[Tournament Announcement] Legacy GPT, Warzone, Cleveland, OH, 6-27-10

[nartman99]

Cleveland, OH – Legacy Grand Prix: Columbus GPT
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Warzone Matrix
4704 Rocky River Dr
Cleveland, OH 44135

(216) 433-1316

Legacy Format with 1st place winning 3 byes to Grand Prix Columbus

$20 Entry Fee

Prizes based on attendance. At least 20 players required to play for the proposed prize structure. Prizes will scale based on attendance.

1st – A box of Rise of the Eldrazi + 3 byes for Grand Prix Columbus
2nd – A box of Rise of the Eldrazi
3rd – 4th – 18 boosters of Rise of the Eldrazi
5th – 8th – 9 boosters of Rise of the Eldrazi

Registration begins at 11 a.m.
Tournament begins at 12:00 p.m.

The rounds will be 50 minutes of swiss.
Cut to a single-elimination Top 4/8 based on attendance.

Hope to see you there!

[nartman99]

Bump!

[nartman99]

I hope you guys don’t mind but we decided to change the prize structure. The prizes will be as follows:

1st place – 2 Force of Will

2nd place – 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

3rd through 8th will get their choice based on finish from the following:

Revised Volcanic Island
Revised Badlands
Revised Bayou
Revised Plateau
Mox Diamond
Mox Diamond

These prizes are based on a 24 person attendance.

Hope to see you there!

[nartman99]

I want to thank everyone that came out today! We had a total of 19 players battling for some byes for GP Columbus. Even though we were short 5 players for our intended prize pool, all of the prizes were given out anyways.

Here is how the top 8 played out:

Grant Kerner (U/w Merfolk) beat Edward Pfender (Reanimator)
Brendan Reginbald (Merfolk) beat Nam Tran (Bant Survival)
Oliver Sovol (Aggro Loam) beat Gilberto Rivera (The G Special)
Aaron Wyant (U/g Merfolk) beat Mark Trogdon (Mono-black)

Top 4:

Brendan Reginbald (Merfolk) beat Grant Kerner (U/w Merfolk)
Oliver Sovol (Aggro Loam) beat Aaron Wyant (U/g Merfolk)

Top 2:

Oliver Sovol (Aggro Loam) beat Brendan Reginbald (Merfolk)

Congratulations to Oliver Sovol for winning the byes! Congrats to the rest of the top 8 as well.

Here are the top 8 lists in no particular order:

Oliver Sovol (Aggro Loam) – Prize: 2 Force of Will

4 Burning Wish
3 Tarmogoyf
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Engineered Explosives
4 Mox Diamond
4 Countryside Crusher
4 Dark Confidant
1 Eternal Witness
2 Seismic Assault
2 Devastating Dreams
3 Life From the Loam
4 Wasteland
1 Forest
1 Mountain
3 Taiga
2 Badlands
1 Bayou
4 Forgotten Cave
3 Tranquil Thicket
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Volrath’s Stronghold

1 Perish
1 Reverent Silence
1 Unearth
1 Raven’s Crime
4 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Zuran Orb
1 Chainer’s Edict
1 Devastating Dreams
1 Hull Breach
1 Life From the Loam
1 Malestrom Pulse

Brendan Reginbald (Merfolk) – Prize: Jace, the Mind Sculptor

4 Aether Vial
4 Daze
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Force of Will
3 Spellstutter Sprite
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Merrow Reejerey
3 Merfolk Sovereign
12 Island
4 Mutavault
4 Wasteland
4 Standstill
2 Umezawa’s Jitte

4 Spell Pierce
3 Threads of Disloyalty
2 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
2 Echoing Truth
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Tormod’s Crypt

Grant Kerner – U/w Merfolk – Prize pick: Volcanic Island

4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Cursecatcher
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Lord of Atlantis
3 Coralhelm Commander
3 Merfolk Sovereign
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
4 Daze
4 Aether Vial
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Force of Will
5 Island
3 Mutavault
3 Tundra
3 Wasteland
4 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest

3 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Echoing Truth
2 Curfew
3 Spell Pierce
2 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
1 Relic of Progenitus
2 Tormod’s Crypt

Aaron Wyant (U/g Merfolk) – Prize pick: Bayou

2 Coralhelm Commander
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Daze
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Aether Vial
4 Force of Will
4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Standstill
4 Cursecatcher
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Mutavault
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
4 Wasteland
1 Flooded Strand
3 Tropical Island
2 Island

3 Divert
2 Submerge
3 Spell Pierce
3 Hydroblast
4 Faerie Macabre

Nam Tran (Bant Survival) – Prize pick: Mox Diamond

4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
3 Spell Snare
3 Spell Pierce
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Survival of the Fittest
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Rhox War Monk
2 Qasali Pridemage
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Loyal Retainers
1 Eternal Witness
1 Trygon Predator
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Windswept Heath
3 Tropical Island
2 Savannah
1 Tundra
2 Island
2 Plains
2 Forest

4 Path to Exile
2 Krosan grip
2 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Meddling Mage
1 Loxodon Hierarch
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Faerie Macabre

Gilberto Rivera (The G Special) – Prize pick: Plateau

Decklist Held By Request

Mark Trogdon (Mono-Black) – Prize pick: Mox Diamond

1 Sorin Markov
3 Damnation
2 Staff of Domination
4 Phyrexian Arena
2 Diabolic Edict
4 Innocent Blood
2 Shriekmaw
2 Oblivion Stone
4 Hymn to Tourach
3 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Duress
1 Liliana Vess
2 Consume Spirit
20 Swamp
4 Cabal Coffers
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

3 Engineered Plague
2 Oblivion Stone
4 Relic of Progenitus
2 Sadistic Sacrament
4 Extirpate

Edward Pfender (Reanimator) – Prize pick: Badlands

2 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Blazing Archon
2 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Terastodon
1 Show and Tell
1 Echoing Truth
4 Brainstorm
4 Mystical Tutor
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Exhume
4 Reanimate
4 Entomb
2 Thoughtseize
4 Careful Study
4 Flooded Strand
2 Marsh Flats
4 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea
2 Swamp
1 Island

1 Nether Spirit
1 Gilded Drake
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Coffin Purge
2 Pithing Needle
2 Null Rod
1 Show and Tell
1 Duress
1 Wipe Away
1 Perish
1 Diabolic Edict

Thanks again to everyone that came out. There were a few bumps in the road for the tournament, but overall it sounded like everyone had a good time!