12/12 Die Hard Games: THE BIG ONE

[Dxfiler]

So Dave Feinstein, guess what, I AM going to make this one. I think Ben Lukas should get some kind of door prize for making me go.

I never had any doubt you were coming

As I type this it's 3AM. I have gotten hordes of cards just for tomorrow.

Loaded up on singles. Will do whatever I can to help people finish decks.

Just please come early, because parking will be a challenge thanks to the farmer's market. My building had like 6 different parking lots but it will still take you some time to park more than likely.

Give yourself time to settle in, do your decklist (if you aren't bringing one) and whatever else you need to do. I'm encouraging people to get here by 11:30. Round 1 will be up at noon.

That's all I have. I must go back to sorting cards for another hour or so, then sneak in some sleep. I normally don't sleep much for my big events. This is my biggest event of the year so it's only fitting I get no sleep

See you in the morning

-Dave

[FlyingSkull13]

Good luck with this one dave, i'm still searching for a car, hopefully b out there soon enough :)

[Jaynel]

Any updates?

[J.V.]

Any updates?

I know Enchantress, Thopter/Sword Counterbalance (x2?), and Mono Red Goblins (x2?) Top 8'd.

[Dxfiler]

Tourney was fun. 40 people on teh button.

Top 4 split all the blue duals.

5th-8th got more duals,


I still gave out bonus store credit prizes despite not getting 50 people.

top 4 was:
Jon Ma /w Merfolk
Kevin Correia /burn
Sam Wang /w Enchantress
Jason Bourque /w Goblins

I'm so very tired. But had a great time and I hope everyone else did.

Will have pics/decklists up in a day or two.


Thanks :)

- David

[That nice guy]

Tournament sucked
Pizza was shit
Dave is a horrible TO
I will not come again
It's not backwards day

lolz, what an asshole!

This was a very fun tourney, and Daves prize support was nuts. I REALLY hope he has another. The meta was very fun and diverse.

I played
Round 1 Brassman top artifact crap with annoying Academy ruins
Round 2 Ichorid
Round 3 Fairy Stompy
Round 4 Combo
Round 5 WGB control/agro
Round 6 Zoo

@ brassman, sweet altered cards man! Keep it up!

This was durring finals and Xmas mania for everyone I knew, so many people didn't go. Also there were some big vintage tourneys which I think sponged people from this shit.

[J.V.]

Oh another deck I just remember that was in top 8 was GWB Rock

[PlatinumHellkite]

I was playing Zoo and made top 8.

[Rod Of Ruin]

Thanks Dave for another memorable competition & for the set of Savannah. It was unbelievable when my Stingscourger's bounced Dreadnought turns 2-4 but only to delay an inevitable trample due to a 4th stifle! That was my favorite predicament among many epic battles.

[TrialByFire]

I was playing Sam Wang and would have made top 8 (playing Tempo Thresh) but I fail at keeping Goyf's power updated and he ended the game at 1 life. I feel like a noob

[ssw]

I was playing Sam Wang and would have made top 8 (playing Tempo Thresh) but I fail at keeping Goyf's power updated and he ended the game at 1 life. I feel like a noob

Did you go play the lottery afterward?

[sunshine]

I was playing Sam Wang and would have made top 8 (playing Tempo Thresh) but I fail at keeping Goyf's power updated and he ended the game at 1 life. I feel like a noob

At least the whole day wasn't a fail bro. I continued my streak of losing rating points at these tournaments - except this time it wasn't with a top 8 finish .

[Dxfiler]

Today is mah day off. So without further ado here are the top 8 decklists with pics... and a special announcement at the bottom


1st-4th

Jonathan Ma /w Merfolk (built with help by someone I know *cough* :p)


13 Island
4 Wasteland
4 Mutavault

4 Aether Vial
4 Cursecatcher
4 Standstill
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Merrow Reejery
2 Threads of Disloyalty (you almost played vendilion clique... pfft)

3 daze
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Snare
3 Stifle

SB: 2 Hydroblast
1 Blue Elemental
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Tormod's Crypt
3 Pithing Needle
2 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Vedalken Shackles
1 Threads of Disloyalty
1 Mindbreak Trap

Jason Bourque /w Goblins


4 Aether Vial
4 Goblin Ringleader
4 Goblin Piledriver
3 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Goblin Matron
4 Gempalm Incinerator
4 Goblin Chieftan
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Goblin Lackey
3 Stingscourger
1 Lightning Crafter
1 Kiki-jiki Mirror Breaker

16 Mountain
4 Wasteland

SB: 3 Relic Of Progenitus
2 Red Elemental
1 Pyroblast
3 Summoning Trap
3 Pyrokinesis
3 Blood Moon

Kevin Correia (Burn!) and Sam Wang (Enchantress?!)


4 Flame Javelin
3 Magma Jet
3 Keldon Marauders
4 Rift Bolt
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Price of Progress
3 Goblin Guide
4 Incinerate
4 Hellspark Elemental
3 Fireblast
4 Chain Lightning

2 Barbarian Ring
14 Mountain
3 Arid Mesa
1 scalding tarn

SB: 3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Mogg Fanatic
3 Vexing Shusher
3 Pyrostatic Pillar
3 Red Elemental Blast


4 Argothian Enchantress
4 Enchantress's Presence
4 Sterling Grove
4 Utopia Sprawl
4 Elephant Grass
3 Wild Growth
3 Solitary Confinement
3 Ground Seal
2 Replenish
2 Enlightened Tutor
1 Sigil of the empty throne
1 Words of War
1 Karmic Justice
1 Blood Moon
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Seal pf Primordium
1 Moat

9 Forest
3 Plains
4 Windswept Heath
1 Savannah
1 Taiga
2 Serra's Sanctum

SB: 3 Choke
2 City of Solitude
2 Sacred Ground
2 Blood Moon
1 Replenish
1 Oblivion Ring
1 COP: Red
1 Aura of Silence
1 Karmic Justice
1 Runed Halo

5th-8th

Alex Morrill /w Zoo


4 Wooded Foothills
4 Arid Mesa
1 Windswept Heath
3 Taiga
3 Plateau
1 Savannah
2 Horizon Canopy
1 Mountain
1 Plains
1 Forest

4 Wild Nacatl
4 Kird Ape
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Qsali Pridemage
3 Grim Lavamancer
2 Wooly Thoctar

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Path to Exile
2 Sylvan Library

SB: Swords to Plowshares
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
3 Krosan Grip
3 Vexing Shusher
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Umezawa's Jitte

Micah Greenbaum /w Thopter Combo


4 Brainstorm
3 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Force of Will
3 Counterspell
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Intuition
2 Elspeth, Knight Errant
1 Jace Beleren
2 Engineered Explosives
3 Pernicious Deed
4 Ancestral Visions
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Thopter Foundry
1 Sword f the Meek
1 Life from the Loam

3 Tundra
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Island
1 Plains
3 Mishra's Factory
2 Academy Ruins
1 Lonely Sandbar

SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Yixid Jailer
2 Extirpate
2 Perish
2 Meddling Mage
2 Counterbalance
3 Baneslayer Angel
1 Pernicious Deed

John Kubilis /w Aggro Rock


3 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Tombstalker
1 Pernicious Deed
4 Dark Ritual
4 Vindicate
4 Dark Confidant
4 Hymn To Tourach
3 Kitchen Finks
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Thoughtseize
4 Swords to Plowshares

1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Swamp
4 Wasteland
4 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Bayou
3 Scrubland
1 Windswept Heath

SB: 3 Krosan Grip
3 Engineered Plague
2 Pernicious Deed
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Duress
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Umezawa's Jitte

Rod Cordoba /w Goblins


17 Monutains
4 Wasteland

4 Goblin Ringleader
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Goblin Matron
4 Stingscourger
4 Siege-gang Commander
4 Goblin Piledriver
4 Aether Vial
4 Goblin Chieftab
1 Kiki-jiki Mirror Bfreaker
2 Warren Instigator
4 Goblin Lackey

SB: 1 Gaeas Blessing
2 Apocalypse
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Blood Moon
4 Vexing Shusher
3 Pithing Needle

Those are the top 8 decklists. The full photo album can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1176496...7623001369782/

Congrats to all who made top 8 and thank you all for coming to The Big One.

Without further ado... I'm announcing my next big tournaments...

Die Hard Games Eternal Double-Header! 1/23 and 1/24!

Saturday 1/23: Vintage (20 Proxy!)
Cost $20 (Includes Free Lunch of Pizza/Soda!)
Start Time: 1pm

Prizes:



1st: Mox Sapphire
2nd: Mishra's Workshop
3rd/4th: each receive one sealed box of FTV: Exiled
5th-8th picks from mah famous goody table! Past goodies have included Fetches/Duals/Fows and other great vintage swag. Goodies determined by attendance: The more people, the more goodies!

Prizes based on 30 people will scale according to attendance.

Sunday 1/24 Legacy
Start Time 1pm
Cost $20 (also includes free lunch! :)
$1 off discount if you played in Saturday's Vintage!

1st - 4 Tundra
2nd- 4 Volcanic Island
3rd- 4 Badlands
4th- 4 Scrublands

5th-8th 4 Fetchlands each. Top 8 will 'draft' fetchlands from both Onslaught and Zendikar. Fetchlands will be chosen in playsets based on finishing order.

Prizes based on 30 people will scale according to attendance.


Eternal weekend should be fun. I feel it's a great follow-up to what was a successful tournament in 'The Big One.' I hope everyone had fun and thanks for your support.

Happy Holidays

- Dave Feinstein

[ELD]

That's some savage prize support for the Vintage event! I'll definitely try and make it down for that one.