This past weekend featured the first public Old School 93-94 event held in St. Louis’ local community, hosted by the Diamond Valley Deals duo of Ben Triola and Andrew Hrdlicka. 26 players from across the country braved the elements to show up in America’s heartland, and were rewarded with an amazing day of gaming. The event was held at a cool venue called Pieces, which featured a great food and drink menu, excellent service, and ample space for gaming.



Every participant was awarded group signed cards, as well as a sweet playmat featuring a recently commissioned reimagining of Diamond Valley by Brian Snoddy, in honor of the hosts of the event. Old School is cooking in Missouri, and the spice levels are high.

There were a number of cool decks in attendance in this event, which players nominated throughout the day for Most Creative Deck. The winner was chosen at random from the nominees, and it ended up being Bryce Wickline’s Jund (BRG) Ponza deck, featuring Ankh of Mishra and efficient creatures, backed up by all of the sweet sweet land destruction sorceries. Not to be outdone, John Knerr also piloted his own version of Jund Ponza, featuring more Ankh of Mishras, Black Vises, and zero creatures! Other notable highlights seen throughout the day were Josh Burgoa’s Rukh Disco, Kevin Patterson’s Reanimator, Alan Finney’s 4C Xira Arien, Chris Wynes’ 4C Fallen Angels, Max Boyd’s Cyclopean Nether Void, Ryan Sala’s 5C Mirror Ball Beast Combo Control, Ben Triola’s Arabian Tribal, and Andrew Hrdlicka’s Restricted Singleton Goodstuff deck.

Amid all of the awesome door prizes and giveaways throughout the day by the community, one of the highlights of the day was a Chaos Orb flipping contest that raised additional funds for charity. Ryan Gresco bested Josh Burgoa in the finals of the flipping contest, at around 30 inches.

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 Jeremy Aaronson UW Aggro Control James Bishop UR Aggro Control Jeff Blyden Workshop Aggro UWB 01 Place After Swiss Rounds Max Boyd Cyclopean Nether Void Josh Burgoa Rukh Disco 02 Place After Swiss Rounds Curt Christian UG Skies Berserk Ryan Crouch BUG Jake Dowell Mono Black Alan Finney 4C Xira Aggro Control 06 Place After Swiss Rounds Ryan Gresco RUG Zoo 03 Place After Swiss Rounds Cayce Grissom RUG Zoo Andrew Hrdlicka Restricted Singleton Goodstuff Jason Jaco Naya Bazaar Zoo 08 Place After Swiss Rounds John Knerr Jund Ankh Ponza Stephen Maldonado 5C Fatties Joey Paniello Goblins Mono Red Kevin Patterson Reanimator 5C 05 Place After Swiss Rounds Jeremy Pratt Tax Edge Combo WRG (Unpowered) Andrew Purciful DECKLIST MISSING Ryan Sala 5C Mirror Ball Beast Combo Control Adam Shaw Mono Black Jeramy Snyder Erhnam Geddon UWG (Unpowered) 07 Place After Swiss Rounds Michael Thorington Mono Black Ben Triola Arabian Tribal Bryce Wickline Jund Ankh Ponza Most Creative 1st Place Chris Wynes 4C Fallen Angel 04 Place After Swiss Rounds

All Decklists, Alphabetically, by Last Name

Jeremy Aaronson – DECKLIST MISSING

James Bishop – UR Aggro Control



Jeff Blyden – Workshop Aggro UWB (01 Place After Swiss Rounds)



Max Boyd – Cyclopean Nether Void



Josh Burgoa – Rukh Disco (02 Place After Swiss Rounds)



Curt Christian – UG Skies Berserk



Ryan Crouch – BUG



Jake Dowell – Mono Black



Alan Finney – 4C Xira Aggro Control (06 Place After Swiss Rounds)



Ryan Gresco – RUG Zoo (03 Place After Swiss Rounds)



Cayce Grissom – RUG Zoo



Andrew Hrdlicka – Restricted Singleton Goodstuff



Jaco – Naya Bazaar Zoo (08 Place After Swiss Rounds)



John Knerr – Jund Ankh Ponza



Stephen Maldonado – 5C Fatties



Joey Paniello – Goblins Mono Red



Kevin Patterson – Reanimator 5C (05 Place After Swiss Rounds)



Jeremy Pratt – Tax Edge Combo WRG (Unpowered)



Andrew Purciful – DECKLIST MISSING

Ryan Sala – 5C Mirror Ball Beast Combo Control



Adam Shaw – Mono Black



Jeramy Snyder – Erhnam Geddon UWG (Unpowered) (07 Place After Swiss Rounds)



Michael Thorington – Mono Black



Ben Triola – Arabian Tribal



Bryce Wickline – Jund Ankh Ponza (Most Creative 1st Place)



Chris Wynes – 4C Fallen Angel (04 Place After Swiss Rounds)



Tournament Action and Wrapup

Pretournament Action



Card signing, of course



Burgoa (Rukh Disco) vs. Gresco (RUG Zoo)



No draws allowed. Chaos Orb flipoff in overtime FTW!



The newly errata’d Falling Star in action



Wynes (4C Fallen Angel) vs. Grissom (RUG)



Bishop (UR Aggro Control) vs. Hrdlicka (Restricted Singleton Goodstuff)



Finney (4C Xira Aggro Control) vs. Wickline (Jund Ankh Ponza)



Jaco (Naya Bazaar Zoo) vs. Burgoa (Rukh Disco)



Chaos Orb Flipping Contest



Chaos Orb Flipping Finalists (Burgoa and Gresco)



The highly coveted 1st Place prize



Your 2019 Rukh Cup Champion Jeff Blyden!



Thank you to everybody who came out to play, and we hope to see you again soon. It was great seeing so many different communities represented down in St. Louis, and we look forward to more events there in the future. For any corrections, comments, follow up, or to send us any action shots to add to this report, please email support@eternalcentral.com.