Traversing Murky Waters at Coswort
Before we delve into the tournament details, the story as much wouldn't be as eventful without our short road trip tale. Crowding six men in a car should mean we'd get there smoothly, right? Rrright....Of course, we obviously knew where we were at and where we were going. And yes, as vague as they may come, we were asking for directions from the locals. "Take a left from the first stoplight and just keep taking a left until you get to the second stoplight and you're there," said the local police. "Take a left from the third corner and then keep taking a right and you're there," said the tricycle driver bystander. But an hour and a few wrong turns later and we're uhm not there yet. Their advise would've been sound had there not been too many darn back streets. We did get there eventually even though our designated driver was taking directions from 5 backseat navigators and we'd get a tad bit confused from time to time.
We finally arrived and Coswort proprietor Richard Mariano mightily greeted us. There were still some time before the tournament starts and the very warm weather had made us quite peckish. One thing you must definitely try when you're there, I found out, is the tapsihan just a few walks away from the shop.
With our tummies full and our excitement replenished, we were ready to take on the tournament. I came in with my prized Ezuri, Renegade Leader, Eric Talag came with Radha, Heir to Keld, while Mark Calienta came in trying out Pharika, God of Affliction as Commander instead of Skullbriar, the Walking Grave. As the registration went, we soon realized we had brought with us three Black Blue players all with their distinct deck strategies: Wilfredo "Boom" Dizon's Dralnu, Lich Lord / Reanimator, Fedimarc Garcia's Wydwen, the Biting Gale / Control-Voltron, and Jed Berones' Wydwen, the Biting Gale / Polymorph-Emrakul. This presented a very interesting and challenging meta ahead.
Format: 1v1 Duel Commander
Timestamp: 3:30 PM, Saturday, 31 May 2014
French Banned list + Partial Paris + Swiss
with 10 Proxies allowed except for the Commander
Coswort Hobby Shop's first Duel Commander Tournament transpired with a total of 11 players registered for the event.
The breakdown of Commanders are as follows:
Daxos of Meletis (Yondaime Kesshite)
Dralnu, Lich Lord (Wilfredo "Boom" Dizon)
Ezuri, Renegade Leader (Leorenz Jamias)
Mereike Ri Berit (Carlo Bernardino Alon)
Pharika, God of Affliction (Mark Calienta)
Prossh, Skyraider of Kher (Jessieco Lee)
Radha, Heir to Keld (Eric Talag)
Talrand, Sky Summoner (Michael Joseph Villano)
Wydwen, the Biting Gale (Jed Berones)
Wydwen, the Biting Gale (Fedimarc Garcia)
Top 4
1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader (Leorenz Jamias)
2 Wydwen, the Biting Gale (Fedimarc Garcia)
3 Dralnu, Lich Lord (Wilfredo "Boom" Dizon)
4 Wydwen, the Biting Gale (Jed Berones)
Fedimarc Garcia - Wydwen, the Biting Gale
Artifacts [8] Batterskull Mimic Vat Sword of Body and Mind Sword of Fire and Ice Sword of Light and Shadow Tormod's Crypt Umezawa's Jitte Vedalken Shackles Creatures [5] Crypt Creeper Faerie Macabre Gatekeeper of Malakir {Kicker} Vampire Hexmage Vendilion Clique Enchantments [2] Bitterblossom Declaration of Naught Instants [34] Brainstorm Careful Consideration Counterspell Countersquall Cryptic Command Diabolic Edict Doom Blade Envelop Far // Away {Fuse} Forbidden Alchemy {Flashback} Force of Will Go for the Throat Hatred Hero's Downfall Mental Misstep Mindbreak Trap Muddle the Mixture {Transmute} Murder Mystical Tutor Negate Nullify Peek Perplex {Transmute} Prohibit {Kicker} Psychic Strike Remove Soul Skeletal Scrying Spell Pierce Swan Song Thieves' Fortune {Prowl} Trickbind {Split Second} Twincast Undermine Wipe Away {Split Second} Planeswalkers [1] Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver |
Sorceries [11] Black Sun's Zenith Chainer's Edict {Flashback} Damnation Demonic Tutor Drown in Sorrow {Scry 1} Duress Inquisition of Kozilek Massacre Merchant Scroll Ponder Sign in Blood Lands [38] Academy Ruins Bojuka Bog Cabal Pit Command Tower Darkwater Catacombs Dreadship Reef Dust Bowl Faerie Conclave Marsh Flats Riptide Laboratory Secluded Glen Spawning Pool Springjack Pasture Sunken Ruins Tainted Isle Tectonic Edge Temple of Deceit {Scry 1} Unstable Frontier Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Verdant Catacombs Vesuva Watery Grave Wasteland Swamp - 4 |
Wilfredo "Boom" Dizon - Dralnu, Lich Lord
Artifacts [1] Lightning Greaves Creatures [11] Griselbrand Consecrated Sphinx Sphinx of Uthuun Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur Rune-scarred Demon Sheoldred, Whispering One Tidespout Tyrant Kederekt Leviathan Snapcaster Mage Vendilion Clique Massacre Wurm Enchantments [3] Animate Dead Dance of the Dead Necromancy Instants [28] Brainstorm Careful Consideration Counterspell Cyclonic Rift {Overload} Darkblast {Dredge} Daze Dispel Entomb Flash Flusterstorm {Storm} Force of Will Force Spike Foil Frantic Search Intuition Lim-Dul's Vault Makeshift Mannequin Mental Misstep Mystical Teachings {Flashback} Mystical Tutor Quicken Skeletal Scrying Spell Pierce Spell Snare Stifle Swan Song Tainted Pact Thirst for Knowledge Sorceries [18] Careful Study Demonic Tutor Duress Exhume Footsteps of Goryo Gitaxian Probe Inquisition of Kozilek Last Rites Living Death Merchant Scroll Personal Tutor Preordain Ponder Reanimate Show and Tell Stitch Together Thoughtseize Toxic Deluge |
Lands [38] Bloodstained Mire Boseiju, Who Shelters All Cabal Pit Cephalid Coliseum City Of Brass Command Tower Creeping Tar Pit Darkslick Shores Drowned Catacomb Flooded Strand Homeward Path Marsh Flats Minamo, School at Water’s Edge Misty Rainforest Polluted Delta Reflecting Pool River of Tears Scalding Tarn Shizo, Death’s Storehouse Sunken Ruins Underground River Underground Sea Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Verdant Catacombs Watery Grave Wasteland Islands - 3 Snow-Covered Islands - 4 Swamp - 2 Snow-Covered Swamp - 3 |
Jed Berones - Wydwen, the Biting Gale
Artifacts [2] Runechanter's Pike Sword of Fire and Ice Creatures [1] Emrakul, the Aeons Torn Enchantments [2] Bitterblossom Declaration of Naught Instants [44] Arcane Denial Brainstorm Capsize {Buyback} Condescend {Scry 2} Counterspell Cyclonic Rift {Overload} Daze Diabolic Edict Disrupt Dissipate Faerie Trickery Far // Away {Fuse} Foil Force of Will Frantic Search Go for the Throat Gush Hatred Into the Roil {Kicker} Intuition Lat-Nam's Legacy Lim-Dul's Vault Mana Leak Memory Lapse Mental Misstep Mystical Teachings {Flashback} Mystical Tutor Opt Pact of Negation Polymorph Prohibit {Kicker} Psychic Strike Quicken Rapid Hybridization Remand Remove Soul Rewind Skeletal Scrying Spell Crumple Spell Pierce Swan Song Think Twice {Flashback} Trickbind {Split Second} Wipe Away {Split Second} Planeswalkers [1] Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver |
Sorceries [13] Black Sun's Zenith Damnation Demonic Tutor Duress Gitaxian Probe Innocent Blood Merchant Scroll Night's Whisper Preordain Ponder Serum Visions Sleight of Hand Thoughtseize Lands [37] Bojuka Bog Boseiju, Who Shelters All Cabal Pit Command Tower Creeping Tar Pit Darkwater Catacombs Dimir Guildgate Dreadship Reef Faerie Conclave Flooded Strand Halimar Depths Mana Confluence Marsh Flats Minamo, School at Waters Edge Shizo, Death's Storehouse Tainted Isle Temple of Deceit {Scry 1} Tolaria West {Transmute} Verdant Catacombs Watery Grave Island - 7 Swamp - 10 |
Creatures [49] Acidic Slime Arbor Elf Argothian Elder Birchlore Rangers {Morph} Boreal Druid Caller of the Claw Chameleon Colossus {Changeling / Protection Black} Civic Wayfinder Craterhoof Behemoth Elvish Archdruid Elvish Harbinger Elvish Mystic Elvish Spirit Guide Elvish Visionary Eternal Witness Fauna Shaman Fierce Empath Fyndhorn Elves Heritage Druid Imperious Perfect Joraga Treespeaker {Leveler} Joraga Warcaller {Multikicker} Karametra's Acolyte {Devotion} Llanowar Elves Nettle Sentinel Priest of Titania Primeval Titan Quirion Ranger Regal Force Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary Scavenging Ooze Scryb Ranger {Flash / Protection Blue} Stingerfling Spider Sylvan Messenger Sylvan Ranger Sylvan Safekeeper Viridian Corrupter {Infect} Viridian Emissary Viridian Joiner Viridian Shaman Viridian Zealot Wirewood Channeler Wirewood Elf Wirewood Herald Wirewood Hivemaster Wirewood Symbiote Wood Elves Wren's Run Vanquisher Yeva, Nature's Herald |
Artifacts [2] Lightning Greaves Umbral Mantle Enchantments [1] Sylvan Library Instants [6] Beast Within Crop Rotation Crushing Vines Deglamer Krosan Grip {Split Second} Worldly Tutor Planeswalkers [1] Garruk Wildspeaker Sorceries [6] Ancient Stirrings Green Sun's Zenith Harmonize Primal Command Sylvan Scrying Triumph of the Hordes Lands [34] Cavern of Souls Deserted Temple Gaea's Cradle Ghost Quarter Homeward Path Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx {Devotion} Petrified Field Tectonic Edge Wirewood Lodge Forests - 25 |
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Photo Credit: Boom Dizon of Syntax Assassin