Jun 29, 2009

Results June 26th, 2009

People came prepared for affinity this time. There were two different builds, but neither manages to score better than 3-2. With only two decks scoring more, I guess they're still a contender though! I managed to beat one of them with my Bloodbraid Aggro deck, but lost to Faeries (without Counterbalance) and amylynnlee1981's Arcane Tide deck that I tweaked over on magic-ville.fr's peasant forum. Ah well, it's always flattering to lose to your own deck!

Anyway, like one very observant reader commented last time around, MBC would be very good in our aggro-oriented metagame. Guess which deck came in first? Welcome back at the top! I'm doing a T9 this time, since 9th place also got a 3-2 record. Have fun perusing the decklists!



T9 Decklists

1. Jasper Boelens (15 - MBC)
2. Bart Holkenborg (12 - Faeries)
3. Allard van der Made (9 - Neo Affinity)
4. Arne Haak (9 - Arcane Tide)
5. Martijn Hennink (9 - Bloodbraid Aggro)
6. Gijsbert Haaksman (9 - Taïga)
7. Erik-Sander Kwebeman (9 - WU Exalted)
8. Maarten Kwant (9 - Goblins)
9. Martijn Labohm (9 - Foundry Affinity)



Jasper Boelens - MBC
1st place (15 points)

Creatures
4 Crypt Rats

Spells
4 Innocent Blood
2 Skeletal Scrying (U)
4 Consume Spirit
2 Demonic Tutor (U)
4 Diabolic Edict
2 Echoing Decay
4 Hymn to Tourach
3 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Unmake
4 Corrupt

Lands
1 Cabal Coffers (U)
23 Swamp

Sideboard
SB: 4 Duress
SB: 4 Tangle Bloom
SB: 4 Distress
SB: 1 Echoing Decay
SB: 2 Burden of Greed



Bart Holkenborg - Faeries
2nd place (12 points)

Creatures
4 Cloud of Faeries
4 Spellstutter Sprite
4 Pestermite
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours

Spells
4 Force Spike
2 Spell Snare (U)
4 Counterspell
4 Mana Leak
3 Snap
3 Force of Will (U)
4 Gush

Lands
2 Desert
18 Island

Sideboard
SB: 4 Annul
SB: 3 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Disrupt
SB: 2 Hydroblast
SB: 4 Relic of Progenitus



Allard van der Made - Behemoth Affinity
3rd place (9 points)

Creatures
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Frogmite
4 Somber Hoverguard
4 Myr Enforcer
4 Quicksilver Behemoth

Spells
3 Chromatic Sphere
4 Chromatic Star
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Springleaf Drum
3 Shrapnel Blast (U)
4 Thoughtcast

Lands
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Great Furnace
2 Mishra's Factory (U)
4 Seat of the Synod
2 Tree of Tales
2 Vault of Whispers

Sideboard
SB: 3 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 4 Duress
SB: 3 Ancient Grudge
SB: 3 Echoing Truth
SB: 2 Naturalize



Arne Haak - Arcane Tide
4th place (9 points)

Spells
1 Evermind (U)
4 Brainstorm
1 Gigadrowse
4 High Tide
4 Ponder
4 Reach Through Mists
4 Accumulated Knowledge
2 Dampen Thought (U)
4 Ideas Unbound
4 Merchant Scroll
4 Peer Through Depths
4 Psychic Puppetry
2 Stream of Consciousness (U)
1 Oona's Grace

Lands
17 Island

Sideboard
SB: 4 Disrupt
SB: 3 Gigadrowse
SB: 4 Hydroblast
SB: 4 Echoing Truth



Martijn Hennink - Bloodbraid Aggro
5th place (9 points)

Creatures
4 Horned Kavu
4 Jund Hackblade
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Rip-Clan Crasher
2 Boggart Ram-Gang (U)
3 Ember Weaver
3 Tattermunge Duo
3 Bloodbraid Elf (U)

Spells
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Colossal Might
4 Predatory Strike
4 Firewild Borderpost

Lands
6 Forest
2 Gruul Turf
7 Mountain
2 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard
SB: 2 Pyroblast
SB: 4 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Undergrowth
SB: 4 Ancient Grudge
SB: 3 Flaring Pain



Gijsbert Haaksman - Taïga
6th place (9 points)

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Creatures

Spells

Lands

Sideboard
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Erik-Sander Kwebeman - WU Exalted
7th (9 points)

Creatures
4 Akrasan Squire
4 Aven Squire
4 Bant Sureblade
4 Esper Stormblade
4 Ethercaste Knight
3 Talon Trooper

Spells
3 Path to Exile (U)
4 Fieldmist Borderpost
4 Hindering Light
2 Mask of Memory (U)
4 Steel of the Godhead

Lands
7 Island
2 Lonely Sandbar
9 Plains
2 Secluded Steppe

Sideboard
SB: 2 Circle of Protection: Red
SB: 4 Deft Duelist
SB: 2 Echoing Truth
SB: 3 Seal of Cleansing
SB: 2 Oblivion Ring
SB: 2 Prismatic Strands



Maarten Kwant - Goblins
8th place (9 points)

Creatures
1 Goblin Sledder
4 Mogg Conscript
4 Mogg Fanatic
1 Mogg Raider
4 Mogg Flunkies
1 Mogg War Marshal
4 Goblin Matron
1 Goblin Warchief (U)
4 Mudbutton Torchrunner
4 Goblin Ringleader (U)

Spells
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Incinerate
2 Fireblast

Lands
19 Mountain

Sideboard
SB: 3 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Goblin Vandal
SB: 2 Pyroblast
SB: 4 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 4 Smash to Smithereens



Martijn Labohm - Foundry Affinity
9th place (9 points)

Creatures
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Disciple of the Vault
4 Glaze Fiend
4 Frogmite
4 Myr Enforcer
4 Quicksilver Behemoth

Spells
4 Chromatic Star
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Springleaf Drum
1 Shrapnel Blast (U)
4 Thopter Foundry (U)
4 Thoughtcast

Lands
4 Ancient Den
4 Great Furnace
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Vault of Whispers

Sideboard
SB: 2 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Lightning Bolt
SB: 4 Pyroblast
SB: 4 Echoing Truth
SB: 4 Smash to Smithereens


Jun 2, 2009

Results May 30th, 2009

I forgot to write a tournament report for the last tournament, didn't I? This time I didn't scribble notes, but I do have some new decklists! Allard capitalized on the unbanned artifact lands and won with a new take on affinity. I happily got in 6th with the awesome Arcane Tide deck, losing to Vise Burn and Silly Simic. Enough talking, more decklists!



T8 Decklists

1. Allard van der Made (15 - Behemoth Affinity)
2. Arne Haak (12 - Silly Simic)
3. Maarten Jacobs (9 - Resounding Borders)
4. Niels Gramser (9 - Bloodbraid Aggro)
5. Douwe van Noordenburg (9 - Taïga)
6. Martijn Hennink (9 - Arcane Tide)
7. Elske van der Vaart (9 - Naya Aggro)
8. Johan Rots (6 - GW Slivers)



Allard van der Made - Behemoth Affinity
1st place (15 points)

Creatures
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Frogmite
4 Somber Hoverguard
4 Myr Enforcer
4 Quicksilver Behemoth

Spells
1 Chromatic Sphere
4 Chromatic Star
3 Lightning Bolt
4 Springleaf Drum
3 Shrapnel Blast (U)
3 Tooth of Chiss-Goria
4 Thoughtcast

Lands
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Great Furnace
2 Mishra's Factory (U)
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Tree of Tales

Sideboard
SB: 3 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Lightning Bolt
SB: 3 Echoing Truth
SB: 3 Moment's Peact
SB: 4 Naturalize
SB: 1 Scale of Chiss-Goria



Arne Haak - Silly Simic
2nd place (12 points)

Creatures
4 Slippery Bogle
4 Shorecrasher Mimic
3 Lorescale Coatl (U)

Spells
4 Brainstorm
2 Ponder
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Daze
3 Favor of the Overbeing
3 Mana Leak
3 Snakeform
2 Force of Will (U)
4 Gush

Lands
6 Forest
14 Island

Sideboard
SB: 4 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 4 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 4 Echoing Truth
SB: 3 Wickerbough Elder



Maarten Jacobs - Resounding Borders
3rd place (9 points)

Creatures
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
2 Etched Oracle (U)
1 Mulldrifter
4 Krosan Tusker

Spells
4 Brainstorm
2 Dismantling Blow
4 Kodama's Reach
4 Resounding Thunder
4 Resounding Silence
4 Swirling Sandstorm
2 Ordered Migration
1 Vengeful Rebirth

Borderposts
2 Fieldmist Borderpost
1 Firewild Borderpost
2 Mistvein Borderpost
1 Veinfire Borderpost
2 Wildfield Borderpost

Lands
9 Forest
3 Island
2 Mountain
1 Plains
1 Swamp


Sideboard
SB: 4 Power Sink
SB: 3 Echoing Truth
SB: 4 Night Soil
SB: 1 Dismantling Blow
SB: 3 Matca Rioters



Niels Gramser - Bloodbraid Aggro
4th place (9 points)

Creatures
3 Llanowar Elves
4 Kird Ape
4 Mogg Fanatic
2 Hellspark Elemental (U)
4 Horned Kavu
4 Rip-Clan Crasher
3 Blastoderm
3 Bloodbraid Elf (U)

Spells
4 Chain Lightning
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Rancor

Lands
9 Forest
12 Mountain
1 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard
SB: 2 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 4 Martyr of Ashes
SB: 4 Pyroblast
SB: 2 Naturalize
SB: 3 Ancient Grudge



Douwe van Noordenburg - Taïga
5th place (9 points)

Creatures
2 Ghazban Ogre
3 Jungle Lion
4 Kird Ape
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Scab-Clan Mauler

Spells
3 Chain Lightning
3 Lava Dart
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Rancor
4 Reckless Charge
2 Incinerate

Lands
2 Gemstone Mine (U)
8 Forest
11 Mountain

Sideboard
SB: 3 Bloodfire Dwarf
SB: 4 Martyr of Ashes
SB: 2 Ancient Grudge
SB: 3 Compost (U)
SB: 3 Smash to Smittereens



Martijn Hennink - Arcane Tide
6th place (9 points)

Spells
1 Evermind (U)
4 Brainstorm
1 Gigadrowse
4 High Tide
4 Ponder
4 Reach Through Mists
4 Accumulated Knowledge
2 Dampen Thought (U)
4 Ideas Unbound
4 Merchant Scroll
4 Peer Through Depths
4 Psychic Puppetry
2 Stream of Consciousness (U)
1 Oona's Grace

Lands
17 Island

Sideboard
SB: 4 Disrupt
SB: 4 Envelop
SB: 3 Gigadrowse
SB: 4 Hydroblast



Elske van der Vaart - Naya Aggro
7th (9 points)

Creatures
4 Qasali Pride-Mage
4 Steward of Valeron
4 Werebear
2 Woolly Thoctar (U)
3 Gorger Wurm
3 Streetbreaker Wurm

Spells
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Armadillo Cloak
2 Behemoth Sledge (U)
4 Harrow
4 Oblivion Ring

Lands
5 Forest
4 Mountain
4 Naya Panorama
6 Plains
4 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Treetop Village (U)

Sideboard
SB: 3 Circle of Protection: Black
SB: 3 Circle of Protection: Red
SB: 4 Naturalize
SB: 3 Shelter
SB: 2 Wickerbough Elder



Johan Rots - GW Slivers
8th place (6 points)

Creatures
4 Plated Sliver
4 Sidewinder Sliver
4 Virulent Sliver
4 Muscle Sliver
4 Sinew Sliver
4 Spinneret Sliver
3 Talon Sliver
2 Victual Sliver (U)

Spells
4 Gather Courage
3 Thrill of the Hunt
4 Armadillo Cloak

Lands
8 Forest
8 Plains
3 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Tranquil Thicket

Sideboard
SB: 4 Hallow
SB: 3 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 2 Ray of Revelation
SB: 3 Holy Light
SB: 3 Root Sliver (U)



Decks that didn't finish in the T8 included Esperzoa Affinity, GU Scepter, and Vise Burn.