REPORT of RESULTS

The 3rd annual Summer Derby is in the books! This year’s event saw 144 participants, representing 14 countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States) spread across 10 different time zones. Over the span of six weeks, we played roughly 550 matches of Old School Magic via webcam.

The 2019 Summer Derby was conducted under the Atlantic 93/94 B&R list, allowing the full range of original art/old card frame re-prints (Revised, 4th/Chronicles, CE/IE, FBB/FWB, etc.). As with past Derby series events, our esteemed international sparkling cardboard celebration had no entry fee and no prize support, so the stakes were simply glory and bragging rights for the winner.

Tapan eyes a hand vs Will Magrann Slanfan fitting in a Derby match between rounds at the Magic Island Tour, Stockholm Archipelago Some trans-Atlantic Top 16 action

Pairings were released in two batches over the month of July, with all participants asked to schedule and play eight individual matches in about four weeks. After the batches were completed, we cut to Top 16 and played out a single-elimination bracket. The Summer Derby Finals were played on August 7th, and featured two Americans, Pez Unholy (UBR Workshops) versus Jared Doucette (Spice Rack).

After all was said and done, Jared Doucette took the match 3-1, and was named the Summer Derby Champion for 2019! Congratulations to Jared, to all of the Top 16 finalists, and thank you, again, to all of the players who participated. Special thanks must also go out to the inimitable Antonio Rodríguez for designing our new Derby series logo and Summer Derby banner, and Mattias “Slanfan” Berggren for developing a bespoke “batch pairings” tool for use in tournaments of this format, making it much, much easier to process the results of several hundred matches behind the curtain. The Derby series has become a fun semiannual celebration for the international Old School Magic scene, and these contributions and the cooperation of all of the players goes a long way toward making it possible.

For anyone interested in future events, or just trying out webcam Old School Magic for the first time, please consider joining our online community of players! People are always looking for pick-up games in our Facebook group and in the #down-to-play channel on the Old School Discord.

PLAYER REPORTS and COVERAGE

The Spice Files: Summer Derby — Beasts of the Bay

Beating the Atlantic Sea — Christian Reinhard, Urborg Buffet

Summer Derby 2019 — Jon Dittert, Pups McGee

Summer Derby results — Jay Peine, Kitchen Table Old School

All Tings Considered Episode 77: Pez Unholy

STANDINGS AFTER BATCH PAIRINGS

TOP 16 DECK PHOTOS

9-16th Place: Daniel Anschutz (14)

9-16th Place: Michael Angelo Russo (12)

9-16th Place: Chris McCubbin (11)

9-16th Place: Michael Scheffenacker (10)

9-16th Place: Jason Collins (8)

9-16th Place: Christian Reinhard (4)

9-16th Place: Antoine Rottiers (2)

9-16th Place: Jeff Liu (1)

5-8th Place: Koos Cramer (13)

5-8th Place: Christian Lieb (9)

5-8th Place: Jason Dorman (7)

5-8th Place: Jesse Laidlaw (3)

3-4th Place: Richard Stebbing (6)

3-4th Place: Arnaud Aubert (5)

2nd Place: Pez Unholy (15)

1st Place: Jared Doucette (16)

ALL DECK PHOTOS

(alphabetical order by first name)

Adam Merkado

Akos Czibere

Alex Smyk

Alexander Pick

Alexander Tsukanov

Alistair Ingram

Andrew Oliva

Andrew Walker

Andy Roman

Anne Joldersma

Ash Anabtawi — Enchantress Toolbox

Aurélien Théry

Ben Black

Ben Katz

Ben Revell

Benjamin Burke

Brian Limbacher — Eureka, It’s A Field of Honey

Bryan Manolakos — Mono U Tempo

Cam Wall

Cedric Jarkovsky

Charles Klein

Chris Adcock

Chris Mason

Christoph Rabenseifner

Cliff Mathieson — Requiem for a Dream

Cory Hanson

Craig Winzer

Daniel Yann Franzén — Demonic Void

Dave Firth Bard

Dominic Dotterrer

Edwin Tracy

Erik Olstad

Evan Hofmann — BG Deep Shadow Void

Evan Smith

Florian von Bredow

Gabriel Farkas

Galen Lemei

Gerard Siatkowski

Greg Titcomb — Wurmshops

Henk Willemse

Jacob Braun

James Lebak

James Rosenblum

Jared Miller

Jason Bain

Jay Peine

JC Saavedra

Jeff Dehnhardt

Jeff Grasso

Jeff Watkins

Jeff White

Jeremy Hazard

Joe Schacher

Johan Råberg

John Paul McNulty

Jon Dittert

Jon Tschida

Jonathan Laws

Jordan Boyle

Justin Flynn

Justin Iskra

Laurence Boulanger

Levi Baumgardner

Luke Zinnen

Malte Lukas Baum

Marc Flore — Nevinyrral’s Chaos Launcher

Mark Jonovitch

Mark Price

Martin Purrio

Mathias Helmbold

Matt Guido

Matt Mucci — TronBond

Matthew Simon

Mattias Berggren

Michael Schroers

Mike Dunshee

Mike VanDyke

Nick Cramer

Olga Dushina

Olof Robertsson

P.J. Melies

Park Cofield

Patrick Harfouche

Patrick Howse

Patrick Quinn

Paul DeSilva

Paul Fiero — Sleight Force

Paul Kovalov

Peter Fryland

Peter Monten

Quinn Maurmann

Rajah James

Randy Buehler

Rémi Ouellette

Rich Bourque

Robert Wyatt

Ron Dijkstra

Ryan Crouch

Ryan Gresco

Ryan Keach

Ryan Rudolph

Ryan Working

Seth Roncoroni

Shane Chiasson

Shaun Augeri — Les Revenant

Shawn Sullivan

Stan Sterkendries

Tapan Lockwood — Can’t Bolt This

Taylor Quail

Thilo Herzog

Thomas Ribet

Tim Moran

Tim Stutzer — Eggy Pop

Tino Galizio

Tobias Mieth

Tyler Daykin

Viacheslav Ivanov

Wilhelm Sahlberg

Will Larson

Will Magrann