The Lords of the Pit and Eternal Central are proud to present coverage of the second annual Madison Offensive, a charity Old School Magic 93-94 event held in Madison, Wisconsin (USA). The charity for this year’s event was Charles S. Brownell Elementary School, a local school in Chicago.



Last year Chicago’s Lords of the Pits held a private event in Madison dubbed the Madison Offensive, to loop more of the Wisconsin players in, and 24 people showed up to battle. This year, we decided early on to open up registration to anybody, and were expecting about 30 people in Illinois and Wisconsin to travel for a small get together drinking German beer. 58 people ended up pre-registering from across 8 states, and 55 showed up to battle on game day, blowing away our expectations. Many old and new faces showed up, many new friends were made, and a number of regional connections for future play groups were forged.

This event’s charity was a local school in Chicago, and entrance fees were physical donations of school supplies for young students in need of assistance. Tons of scientific calculators, pens, pencils, markers, crayons, highlighters, and everything else you can think of were collected, to the tune of about $800+ worth of supplies, and we are very thankful for the community support.

After the main event, we had a large reservation at another local watering hole, the German bar Essen Haus. 25 mages arrived to sling Old School 95, and drink and be merry. After most of the playing was done we had a separate prize pool of 95 giveaways, which were fought tooth and nail over in a series of Chaos Orb sudden death battles.

Pairings and Standings

6 rounds of Swiss were played, rather than recommended 7 for Swiss+1, due to facility time constraints.

Pairings and Final Standings

Round 1 Pairings

Round 2 Pairings

Round 3 Pairings

Round 4 Pairings

Round 5 Pairings

Round 6 Pairings

Final Standings

Metagame Breakdown

Here is a sortable table that shows all players and associated decks played (you can sort by name, deck type, or prize awarded).

First Name Last Name Decklist Awarded Bob Agra RUG Tempo Mike Barris GW Erhnam Geddon Nate Becker Grixis Aggro Chris Bergeson Erhnam and Robots (RG) Brendon Bowersox Black Blue Nate Bullington Grixis Aggro Mike Butzen Esper Abyss Aggro Jason Chambers 13EvilOrm's-By-Gore.dec Most Creative Deck 1st Place Curt Christian Grixis Control Dan Decker White Weenie Danny Dunaway 69 Card Mono Red Goblin Burn Lorien Elleman Pink Weenie Trevor England Mono White Control Tyler Etters GWR Erhnam Geddon 06 Place After Swiss Rounds Brent Everest The Deck Peter Franke Mono Red Burn Danny Friedman Feldon's Prison Paul Fuller URW Aggro Control Tim Gavin UG Berserk Aggro Joel G'Garm The Deck 02 Place After Swiss Rounds Matt Hahn RUG Atog Jason Jaco Naya Bazaar Zoo 03 Place After Swiss Rounds Eric Jensen Black Red Sam Krohlow Time Vault Combo Andrea Longhi Erhnam and Burn Em (RG) Ron Longhi Mono Black David Luety Pink Weenie 05 Place After Swiss Rounds Stephen Maldonado Pink Weenie Ray Mattson Psychic Dreams Most Creative Deck 3rd Place Andrew McLennan UW Skies Mith BantamGeddon 07 Place After Swiss Rounds John Molseed Asmadi Flare Matt Moss Workshop Aggro Grixis Nathan Mullen Naya Bazaar Zoo Justin Newman RUG Tempo Frank P Esper Skies Jason Paul UR Control Benjermin Perry Eureka Carter Petray 5C Justice League Legends Most Creative Deck 4th Place Dan Piquard Mono Black Justin Pitts White Weenie John Raysa Black White Dan Rech Red White Skies Nick Rohr Erhnam and Burn Em (RG) Gregg Seaverson Trump's Wall (Animate Wall Control) Most Creative Deck 2nd Place Tiffany Seaverson Pink Weenie 08 Place After Swiss Rounds Shane Semmens 4C Arabian Aggro Matt Sharp DECKLIST MISSING Jeff Simpson 5C Fatties 04 Place After Swiss Rounds Mike Solymossy Mono Black 01 Place After Swiss Rounds Tim Steele GW Erhnam Geddon Matt Thompson 4C Aggro Control James Tork Junk (BWG) Brandon Turner Black Blue Robert Vincent Mono Red CandleFlare

ALL Decklists, Alphabetically, by Last Name

Bob Agra – RUG Tempo



Mike Barris – GW Erhnam Geddon



Nate Becker – Grixis Aggro



Chris Bergeson – Erhnam and Robots (RG)



Brendon Bowersox – Black Blue



Nate Bullington – Grixis Aggro



Mike Butzen – Esper Abyss Aggro



Jason Chambers – 13EvilOrm’s-By-Gore.dec (Most Creative Deck 1st Place)



Curt Christian – Grixis Control



Dan Decker – White Weenie



Danny Dunaway – 69 card Mono Red Goblin Burn



Lorien Elleman – Pink Weenie



Trevor England – Mono White Control



Tyler Etters – GWR Ehrnam Geddon



Brent Everest – The Deck



Peter Franke – Mono Red Burn



Danny Friedman – Feldon’s Prison



Paul Fuller – URW Aggro Control



Tim Gavin – UG Berserk Aggro



Joel G’Garm – The Deck



Matt Hahn – RUG Atog



Jason Jaco – Naya Bazaar Zoo



Eric Jensen – Black Red



Sam Krohlow – Time Vault Combo



Andrea Longhi – Ehrnam and Burn Em (RG)



Ron Longhi – Mono Black



David Luety – Pink Weenie



Stephen Maldonado – Pink Weenie



Ray Mattson – Psychic Dreams (Most Creative Deck 3rd Place)



Andrew McLennan – UW Skies



Mith – BantamGeddon



John Molseed – Asmadi Flare



Matt Moss – Workshop Aggro Grixis



Nathan Mullen – Naya Bazaar Zoo



Justin Newman – RUG Tempo



Frank P – Esper Skies



Jason Paul – UR Control



Benjermin Perry – Eureka



Carter Petray – 5C Justice League Legends (Most Creative Deck 4th Place)



Dan Piquard – Mono Black



Justin Pitts – White Weenie



John Raysa – Black White



Dan Rech – Red White Skies



Nick Rohr – Erhnam and Burn Em (RG)



Gregg Seaverson – Trump’s Wall (Animate Wall Control) (Most Creative Deck 2nd Place)



Tiffany Seaverson – Pink Weenie



Shane Semmens – 4C Arabian Aggro



Matt Sharp – DECKLIST MISSING

Jeff Simpson – 5C Fatties



Mike Solymossy – Mono Black



Tim Steele – GW Erhnam Geddon



Matt Thompson – 4C Aggro Control



James Tork – Junk (BWG)



Brandon Turner – Black Blue



Robert Vincent – Mono Red CandleFlare



Tournament Action and Wrapup

The Calm Before the Signing



Signed Prizes



Perry (Eureka) vs. Longhi (Mono Black)



Jaco (Naya Bazaar Zoo) vs. Mullen (Naya Bazaar Zoo)



Tork (Junk) vs. Mattson (Psychic Dreams)



Etters (Naya Geddon) vs. Fuller (URW Aggro Control)



Semmens (4C Arabian Aggro) vs. Hahn (RUG Atog)



Paul (UR Control) vs. Seaverson (Pink Weenie)



Jaco (Naya Bazaar Zoo) vs. Mith (BantamGeddon)



Mattson (Psychic Dreams) vs. Raysa (Black White)



Maldonado (Pink Weenie) vs. Longhi (Erhnam and Burn Em RG)



Essen Haus Old School 95 Prizes



Essen Haus Live Entertainment



Essen Haus 95 Afterparty



Essen Haus 95 Orb Flipping



Thanks to everyone who came out, and especially those who helped with logistics and running the tournament (Bob Agra and Shane Semmens). As we move forward experimenting with more changes we hope to make each event more unique and fun. For any corrections, comments, follow up, or to send us any action shots to add to this report, please email support@eternalcentral.com.