With Syracuse in the books, the eyes of the Vintage community now turn to the next Star City “Power Nine” tournament in Chicago! Can Kevin Cron successfully defend his Syracuse title? Will new archetypes emerge in the wake of the Trinisphere restriction? Can anyone stop Team Mean Deck? These questions, and more, will be answered at the 3rd stop in the 2005 Star City “Power Nine” Tournament Series; Chicago! Make plans to attend!
In the meantime, check out the Vintage Decks To Beat for March 2005!
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3C Control
5/3 (Mono-Brown)
5/3 (Multi-Color)
7/10 Split
Belcher
Control Slaver
Dragon
Long Death
Meandeck Doomsday
Meandeck Oath
Meandeck Tendrils
Psychatog
TPS
Trinistax (5C)
Trinistax (U/R)
U/W Landstill
U/R Fish
3-Color Control
Eli Kassis
4th place, 2005-02-26 Star City “Power Nine” #5 – Syracuse
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Meddling Mage
2 Decree of Justice
1 Merchant Scroll
4 Mana Drain
4 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Cunning Wish
1 Cranial Extraction
1 Balance
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Swords of Plowshares
2 Skeletal Scrying
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Chrome Mox
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
3 Underground Sea
4 Island
4 Tundra
1 Wasteland
1 Library of Alexandria
Sideboard
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Coffin Purge
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Snuff Out
2 Engineered Plague
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Seal of Cleansing
1 Disenchant
1 Damping Matrix
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Submerge
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
5/3 (Mono-Brown)
David Morales
2nd place, 2005-02-19 Liga Catalina
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Su-Chi
4 Juggernaut
4 Synod Centurion
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Smokestack
4 Trinisphere
1 Mox Jet
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Null Rod
1 Grim Monolith
3 Sphere of Resistance
Sideboard
3 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Damping Matrix
4 Claws of Gix
3 Defense Grid
1 Sphere of Resistance
5/3 (Multi-Color)
Joshua Roughley
1st place, Star City “Power Nine” #3 – Chicago
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Seal of Cleansing
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Tinker
3 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Goblin Welder
1 Duplicant
1 Sundering Titan
1 Platinum Angel
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Triskelion
4 Juggernaut
1 Memory Jar
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Trinisphere
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Strip Mine
2 Glimmervoid
3 Gemstone Mine
3 City of Brass
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Workshop
Sideboard
1 Seal of Cleansing
3 Hydroblast
2 Jester’s Cap
2 Tormod’s Crypt
3 Rack and Ruin
4 Pyroblast
7/10 Split
by Kaare S Ettrup
1st place, 2005-01-13 Aarhus
2 Island
2 Volcanic Island
2 Ancient Tomb
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Polluted Delta
3 Gilded Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Timetwister
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
2 Transmute Artifact
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Memnarch
1 Memory Jar
1 Triskelion
1 Sundering Titan
1 Mindlayer
1 Jester’s Cap
4 Goblin Welder
4 Chalice of the Void
Sideboard
3 Rack and Ruin
3 Blue Elemental Blast
3 Trinisphere
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Eon Hub
1 Platinium Angel
1 Razormane Masticore
Belcher
Michael Simister
3rd place, 2004-08-21 Gen Con Vintage World Championship
4 Land Grant
1 Bayou
1 Tropical Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Chrome Mox
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
4 Chromatic Sphere
1 Mana Cylix
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Tinder Wall
3 Goblin Welder
1 Channel
4 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
2 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timetwister
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Memory Jar
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Living Wish
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Goblin Charbelcher
Sideboard
1 Goblin Welder
3 Oxidize
4 Xantid Swarm
1 Artifact Mutation
1 Mishra’s Workshop
1 Uktabi Orangutan
1 Taiga
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Scavenger Folk
1 Darksteel Colossus
Control Slaver
by Jeff Anand
5th place, 2005-02-26 Star City “Power Nine” #5 – Syracuse
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Darksteel Citadel
2 Underground Sea
4 Flooded Strand
4 Volcanic Island
4 Island
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Pentavus
1 Tinker
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Cunning Wish
1 Duplicant
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Force of Will
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Mindslaver
4 Mana Drain
4 Brainstorm
1 Skeletal Scrying
4 Goblin Welder
1 Platinum Angel
Sideboard
3 Sphere of Resistance
3 Rack and Ruin
2 Lava Dart
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Echoing Truth
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Coffin Purge
Dragon
Michele Frasson
2nd place, 2005-02-13 Trento
1 Black Lotus
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
3 Animate Dead
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Duress
1 Entomb
2 Necromancy
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ambassador Laquatus
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Careful Study
3 Deep Analysis
4 Force of Will
2 Intuition
3 Stifle
1 Time Walk
1 Kumano, Master Yamabushi
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
3 Worldgorger Dragon
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
4 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
Sideboard
1 Echoing Truth
1 Engineered Explosive
3 Pyrostatic Pillar
2 Rack and Ruin
1 Rebuild
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Sundering Titan
2 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Verdant Force
Long Death
Steve Menendian
6th place, 2004-08-20 Gen Con Friday Daytime
4 Gemstone Mine
4 City of Brass
1 Glimmervoid
1 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Chrome Mox
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Crop Rotation
4 Dark Ritual
2 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Death Wish
1 Burning Wish
4 Duress
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Tinker
1 Timetwister
1 Memory Jar
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Windfall
4 Brainstorm
1 Necropotence
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
Sideboard
4 Xantid Swarm
1 Diminishing Returns
1 Time Spiral
1 Balance
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Primitive Justice
1 Oxidize
1 Regrowth
1 Simplify
1 Hull Breach
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Tendrils of Agony
Meandeck Doomsday
Stephen Menendian
3rd place, 2004-11-06 Star City P9 III Chicago
4 Underground Sea
4 Doomsday
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
3 Island
1 Swamp
4 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Chromatic Sphere
1 Lotus Petal
4 Duress
4 Force of Will
4 Unmask
4 Brainstorm
1 Necropotence
1 Lim-Dul’s Vault
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Gush
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timetwister
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Beacon of Destruction
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
Sideboard
3 Back to Basics
3 Energy Flux
3 Old Man of the Sea
2 Null Rod
3 Defense Grid
1 Chain of Vapor
Meandeck Oath
Jacob Orlove
1st Place, 2004-10-23 Star City P9 II Richmond
4 Oath of Druids
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Spirit of the Night
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Intuition
2 Misdirection
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
4 Mana Leak
2 Impulse
4 Brainstorm
4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Flooded Strand
5 Island
1 Tropical Island
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
1 Strip Mine
2 Wasteland
Sideboard:
3 Ground Seal
2 Back to Basics
2 Arcane Laboratory
1 Platinum Angel
1 Pristine Angel
1 Iridescent Angel
3 Energy Flux
2 Control Magic
Meandeck Tendrils
Justin Walters
4th Place, 2005-01-15 Waterbury
4 Tendrils of Agony
4 Spoils of the Vault
4 Night’s Whisper
4 Sleight of Hand
4 Brainstorm
4 Chromatic Sphere
4 Darkwater Egg
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Land Grant
1 Necropotence
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
1 Chrome Mox
1 Bayou
1 Tropical Island
1 Windsweapt Heath
Sideboard:
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Duress
4 Force of Will
1 Bayou
1 Doomsday
1 Elvish Spirit Guide
3 Hurkyls Recall
Psychatog
by Filippo Grigatti
1st place, 2005-02-06 Milan
4 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
3 Island
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Duress
1 Mind Twist
4 Cunning Wish
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
3 Intuition
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Brainstorm
4 Accumulated Knowledge
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Deep Analysis
2 Psychatog
Sideboard
1 Fling
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Rushing River
1 Snuff Out
1 Firestorm
1 Gush
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Rack and Ruin
1 Shattering Pulse
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Misdirection
1 Stifle
1 Pyroblast
TPS (The Perfect Storm)
David Besso
1st place, 2005-02-20 Genoa
4 Duress
4 Force of Will
1 Rebuild
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Cunning Wish
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Tinker
4 Brainstorm
2 Gifts Ungiven
1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Yawgmoth’s Bargain
1 Memory Jar
1 Timetwister
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Dark Ritual
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Swamp
2 Island
4 Underground Sea
1 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
Sideboard
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Night of Souls Betrayal
1 Hydroblast
2 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Gifts Ungiven
2 Misdirection
1 Brainfreeze
1 Echoing Truth
1 Rebuild
1 Rushing River
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Stifle
Trinistax (5C)
Kevin Cron
1st place, 2005-02-26 Star City “Power Nine” #5 – Syracuse
4 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
3 Trinisphere
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Chains of Mephistopheles
2 Gorilla Shaman
1 Triskelion
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Crop Rotation
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Mind Twist
1 Balance
2 Swords to Plowshares
4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
Sideboard
3 Ground Seal
3 Choke
3 Ray of Revelation
2 Orim’s Thunder
2 Viashino Heretic
1 Trinisphere
1 Swords to Plowshares
Trinistax (U/R)
Ralf Meyer
1st place, 2005-01-29 Wittlich
1 Black Lotus
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Duplicant
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Memory Jar
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Smokestack
1 Sol Ring
1 Sundering Titan
4 Tangle Wire
4 Trinisphere
1 Triskelion
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
4 Goblin Welder
1 Wheel of Fortune
2 Ancient Tomb
2 Island
4 Mishra’s Workshop
2 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
Sideboard
2 Blood Moon
1 Blue Elemental Blast
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Pyroblast
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Triskelion
1 Viashino Heretic
U/W Landstill
by Robert Kochis
2nd place, 2005-02-26 Star City “Power Nine” #5 – Syracuse
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Eternal Dragon
4 Force of Will
4 Standstill
4 Brainstorm
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Disenchant
4 Mana Drain
3 Nevinyrral’s Disk
1 Akroma’s Vengeance
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Diamond
3 Faerie Conclave
2 Island
4 Tundra
4 Wasteland
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Flooded Strand
1 Plains
1 Strip Mine
Sideboard
4 Stifle
3 Energy Flux
3 Claws of Gix
2 Wrath of God
3 Orim’s Chant
U/R Fish
Marc Perez
3rd place, 2004-07-17 SCG.com “Power Nine” Tournament Richmond
4 Volcanic Island
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Wasteland
3 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
2 Faerie Conclave
2 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Strip Mine
3 Null Rod
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Cloud of Faeries
4 Spiketail Hatchling
2 Voidmage Prodigy
1 Gorilla Shaman
4 Force of Will
4 Standstill
4 Curiosity
2 Daze
1 Misdirection
1 Stifle
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
Sideboard
3 Rack and Ruin
2 Fire / Ice
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Maze of Ith
1 Stifle
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Energy Flux
1 Pyroblast
1 Null Rod
1 Crucible of Worlds