Team Serious Open - Sandusky - February 9

[GrandpaBelcher]

Twenty-one gamers showed up for Vintage at the Hero Zone in Sandusky, Ohio, on February 9 for some hot Vintage action. Ohio-style decklists abounded, including Pyromancer Ascension combo, three decks with creature types as their title, and Enchantress... which top foured.

Top 8 pairings
Mark Trogdon with Forgemaster Aggro beat Riley Curran with Elves!
Sam Krohlow with Doomsday lost to Alec Capas with RUG Delver
Nat Moes with Forgemaster Combo lost to Charles Rolko with Espresso Stax
Jake Hilty with Enchantress beat Eric Butler with Stoneforge Control

Mark, Alec, Charles, and Jake split the top four prize, and most of the tournament participants adjourned to Waterstreet Bar & Grille for dinner.

Here are the top eight decklists:

1. Mark Trogdon - Forgemaster Aggro
3 Arcbound Ravager
2 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Metalworker
4 Triskelion
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
4 Pithing Needle
3 Staff of Domination
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Cavern of Souls
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy

Sideboard
2 Crucible of Worlds
3 Ravenous Trap
2 Jester's Cap
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Tormod's Crypt

2. Jake Hilty - Enchantress
4 Argothian Enchantress
4 Enchantress's Presence
4 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Cloud of Faeries
2 Words of Wind
2 Living Wish
1 Eternal Witness
4 Seal of Primordium
4 Seal of Removal
3 Energy Flux
4 Wild Growth
4 Utopia Sprawl
3 Elvish Spirit Guide
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Dryad Arbor
3 Tropical Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Windswept Heath
4 Forest
1 Island

Sideboard
1 Tormod's Crypt
2 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Elephant Grass
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Maze of Ith
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Vexing Shusher
2 Autumn's Veil
1 Emrakul, the Aeon's Torn
1 Energy Flux
1 Mystic Remora

3. Charles Rolko - Espresso Stax
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Smokestack
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle Wire
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Serum Powder
3 Karn, Silver Golem
3 Crucible of Worlds
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Sol Ring
1 Pithing Needle
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Duplicant
1 Mana Crypt
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
3 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
1 City of Traitors
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Factory

Sideboard
2 Pithing Needle
2 Ghost Quarter
3 Null Rod
4 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Ravenous Trap

4. Alec Capas - RUG Delver
1 Echoing Truth
1 Fire & Ice
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Flusterstorm
2 Steel Sabotage
2 Spell Snare
2 Mental Misstep
4 Force of Will
2 Annul
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Time Walk
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Delver of Secrets
3 Tarmogoyf
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphrie
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Forest
2 Island
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Misty Rainforest

Sideboard
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Pyroblast
3 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Nature's Claim
1 Ancient Grudge
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Ingot Chewer

5. Sam Krohlow - Doomsday
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Fastbond
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Brainstorm
3 Oath of Druids
4 Doomsday
4 Gush
4 Preordain
1 Duress
2 Thoughtseize
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Mental Misstep
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Forbidden Orchard
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Tropical Island
1 Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard
1 Forest
1 Ancient Grudge
3 Forbidden Orchard
1 Oath of Druids
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Nature's Claim
1 Mana Crypt

6. Nat Moes - Forgemaster Combo
4 Kuldotha Forgemaster
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Metalworker
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Staff of Dominion
2 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Lightning Greaves
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Buried Ruin
3 City of Traitors
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Memory Jar
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Sundering Titan
1 Duplicant
1 Triskelion
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Wurmcoil Engine

Sideboard
1 Shimmer Myr
1 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Razormane Masticore
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Witchbane Orb
1 Platinum Angel
2 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Tormod's Crypt

7. Eric Butler - Stoneforge Control
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Plains
3 Island
3 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Batterskull
1 Skullclamp
3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
2 Spellsnare
1 Flusterstorm
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Echoing Truth
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Time Walk

Sideboard
2 Pithing Needle
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Engineered Explosives
4 Rest in Peace
3 Disenchant
1 Serenity
1 Seal of Cleansing

8. Riley Curran - Elves!
2 Deathrite Shaman
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Quirion Ranger
2 Birchlore Ranger
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Heritage Druid
4 Wirewood Symbiote
3 Elvish Visionary
2 Priest of Titania
1 Viridian Shaman
2 Mirror Entity
1 Regal Force
4 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Glimpse of Nature
3 Skullclamp
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timetwister
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
3 Forest
2 Savannah
2 Bayou
1 Tropical Island
2 Gaea's Cradle
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Windswept Heath
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Misty Rainforest

Sideboard
1 Gleeful Sabotage
2 Seeds of Innocence
1 Viridian Corrupter
1 Qasali Pridemage
2 Scavenging Ooze
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pithing Needle
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Rest in Peace
1 Thrun, the Last Troll

We have tentatively scheduled the next Team Serious Open for Saturday, April 13. Stay tuned for more information!

[shrewarmies]

Do you have a metagame list?

[GrandpaBelcher]

Do you have a metagame list?

Sure!

1 Dredge

4 Workshops
- 3 Forgemaster Aggro/Combo
- 1 Espresso Stax

5 Blue Control
- 2 UR Landstill
- 1 4C Control
- 1 Tezzeret
- 1 UB Nightveil Specter

4 Creature Control
- 2 Stoneforge + Batterskull (1 UW, 1 Bant)
- 2 RUG Delver

4 Combo
- 1 Doomsday Oath
- 1 Burning Oath Long
- 1 Pyromancer Ascension Gush
- 1 UB TPS

3 Other
- 1 Enchantress
- 1 Elves!
- 1 Goblins?!

[Ten-Ten]

whoa! wild growth, utopia sprawl, elephant grass??

my head nearly blew up! 

cool top8 guys!

heck, cool meta!

[merfolkOTPT]

My head blew up after top 4ing with it.  I actually left the deck i planned to play at home, and had been sort of testing this on the side.  Thought I would enter the bar bracket immediately and then be able to just hang out with friends, the deck surprised me, it is surprisingly quick and really is very resilient, that all being said, the sideboard was assembled from random cards on site, and the numbers are probably slightly weird in general, but if you decide you want to play something different give it a shot.

[Ten-Ten]

My head blew up after top 4ing with it.  I actually left the deck i planned to play at home, and had been sort of testing this on the side.  Thought I would enter the bar bracket immediately and then be able to just hang out with friends, the deck surprised me, it is surprisingly quick and really is very resilient, that all being said, the sideboard was assembled from random cards on site, and the numbers are probably slightly weird in general, but if you decide you want to play something different give it a shot.

Looks fun.
Got it proxied up for testing and will set it up on Cockatrice also
I was recently looking for a reason to play living wish again, so I'm excited.

Congrats on your 2nd place  finish, btw.

[Twaun007]

This tourney looked like so much fun. I was sad I had to work and miss it. Fortunately, Gee, Guhstin, and myself drove out late to partake in the post tourney festivities.

Some of the highlights include Guhstin puking in from of the police, free drinks for wearing a scarf on scarf night, and being able to hang out with all the vintage ballers from Ohio.

Some of the lowlights were ladies who over tan, club lighting(it can play tricks on you), not being able to play in the tourney, and scarf night.

Congratz to everyone who participated. Hopefully I'll see you at the next TSO.
 

[EDIT] I still cannot believe you guys let Enchantress top 4.