Magic at GenCon 2014 was a mild success, and the largest of the Vintage tournaments was held on Friday, August 15 2014. With the move of Vintage and Legacy Champs events offsite to the new ‘Eternal Weekend’ in Philly there were fewer players than in years past, but people still traveled from as far as California and the Carolinas in to Indianapolis in order to spar in the gentlemen’s format. Friday’s event drew 62 players to battle for an invite to the GenCon Invitational (where you win an all-expenses paid trip to next year’s GenCon), as well as various mediocre sealed product.



We’ve posted the Top 16 decklists in the first section, then noted all decks by player for a metagame breakdown in the next section, and then added pictures from our Twitter feed from our live coverage of the event in the final section.

A special thanks to head judge Ingrid Bergman, event judge Christopher Walton, and Pastimes for their help and cooperation in bringing you these decklists.

Top 8 Quarterfinals

1 Michael Swailes (UW StoneBlade) vs. 8 Frank L. (BUG Tempo) – Swailes wins

4 Sam Krohlow (Delver 4C) vs. 5 JR Goldberg (Landstill URG) – Krohlow wins

3 Ronald Rodgers (Forgemaster Workshops) vs. 6 Mike Kiesel (BUG Tempo) – Kiesel wins

Ron Rodgers (Forgemaster) vs. Mike Kiesel (BUG Tempo) square off in Top 8 Friday #GenCon #VintageMTG pic.twitter.com/6sAUbEwONF — Eternal Central (@EternalCentral) August 16, 2014

2 Sean O’Brien (Forgemaster Workshops) vs. 7 Paul Callis (Burning Tendrils Oath) – O’Brien wins

Top 4 Semifinals

1 Michael Swailes (UW StoneBlade) vs. 4 Sam Krohlow (Delver 4C) – Krohlow wins

2 Sean O’Brien (Forgemaster Shops) vs. 6 Mike Kiesel (BUG Tempo) – Kiesel wins

Sean O'Brien (Forgemaster) getting dirty vs. Mike Kiesel (BUG Tempo) in Top 4 Friday #GenCon #VintageMTG pic.twitter.com/exHN4tdUoV — Eternal Central (@EternalCentral) August 16, 2014

Top 2 Finals

4 Sam Krohlow (Delver 4C) vs. 6 Mike Kiesel (BUG Tempo) – Kiesel wins

Top 16 Decklists, by Final Standing

BUG

Delver

UW

Forgemaster

Forgemaster

Landstill

Burning

BUG

Oath,

Burning

Grixis

Grixis

4C

Delver

Oath,

BUG

Metagame Report

Grouped by Deck

5C Humans – 1

4C Control – 3

BGW Junk – 1

Bomberman UW – 2

Bomberman UWB – 2

BUG Control – 2

BUG Tempo – 7

Burning Oath Tendrils – 3

Cobra Gush Storm – 1

Delver 4C – 1

Delver BUG – 1

Delver RUG – 2

Dredge – 2

Elves BG – 1

Forgemaster Workshops – 6

Gitaxian Storm – 2

Grixis Control – 6

Grixis Show and Tell – 1

GW Aggro Control – 1

Landstill URG – 1

Leyline Depths Combo BW – 1

Mono Blue Control – 1

Null Rod Workshops – 1

Oath – 6

Replenish Combo – 1

RW Workshop Aggro – 1

Sun Droplet/Pyrostatic Pillar/Spellshock.dec – 1

Survival Aggro – 1

UW StoneBlade – 2

Vampires BW – 1

Total: 62

Most Notably Absent: Grixis Welder Control, Doomsday, Smokestack Workshops, Merfolk

Very Loosely Grouped by Archetype

Dredge – 2

Forces (4C Control, Bomberman UW, Bomberman UWB, BUG Control, BUG Tempo, Cobra Gush Storm, Delver 4C, Delver BUG, Delver RUG, Grixis Control, Grixis Tezzeret Control, Grixis Show and Tell, Landstill URG, Mono Blue Control, Oath, Sun Droplet/Pyrostatic Pillar/Spellshock.dec, UW StoneBlade) – 39

Non-Force Combo (Burning Oath Tendrils, Gitaxian Storm, Leyline Depths Combo BW, Replenish Combo) – 7

Other (5C Humans, BGW Junk, Elves BG, GW Aggro Control, Survival Aggro, Vampires BW) – 6

Workshops (Forgemaster Workshops, Null Rod Workshops, RW Workshop Aggro) – 8

Total: 62

All Decks, by Player Last Name

Acton, Jon – Forgemaster Workshops

Adams, Jason – Grixis Control

Ata, David – Delver RUG

Ball, Benjamin – Gitaxian Storm

Becker, Adrian – Survival Aggro

Buck, Katie – Oath

Buck, Vincent – 4C Control

Bugoli, Anthony – Grixis Control

Callis, Paul – Burning Oath Tendrils

Crowley, Dave – Oath

Dafoe, Byrce – Dredge (w/ 4 Laboratory Maniac & 4 Griselbrand main)

Dixon, Thomas – BUG Control

Foster, Daniel – Mono Blue Control (w/ Consecrated Sphinx)

Franks, Justin – Burning Oath Tendrils

Frawley, Joshua – Forgemaster Workshops

French, Shawn – BGW Junk

Generas, Josh – Gitaxian Storm

Goldberg, JR – Landstill URG

Gouthro, Michael – Bomberman UWB

Hammack, Jon – Grixis Control

Hazard, Matt – RW Workshop Aggro

Hefner, Jessy – GW Aggro Control

Houin, Ryan – Sun Droplet/Pyrostatic Pillar/Spellshock.dec

Jaco, Jason – Delver BUG

Jafri, Ali – Oath

Jennings, Raymond – Grixis Control

Johnson, Richard – UW StoneBlade

Johnson, Sean – Forgemaster Workshops

Jones, Jeremy – 4C Control

Kiesel, Mike – BUG Tempo

Kohler, Justin – Bomberman UW

Kravitz, Mike – BUG Tempo

Krohlow, Sam – Delver 4C

Lapay, Chris – Grixis Show and Tell

Lastnamewithheldbyrequest, Frank – BUG Tempo

Littlechild, Alex – Replenish Combo

Ludowese, Ben – Elves BG

Ludowese, Nick – Vampires BW

Lura, Jason – BUG Control

Makino, Bernie – Grixis Control

Martens, William – Forgemaster Workshops

Mayes, John – Oath

Milian, Dan – Cobra Gush Storm

Miller, Greg – Leyline Depths Combo BW

Moes, Geoffrey – BUG Tempo

Moes, Nat – Bomberman UW

Moritz, CJ – Null Rod Workshops

O’Brien, Sean – Forgemaster Workshops

Ponce, Nate – Delver RUG

Prementine, Christopher – Burning Oath Tendrils

Robbins, Sean – Oath

Rodgers, Ronald – Forgemaster Workshops

Rao, Mith – 4C Control

Rowe, Brian – BUG Tempo

Sadler, Jordan – Bomberman UWB

Smith, Matt – Grixis Control

Stewart, Robert – BUG Tempo

Stierman, Steven – 5C Humans

Swailes, Michael – UW StoneBlade

Swan, Kevin – Oath

Todd, Dannon – Dredge (w/Ingot Chewers main)

Tosch, Jeff – BUG Tempo

Total: 62

Coverage Photos

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Friday Vintage at #GenCon Round 2. 62 players; 6 rounds of Swiss + cut to Top 8 playoff! pic.twitter.com/VvugUB8W3R — Eternal Central (@EternalCentral) August 15, 2014

Friday #GenCon #VintageMTG Round 4; old schooler Sean O'Brien tries to grind out his Bomberman opponent Jordan Sadler pic.twitter.com/NaLNvufced — Eternal Central (@EternalCentral) August 15, 2014

Friday #GenCon #VintageMTG Serious Vintage podcast host Geoff Moes BUGs his Gush combo opponent Dan Milian pic.twitter.com/ktdxJoDJjI — Eternal Central (@EternalCentral) August 15, 2014

Friday #GenCon #VintageMTG Round 6 #TeamTusk both @ top table. Paul Callis 1st turn Necro + Time Walk vs Sean O'Brien pic.twitter.com/466MlLXlkI — Eternal Central (@EternalCentral) August 15, 2014