[Tournament] 4x Tarmogoyf 4/19/08 Hadley, Ma

[Zach Tartell]

SVG tech for the mirror, though.

[Rood]

Legend I watched that match with you and Jeremiah OMG he sold that FoW like a true poker player the first game I was like...wow.

[Rock Lee]

I was the MUC player who took this.

Check out my Report for a full list, explanation, and Banter.

I was quite impressed by the demeanor of the Legacy players I met. (I was warned they were cold, callous, xenopaths, but found this not to be true from those I met) I was also amazed with the prize structure and facilities. (I walked into the restroom and said to myself 'now THIS is a bathroom! yeah!' I will definitely be returning for more Legacy and Vintage!

Especially large thanks to A Legend/Hollywood, for giving a good fight and being a good guy. I had some really interactive and entertaining games of magic today!

[KillemallCFH]

MUC
beats
Landstill

Now that must have been an exciting match.

[Madmaniac21]

I was the MUC player who took this. List is as follows:

Gj Jeremiah.

No hard feelings bout the hand shake ... evil FF winning song whistling, lol.

[Rock Lee]

Gj Jeremiah.

No hard feelings bout the hand shake ... evil FF winning song whistling, lol.

Hah. we all get riled up sometimes. I know you're a great guy, its all good. Your deck did do obscenely improbable things, and penalized you badly for minor misplays.

I was fully expecting that match to go to game 3, as I mentioned afterwards.

[Michael Keller]

Well he sold it pretty well, but he kept an opening hand of seven and must have known what I was playing by then, so I knew he had Force.

But sometimes you have no choice. Sell it or not, it was either happening turn one or not.

[Bane of the Living]

Well he sold it pretty well, but he kept an opening hand of seven and must have known what I was playing by then, so I knew he had Force.

But sometimes you have no choice.

Why dont you run Thoughtseize? It seems like one of the best reasons to play black in belcher.

[Michael Keller]

I don't want to waste acceleration - and potentially a turn - to make an opponent discard a card. The deck doesn't pack a whole lot of black, remember, but for the black it packs those cards are critical. Dark Ritual wins games. Thoughtseize doesn't.

[Bane of the Living]

I don't want to waste acceleration - and potentially a turn - to make an opponent discard a card. The deck doesn't pack a whole lot of black, remember, but for the black it packs those cards are critical. Dark Ritual wins games. Thoughtseize doesn't.

What disruption do you play? Any at all? I've been a fan of 4 slots dedicated to protection such as Xantids or Duress. But if your going so well with a balls to the walls version than I might try it as well.

Would you think of adding Thoughtseize when Manamorphosis is out?

[frolll]

Oh man I sooooo want these lists. It's a really sweet top 8. GG to those who did go to this tournament and kudos to MUC player for showing up with... MUC :o

And, All-Hallow's Eve is a Sorcery... nop ?

[Michael Keller]

I never intended to Wish for it. I think it is still an enchantment. It's just in there for atmosphere.

[Sims]

I never intended to Wish for it. I think it is still an enchantment. It's just in there for atmosphere.

Nah, it actually is a Sorcery again, Mike. You really could have wished for it if you had wanted to.

[Michael Keller]

That's utterly hilarious.

[Shriekmaw]

Not to nit pick (I lied - very much to nit pick), but are you familiar with how soon "very soon" is? Like, at my last check the event was scheduled for the 19th of July. Which, a cursory investigation yields, is precisely 3 months away.

Edit: -1 day.

Honestly Zach, give it a rest. I was joking around with the whole "very soon" part, and if you knew me, you would also know what I was trying to say.

Do you have a problem with me or something?

A comment like that is just something out of the blue if you didn't have another issue of some sort.

[OffTheWall]

I would like to thank everyone that came out for the event. We had 31 people, which is amazing for a prerelease weekend. I will post the top 8 deck lists tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks again to everyone that came out, and don't forget Type I for a mox emerald this Sunday (4/27)

[Michael Keller]

Any update on the lists?

[OffTheWall]

I apologize for not posting on Monday, I forgot it was a holiday, and the Fiancee would have the day off. Any way here are the top 8 postings:
1st: Jeremiah Rudolph (Rock Lee) MUC
// Lands
3 [10E] Quicksand
16 [ON] Island (3)
2 [ON] Flooded Strand
2 [ON] Polluted Delta

// Creatures
3 [CHK] Meloku the Clouded Mirror
4 [WL] Ophidian

// Spells
3 [US] Back to Basics
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [MM] Brainstorm
4 [IA] Counterspell
4 [IN] Fact or Fiction
3 [8E] Mana Leak
2 [UD] Powder Keg
3 [5E] Force Spike
3 [FD] Vedalken Shackles

// Sideboard
SB: 2 [SOK] Pithing Needle
SB: 3 [CH] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 4 [OV] Hydroblast
SB: 1 [A] Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 2 [GP] Repeal
SB: 3 [MR] Chalice of the Void

2nd Mike Keller (A Legend) Dark Belcher
[4x] Goblin Charbelcher
[4x] Burning Wish
[4x] Tinder Wall
[4x] Dark Ritual
[4x] Desperate Ritual
[4x] Rite of Flame
[4x] Elvish Spirit Guide
[4x] Simian Spirit Guide
[4x] Lotus Petal
[4x] Lion's Eye Diamond
[4x] Wild Cantor
[4x] Seething Song
[4x] Land Grant
[3x] Empty the Warrens
[3x] Chrome Mox
[1x] Taiga
[1x] Bayou

//Sideboard
[4x] Red Elemental Blast
[2x] Pyroclasm
[2x] Rust
[1x] Shattering Spree
[1x] Diminishing Returns
[1x] Infernal Tutor
[1x] Reverent Silence
[1x] Empty the Warrens
[1x] Kaervek's Torch
[1x] All Hallow's Eve (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/Card....aspx?&id=1428)

3rd James Mankins Grave Digger (UBG Standstill)
4 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Swamp
1 Island
2 Wasteland
4 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
1 Academy Ruins

3 Standstill
4 FOW
2 E.E.
2 Pernicious Deed
3 Counterbalance
1 Vedalken Shackles
2 Sensei's Divinging Top
3 Putrefy
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Tombstalker
1 Crucible of Worlds
4 Counterspell
4 Brainstorm
2 Spell snare
1 Vorash the Hunter

Sideboard
3 Blue Elemental Blast
3 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing needle
1 Extripate
2 Krosan Grip
4 Engineered Plague

4th Roddy Ruban (RoddyVR) Slivers
4 Windswept Heath
4 Flooded Strand
2 Tropical Island
2 Tundra
1 Savannah
1 Plateau
1 Scrubland
1 Plains
1 Forest
1 Island

3 Aether Vial
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Stifle
4 Eladamri's Call

4 Plated Sliver
4 Sinew Sliver
4 Muscle Sliver
4 Crystalline Sliver
2 Gemhide Sliver
1 Quick Sliver
1 Talon Sliver
1 Winged Sliver
1 Heart Sliver
1 Darkherat Sliver
1 Hibernation Sliver
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Root Sliver
1 Sliver Legion

SB:
1 Winged Sliver
2 Harmoic Sliver
1 Necrotic Sliver
1 Essence Sliver
1 Jotun Grunt
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Aether Vial
3 Krosan Grip
4 Worldly Tutor

5th-8th
Rodney Hannigan (Roodmistah) Dreadstill
6 Island
1 Volcanic Island
3 Wasteland
4 Mishra's Factory
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded strand
4 Trinket Mage
4 Phyrexian Dreadnought
4 Stifle
2 Trickbind
4 Brainstorm
4 Daze
4 FOW
3 Spell Snare
2 Sensei's Divinging Top
3 Counterbalance
1 E.E.
1 Pithing Needle
4 Standstill

SB
3 Chill
1 Volcanic Island
4 Red Elemental Blast
2 Echoing Truth
1 Pithing Needle
1 E.E.
3 Tormod's Crypt

Brandon LePage 4c Thresh
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
3 Tindra
1 Island
1 Forest
3 Nimble Mongoose
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Sea Drake
1 Mystic Enforcer
3 Pithing Needle
2 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
3 Counterbalance
3 Daze
2 Counterspell
4 FOW
4 Lightning Bolt
2 STP

SB
3 Gaddock Teeg
1 STP
3 Pyroclasm
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Spell Snare
3 Krosan Grip

Matt McNally Goblins
3 Bloodstained Mire
3 Wooded Foothills
4 Wasteland
2 Rishadan Port
4 Auntie's Hovel
5 Mountain
2 Badlands
4 Aether Vial
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Goblin Lackey
4 " Piledriver
4 " Warchief
4 " Matron
1 " Sharpshooter
4 " Ringleader
2 Earwig Squad
1 Warren Weirding
3 Gempalm Incinerator
1 Wort, Boggart Auntie
1 Siege gang Commander

SB
3 Tormod's Crypt
4 Chalice Of Void
1 Gempalm Incinerator
1 Goblin King
4 Pyrokinesis
2 Warren Weirding

Bob Kochis (Raider Rob) Tombstone
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Birds of Paradise
3 Eternal Witness
3 Doran, the siege Tower
2 Tombstalker
2 Vindicate
2 Snuff Out
3 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Thoughtseize
4 STP
3 Lilliana Vess
3 Harmonize
3 Pernicious Deed
2 Forest
1 Plains
2 Swamp
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Savannah
2 Bloodstained Mire
1 Polluted Delta
4 Windswept Heath
2 Scrubland
4 Bayou

SB
3 Engineered Plague
2 Krosan Grip
3 Extripate
3 Orim's Chant
4 Chalice of the Void

Thanks again to everyone that came out for the tournament. I hope to see you next month.

[Cavius The Great]

I'm glad to see James Mankins put up another solid finish. I just wish he'd start an account here on the Source.