[Tournament] Sunday June 26, 2011 Los Angeles, CA Knight Ware 2x each dual $20 Entry

[Krieg]

As promised at our last event,

Knight Ware Inc in Studio City, CA is holding a Sanctioned Legacy tournament on Sunday June 26, 2011 at 1:00 PM

This will be one of our Fixed Prize Legacy events.
Based upon the input from our poll,
start time will be 1:00 PM and REL will be Competitive

Phil Thorson (L2) has agreed to head judge
If anyone else wants to help floor judge, please contact me

Entry Fee $20 if paid before 12:30 PM (we open at 11 am)
after 12:30 PM $25
I have seats / table space for 70 players.
Please show up early if you can

Prize Pool
Current Prize Pool
all Duals are revised

2x Badlands (EX)
2x Bayou (NM- and Fine)
2x Plateau (EX+)
2x Savannah (EX/EX-)
2x Scrubland (EX+/EX)
2x Scrubland (EX/EX-)
2x Taiga (EX / EX-)
2x Tropical Island (EX)
2x Tundra (EX/EX+)
1x Tundra (EX/EX-)
2x Underground Sea (Fine)
2x Volcanic Island (NM and EX / EX+)


Prizes will be based on attendance
8-24 people prizes to top 4 only (we may do a swiss + 1 at this level)
25-32 people prizes to top 8
33-40 top 9
41-45 top 10
46-50 top 10 and 1 random
51+ top 10 and 2 randoms

71 players max



Where
Knight Ware Inc.
3709 Cahuenga Blvd. West
Studio City, CA. 91604
(818) 769-7830
http://www.knight-ware.com

When
Sunday June 26, 2011
Store opens at 11 AM
Registration anytime after that and before 1:00 PM
(casual play before the tourney is most welcome, bring your EDH, vintage, etc.)
Tournament at 1:00 PM
Entry Fee $20 if paid before 12:30 PM (we open at 11 am)
after 12:30 PM $25


[b]Format:
Legacy
REL Competitive
Decklists Required (http://www.knight-ware.com/DecklistConstructed.new.pdf)
8-24 players, we may do a swiss + 1 with no cut
25-32 players, 5 rounds cut T8
33-64 players 6 rounds cut T8
65-71 players 7 rounds cut T8
first place, first pick, second place, second pick and so on
WER (Wizards Event Reporter) standings just prior to the cut will be used to determine 3rd/4th and 5th-8th

Parking
Parking is the main reason most of our larger events are on Sundays
Behind the store there are numbered spaces.
Knight Ware has spaces 9, 10, and 11
but
on Sundays, 2 of our 3 neighbors are usually closed
Sun Cafe (spaces 7 and 8 - the ones on either side of the telephone pole)
is now open on Sunday, please don’t park there

The streets are metered but not checked on Sundays
The first street to the west of us is Lankersheim Blvd..
On Lankersheim to the south there is unregulated street parking
Just west of Lankersheim (north side of the street) is an open lot that says
additional MTA parking. It does not get used much on the weekends
unless the hollywood bowl is running something and then there will be signs

any questions, post, call or email me

thanks


Lori Saul
Knight Ware Inc.

[sclabman]

YES YES YES YES

I am here.

[daugarten]

Time to start bumping and prepping for this event. I'll be there as well.

[everythingitouchdies]

I am looking forward to this, as always. I have already threatened to play storm combo, namely No Pants Tendrils as made famous by Jesse Jackson. Or maybe it was Liam Kane. Can't remember.

[lorddotm]

I am looking forward to this, as always. I have already threatened to play storm combo, namely No Pants Tendrils as made famous by Jesse Jackson. Or maybe it was Liam Kane. Can't remember.

TNT.

I don't know if I'm going to be playing in this event, I might just do a one man coverage.

[sclabman]

What should I prepare to face? What have the masses been playing?

[Koby]

Last tournament there was an insane amount of SFM decks, fewer Landstill, and about half a dozen Dredge/Affinity players.

Up in the air.

[Antonius]

Last tournament there was an insane amount of SFM decks, fewer Landstill, and about half a dozen Dredge/Affinity players.

Up in the air.

You forget: SFM is Landstill now.

[Koby]

You forget: SFM is Landstill now.

You're mistaken. BUG/Deedstill is not SFM, and not all UWx Landstill run SFM (altho they probably should).

[everythingitouchdies]

There has been a high presence of elves, affinity and dredge amidst the uprising of SFMstill, SFMaggro, BUGstill, BUGcontrol, and the usual merfolk. Combo has been eerily quiet for LA.

[lorddotm]

There has been a high presence of elves, affinity and dredge amidst the uprising of SFMstill, SFMaggro, BUGstill, BUGcontrol, and the usual merfolk. Combo has been eerily quiet for LA.

Blame Misstep

[everythingitouchdies]

Blame Misstep

I dont really mind so much. I am working on a couple new decks.

[keys]

Blame Misstep

Run and hide, it's the boogey man!



Counterbalance went on vacation and all the combo players can't seem to get off the couch...

[Koby]

Run and hide, it's the boogey man!



Counterbalance went on vacation and all the combo players can't seem to get off the couch...

Touché! The obvious solution to MM is to play a combodeck that doesn't rely on 1cc spells.

[everythingitouchdies]

Touché! The obvious solution to MM is to play a combodeck that doesn't rely on 1cc spells.

Naturally. Like Goblin Charbelcher. Muah Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Ok enough of that.

Time to get off the couch. Combo it shall be.

[Koby]

Anyone have 4 Aluren and 4 Imperial Recruiters that I can borrow? :wink:

[lorddotm]

Run and hide, it's the boogey man!



Counterbalance went on vacation and all the combo players can't seem to get off the couch...

Counterbalance isn't as big of an issue as Team America and other blue Hymn decks.

[Tru3z3rox]

There has been a high presence of elves, affinity and dredge amidst the uprising of SFMstill, SFMaggro, BUGstill, BUGcontrol, and the usual merfolk. Combo has been eerily quiet for LA.

Who plays elves other than me?! Haha....

[Koby]

Who plays elves other than me?! Haha....

I do on occasion, when I suspect people forget that the deck exists.

[lorddotm]

I do on occasion, when I suspect people forget that the deck exists.

Its the only time he consistently does well.

[Koby]

Its the only time he consistently does well.

You seem to have smoked too much dank today. You're ignoring the Mox Sapphire tournament and SCG San Jose, both of which were achieved using Bant.

[lorddotm]

You seem to have smoked too much dank today. You're ignoring the Mox Sapphire tournament and SCG San Jose, both of which were achieved using Bant.

The Mox tournament I will give you. I thought you just Top 32'd at San Jose?

But you have won/Top 8'd more tournaments with Llanowar Elves than without.

[Koby]

The Mox tournament I will give you. I thought you just Top 32'd at San Jose?

But you have won/Top 8'd more tournaments with Llanowar Elves than without.

LED UG VV doesn't count. It was a Survival deck ;)

[Tru3z3rox]

I do on occasion, when I suspect people forget that the deck exists.

Elves ^2

[everythingitouchdies]

I want 4 elf decks in the top 8. And then to be one of the other 4.

[Koby]

I want 4 elf decks in the top 8. And then to be one of the other 4.

I will be playing ConTroll - complete with Opposition, Deranged Hermit*, and Treachery.

*Edit - Hermit Druid is bannido.

[Tru3z3rox]

I want 4 elf decks in the top 8. And then to be one of the other 4.

Unless they're all running 4x mindbreak trap mainboard. Hmmm..the ideas are flowing.

[lorddotm]

I want 4 elf decks in the top 8. And then to be one of the other 4.

You aren't dreaming big enough. We have 6 Elf decks with you and me on opposite sides of the bracket so we can split the finals.

[everythingitouchdies]

Unless they're all running 4x mindbreak trap mainboard. Hmmm..the ideas are flowing.

I am down for that. Not all combo is storm combo, and storm combo is full of duress.

[everythingitouchdies]

You aren't dreaming big enough. We have 6 Elf decks with you and me on opposite sides of the bracket so we can split the finals.

I want two affinity decks in the other two spots, and otherwise yes.

[PanderAlexander]

Can't wait for this tournament!

[everythingitouchdies]

Seems that the one pm start time is going to prevent me from being able to play. Good luck everyone.

[saspook]

Seems that the one pm start time is going to prevent me from being able to play. Good luck everyone.

Do you want to show up late and help judge?

[Koby]

Do you want to show up late and help judge?

Or show up late, and become an enabler ;)

[SuperProxy]

I'm going to expect a few dredgers this tourney

[everythingitouchdies]

Do you want to show up late and help judge?

That sounds reasonable to me. There is a slim chance I can get there by one, and if I do I will play, but the likelihood is I will be there just before two.

[sclabman]

With all the dredge running around I guess my dreams of playing Landstill in a tournament should remain as such.

[Krieg]

This is tomorrow.

Remember 1 pm start time

Who wants those seas?

[lorddotm]

This is tomorrow.

Remember 1 pm start time

Who wants those seas?

I think I am going to be playing, so I will take 'em off your hands.

[everythingitouchdies]

62 players, good job los angeles. Top 8 featured some real powerhouses, including three of us that made top 8 at SCG LA.

Alex Kwan (maverick) and Kevin Koga (aggro loam) split the finals, with myself finishing third with 4 horsemen and Shai Shaham finishing fourth with B/W. Other decks in top 8 were Liam Kane with ANT, Mark with NO RUG, and I am unsure but I understand one of the last two was Hive Mind.

Report to come. Congrats everyone.

[Technics]

Glad I got to see everyone. <3

[2Rach]

62 players, good job los angeles. Top 8 featured some real powerhouses, including three of us that made top 8 at SCG LA.

Alex Kwan (maverick) and Kevin Koga (aggro loam) split the finals, with myself finishing third with 4 horsemen and Shai Shaham finishing fourth with B/W. Other decks in top 8 were Liam Kane with ANT, Mark with NO RUG, and I am unsure but I understand one of the last two was Hive Mind.

Report to come. Congrats everyone.
Ben, I finished in top 8 of SCG SJ! :(

I was running Mystic Junk.

Lu(don't know last name) was running Hive Mind. Punted the game 3 but it didn't matter, I was already ahead. Terrible mistake though...

[sclabman]

Excellent tournament as usual! It's great to be back in L.A.

Ran T.E.S. and went 3-3. Lost to Hive Mind, Aggro Loam, and Cephalid Breakfast. I beat Merfolk, Zenith Bant (no FoW I believe), and G/W Maverick. The Loam matchup I could've mulled better but they were all honorable defeats against worthy opponents. Good job to everyone in the top tables.

[Koby]

Great turnout! Ended up going 4-2 with Maverick, losing mostly to Sword of Body and Mind. It kinda sucks when you fail to draw 1 of 3 Pridemage or 1 of 4 GSZ and 1 of 4 StP, 3 games in a row. :\ Ended up drawing Thrun more times that match than I did StP. >_<

[Fatal]

Yea that's sad 12 card can make out and neither comes, but 4-2 isn't bad finish - congrats :)

[everythingitouchdies]

I didnt have a difficult game all day aside from the first round against merfolk when in game two I kept a one land hand and two ponders and a brainstorm later did not see a second one. I punted to Alex game two in top 4, losing to myself for a third place finish. I will work up a report tonight.

[Krieg]

Many thanks to the 62 of you who showed up for this

Here is the who got what post and since they locked the decklist thresd,
the T8 lists are at the end of this post

(I will also be emailing them to the council as requested)
\*
Location: Knight Ware Inc. Studio City, CA.
Legacy Duals
Date: 06/26/2011
Players:62

1/2 Alexander Kwan [No Force Bant] got 2X Underground Sea (Fine)
1/2 Kevin Koga [Aggro Loam] got 2X Tundra (EX/EX+)
3rd Ben Perry [4 Horsemen] got 2X Tropical Island (EX)
4th Shai Shaham [Junk] got 2X Volcanic Island (NM&EX/EX+)
5th Lu Cai [Hive Mind] got 2X Bayou (NM- and Fine)
6th Mark Ivezaj [NO Bant] got 2X Scrubland (EX+/EX)
7th Liam Kane [TES] got 2X Taiga (EX / EX-)
8th Brett Parise [Goblins] got 2X Savannah (EX/EX-)
9th Mike NG [Reanimator] got 2X Scrubland (EX/EX-)
10th Adam Ericksen got 2X Badlands (EX)
Random 1 Brett Jayne [] got 2X Plateau (EX+)
Random 2 Chuck Madlangbayan [] got 1X Tundra (EX/EX-)

The Rest
11th Hive Mind
12th Death and Taxes
13th Dredge
14th Zoo
15th Cephalid Breakfast
16th Cephalid Breakfast
17th Maverick
18th Dredge
19th Hive Mind
20th uw Stoneforge
21st Merfolk
22nd Mystic Thopters?
23rd uw Mystic
24th Spellstutter Blade?
25th Aggro Loam
26th Uwr Mystic
27th Affinity
28th Dredge
29th TES
30th Lands
31st Deedstill
32nd Maverick
33rd Elves
34th Painterstone
35th Goblins Rw
36th uw Landstill
37th RUG control
38th Merfolk
39th Elves NO
40th Goblins RGu mistep
41st Rebirth Hulk
42nd Junk
43rd Dredge
44th Burn
45th Zoo
46th Belcher
47th Dark Depths green
48th BW Discard
49th Merfolk
50th Merfolk
51st Hive Mind
52nd Vial Knights
53rd Dragon Stompy
54th Ad Nauseam
55th Goblins
56th No Force Bant
57th Dredge
58th BW Maralen
59th Affinity
60th Zoo
61st Merfolk
62nd Burn



[b] 1/2 Alexander Kwan [No Force Bant]

Main Deck
1 Birds of Paradise
3 Noble Hierarch
3 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Scavenging Ooze
4 Swords To Plowshares
4 Brainstorm
4 Mental Misstep
3 Daze
4 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Sylvan Library
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
4 Windswept Heath
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Tropical Island
2 Tundra
2 Savannah
3 Wasteland
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Karakas
1 Maze Of Ith
1 Forest
2 Qasali Pridemage
2 Stoneforge Mystic
qty: 60

Sideboard
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
2 Krosan Grip
3 Spell Pierce
1 Path to Exile
2 Submerge
1 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Rhox War Monk
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Bojuka Bog
qty: 15


1/2 Kevin Koga [Aggro Loam]

Main Deck
4 Wasteland
3 Tranquil Thicket
3 Forgotten Cave
2 Bayou
2 Taiga
1 Badlands
3 Wooded Foothills
2 Verdant Catacombs
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Mountain
1 Forest
1 Swamp
3 Terravore
2 Countryside Crusher
4 Dark Confidant
3 Tarmogoyf
2 Eternal Witness
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Mox Diamond
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Beast Within
4 Life from the Loam
2 Devastating Dreams
1 Worm Harvest
3 Seismic Assault
qty: 60

Sideboard
1 Compost
4 Ravenous Trap
3 Firespout
2 Terminate
1 Gaea's Blessing
2 Krosan Grip
2 Thorn of Amethyst
qty: 15


3rd Ben Perry [4 Horsemen]

Main Deck
4 Basalt Monolith
4 Mesmeric Orb
3 Narcomoeba
1 Dread Return
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Sharuum the Hegemon
1 Blasting Station
3 Cabal Therapy
3 Thoughtseize
4 Force Of Will
3 Mental Misstep
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
3 Preordain
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Swamp
2 Ancient Tomb
qty: 60

Sideboard
3 Tormod's Crypt
2 Extirpate
2 Echoing Truth
3 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Show And Tell
1 Mental Misstep
qty: 15


4th Shai Shaham [Junk]

Main Deck
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Dark Confidant
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Thoughtseize
4 Swords To Plowshares
3 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Hymn To Tourach
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Body and Mind
1 Batterskull
4 Vindicate
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
3 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
3 Scrubland
2 Bayou
1 Savannah
1 Swamp
1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Dryad Arbor
3 Wasteland
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Maze Of Ith
1 Karakas
1 Life from the Loam
qty: 60

Sideboard
2 Gerrard's Verdict
2 Duress
2 Pernicious Deed
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Perish
1 Bojuka Bog
2 Extirpate
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Manriki-Gusari
qty: 15


5th Lu Cai [Hive Mind]

Main Deck
4 Hive Mind
4 Force Of Will
4 Show And Tell
3 Grim Monolith
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
3 Pact of the Titan
4 Pact of Negation
2 Slaughter Pact
3 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City Of Traitors
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Summoner's Pact
4 Intuition
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
6 Island
qty: 60

Sideboard
3 Ravenous Trap
4 Leyline of Sanctity
3 Mindbreak Trap
2 Mental Misstep
3 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
qty: 15


6th Mark Ivezaj [NO Bant]

Main Deck
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Volcanic Island
2 Ponder
4 Mental Misstep
4 Force Of Will
3 Daze
4 Brainstorm
3 Vendilion Clique
4 Natural Order
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Taiga
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Tropical Island
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Progenitus
1 Island
1 Forest
qty: 60

Sideboard
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Mountain
2 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
qty: 15


7th Liam Kane [TES]

Main Deck
4 Dark Ritual
4 Rite of Flame
4 Lotus Petal
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Chrome Mox
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Burning Wish
3 Duress
3 Orim's Chant
2 Xantid Swarm
1 Ad Nauseam
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
2 City Of Brass
qty: 60

Sideboard
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Meltdown
1 Shattering Spree
1 Duress
1 Grapeshot
1 Ill-gotten Gains
1 Diminishing Returns
1 Wipe Away
2 Echoing Truth
2 Pyroblast
2 Xantid Swarm
qty: 15


8th Brett Parise [Goblins]

Main Deck
20 Mountain
1 Rishadan Port
2 Lightning Bolt
4 AEther Vial
4 Goblin Lackey
3 Mental Misstep
2 Goblin Piledriver
2 Mogg War Marshal
1 Stingscourger
4 Goblin Matron
4 Gempalm Incinerator
4 Goblin Warchief
1 Goblin Chieftain
4 Goblin Ringleader
2 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Tuktuk Scrapper
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
qty: 60

Sideboard
3 Pyrokinesis
2 Blood Moon
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Goblin Tinkerer
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Shattering Spree
1 Ravenous Trap
qty: 15




next up is a store credit event on July 31, 2011
(they usually get about 30 players but the last one got 45)

[everythingitouchdies]

My report is up.

[PanderAlexander]

My report is up.

Linky here: click here (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?21322-3rd-at-Knightware-in-LA-with-4-Horsemen-(62-players))