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Hey guys,

     So this is mostly just going to be a quick report on the event from Oct 24. I'm trying to get caught up so that my articles will be more up to date.

      We've had a good amount of preregistration for the Heirloom sealed league "Parallel Universe" up to 19 so far with a week to go before we start so that looks like it's going to be another really solid Heirloom event.

      For this article I'd like to feature Nagarjuna as the 3rd Heirloom Media contest winner for the Heirloom website. I already mentioned him with the first winner as an honorable mention but really his efforts have been pretty huge with the website and that's more than enough for a tip of my hat. I'll offer him the 3 tix though if I know Naga he's more than likely to refuse, maybe I'll have to get creative heh. Here's a screenshot from the site if you haven't visited it already:

Remember that until the end of November you can enter yourself for a chance to win tix and foils from Nagarjuna's own collection just by signing up!

I thought this was a pretty cool comment from "Tapped Out" where I announce the events sometimes: 

"Zanven says:

I just finished reading all of your articles about Heirloom. *Very* interesting looking format, and I tip my hat to you for all the work it looks like you've been putting into it (especially rebutting all of your naysayers of the format).

I'd always been hesitant to play MTGO because I already spend enough money on cards in real life, but this format seems like it's exactly what I'd want. My initial concern was "Hey, if everyone starts buying good Heirloom cards, won't it drive up the prices and make the format cave in on itself?", but I saw you answered that in one of your articles. The format would have to become massively popular in order for that to happen (which would be good for you, since it'd show how cool of an idea is, but bad for your format lol).

I'll definitely look into starting up an MTGO account later, I am loving the sound of this format."

     Great to hear positive remarks from new people and it'll be great to see Zanven online sometime soon. Personally I don't think the price issue is ever going to be that big, if it becomes worse than is tolerable because of the big breaks between revisions I can always just increase the frequency of the schedule.

      On the 24th of October we had 18 players and the inclusion of the famous AJ_Impy. Strangely enough even before AJ had played a single event someone found his decklist and brought it to this event! Now that's what I call street cred lol. It was a Jund version of Lightning Rift taking advantage of the spell-like effects of it's cycling to include the epic spell Undying Flames.

     There were a lot of just very cool decks brought to this event. Certainly Aj's was a great innovation on Lightning Rift then there was Nagarjuna's Quest for Ula's Temple deck that went 3-1. I saw some absolutely sick turns from that monstrosity. Stormtide Leviathan just says "No." to ground based attacks lol and can bring you back from the jaws of defeat into certain victory, no joke. We also had from jacksweeney000 the most expensive Heirloom deck I've seen yet in the 250 card Battle of Wits deck that managed 3-1! I was like "No. Friggen. Way." Huge guys just huge. I'm lovin it heh.

     However it would turn out to be another successful event for a player bringing the mogg monster. This time negative_optimist had to duck out early to take his friend to the hospital who it seems doesn't know how to wield his sword safely (something about a whole lot of stitches in the arm) Without his participation we had a total of two goblin decks banking on the proven effectiveness of the tribe.

      Each person's version of goblins has been their own with pretty strong differences in their maindecks. Olaw plays without Goblin Burrows and only one Shared Animosity he also forgoes Goblin King for a faster mana curve and finds enough room for a good amount of burn in Lightning Bolt and Shard Volley. Looks like the variation works well enough to beat 17 other players to the top of the heap.

      All and all goblins appear to be outclassing most of what is being brought to these events. Here there were two goblin decks that played till the final round and they placed first and second (Nagarjuna was the one in the final round with the winner, his tie-breakers just weren't as good). That with the event before this being taken by negative_optimist that makes three versions of goblins with three different pilots all finishing very high. Something to take note of while building sideboards and choosing the deck you're going to run. 

Here are the results of the event and decklists:

Place                                               Wins

1st olaw                                           4    *HG-Law-of-O*
2nd frog_master                              3
3rd jacksweeney000                         3
4th jeremy812                                 3
5th jmtest                                        3
6th Nagarjuna                                 3    *HG-Thuh-Nagarjuna*
7th victorBike                                 3   
8th AJ_Impy                                   2
9th ChrisMH77                               2
10th Totalhate                                 2
11th Aryxon                                    2
12th Winter.Wolf                            1    *HG-Sir-Winter-Wallace*
13th SilentJ                                     1
14th Redman929                             1
15th mrjebus27                               1    *HG-Don't-Mess-with-the-Jebus*
16th tiny70                                      1
17th negative_optimist                    0
18th Naproxen                                0    *HG-Naps-as-Rox-em*

1st   olaw   *HG-Law-of-O*

"Not sure it's quite the right build but it seemed to work.  Sideboard needs tweaking too, only used Flame Jab and not sure I like the Leyline."                                  

Mogg Bolt

 

Creatures 4 Goblin Arsonist 4 Goblin Bushwhacker 4 Goblin Cohort 4 Goblin Chieftain 4 Goblin Sledder 4 Mogg War Marshal 4 Mudbrawler Cohort 2 Sparksmith 4 Tattermunge Maniac 34 cards Other Spells 4 Lightning Bolt 3 Shard Volley 1 Shared Animosity 8 cards

Lands 18 Mountain 18 cards Sideboard 3 Flame Jab 4 Leyline of Punishment 3 Relic of Progenitus 3 Smash to Smithereens 2 Sparksmith 15 cards

2nd       frog_master

"Was going to have a different sideboard, but a saving mistake to care of that.
There will be changes including the removing of Zo-Zu. Just took up a 3 or lower spot and did nothing. Also might go back down to 16 lands, but that may just lead to bad open hands with no lands and that won't do."                 

Quest for the Cohort

 

Creatures 2 Zo-Zu the Punisher 4 Goblin Chieftain 2 Gempalm Incinerator 4 Mudbrawler Cohort 4 Mogg War Marshal 4 Goblin Sledder 4 Goblin Cohort 4 Goblin Bushwhacker 3 Goblin Arsonist 4 Tattermunge Maniac 35 cards Other Spells 4 Quest for the Goblin Lord 4 Lightning Bolt 8 cards

Lands 17 Mountain 17 cards Sideboard 4 Leyline of Punishment 2 Flashfires 2 Boiling Seas 1 Zo-Zu the Punisher 3 Simian Spirit Guide 3 Shatter 15 cards

3rd       jacksweeney000       

Giant Ball Sack of Wits

 

Creatures 4 AEther Adept 3 Arc-Slogger 4 Dimir Guildmage 4 Dimir House Guard 4 Dread 4 Drift of Phantasms 4 Fleshbag Marauder 4 Jushi Apprentice 4 Kraken Hatchling 4 Merfolk Looter 1 Necroplasm 4 Nekrataal 4 Nezumi Graverobber 4 Pestermite 4 Stinkweed Imp 4 Wall of Frost 4 Lu Xun, Scholar General 1 Myojin of Night's Reach 65 cards Other Spells 4 Dimir Signet 4 Izzet Signet 4 Rakdos Signet 4 Battle of Wits 4 Mortal Combat 4 Confiscate 4 Splinter Twin 4 Cancel 4 Clutch of the Undercity 4 Complicate 4 Dark Banishing 4 Doom Blade 4 Familiar's Ruse 4 Muddle the Mixture 4 Perplex 4 Hideous Laughter 4 Beseech the Queen 4 Brainspoil 4 Compulsive Research 4 Diabolic Tutor 1 Nightmare Void 1 Persecute 3 Ponder 4 Tidings 89 cards

Lands 32 Island 10 Mountain 20 Swamp 2 Bojuka Bog 4 Dreadship Reef 4 Grixis Panorama 4 Lantern-Lit Graveyard 4 Molten Slagheap 4 Rakdos Carnarium 4 Terramorphic Expanse 4 Urborg Volcano 4 Waterveil Cavern 96 cards

4rth       jeremy812            

Hellkite Hypergenesis

 

Creatures 2 Blazing Archon 4 Hellkite Overlord 4 It That Betrays 2 Kalonian Behemoth 3 Madrush Cyclops 4 Simian Spirit Guide 4 Ulamog's Crusher 23 cards Other Spells 4 Demonic Dread 4 Violent Outburst 3 Hypergenesis 4 Veinfire Borderpost 4 Firewild Borderpost 19 cards

Lands 6 Swamp 1 Mountain 7 Forest 4 Terramorphic Expanse 18 cards Sideboard 4 Expunge 3 Form of the Dragon 2 Break Asunder 2 Vengeful Archon 1 Blazing Archon 1 Hush 1 Hypergenesis 1 Tranquility 15 cards

6th       Nagarjuna   *HG-Thuh-Nagarjuna* 

"All matches I won where very close! Winning on the play and losing on the draw most of the time. 3 round I won versus goblins just one turn before he would beet me in two games. Next round lost the other way two times...."              

Big Fish

 

Creatures 4 Benthic Behemoth 3 Cursecatcher 3 Deep-Sea Kraken 4 Sage of Epityr 4 Sage Owl 4 Stormtide Leviathan 22 cards Other Spells 3 Clockspinning 3 Dizzy Spell 4 Ponder 4 Quest for Ula's Temple 2 Telling Time 16 cards

Lands 20 Island 2 Terramorphic Expanse 22 cards Sideboard 4 AEther Adept 1 Clockspinning 1 Deep-Sea Kraken 1 Dizzy Spell 2 Redirect 4 Spell Pierce 2 Spire Owl 15 cards

7th       victorBike                         

Oona's Bandit

 

Creatures 3 Nightshade Stinger 4 Prickly Boggart 2 Marsh Flitter 4 Stinkdrinker Bandit 4 Frogtosser Banneret 4 Oona's Blackguard 21 cards Other Spells 2 Consume Spirit 2 Noggin Whack 4 Tendrils of Corruption 2 Corrupt 3 Morsel Theft 4 Sign in Blood 17 cards

Lands 20 Swamp 2 Bojuka Bog 22 cards Sideboard 4 Doom Blade 4 Marsh Casualties 4 Mire's Toll 3 Black Knight 15 cards

8th       AJ_Impy

"I thought I'd give this a shot with a fun little epic rift cycledeck. Amusingly, my first game was the mirror match with the above deck based on mine. I always enjoy seeing my creations in action in other people's hands: If they like it that much, it means I'm doing something right. :D"

Epic Rift

 

Creatures 4 Jund Sojourners 4 Igneous Pouncer 4 Valley Rannet 12 cards Other Spells 4 Lightning Rift 4 Resounding Thunder 4 Solar Blast 4 Slice and Dice 4 Undying Flames 4 Decree of Annihilation 24 cards

Lands 4 Forest 4 Swamp 16 Mountain 24 cards Sideboard 4 Dodecapod 4 Guerrilla Tactics 4 Moonglove Extract 3 Breath of Darigaaz 15 cards

9th       ChrisMH77

"Another 2-2 performance. Had a rough time against Goblins and Rouges today. All in all it was a good time."

Bantalicious!

 

Creatures 4 Sigiled Paladin 4 Rhox War Monk 4 Battlegrace Angel 4 Deft Duelist 4 Stoic Angel 20 cards Other Spells 4 Crib Swap 4 Force Spike 4 Bant Charm 4 Angelic Benediction 16 cards

Lands 6 Plains 3 Forest 3 Island 4 Elfhame Palace 4 Coastal Tower 4 Skyshroud Forest 24 cards Sideboard 4 Celestial Purge 4 Flashfreeze 4 Planar Cleansing 3 Disenchant 15 cards

14th     RedMan929

"Here's my decklist, which is insanely close to what AJImpy was running... Story behind that is that I had an Astral Slide deck I was thinking of running, then ran into his deck practicing one day... next time I should ask if he's going to run the deck before I copy it "

"Went 5-6, losing 1-2 the first three rounds and then winning 2-0 the last round... all the games were pretty close... :P Alas, I think I may bring a different deck next week. For one I shouldn't copy other peep's decks (especially without consulting them first) and secondly, I just don't get lucky enough with this deck to win consistently, so it seems."

Epic Cola

 

Creatures 4 Igneous Pouncer 4 Jund Sojourners 3 Krosan Tusker 4 Valley Rannet 15 cards Other Spells 4 Lightning Rift 3 Resounding Thunder 3 Solar Blast 3 Spark Spray 3 Break Asunder 1 Decree of Annihilation 4 Slice and Dice 1 Undying Flames 22 cards

Lands 6 Forest 11 Mountain 1 Swamp 3 Terramorphic Expanse 2 Polluted Mire 23 cards Sideboard 2 Decree of Annihilation 2 Undying Flames 1 Resounding Thunder 3 Naturalize 3 Lull 1 Krosan Tusker 1 Break Asunder 2 Bojuka Bog 15 cards

16     tiny70

"Went 1-3, so some improvement may be in the works."

Willard's Army

 

Creatures 20 Relentless Rats 20 cards Other Spells 3 Sign in Blood 4 Doom Blade 4 Tendrils of Corruption 2 Corrupt 3 Charcoal Diamond 4 Wrench Mind 20 cards

Lands 20 Swamp 20 cards Sideboard 4 Grim Discovery 1 Sign in Blood 4 Infest 4 Duress 2 Corrupt 15 cards

18     Naproxen   *HG-Naps-as-Rox-em*

"I tweaked last week's deck, but probably made it worse.
Fun to play and actually wins casual matches, but totally worthless in a tournament against skilled players "

Contaminated Games

 

Creatures 2 Steel Wall 4 Coral Trickster 2 Drift of Phantasms 4 Floodbringer 2 Pestermite 14 cards Other Spells 4 Contaminated Ground 4 Psychic Venom 2 Force Spike 4 Gigadrowse 2 Luminesce 4 Mind Games 4 Power Sink 4 Twiddle 28 cards

Lands 5 Island 3 Swamp 2 Esper Panorama 4 Rupture Spire 4 Shimmering Grotto 18 cards Sideboard 4 Assassinate 4 Corrupted Roots 2 Jolt 2 Persuasion 1 Swamp 2 Twitch 15 cards

"If you could fight anyone, who would you fight?"

"Shatner. I'd fight William Shatner."

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