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    [BIG Tourney Resuslts] Game Empire Winterfest Top 8- decklists, & match reports

    52 Players - 6 Rounds - Cut to Top 8
    Dylan and I were the only 4-0 then draw twice into top 8.
    match reports can be found here: http://www.gameempire.com/forum/inde...showtopic=1129

    Here's a simplified list of the Top 8:

    1. Reanimator UB
    2. White Stax
    3. Meathooks (CounterSliver)
    4. Spanish Inquistion (Storm Combo)
    5. GWB AggroControl
    6. UWB Control
    7. UBW Fish
    8. GroAtog UBrg

    -PR


    Standings after Round 6 of the GE Winterfest:
    (OMW to show who worked and who walked into the top 8)
    Name Points OMW% rounded to nearest whole #
    1. Sichen Sun 16 57%
    2. Rodrigo Gonzalez 15 52%
    3. Kyle Donovan 15 51%
    4. Kevin Trombley 14 70%
    5. Dylan Jolliffe 14 58%
    6. John Harduvel 13 62%
    7. Michael Scherer 13 61%
    8. Ben Gustafson 13 61%

    1 played 8, 2 played 7 and so on. All matches round 1 went to game 3.

    Top 4
    Dylan defeats Ben in 2
    Rodrigo defeats Kyle in 2

    Finals
    Rodrigo defeats Dylan in 2, by Turn 4 both games.

    DECKLISTS
    #1 Rodrigo Gonzalez- B/u Reanimator
    Deck Designer: Rodrigo Gonzalez
    Spells:
    4x Reanimate
    4x Exhume
    4x Careful Study
    3x Intuition
    2x Cabal Therapy
    3x Brainstorm
    3x Repeal

    Enchantments
    4x Animate Dead

    Creatures:
    3x Putrid Imp
    2x Oona's Prowler
    3x Bogardan Hellkite
    1x Tidespout Tyrant
    1x Garza Zol, Plague Queen
    1x Simic Sky Swallower
    1x Sundering Titan
    1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
    1x Phantom Nishoba
    1x Symbiotic Wurm

    Lands:
    3x Bloodstained Mire
    3x Polluted Delta
    4x Underground Sea
    2x Watery Grave
    6x Swamp
    1x Island

    Sideboard
    2x Wipe Away
    2x Hydroblast
    1x Blue Elemental Blast
    3x Defense Grid
    3x Propaganda
    3x Stifle
    1x Repeal

    #2 Dylan Joluffe- Krunk Stick (a.k.a Mono White Stax)
    Deck Designer: Jimmy Ramirez
    Artifacts
    4x Trinisphere
    4x Crucible of Worlds
    4x Chalice of the Void
    4x Smokestack
    4x Mox Diamond

    Enchantments
    4x Ghostly Prison

    Spells
    4x Armageddon

    Creatures
    2x Exalted Angel
    4x Magus of the Tabernacle

    Lands
    4x Flagsontes of Trokair
    4x City of Traitors
    4x Ancient Tomb
    3x Mishra's Factory
    2x Wasteland
    1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
    8x Plains

    Sideboard
    3x Pithing Needle
    3x Tormod's Crypt
    3x Supression Field
    3x Oblivion Ring
    2x Jotun Grunt
    1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

    #3 Kyle Donovan - Meathooks
    Deck Desinger: Remus
    Spells
    4x Daze
    4x Swords to Plowshares
    4x Brainstorm
    4x Portent
    4x Force of Will
    3x Counterspell

    Creatures
    4x Muscle Sliver
    4x Sinew Sliver
    4x Crystaline Sliver
    4x Plated Sliver
    3x Winged Sliver

    Lands
    4x Polluted Delta
    2x Flooded Strand
    1x Windswept Heath
    3x Tundra
    2x Tropical Island
    1x Savannah
    2x Yavimaya Coast
    2x Island
    1x Plains

    Sideboard
    3x Tormods Crypt
    3x Chalice of the Void
    3x Engineered Explosives
    3x Jotun Grunt
    3x Harmonic Sliver

    #4- Ben Gustafson - Spanish Inquisition
    Deck Designer: Emidln (of mtgsalvation)
    Spells
    4x Dark Ritual
    4x Cabal Ritual
    4x Culling the Weak
    4x Land Grant
    4x Duress
    4x Infernal Contract
    4x Cruel Bargain
    4x Infernal Tutor
    3x Tendrils of Agony

    Artifacts
    4x Lotus Petal
    4x Chrome Mox
    4x Lion's Eye Diamond
    1x Goblin Charbelcher
    4x Phyrexian Walker
    4x Shield Sphere
    2x Ornithopter

    Lands
    2x Overgrown Tomb

    Sideboard:
    4x Xantid Swarm
    4x Tomb of Urami
    3x Naturalize
    2x Massacre
    2x Phyrexian Negator

    #5 Michael Scherer- Infi Removal
    Deck Designer: Michael Scherer
    Spells
    4x Duress
    2x Cabal Therapy
    1x Darkblast
    2x Chainer's Edict
    2x Putrefy
    2x Swords to Plowshares
    3x Extirpate

    Artifacts
    2x Engineered Explosives
    2x Sensei's Divining Top
    2x Umezawa's Jitte

    Creatures
    4x Dark Confidant
    4x Tarmogoyf
    3x Eternal Witness
    3x Troll Ascetic
    2x Mystic Enforcer

    Lands
    4x Windswept Heath
    3x Polluted Delta
    4x Bayou
    1x Savannah
    1x Scrubland
    2x Overgrown Tomb
    1x Forest
    1x Swamp
    1x Plains
    3x Wasteland
    1x Volrath's Stronghold

    Sideboard
    4x Pernicious Deed
    4x Unmask
    3x Krosan Grip
    3x Leyline of the Void
    1x Darkblast

    #6 Kevin Trombley(me)- Angel
    Deck Designer: Kevin Trombley (Based on Invasion block deck "No-Mar")
    Spells
    4x Brainstorm
    4x Swords to Plowshares
    4x Wing Shards
    3x Fact or Fiction
    4x Gerrard's Verdict
    4x Vindicate
    4x Probe
    3x Wrath of God

    Enchantments
    2x Yawgmoth's Agenda

    Creatures
    1x Morphling
    2x Teferi, Mage of Zhalifir
    2x Desolation Angel

    Lands
    3x Flooded Strand
    3x Polluted Delta
    4x Underground Sea
    3x Tundra
    1x Scrubland
    4x Island
    4x Plains
    2x Swamp

    Sideboard
    4x Extirpate
    4x Orim's Chant
    4x Intervention Pact
    3x Chalice of the Void

    #7 John Harduvel- U/B/W Fish
    Deck Designer: None stated
    Spells
    4x Brainstorm
    4x Ponder
    4x Force of Will
    4x Swords to Plowshares
    3x Daze
    3x Duress
    3x Stifle

    Artifacts
    2x Umezawa's Jitte

    Creatures
    4x Dark Confidant
    4x Meddling Mage
    3x Jotun Grunt
    3x Stormscape Apprentice
    2x Serra Avenger

    Lands
    4x Flooded Strand
    2x Polluted Delta
    4x Underground Sea
    4x Tundra
    1x Godless Shrine
    1x Plains
    1x Island

    Sideboard
    4x Engineered Plague
    3x Threads of Disloyalty
    2x Engineered Explosives
    2x Pithing Needle
    2x Kataki, War's Wage
    1x Umezawa's Jitte
    1x Duress

    #8 Shichen Sun- U/B/r/g Gro-A-tog
    Deck Designer: Shichen Sun
    Spells
    4x Brainstorm
    4x Counterspell
    4x Accumulated Knowledge
    4x Force of Will
    3x Smother
    3x Impulse
    3x Fact or Fiction
    3x Cunning Wish
    2x Intuition

    Enchantments
    1x Pernicious Deed

    Artifacts
    2x Powder Keg

    Creatures
    3x Psychatog
    2x Quirion Dryad

    Sideboard
    3x Hypnotic Specter
    2x Duress
    2x Pernicious Deed
    1x Cabal Therapy
    1x Natualize
    1x Coffin Purge
    1x Hurkyl's Recall
    1x Misdirection
    1x Smother
    1x Diabolic Edict
    1x Berserk

    I may have made some errors because I'm tired and will fix them tomorrow as well as post the Top 8 match reports on the Game Empire magic forums and add the link to there.

    Props:
    A great crowd that kept the environment friendly and fun.
    Shawna for conceding to me Round 3 after admitting luck would be her only out.
    "Probe with kicker targeting you" for being amazing in a field of very little card advantage AND fun to say.

    Slops:
    Watching two other decks in the top 8 that probably should have won
    lose 1st round in 3 games. (tog looses to combo / Infi-removal with mainboard extirpates looses to reanimator with 9 targetable fatties)

    Going 4-0 then IDing twice only to lose 1st round in the Top 8 to amazing draws on my opponent's part, multiple big errors on my opponent's part, and "bad luck" / "statiscial improbablilities occuring" on my part. Playing against stax that runs 6 creature cards and saw at least 1 angel very early every game. I lost to 2x Angels game 2. Game 3 I saw Turn 1 City of Traitors, mox, morph followed by turn 2 crucible after I Verdicted a plains and ancient tomb out of his hand. Only saw 1 smokestack the entire match game 2 when I was already dead.
    Last edited by Kevdog; 12-03-2007 at 08:14 PM. Reason: added link to match reports

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    Re: [BIG Tourney Resuslts] Game Empire Winterfest Top 8 w/ decklists

    Cool. Well done to all.

    Is it time for Countersliver to join the DTBF as an ATW? Three top 8 finishes since September 22:

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    EDIT: Never mind. Looking at the Historical top 8 threads, it looks like there were 10 qualifying events in November alone (big month!), so anything from before November isn't going to count.
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    Watching two other decks in the top 8 that probably should have won
    lose 1st round in 3 games. (tog looses to combo / Infi-removal with mainboard extirpates looses to reanimator with 9 targetable fatties) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    kevin correction... theres 10 creatures to get extirpated. hahaha and extirpate is so easy to play around. hahaha. thats a very good matchup for me, i dont think ive ever lost to it. If necessary the imps and faeries could always beat for the win! its was a good night. ill enjoy the goyfs. i called it in the other thread huh? i only wish my name was in that dudes list of people that will probably take the tourney... well... thats 2 for 2 for me ait it. hahahaha.

    great times, great people, great store.

    thanks all for coming, hopefully it wont be too long for the next.


    ( oh... nd for all those people that might think it was luck... remember this: simple decks win games. remember that.)
    Id like to milk that oreo... split it in half...and lick all that sweet sweet candy off. mmmmm... oreos....

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    Wow, I didn't know people still used the transformational sideboard in Bg SI. Duress over Therapy is kinda interesting too. No Ill-Gotten Gains as a 1-of or two-of? I guess it worked :). Congrats.

    Also, I don't believe SI should lose to that GAT list. SI only cares about Force of Will, Stifle, and Daze turn 1. GAT has 1 of those. Seems like SI just runs by it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by emidln View Post
    Wow, I didn't know people still used the transformational sideboard in Bg SI. Duress over Therapy is kinda interesting too. No Ill-Gotten Gains as a 1-of or two-of? I guess it worked :). Congrats.

    Also, I don't believe SI should lose to that GAT list. SI only cares about Force of Will, Stifle, and Daze turn 1. GAT has 1 of those. Seems like SI just runs by it.
    Post-SB he has Duress (and one random Therapy) too.
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    Re: [BIG Tourney Resuslts] Game Empire Winterfest Top 8 w/ decklists

    Quote Originally Posted by MattH View Post
    Post-SB he has Duress (and one random Therapy) too.
    2 Duress, 1 Therapy, and 4 Brainstorm on the play with 4 Force all the time against 4 Xantid Swarm, 4 Duress and the possibility of ignoring hate altogether from SI's side. I really like those odds if I'm playing fast combo.
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    Re: [BIG Tourney Resuslts] Game Empire Winterfest Top 8 w/ decklists

    I can't wait for the next one... I went and did pretty awefully through with bad draws and all... oh, well.

    I will never play threshold again! What a terrible deck... lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by thefreakaccident View Post
    I can't wait for the next one... I went and did pretty awefully through with bad draws and all... oh, well.

    I will never play threshold again! What a terrible deck... lol
    Yeah I wouldve played with your uwr landstill since you seem to do quite well in your local tournaments with it.
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    Re: [BIG Tourney Resuslts] Game Empire Winterfest Top 8 w/ decklists

    Can someone provide date and location for this tournament? I would like to use it to update Historical T8 thread.

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    Re: [BIG Tourney Resuslts] Game Empire Winterfest Top 8 w/ decklists

    I am intrigued that Reanimator is still viable now that Animate Dead no longer works on Akroma et al (aka they fixed the ruling) Obviously there are plenty of other reanimation cards in the deck, but I am glad to see that this archetype is still playable.
    Last edited by Ophidian; 12-21-2007 at 09:00 AM.

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    Re: [BIG Tourney Resuslts] Game Empire Winterfest Top 8 w/ decklists

    Quote Originally Posted by AnwarA101 View Post
    Can someone provide date and location for this tournament? I would like to use it to update Historical T8 thread.

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    This Tournament was December 1st 2007 in San Diego at GAME EMPIRE

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    yep reanimator is definitely viable. its fun people should try it.

    simple decks win games. hahahaha
    Id like to milk that oreo... split it in half...and lick all that sweet sweet candy off. mmmmm... oreos....

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