Howdy folks, it's Joe again and we're here with more Team Vintage Super League recap to whet your proverbial whistle!
This week is the big time folks. It's the Playoffs! Round 1 kicks things right off with the home team of Team Cardsphere (Randy Buehler, Reid Duke, and Eric Froehlich) vs the Scottsdale Foundation (Paul Rietzl, David Williams, and Matt Sperling)!
Dig Through Timeand while Randy is resolving it, Paul Rietzl on commentary makes a Koala and then both cams go dark. Randy finishes resolving his Dig, gettingTolarian Academyand
Hurkyl's Recall`, and Matt makes the Spirit for the third time. Randy casts the Recall, prompting the concession from Matt.
Game 2 begins and the cams return! Rejoice! Randy mulls to 5, while Matt's opening is strictly Chalice on 0. Matt launches into a Turn 2 Sphere of Resistance
'ed by Reid, all the while Reid continues ticking up the Jace. He manages to ultimate Jace for the win to take the series!
Team Cardsphere steps into the playoffs in the Top 4!
Notable Decklists - Team Cardsphere
Team Cardsphere brought some sweet lists to the table, but it was Randy's PO Mentor and Reid Duke's Oath deck that really made some of the sweet plays of the night. Let's take a look at both.
Randy Buehler's PO Mentor | Team Vintage Super League
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Tinker
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Preordain
1 Ponder
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Time Walk
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Yawgmoth's Will
2 Repeal
4 Paradoxical Outcome
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Mox Opal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Underground Sea
2 Tundra
2 Island
2 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Containment Priest
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Fragmentize
2 Mystic Remora
1 Rest in Peace
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Karakas
It's worth noting that this is Randy's actual paper Vintage deck, so his play on the deck really shows the time he's put into it. Congrats Randy for putting two on the board this week!
Reid Duke's Oath | Team Vintage Super League
2 Dack Fayden
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Griselbrand
1 Inferno Titan
1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
2 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
3 Mental Misstep
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Mana Drain
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Oath of Druids
1 Sylvan Library
1 Flooded Strand
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 By Force
1 Nature's Claim
1 Pyroclasm
1 Sudden Shock
4 Tormod's Crypt
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Forest
Reid Duke taking some inspiration from recent Oath lists by Brian Kelly by the sheer inclusion of Muldrotha, the Gravetide
. This card is absolutely insane in a format where you can crack Black Lotus
and then immediately recast it. Absurd games, and even winning through a Blood Moon
!
Notable Decklists - Scottsdale Foundation
Let it never be said that Scottsdale Foundation didn't come to the table this week without pulling out all the stops. From PO Tezzeret to the infamous MOONS OVER MY HAZZY, they certainly made for some fun decks.
Matt Sperling's White Eldrazi | Team Vintage Super League
4 Thought-Knot Seer
3 Eldrazi Displacer
2 Glowrider
3 Reality Smasher
2 Spirit of the Labyrinth
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2 Containment Priest
4 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Null Rod
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
2 Sphere of Resistance
1 Mana Crypt
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
3 Wasteland
1 Karakas
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Eldrazi Temple
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Plains
1 Strip Mine
1 City of Traitors
1 Null Rod
1 Glowrider
2 Containment Priest
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Serenity
1 Rest in Peace
1 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Fragmentize
1 Crucible of Worlds
White Eldrazi can certainly be powerful as it showed against Randy's PO Mentor deck, sticking to a plan of mana denial and taxing, as well as Spirit of the Labyrinth
.
Matt Sperling's "Moons Over My Hazzy" | Team Vintage Super League
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Hazoret the Fervent
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
3 Scab-Clan Berserker
3 Fiery Confluence
4 Abrade
2 Smash to Smithereens
2 Chrome Mox
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Mox Ruby
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
4 Blood Moon
2 Ancient Tomb
14 Mountain
2 City of Traitors
1 Strip Mine
2 Hazoret the Fervent
1 Mountain
1 Fiery Confluence
4 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Shattering Spree
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Pulverize
This deck is the sweetness. Monored Prison is actually pretty solid in a format full of Shops, etc. It was great to see this deck do its thing, even if it did get shut down fairly hard by Oath.
Wrapping Up
That's all the time we have this week folks! Join us next week as we head into Round 2 of the lower four playoffs with Channel Fireball vs So Many Insane Plays! I'm looking forward to this matchup especially because the guys from So Many Insane Plays are folks I met at SCG Con! Super amazing guys and I'm looking forward to them taking a spot in the Top 4 as well.