Friday, December 11, 2009

Titan Hobby Shop Vintage tourney 12/20/09

WHEN: DECEMBER 20, 2009 SUNDAY
WHERE: TITAN HOBBY SHOP
WHAT: SANCTIONED VINTAGE TOURNAMENT
TIME: 12PM START
REG FEE: 200

Tourney format:
5 Rounds of Swiss
Top 8

Attendance of 8-15 players: 1st place chooses a Zendikar fetchland. Booster packs will be given to the top 4 (TBD on the tourney itself).
16-23 players: 1st and 2nd gets a Zendikar fetchland. Booster packs will be given to the top 8 (TBD on the tourney itself).
24-31 players: 1st to 3rd gets a Zendikar fetchland. Booster packs will be given to the top 12 (TBD on the tourney itself).
32+ players: 1st to 4th gets a Zendikar fetchland. Booster packs will be given to the top 16 (TBD on the tourney itself).
+ random prizes to be given away!
* seating capacity is at 36 players max. We suggest that participants preregister to avail a spot or you can be there early and register on the same day.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Gold Rush Warm-up at Titan

Thursday Dec 10, 2009.
Php 200 entry
Standard

32 players max.
Round 1 pairings at 7:00pm

FOIL Day of Judgement will be given to the top 2 finishers. Lots of boosters will also be given away.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Gold Rush Trials Results

Random photos during the swiss:




Total players: 20
Swiss rounds: 5

1st - Ray De Guzman

3 Baneslayer Angel
3 Thornling
4 Borderland Ranger
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Knight Of The Reliquary
3 Master of The Wild Hunt
2 Elspeth Knight Errant
2 Vines of the Vast wood
3 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Souls majesty
2 Path to Exile
1 Behemoth Sledge

4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Marsh Flats
2 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Sunpetal Grove
3 Plains
4 Forest
2 Swamp
1 Gargoyle Castle
1 Oran Rief, the Vastwood

SB
3 Great Sable Stag
2 Identity Crisis
2 Celestial Purge
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Mind Shatter
3 Zealous Persecution

2nd - Lloyd Tan: The New Moon

4 Verdant Catacombe
4 Akoum Refuge
4 Dragonskull Summit
2 Crumbling Necropolis
10 Swamp

4 Vampire Hexmage
3 Child of Night
2 Bloodghast
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
4 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Bituminous Blast
4 Terminate
2 Disfigure
2 Sign in Blood

SB :
3 Doom Blade
2 Earthquake
1 Disfigure
3 Duress
4 Blightning
2 Relic of Progenitus

3rd - Rey Abella

1 Arid Mesa
4 Forest
1 Island
1 Kabira Crossroads
2 Marsh Flats
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Plains
3 Seaside Citadel
4 Sunpetal Grove
1 Verdant Catacombs

4 Baneslayer Angel
2 Birds of Paradise
1 Borderland Ranger
1 Captain of the Watch
4 Emeria Angel
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Rhox War Monk
4 Steward of Valeron
2 Ajani Goldmane
3 Honor of the Pure
4 Path to Exile


SB:
4 Acidic Slime
3 Brave the Elements
2 World Queller
2 Great Sable Stag
4 Grizzled Leotau

4th - Rudi Ansinas

3 Putrid Leech
4 Sprouting Thrinax
4 Bloodbraid Elf
3 Broodmate Dragon
1 Master of the Wild Hunt
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Blightning
4 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Bituminous Blast
3 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Chandra Nalaar
1 Terminate

2 Oran-rief the vastwood
3 Verdant Catacombs
4 Savage Lands
4 Rootbound Crag
3 Dragonskull Summit
4 Forest
3 Swamp
3 Mountain

SB
2 Mind Rot
3 Great Sable Stag
3 Thought Hemorrage
2 Pyroclasm
2 Jund Charm
1 Earthquake
1 Rise from the Grave
1 Terminate

5th - Billy Gragasin - Crypt of Agadeem
6th - Cesyl Azarias - Jund
7th - Jao Fronteras - Boros
8th - Ian Cabillos - Boros

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Gold Rush Trials at Titan

What: Gold Rush Trials
Where: Titan Hobby Shop
When: Dec 3, 2009.

More details:
Standard
Round 1 pairings at 7:00pm
Php 200 entry
Zendikar packs and DCI foils at stake
32 players max (para hindi abuting ng umaga), 1st come 1st served. You may also pre-register.

In other news, Celsus Kintanar wins the very 1st draft for the month of December.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Drafting with JT: ZZZ #1

Triple Zen draft.
Drafted on Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 at a Magic Online 8-4 queue.

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I have had relative success with mono-green and Gx deck lately. Ramp to Iona?

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GW it is.

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I have no decent pick and I have 2 Harrows and an expedition. This is very splashable.

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Another splashable burn spell.

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... and another splashable burn.

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I should have taken Magma Rift.

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The deck is actually decent except for the fact that Iona is in there. In any case, I never drew Iona in any of my games but I would have loved it if I did because I always managed to reach 9 mana.