REPORT of RESULTS

The 4th annual Winter Derby is in the books! This year’s event saw 164 participants, representing 18 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States) spread across 13 different time zones. Over the span of six weeks, we played roughly 600 matches of Old School Magic via webcam.

The 2020 Winter Derby was conducted under the Pacific 93/94 B&R list, allowing the full range of original art/old card frame re-prints (Revised, 4th/Chronicles, CE/IE, FBB/FWB, etc). As with past Derby series events, our tournament had no entry fee and no prize support, so the stakes were simply glory and bragging rights for the winner.

Pairings were released in two batches over the month of January, with all participants asked to schedule and play eight individual matches in about four weeks. After the batches were completed, we cut to Top 16 and played out a single-elimination bracket. The Winter Derby Finals were played on February 2nd, and featured Quinn Maurmann (USA, The Deck) versus Anne Joldersma (Netherlands, Workshops).

After all was said and done, Quinn Maurmann took the match 3-0, and was named the Winter Derby Champion for 2020! Congratulations to Quinn and the Emerald City Trolls, to all of the Top 16 finalists, and thank you, again, to all of the players who participated. Special thanks must also go out once again to the inimitable Antonio Rodríguez for designing our new Derby series logo and Winter Derby banner, and Mattias “Slanfan” Berggren for developing a bespoke “batch pairings” tool for use in tournaments of this format, making it much, much easier to process the results of several hundred matches behind the curtain. The Derby series has become a fun semi-annual celebration for the international Old School Magic scene, and these contributions and the cooperation of all of the players goes a long way toward making it possible.

For anyone interested in future events, or just trying out webcam Old School Magic for the first time, please consider joining our online community of players! People are always looking for pick-up games in our Facebook group and in the #down-to-play channel on the Old School Discord.

PLAYER REPORTS and COVERAGE

The Spice Files: Winter Derby — Beasts of the Bay

Winter Derby 2020 Tournament Report – 2nd Place — Anne Joldersma

The Winter Derby 2020 Tournament Report — Tom Simons

All Tings Considered Episode 101: Orgg 101

STANDINGS AFTER BATCH PAIRINGS

TOP 16 DECK PHOTOS

9-16th Place: John Grudzina (14)

9-16th Place: Thomas Ribet (13)

9-16th Place: Richard Stebbing (12)

9-16th Place: Paul DeSilva (11)

9-16th Place: Tobias Mieth (10)

9-16th Place: Laurent Rippert (8)

9-16th Place: Levi Baumgardner (2)

9-16th Place: Gerard Siatkowski (1)

5-8th Place: Michael Scheffenacker (15)

5-8th Place: Mathias Helmbold (9)

5-8th Place: Mike VanDyke (6)

5-8th Place: Jordan Boyle (5)

3-4th Place: Bryan Manolakos (7)

3-4th Place: Galen Lemei (4)

2nd Place: Anne Joldersma (16)

1st Place: Quinn Maurmann (3)

ALL DECK PHOTOS

(alphabetical order by first name)

Aaron Steele — “I Hope This Helps You”

Adam Jourdan

Adam Merkado — “Angelic Abyss”

Alexandr Tsukanov

Alistair Ingram

Andrew Mattus

Andrew Walker

Andy Swaffar

Arnaud Aubert

Aurélien Théry

Ben Katz

Ben Revell

Brett Attmore

Brian Limbacher — “Arabian COP Blue”

Cam Roberts

Charles Klein

Chris Adcock

Chris Ward

Christian Lieb

Christian Reinhard

Christopher Mason

Cliff Mathieson

Constantine Prishvitsin

D. Scott Brauner

Daniel Anschutz

Daniel Yann Franzén

Dave Firth Bard

David Holler

David Rohwedder

David Tully

Don Perrien

Douglas McMahon

Drew Epstein

Edwin Tracy

Erik Johnson

Erik Olstad

Evan Hofmann — BUG Venom Void

Florian von Bredow

Frédérique Lafoux

Gabe Farkas

Gaetan Zell

Gordon Fjeldsted

Greg Titcomb — “Death Valley”

Gregor Sammsa

Henning Østergaard

Hugo Borges

Ivan Bari — “Mob Presence”

J Lager

James Lebak

Jared Doucette

Jared Miller

Jason Applin

Jason Bain

Jason Collins

Jason Dorman

Jason Morawski

Jason Paul

Jason Schwartz

Jason Seaman

Jay Peine

Jean Curci

Jeff Dehnhardt

Jeff Grasso

Jeff Liu — “Rasputin’s Coffin”

Jeff Watkins

Jeff White

Jesse Compton

Joe Becica

John McNulty

Jon Dittert

Jon Tschida

Jonathan King

Justin Flynn

Kevin Vanier

Koos Cramer

Laurence Boulanger

Marc Flore

Mark Jonovitch

Mark Price

Martin Purrio

Masayuki Higashi

Matt Mucci

Mattias Berggren — “Dead Eggs Don’t Fly”

Max Schroeder

Michael Angelo Russo

Michael Schroers

Mike Frantz

Mike Keith

Mike Kukovec

Mike McLaughlin

Nicolai Rasmussen

Nicolas Imwinkelried

Park Cofield

Pascal Martin

Pascal Piché

Patrick Howse

Patrick Quinn

Patrick van Beek — “Burn ‘n Barbs”

Paul Fiero — “Juxta Pile”

Paul Kovalov

Peter Monten

Pez Unholy

Phillip Dow

Rajah James

Rémi Ouellette

Rich Bourque — “Mono Blue Psychic Control”

Robert Vawter

Robert Wyatt

Ryan Gresco — Hazebond!

Ryan O’Burke

Ryan Rudolph

Ryan Woodworth

Ryan Working

Scott Bradley — Weakstone Song

Seth Roncoroni

Shawn Sullivan

Stephen Di Donato

Stephen Williams

Stu Scathezombie

Svante Landgraf

Sylvain Billon

TC Chaisson

Thomas Sutherland

Tim Moran

Tim Stutzer

Tom Simons

Tomasz Ksel

Tony Tran

Tyson Taylor

Vince Baleka

Will Magrann

Will Reddy

Winston Wood

Wouter Jansen

Zachary Dooling