The Sphere

ika nga ni pa_canton, matigas talaga ulo ko. this is where we all began. this is were the original ETERNAL FORMAT began. this is where the brave, the strong, the balls plays vintage.

THIS IS WHERE I STARTED
thanks to all the players who influenced me to this format.

anyway, back to the topic:
25 brave, strong, with the balls players join the tournament (including me, the organizer)

the top 8 players after 5 rounds of swiss:
ryan payabyab (trygon tez)
marcelle fabie (steel city vault??)
jason basal (belcher's aftermath) <-- a true player with the balls!!!!!!
jay pangasinan (mud)
marco deligos (ruthless golemn deck)
von sanchez (mud)
aries dominguez (jaderl's bbs)
ching parungao (tropical storm)

marco vs. von - marco win
aries vs. ching - aries win
ryan vs. marcelle - ryan win
jay pang vs. jason - jay win

ryan vs. jay - ryan win (tourny report will be followed by yours truly... if i can read my own handwriting hehehehe)
aries vs. marco - aries win

ryan vs. aries - aries win

aries is the new vintage champ of 2011!

thanks to our sponsor, Pinas Sarap for holding the tournament
thanks to all the players who join.. you know who you are. your the best ..... peeps!
congrats to the top 8 players and the eventual champ, aries (mukhang hindi kita mapapatigil ng vintage pre!!!)

see you at the next vintage tournament.... hhhmmmm..... *ponder *ponder

decklist and pictures to follow..

greatly appreciate the efforts of Andrew and those following his footsteps

Congrats to the rest of top 8, team mate Marcelle, fishlord Aries for the win.

Played to 3-1-1 using NLD/Tropical Storm, finishing 5th after the elims.

Round 1: vs Tez (Resley) Lost 1-2, both loses to Myr Battlesphere and Misdirected key cards
Round 2: vs Belcher (Jason) Win 2-0, Control the mana, you control belcher
Round 3: vs Agro MUD (JM) Win 2-1, was able to control his spheres and cotvs early, Oath in the 3rd match with double flux
Round 4: vs Steel City Vault (Marcel) Win 2-1, thanks for the Doomsday inspiration 'mate
Round 5: vs Trygon Tez (Ryan) ID
Round6: vs Monoblue Control / Fish (Aries) Lost 0-2 - dominated with tons and tons(and still tons) of draws, not to mention by my own robot (via Bribery)

congrats aries

congratulation po sa nag top 8

congrats champ: Aries Dominguez

thank you Andrew Chan sa tournament

Tournament Summary Report:

Jason Basal using Belcher's AFTERMATH

5 GAME SWISS:

Round 1 - JayPang (MUD)
Game 1 Win: I played first, Got a nice hand to
execute ETW with storm count 8
Game 2 Win: Got leyline of anticipation in my
openning hand. I able to cast ETW
with storm count 8 and be blown off
by steel hellkite. Luckily I have
tinker in my hand and be able to
cast ETW from memory jar

Round 2 - Chingpaq (TPTS)
Game 1: On the draw, got my artifacts producing
red get countered by spell pierce or FOW.
Got killed by tendrils of agony.
Round 2 Loss: Bad draw, no red mana came out. Got killed
by platinum angel. Munching all the way

Round 3 - Gio (TPTS)
Game 1 Win: I played first, I able to execute goblin
charbelcher on turn two
Game 2 Loss: Bombs get countered. Killed by tendrils of
agony
Game 3 Win: He Mulligan to 3 cards. I respond with a
time twister in my turn. He allowed to resolve
my goblin welder and FOW my goblin charbelcher.
Next turn, I weld out my charbelcher tapping
2 moxen and 1 ESG in my hand for the kill

Round 4 - Resley (TEZ)
Game 1 Loss: I played first, made this stupid move. I cast
mana crpyt and mox emerald and played ESG!! then
drop down a LED and say go LOL. At the end of the
game, I have top decked a tinker with 2 autumn's
veil to back it off. Unfortunately,

Game 2 Win: I able to cast goblin welder and goblin charbelcher
with the help of lotus and mana vault. He pithing needle
my welder and I top decked a LED in my turn for the kill
Round 3 Win: I able to top deck goblin charbelcher with channel in
my hand. Luckily he doesn't have FOW in his hand.

5 Game - Marco (MUD)
ID

Top 8

Againts JayPang (MUD)

Game 1 Win: On the draw. He cast thorn of amethyst in his turn then
past the turn. I able to cast mana crypt, sol ring and
mox opal with my ESG. On my second turn, I top decked a
tinker. I cast the lotus petal and sac the mox opal to get
the charbelcher. On his turn, he played tangle wire. During
my upkeep I stack the ability of tangle wire and execute
charbelcher.

Game 2 Loss: I mulligan for 3 hoping for a miracle but it didn't come.
Game 3 Loss: It would be my time to shine but spoiled by bad draw. I
mulligan for 6 but got nothing either. I don't know why
I keep it. I should have tried to mulligan it to 5 but
to some extent I have been distracted. Anyway, good game
for me. Good game JayPang =p

I would like to thank Nilo, founder of our new team "AFTERMATH" for
cheering together with our buddy POGI and michael =D

LONG LIVE VINTAGE!!!

Gratz to Jason, to the rest of the top 8 and to the Champ Aries.

Super Extra Short Tourney Report: I dropped after getting "raped" by Von for the top 8 spot.

Thanks Drew for keeping Vintage alive. Hope you facilitate another one

edit: edited the life count of R.


buti na lang naintindihan ko sulat ko.. as promised...

semifinal round between Ryan Payabyab (Trygon Tez) vs. Jay Pangasinan (MuD)

Game 3:

Jay on the play
J: turn 1-- workshop, pass the turn
R: turn 1-- polluted delta, pass the turn
J: turn 2-- Lodestone Golemn via workshop + ghost quarter.....
R: responds by cracking p.delta into underground sea (R at 19 life), tapping sea for B, casting Vampiric Tutor (R at 17 life) into something. Ryan allowed the Jay's Lodestone to enter the battlefield.
R: turn 2-- drops a tropical island, cast Black Lotus, cracking b.lotus for UUU, cast Energy Flux.
J: turn 3-- jay's golemn hit the graveyard during his upkeep, cast Black Lotus, cast Jester's Cap.....
R: allowed jay's j.cap to enter the battlefield.
J: activates his j.cap exiling R's 3 trygon predator.
R: turn 3-- drops a basic island, cast Dark Confidant
J: turn 4-- draw go
R: turn 4-- confidant reveals another confidant (R at 15 life). R's confidant attacks J, J drops to 18 life, cast Time Walk
R: turn 5-- confidant reveals a Spell Pierce (R at 14 life), R's confidant attacks J, J drops to 16 life, cast Pernicious Deed
J: turn 5-- draw go
R: turn 6-- confidant reveals a Misty Rainforest, R's confidant attacks J, J drops to 14 life, cast a second Energy Flux
J: turn 6-- drops a second workshop, casting Triskelion....
R: allowed Jay's triskelion to enter the battlefield, trike killing confiant
R: at Jay's e.o.t. cracks misty rainforest (R at 13 life) to basic Island, cast Ancestral Recall
R: turn 7-- drops a p.delta, pass the turn
j: turn 7-- at upkeep triskelion deals 2 damage to R (R at 11 life), triskelion hit the graveyard, draw go
R: at Jay's e.o.t. cracks p.delta (R at 10 life) to underground sea
R: turn 8-- cast d. confidant
J: turn 8-- draw go
R: turn 9-- confidant reveals Imperial Seal (R at 9 life), R's confidant attacks J, J drops to 12 life, discards thoughtseize and spell pierce
J: turn 9-- cast Metalworker.....
R: Mana Drained J's Metalworker
R: turn 10-- confidant reveals Mana Drain (R at 7 life), R's confidant attacks J, J drops to 10 life, ponders for a long period of time... finally casts Imperial Seal into something (R at 5 life).
J: turn 10-- drops Wasteland, cast a second J.Cap....
R: Spell Pierced the J.Cap, countered.
J: cast Sphere of Resistance.....
R: allowed Jay's Sphere to enter the battlefield.
J: activates wasteland targeting Underground Sea.
R: at Jay's e.o.t. activates Pernicious Deed for 2 destroying confidant and sphere of resistance, J responds by activating Ghost Quarter destroying underground sea into a swamp.
R: turn 11-- drops Tolarian Academy
J: turn 11-- draw go
R: turn 12-- cast Lotus Petal, cast Pernicious Deed
J: turn 12-- draw go
R: turn 13-- drops Tropical Island, cast d.confidant
J: turn 13-- drops a city of traitors
R: at J's e.o.t. cast Brainstorm
R: turn 14-- confidant reveals a Mox Emerald (still at 5 life), still at upkeep cast Mystical Tutor into a Tinker, draws tinker, R's confidant attacks J, J drops to 8 life, cast Mox Emerald, cast tinker sacrificing Mox Emerald into a Sphinx of the Steel Wind.
J: turn 14-- draws a card, ponders for a long period of time... cast Pithing Needle....
R: allowed Jay's needle to enter the battlefield, J's needle naming pernicios deed
J: cast triskelion....
R: allowed Jay's trike to enter the ballefield.
J: cast Sculpting Steel....
R: Mana Drained J's s.steel.
R: turn 15-- confidant reveals a Hurkyl's Recall (R at 3 life), R's confidant and sphinx attacks, J's trike blocks R's confidant, stack damage, R's Sphinx deals 6 damage to J, J drops to 2 life, R back at 9 life.
J: turn 15-- cast Tangle Wire....
R: allowed Jay's t.wire to enter the battlefield
R: at J's e.o.t. cast Hurkyl's Recall targeting J
J: extends his hand and congratulates R for the WIN.

edit: edited the life count of R.

@andrew salamat sa tourny report

Congrats to the fish lord Aries for winning and the rest of the top 8.

A short tourney report using ruthless golem deck (a new tweek for null rod base workshop deck, see decklist)

Round 1 - BYE, wow!

Round 2 - Gio (Gushbond) - WIN 2-0
Game 1 - Me Mull to 5, Gio Mull to 6, He was lock by 3 spheres, su-chi finished it off
Game 2 - We both mull to 6, got lucky Gio was on his way to win but misplayed in his last play

Round 3 - Resley (Tez) - WIN 2-0
Game 1 - Su-chi finished the game, Resley got bad draw and tolarian academy which is not online
Game 2 - Lock by 2 Tangle Wires, 1 Null Rod, Precursor Golem finished it off

Round 4 - Ryan (Trygon Tez) - WIN 2-0
Game 1 - He Tinker Sphinx with no cards in hand, during my turn I play 1 Tangle Wire and 1 Smokestack, Controlled his permanents
Game 2 - Fully setup, COW-Stripmine with Smokestack in play

Round 5 - Jason (Belcher) - ID

Playoffs:

Quarterfinals - Von (MUD) - WIN 2-0
Game 1 - 2 Lodestone Golem and 1 Trike for him but I got more creatures, 1 Lodestone Golem and 2 Precursor Golem 7 in total, runoff by my golems
Game 2 - Razormane Masticore control the game

Semis - Aries (BBS) - LOSS 0-2
Game 1 - He play first with a black lotus opening, mana vault, voltaic key, lots of mana accelerants, Waste and Strip effects my lands, Loss by aggro
Game 2 - Again He play with a black lotus opening, loss to painter grind