Mage Wars Tournament @ GenCon Indy 2014

[Shad0w]

Will merge threads

[V10lentray]

Sandstorm would have wrecked that little army of Birds. Too bad the good Promo cards still haven't been printed.

[Boocheck]

nah, who would include it into their spellbooks anyway? Whou would expect the now legendary Falcon Swarm! It is same as with Spanish Inquisition

[V10lentray]

He beat a wizard in the top 4 who threw blanks on a chain lightning that could have taken out his entire army.

Sandstorm is an efficient zone removal card with a bonus against flying creatures. I run jet streams in my necro, and i would run a Sandstorm if it was a legal card.

[Shad0w]

He beat a wizard in the top 4 who threw blanks on a chain lightning that could have taken out his entire army.

Sandstorm is an efficient zone removal card with a bonus against flying creatures. I run jet streams in my necro, and i would run a Sandstorm if it was a legal card.

CL first hit did about 3 hit 2 failed to do damage. 

[Coshade]

Hey!
I played that wizard that got in 4th at the tourney. I was too greedy that game and he took full advantage of that. My chain lightning failing to do 2 damage on 4 dice (he had about 2 or 3 birds with 1 or 2 health each) really messed up my focus and I played incorrectly the rest of the game. It was my first tournament ever so I guess I just need to learn to not get off my game plan when things like that happen.

I'll post my spell book sometime tonight if anyone's interested

[kiwipaul]

Post away, will be great to see what you used

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Spell books played

 

Player Name	Mage
Alec Carey	Warlord – Anvil
Alexander West	Beastmaster – Straywood
Andrew West	Forcemaster
Bill Servial	Warlock – Araxian
Brandon Freitag	Necromancer
Brian Bivona	Beastmaster – Straywood
Chris Nelson	Wizard – Air
Chris Ohalloran	Forcemaster
ChrisHarten	Druid
Chuck Carey	Necromancer
David Washburn	Wizard – Earth
Eric Ayers	Druid
Harry Hirsh	Warlock – Araxian
Jonathan Ambriz	Wizard – Water
Jonathan Oberto	Warlock – Araxian
Joseph Carey	Necromancer
Justin Bailey	Wizard – Water
Justin Lowe	Wizard – Air
Kyle Sharkey	Warlock – Araxian
Nathan Sanders	Warlord – Anvil
Nick Tinko	Wizard – Fire
Raymond Slover	Necromancer
Rick Aichele	Forcemaster
Scott Taylor	Druid
Steeven Toenjes	Forcemaster
Stephen Walters	Necromancer
Steven Durst	Forcemaster
Tim Mccurry	Wizard – Earth
Timothy Simmons	Wizard – Water
Tom Lynch	Warlock – Araxian

Wizards 8
   Water 3
   Air 2
   Earth 2
   Fire 1
Warlock 5
   Araxian 5
Necromancer 5
Forcemaster 5
Druid 3
Warlord 2
   Anvil 2
Beastnaster 2
   Straywood 2

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Round 1 Pairings
Justin Lowe - Brian Bivona
Jonathan Oberto - David Washburn
Chris Nelson - Rick Aichele
Harry Hirsh - Bill Servial
Nick Tinko - Jonathan Ambriz
Andrew West - Eric Ayers
Raymond Slover - Steven Durst
Brandon Freitag - Steeven Toenjes
Joseph Carey - Timothy Simmons
Alec Carey - Tom Lynch
Chris Ohalloran - Justin Bailey
Nathan Sanders - Scott Taylor
Stephen Walters - Chuck Carey
Alexander West - Kyle Sharkey
Chris Hartten - Tim Mccurry

Round 1 Totals

 

Player Name	Points Total
Alec Carey	4
Alexander West	4
Andrew West	4
Bill Servial	0	DROP
Brandon Freitag	0
Brian Bivona	0	DROP
Chris Nelson	0	DROP
Chris Ohalloran	4
ChrisHarten	4
Chuck Carey	0
David Washburn	4
Eric Ayers	0
Harry Hirsh	4
Jonathan Ambriz	0
Jonathan Oberto	0
Joseph Carey	0
Justin Bailey	0
Justin Lowe	4
Kyle Sharkey	0
Nathan Sanders	4
Nick Tinko	4
Raymond Slover	0
Rick Aichele	4	DROP
Scott Taylor	0
Steeven Toenjes	4
Stephen Walters	4
Steven Durst	4
Tim Mccurry	0
Timothy Simmons	4
Tom Lynch	0

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Round 2 Pairngs
Alec Carey - Alexander West
Andrew West - Chris Ohalloran
David Washburn - Harry Hirsch
Justin Lowe - Nathan Sanders
Nick Tinko - Chris Hartten
Steeven Toenjes - Stephen Walters
Steven Durst - Timothy Simmons
Jonathan Ambriz - Brandon Freitag
Chuck Carey - Eric Ayers
Justin Bailey - Kyle Sharkey
Jonathan Oberto  - Joseph Carey
Raymond Slover - Scott Taylor
Tom Lynch - Tim Mccurry

Round 2 Totals

Player Name	Points Total
Alec Carey	8
Alexander West	4
Andrew West	8
Brandon Freitag	0	DROP
Chris Ohalloran	4	DROP
ChrisHarten	5	DROP
Chuck Carey	4
David Washburn	8	DROP
Eric Ayers	0	DROP
Harry Hirsh	4
Jonathan Ambriz	4
Jonathan Oberto	0
Joseph Carey	4
Justin Bailey	0
Justin Lowe	8
Kyle Sharkey	4
Nathan Sanders	4
Nick Tinko	7
Raymond Slover	3
Scott Taylor	1
Steeven Toenjes	4
Stephen Walters	8
Steven Durst	8
Tim Mccurry	4
Timothy Simmons	4
Tom Lynch	0

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Round 3 Parings

Alec Carey - Andrew West
Justin Lowe - Nick Tinko
Stephen Walter - Steven Durst
Jonathan Ambriz - Alexander West
Chuck Carey - Harry Hirsch
Joseph Carey - Kyle Sharkey
Nathan Sanders - Raymond Slover
Steeven Toenjes - Tim Mccurry
Timothy Simmons - Jonathan Oberto
Justin Bailey- Scott Taylor
Tom Lynch - BYE



Round 3 Point Totals

Player Name	Points Total
Alec Carey	8
Alexander West	8
Andrew West	12
Chuck Carey	4
Harry Hirsh	8
Jonathan Ambriz	4	DROP
Jonathan Oberto	1	DROP
Joseph Carey	4
Justin Bailey	1
Justin Lowe	8
Kyle Sharkey	4
Nathan Sanders	8
Nick Tinko	11
Raymond Slover	3
Scott Taylor	4
Steeven Toenjes	4
Stephen Walters	12
Steven Durst	8
Tim Mccurry	8
Timothy Simmons	5	DROP
Tom Lynch	4

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Round 4 Pairings

Andrew West - Nick Tinko
Stephen Walters - Alec Carey
Alexander West - Harry Hirsh
Joseph Carey - Justin Lowe
Nathan Sanders - Steven Durst
Tim Mccurry - Chuck Carey
Kyle Sharkey - Raymond Slover
Scott Taylor - Steeven Toenjes
Tom Lynch - Justin Bailey

Round 4 Totals

 

Player Name	Points Total
Alec Carey	8
Alexander West	11	TOP 8
Andrew West	13	TOP 8
Chuck Carey	4
Harry Hirsh	9	TOP 8
Joseph Carey	4
Justin Bailey	1
Justin Lowe	12	TOP 8
Kyle Sharkey	8
Nathan Sanders	8
Nick Tinko	14	TOP 8
Raymond Slover	3
Scott Taylor	4
Steeven Toenjes	8
Stephen Walters	16	TOP 8
Steven Durst	12	TOP 8
Tim Mccurry	12	TOP 8
Tom Lynch	8

[Shad0w]

I ran the pairings 3 times
I tried Random and based of strength of schedule
The West bothers always got paired together. This was the random pairings

TOP 8 Single Elimination Pairings
Round 1

Tim Mccurry - Steven Durst
Nick Tinko - Steven Walters

Alexander West - Andrew West
Harry Hirsh - Justin Lowe

Tim won with 24 of 32 health Steven Had 49 Health
Nick won 3 of 41 health Steven Walters was at 3 of 32 at time
Alexander won at 34 of 36 with a [mwcard=FWA04] Hurl Boulder[/mwcard]  Andrew failed on the deflect roll
Justin Won at 30 of 32 Harry failed a defense roll


Top 4 Pairings
Tim Mccurry - Nick Tinko
Alexander West - Justin Lowe

Top 2 Pairings
Nick Tinko - Alaxender West

3rd/4th Pairings
Tim Mccurry - Justin Lowe

Final Stanings

1st - Alexander West
2nd - Nick Tinko
3rd - Tim Mccurry
4th - Justin Lowe

[Jon.Ambriz]

Well, for next year, I'd definitely say have some one, or somebodies doing some video commentary pre-tourney on who they think will claim the prize, and posting to Youtube and/or Facebook. It would be nice to see how the top 8 perform and even get some ideas for other books (i.e. RUNNING SUPPRESSION WITH A WATER WIZARD  ).

Or even for next tourney having a minion of your own Shad0w, so you don't have to do everything at once.

Other than that, this year's tourney was great and I am thoroughly impressed there were five Forcemasters! They will rise, slowly but surely!

[Satenus]

After the lists publication, perhaps the top 8 players may give a quick rundown of MVP creature/spell and Best Plays, for their books  Not asking for a primer here, just a few tips.