Just a brief post about the monthly t1 tourny at Richmond Comix today...

I was with Brownstone today (here is an approximate decklist):

Mr. Brownstone v. 2.1

Creatures:
1 x Karn, Silver Golem
3 x Masticore
1 x Phyrexian Colossus
3 x Covetous Dragon
3 x Goblin Welder

Artifacts:
1 x Voltaic Key
1 x Mana Vault
1 x Sol Ring
1 x Grim Monolith
1 x Memory Jar

Red:
2 x Wildfire
3 x Lightning Bolt
1 x Earthquake
1 x Fireball

Black:
1 x Yawgmoth’s Will
1 x Mind Twist
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Vampiric Tutor

White:
1 x Balance


Blue:
1 x Mystical Tutor
1 x Ancestral Recall
1 x Time Walk
1 x Tinker
2 x Fact or Fiction

Land/Mana:
4 x Volcanic Island
2 x City of Traitors
5 Moxen
3 x Mountain
4 x City of Brass
3 x Badland
2 x Wasteland
1 x Tolarian Academy
1 x Library of Alexandria
1 x Strip Mine

We had 14 people in attendence and could hit the 20 mark for next month depending on when Azhrei and others return from college. The field had the usual red burn, a couple of Jank type decks, SliverKing with STP, Jay w/ Nethervoid, Black ld/hand destruction, Zoo, T1 Skies (w/ 'dibs, waterspout djinns etc), a truly diverse field.

One sidenote...I played on 4 hours sleep extremely hungover so the details of the reports are not going to be exact of thorough, instead I will try to relate the "critical turn"

So its 3 rounds of swiss cut to top 8...

Round 1
Kevin w/ Skies
I get an active welder on the table cycling a monolith with a masticore to generate the mana necessary to ping 'dibs and djinns for 4. Really tough match up against a good player. Game 3 was won when he held a Lotus in his hand instead of playing and couldn't regenerate the Masticore he had taken with Legacy's Allure.

Round 2
Jay with NetherVoid
Jay didn't see a Void either game. We had done a lot of playtesting together working on the decks and his is a really tough matchup for me esp. after SB. More of a case of bad draws for him then anything. One interesting play...I get a 2nd turn Covetous Dragon off of 2 lands a Vault and he disenchants Vault I end up playing Yawgmoth's Win and replay Ancestral, and Time Walk.

Round 3
Robert E with Zoo
While I had some suboptimal draws, Robert rolled all over me, a real blood letting..the 'dibs and Erhnams he has are too fat for most of my removal and the lone fireball I have isn't enough. No real critical turn here folks.

Top 8
Chuck with T1 Jank (r/w)
It all comes down to Yawgmoth's Will (the most broken card in any powered up T1 deck). Being able to Will, play Mox, Land, Ancestral, Time Walk, FoF, and Demonic Tutor in one turn makes for fun luvin. Chuck is another great player from a neighboring store in Mechanicsville.

Top 4
Alex with Mono Black
In the 2nd game I strip his first land (like he had hoped he later told me) and proceeded to Hymn, strip, waste, and sinkhole another 6 lands. I was one turn away from stabilizing and getting off a main phase FoF but he Hyppied my Vault.

I can't complain at all with my performance. I get a pack of Apocalypse and a pack of Saga for my efforts (popping a Mystic Snake and an Energy Field which is good for the extended deck I want to build). One lesson learned from today is I really want Crumbling Sanctuary in the deck...against Zoo and mono black it is a great way to stabilize until you draw the mass removal. I also would like to have Abyss in the deck or SB.

Suggestions? I don't have a Lotus otherwise it would be in there.