05/31 Tuesday Night Overextended: Results!

The first Tuesday Night Overextended event was a resounding success.

62 players showed up to play, making this one of the best attended (if not the best attended) Magic Online player run event ever! The response was so overwhelming that the prize structure was expanded, paying over 70 event tickets out to the full top 8 players. If you weren’t here this week, it’s only going to get even better next week. You’re going to want to be there.

And then there were the matches themselves.

After six hard-fought rounds, the top eight was set. Seven unique archetypes, spanning several generations of Magic decks, filled the coveted eight slots. At the top of the Swiss standings sat Cranderson – noted professional player Chris Anderson in real life – with his take on the Elves deck. But just below him were players piloting Affinity, Zoo, Dragonstorm, Living End, Madness, and R/G Elves. The diverse top 8 showed off just how varied this format really is, and – as the maximum watcher capacity crowd can attest to – the games were incredibly intense and skill testing.

Though Largebrandon and his Living End deck seemed well poised to roll through the top eight with pairings of Zoo, Elves, and then Affinity, an unlikely bout of mana troubles put him on the wrong side of a Bloodbraid Elf in the semifinals. Meanwhile, in the other half of the semifinals bracket, Cranderson was quite literally dispatched in a most unlikely fashion when a non-metalcrafted Dispatch tapped down his Nettle Sentinel midcombo, finally handing Anderson his first loss of the tournament. But in the end, it was Woodjt5′s Aggro Elves deck, with a dash of red for innovation, that overran Mossmcgrady’s Affinity and took down the whole thing.

Now that the metagame has began to take shape, there’s no telling what will come out of the woodwork for next week. Will somebody crack the control deck code now that the metagame has a form? Will the controversial Dark Depths find it’s way into the top 8, or will it continue to linger below and show that maybe, just maybe, the combo isn’t quite as good as advertised? Whichever the case, make sure you pack enough cards to fight the little green men – and don’t expect a set of Engineered Plagues to be enough. Chris Anderson’s Buried Alive-Vengevine sideboard strategy nicely sidestepped the black enchantment all day long.

But we have a week to go until then.  For now, enjoy the top 16 decklists for this event. They should make for good reading material to study up on before next Tuesday.

Top 16 decklists

1st Place - Woodjt5's R/G Elves

Lands: (22)
14 Forest
Rootbound Crag
Copperline Gorge
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

Creatures: (38)
Llanowar Elves
Bramblewood Paragon
Elvish Archdruid
Heritage Druid
Bloodbraid Elf
Wren’s Run Vanquisher
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Imperious Perfect
Nettle Sentinel
Arbor Elf
Chameleon Colossus
Sideboard: (15)
Deglamer
Leatherback Baloth
Lignify
Primal Command
Chameleon Colossus

2th Place - Mossmcgrady's Affinity

Lands: (15)
Ancient Den
Great Furnace
Seat of the Synod
Darksteel Citadel
Inkmoth Nexus
Glimmervoid

Creatures: (24)
Tempered Steel
Myr Enforcer
Frogmite
Signal Pest
Memnite
Etched Champion
Ornithopter

Spells: (21)
Cranial Plating
Thoughtcast
Galvanic Blast
Springleaf Drum
Mox Opal
Dispatch
Sideboard: (15)
Phyrexian Revoker
Ethersworn Canonist
Relic of Progenitus
Etched Champion
Dispatch

3th Place - Chranderson's Elves

Lands: (18)
Forest
Misty Rainforest
Verdant Catacombs
Dryad Arbor
Temple Garden
Overgrown Tomb
Pendlehaven

Creatures: (30)
Llanowar Elves
Heritage Druid
Nettle Sentinel
Wirewood Symbiote
Elvish Visionary
Birchlore Rangers
Wirewood Hivemaster
Arbor Elf
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Regal Force
Qasali Pridemage

Spells: (12)
Glimpse of Nature
Green Sun’s Zenith
Summoner’s Pact
Inquisition of Kozilek
Sideboard: (15)
Vengevine
Buried Alive
Viridian Shaman
Cabal Therapy
Gaddock Teeg
Dauntless Escort
Inquisition of Kozilek

4th Place - Largebrandon's Living End

Lands: (19)
Copperline Gorge
Blackcleave Cliffs
Swamp
Mountain
Forest
Graven Cairns
Fire-Lit Thicket

Creatures: (30)
Monstrous Carabid
Jungle Weaver
Street Wraith
Igneous Pouncer
Fulminator Mage
Deadshot Minotaur
Shriekmaw
Ingot Chewer
Valley Rannet

Spells: (11)
Living End
Violent Outburst
Demonic Dread
Sideboard: (15)
Krosan Grip
Faerie Macabre
Engineered Plague
Ingot Chewer
Spitebellows
Mournwhelk

5th Place - Cinderdruid's Affinity

Lands: (16)
Vault of Whispers
Seat of the Synod
Ancient Den
Inkmoth Nexus

Creatures: (28)
Ornithopter
Memnite
Signal Pest
Frogmite
Myr Enforcer
Etched Champion
Master of Etherium

Spells: (16)
Mox Opal
Springleaf Drum
Thoughtcast
Cranial Plating
Sideboard (15)
Pithing Needle
Duress
Ethersworn Canonist
Disenchant

6th Place - Gardevi's Dragonstorm

Lands: (20)
Scalding Tarn
Steam Vents
Island
Calciform Pools
Shivan Reef
Dreadship Reef
Cascade Bluffs
Mountain

Creatures: (4)
Bogardan Hellkite
Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund

Spells: (36)
Preordain
Rite of Flame
Ponder
Sleight of Hand
Lotus Bloom
Remand
Seething Song
Dragonstorm
Gigadrowse
Manamorphose
Sideboard: (15)
Repeal
Leyline of Sanctity
Pyroclasm
Gigadrowse
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

7th Place - Jzshapiro's Zoo

Lands: (22)
Arid Mesa
Windswept Heath
Wooded Foothills
Grove of the Burnwillows
Blood Crypt
Hallowed Fountain
Sacred Foundry
Stomping Ground
Temple Garden
Godless Shrine
Plains
Forest

Creatures: (26)
Noble Hierarch
Wild Nacatl
Tarmogoyf
Dark Confidant
Grim Lavamancer
Stoneforge Mystic
Qasali Pridemage
Knight of the Reliquary

Spells: (12)
Path to Exile
Lightning Bolt
Punishing Fire
Umezawa’s Jitte
Sword of Feast and Famine
Sideboard: (15)
Negate
Gaddock Teeg
Bant Charm
Kor Firewalker
Cunning Sparkmage
Qasali Pridemage
Basilisk Collar

8th Place - Caggii's Madtog 2011

Lands: (21)
Misty Rainforest
Verdant Catacombs
Watery Grave
Overgrown Tomb
Forest
Tranquil Thicket
Breeding Pool
Cephalid Coliseum
Island
Lonely Sandbar
Ghost Quarter

Creatures: (23)
Bloodghast
Arrogant Wurm
Wild Mongrel
Basking Rootwalla
Tarmogoyf
Psychatog
Wonder

Spells: (16)
Circular Logic
Careful Study
Thoughtseize
Gifts Ungiven
Chrome Mox
Life From the Loam
Sideboard: (15)
Leyline of the Void
Krosan Grip
Go for the Throat
Ravenous Trap
Thoughtsieze
Darkblast
Tormod’s Crypt
Ghost Quarter
Putrefy
Naturalize
Nature’s Claim

9th Place - Slidegob's Scapeshift

Lands: (24)
Stomping Ground
Steam Vents
Island
Forest
Breeding Pool
Misty Rainforest
Mountain
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Flooded Grove

Creatures: (7)
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Wood Elves

Spells: (29)
Ponder
Preordain
Rampant Growth
Peer through Depths
Remand
Scapeshift
Counterspell
Firespout
Explore
Sideboard: (15)
Kitchen Finks
Ancient Grudge
Spell Pierce
Spell Snare
Counterspell
Firespout
Pyroclasm

10th Place - Lionden56's Burn

Lands: (20)
16 Mountain
Teetering Peaks

Creatures: (16)
Keldon Marauders
Hell’s Thunder
Hellspark Elemental
Spark Elemental

Spells: (24)
Lightning Bolt
Molten Rain
Lava Spike
Flames of the Blood Hand
Rift Bolt
Searing Blaze
Sideboard: (15)
Smash to Smithereens
Guttural Response
Magma Spray
Sulfuric Vortex

11th Place - Rylinks' Astral Slide

Lands: (26)
Forest
Plains
Tranquil Thicket
Secluded Steppe
Nantuko Monastery

Creatures: (16)
Eternal Dragon
Eternal Witness
Krosan Tusker
Sakura-Tribe Elder

Spells: (18)
Astral Slide
Day of Judgment
Gilded Light
Renewed Faith
Decree of Justice
Solitary Confinement
Beast Within
Sideboard: (15)
Creeping Corrosion
Plow Under
Rude Awakening
Beast Within
Day of Judgment

12th Place - Mage_slayer's Depthsblade

Lands: (24)
River of Tears
Dark Depths
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Flooded Strand
Hallowed Fountain
Tolaria West
Academy Ruins
Creeping Tar Pit
Island
Polluted Delta
Swamp
Watery Grave

Creatures: (11)
Dark Confidant
Vampire Hexmage
Stoneforge Mystic

Spells: (25)
Chrome Mox
Muddle the Mixture
Compulsive Research
Thoughtseize
Mental Misstep
Engineered Explosives
Batterskull
Sword of Feast and Famine
Go for the Throat
Slaughter Pact
Jace, The Mind Sculptor
Sideboard: (15)
Path to Exile
Jace, The Mind Sculptor
Extirpate
Bojuka Bog
Deathmark
Circle of Protection: Red
Go for the Throat
Into the Roil
Hurkyl’s Recall
Batterskull

13th Place - Jreingold's Ninjablade

Lands: (23)
Seachrome Coast
Polluted Delta
Flooded Strand
Darkslick Shores
Celestial Colonnade
Island
Plains
Watery Grave
Swamp

Creatures: (15)
Stoneforge Mystic
Squadron Hawk
Dark Confidant
Ninja of the Deep Hours

Spells: (22)
Inquisition of Kozilek
Path to Exile
Chrome Mox
Mana Leak
Counterspell
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Sword of Fire and Ice
Umezawa’s Jitte
Dromar’s Charm
Sword of Feast and Famine
Sideboard: (15)
Engineered Plague
Circle of Protection: Red
Go for the Throat
Manriki-Gusari
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14th Place - Skateflip008's Burn

Lands: (24)
18 Mountain
Forgotten Cave
Keldon Megaliths

Spells: (36)
Lava Spike
Searing Blaze
Flame Javelin
Incinerate
Rift Bolt
Lightning Bolt
Sulfuric Vortex
Pyrostatic Pillar
Blood Moon
Flamebreak
Sideboard (15)
Manic Vandal
Smash to Smithereens
Ignorant Bliss
Pyrostatic Pillar
Sulfuric Vortex
Blood Moon
Flamebreak

15th Place - K1DBUU's Hive Mind

Lands: (22)
Mountain
Irrigation Ditch
Ancient Spring
Island
Plains
Tolaria West
Arid Mesa
Scalding Tarn

Spells: (38)
Hive Mind
Manamorphose
Pact of Negation
Pact of the Titan
Ponder
Rite of Flame
Condescend
Idyllic Tutor
Lightning Bolt
Path to Exile
Remand
Repeal
Dispel
Preordain
Sideboard: (15)
Leyline of Sanctity
Spreading Seas
Boomerang
Plumeveil
Volcanic Fallout
Sphinx of Jwar Isle

16th Place - Drax01's Living End

Lands: (19)
Verdant Catacombs
Forest
Swamp
Mountain
Scalding Tarn
Blood Crypt
Arid Mesa
Stomping Ground
Overgrown Tomb

Creatures: (28)
Monstrous Carabid
Ingot Chewer
Jungle Weaver
Street Wraith
Fulminator Mage
Deadshot Minotaur
Valley Rannet
Ridge Rannet

Spells: (13)
Demonic Dread
Violent Outburst
Living End
Night of Souls’ Betrayal
Sideboard (15)
Kitchen Finks
Shriekmaw
Ricochet Trap
Maelstrom Pulse
Night of Souls’ Betrayal
Yixlid Jailer

 

Complete Metagame Breakdown

7 Affinity
4 Living End
4 Red Deck Wins
3 Goblins
3 Mono Blue Wizards/Faeries Control
3 Zoo (One with Stoneforge Mystic and Punishing Fire, one with just Punishing Fire, one with neither)
2 W/B Junk
2 Mono Green Elves
2 Astral Slide
2 Boros
2 Twelvepost
2 Dark Depths Psychatog
1 Pyromancer’s Swath
1 Second Sunrise
1 Hive Mind
1 All-In Red
1 R/G Ponza
1 ‘Owling Mine
1 Beacon Green
1 Bant Midrange
1 Mad-Dog 2011
1 Ghost Dad
1 Dragonstorm
1 U/W Control
1 U/G Goodstuff
1 Mass Polymorph
1 Phyrexian Unlife/Delaying Shield Combo
1 Scapeshift
1 Restore Balance
1 Depthsblade
1 Protean Hulk Combo
1 Grixis Control
1 Ninjablade
1 Mono Black Control
1 GWB Junk
1 U/B Jace Control
1 Esper Junk
1 R/G Elves

Final Standings

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