NYSE 2 is in the books, and had a great turnout. With $100 entry fee just to get in the door, the field was packed with talented and dedicated Vintage players, and the results did not disappoint. There were established archetypes performing well, tweaks on existing decks, and new technology seeping into the metagame from different angles. Nick Detwiler (aka Prospero) has done a fantastic job promoting Vintage in the northeast (running tournaments) and online (moderating on TheManaDrain), and should be applauded at every opportunity for his hard work in the community, and his love of the format.



We’ve posted the Top 8 decklists in the first section, broken down all decks for a metagame breakdown in the next section, and then posted the full decklists from all 92 competitors in the final section (alphabetically, by last name, first name). To find a specific deck by player name or deck type, press CRTL+F to bring up the Find function in your browser, and then type in your search string.

(Note: Final Round 7 Standings from Swiss rounds)

A special mention has to go community stalwart Seth Levy, who put in a tremendous amount of work throughout the tournament, both running the DCI Reporter and managing rounds, exporting the pairings/standings/results for each round for our live coverage, and simultaneously typing up about 75% of these decklists.

Top 8 Decklists, by Final Standing

Forgemaster Workshops, by Keith Seals – 1st Place

Oath, by Rob Edwards – 2nd Place

UW Stoneforge Flash Control, by Vasu Balakrishnan – 3rd Place

Forgemaster Workshops, by Michael Scheffenacker – 4th Place

Forgemaster Workshops, by Chris Hanson – 5th Place

Merfolk, by Joel Lim – 6th Place

Talrand Deathrite Gush, by Mike Brotzman – 7th Place

RUG Delver, by Stephen Menendian – 8th Place

Metagame Report

Grouped by Deck

4C Control – 3

4C Delver – 2

Blood Moon Workshop Aggro – 1

Bomberman – 5

BUG Control – 6

BUG Tempo – 4

Burning Pitch Long – 1

Doomsday – 2

Dredge – 3

Esper Tezzeret Control – 1

Forgemaster Workshops – 10

Gitaxian Storm – 2

Goblins – 1

Grixis Control – 1

Grixis Tezzeret Control – 1

Grixis Welder Control – 4

Gush Storm – 1

Human Storm – 2

Imperial Magus RW Hate – 1

Junk Hatebears – 1

Landstill UR – 1

Merfolk – 8

Metalworker Non-Forgemaster Workshops – 1

Oath – 12

Rector Omniscience – 2

RUG Delver – 3

Smokestack Workshops – 3

Survival – 1

Talrand Deathrite Gush – 1

Terranova Workshops – 3

TurbOathTezz – 1

UB Confidant Control – 1

UB Revoker Control – 1

UR Keranos Control – 1

UW Stoneforge Flash Control – 1

Total: 92

Very Loosely Grouped by Archetype

Dredge – 3

Forces (4C Control, 4C Delver, Bomberman, BUG Control, BUG Tempo, Burning Pitch Long, Doomsday, Esper Tezzeret Control, Grixis Control, Grixis Tezzeret Control, Grixis Welder Control, Gush Storm, Landstill UR, Merfolk, Oath, Rector Omniscience, RUG Delver, Talrand Deathrite Gush, TurbOathTezz, UB Confidant Control, UB Revoker Control, UR Keranos Control, UW Stoneforge Flash Control) – 63

Non-Force Combo (Gitaxian Storm, Human Storm) – 4

Other (Blood Moon Workshop Aggro, Goblins, Imperial Magus RW Hate, Junk Hatebears, Survival) – 5

Workshops (Forgemaster Workshops, Metalworker Non-Forgemaster Workshops, Smokestack Workshops, Terranova Workshops) – 17

Total: 92

All 92 Decklists, Alphabetically by Last Name

(Note: Final Round 7 Standings from Swiss rounds)

BUG Tempo, by Patrick Albergo

Oath, by David Ata

4C Control, by Brett Attmore

UW Stoneforge Flash Control, by Vasu Balakrishnan

Survival Applejacks, by Adrian Becker

Merfolk, by Matthew Bevenour

Dredge, by Bryan Brady

Talrand Deathrite Gush, by Mike Brotzman

Doomsday, by Joshua Butker

Bomberman, by Adam Cannava

Insert Deck Name, by Player - 1st Place

Merfolk, by Travis Compton

Gitaxian Storm, by Nick Coss

Oath, by Tom Daliapes

Imperial Magus RW Hate, by Jesse DeMarco

Forgemaster Workshops, by Nick DiJohn

Oath, by Tom Dixon

Merfolk, by Brian Durkin

Rector Omniscience, by Michael Eckert

Oath, by Rob Edwards

Bomberman, by Andrew Farias

BUG Tempo, by Marco Farrugia

Oath, by Greg Fenton

Bomberman, by River Finken

Dredge, by John Fisher

Grixis Welder Control, by Ryan Fisher

Terranova Workshops, by Rafaelle Forino

Terranova Workshops, by Vincent Forino

Oath, by Fred Fronzaglio

Dredge, by David Gans

Forgemaster Workshops, by Jake Gans

Grixis Welder Control, by Casey Geist

Junk Hatebears, by Ryan Glackin

RUG Delver, by AJ Grasso

Oath, by Shawn Griffiths

Oath, by John Gruzdina

Grixis Control, by James Hangley

Forgemaster Workshops, by Chris Hanson

UB Revoker Control, by Visna Harris

Merfolk, by Trevor Hayden

Gitaxian Storm, by Michael Herbig

Metalworker Non-Forgemaster Workshops, by Jesse Iskral

BUG Control, by Nathaniel Jackson

TurbOathTezz, by Jason Jaco

BUG Tempo, by John Jones

Human Storm, by Brian Kelly

Bomberman, by Justin Kohler

Grixis Welder Control, by JP Kohler

Smokestack Workshops, by Ben Kowal

Oath, by Chris Laiacona

UB Confidant Control, by Michael Lapine

Merfolk, by Joel Lim

RUG Delver, by Michael Lynch

Terranova Workshops, by Will Magrann

Forgemaster Shops, by Mickey Mahr

Grixis Tezzeret Control, by Craig Masley

Goblins, by Daniel Mason

4C Control, by Paul Mastriano

4C Delver, by Jimmy McCarthy

Bomberman, by Josh Meckes

Merfolk, by Nick Membrez

RUG Delver, by Stephen Menendian

Smokestack Workshops, by Anthony Michaelslace

Human Storm, by Matthew Murray

Landstill UR, by Mike Moy

Merfolk, by Anthony Nania

Oath, by Justin Navikas

Forgemaster Workshops, by Brian Pallas

BUG Control, by Bernie Parisi

BUG Control, by Matthew Pate

4C Control, by Jake Provler

Merfolk, by Samantha Reichart

BUG Control, by Sergio Rivera

Oath, by Michael Ruggiero

Doomsday, by Nick Sandridge

Smokestack Workshops, by Matt Santos

BUG Control, by Michael Savage

Forgemaster Workshops, by Michael Scheffenacker

Blood Moon Workshop Aggro, by Brian Schlossberg

Forgemaster Workshops, by Keith Seals

Rector Omniscience, by Ryan Seeley

BUG Tempo, by Bill Sees

Gush Storm, by Hrishikesh Sidhartha

4C Delver, by Mike Solymossy

Forgemaster Workshops, by Mike Sorrentino

BUG Control, by Michael Strothman

Esper Tezzeret Control, by Vladimir Stukanov

Forgemaster Workshops, by Tom Swindell

Grixis Welder Control, by Matthew Szabo

UR Keranos Control, by Allan Tran

Burning Pitch Long, by Thomas Vandermeulen

Oath, by David Zhang