[ANNOUNCEMENT] Dual Land Draft @ The Batcave (Vancouver, WA) 29 Jun 2008

[Yawgmoth]

Tosh & Pinder are you guys still coming up Friday and what time will you be here? BTW one of you guys might consider bringing a sleeping bag because I forgot to mention one of the 3 couches I have is actually a love seat. I used to sleep in it all the time but it's a little small. I also have a recliner you can sleep in if you want to.

[Tosh]

Tosh & Pinder are you guys still coming up Friday and what time will you be here? BTW one of you guys might consider bringing a sleeping bag because I forgot to mention one of the 3 couches I have is actually a love seat. I used to sleep in it all the time but it's a little small. I also have a recliner you can sleep in if you want to.

I'm the smallest and could probably sleep on the love seat. We would either leave Friday ~11pm (3am arrival, IDK if that's too late for you) or early Saturday morning ~8am (11am arrival, we might have to leave earlier if the tournament starts earlier).

[DeathwingZERO]

Tournament on Saturday starts @ 3pm. So it won't be a problem if you are going to be in the area around 11-noon, as it's pretty easy to navigate Portland freeways on Saturdays. It'd probably take about 30 min (45 tops in traffic) to hit Ancient Wonders from either Vancouver-Portland bridge.

[frogboy]

I have to work :(

I know, right?

(sorry, Pinder)

[Volt]

.

[DeathwingZERO]

I have to work :(

I know, right?

(sorry, Pinder)

DIAF sir. Seriously, you couldn't tell your job that you needed this day off?

[Pinder]

I have to work :(

I know, right?

(sorry, Pinder)

Eh, I'll think of you when I'm enjoying my legroom :tongue:.

That seriously sucks, though. You should contract a mysterious and semi-debilitating disease that day that can only be cured by 4+ hours of Magic: The Gathering. I'm sure your boss will understand.

[LinkXwing]

My new favorite:

Tell them that you've contracted an eye disease, you just can't see comming in to work that day.

[Nightmare]

I have to work :(

I know, right?

(sorry, Pinder)
Wow. I mean, yeah, I bailed on this tourney, too, but at least I live 5000 miles away. Don't be a bitch, call in sick.

[AngryTroll]

My new favorite:

Tell them that you've contracted an eye disease, you just can't see comming in to work that day.

He's alive! Even Brett, who has been MIA since about the time the lists split, is going to make it to this tournament, and you can't take a day off of work?

[Mad Zur]

We are currently about to check out of a hotel in Half Moon Bay, which is just south of San Francisco. I managed to get some more pictures uploaded, though I'm not sure if they'll satisfy Nightmare (when you're taking pictures from a moving vehicle, you have to take several shots to make sure you get a decent one, so you end up with a lot of pictures of roads). Pictures from New Orleans will have to come later, since we forgot our digital camera when we went down to the French Quarter and had to buy a disposable camera there. There are also some pictures on Anwar's camera that we have not uploaded yet.

Fredericksburg, VA to San Antonio, TX (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/01%20-%20Fredericksburg%20to%20San%20Antonio/) (this set was already linked to)
San Antonio, TX to Carlsbad, NM (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/02%20-%20San%20Antonio%20to%20Carlsbad/) (these are in reverse order; the set includes Carlsbad Caverns)
Carlsbad, NM to Las Vegas, NV (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/03%20-%20Carlsbad%20to%20Las%20Vegas/) (these are out of order; includes the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam)
Las Vegas, NV to San Diego, CA (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/04%20-%20Las%20Vegas%20to%20San%20Diego/) (these are not all up yet, and they are also out of order; includes the San Diego Zoo)

[T is for TOOL]

Did you guys ever end up going to Tijuana (for a donkey show)?

[Michael Keller]

We are currently about to check out of a hotel in Half Moon Bay, which is just south of San Francisco. I managed to get some more pictures uploaded, though I'm not sure if they'll satisfy Nightmare (when you're taking pictures from a moving vehicle, you have to take several shots to make sure you get a decent one, so you end up with a lot of pictures of roads). Pictures from New Orleans will have to come later, since we forgot our digital camera when we went down to the French Quarter and had to buy a disposable camera there. There are also some pictures on Anwar's camera that we have not uploaded yet.

Fredericksburg, VA to San Antonio, TX (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/01%20-%20Fredericksburg%20to%20San%20Antonio/) (this set was already linked to)
San Antonio, TX to Carlsbad, NM (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/02%20-%20San%20Antonio%20to%20Carlsbad/) (these are in reverse order; the set includes Carlsbad Caverns)
Carlsbad, NM to Las Vegas, NV (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/03%20-%20Carlsbad%20to%20Las%20Vegas/) (these are out of order; includes the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam)
Las Vegas, NV to San Diego, CA (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/04%20-%20Las%20Vegas%20to%20San%20Diego/) (these are not all up yet, and they are also out of order; includes the San Diego Zoo)

You guys should check out "Wally World" before you go :cool:

[DeathwingZERO]

So who's actually showing up tomorrow? Haven't heard a whole lot from out of towners, and probably half the people in town. Don't make this warmup tournament a failure, its only $10.

[danyul]

I'm gonna try my damndest to be there. I'll be leaving the Seattle area hopefully around 10 AM. We'll see what I can do.

[DeathwingZERO]

I'm gonna try my damndest to be there. I'll be leaving the Seattle area hopefully around 10 AM. We'll see what I can do.

Conservative driving would put you on our side by about 1pm, 1:30 if there's decent traffic anywhere. Give Chris or I a call tomorrow around that time for directions down to the store from I-5 or 205 if you don't print any out before.

[danyul]

Can you PM me your numbers? Or are they the ones on the first page?

Also, I will be relying on some printed out shit but I have a tendency to get lost even in my own town.

[DeathwingZERO]

Can you PM me your numbers? Or are they the ones on the first page?

Also, I will be relying on some printed out shit but I have a tendency to get lost even in my own town.

Chris and myself (Ryan) are both on the first page. Both of us should have our phones with us, I assume. If not, you can always call the store (503)-692-0753 and ask for one of us, or even directions from one of the employees, they're used to it.

[Pinder]

Quick update!

Last I checked, I was player number 47, so we have at least that many. We're starting in roughly 5 minutes or so.

[KillemallCFH]

Are you going to be giving us round-by-round updates? Because that would be pretty awesome.

[Pinder]

I'm going to try and give round by round updates. Here's what I know:

Round 1

Me - 0-1
Tosh - 1-0
Maverick - 0-1
Krieger - 1-0 (BYE)
T is for TOOL - 0-1
Bardo - 1-0
Mad Zur - 1-0
Obfuscate Freely - 0-1
AnwarA101 - 1-0
Cypher - 1-0
quicksilver - 1-0
Yawgmoth - 1-0
LinkXWing - 1-0
DeathWingZERO - 0-1
Volt - 1-0
tatt2dfreak - 1-0
danyul - 0-1
Giles - 1-0
Phil (unregged) - 0-1

Round 2 is up, gotta go

edit - Round 2!

Me - 1-1
Tosh - 1-1 (Game loss for misregistered deck :frown: counterspell = counterbalance?)
Maverick - 1-1
Krieger - 2-0
T is for TOOL - 1-1
Bardo - 1-1 (Game loss for misplay (Top =/= Recall)
Volt - 2-0
Mad Zur - 1-0-1
Obfuscate Freely - 0-2
AnwarA101 - 2-0
Cypher - 2-0
quicksilver - 2-0
Yawgmoth - 2-0
LinkXWing - 2-0
DeathWingZERO - 0-2
tatt2dfreak - 1-1
danyul - 0-2
Giles - 1-0-1
Phil (unregged) 1-1

You know, Landstill is not the best deck to play when you're trying to get results from 15+ people every round.

edit more - Round 3!

Me - 1-2 :cry:
Tosh - 2-1
Maverick - 1-1-1
Krieger - 3-0
T is for TOOL - 2-1
Bardo - 2-1
Volt - 3-0 (!)
Mad Zur - 1-1-1
Obfuscate Freely - 1-2
AnwarA101 - 3-0
Cypher - 2-1
quicksilver - 3-0
Yawgmoth - 2-1
LinkXWing - 2-1
tatt2dfreak - 1-2
danyul - 1-2
Giles - 1-1-1
Phil (unregged) - 1-2

And after round 3 we break for lunch.

[freakish777]

AnwarA101 - 3-0
quicksilver - 3-0


Sweet.

[kabal]

...

And after round 3 we break for lunch.

What are the sourcers playing or at least the 3-0 guys?

[Pinder]

What are the sourcers playing or at least the 3-0 guys?

As far as I know....

Anwar - Ichorid
Krieger - Ichorid
Volt - Aggro Loam
Maverick676 - Weird Level Blue (Next Level Blue port)
danyul - White Thresh
Pinder - UGB VoroshStill
Bardo - 4c Thresh (UGBW?)
Phil (unregged) - 4c Scepter Control
Obfuscate Freely - Breakfast
Mad Zur - Breakfast
Tosh - It's the Fear
Cypher - UGr Moon Thresh
Volt - Aggro Loam
Yawgmoth - WGB Rock
Giles - Vial Horror
LinkXWing - BHWC Landstill

Round 4
Me - 1-3
Tosh - 3-1
Maverick - 2-1-1
Krieger - 3-1
T is for TOOL - 3-1
Bardo - 3-1
Volt - 3-1
Mad Zur - 2-1-1
Obfuscate Freely - 1-2
AnwarA101 - 4-0 (!!)
Cypher - 2-2
quicksilver - 3-1
Yawgmoth - 2-2
LinkXWing - 3-1
tatt2dfreak - 1-3
danyul - 2-2
Giles - 1-2-1 (No Drake Lock :frown:)
Phil (unregged) - 2-2

And -holy shit- this just in, there's an Elf deck that went 4-0?

[TeenieBopper]

And -holy shit- this just in, there's an Elf deck that went 4-0?

This makes the tournament so chock full of awesome, if Syracuse had made it, the universe would've exploded.

[CoryWM]

Is it survival elves being played by a Team Cardtard member? It's really strong if no one has the plagues packed in the board for goblins.

We need deck lists :( I'm stuck in Pensilvaynia at the moment :(

[scrumdogg]

How many people total? 19 Sourcers & ppl you know enough to keep track of, how many others? Any other cool decks being successful?

[Pinder]

How many people total? 19 Sourcers & ppl you know enough to keep track of, how many others? Any other cool decks being successful?

There were 47 people total.

Round 5

Tosh - 3-2
Maverick - 3-1-1
Krieger - 3-2
T is for TOOL - 3-2
Bardo - 4-1
Volt - 4-1
Mad Zur - 2-2-1
Obfuscate Freely - 2-2-1
AnwarA101 - 4-0-1
Cypher - 2-2-1
quicksilver - 4-1
Yawgmoth - ??
LinkXWing - 4-1
danyul - 3-2

Good news is that now that I'm out of contention, I can report full time!

[AngryTroll]

There were 47 people total.

Round 5
Bardo - 4-1
Volt - 4-1
Yawgmoth - ??
LinkXWing - 4-1



GOGO WEST SIDE.

[Pinder]

Okay, I'm not reporting the sixth round because all we really care about is who made Top 8. So...

Anwar Ahmad (AnwarA101) - Ichorid
Geoff Cannard - Elves (!)
Bret Lindstrom (LinkXWing) - BHWC Landstill
Trevor Bristow - GBW Something.dec (Truffle Shuffle, or Rock with Exalted?)
David Price (quicksilver) - RGB Survival
Brad Gourley - Goblins
Brian Crownhart (Maverick676) - Weird Level Blue
Chis Lennon (Volt) - Aggro Loam

Pairings:

Volt - Aggro Loam
VS
Maverick676 - Weird Level Blue

quicksilver - RGB Survival
VS
AnwarA101 - Ichorid

Geoff Cannard - Elves!
VS
Brad Gourley - Goblins!

LinkXWing - BHWC
VS
Trevor Bristow - GBW.dec

This just in! Turns out I had some decknames wrong. At least 4 players in the top 8 registered their decks as 'Nourishing Lich'. Looks like it's heading for DTB, guys!

Although I'm not sure if there's a really agreed upon list...

[AngryTroll]

Snippet of phone conversation I heard from Pinder, because I made him give me up to date, over-the-phone tournament reporting (this is round 6):

Pinder: So, Chris (Volt) and someone with an Island and a Goyf...the guy with an Island has a Goyf, so Chris is probably going to lose.
(five minutes later, after passing on the phone, Nick updates me)
Nick: Chris has a Terravore, against a Goyf. Oops, and the Terravore died, which means Chris is probably losing. Oh. There goes the Goyf.
Don: Yeah, he's playing Islands. Chris is going to win.

[Pinder]

Way to be savagely late, Don. But thanks.

[Pinder]

Volt - Aggro Loam - 2 WINNER!
VS
Maverick676 - Weird Level Blue - 0
-------------------------------------
quicksilver - RGB Survival - 1
VS
AnwarA101 - Ichorid - 2 WINNER!
-------------------------------------
Geoff Cannard - Elves! - 0
VS
Brad Gourley - Goblins! - 2 WINNER!
-------------------------------------
LinkXWing - BHWC - 2 WINNER!
VS
Trevor Bristow - GBW.dec - 0

[TeenieBopper]

Geoff Cannard - Elves!
VS
Brad Gourley - Goblins!


Seriously?

No, seriously?

I gots ta pull for my little red men, otherwise I'd be all about the elves.

[Pinder]

Seriously?

No, seriously?

I gots ta pull for my little red men, otherwise I'd be all about the elves.

You bet your ass. We'll get pictures for proof. Oh, and the Goblins is :b::r:, I just found out.

[freakish777]

Pairings:

Volt - Aggro Loam
VS
Maverick676 - Weird Level Blue

quicksilver - RGB Survival
VS
AnwarA101 - Ichorid

Geoff Cannard - Elves!
VS
Brad Gourley - Goblins!

LinkXWing - BHWC
VS
Trevor Bristow - GBW.dec



Oh, yeah, pair the East Coast guys against each other, I see how it works...

But seriously, if Price doesn't rip is anti-grayeyard hate, I think Anwar takes it down.

Also, 40% (or is it 33%? I recognize 5 East Coast names, so I assume it's 5 and not 6) T8 penetration is not bad (the "average" would be ~10.6% on 5 people, and ~12.8% on 6).

[Pinder]

TOP 4 PAIRINGS

Volt - Aggro Loam - 2 WINNER
VS
LinkXWing - BHWC - 0
-------------------------------------
AnwarA101 - Ichorid - 0
VS
Brad Gourley - RB Goblins - 2 WINNER!

[freakish777]

TOP 4 PAIRINGS
AnwarA101 - Ichorid - 0
VS
Brad Gourley - RB Goblins - 0

Oh noes! Does Anwar have Leyline in his board to prevent Fanatic ever hitting the bin and taking out his Bridge from Belows? And is the Goblins player packing Extirpate?

EDIT: Did Bardo get shafted on breakers, or did he get paired down/forced to play and lose in round 6?

[Pinder]

Oh noes! Does Anwar have Leyline in his board to prevent Fanatic ever hitting the bin and taking out his Bridge from Belows? And is the Goblins player packing Extirpate?

Yes to Anwar having Leylines, I don't know about Goblins. I'll be watching this match though, so I'll let you know how it plays out.

[Illissius]

Bah, all the interesting decks lost in the quarters.

[AngryTroll]

Bah, interesting? I think both Goblins and AggroLoam are way underplayed. Loam moreso, but Goblins doesn't seem to get any love any more. I'm really pleased to see them both placing in a major tournament.

And the Elves! vs Goblins! deck Wizards put out a few sets ago should totally have been these two lists, whatever they end up actually being...

Also, I haven't actually seen Brett (LinkXWing) in months. And I haven't seen him play anything besides Landstill since...um...well, long before the lists split. Back then it had Mana Drain. Since he cut that card and moved to several colors to offset that loss, I don't know that anything has changed. Must be nice to be so good that you can reappear from the dead, pick up a deck that has more dust on it than Harrison Ford, and Top 4 a major tournament.

[Magician]

post lists

[Pinder]

IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!

Aggro Loam squares off against RB Goblins in the finals! Who will take the title? Will Volt win his own dual land draft?

They split. We'll never know.

Alright, so Nourishing Lich takes 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 7th, and 8th. There was an Ichorid Variant, a Survival Variant, and Aggro Loam variant, and a Landstill variant, and Next Level Lich port from Extended.

It's a Deck to Beat now. It's the rules, guys.

[Magician]

what did they pick

[TeenieBopper]

I just want to say congratulations on what appears to be a successful tournament. Sorry 'cuse couldn't represent, but maybe next year.

[Pinder]

Yeah, major super double ultra mega hyper props to Volt for buying the duals, organizing, and promoting this thing. And then winning it.

And Teenie, he's thinking of doing another thing in August....

Anyway, we're going to go get foods, so I'll sign off and see you all later (with Anwar's feature match!)

[tatt2dfreak]

I gotta say it was fun... I really enjoyed seeing every one and playing... I got my ass handed to me all day... but it's cool, cause I met alot of nice people and had fun... Grats!!! to the winners and I hope you all had fun and make it home save...


Buda


My Deck List:

18 Land
11 Forest
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Windswept Heath

24 Creatures
2 Scryb Sprites!
4 Jungle Lion
4 Skarrgan Pit Skulk
4 Skyshroud Elite
4 Kavu Predator
4 Silhana Ledgewalker
2 Tarmogoyf

18 Pump spells
4 Berserk
4 Invigorate
4 Might of Old Krosa
4 Rancor
2 Seal of Strength



SB
4 Rushwood Legate
4 Seeds of Innocence
3 Viridian Zealot
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Gaea's Blessing

[AngryTroll]

I may be mistaken, but is this the first major tournament* to have both major East Coast and West Coast players in it? Of the Top 8, looked like Volt, Maverick, and LinkXWing from the West Coast, and Anwar and Quicksilver from the East Coast.

Where are Geoff, Trevor, and Brad from? Sorry, guys, I don't recognize your names. Freakish777 made it sound like 5 of the Top 8 may have been East Coast, which would make all three of you the other three guys that drove out here in that car? Awesome.


*FU, Flash.GP

[Bardo]

Did Bardo get shafted on breakers, or did he get paired down/forced to play and lose in round 6?

The latter (paired down, forced to play, lost). Of all of the 4-1s, I had the worst tie-breakers. Sucks, I was definitely felt like I was playing a 5-1 or 6-0 deck, but the wheels sort of fell off at the end.

My list:

4-Color Threshold

4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
3 Sensei's Divining Top

4 Force of Will
4 Daze
3 Counterbalance
3 Thoughtseize
2 Spell Snare

4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Engineered Explosives

4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Mystic Enforcer

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

Sideboard
4 Hydroblast
3 Engineered Plague
3 Extirpate
2 Krosan Grip
2 Pithing Needle
1 Engineered Explosives

Yeah, Ichorid would have smacked the hell out of me, I was betting I wouldn't face it.

In retrospect, I should have cut the maindeck EE for Spell Snare #3 or Thoughtseize #4.

Round 1: 2-1 vs. U/G/b Threshold
Round 2: 1-2 vs. CounterSliver (fucked this one up seriously -- previously, in the bag)
Round 3: 2-1 vs. Burn
Round 4: 2-0 vs. U/R Painter Combo
Round 5: 2-1 vs. U/G/r/w Threshold
Round 6: 1-2 vs. Next Level Blue (Legacy-style)

A longer report is forthcoming, since that's What I Do.

In the meantime, I extend deep and heart-felt props to T is for Tool, Alix and Jesse Hatfield, Anwar Ahmad, Dave Price and everyone else who went far out of their way to attend and to Chris Lennon (Volt) for organizing and making this happen.

Again, I'll get my report up in a few days. With pics!

[freakish777]

Freakish777 made it sound like 5 of the Top 8 may have been East Coast

Oh, no. I meant there were 5 East Coast names I recognized (Kreiger, the Hatfields, Dave Price, and Anwar) and 2 of them T8'd (Price and Anwar), thus 40% of the East Coast contingent made Top 8.

[Bardo]

Oh, no. I meant there were 5 East Coast names I recognized (Kreiger, the Hatfields, Dave Price, and Anwar) and 2 of them T8'd (Price and Anwar), thus 40% of the East Coast contingent made Top 8.

You missed T is for Tool who flew out for the weekend just to play, so it's 33%. Still, not bad.

[Pinder]

You missed T is for Tool who flew out for the weekend just to play, so it's 33%. Still, not bad.

Well, considering the number of players that the West Coast brought (41), and the percent of them who top 8'd (6/41=~15%), it's really not bad.

More specifically, Ninjas had 8 people there, and 2 of them top 8'd (so only 25%), but we did have a guy in the finals (ironically, the man who bought the duals).

And speaking of top 8s:


So any top 8 predictions? Here is the top 8 that I think will happen:

2 Landstill
1 Thresh
1 Enchantress
1 Ichorid
1 Goyf Sligh
1 BGW Control/Rock
1 Stax


So he hit one Landstill, Ichorid, and BGW Control. Not bad for a top 8 prediction.

[Volt]

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[Pinder]

I'll be posting a tournament report at some point in the next day or two...

And lists? We need them for DTB.

And yes, this tournament was the largest Legacy tournament that the West Coast has ever seen. You should be proud.

[Volt]

.

[DeathwingZERO]

And yes, with the success we're pretty much confirming that there will be future events. The goal is to have something every season or so, but the DLD style stuff will be once a year, at summertime (this is the plan, at least). Other things will probably be smaller (say like $10-15 entry with like $400-600 payout in top 4/8), and Mike from Batcave also said we may see some Power tournaments in the future.

Next event is speculated for August, not exactly sure what that is gonna be though. I'm sure Chris will be keeping people informed as he hears things from Mike.

[xsockmonkeyx]

And yes, this tournament was the largest Legacy tournament that the West Coast has ever seen. You should be proud.

We had at least double that for GP Hollywood easy.

Congrats to my buddy Volt for representing the team and the coast :cool:

http://www.freewebz.com/brotrr/bigrigs-winner.jpg

[Jak]

So he hit one Landstill, Ichorid, and BGW Control. Not bad for a top 8 prediction.

I would have been closer if I was there. :(

Seriously, I was pissed I couldn't go. My friend who I was going with was my ride and he called me early in the morning telling me how he couldn't go because he was going to the hospital. His grandma apparently fell, but is alright. Please, please do another tournament in August, Chris.

[Mad Zur]

Las Vegas, NV to San Diego, CA (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/04%20-%20Las%20Vegas%20to%20San%20Diego/)
These are all up now. Also, the pictures from Half Moon Bay, CA to Portland, OR (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/06%20-%20Half%20Moon%20Bay%20to%20Portland/) are up, including San Francisco, the Redwood Forest, and, of course, the tournament.

Edit: also San Diego to Half Moon Bay (http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/05%20-%20San%20Diego%20to%20Half%20Moon%20Bay/)

[Pinder]

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn95/jhatfiel/Summer%2008%20Road%20Trip/06%20-%20Half%20Moon%20Bay%20to%20Portland/dscf4229.jpg

You know you love it.

FYI - Yep, that's Pinder.

[J.V.]

Did you really just rickroll the entire source, AGAIN!?

[DeathwingZERO]

Yes he did, and those of us that were there could not stop laughing when we first saw it. Hilarity.

[Yawgmoth]

It was a really fun night. Sort-of still feeling the effects, I woke up this morning around 10:30 still drunk. And why the hell did I try to sing the vocables of Under Pressure?

[Jak]

Reports? I can't wait for Bardo's.

I'm shooting for Wednesday, but I have too much to write before then. - Bardo

[Tosh]

And why the hell did I try to sing the vocables of Under Pressure?
And apparently still drunk.

As for me... Boo for underage. I need to look into a fake ID (hints at friend that works at a Kinkos).

[Yawgmoth]

Vocable
vo·ca·ble (vō'kə-bəl)
n. A word considered only as a sequence of sounds or letters rather than as a unit of meaning.

Um ba ba be
Um ba ba be
De day da
Ee day da

[DeathwingZERO]

It was a really fun night. Sort-of still feeling the effects, I woke up this morning around 10:30 still drunk. And why the hell did I try to sing the vocables of Under Pressure?

I don't know why you tried singing the song in general.

Wait, yes I do. You were TRASHED.

[Pinder]

I know why

HEY HEY

Because you got high, because you got high, because you got hiiiiiiiyaiiiiiiiigh

DA DA DUM BUM BUM BUM

[DeathwingZERO]

I know why

HEY HEY

Because you got high, because you got high, because you got hiiiiiiiyaiiiiiiiigh

DA DA DUM BUM BUM BUM

ROFL. Gotta admit, in his totally inebriated state, he held together quite well for backing vocals on that song.

[tatt2dfreak]

I talked to MIke and I'm talking to my Midget and we might have to Sponser and event soon.... if so it will be soon... i'll post something when I talk my Midget into it...

[quicksilver]

I ended up in 7th place winning a set of Taigas. My list:

5 Forest
4 Taiga
4 Bayou
4 Windswept heath
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Thoughtsieze
3 Cabal Therapy
4 Survival of the Fittest
1 Rofellos
4 Burning Wish
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Eternal Witness
1 Squee
2 Flametongue Kavú
1 Anger
1 Indrik Stomphowler
1 Genesis
2 Shriekmaw
1 Faerie Macabre
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Tin Street Hooligan

SB:
1 Cabal Therapy
1 Chainer's edict
1 Rough/Tumble
1 Regrowth
1 Gleeful Sabotage
4 Leyline of the void
2 Yixlid Jailer
4 Krosan grip
Round 1 - Ichorid

Game 1: I am on the play. I mull to 6 he mulls to 4. I open with a first turn thoughtsieze seeing putrid imp, 2x golgari grave troll, gemstone mine. He thins he just lost, but I said he still has plenty of outs. He rips another putrid imp for his turn. I play survival on turn two. He is jsut dredging one grave troll a turn and I end up getting faerie macabre and removing ichorids and bridges each turn, preventing him from actually doing anyhting agressive. I end up evoking a shriekmaw to kill a narcromeba and a bridge, then FTKing the imp next turn and winning shortly after.

Game 2: I begin with double leyline of the void in play. He casts pithing needle on Survival. I cast a turn two Yixlid jailer. I have double goyf that are 0/1's so I therapy my self for Survival to pump them each by 2. He has one chain of vapor but it's certainly not enough.

1-0

Round 2 - Tosh playing It's the fear.

Game 1: He gets a game loss for writting counterspell twice on the decklist instead of a counterbalance. The judge also was kind enough to put the deck list down between us before the match and point this out. I don't know what it is about judges, they need to not only give my opponent a game loss but also tell me what he is playing.

Game 2: I think I open with first turn birds, second turn thoughtsieze, survival. I think he gets a counterbalance down and a enginereed explosives. I tin street the explosives. He intuitions for Life from the Loam, academy ruins, and wasteland when I am tapped out at one point. I give him wasteland. He dredges back loam, wastes me, then gets back waste, ruins, and a fetch I think. I go for faerie macabre removing loam and engineered explosives, he never finds another artifact that game to bring back. He does waste me down to 3 lands, but that's still enough to chug out goyfs and he loses not long after.

2-0

Round 3 - Moon Thesh

Game 1: I think I lead with first turn thoughtsieze taking force seeing like all cantrips. Second turn Survival and he wasn't able to find a force or daze. I bury him in card advantage and win.

Game 2: I think he resolves a turn 2 counterblance and wiffs when I play my turn two survival. The game is pretty close and I am land light but I think I end up being able to stabalize at 1 life.


Round 4: AnwarA101 - Ichorid

Game 1: I think I mull to 6 or 5. I go turn 1 blind therapy naming putrid imp, I see LED, breakthough, dredgers, etc... I do not get another turn.

Game 2: I keep a no land double leyline, double Yixlid jailer hand on the play. My first turn consisted of me saying go with two leylines in play. He plays a land and passes. I rip a fetch for bayou and I thoughtsieze him. He has double chain of vapor and ray of revalation but no actual gas, I take a chain of vapor. In a turn or two he plays LED, then on my turn I rip a birds. I get out double jailer in the next two turns but cannot beat because of a putrid imp and I got a narcromeba beating me down. I think I am at like 10 at this point. By this point he has bounced one of my leylines. He rays the other one. I rip a thrid leyline and replay the second one so I have 1 leyline 2 jailers and a goyf in play and gonna play a second leyline next turn. I swing in with my jailers and one trades with a putrip imp. I figure I am pretty safe so I don't mind saccing a jailer to kill an imp and greatly speed up my clock. Boy was I wrong. He rips his third chain of vapor that turn, bounces jailer, flashes back ray. I am thinking ok, I can just replay jailer next turn, he has to kill me in one turn with only like 2 mana and he started with like nothing in hand. I do not see another turn.

If I am gonna lose, I am glad it's to another member of team unicorn. At least I know Anwar is guaranteed in now.

3-1

Round 5: T is for Tool - Goblins

Another team unicorn member. I offer the draw so we can both try to get it on the next round. He wants to play it out so the winner gets in, the loser gets knocked out.

Game 1: He mulls to 6. He plays first and says land go. I am happy not to see a lackey or fnataic. I think my hand is birds, survival, and tripple therapy (or I shortly draw into the third). He has no turn 2 play so I think I play survival and blind therapy for warchief and hit two. I think I see double matron, ringleader, siegegang and no more land. He misses his third land drop so I therapy 2 matrons. He gets a land, then I therapy his ringleader and siegegang. I also have goyfs beating down that I survivaled up. He does not play a spell this turn.

Game 2: He starts with lackey. I Burning wish for rough/tumble, then he wastes my only red land. I evoke shriekmaw on warchief. But he has like 10 power out of ringleaders and matrons by this point and even if I could cast rough, he has like 7 rediculous goblins in hand since his ringleaders kept hitting 4 goblins. MY hand is gas with survival goyf, rough tumble. Can't live long enogh to cast it though cause of wasteland and I die a fast death.

Game 3: Our first actual game that's not a blow out. I rough tumble his inital rush and follow it with a Survival. We fight it out but I end up victorious.

4-1

Round 6: I draw into the top 8.


Top 8: AnwarA101 - Ichorid

Game 1: First turn win again.

Game 2: I start with double leyline. I play turn two survial and tutor up double jaler. He only sees two chain of vapor that game and isn;t able to play them in time and win before th jailer hits since I am on the play.

Game 3: I begin with leyline in play. I have a jailer in hand. I don;t have a turn one play. He bounces leyline at the end of my turn, and I do not see a second turn.






In the end I ended up with a playset of Taigas. The only matches I lost were both to Anwar (damn him for having a chain of vapor for each leyline I had every game) and the only games I lost were to fellow members of team unicorn.

Thanks to Volt and Tosh for putting us up and to every one else for being awesome.

Slops to Zilla who only lives a half hour away but coudn't be bothered to just come and say hello when we drove 2 weeks to get there.

[xsockmonkeyx]

Sideboard?

[quicksilver]

Sideboard?

Sorry, it's in there now.

[Volt]

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[Pinder]

If you still have the lists, would it be possible to get a metagame breakdown as well?

[Volt]

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[frogboy]

dear format,

play more goddamn lands in your blue decks

love,

max

(Dan: :( why didn't you just play Vorosh?)

[Volt]

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[TeenieBopper]

dear format,

play more goddamn lands in your blue decks

love,

max

(Dan: :( why didn't you just play Vorosh?)

<3 u. I thought I was the only one who noticed this.

[frogboy]

<3 u. I thought I was the only one who noticed this.

I am actually convinced the reason that most blue decks are underperforming is because all of the deckbuilders are too greedy with their mana.

Chris: meh. I'd rather play in a PTQ in the same city than drive three hours to play in a smaller tournament.

[TeenieBopper]

I am actually convinced the reason that most blue decks are underperforming is because all of the deckbuilders are too greedy with their mana.


Truth. You don't have to tell me, I used to to play Wake and 1.5 Landstill (you know, with 26 and 27 lands, respectively).

People who like playing Force of Will take note: it's retarded to play a deck that wants to hit at least the first four land drops and only be playing 22-23 lands. I don't care if you have brainstorm and fetches. Start with a base of 27 lands and for every cantrip you run, you cut .5 lands.

[Volt]

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[frogboy]

PTQ was on Saturday, DLD was on Sunday. Asked for weekend off. Boss gives me Saturday. Probably could've gotten Sunday instead if I tried really hard but I'm new, etc.

edit: also, Repel Intruders is unplayable in Legacy. Ding!

TB: Yeah, I'm usually trying to find the last spell to cut to get to 26 and then I go online to see what other people are doing and see like twenty two lands sitting next to all these cards that cost a million mana and it's like TAKE A CLUE FROM OTHER FORMATS TEACHINGS PLAYED OVER THIRTY MANA SOURCES ASDLKFJALSDKJFALKJSDF

[Giles]

Good Show. Lets have one in Augest.

I do not think anyone cares about a deck list that went 2-3-1.... Regardless how many times my opponentes and spectators said "WTF."

[Jak]

Good Show. Lets have one in Augest.

I do not think anyone cares about a deck list that went 2-3-1.... Regardless how many times my opponentes and spectators said "WTF."

Post it.

[danyul]

It's kooky. Andy is a crazy mofugger.

[Pinder]

Post it.

Link (http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=47196&highlight=vial+horror)

[Pinder]

Double post for Anwar's feature match!

Anwar is running Ichorid (which he piloted to a flawless 4-0-2 in the Swiss, and a victory in the quarterfinals) opposite Brad Gourley's :r::b: Goblins list. They roll, and Anwar wins and chooses to go first.

Game 1

Anwar mulligans two terrible hands in a row into a mediocre five-card hand containing (from what I remember) LED, Golgari Thug, Cabal Therapy, Gemstone Mine, and some random blank. After a moment of thought he decides that it's better than going to four and keeps. Brad keeps his opening grip of seven.

Anwar opens with a Gemstone into a Therapy targeting himself and pitches the Thug into the yard, passing the turn. On his first turn Brad cracks a Foothills into a Mountain and plays a Mogg Fanatic to foil any bridge plans Anwar may have had. (Anwar 20, Brad 19)

Anwar dredges the Thug during his next draw step, hitting Cabal Therapy, Flame-Kin Zealot, Cephalid Coliseum, and Narcomoeba. He puts the 'moeba on the table and passes the turn after playing an LED. Brad uses his second turn to play a Badlands and make a Piledriver. (Anwar 20, Brad 19)

During his third upkeep, Anwar cracks his LED to get Thug back into his graveyard for the dredge on his draw step. Unfortunately, he hits nothing relevant, takes 3 burn and passes the turn.
Brad uses his turn to drop another Badlands, make a Warchief and turn it and his Piledriver sideways. Anwar lets them through, dropping to 12. (Anwar 12, Brad 19)

Anwar spends his fourth turn drawing a card, followed by a heavy sigh and a pass.
Brad drops a Rishadan Port, sacs his Fanatic to kill Anwar's only blocker and taps out to make a Siege-Gang Commander. With that, Anwar picks up his cards and they move to game 2.

Game 2

Brad sideboards some number of cards which I didn't catch (I want to say 3?), and Anwar puts in 4 (?) Chain of Vapor from the side. I was sort of distracted at this point, so Anwar is free to correct me if I got this wrong.

Anwar only mulligans once this time, and decides to keep his six card grip. Brad once again keeps his opening seven.

Anwar opens this game by dropping a City of Brass and passing the turn. Brad uses his first turn to fetch a Badlands, taps it to make a Fanatic and then plays Tormod's Crypt just in case anyone was still wondering if he had the nuts again. (Anwar 20, Brad 19)

Anwar plays another City on his second turn, and Therapies himself to get a Grave-Troll into the yard, passing the turn. Brad drops a Port, summons a Piledriver (again) and swings in for 1. (Anwar 18, Brad 19)

Anwar dredges the Troll during his next draw, hitting (among other things) a Bridge, a Therapy, and a Dread Return. He then plays a Breakthrough for 1, deciding to keep the Putrid Imp in his hand and pitching the rest. Brad attacks for 4 and plays a Vial on his postcombat main. (Anwar 12, Brad 19)

Anwar dredges his Troll again during his draw, and finally hits something relevant: two Bridge from Below and a Stinkweed Imp. He plays the Imp in his hand and passes the turn. Brad moves Vial up to 1 counter, and plays another Piledriver, but doesn't attack with anything. (Anwar 11, Brad 19)

Anwar dredges the Stinky Imp on his draw, hitting a Narcomoeba and an Ichorid. He sacs the 'moeba to Therapy, but in response Brad crypts away his entire graveyard. Bereft of zombies, Anwar names Warchief when the Therapy resolves, but whiffs as he ends up staring down a hand of Earwig Squad (we would later find out these were there because Brad didn't have the Extirpates for the board), and three (that's right, three) Goblin Matrons. Brad pushes his Vial up to two counters, turns everything sideways for lethal, and Anwar throws his Imp into the red zone to get Piledriven (is that a word?), but not before he pitches Grave-Troll and Stinkweed Imp to it.
(Anwar 5, Brad 19)

Anwar dredges the Troll on his draw, but sees nothing that would help him, and extends his hand, securing Brad's place in the finals.

Short version: Luck is a bitch.

[Giles]

Post it.


It's kooky. Andy is a crazy mofugger.

Fine.

Nourishing Lich
Note: Only player from the Seattle Crew that did not play with Counterbalance.

Lands:
4- Underground Sea
1- Scrubland
1- Badland
4- Polluted Delta
3- Bloodstained Mire
1- Volrath Stronghold
1- Academy Ruins
3- Swamp
1- Island

Creatures:
4- Hunted Horror
4- Gilded Drake
3- Dimir Infiltratior
4- Dark Confidant
1- Epochrasite
4- Sage of Epityr

Spells:
1- Umezawa's Jitte
4- AEther Vial
3- Despotic Scepter
2- Tel-Jilad Stylus
3- Engineered Explosives
3- Smother
3- Repeal
2- Sensei's Divining Top

SB:
4- Stifle
3- Red Elemental Blast
3- Duress
3- Yixlid Jailer
2- Hymn to Tourach


Rounds:
1- Faerie Stompy (2-1)(1-0)
2- Mad Zur's Cephalid Breakfast (1-1-1)(1-0-1)
3- Elves (the one that made top 8) (1-2)(1-1-1)
4- UR Paniter-Grindstone Combo (1-2)(1-2-1)
5- GBR Zoo (0-2)(1-3-1)
6- Zombies (2-0)(2-3-1)

[DeathwingZERO]

I gotta say man, in round 2 when I saw Despotic drop, I swear I had a flashback to ye olde skewl. A few months back I had honestly wondered why that card hadn't found it's own little spot somewhere, just because.

[zulander]

Anwar mulligans two terrible hands in a row into a mediocre five-card hand

Anwar... has coppenhaver taught you nothing?

There's a better four card hand out there...

[Deep6er]

By the way, what a beating of a match. I like how Anwar had no outs at all. Seems good. Frownz. That right there is how a good match is supposed to go, right?

EDIT: Ah, reading comprehension. Ever my eternal foe. Yes, yes I know that's redundant. Fuck off.

[Bardo]

Only player from the Seattle Crew that did not play with Counterbalance.

Man, there were a million CBs in that room. In my six rounds, I played against five Counterbalance decks (83%). That's fucked up.

[Pinder]

And then he went looking for it. Read it again. He DID mulligan to four.


Actually he didn't, at least not according to my notes. He can correct me if I'm wrong. I can only remember four of the cards in his opening hand, so maybe that's because he actually did. Maybe.



By the way, what a beating of a match. I like how Anwar had no outs at all. Seems good. Frownz. That right there is how a good match is supposed to go, right?

Yeah, the match was a total wash, but there wasn't much Anwar could do against the double nuts, you know?

[DeathwingZERO]

Man, there were a million CBs in that room. In my six rounds, I played against five Counterbalance decks (83%). That's fucked up.

I wish I would have had pairings like that. I got stuck running up against two decks packing maindeck graveyard hate. Not fun.

[AnwarA101]

Actually he didn't, at least not according to my notes. He can correct me if I'm wrong. I can only remember four of the cards in his opening hand, so maybe that's because he actually did. Maybe.



Yeah, the match was a total wash, but there wasn't much Anwar could do against the double nuts, you know?

I mulled to these 5 - Gemstone Mine, Cabal Therapy, LED, LED, Golgari Thug. I think I made a mistake by not playing Therapy on him naming Fanatic as that is the best card against me. Then I should have probably played both LEDs and cracked one of them on my upkeep. As it turns out he played the fanatic and it was downhill from there.

[Giles]

Any word for August?

[AnwarA101]

I've finally uploaded my pictures from the trip. They can be found here -

Las Vegas, NV to Vancouver, WA (http://s317.photobucket.com/albums/mm364/aa9n/)

[Pinder]

For some reason Photobucket keeps giving me trouble when I try and upload my pictures to it, but for what it's worth this (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t124/Pindarius/Batcave%20DLD/) is what I have so far (mostly pictures from the bar on Sunday night, plus a hilariously named gym).

[Nightmare]

Pictures with people in them need labels.

[Pinder]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Bardo's tourney report has labels (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10178)

[Nightmare]

I'm a lazy fuck.I'm sure. On the other hand, yours don't.

[Pinder]

Baaaaaaaaawwwwwwww

You could always look at Bardo's, and then use your brilliant powers of deduction to remember faces. Everyone in my pictures that's on the Source is labeled in his, and if you're asking about the chick, well, none of us know who she was either.

[Ewokslayer]

You could always look at Bardo's, and then use your brilliant powers of deduction to remember faces. Everyone in my pictures that's on the Source is labeled in his, and if you're asking about the chick, well, none of us know who she was either.

Yet you all took a picture with her.

[Pinder]

Yet you all took a picture with her.

She insisted. She was in the bar with us, so she was just as drunk as we were. She saw that we were taking pictures and wanted in.

For what it's worth, she used to go to school with Nick (Yawgmoth), and I think her name was Felicia?

[T is for TOOL]

Did she actually go to school with him? I thought she made that up.

[Pinder]

Did she actually go to school with him? I thought she made that up.

He seemed to corroborate the story, but then again he also peed onto the parking lot behind that RV in the background of those shots. So the veracity of his statements at that point could be called into question with how drunk he was.