This past weekend the Chicago Old School group hosted a small 93-94 tournament, and we had 15 players show up to battle, including a number of local players, and players from Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Texas.



Entrance fee was drink of choice to share with the posse, and we all chipped in for local delivery pizza. Prizes were donated by the players, and ended up being pretty sweet, and each prize was signed by all players. Players drafted a card from the prize pool of their choice, starting with first place and heading on down the line.



We also gave away 200ML bottles of liquor as door prizes to those attending from out of state (shoutout to @mithmtg for donating these!).



Continuing with our previous tournament structure, to encourage the maximum rounds played, we decided on six (6) 50 minute rounds of Straight Swiss (no Top 4/8 playoff), with NO MATCH DRAWS ALLOWED (unintentional or otherwise). After 50 minutes if there was a tied match, the tie breaker would be a sudden death Chaos Orb flipping contest, similar to a hockey or soccer overtime shootout. If both players make or miss the Chaos Orb flip in the same round, go again. The first person to make it while the other person misses will be declared the winner of the match. We had one match decided this way on the day.

This time there were tons of artifacts and The Abysses floating around, and not nearly enough Energy Fluxes, Armageddons, and Shatterstorms to offset them.

Final Standings, After 6 Rounds Straight Swiss

(Note: not actual DCI numbers)



ALL Decklists, by Final Standing

5C Copy Artifact, by Danny Friedman – 1st Place

Esper Workshop Aggro, by Jaco – 2nd Place

Abyss Control, by John Beste – 3rd Place

Mono Blue Tempo, by Brandon Sanders – 4th Place

UR Workshop Aggro, by Nicholas Rausch – 5th Place

Titania's Song, by Andrew Bowman – 6th Place

5C The Deck, by Mike VanDyke – 7th Place

RG Aggro, by Vincenzo Balistreri – 8th Place

Dreamweaver Control, by Shane Semmens – 9th Place

BW, by Ben Wagnon – 10th Place

White Weenie, by Nathan Mullen – 11th Place

URB, by Stephen Maldonado – 12th Place

Big Pink, by Nick Rohr – 13th Place

Mono Black, by James Tork – 14th Place

Land Tax, by Dominic Dotterer – 15th Place

Photo Report

Many thanks to all the players for snapping pictures of the action during the event. Here’s just a small sample of the action as it unfolded.

Action Shots

Dotterer vs. VanDyke



Semmens vs. Rohr



Balistreri vs. Rausch



Wagnon vs. Bowman



Sanders vs. Maldonado



Mullen vs. Friedman



Semmens vs. Rohr



Beste vs. Balistreri



Tork vs. Bowman



VanDyke vs. Sanders



Jaco vs. Rausch



Bowman vs. Beste



Semmens vs. Sanders



Wagnon vs. Rohr



VanDyke vs. Tork



Mullen vs. Bowman



Semmens vs. Tork



Sanders vs. Rausch



Jaco vs. Bowman



Dotterer vs. Wagnon



VanDyke vs. Beste



Rohr vs. Maldonado



Semmens vs. Wagnon



Tork vs. Semmens



Rausch vs. Jaco



Bowman vs. Mullen



Tork vs. Balistreri



Some of the Players, with Spoils

Vincenco Balistreri



Danny Friedman



Stephen Maldonado



Jaco



Ben Wagnon



John Beste



Brandon Sanders



Nicholas Rausch



Andrew Bowman



Tournament winner Danny Friedman has also just posted a nice report on his blog here, so be sure to check that out as well. If you wish to attend a Chicago Old School event in the future, but don’t know how, please email at support@eternalcentral.com. Thanks for reading!