4 Serendib Efreet 1 Serendib Djinn 1 Su-Chi Mana Sources (22) 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Strip Mine 4 Mishra’s Factory 4 City of Brass 3 Volcanic Island 3 Tropical Island 2 Taiga | Sideboard (15) 1 Control Magic 2 Whirling Dervish 2 Shatter 3 Energy Flux 2 Tranquility 2 Blue Elemental Blast 3 Red Elemental Blast |
Millstone Control, by Jaco
Mono Black, by Kevin
| Business (31) 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Mind Twist 4 Hymn to Tourach 4 Sinkhole 1 Greed 1 Maze of Ith 1 Oubliette 1 Terror 3 Drain Life 4 Order of the Ebon Hand 1 Royal Assassin 4 Hypnotic Specter 3 Juzam Djinn 2 Sengir Vampire Mana Sources (29) 4 Dark Ritual 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Sol Ring 1 Mana Vault 1 Strip Mine 4 Mishra’s Factory 1 Urborg 15 Swamp | Sideboard (15) 3 Paralyze 3 Terror 3 Gloom 1 Oubliette 1 Ashes to Ashes 4 Underworld Dreams |
UR, by Mike Kravitz (winner)
| Business (35) 1 Mana Drain 4 Counterspell 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Chain Lightning 4 Psionic Blast 1 Fireball 1 Chaos Orb 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Timetwister 1 Wheel of Fortune 1 Braingeyser 1 Recall 1 Black Vise 4 Flying Men 4 Serendib Efreet 1 Serendib Djinn Mana Sources (25) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Strip Mine 4 Mishra’s Factory 2 City of Brass 4 Volcanic Island 6 Island 3 Mountain | Sideboard (15) 3 Red Elemental Blast 2 Blue Elemental Blast 1 Control Magic 2 Shatter 2 Energy Flux 2 Blood Moon 2 Boomerang 1 Amnesia |
The Deck, by Jose Lopez
| Business (31) 1 Mana Drain 4 Counterspell 4 Swords to Plowshares 1 Moat 2 Lightning Bolt 1 Fireball 1 Chaos Orb 4 Disenchant 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Timetwister 3 Jayemdae Tome 1 Braingeyser 1 Mind Twist 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Regrowth 1 Recall 2 Serra Angel Mana Sources (29) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 3 Fellwar Stone 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Strip Mine 4 Mishra’s Factory 3 City of Brass 4 Tundra 3 Volcanic Island 2 Underground Sea 1 Plains | Sideboard (15) 1 Mirror Universe 3 Red Elemental Blast 2 Blue Elemental Blast 1 Copy Artifact 2 Wrath of God 2 The Abyss 1 Earthquake 1 Ivory Tower 2 Circle of Protection: Red |
Tax Edge, by Benjamin Mathies
| Business (36) 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Swords to Plowshares 1 Balance 1 Wrath of God 1 Earthquake 4 Disenchant 1 Chaos Orb 1 Winter Orb 2 Ivory Tower 1 Feldon’s Cane 1 Library of Leng 1 Winds of Change 3 Sylvan Library 1 Wheel of Fortune 1 Regrowth 4 Land Tax 4 Land’s Edge 1 Black Vise Mana Sources (24) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Library of Alexandria 3 Plateau 2 Savannah 1 Taiga 6 Plains 6 Mountain 1 Forest | Sideboard (15) 1 Strip Mine 1 Dust to Dust 2 Blood Moon 1 Wrath of God 3 Red Elemental Blast 1 City in a Bottle 3 Avoid Fate 1 King Suleiman 1 Ivory Tower 1 Winter Orb |
The Deck, by Jason Murray
Underworld Dreams Combo, by Gregery Pashby
| Business (31) 4 Lightning Bolt 1 Moat 1 Wrath of God 2 Icy Manipulator 1 Fork 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Winds of Change 4 Howling Mine 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Timetwister 1 Wheel of Fortune 1 Braingeyser 1 Regrowth 1 Recall 1 Feldon’s Cane 1 Black Vise 4 Underworld Dreams Mana Sources (29) 4 Dark Ritual 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 1 Library of Alexandria 4 City of Brass 4 Badlands 3 Underground Sea 1 Volcanic Island 1 Tundra 1 Plateau 2 Swamp 1 Island | Sideboard (15) 1 The Abyss 2 Boomerang 3 Red Elemental Blast 2 Disenchant 1 Earthquake 1 Blue Elemental Blast 3 City in a Bottle 2 Ivory Tower |
The Deck, by Aaron West
Note: We’ll keep updating this post with more players’ deck lists, deck photos, and full names as the information streams in. If you have any information to add or update to this post please email us at eternalcentral@gmail.com.
Photo Report
Here is a sample of some of the action from Los Angeles.
Black White vs. Shahrazad, possibly sub-game 1 or 2
RUG vs. Tax Edge, Energy Flux resolving very early
Black White vs. The Deck
The Deck vs. Tax Edge
Power Artifact Combo vs. RUG, Energy Flux just hitting play
Shahrazad does its thing, 2 or 3 sub-games deep, with piles all over
The Deck vs. Black White
Tax Edge vs. Mono Black
Note: We’ll keep updating this post with more players’ deck lists, deck photos, and full names as the information streams in. If you have any information to add or update to this post please email us at eternalcentral@gmail.com.