MWS Source Tournaments (Playoffs)

[technogeek5000]

The post has been updated with the Top 8 Pairings, Final Standings, Updated and more Balance prize support, and Top 8 Decklists
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I would like to thank everyone who signed up for this tournament and giving us a amazing turnout of 77 people. Before I pair up the Top 8 I would like to collect all the decklists from each and everyone who made it past the swiss via pm. Also, each of the top 8 matches will be best of 5. Obviously their is no time limit to the top 8 matches but everyone is on their honor here to try and complete their matches ASAP. Below is a list (in no particular order) of everyone who made Top 8.


TOP 8 PAIRINGS (ordered brackets)


Klaus vs. Eldariel
Elfrago vs. Sanguine Voyeur

Nihil Credo vs. Whit3 Ghost
Phantom_It vs. Van Phanel


Semi-final Pairings


Klaus vs. Elfrago
Nihil Credo vs. Van Phanel


FINALS

Nihil Credo vs. Klaus

I am going to start the top 8 Tommorow @ 10:00 PM GMT -5 so make sure to check back as I will edit this post with the Top 8 pairings. I hope that noone minds for the delay its just it makes it easier to collect the lists and do the top 8 seperately.

Edit: Also here are the prizes that will be awarded. I was thinking of restructuring the prize support to make it less lopsided. Ill finalize it before the top 8 starts.


Updated Prizes:
1st Place: 1 Garruk Wildspeaker, 1 Jap Goblin Lackey, 20 Assorted Collectors edition cards, 1 foil Mental Note, 1 foil Seal of Primordium, 1 foil Echoing Truth, 2 Japanese Orims Chant
2nd Place: 1 Bitterblossom, 1 Liliana vess, 1 Gaddock Teeg, 1 foil Cabal Ritual


Final Swiss Standings



Top 8 Decklists
Whit3 Ghost
// Lands
4 [u] Volcanic Island
4 [A] Tropical Island
2 [ON] Wooded Foothills
2 [ON] Flooded Strand
2 [ON] Polluted Delta
4 [TE] Wasteland

// Creatures
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
4 [OD] Nimble Mongoose

// Spells
4 [A] Lightning Bolt
4 [AP] Fire/Ice
4 [SC] Stifle
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [NE] Daze
4 [DIS] Spell Snare
4 [5E] Brainstorm
4 [LRW] Ponder
1 [TSP] Wipe Away
1 [PS] Rushing River

// Sideboard
SB: 2 [10E] Pyroclasm
SB: 2 [DIS] Trygon Predator
SB: 3 [SOK] Pithing Needle
SB: 2 [b] Red Elemental Blast
SB: 2 [IA] Pyroblast
SB: 4 [TSB] Tormod's Crypt


Elfrago
// Lands
7 [u] Swamp (3)
3 [u] Bayou
4 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
3 [TE] Wasteland

// Creatures
4 [TO] Nantuko Shade
4 [4E] Hypnotic Specter
4 [FUT] Tombstalker
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf

// Spells
4 [MM] Snuff Out
4 [5E] Dark Ritual
4 [LRW] Thoughtseize
4 [AT] Hymn to Tourach
4 [b] Sinkhole
3 [PLC] Seal of Primordium

// Sideboard
SB: 4 [UL] Engineered Plague
SB: 4 [TE] Choke
SB: 3 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
SB: 4 [GP] Leyline of the Void


klaus
3 Island
2 Plains
4 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
3 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Scrubland
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Academy Ruins
1 Tolaria West
2 Wasteland

4 Brainstorm
4 Counterspell
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Cunning Wish
2 Decree of Justice
3 Engineered Explosives
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Force of Will
2 Humility
1 Jace Beleren
4 Standstill
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Wrath of God

SB:
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Pulse of the Fields
1 Return to Dust
2 Runed Halo
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Engineered Plague
1 Enlightened Tutor
3 Extirpate
4 Meddling Mage


Phantom_It
// Lands
4 [A] Tropical Island
4 [b] Volcanic Island
1 [UNH] Forest
3 [ON] Polluted Delta
3 [ON] Wooded Foothills
2 [UNH] Island

// Creatures
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
4 [OD] Nimble Mongoose
1 [JU] Fledgling Dragon

// Spells
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [NE] Daze
4 [A] Lightning Bolt
3 [AP] Fire/Ice
4 [MM] Brainstorm
4 [LRW] Ponder
2 [OD] Predict
3 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
4 [CS] Counterbalance
2 [FD] Vedalken Shackles

// Sideboard
SB: 3 [DK] Blood Moon
SB: 4 [TSB] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2 [TSP] Krosan Grip
SB: 4 [IA] Pyroclasm
SB: 2 [DIS] Trygon Predator


Nihil Credo
// Lands
1 [UNH] Forest
2 [UNH] Island
2 [ON] Flooded Strand
3 [ON] Polluted Delta
3 [PR] Tropical Island
4 [PR] Volcanic Island
3 [PR] Wooded Foothills

// Creatures
4 [OD] Nimble Mongoose
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
3 [SHM] Swans of Bryn Argoll

// Spells
4 [PR] Lightning Bolt
4 [PR] Force of Will
4 [PR] Brainstorm
3 [NE] Daze
3 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
4 [LRW] Ponder
3 [CS] Counterbalance
1 [CS] Lightning Storm
3 [ON] Chain of Plasma
2 [DIS] Spell Snare

// Sideboard
SB: 3 [9E] Pyroclasm
SB: 3 [TSP] Krosan Grip
SB: 3 [8E] Blood Moon
SB: 4 [DK] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2 [A] Red Elemental Blast


Sanguine Voyeur
// Lands
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Sandstone Needle
8 Mountain

// Creatures
4 Sundering Titan
4 Crater Hellion

// Spells
4 Gruul Signet
4 Worn Powerstone
4 Gilded Lotus
4 Thran Dynamo
4 Burning Wish
2 Wildfire
2 Burning of Xinye
4 Trinisphere
2 Decree of Annihilation
2 Devastation

// Sideboard
SB: 1 Decree of Annihilation
SB: 1 Devastation
SB: 4 Pyroclasm
SB: 1 Shattering Spree
SB: 1 Tooth and Nail
SB: 1 Recoup
SB: 1 Hull Breach
SB: 4 Chalice of the Void
SB: 1 Regrowth


Eldariel
// Lands
4 [EX] City of Traitors
4 [TE] Ancient Tomb
9 [UNH] Island

// Creatures
1 [SC] Shoreline Ranger
4 [AN] Serendib Efreet
4 [FD] Trinket Mage
4 [P2] Sea Drake
3 [LRW] Sower of Temptation
4 [LRW] Mulldrifter
3 [LRW] Pestermite

// Spells
4 [AL] Force of Will
4 [DS] Sword of Fire and Ice
3 [DS] Sword of Light and Shadow
4 [MR] Chrome Mox
4 [MR] Chalice of the Void
1 [SOK] Pithing Needle

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [SOK] Pithing Needle
SB: 2 [DK] Tormod's Crypt
SB: 3 [US] Back to Basics
SB: 2 [MM] Misdirection
SB: 3 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
SB: 1 [FD] Engineered Explosives
SB: 3 [A] Blue Elemental Blast


Van Phanel
12 Island
3 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta

4 High Tide
4 Brainstorm
3 Opt
1 Peek
4 Reset
4 Impulse
3 Remand
2 Brain Freeze
3 Meditate
3 Cunning Wish
3 Turnabout
2 Cryptic Command
4 Force of Will
2 Flash of Insight

Sideboard:
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Brain Freeze
1 Meditate
1 Turnabout
2 Wipe Away
3 Echoing Truth
3 Hydroblast
2 Twincast
1 Gaea's Blessing

[Whit3 Ghost]

Why not have a prize pool and have top2 draft from it?

[PhanTom_lt]

Will the lists be posted before the top8? If not, why bother collecting them right now?
When you post the pairings, can we also get the standings after Swiss?

[technogeek5000]

I have just updated the opening post with the Top 8 Pairings, restructured prize support, Standings, and Top 8 Decklists.

[Whit3 Ghost]

1. Nihil and I get our vengence match. Awesome.
2. Holy shit Wildfire.
3. Holy shit Solidarity.

Good luck to everyone. This looks like a fun top 8.

[Nihil Credo]

Heh. So the matchups are:

UWb Landstill vs. Faerie Stompy
Eva Green vs. Wildfire

Swans Thresh vs. Thrash
UGR Thresh vs. Solidarity

Solidarity looks like the Christian among the lions. Props to Van Phanel if he makes it to the finals.

Edit: Also, to Sanguine Voyeur, I totally want a report once you're done. I want to know if MD Devastations were enough to get by in the Goyf world.


Also, just for fun since it's Olympic time:

Germany vs. Finland
Italy vs. USA

Italy vs. USA
Lithuania vs. Germany

Edit 2: I contacted White Ghost, we should get our match done by the weekend.

[Sanguine Voyeur]

Looks like I may win what ever match I get unless my deck prefers seppuku.

Also, to Sanguine Voyeur, I totally want a report once you're done. I want to know if MD Devastations were enough to get by in the Goyf world.

I intend to. The fact that a Wildfire deck took top eight in a 77 man tournament is too funny to pass up.

EDIT: Man, I wish this counted for the Legacy Metagame Forum.

[Avatar of Light]

Good: 3 Thresh Decks in Top 8

Bad: 1 gets taken out in the first round. Wanted to see the matchup in the Two-man tournament, but Meathooks ruined it.

[Eldariel]

Let's see if I can keep my undefeated-streak on vs. Landstill. I already kinda promised Nihil to face him in the finals, so I suppose I have no options. Seems like I'll possibly get to face that smexy-ass Wildfire on my way though - that would be just awesome! You're my hero, Sanguine.

[KillemallCFH]

Nice, I got 9th place in the first MWS Source Tournament, too. Its almost like I'm doing it on purpose.

[Elfrago]

Contacted Sanguine, we shall play ASAP.
Holy shit, I guess we have an interesting top8.

[Jak]

UWb Landstill vs. Faerie Stompy (Landstill)
Eva Green vs. Wildfire (Wildfire)

Swans Thresh vs. Thrash (Thrash)
UGR Thresh vs. Solidarity (Solidarity)

Landstill vs. Wildfire (Wildfire)
Thrash vs. Solidarity (Thrash)

Wildfire vs. Thrash (Wildfire)

My prediction.

[klaus]

Let's see if I can keep my undefeated-streak on vs. Landstill.

Alright then.
Your undeafeted-VS.-LS-streak VS. my undefeated-VS-tournament-streak, eh?

[Eldariel]

So it seems. My undefeated vs. Landstill-streak spans multiple tournaments though (just ask DiF), so I should be at an advantage :P

[TheInfamousBearAssassin]

Also, just for fun since it's Olympic time:

Europe's smirking revenge?

[Nihil Credo]

EDIT: Man, I wish this counted for the Legacy Metagame Forum.

I don't see why it shouldn't. The decks weren't any more janky than your average Japanese tournament.

[Sanguine Voyeur]

I though something had to be sanctioned for the DTBF. I guess not.

Quick! Two other people top eight with Wildfire.

[PhanTom_lt]

PM'd Van Phanel.

[Whit3 Ghost]

Nihil takes it in 5.

I guess I'm in the virtual doghouse, I prolly should have gone to 5 one of the games, but I don't think I would have pulled it out.

GGs

[Nihil Credo]

I beat Whit3_Ghost 3-2. Epic games, although one game involved a battle of boners.