Romancing the Stones 34 [21 Players]
RTS34 saw us back at Conan’s for the retro vibe. We had 21 players eating pizza, surrounded by Frazetta’s glory.
Ryan Bartley made Mana Crypt dice as a giveaway for everyone! Despite all the bans in EDH-world, but Crypt is evergreen in Vintage. Thanks Ryan for being an amazing community member.
With Saga gone, Wasteland took over the format. 7 of our Top 8 were on Wasteland and/or Strip Mine. Hide your lands, hide your wife. We also saw a consolidation around Initiative (with 2 Mono White, 1 Tinker, and 1 Shops Initiative), and Lurrus (with 1 UB and 2 Esper).
The finals were wonderful! Newcomer Alex Avance brought a spicy Jeskai Breach list featuring Sevinne’s Reclamation, while Chase Hoppe (of The OK Land Run fame) piloted the feared UB Lurrus to victory. Congrats, Chase, on the Mox Ruby trophy and a spot at the 2024 Invitational.
- Chase Hoppe – UB Lurrus
- Alex Avance – Jeskai Breach
- Tanner Hogan – White Initiative
- Paul Garrett – White Initiative
- Brian Espinoza – Tinker Initiative
- Colin Logan – Esper Lurrus
- Stuart Ziarnik – Esper Lurrus
- Dan Ersch – Golos Initiative
- Matthew Mitchell – Golos Shops
- Brian Tweedy – Esper Tinker
- Thomas Vandermeulen – White Eldrazi
- Jeff DeMario – UB Lurrus
- Kai Schafroth – Grixis Breach
- Patrick Vincent – Ring Oath
- John Thomas – RG Bazaar
- Mike Miller – DECKLIST MISSING
- Brandon Sikes - OmniTell
- Ryan Bartley – Jewel Shops
- Ron Urkuski - Dredge
- David Palmer – Strawberry Shortcake
- Ian Files – 4C Lurrus