Saturday, March 6, 2010

Top 4 FNM Standard Decks and Updated League Standings

The top 4 FNM Standard Decks and their Pilots were:

1)3-0 U/W Control by Joe Gelli
2)3-0 Mono White Allies by Captain Thompson
3)2-1 Vampires by Victor Delacroix
4)2-1 Open the Vaults Combo by Cory Hill

Updated League Standings

1)54 Joe Gelli
2)42 Don Dahl
3)39 Stormy Lombardi
4)37 Captain Thompson
5)29 Allen Greer
6)27 Rick Nuzum
7)27 Cory Hill
8)24 Tom Nuzum
9)23 Cody Church
10)22 Michael Mayo
11)20 Andrew Davis
12)20 Joseph Nester
13)20 Shannon Buchanan
14)19 Jay Buchano
15)19 Amanda Davis
16)18 Billy Barkley
17)17 Geoffey Marsi
18)17 Victor Delacroix
19)16 Terance Crosby
20)14 Robin Dial
21)12 Steadman Demarco
22)11 Joseph "Evan" Bradley
23)11 Kelly Mayo
24)11 Andrew Philips
25)9 Michael Peterson
26)9 Nick Maley
27)8 Sims Long
28)8 Michael Driggers
29)7 Joshua Dolinger
30)6 Will Bass
31)6 Nate Gauthier
32)6 Joel Dolinger
33)5 Chad Barnette
34)5 Perry Butt
35)5 Aaron Fritts
36)5 Aaron Blomberg
37)5 Jeff Folk
38)4 John Jacob
39)4 Karen Burcham
40)4 Adam Kawa
41)3 Jonathan Saylor
42)3 Kyle Schafer
43)3 Eric Grogan
44)3 Stephanie Ard
45)3 Elizabeth Driggers
46)3 Todd Brooks
47)2 Cati Huff
48)2 Ally Blaber
49)2 Franklin "Cody" Stephen
50)2 Roy Cain
51)2 Nic Melendez
52)2 Adam Langston
53)2 Matthew Burcham
54)1 Jon Hoin
55)1 Dominique Bove
56)1 Keaton But
57)1 Matthew Crosby
58)1 Mark Green
59)1 Brendon Kelly
60)1 Joey Peidmonte
61)1 Jason Gregoire
62)1 Chris Wingard
63)1 John Welch
64)1 Adam Langston
65)1 Frank McMahon
66)1 Stephanie Henricks
67)1 Shane Hiott
68)1 Brandon Hudgins
69)1 Joshua Parsons
70)1 David Reeves
71)1 Blake Maxwell
72)1 Charles Varn
73)1 Ron Nester
74)1 Vicki Marsi
75)1 Jonathan Marsi

Worldwake Game Day Top Decks and Updated League Standings

The Top 8 Decks (top 5 got additional league points) and their pilots were:

1)4-0-1 Open the Vaults by Cory Hill
2)4-1 Jund Depths by Robin Dial
3)3-0-2 Jund by Rick Nuzum
4)3-2 Bant by Cody Church
5)3-2 Jund by Michael Mayo

6)3-2 Goblins by Jay Buchanan
7)3-2 U/W control by Joe Gelli
8)2-1-2 Emeria Sky Ruin Control by Shannon Buchanan

1)49 Joe Gelli
2)41 Don Dahl
3)38 Stormy Lombardi
4)33 Captain Thompson
5)29 Allen Greer
6)23 Tom Nuzum
7)26 Rick Nuzum
8)22 Michael Mayo
9)20 Andrew Davis
10)23 Cody Church
11)25 Cory Hill
12)20 Joseph Nester
13)19 Shannon Buchanan
14)18 Billy Barkley
15)18 Jay Buchanon
16)18 Amanda Davis
17)16 Terance Crosby
18)16 Geoffey Marsi
19)14 Victor Delacroix
20)12 Steadman Demarco
21)11 Joseph "Evan" Bradley
22)11 Kelly Mayo
23)11 Andrew Philips
24)14 Robin Dial
25)9 Michael Peterson
26)9 Nick Maley
27)8 Sims Long
28)8 Michael Driggers
29)7 Joshua Dolinger
30)6 Will Bass
31)6 Nate Gauthier
32)6 Joel Dolinger
33)5 Chad Barnette
34)5 Perry Butt
35)5 Aaron Fritts
36)5 Aaron Blomberg
5 Jeff Folk
37)4 John Jacob
38)4 Karen Burcham
39)4 Adam Kawa
40)3 Jonathan Saylor
41)3 Kyle Schafer
42)3 Eric Grogan
43)3 Stephanie Ard
44)3 Elizabeth Driggers
45)2 Cati Huff
46)2 Ally Blaber
47)2 Franklin "Cody" Stephen
48)2 Roy Cain
49)2 Nic Melendez
50)2 Adam Langston
51)2 Matthew Burcham
52)2 Todd Brooks
53)1 Jon Hoin
54)1 Dominique Bove
55)1 Keaton But
56)1 Matthew Crosby
57)1 Mark Green
58)1 Brendon Kelly
59)1 Joey Peidmonte
60)1 Jason Gregoire
61)1 Chris Wingard
62)1 John Welch
63)1 Adam Langston
64)1 Frank McMahon
65)1 Stephanie Henricks
66)1 Shane Hiott
67)1 Brandon Hudgins
68)1 Joshua Parsons
69)1 David Reeves
70)1 Blake Maxwell
71)1 Charles Varn
72)1 Ron Nester
73)1 Vicki Marsi
74)1 Jonathan Marsi

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Top 4 Two Headed Giant Teams and Updated League Standings

The top teams and their deck combinations were:

1)3-1 Valakuut Combo and Stoneforger White Weenie by Allen Greer and Jeff Folk
2)3-1 Mill and Turbo Fog by Andrew Davis and Donald Dahl
3)2-2 Vampire Control and Angel Control by Michael Driggers and Elizabeth Driggers
4)2-2 Star Spangled Control and B/W Good Stuff by Greg Lombardi and Karen Burcham
Note: 4-0 Red Bant Planeswalker Control and Jund by Jesse Inman and Michael Mayo was ineligible for prizes (Mayo received one foil and one participation point)

Updated League Standings

1)48 Joe Gelli
2)41 Don Dahl
3)38 Stormy Lombardi
4)33 Captain Thompson
5)28 Allen Greer
6)23 Tom Nuzum
7)22 Rick Nuzum
8)20 Michael Mayo
9)20 Andrew Davis
10)20 Cody Church
11)19 Cory Hill
12)19 Joseph Nester
13)18 Shannon Buchanan
14)18 Billy Barkley
15)17 Jay Buchanon
16)17 Amanda Davis
17)16 Terance Crosby
18)15 Geoffey Marsi
19)13 Victor Delacroix
20)12 Steadman Demarco
21)11 Joseph "Evan" Bradley
22)11 Kelly Mayo
23)10 Andrew Philips
24)9 Robin Dial
25)9 Michael Peterson
26)9 Nick Maley
27)8 Sims Long
28)8 Michael Driggers
29)7 Joshua Dolinger
30)6 Will Bass
31)6 Nate Gauthier
32)6 Joel Dolinger
33)5 Chad Barnette
34)5 Perry Butt
35)5 Aaron Fritts
36)5 Aaron Blomberg
37)4 John Jacob
38)4 Karen Burcham
39)3 Adam Kawa
40)3 Jonathan Saylor
41)3 Kyle Schafer
42)3 Eric Grogan
43)3 Stephanie Ard
44)3 Elizabeth Driggers
45)2 Cati Huff
46)2 Ally Blaber
47)2 Franklin "Cody" Stephen
48)2 Roy Cain
49)2 Nic Melendez
50)2 Adam Langston
51)2 Matthew Burcham
52)2 Todd Brooks
53)1 Jon Hoin
54)1 Dominique Bove
55)1 Keaton But
56)1 Matthew Crosby
57)1 Mark Green
58)1 Brendon Kelly
59)1 Joey Peidmonte
60)1 Jason Gregoire
61)1 Chris Wingard
62)1 John Welch
63)1 Adam Langston
64)1 Frank McMahon
65)1 Stephanie Henricks
66)1 Shane Hiott
67)1 Brandon Hudgins
68)1 Joshua Parsons
69)1 David Reeves
70)1 Blake Maxwell
71)1 Charles Varn
72)1 Ron Nester

Monday, March 1, 2010

Top 4 Standard Decks and Updated League Standings

The top 4 finishers and their weapons of choice were:

1)4-0 Bant Mana Ramp by Donald Dahl
2)3-1 U/W control by Joe Gelli
3)3-1 Open the Vaults Combo by Cory Hill
4)3-1 Goblins! by Jay Buchanan

1)47 Joe Gelli
2)37 Don Dahl
3)36 Stormy Lombardi
4)33 Captain Thompson
5)23 Allen Greer
6)23 Tom Nuzum
7)22 Rick Nuzum
8)20 Cody Church
9)19 Michael Mayo
10)19 Cory Hill
11)18 Shannon Buchanan
12)18 Joseph Nester
13)18 Billy Barkley
14)17 Jay Buchanon
15)16 Amanda Davis
16)16 Andrew Davis
17)15 Terance Crosby
18)14 Geoffey Marsi
19)13 Victor Delacroix
20)12 Steadman Demarco
21)11 Kelly Mayo
22)10 Andrew Philips
23)10 Joseph "Evan" Bradley
24)9 Michael Peterson
25)9 Nick Maley
26)8 Sims Long
27)8 Robin Dial
28)7 Joshua Dolinger
29)6 Will Bass
30)6 Nate Gauthier
31)6 Joel Dolinger
32)5 Chad Barnette
33)5 Perry Butt
34)5 Aaron Fritts
35)5 Michael Driggers
36)4 Aaron Blomberg
37)3 Adam Kawa
38)3 Jonathan Saylor
39)3 Kyle Schafer
40)3 Eric Grogan
41)3 Stephanie Ard
42)3 John Jacob
43)2 Cati Huff
44)2 Ally Blaber
45)2 Franklin "Cody" Stephen
46)2 Roy Cain
47)2 Nic Melendez
48)2 Adam Langston
49)2 Matthew Burcham
50)2 Karen Burcham
51)2 Todd Brooks
52)1 Jon Hoin
53)1 Dominique Bove
54)1 Keaton But
55)1 Matthew Crosby
56)1 Mark Green
57)1 Brendon Kelly
58)1 Joey Peidmonte
59)1 Jason Gregoire
60)1 Chris Wingard
61)1 John Welch
62)1 Adam Langston
63)1 Frank McMahon
64)1 Stephanie Henricks
66)1 Elizabeth Driggers
67)1 Shane Hiott
68)1 Brandon Hudgins
69)1 Joshua Parsons
70)1 David Reeves
71)1 Blake Maxwell
72)1 Charles Varn

Top Decks Feature (Legacy)

Legacy is a really fun format that lets you play cards from any set in magic except for the silver bordered Unglued and Unhinged. This can be a little intimidating if you are a new player. Here are some of the decks that have been doing well lately at Columbia Free Magic. Feel free to copy them or make your own monster that will crush them. Happy building!

1)G/W/B Rock or "Junk". This deck uses efficient creatures like tarmogoyf and Knight of the Reliquary along with card advantage spells like Hymn to Tourach to grind out advantageous board states where they have at least one morethreat than their opponents has answers. Here is a decklist http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=37047 Potential Weaknesses: Hyper aggressive decks like Mono Red Burn or glacially slow decks like Landstill

2)Dredge. This deck abuses it's graveyard by using a card called Bridge from Below that makes zombie tokens even when it is in the graveyard and several "dredgers" like Golgari Grave Troll that repeatedly put useful cards into the graveyard. Decklist: http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=37034 Potential Weaknesses: Anything that can repeatedly remove graveyards. Once is not enough.

3)Affinity. This deck makes lots of artifacts very quickly and boosts their power using an equipment called Cranial Plating or sacrifices some to make one huge creature using an artifact creature called Arcbound Ravager. They also play a card called disciple of the vault that hurts their opponent whenever an artifact dies. Decklist: http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=37037 Potential Weaknesses: Decks with both pinpoint removal like Swords to Plowshares to deal with Disciple and mass removal to destroy lots of artifacts at once.

4)Landstill. This control deck plays lots of counters and an enchantment called Standstill that lets a player draw three cards if their opponent plays a spell. By playing lots of lands that can turn into creatures like Mishra's Factory, Landstill can win if neither person plays spells. Decklist:
http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=36639 Potential Weaknesses: Decks that win quickly without relying on one key spell to resolve and/or decks that feature creatures with island walk that its lands can't block.

There are lots more decks, but these are a good starting point to consider. Have fun!

Winter Invitational Winners

Winter Invitational Winners
Congrats Everyone!

Summer League Winners

Summer League Winners

One of the Summer League Prizes

One of the Summer League Prizes

And Another...

And Another...

Yeah he's back too

Yeah he's back too
In addition to the "regular" top 8 trophies and prizes, the top three in this summer's invititational event will pick from these top three planeswalkers!

Top Trios Teams

Top Trios Teams
Congrats to Allen, Jeff and Steven. It's still Amandas world though and we all just live in it...

Spring League Top 8

Spring League Top 8
Over $500 in trophies and prizes were given out to the Spring League Top Eight. Congrats to winners Gelli,Dahl,Thompson,Lombardi,Davis,Nuzum,Greer and Mayo!

Happy Baneslayer Invitational Players

Happy Baneslayer Invitational Players
They're all winners! Or bad counters, either way...

Crazy Top Seven from another Big Turnout

Crazy Top Seven from another Big Turnout
Congrats to Andy, Evan, Jacob, Amanda!,Captain,Jay, and Geoffrey for their great adaptation skills in making the most of new decks and new rules. Thanks to everyone who came out and mafe this a huge fun event!

Zen Block Multiplayer=Massive Fun

Zen Block Multiplayer=Massive Fun
Don Dahl's playtest group put three in the winner's circle. Dahl narrowed the gap to just three points behind Gelli. Davis moved safely into 7th. Jacob made one of his rare appearances count. Newcomer Jolly demonstrated serious multiplayer skillz. Stormy got solidified his top four spot and Marsi continued his late run to the top 8.

Top 5 Standard Finishers

Top 5 Standard Finishers
The Top Two tightened again as Don Dahl narrowed the gap on Joe Gelli. Cory Hill kept moving up the standings and Andrew Davis snuck ever closer to a top 8 berth. Charles Murphy made his first final photo and ensured that vampires will have to continue to be on top players radars.

Worldwake Gameday Fearless Five Finishers

Worldwake Gameday Fearless Five Finishers
Top 8 in league standings saw a sizeable shakeup as Cory Hill and Rick Nuzum made big jumps. Michael Mayo and Cody Church are just outside the magic 8 spot and don't count out the diabolical Robin Dial as he picks up points in bunchs as we head towards the final few weeks of Spring League.

Top 4 Zen Block Multiplayer Finishers

Top 4 Zen Block Multiplayer Finishers
Aaron Blomberg shows that years of multiplayer practice pay off. Dahl closes the gap on first place. Mr. Mayo sneaks back into the top 8. Amanda Davis looked innocent and unassuming until it was too late for her opponents round after round. Nicely played one and all!

First FNM Top Four

First FNM Top Four
Gelli puts up a top finish to match infinite participation points. Captain Thompson returns triumphantly from her Olive Garden Exile. Victor also returns to the top four after an overhaul of his trusty vamps. Cory meanwhile may have unleashed a monster with the new Open the Vaults deck...

Worldwake Box Tournament Top 8

Worldwake Box Tournament Top 8
The top 8 was a great mix of longtime and new players. Nuzums took two slots as did the Buchanans. Recenct addition Robin Dial represented the Columbia Magic League well. The Double D and Andrew Davis connection remained strong and Mr. "Double F" Marsi added another top 8 to go with his Champs near miss.

Top 4 Two Headed Giant Teams and Updated League Standings

Top 4 Two Headed Giant Teams and Updated League Standings
A great tournament and a great top 4. Allen and Jeff Folk said preperation, smeperation as their last minute team up took first. Don Dahl dispalyed the classic silver medal face but moved closer to first overall. Andrew Davis smiles as he knows he is now in a tie for the all important 8th and last playoff spot. The Driggers continued the succes of Columbia Magic League members. They also were the top finishing couple (Mr. Mayo and I are just friends...)Stormy made a triumphant return with Karen in tow to keep hopes for first place alive.

Congratulations League Winners

Congratulations League Winners
Congrats Billy, Joe, Jay and Greg on making top 4 in the winter league! Congrats Shannon and Victor on winning the ironman awards for most tournaments rocked out at!

Winter League Prize Buffet

Winter League Prize Buffet
One league ends and hundreds of dollars of prizes go to the worthy winners. Make sure you're a part of the bigger and even better Spring League starting Sunday.

Christmas is ... Draft Time!

Christmas is ... Draft Time!
Drafting, Two Headed Giant play, Free Pizza and Soda. It was an "okay" evening for C.F.M. players...

Two Headed Giant Winners

Two Headed Giant Winners
Really everyone who came was a winner. One of the most fun tournaments we (or anyone) has had.

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