On the third of March 14 brave souls made
their way to the GP Halls to compete in the “Big Tix” Sanctioned Vintage event.
This was an extremely disappointing turn out as the previous Melbourne GP event
had 50 players. As the event was only Swiss + 1 with no top 8, was poorly
advertised, and had no guaranteed prizes this was not as surprising as it may
have been otherwise. Having the event of day 1 of the main event did not help
matters. As it was, the Vintage stalwarts prepared their Moxen for what would be
an exciting event.
As the event was Swiss + 1 there were 5
rounds of Magic to be played. At the conclusion of the event, it was Graham
King who stood unopposed with a 5 – 0 record on BUG fish. Graham has been a
huge force in the Australian Vintage scene for many years and adding another
major event to his title only cements him as one of Melbourne’ best.
As we could not receive the final standings
from the organiser we only have the final results.
1) Graham King – BUG Fish (15 points)
2) Luke McCoy – Dredge (10)
3) Socrates Stavropoulos – Suicide Tendrils (10)
4) Joshua Butler – Urb Painter (9)
5) James O'Rourke – RW Beats (9)
6) Sarven McLinton – Gush Control (9)
1) Graham King – BUG Fish (15 points)
2) Luke McCoy – Dredge (10)
3) Socrates Stavropoulos – Suicide Tendrils (10)
4) Joshua Butler – Urb Painter (9)
5) James O'Rourke – RW Beats (9)
6) Sarven McLinton – Gush Control (9)
7)
Timothy Tai – Survival Mask (9)
8)
Nicholas Zappacosta – BUG Fish (9)
9)
Nicholas Chmielewski – Grixis
Control (6)
10)
Ben McCoy – Tezzeret (6)
11)
William Wong – Grixis Control
(6)
12)
David Brotchie – Standstill (3)
13)
Jeremy Kajfes – Dredge (3)
14)
Corey Elliot – Mentor Salvagers
(0)
X – 2 or better
decklists
Graham King – BUG
Fish (15 Points)
1 Island
1 Polluted Delta
4 Misty
Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
2 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
4 Deathrite
Shaman
4 Dark Confidant
3 Trygon Predator
2 Vendilion
Clique
2 Tarmogoyf
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Notion Thief
1 Tasigur, the
Golden Fang
3 Mental Misstep
2 Spell Pierce
3 Stifle
4 Abrupt Decay
1 Ancestral
Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the
Void
1 Grafdigger’s
Cage
2 Yixlid Jailer
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Seeds of
Innocence
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Forest
Luke McCoy –
Dredge (10 Points)
4 Bazaar of
Baghdad
2 Dakmoor Salvage
1 Petrified Field
3 Mana Confluence
4 Undiscovered
Paradise
4 Serum Powder
4 Bridge from
Below
4 Leyline of the
Void
3 Ingot Chewer
3 Golgari Thug
1 Flame-kin
Zealot
4 Golgari
Grave-Troll
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Bloodghast
1 Fatestitcher
3 Ichorid
2 Dread Return
4 Cabal Therapy
Sideboard:
2 Serenity
2 Wispmare
2 Petrified Field
1 Ingot Chewer
3 Nature’s Claim
4 Barbarian Ring
1 Riftstone
Portal
Socrates
Stavropoulos – Suicide Tendrils (10 Points)
2 Underground Sea
2 Swamp
2 Island
1 Misty
Rainforest
1 Bayou
4 Polluted Delta
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
2 Chrome Mox
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s
Bargain
1 Ancestral
Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Gitaxian Probe
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Pact of
Negation
1 Preordain
2 Quicken
1 Timetwister
4 Ad Nauseum
3 Cabal Ritual
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Duress
3 Tendrils of
Agony
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
Sideboard:
2 Chain of Vapor
2 Extirpate
3 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Praetors Grasp
2 Slaughter Pact
1 Tropical Island
4 Xantid Swarm
Joshua Butler – Urb
Painter (9 Points)
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Polluted Delta
1 Misty
Rainforest
3 Island
3 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian
Academy
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
2 Grindstone
3 Painter’s
Servant
1 Blightsteel
Colossus
2 Jace, Vryn’s
Prodigy
1 Dack Fayden
4 Force of Will
4 Pyroblast
3 Mental Misstep
3 Thirst for
Knowledge
2 Gush
1 Misdirection
1 Dig Through
Time
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral
Recall
2 Thoughtseize
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
Sideboard:
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Duress
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Shattering Blow
1 Shattering
Spree
3 Ingot Chewer
1 Mountain
2 Grafdigger’s
Cage
4 Leyline of the
Void
James O’Rourke –
RW Beats (9 Points)
1 Mountain
2 Plains
1 Karakas
4 Arid Mesa
1 Marsh Flats
4 Cavern of Souls
3 Plateau
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
4 Simian Spirit
Guide
3 Prophetic
Flamespeaker
4 Containment
Priest
4 Leonin Arbiter
3 Thalia,
Guardian of Thraben
4 Spirit of the
Labyrinth
3 Phyrexian
Revoker
3 Mother of Runes
1 Hammer Mage
1 Gorilla Shaman
4 Swords to
Plowshares
3 Sudden Shock
Sideboard:
4 Grafdigger’s
Cage
3 Ingot Chewer
1 Hammer Mage
1 Phyrexian
Revoker
2 Kataki, War’s
Wage
1 Thalia,
Guardian of Thraben
1 Sudden Shock
2 Red Elemental
Blast
Sarven McLinton –
Gush Control (9 Points)
4 Misty
Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
2 Tropical island
3 Island
1 Tolarian
Academy
1 Library of
Alexandria
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Fastbond
2 Jace, the Mind
Sculptor
1 Blightsteel
Colossus
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Trygon Predator
4 Force of Will
2 Mana Drain
2 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
4 Gush
1 Ancestral
Recall
1 Dig Through
Time
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
2 Preordain
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Tendrils of
Agony
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Steel Sabotage
Sideboard:
2 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Grafdigger’s
Cage
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Yixlid Jailer
2 Trygon Predator
2 Nature’s Claim
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Forest
1 Notion Thief
1 Mental Misstep
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Illness in the
Ranks
Timothy Tai –
Survival Mask
2 Bayou
1 Tropical Island
1 Taiga
1 Forest
3 Verdant
Catacombs
2 Misty
Rainforest
3 Mana Confluence
2 Urborg, Tomb of
Yawgmoth
2 Dark Depths
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Illusionary
Mask
4 Phyrexian
Dreadnaught
2 Varolz, the
Scar-Striped
2 Vengevine
1 Basking
Rootwalla
3 Vampire Hexmage
2 Deathrite
Shaman
4 Dark Confidant
4 Survival of the
Fittest
4 Thoughtseize
3 Mental Misstep
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral
Recall
1 Time Walk
Sideboard:
1 Chains of
Mephistopheles
3 Red Elemental
Blast
4 Nature’s Claim
3 Artifact
Mutation
3 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Yixlid Jailer
Nicholas
Zappacosta – BUG Fish
4 Wasteland
3 Polluted Delta
1 Forest
1 Island
3 Verdant
Catacombs
1 Tropical Island
1 Misty
Rainforest
2 Underground Sea
1 Bayou
1 Strip Mine
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Null Rod
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite
Shaman
2 Trygon Predator
2 Jace, Vryns
Prodigy
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Notion Thief
4 Mental Misstep
2 Flusterstorm
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Spell Pierce
4 Force of Will
1 Brainstorm
4 Abrupt Decay
1 Ancestral
Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Ponder
1 Dismember
Of note in this
tournament is the complete lack of Workshop decks. I personally put this to the lack of players
in the event. I chose to not play workshops due to my unfamiliarity of the
environment and other may have had similar thoughts. What do you think was the
reason for the lack of Workshops?