[Goyfless] Top 8 Semi-Finals

[Dan Turner]

Here is what we have for top 8 in order of Ranking:

1) The Wes (15)
2) 4eak (14)
3) Paradigm Shift (14)
4) jthanatos (14)
5) pi4meterftw (13)
6) Van Phanel (13)
7) elof (13)
8) Pinder (13)

Single elimination round
Best 2 of 3

Table 1:
The Wes vs Pinder

Table 2:
4eak vs elof
Winner: 4eak

Table 3:
Paradigm Shift vs Van Phanel
WINNER: Van Phanel

Table 4:
jthanatos vs pi4meterftw
WINNER: pi4meterftw


I will go back through the older threads and get a list of the prizes together and figure something out.

It is Friday May 22nd 9 am Central Time
I will let this go until Monday June 1st Midnight Central Time
That should give plenty of time so that there are no draws in the top 8


PRIZES

1 Tarmogoyf (Griever9977)
1 GP Foil Spiritmonger (IBA)
1 Wasteland (stuckpixel)
1 Autographed Goblin PileDriver (Magic Fanatic)

I figured let 1st-4th just pick in order, then PM your address to the person who donated so they can send it to you.





DECKLIST

The Wes

//Lands
5 Plains
3 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Horizon Canopy
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 City of Traitors
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Savannah

//Spells
4 Trinisphere
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Crucible of the Worlds
4 Mox Diamond
4 Ghostly Prison
4 Armageddon
3 Smokestack
3 Humility
2 Oblivion Ring

2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

//Sideboard
1 Oblivion Ring
3 Suppression Field
3 Pithing Needle
4 Choke
4 Krosan Grip




4eak

// Lands
2 [u] Taiga
4 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
4 [ON] Wooded Foothills
5 [US] Mountain (3)
4 [REW] Wasteland
4 [MM] Rishadan Port

// Creatures
1 [ON] Goblin Sharpshooter
4 [US] Goblin Lackey
4 [EVG] Goblin Matron
4 [SC] Goblin Warchief
4 [ON] Goblin Piledriver
4 [FNM] Goblin Ringleader
1 [GP] Tin Street Hooligan
4 [LE] Gempalm Incinerator
4 [AT] Mogg Fanatic
2 [SC] Siege-Gang Commander
1 [AT] Goblin Tinkerer

// Spells
4 [DS] AEther Vial

// Sideboard
SB: 4 [TSP] Krosan Grip
SB: 1 [TSB] Gaea's Blessing
SB: 4 [SC] Pyrostatic Pillar
SB: 3 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
SB: 2 [AL] Pyrokinesis
SB: 1 [6E] Goblin King


Paradigm Shift

18x Snow-Covered Plains
4x Scrying Sheets

2x Grindstone
2x Painter's Servant
3x Eternal Dragon
1x Sacred Mesa

3x Enlightened Tutor
4x Sensei's Divining Top

3x Wrath of God
3x Runed Halo
3x Oblivion Ring
4x Swords to Plowshares
1x Moat

4x Orim's Chant
3x Abeyance
2x Isochron Scepter

SB:
3x Tormod's Crypt
1x Relic of Progenitus
3x Ray of Distortion
2x Sacred Ground
2x Story Circle
1x Sacred Mesa
2x Decree of Justice
1x Rule of Law


jthanatos

// Lands
1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
23 [ST] Island (4)

// Creatures
1 [VI] Rainbow Efreet
2 [LRW] Sower of Temptation

// Spells
1 [LRW] Cryptic Command
3 [REW] Powder Keg
3 [US] Back to Basics
4 [DLM] Counterspell
4 [AL] Force of Will
1 [EVE] Call the Skybreaker
3 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
3 [DIS] Spell Snare
4 [FNM] Fact or Fiction
4 [TSP] Think Twice
3 [SH] Mana Leak

// Sideboard
SB: 3 [R] Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 3 [MR] Chalice of the Void
SB: 3 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
SB: 2 [CNF] Telemin Performance
SB: 4 [IN] Disrupt


pi4meterftw

// Lands
4 [ON] Windswept Heath
4 [ON] Flooded Strand
4 [A] Tundra
3 [TE] Wasteland
1 [10E] Island (3)
2 [4E] Plains (1)

// Creatures
4 [9E] Weathered Wayfarer
4 [PS] Meddling Mage
4 [CHP] Serra Avenger
4 [TSP] Fathom Seer
2 [CS] Jotun Grunt

// Spells
4 [FNM] Brainstorm
4 [AT] Swords to Plowshares
3 [TSP] Ancestral Vision
4 [AL] Force of Will
3 [NE] Daze
3 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
1 [MR] Empyrial Plate
2 [DS] AEther Vial

// Sideboard
SB: 3 [FNM] Aura of Silence
SB: 3 [LRW] Burrenton Forge-Tender
SB: 3 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
SB: 3 [LRW] Thorn of Amethyst
SB: 1 [FD] Engineered Explosives
SB: 2 [MI] Enlightened Tutor




Van Phanel

3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
6 Island
6 Snow-covered Island

4 High Tide
4 Brainstorm
3 Opt
1 Peek
4 Reset
4 Impulse
3 Remand
2 Brain Freeze
3 Meditate
3 Cunning Wish
3 Turnabout
2 Cryptic Command
4 Force of Will
2 Flash of Insight

SB:
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Meditate
1 Turnabout
2 Wipe Away
2 Echoing Truth
1 Repal
3 Twincast
2 Hydroblast
1 Rebuild
1 Mystical Tutor



elof

12 Island
4 Wasteland
4 Mutavault
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Cursecatcher
4 Merrow Reejerey
2 Wake Thrasher
1 Vendilion Clique
4 Standstill
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Aether Vial
3 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Echoing Truth

SB:
2 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
3 Relic of Progenitus
3 Pithing Needle
4 Hydroblast
3 Annul


Pinder

// Lands
2 [ON] Windswept Heath
2 [ON] Polluted Delta
1 [5E] Island (3)
1 [ALA] Plains (4)
4 [ON] Flooded Strand
4 [A] Tropical Island
4 [R] Tundra

// Creatures
4 [SH] Crystalline Sliver
4 [PLC] Sinew Sliver
4 [FNM] Muscle Sliver
4 [LE] Plated Sliver
3 [TE] Winged Sliver

// Spells
4 [NE] Daze
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [MM] Brainstorm
4 [IA] Swords to Plowshares
4 [DS] AEther Vial
3 [SC] Stifle

// Sideboard
SB: 4 [5E] Hydroblast
SB: 1 [TE] Talon Sliver
SB: 1 [PS] Eladamri's Call
SB: 1 [TSP] Harmonic Sliver
SB: 3 [ALA] Ethersworn Canonist
SB: 3 [TSB] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2 [TSP] Krosan Grip

[Misplayer]

Don't most Top 8 pairings follow the 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 structure, or have I just not paid enough attention to this stuff in the past?

[Pinder]

That's actually what I thought, too. But whatever.

[Dan Turner]

I can change it if you all want

[4eak]

Aye. I'm used to what Pinder and Misplayer described. I prefer doing it that way, but it isn't up to me. Let us know if you are going to change the pairings or keep them the same.




peace,
4eak

[jthanatos]

I... have no strong feelings on this matter. Just want to play.

[The Wes]

It all depends, whats Pinder playing?


Seriously, I don't mind whatever way is decided.

[Dan Turner]

Ok I fixed it all

[4eak]

Thanks, pm sent to elof.





peace,
4eak

[Pinder]

It all depends, whats Pinder playing?

The Hot Nuts. I sent you a PM.

[Ectoplasm]

Isn't top 4 the semifinals?

[TheInfamousBearAssassin]

Yes. Top 8 is the quarterfinals.

Decklists! Decklists!

[jakolhops]

Well since my olny 2 losses was from 2 people in the top 8, i dont know who to root for. My money is on 4eak i really liked that deck.

[Ectoplasm]

Rooting for Pinder since his name sounds cool.
Go Pinder!

[stuckpixel]

Bah- I must have just missed T8. Could we see the standings after the last round?

I was looking forward to winning back my wasteland.

[Dan Turner]

Bah- I must have just missed T8. Could we see the standings after the last round?

I was looking forward to winning back my wasteland.

If i had the full file I would but all I received was the top 8 you could probable figure it out though from all the info given

[stuckpixel]

so, did Aggro Zombies just give you the T8 without any additional info - or where'd you get it from?

The only reason I'm curious is because my breaks going into round 6 were better than two other 13 pointers. My best guess is that my breaks screwed me because the last match I played I beat another 10 pointer, but it'd be nice to see something backing that up.

Meh, oh well.

[Dan Turner]

I just got top 8 fro A-Z

[pi4meterftw]

so, did Aggro Zombies just give you the T8 without any additional info - or where'd you get it from?

The only reason I'm curious is because my breaks going into round 6 were better than two other 13 pointers. My best guess is that my breaks screwed me because the last match I played I beat another 10 pointer, but it'd be nice to see something backing that up.

Meh, oh well.

It's pretty easy (though tedious) to compute your standings, but if you think about it, you were only beating Pinder on tiebreakers but then his final round opponent (me) increased his OMW. Probably what happened was Pinder picked up some OMW from his other opponents.

It was pretty close before round 6, so it's definitely conceivable that something reasonable could have happened. Sucks... but I'm pretty sure it's legit.

[Jaynel]

Decklists! Decklists!

Concur.