The fifth annual Eternal Central Old School at Eternal Weekend tournament is in the books, and was one for the ages. After subtracting drops and no shows, and then piecing in late additions, a record setting 181 Magicians played Old School in the great state of Pennsylvania, making this the largest gathering of its kind yet held anywhere in the world.



The Elks Lodge venue was a step back in time, with wood paneling on the walls, a small event stage, and an awesome bar featuring drinks from $2.50 to a maximum of $5 (top shelf!). Awesome food deals were also to be found, with food ranging from $3-5 for appetizers and sandwiches made on demand. The Elks Lodge ended up going through every single bit of food (and all accompanying condiments) they had in the building, as well as 4-5 kegs of draft beer, and nearly every bottled beer in stock. They were quite thankful for the business!

The tournament was able to raise a substantial amount for charity, which will be split between After School Matters (in Chicago), and the Tree of Life Synagogue (in Pittsburgh, where there was a very recent senseless act of violence – funds will be distributed to the families via the synagogue). In addition, community stalwart and international globetrotter Jason Schwartz donated a CE Chaos Orb, which was raffled off, and 100% of the proceeds donated to the Innocence Project. Thank you all to everyone who donated and attended!

Special thanks must also go Lord Mullen, for running various tasks and taking photos throughout the event, Gene Brumby for helping with judge calls throughout the day, the invaluable Lord Agra, who always helps ensure tournament operations run smoothly on the back end, as well as everyone who donated something for this special day.

The tournament was run as SWISS+1, with nine 50 minute Swiss rounds, using Eternal Central’s recommended Old School 93-94 rules, with no draws allowed (and Sudden Death Chaos Orb flipping if any matches went to time). As we continue to emphasize, the point of Old School is to play Old School, meet new friends, and catch up with old ones.

This year’s event featured old standbys like The Deck, RUG Zoo, Goblins, Troll Disco, Pink Weenie, and many others you’ve probably come to expect in 93-94 events. But it also featured dozens of sweet brews, which made for very difficult decisions when picking the Most Creative decks at the end of the day. The Metagame Breakdown section below has a sortable table and search function that you can use, and every player’s deck is shown in the decklist section below.

Pairings, and Final Standings After Swiss

Round 1 Pairings

Round 2 Pairings

Round 3 Pairings

Round 4 Pairings

Round 5 Pairings

Round 6 Pairings

Round 7 Pairings

Round 8 Pairings

Round 9 Pairings

Final Standings After Swiss

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 Photo Awarded Bob Agra Underworld Burnout Luke Ailanjian UR Gauntlet Burn Lucas Allison Tax Edge 5C Nicholas Antuzzi Blue Green Voyages of Sindbad Andy Baquero Illusionary Mask Most Creative 06 Place Trevor Bartlett Pink Weenie Nicholas Batista UW Equilibrium Aggro Control Jason Beaupre Mono Blue Mana Vortex Chris Bergeson Goblins RUG Christopher Berkley BG Grow (Fungusaur Pestilence) Most Creative 09 Place Jeffrey Blyden Workshop Aggro URB Brian Bogdon Black White Joseph Bonura UWB Control George Boone UWR Aggro Scott Bradley Black Red Control Jonathan Brne Pink Weenie Mark Brothers ErhnamGeddon UWG Gene Brumby Guardian Beast Jonathan Brummer CandleFlare Combo Damyan Brunson UW Control Phillip Brunswick White Weenie Dustin Buckingham Troll Disco URB Justin Burdett UR Control Eliot Burk Troll Disco URB Blake Burkholder 4C Aggro Control Swiss Standings 03 Place Patrick Burt Reanimator Michael Butzen Eureka of the Clockwork Ages Most Creative 07 Place Andrew Callaghan Dreams Combo BUR Paul Callis Troll Disco URB Anthony Carosone Workshop Aggro Mono Green Nicholas Chen UWR Aggro Control Jeremy Chernick Stasis Control Jeremy Chien Eureka Blaine Christiansen Workshop Aggro UB Simon Christie URB Aggro Control Dustin Clark Troll Disco URB Swiss Standings 04 Place Robert Connolly Mono Black James Cooney Elvish Farmer Control Andrew Cotter Story Time (Shahrazad UWR) Ryan Crouch Black Green Bryan Daniels Mono Black Eliot Davidoff Troll Disco URB Swiss Standings 07 Place Eric Debrosky Red Green Land Destruction Ryan DeMarco Black Red Peter Dentith Power Monolith 5C Alex DeVries Tax Edge WR Nicholas Dickerson Kobolds! Philip Dituri Dreams Combo 4C Eric Do Couto Black White Dominic Dotterrer Juxtapose Control Most Creative 05 Place Jared Doucette Atog Berserk James Easteppe Mana Vortex Control Kevin Elliott Nether Void Artifact Aggro Drew Epstein 5C Manabarbs Most Creative 01 Place Tyler Etters ErhnamGeddon WGR Benjamin Farkas 4C Aggro Control Marc Flore RG Berserk Aggro Robert Foflygen Alpha Mono Green Francis Ford Sleight of Mind Combo Control Most Creative 10 Place Andrew Frank Mono Blue Tempo Michael Frantz Atog-Chi of the Ages-Ball Eugene Freeman Mono Black Arturo Garcia Black Blue Aggro Swiss Standings 05 Place Sean Gaunt RG Aggro John Gehling White Weenie Christopher George Atog URB Swiss Standings 09 Place William Grant God Demands Peace (Divine Intervention Tron) Most Creative 03 Place Jeff Green Goblins Mono Red John Grudzina The Deck Matt Guido ErhnamGeddon GWB Charles Hahn UWR Aggro Ryan Hobbs Goblins Mono Red Evan Husney Atog 5C Justin Iskra 4C Aggro Control Rajah James Mephistopheles' Sanctuary Jared Jansen White Weenie Mark Jonovitch Black White Christian Jorn 4C Aggro Control Linsey Jorn White Weenie Adam Jourdan Black Blue Aggro Ben Katz Black White Demon Reanimator Ryan Keach Sage of Lat-Nam Artifact Aggro Jody Keith UR Aggro Control Benjamin Kennedy Mono Black Thomas Kiene UR Aggro Control John Knerr Tax Edge Aggro WRU Michael Kochis Goblins RUW Kyle Koeppe Goblins RUW Jared Kohler UWG Zoo Jason Koresko UWR HydraGeddon Greg Kotscharjan UWR Control Greg Kraigher Goblins Mono Red Ryan Lamanna Surge Flare Most Creative 04 Place Adam Lemke Troll Disco URB Mark LePine Troll Disco URB Swiss Standings 08 Place Dan Luchesa Alpha Naya Pile Will Magrann Atog 5C Dane Malone Enchantress Spice Most Creative 11 Place Bryan Manolakos Orgg.dec Swiss Standings 10 Place Eric Marich UWR Aggro Matthew Marmorato White Weenie Daniel Mayo UWR Aggro Joshua McBride Power Monolith 5C Jimmy McCarthy Dreams Combo 5C Justin McGinley Dreams Combo 5C Steven McGrew Power Monolith 5C Andrew McLennan MISSING DECKLIST Tim McMath Atog UR Swiss Standings 11 Place Stephen Menendian UR Control Swiss Standings 06 Place Paul Messplay The Deck Michael Metelsky RG Berserk Aggro Raymond Mitchell Tax Edge WRG John Mondel RG Berserk Kyle Montgomery Power Artifact Combo Samuel Moody Atog 4C Marcel Moore MISSING DECKLIST Matt Moss URB Aggro Benjamin Murfin Mono Green Jim Noonan 5C Gasoline Jamie Parke Atog 5C Swiss Standings 02 Place Jason Paul Atog 4C Chris Pepin Stasis Twiddle Vault Don Perrien UR Control Michael Perrien Pink Weenie Benjermin Perry Rag Man's Bag Singleton Most Creative 08 Place Nathan Phillips Mono Black Kevin Poenisch Sunglasses at Night Mike Poole MISSING DECKLIST Ian Poper Black White Stephen Preston Thrull Away Sebastian Rauskolb Mono Black Swiss Standings 01 Place Joe Reuschel Sword of Darkness Seth Roncoroni 4C Zoo Jack Ryan Black Red Sacrifice Michael Scheffenacker Goblins 5C Jason Schiffman The Deck Jason Schwartz Atog UR Daniel Seco Troll Disco URB Shane Semmens Thulsa Doom (Serpent Generator.dec) Most Creative 12 Place Benoit Seveno Turbo Pumpkin (Reanimator) Derek Shank Storytime (Shahrazad UWR) Rich Shay Spice Rack Ryan Smith Black White Matt Sperling Pink Weenie Dennis Spiegel Fallen Preacher Richard Sponholz Black Red Rack Joseph Stacko Dreams Combo 5C Aaron Steele Metamorphosis.dec Most Creative Honorable Mention Demian Steltz Black Blue Aggro Andy Swaffar Nether Void UWB Aggro Thomas Swindell Goblins 5C Swiss Standings 12 Place John Mark Tadena Mono Black Kyle Teagan MISSING DECKLIST Chad Teuscher RUG Tempo Michael Thorington Mono Black Neil Thorlakson Troll Disco URB Luke Tooker The Deck Dalton Tran Mono Green Travis Turner Pink Weenie Brian Tweedy Sage of Lat-Nam URB Pez Unholy The Deck Brian Urbano Atog URB Daniel Van Nostrand Mono Black Michael VanDyke Workshop Aggro UWB Brian Vegso Black White Naveen Vemuri RUG Zoo Justin Waller Mephistopheles' Sanctuary Matt Wareham MISSING DECKLIST Kyle Wells 4C Aggro Control Jeff West The Deck Robert Westergaard White Weenie Jeffrey White CandleFlare Combo Mark Whitehead RG Berserk Aggro Randall Williams UR Burn Brian Wilson RUG Tempo Tim Winter Junk Shop Reanimator Craig Winzer RG Berserk Aggro Randal Witherell GR Thallids Stuart Ziarnik Goblins Mono Red Merle Zimmermann The Fall of Kher Keep (Spellbook Kobolds) Most Creative 02 Place Michael Zuniga URB Aggro Control

ALL Decks, Alphabetically, by Last Name

Bob Agra – Underworld Burnout



Luke Ailanjian – UR Gauntlet Burn



Lucas Allison – Tax Edge 5C



Nicholas Antuzzi – Blue Green Voyages of Sindbad



Andy Baquero – Illusionary Mask – Most Creative 06 Place



Trevor Bartlett – Pink Weenie



Nicholas Batista – UW Equilibrium Aggro Control



Jason Beaupre – Mono Blue Mana Vortex



Chris Bergeson – Goblins RUG



Christopher Berkley – BG Grow (Fungusaur Pestilence) – Most Creative 09 Place



Jeffrey Blyden – Workshop Aggro URB



Brian Bogdon – Black White



Joseph Bonura – UWB Control



George Boone – UWR Aggro



Scott Bradley – Black Red Control



Jonathan Brne – Pink Weenie



Mark Brothers – ErhnamGeddon UWG



Gene Brumby – Guardian Beast Control



Jonathan Brummer – CandleFlare Combo



Damyan Brunson – UW Control



Phillip Brunswick – White Weenie



Dustin Buckingham – Troll Disco URB



Justin Burdett – UR Control



Eliot Burk – Troll Disco URB



Blake Burkholder – 4C Aggro Control



Patrick Burt – Reanimator



Michael Butzen – Eureka of the Clockwork Ages – Most Creative 07 Place



Andrew Callaghan – Dreams Combo BUR



Paul Callis – Troll Disco URB



Anthony Carosone – Workshop Aggro Mono Green



Nicholas Chen – UWR Aggro Control



Jeremy Chernick – Stasis Control



Jeremy Chien – Eureka



Blaine Christiansen – Workshop Aggro UB



Simon Christie – URB Aggro Control



Dustin Clark – Troll Disco URB



Robert Connolly – Mono Black



James Cooney – Elvish Farmer Control



Andrew Cotter – Story Time (Shahrazad UWR)



Ryan Crouch – Black Green



Bryan Daniels – Mono Black



Eliot Davidoff – Troll Disco URB



Eric Debrosky – Red Green Land Destruction



Ryan DeMarco – Black Red



Peter Dentith – Power Monolith 5C



Alex DeVries – Tax Edge WR



Nicholas Dickerson – Kobolds!



Philip Dituri – Dreams Combo 4C



Eric Do Couto – Black White



Dominic Dotterrer – Juxtapose Control – Most Creative 05 Place



Jared Doucette – Atog Berserk



James Easteppe – Mana Vortex Control



Kevin Elliott – Nether Void Artifact Aggro



Drew Epstein – 5C Manabarbs – Most Creative 01 Place



Tyler Etters – ErhnamGeddon WGR



Benjamin Farkas – 4C Aggro Control



Marc Flore – RG Berserk Aggro



Robert Foflygen – Alpha Mono Green



Francis Ford – Sleight of Mind Combo Control – Most Creative 10 Place



Andrew Frank – Mono Blue Tempo



Michael Frantz – Atog-Chi of the Ages-Ball



Eugene Freeman – Mono Black



Arturo Garcia – Black Blue Aggro



Sean Gaunt – RG Aggro



John Gehling – White Weenie



Christopher George – Atog URB



William Grant – God Demands Peace (Divine Intervention Tron) – Most Creative 03 Place



Jeff Green – Goblins Mono Red



John Grudzina – The Deck



Matt Guido – ErhnamGeddon GWB



Charles Hahn – UWR Aggro



Ryan Hobbs – Goblins Mono Red



Evan Husney – Atog 5C



Justin Iskra – 4C Aggro Control



Rajah James – Mephistopheles’ Sanctuary



Jared Jansen – White Weenie



Mark Jonovitch – Black White



Christian Jorn – 4C Aggro Control



Linsey Jorn – White Weenie



Adam Jourdan – Black Blue Aggro



Ben Katz – Black White Demon Reanimator



Ryan Keach – Sage of Lat-Nam Artifact Aggro



Jody Keith – UR Aggro Control



Benjamin Kennedy – Mono Black



Thomas Kiene – UR Aggro Control



John Knerr – Tax Edge Aggro WRU



Michael Kochis – Goblins RUW



Kyle Koeppe – Goblins RUW



Jared Kohler – UWG Zoo



Jason Koresko – UWR HydraGeddon



Greg Kotscharjan UWR Control



Greg Kraigher – Goblins Mono Red



Ryan Lamanna – Surge Flare Most Creative 04 Place



Adam Lemke – Troll Disco URB



Mark LePine – Troll Disco URB



Dan Luchesa – Alpha Naya Pile



Will Magrann – Atog 5C



Dane Malone – Enchantress Spice – Most Creative 11 Place



Bryan Manolakos – Orgg.dec



Eric Marich – UWR Aggro



Matthew Marmorato – White Weenie



Daniel Mayo – UWR Aggro



Joshua McBride – Power Monolith 5C



Jimmy McCarthy – Dreams Combo 5C



Justin McGinley – Dreams Combo 5C



Steven McGrew – Power Monolith 5C



Andrew McLennan – MISSING DECKLIST

Tim McMath – Atog UR



Stephen Menendian – UR Control



Paul Messplay – The Deck



Michael Metelsky – RG Berserk Aggro



Raymond Mitchell – Tax Edge WRG



John Mondel – RG Berserk



Kyle Montgomery – Power Artifact Combo



Samuel Moody – Atog 4C



Matt Moss – URB Aggro



Benjamin Murfin – Mono Green



Jim Noonan – 5C Gasoline



Jamie Parke – Atog 5C



Jason Paul – Atog 4C



Chris Pepin – Stasis Twiddle Vault



Don Perrien – UR Control



Michael Perrien – Pink Weenie



Benjermin Perry – Rag Man’s Bag Singleton Most Creative 08 Place





Nathan Phillips – Mono Black



Kevin Poenisch – Sunglasses at Night



Mike Poole – MISSING DECKLIST

Ian Poper – Black White



Stephen Preston – Thrull Away



Sebastian Rauskolb – Mono Black



Joe Reuschel – Sword of Darkness



Seth Roncoroni – 4C Zoo



Jack Ryan – Black Red Sacrifice



Michael Scheffenacker – Goblins 5C



Jason Schiffman – The Deck



Jason Schwartz – Atog UR



Daniel Seco – Troll Disco URB



Shane Semmens – Thulsa Doom (Serpent Generator.dec) Most Creative 12 Place



Benoit Seveno – Turbo Pumpkin (Reanimator)



Derek Shank – Story Time (Shahrazad UWR)



Rich Shay – Spice Rack



Ryan Smith – Black White



Matt Sperling – Pink Weenie



Dennis Spiegel – Fallen Preacher



Richard Sponholz – Black Red Rack



Joseph Stacko – Dreams Combo 5C



Aaron Steele – Metamorphosis.dec – Most Creative Honorable Mention



Demian Steltz – Black Blue Aggro



Andy Swaffar – Nether Void UWB Aggro



Thomas Swindell – Goblins 5C



John Mark Tadena – Mono Black



Kyle Teagan – MISSING DECKLIST

Chad Teuscher – RUG Tempo



Michael Thorington – Mono Black



Neil Thorlakson – Troll Disco URB



Luke Tooker – The Deck



Dalton Tran – Mono Green



Travis Turner – Pink Weenie



Brian Tweedy – Sage of Lat-Nam URB



Pez Unholy – The Deck



Brian Urbano – Atog URB



Daniel Van Nostrand – Mono Black



Michael VanDyke – Workshop Aggro UWB



Brian Vegso – Black White



Naveen Vemuri RUG Zoo



Justin Waller – Mephistopheles’ Sanctuary



Matt Wareham – MISSING DECKLIST

Kyle Wells – 4C Aggro Control



Jeff West – The Deck



Robert Westergaard – White Weenie



Jeffrey White – CandleFlare Combo



Mark Whitehead – RG Berserk Aggro



Randall Williams – UR Burn



Brian Wilson – RUG Tempo



Tim Winter – Junk Shop Reanimator



Craig Winzer – RG Berserk Aggro



Randal Witherell – GR Thallids



Stuart Ziarnik – Goblins Mono Red



Merle Zimmermann – The Fall of Kher Keep (Spellbook Kobolds) – Most Creative 02 Place



Michael Zuniga – URB Aggro Control



Tournament Action and Wrapup

The hashtag for social media for the event was #ECOldSchool2018, which you can use to find more on Twitter, Instagram, etc. Thank you to everybody who came out to play, and we hope to see you again soon. As we move forward experimenting with more changes we hope to make each event more unique and fun. For any corrections, comments, or follow up, please email support@eternalcentral.com. Below are just some of the sweet action and community pics from the day.

Pregame Announcements



Panorama Shot



Table Locations



When Juxtapose Hits the Stack



Ydwen Efreet vs. Trolls



Serpent Generator vs. Deep Spawn



When Eureka Resolves, But Your Opponent Puts Shivan Dragon and 3 Mana Flares into Play



The Brothers’ War, Dotterer vs. Semmens



Berserking an Opponent’s Triskelion, as Removal



Unsleeved Alpha Mono Green



One Good Chaos Orb Deserves Another



Tetravus vs. Orgg



Dice City Winz



Top 12 After Swiss (thank you to Jimmy Cooney for the photos)



Part of the prize for Most Creative, graciously donated by Matt Dennis and the Underworld Dreamers



Most Creative Winner Drew Epstein, alongside DCG’s Jimmy Cooney



If you did not receive a Deep Spawn from the event, or lost yours at the event, please contact us, and we will mail you out a replacement. Also, if you left a small blue notebook at the event, we have it and can mail it out to you. Please email support@eternalcentral.com ASAP. Thanks for reading, and we’ll see you at the next one!