[TOURNAMENT] 4 Tarmogoyf 12/1/07 Hadley, Ma

[Gaagooch]

Cuse is like three to four hours longer of a drive for me and my crew. We plan on getting out their eventually, because the prize support is pretty much always insane. Its just one hell of a trip for a one day tourney...

[Peter_Rotten]

How come you guys go to Hadley but you never come to Syracuse?

Hadley = One hour and forty minutes away from me. Ten dollar entry fee. Reasonable chance of making T8. Great store with very fair prices on singles. Flexible prize structure (Don't like the prize? Get store credit instead and use it on the fairly priced singles).

Cuse = Two hours and fifteen minutes. Large entry fee. Tougher competition. Do you guys even have a store anymore? Should I raise the hackneyed topic of Change the Name's prices?

[Braves54321]

I went 4-1-1 in swiss, losing only to Aluren in both swiss and then top 8.

Deck list for reference:


Maindeck:
7 Mountain
1 Forest
4 Taiga
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Bloodstained Mire

4 Tarmogoyf
4 Mogg Fanatic
3 Grim Lavamancer
4 Hearth Kami

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Chain Lightning
3 Cursed Scroll
3 Price of Progress
3 Fireblast
3 Magma Jet
2 Incinerate
2 Seal of Fire
2 Tarfire


SB:
4 Pithing Needle
4 Tormod's Crypt
3 Krosan Grip
2 Pyroclasm
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Price of Progress



Good matchups and decent play from myself got me a top 8 for the first time in a while.



Props:
-Kevin for hosting a great tournament. His store had singles I needed at good prices, as always.
-All my opponents, for being friendly.
-Cursed Scroll, for being super awesome and winning me a few games on its own.
-Matt P for driving, and Sims for finally getting his ass to a bigger tourny.

Slops:
-McDonalds for pwning my stomach on the way home. All I ate was a Big Mac....c'monnn.

[Raider Bob]

PARAPHRASED QUOTE FROM PETER ROTTON

"Cuse = Tougher competition."

Translation - "I am a pussy who can not hang with the big boys."

Nuff Said

[Peter_Rotten]

My lack of practice and wanning playskill needs the Mass meta.

[Bryant Cook]

WOOPT! go go TES! Dan you're my hero. See us scrubbing out at TMLO3 wasn't too bad...:-/

[Gaagooch]

Nah it wasnt so terrible...only if i knew how to type my decklists out the right way and not make mistakes...im a noob...

[Ebinsugewa]

My lack of practice and wanning playskill needs the Mass meta.

Ouch.

[Cait_Sith]

My lack of practice and wanning playskill needs the Mass meta.

Play Burning Tog and all will be well.

[TeenieBopper]

Hadley = One hour and forty minutes away from me. Ten dollar entry fee. Reasonable chance of making T8. Great store with very fair prices on singles. Flexible prize structure (Don't like the prize? Get store credit instead and use it on the fairly priced singles).

Cuse = Two hours and fifteen minutes. Large entry fee. Tougher competition. Do you guys even have a store anymore? Should I raise the hackneyed topic of Change the Name's prices?

Ah, fair enough. I new about the entry fees and lack of competition (oh, burn). I didn't realize that Hadley was a good 40 minutes closer. We just miss you guys and your free byes :(

[Afro]

Here is my dragon stompy list for reference.

10 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors

4 Chrome Mox
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
3 Jitte
2 Sword of Fire and Ice

4 Pit Dragon
4 Arc Slogger
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Gathan Raiders
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Seething Song
3 Blood Moon

I ended up 4-0-2ing into the top 8. Beat Angel Stax in the first round then lost to Landstill in the semi's.

Props:

Kevin for ANOTHER awesome tournament and for putting aside that Badlands.
Norm for having Kevin put aside said Badlands.
All my opponents for having awesome character and attitudes.
Sims for making an actual event.

Slops:

Matt P for playing bad cards and not top8ing.

[ForceofWill]

My lack of practice and wanning playskill needs the Mass meta.

Didn't you go like 2-3 drop?

[Peter_Rotten]

Didn't you go like 2-3 drop?

Nope. 2-4.

That Goblins match was just STUPID. 2 losses to Angel Stax - nothing I can do about that match. And Sims beat me in the mirror.

[Sims]

Nope. 2-4.

That Goblins match was just STUPID. 2 losses to Angel Stax - nothing I can do about that match. And Sims beat me in the mirror.

Game 1- 3 Goyfs to his 1. Game 2- turn 2 3/4 goyf gets burned and followed by a 4/5 goyf that takes it home. Mirror match is rather retarded, lol.

[Unknown13]

Great tournament as always Kevin. Looking forward to the next one. For those who are interested, here's the list I top 8'd with:

4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
3 Tundra
1 Island

4 Nomads en-Kor
1 Shaman en-Kor
4 Cephalid Illusionist
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Narcomoeba
1 Sutured Ghoul

4 Aether Vial
4 Brainstorm
3 Worldly Tutor
2 Cabal Therapy
3 Lim-Dul's Vault
3 Abeyance
1 Dragon Breath
1 Echoing Truth
1 Dread Return
4 Force of Will

SB:

3 Pernicious Deed
3 Dark Confidant
3 Extirpate
2 Krosan Grip
2 Reverent Silence
1 Cabal Therapy
1 Abeyance

[Rehallek]

Figured I'd put up a decklist of my AngelStax deck I t8ed and got 5-8 with if anyone was interested.

8x Plains
4x Flagstones of Trokair
4x City of Traitors
4x Ancient Tomb
4x Zoetic Caverns
2x Wasteland
1x Horizon Canopy
4x Mox Diamond

4x Chalice of the Void
4x Trinisphere
4x Crucible of Worlds
3x Oblivion Ring
3x Ghostly Prison
4x Smokestack
3x Armageddon

2x Karn, Silver Golem
3x Exalted Angel

Another great tournament and looking forward to the next.

[OffTheWall]

Well, just about everyone beat me to posting the top 8 deck lists. However, there are two remaining, so I will post those now.
James Mankins (2nd Place)-UW Landstill
Land:
4 Tundra
1 Wasteland
4 Flooded Strand
2 Faerie Conclave
4 Mishra's Factory
3 Island
5 Plains
1 Academy Ruins

Artifacts:
1 Crucible
2 N. Disk
1 V. Shackles

Spells:
1 Pulse of Fields
1 Humility
2 FOF
3 Mana Leak
4 FOW
4 STP
4 Brainstorm
2 Decree of Justice
1 Ajani Goldmane
3 Stifle
3 Wrath of God
4 Standstill

Sideboard:
4 Pithing Needle
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Orim's Chant
1 Tsabo's Web
1 COP: Green
2 COP: Red
1 Wasteland



And
Jeff Kowalczyk (3-4th)-Alluren
Land:
1 Underground Sea
1 Badlands
2 Tropical Island
1 Volcanic Island
1 Taiga
2 Bayou
2 Wooded Foothills
2 Windswept Heath
2 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
2 Forest
1 Island

Creatures:
1 Spike Feeder
4 Imperial Recruiter
1 Ghitu Slinger
1 Cavern Harpy
1 Etched Oracle
4 Wall of Roots
1 Dream Stalker
2 Eternal Witness
1 Man O' War
3 Raven Familiar
2 Tinder Wall

Spells:
4 Brainstorm
4 FOW
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Alluren
4 Cabal Ritual
3 Lim-Dul's Vault

Sideboard:
3 Disrupt
4 Pernicious Deed
4 Spell Snare
4 Yixlid Jailer


Thanks again to everyone that came out. I hope you all had a great time, and I look forward to posting the next event soon.

[TrialByFire]

Nice job James, 2nd place FTW.

[Peter_Rotten]

Decklist without SB.

Can you list your SB also?

[Jaynel]

Can you morph Zoetic Cavern from your graveyard with Crucible in play?