Heirloom Articles One, Two and Three (this is the fourth) The Legal Card List (over 7300 unique cards) The Official PRE announcement thread PRE 4 match videos     Jace's reaction to stumbling into the Heirloom article

Hey everyone,

    This article is mostly dedicated to our fourth player run event which we managed to get fourteen players for. So I'm pretty happy about the way the format is growing and it's just getting more and more interesting as we go along. There is a meta to be sure, but I really don't think any particular deck or player could claim to be dominating this format yet. It's still wide open to innovation and archetype.

    There are a few people I'd like to mention that have contributed to the cause since my last writing. Varchild-Cold-Fury helped me out a lot with some technical difficulties I was having, We got another solid donation from Thuh-Nagarjuna of 1 tix and 2 foils so thanks again for that, and we got a very much appreciated donation from ChrisMH77 of a ton of foils including 1 Curse of Wizardry, 1 promo Khabal Ghoul, 4 Mistvein Borderpost, 3 Parasitic Strix, 4 Prismatic Lens, 3 Sedraxis Alchemist, 3 Soul Manipulation, 4 Tidehollow Strix, 3 Whiplash Trap, and 1 Zektar Shrine Expedition. Thanks again for that Chris. Now on with the event coverage.

1st: Mr Slippery 39 (The-Slippery-B.I.G.)

*Slippery*

I am The-Slippery-B.I.G.

You all know me

You won't see me comin

You won't know what deck I'm runnin

*Slippery*

Because I innovate, translate, formulate

All new tech for each new battle

To me youre all fresh meat, cattle

To my slaughter, fodder, water

for me to slip thorough and in you do

*Slippery*

Profit: 6 tix, one pack of M11  (donated by Hoffe-the-Fin), a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

     The-Slippery-B.I.G innovated another new deck to win his 2nd Heirloom PRE (HPRE2 and HPRE4). His deck was a blue red lando menace taking advantage of Wildfire, Magnivore and a host of land destruction spells and sorcery card draw. Good show Mr Slippery 39.

"I went for Land Destruction for this week, Wildfire is just too powerful of a card to ignore."

Compulsive Wildfire

Total Deck Cost on Mtgotraders $3.90

Creatures 4 Magnivore 2 Arc-Slogger 6 cards Other Spells 4 Ponder 3 Sleight of Hand 4 Volcanic Hammer 4 Compulsive Research 4 Izzet Signet 4 Stone Rain 4 Molten Rain 4 Wildfire 31 cards

Lands 4 Caldera Lake 2 Terramorphic Expanse 10 Mountain 7 Island 23 cards Sideboard 3 Negate 2 Razormane Masticore 4 Pyroclasm 3 Roiling Terrain 3 Spell Pierce 15 cards

Link to buy this deck or download deckfile from Mtgotraders: Here         Link to deck statistics and sample hand generator: Here

2nd: HoffeFin (Hoffe-the-Fin)

Profit: 4 tix and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman). Hoffe-the-Fin donated his choice of foil back to the Heirloom prize pool for future events. Thanks again for that and donating your 2nd m11 pack.

     Hoffe-the-Fin Also took opportunity of the quality red cards legal in Heirloom with a red deck wins syle deck. He tried his luck again with a similar list from last week (I believe last week's list was wrong, that list was from this event, but he ran a similar deck both events, I get confused sometimes lol) Notably he succeeded with Ryusei, the Falling Star, Incendiary Command and a barrage of quality burn. Awesome finish.

Lightning Gouger

Total Deck Cost on Mtgotraders $3.61

Creatures 2 Ryusei, the Falling Star 4 Ashenmoor Gouger 6 cards Other Spells 4 Incendiary Command 2 Lightning Surge 2 Rekindled Flame 4 Lightning Blast 4 Char 2 Pyroclasm 4 Volcanic Hammer 4 Chain of Plasma 4 Lightning Bolt 30 cards

Lands 24 Mountain 24 cards Sideboard 2 Pyroclasm 1 Lightning Surge 4 Smash to Smithereens 1 Seismic Shudder 3 Ricochet Trap 4 Boil 15 cards

3rd: OMC11

Profit: 2 tix, a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

     OMC11 went to work with another variation on MBC as has ever proven to be a strong option. His deck ran Grinning Demon, Diabolic Servitude, and classic MBC cards like Tendrils of Corruption and Corrupt. No result one could sneeze at here.

"It ran really nicely overall."

Grinning Muse

Total Deck Cost on Mtgotraders $3.69

Creatures 3 Silent Specter 2 Order of the Ebon Hand 2 Nightmare 3 Guul Draz Specter 3 Grinning Demon 4 Graveborn Muse 2 Black Knight 19 cards Other Spells 2 Vampiric Link 2 Unholy Strength 2 Tendrils of Corruption 3 Sign in Blood 1 Infest 2 Diabolic Servitude 2 Corrupt 3 Consume Spirit 17 cards

Lands 22 Swamp 2 Bojuka Bog 24 cards Sideboard 1 Slay 3 Doom Blade 2 Vampiric Link 1 Persecute 1 Consume Spirit 1 Execute 1 Tendrils of Corruption 2 Relic of Progenitus 1 Nekrataal 2 Order of the Ebon Hand 15 cards

4rth: Silvos der Benny

Profit: 2 tix, a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

     Silvos der Benny brought a deck that demonstrates his great deckbuilding skills. Not only was it creative but clearly it was effective, landing him in the top four for an extra tix over the participation award I've been known to give out of one tix. His was a green/black deck that investigates the combo between and upkeep effects like fading and upkeep triggered abilities. Some cards of note were , , , , and Soul's Majesty as well as the pure evil of .

"...but this one here, ... heirloom, is PERFECT for players like me"

5th:badmalloc

Profit: 1 tix, a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

badmalloc came in swinging with a green blue list of good stuff like Shorecrasher Mimic, Lorescale Coatl, and Favor of the Overbeing. It certainly didn't perform poorly.

"jebus is immune to rage quit"

Invert the Bogle

Total Deck Cost on mtgo traders $2.58

Creatures 2 Groundling Pouncer 4 Lorescale Coatl 2 Plaxcaster Frogling 4 Shorecrasher Mimic 4 Simic Guildmage 4 Slippery Bogle 4 Sturdy Hatchling 4 Wistful Selkie 28 cards Other Spells 4 Invert the Skies 4 Favor of the Overbeing 8 cards

Lands 10 Forest 10 Island 4 Terramorphic Expanse 24 cards Sideboard 1 Forest 2 Island 4 Autumn's Veil 4 Negate 4 Unsummon 15 cards

6th: varcoldf (Varchild-Cold-Fury)

Profit: 1 tix, a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

     Varchild-Cold-Fury brought a tweak on his infamous deck. This time blue black with and to ensure complete grave desolation. Most of his losses were due to time. No doubt this deck is good. The only thing holding it back is the ability to click through the multitude of triggers it produces fast enough to beat the clock.

7th: Nagarjuna (Thuh-Nagarjuna)

Profit: 1 tix, a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

     Thuh-Nagarjuna Set up camp for this event in the shadow of giant beasts of red/green ramp and efficiency. The intimidating list had Rumbling Slum, Lightning Bolt, Kalonian Behemoth and Mold-Shambler among other monsters and mana ramp.

"Amazing event!!!! 4 Rounds with how many players??? I don`t know, but its growing FAST!!!! I have seen a lot of creative and competitive decks! Thanks for that!"

Rumbling Behemoth

Total Deck Cost on Mtgotraders $3.98

Creatures 3 Kalonian Behemoth 3 Kodama of the North Tree 3 Kozilek's Predator 3 Quagnoth 4 Rumbling Slum 4 Terra Stomper 20 cards Other Spells 4 Harrow 4 Khalni Heart Expedition 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Pyroclasm 4 Rampant Growth 20 cards

Lands 9 Forest 7 Mountain 4 Shivan Oasis 20 cards Sideboard 4 Boil 3 Mold Shambler 1 Naturalize 4 Relic of Progenitus 3 Tranquility 15 cards

8th: TimeQuake

Profit: 1 tix, a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

     TimeQuake got a delighted laugh out of me when I realized the nature of his "rogue" deck, and by "rogue" I mean rogue. As in his deck was a straight-up tribal rogue deck. He took this tribe to conduct his task with , , , Prickly Boggart, and for a blistering necrotizing early game with evasion to go the distance.

9th: mrjebus27 (Don't-Mess-With-the-Jebus)

Profit: 1 tix, a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

     Don't-Mess-With-the-Jebus tried his luck with his variation on the established Naya Astral Slide Lightning Rift deck that he won the last event with. The lack of pure beatdown decks was probably much responsible for his not placing higher.

Lightning Slide

Total Deck Cost on Mtgotraders $3.03

Creatures 4 Shimmering Barrier 2 Farhaven Elf 2 Kozilek's Predator 3 Pale Recluse 4 Krosan Tusker 15 cards Other Spells 4 Spark Spray 4 Edge of Autumn 3 Lull 4 Lightning Rift 4 Renewed Faith 4 Astral Slide 2 Slice and Dice 1 Endless Swarm 26 cards

Lands 6 Forest 3 Plains 3 Mountain 3 Gruul Turf 4 Drifting Meadow 19 cards Sideboard 2 Wispmare 1 Spitebellows 2 Ingot Chewer 4 Boil 1 Rune of Protection: Artifacts 1 Rune of Protection: Blue 1 Rune of Protection: Red 1 Rune of Protection: Green 1 Rune of Protection: White 1 Rune of Protection: Black 15 cards

10th: Phoenicika

Profit: 1 tix, a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

     Phoenicika swarmed the tournament with an innovative build that capitalized on some of the best token cards legal in Heirloom. Included cards were Hour of Reckoning, Battle Screech, Glare of Subdual and Twilight Drover. I really liked the concept of this one and believe it has some great potential.

"This deck was good against aggro, but it turned out that its draws were  too temperamental. First round I lost to combo, second round I  mulliganed to four game one and lost in a top deck battle game two, and I  finally won round three when my opponent got flooded then screwed."

Glare of Reckoning

Total Deck Cost on Mtgotraders $3.88

Creatures 4 Twilight Drover 4 cards Other Spells 4 Hunting Triad 4 Battle Screech 4 Hour of Reckoning 4 Kjeldoran War Cry 4 Raise the Alarm 4 Scatter the Seeds 4 Fists of Ironwood 4 Glare of Subdual 32 cards

Lands 9 Plains 7 Forest 4 Elfhame Palace 4 Terramorphic Expanse 24 cards Sideboard 4 Fortify 4 Back to Nature 4 Leonin Sun Standard 3 Seed Spark 15 cards

11th: Kage72

Profit: 1 tix, a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

     A newcomer with an axe to grind Kage72 was going to go for victory and wasn't going to be happy with anything less. He ran afoul of some of the more frustrating opponents early in the tournament such as The-Slippery-B.I.G.'s mana depriving blue/red monstrosity and Varchild-Cold-Fury's mana locking Blue/black Mist of Stagnation horror. Kage wouldn't leave the tournament without at least one victim however or without putting his tech on display. He played a blue/green trollshroud/aura deck that sought to win via voltron volition. Some components of his frankenstein's constructs were , , , and . This theme has a future I do not doubt.

"got that U control freak, cant do anything as soon as he plays 3 mana enchant"

"every cya, just need full sideboard of cheap art/enchant kills"

12th: Amar (Amar)

Profit: 1 tix, a foil of his choice and a foil promo land of his choice (donated by Our-Lord-Erman).

     Amar came packing with Relentless Rats. I wondered if he had cracked Heirloom and if Relentless Rats's time had come. It was not to be unfortunately. Perhaps with a different tweak or two or a little less bad luck. The rats always get a smile out of me in any case.

"Rats!  A fun deck, though the mana curve is more of a vertical line at the 3 mark. I debated playing Infest main, and every match I brought it in, but there were plenty where it wouldn't be good so I don't know.  0-4 deck, don't copy it.  But rats are fun."

Relentless Doom

Total Deck Cost on Mtgotraders $2.82

Creatures 20 Relentless Rats 20 cards Other Spells 4 Sign in Blood 4 Doom Blade 4 Corrupt 4 Duress 4 Orzhov Signet 20 cards

Lands 20 Swamp 20 cards Sideboard 4 Terror 4 Infest 4 Mind Sludge 3 Wipe Clean 15 cards

13th: zander12

Profit: Well, as much as we appreciate his interest in the format a round one drop gets you a big goose egg in prizes.

     With a drop after round one I was not able to see what zander had brought to our gathering. He mentioned a forgotten appointment that caused him to leave early. Hopefully he was able to attend to his issue and we will see him again soon.

14th*: Xaoslegend (Xaos-Dissociative-Personality-Legend) (Disqualified for taking 2 free byes. What a cheater)

Profit: A fine day with friends and fun.

     I played the classic tried and true mer-jerks. The list is identical to the list I've published before under the name "Silvergill Sovereign". I wanted to finish my games quickly and bring something to the event to keep the players honest and this deck certainly fit the bill for that.

Silvergill Sovereign

Total Deck Cost on Mtgotraders $2.92

Creatures 4 Cursecatcher 4 Tidal Warrior 3 Tideshaper Mystic 4 Inkfathom Infiltrator 4 Silvergill Adept 4 Stonybrook Banneret 4 Merfolk Sovereign 4 Merrow Reejerey 2 Seasinger 33 cards Other Spells 4 Force Spike 2 Spell Pierce 2 Boomerang 8 cards

Lands 19 Island 19 cards Sideboard 2 Seasinger 1 Hibernation 2 Psionic gift 3 Unsummon 2 Spell Pierce 2 Psychic Purge 2 Envelop 1 Annul 15 cards

     Keep the work of brew meistering kindled my friends. It's such a pleasure to witness the result of so much genius and love of the game at these events.

     I know that there were those that allowed frustration to get the better of them at this event and I can only imagine this made some periods of participation less fun than it could have been for them and others. I can say that it was a small minority of the experience of the event and that it was still far below what I see at every wizard's sponsored event. I will also divulge that I have been that person myself that lets emotion overcome his true goal of playing the game: Excellence and enjoyment. I have been this person many many times and I do not look on myself favorably for that. However, I also allow for self reflection, to forgive myself, and to give to myself the gift of another chance at magic. Heirloom has been my personal MTG salvation from my Mr. Hyde. I love what this format has done for my mtg play experience and can honestly say that I believe most of my prior darkness has been devoured by the glimmer reflected off the heirlooms carried by all the players that play this format and at these events. (that and a lot of work on my personal issues =P)

Here at the end I've thrown up some videos of matches from the event, they don't have any audio or anything so my suggestion is to put on your favorite music to watch them. Have a good one guys and I'll get fast to work writing the fifth and then after this weekend's (10/9/10) event the sixth. I know the heirloom room isn't getting much use other than for the events but I would like to encourage people to join it that play heirloom when they're online even if just to chat. (join the heirloom chat channel by typing /join heirloom in any chat box on MTGO) While having your buddy list as a resource for Heirloom is your best friend it's good to be in the Heirloom room as much as possible just to get it rolling along as a resource for anyone who wants to check the format out.

I look forward to seeing you all this Saturday for that event, plenty of tix and foils still to be given out just for showing up to play the free event.

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