Monday, March 29, 2010

Spring League Wrap Up and Summer League Start Up

The winner of the invitation Baneslayer tournament is Andrew Davis!

Join us this Friday at Toys and Games for the beginning of Summer League with Free Extended.

The final standings for the Spring League were:

1)71 Joe Gelli
2)62 Don Dahl
3)49 Captain Thompson
4)48 Stormy Lombardi
5)47 Andrew Davis
6)42 Rick Nuzum (tiebreaker more total events attended)
7)42 Allen Greer
8)41 Michael Mayo
9)40 Cory Hill
10)36 Amanda Davis
11)33 Geoffey Marsi
12)27 Jay Buchanan
13)27 Tom Nuzum
14)27 Shannon Buchanan
15)25 Cody Church
16)22 Victor Delacroix
17)22 Joseph "Evan" Bradley
18)21 Joseph Nester
19)20 Terance Crosby
20)18 Billy Barkley
21)16 John Jacob
22)14 Robin Dial
23)13 Andrew Philips
24)12 Kelly Mayo
25)12 Michael Driggers
26)12 Aaron Blomberg
27)12 Steadman Demarco
28)12 Sims Long
29)11 Michael Peterson
30)11 Nick Maley
31)10 Jeff Folk
32)7 Will Bass
33)7 Joshua Dolinger
34)7 Elizabeth Driggers
35)6 Nate Gauthier
36)6 Chris Murphy
37)6 Joel Dolinger
38)6 Karen Burcham
39)5 Perry Butt
40)5 Aaron Fritts
41)5 Chad Barnette
42)4 Adam Kawa
43)4 Matthew Burcham
44)3 Stephanie Ard
45)3 Jonathan Saylor
46)3 Todd Brooks
47)3 Joshua Parsons
48)3 Kyle Schafer
49)3 Aaron Jolly
50)3 Eric Grogan
51)2 Roy Cain
52)2 Nic Melendez
53)2 Adam Langston
54)2 Franklin "Cody" Stephen
55)2 Cati Huff
56)2 John Carino
57)2 Ally Blaber
58)1 Matthew Crosby
59)1 Mark Green
60)1 Brendon Kelly
61)1 Joey Peidmonte
62)1 Jason Gregoire
63)1 Chris Wingard
64)1 John Welch
65)1 Adam Langston
66)1 Frank McMahon
67)1 Stephanie Henricks
68)1 Shane Hiott
69)1 Brandon Hudgins
70)1 David Reeves
71)1 Blake Maxwell
72)1 Charles Varn
73)1 Ron Nester
74)1 Vicki Marsi
75)1 Jonathan Marsi
76)1 Sutherland
77)1 Dominique Bove
78)1 Jon Hoin
79)1 Keaton But
80)1 James Mobley
81)1 Tom Hicks

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Actual Top Three Drafters and Updated Spring League Standings

As many of you pointed out to me on facebook and over the phone, the announced standings on Friday did not make sense given the tiebreaks. The confusion comes from the last round match between Rick Nuzum and Don Dahl. The actual result was a 2-0 win for Rick (confirmed with the participants) and not a win for Don (as was incorrectly reported). This leaves Geoffrey Marsi with opponent match win percentages of 33,100,33 and Cory Hill with match win percentages of 0,33, and 100. Marsi and I both apologize for the confusion. So the correct standings from Friday's draft are:

1)3-0 Sims Long
2)3-0 Allen Greer
3)2-1 Geoffrey Marsi

Updated League Standings

1)70 Joe Gelli
2)61 Don Dahl
3)49 Captain Thompson
4)47 Stormy Lombardi
5)43 Andrew Davis
6)41 Allen Greer
7)39 Cory Hill
8)36 Michael Mayo
9)36 Rick Nuzum
10)34 Amanda Davis
11)32 Geoffey Marsi
12)26 Jay Buchanan
13)26 Tom Nuzum
14)24 Shannon Buchanan
15)24 Cody Church
16)22 Joseph "Evan" Bradley
17)21 Victor Delacroix
18)21 Joseph Nester
19)20 Terance Crosby
20)18 Billy Barkley
21)16 John Jacob
22)14 Robin Dial
23)12 Kelly Mayo
24)12 Andrew Philips
25)12 Michael Driggers
26)12 Aaron Blomberg
27)12 Steadman Demarco
28)12 Sims Long
29)11 Michael Peterson
30)11 Nick Maley
31)10 Jeff Folk
32)7 Will Bass
33)7 Joshua Dolinger
34)7 Elizabeth Driggers
35)6 Nate Gauthier
36)6 Chris Murphy
37)6 Joel Dolinger
38)6 Karen Burcham
39)5 Perry Butt
40)5 Aaron Fritts
41)5 Chad Barnette
42)4 Adam Kawa
43)4 Matthew Burcham
44)3 Stephanie Ard
45)3 Jonathan Saylor
46)3 Todd Brooks
47)3 Joshua Parsons
48)3 Kyle Schafer
49)3 Aaron Jolly
50)3 Eric Grogan
51)2 Roy Cain
52)2 Nic Melendez
53)2 Adam Langston
54)2 Franklin "Cody" Stephen
55)2 Cati Huff
56)2 John Carino
57)2 Ally Blaber
58)1 Matthew Crosby
59)1 Mark Green
60)1 Brendon Kelly
61)1 Joey Peidmonte
62)1 Jason Gregoire
63)1 Chris Wingard
64)1 John Welch
65)1 Adam Langston
66)1 Frank McMahon
67)1 Stephanie Henricks
68)1 Shane Hiott
69)1 Brandon Hudgins
70)1 David Reeves
71)1 Blake Maxwell
72)1 Charles Varn
73)1 Ron Nester
74)1 Vicki Marsi
75)1 Jonathan Marsi
76)1 Sutherland
77)1 Dominique Bove
78)1 Jon Hoin
79)1 Keaton But
80)1 James Mobley
81)1 Tom Hicks

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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