Dragon Brawl II – Tournament Report

In March, 16 dragon masters from all across the EST timezone lined-up to battle for some gold.

We had a better representation of the dragons this time. Instead of half of all decks being Nicol Bolas, he commanded a more reasonable quarter of the decks out there. Arcades was the most popular dragon in March partly owing to the fact that Joel and Andrew, the only two people who had their dragons assigned randomly, were both running her.

Andrew became the newest member of the Random Dragon Club. Welcome, pal!

Top 4

We had a far more diverse range of dragons in the Top 4 this time around.

4th: Louis with VV. The first time a non-blue Dragon has made it this far.
3rd: Kevin (me) with Arcades.
2nd: Abu Dragon, Lorenzo, with Nicol.
1st: Newest father of Dragons, Patrick Burt, with the help of Chromium.

Other Prizes

Andrew had the most number of dragons cast per game with 1.2. Nice work, dude!

Cardboard photographer and deckpic extraordinaire Greg of Instagram kindly agreed to be the judge for the Beautiful Deckpic award. He could use whatever criteria he liked as long as it was what he would consider to a beautiful deckpic. The winner was me! Congratulations, me! Here’s what Greg had to say about his choice:

Let’s just say it moved me … TO A BIGGER HOUSE

I’m kidding. Here’s what he really said.

* Nice layout,
* logical grouping of cards to really get a feel for the deck,
* beautiful tokens shown alongside the deck,
* nice badge placement,
* Birds of Paradise
* my favorite versions of Forest and Island,

Before you all call the Old School Magic Internal Investigations on me, I want you to know that all of the deckpics were randomized and anonymized when they were sent to Greg for judgement.

Going Forward

Control Magic has been banned. In a format largely based around creatures where enchantments are hard to remove, a 4-mana two-for-one in in the best colour was proving to be too powerful.

The next event will be starting in May, aligning with the Tundra Wolves‘ Month of the Dragons.

Deckpics

Kevin V – Beautiful Deckpic Winner and 3rd Place

Don’t forget to like and subscribe. Let me know down in the comments who you think is the best dragon and if you’d like to see more graphs and spreadsheets!

Boreal Community Cup Event Report

The Canadian Old School communities’ organizers hosted the very first Boreal Community Cup: a one-day webcam event on February 6.

70 players from across the world battled for their community using the Boreal ruleset, effectively 4-Strip-Mine Atlantic. Thanks to the players and donors, the event raised $1,905 for Jeunesse au soleil (Sun Youth). And an especially big thanks to our judges, David Lachance-Poitras and Robert Hinrichsen, who put in a lot of work to make sure the event didn’t go too off the rails.

This event included a bit of a twist. An entire community, and not a person, wins the Cup and communities get points for their performance in the Swiss, spice and their use of their Community card (see below).

See the original event page to learn more about the specifics.

The Winner

The Montreal Tundra Wolves amassed the most points throughout the event. They showed up in strong numbers with their community cards, and performed very well in the Swiss. Because their victory, the money raised was donated to the charity they chose: Jeunesse au soleil (Sun Youth).

Congratulations to our lupine friends!

Special mentions

The Toronto Geocities of Brass had a similarly strong showing, with a lot of spice, but it looks like they couldn’t catch up to the Wolves in the Swiss.
The Ottawa Capital Chaos and Vancouver Grizzly Bears each brought a lot of points per player, but didn’t have the numbers to catch up to the Wolves.
We did not expect the Outsiders to show up in the numbers they did. They brought enough rats and spice to make the Canadians very nervous.
The Oshawa Scavenger Folk were a late addition to the tournament, and fought valiantly in the Swiss.

Spicy Players

These players each received 4 spice points: all organizers agreed their deck was spicy. After deliberating, we decided Robert takes home the prize card.

Robert Cross (TOR) – Brass Butts – SPICIEST
Kevin Vanier (OTT) – Orcish Chaos
Pierre-Olivier Roy (MTL) – Icy Wolves
Yanick Blanchet (QUE) – Robot Goblatog

Bountry Prizes

The players who eliminated the most people from a single club received a prize card. Your winners:

Wolf Hunter – Jason Keays (OTT)
Bear Brawler – Benjamin Gadoua (MTL)
Goblin Buster – Martin Hébert (MTL)
Chaos Queller – Marc-Antoine Deragon (MTL)
Citizen Slayer – Alexandre Blanchette (MTL)
Rat Exterminator – Dominic Beaudry (MTL)

6-0 and 5-1 Players

It came down to Round 6: Will and Rémi were the only two players who were 5-0. Will took it as the Mono Black deck struggled to answer the artifact army backed up by The Abyss.

6-0 – Will Magrann (OUT) – Dingus Shops – BEST IN SWISS
5-1 – Mario Murr (OUT) – Pink Rats
5-1 – Rémi Ouellette (MTL) – Hymn to Tundra
5-1 – Benjamin Gadoua (MTL) – Deadwolf Ale
5-1 – Martin Hébert (MTL) – Deadwolf Ale
5-1 – Marc-Antoine Deragon (MTL) – The Deck
5-1 – Kyril Doubson (MTL) – The Tundra Deck

Giveaway

In addition to the prize cards, members of the community donated $735 worth in prizes to be raffled to those who donated to the winner’s charity.

Item	Value	Donor	Winner
German FBB Land starter kit – 75 total lands, 5 per art	150	Jason S (TOR)	Yanick B (QUE)
Christopher Rush in memoriam print – Signed by Ken Meyer #1	20	Patrick B (OTT)	Peter M (OUT)
Christopher Rush in memoriam print – Signed by Ken Meyer #2	20	Patrick B (OTT)	Quinn O (VAN)
German FBB Winter Orb – Frostbringer	100	Jason S (TOR)	Yanick B (QUE)
2x signed Chinese FBB Energy Flux artist proofs	40	Jason S (TOR)	DFB (Donor)
FBB Portuguese Mind Twist and Demonic Tutor	45	Jason S (TOR)	Philippe A (QUE)
7x beta forests, 2x beta mountains, 1x beta plains (inked)	60	Jason S (TOR)	Drew L (OTT)
Signed Underground Sea Print	30	Jason S (TOR)	Martin B (MTL)
Signed Arena Print	30	Jason S (TOR)	Jon D (OUT)
Signed Twiddle Print	30	Jason S (TOR)	Jon Y (Donor)
Winter Factory playmat – Signed by the Foglios	120	Jason S (TOR)	Raymond M (OSH)
Italian Mirror Universe	90	Yan G (QUE)	Jon Y (Donor)
“Merhans” Party Pack – altered Disenchant, 4x FBB Juggernauts, Rukh tokens	50	Mario M (OUT)	Jon D (OUT)
Scryings Expansion Pack Poster #1	40	Slanfan (Tolaria)	Jeremy T (Donor)
Scryings Expansion Pack Poster #2	40	Slanfan (Tolaria)	Eric DC (TOR)
“Slanfan” Alter Pack – Twiddle, Plains, Terror	30	Slanfan (Tolaria)	Brian O (OUT)
“Slammdunkerton” Howling Demon Pack – UNL Demonic Tutor, 2x 4ED Howling Mines	100	Eric DC (TOR)	Chris M (Donor)
Quebec City Old School Playmat	50	LG Emond (OTT)	Mark S (Donor)

Final Thoughts

Our goal with this event was to help connect our Canadian communities, and we hope you were able to make friends from across the country (and across the world, thanks to the Outsiders). We thank everyone for playing, for their donations, and for their patience as we ran into snags throughout the day.

Whether you played, watched or wished you could join, we hope at the next tournament, you will… Run with us.

Other Coverage (in French)

Jason Keays (OTT) was kind enough to cover the event and share some of his matches.

Boreal Community Cup overview (video, podcast)
Mono U Control vs. Atog
Mono U Control vs. Pink Weenie
The Deck vs. Reanimator Robots

Decklists (Alphabetical by first name)

Alexandre Blanchette (MTL) – Lusting Wolves

Andrew Ruschpler (TOR) – Brass Underworld

Brendan McBain (VAN) – Grizzly Lightning

Francois Derbas Thibodeau (MTL) – WolvesvoidD

Francois Rousseau (QUE) – Forkin’ Goblins

Guillaume Larouche (QUE) – Goblin Fireworks

Jeff Kinsey (VAN) – Erh ’em and Bear ’em

Karl Rivest Harnois (MTL) – The Tundreal Special

Larry Clow (OUT) – Bad Night in the Desert (Main)

*Larry Clow (OUT) – Bad Night in the Desert (Side)*

Louis-Pierre Arsenault (QUE) – Goblin Disco

Owen Fletcher (TOR) – A Diamond in the Rough

Rodrigo Garcia (VAN) – It’s Meta Morphin’ Time

Sebastien Gaudreault (MTL) – Fallen Wolves

Thomas Ashby (TOR) – Brassputin’s Laboratory

Yan Gaudreault (QUE) – Uncertain Goblins in the Woods

Announcing the Boreal Community Cup

Canadian Old School communities’ organizers will be hosting the very first Boreal Community Cup: a one-day webcam event on February 6. Canadian Old School communities (including Capital Chaos) will be competing with others to win the Cup. An entire community, and not a person, wins the Cup and communities get points for their performance in the Swiss, spice and their use of their Community card (see below). Also, the winning community picks the charity.

Event snapshot

One-day, webcam event, played over Discord.
6 rounds of Swiss. No Top 8
Entry fee: $15
Ruleset: Boreal; Proxies allowed.
Start time: 1pm EST
1 hour break after Round 4

There are prize cards for all participants, bounty prizes for eliminating the most enemy club members, and a giveaway for those who want to donate extra for the winning community’s cause.

These are the cards that community members can use to boost their community’s score:

See the full event details and register on Eventbrite.

If you haven’t done so already, make sure you join the Canadian Old School Discord where we’ll be running the tournament and releasing information.

The Dragon Brawl Results

With 15 participants from across Canada (and Philadelphia!), our first ever brawl league, the Capital Chaos Dragon Brawl, has wrapped-up. The caveat on this brawl event was that your commander had to be one of the five elder dragon legends.

About

The Dragon Brawl was an Old School Brawl league double-elimination league with a 16-player cap. What is OS Brawl? A 60-card singleton, commander format with OS93/94-legal cards (Alpha through Fallen Empires) only. In the Dragon Brawl, your commander must be one one of the give elder dragon legends.

Each card in your Brawl deck must only use mana symbols that also appear on your commander. (Colourless cards are allowed in any deck.)

Ring of Ma’rûf is legal, but you may only use it to get a card that is legal and that you do not already have a copy of in your deck. (If you are playing a UGW deck, you can get a copy of Lightning Bolt and cast it from your Black Lotus.)

Ban List

all ante cards
Karakas
Ancestral Recall
Library of Alexandria
Braingeyser
Mind Twist
City in a Bottle
Ivory Tower

Prizes

Prizes were awarded for:

Champion
Runner-up
3rd Place
4th Place
Beautiful Deckpic
Most dragons cast per game
Bonus: Those who agreed to have their random chosen randomly

Results

Jason K both cast the most dragons (10 total) and had the most casts per game (1.25).

Patrick B wins the beautiful deckpic award for his Nicol Bolas pile.

Laurence Bootlegger, Joel B, and myself (Kevin V) had our dragons assigned randomly (Vaevictus, Vaevictus, and Arcades, respectively).

Will M narrowly falls into fourth place after being defeated by LGE who settled with third.

The Capital Chaos legend himself, Patrick B holds the runner-up.

Finally, our champion, Abu Dragon, Lorenzo F! Congratulations!

Statistics

Clubs Represented

Dragons Represented

Deckpics

Ben S

Bryant G

Eric Do

Geoff

Jason S

Jason K

Joel B

Kevin Vanier

Laurence Bootlegger

Lorenzo F

LGE

Patrick Burt

Raymond M

Thomas A

Will M

Looking Ahead

I had a wonderful time playing in the event and running it was a blast. We had a great group of people participating and I received much positive feedback. I also received a substantial amount of feedback on how to improve the format going forward. (Eg, different commanders, p9 banned, 7 point system, multiples of some cards allowed, and so on.) None of the feedback was unified and there was thrice as many opposing suggestions as there were people in the event. I believe there isn’t enough data to make any strong conclusions so when the Dragon Brawl returns, likely in February or March of 2021, it will be run back with the same rules. Nothing will be banned or unbanned. There is a Watch List and it contains the following: Time Walk and Control Magic.

Tournament Place Space

A look at some participants’ place space during the Capital Chaos Online Championships.

Louis broadcasting from Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre

Capital Chaos Online Championship – Event

We did it! We hosted 33 Old School magicians for a one-day, 6-round webcam tournament. We sent $350 to the Ottawa Food Bank, earmarked for COVID-19 relief.

We really appreciate those who took the time to play in the event as we adjust to our new normal.

I can’t say the event went without hiccups. We were planning on using Wizards’ event software and it turns out some features were locked, so we scrambled to find a solution before the tournament started. Between that, and a few technical difficulties as people got used to their setups, we had a late start. Thank you for not giving us too much of a hard time about it.

Deck representation

Some note-worthy observations:

Atog was the most represented deck (4), with all decks in the top half of standings, including 2 in Top 8.
BR Dreams Combo and Reanimator were the second-most represented, with 3 players each.
There were 2 copies in Reanimator in Top 8.
Dreams decks didn’t perform well, with all of them in the bottom 25%.
The Deck, UR Counterburn and Mono Black, Old School usual suspects, were not represented.

Prizes

We had prize cards for most creative and first through fourth. In addition, the person in first place could choose between an altered Unlimited Icy Manipulator or $33 in store credit at Multizone.ca. Second place would get the other. In addition, the best performing unpowered deck would get a set of Capital Chaos Power 9 proxies. Our prize recipients are:

Most Creative – Yannick B with Poisonous Lands
Best Unpowered – Pascal P with Mono U Aggro (21st in Swiss)
1st Place – Mark E with Esper Reanimator (Unlimited Icy Manipulator)
2nd Place – Eric DC with Initiates of the Juzam Hand ($33 at Multizone)
3rd Place – Drew L with Bant Midrange
4th Place – Will M with UWR CopyAtog

Drew and Mark faced off in the final round as the sole 5-0s, but despite that, Eric edged ahead on breakers by 0.05% on the third tie-breaker (opponent game percentage?).

Thank yous

There are lot of people to thank:

Everyone who played in the event and told their friends about it.
The folks from the Pestilence Open, who gave us tips on running a webcam tournament.
The folks from New England Old School and Geocities of Brass who lent us their Whereby rooms.
Multizone who did pairings and reporting for us so organizers could play.
Use coupon code CAPITALCHAOS for 10% off on their website.

Final standings and decklists

1st: Mark E — 4c Reanimator

2nd: Eric DC – Initiates of the Juzam Hand

3rd: Drew L – Bant Midrange

4th: Will M – UWR CopyAtog

5th: Michael W – UG Pump

6th: Mike F – Atog

7th: Patrick B – Esper Reanimator

8th: Thomas A – Grumpy.dec (BW Void)

9th: Ben K – WUB Derelor

10th: Karl KR – Montreal Robot Special

11th: Joshua J – Atog

12th: Christopher Z – Deadguy Rack

13th: Ryan K – UW Shops

14th: Joel B – UWR Atog

15th: Will P – NO DECKLIST

16th: James C – Dwarves and Derelors

17th: Dylan K – UWR Skies

18th: Jason B – RW Forkin’ Weenies

19th: Louis E – UR Vise Burn

20th: Marc F – Grixis Atog

21st: Pascal P – Mono U Aggro BEST UNPOWERED

22nd: Nolan B – BR Troll Disco UNPOWERED

23rd: Brian M – Candleshops

24th: Shane C – Esper Reanimator

25th: David D – Forkin’ Mono R UNPOWERED

26th: Andy B – BR Dreams Combo

27th: Abraham C – WG Midrange

28th: Kaelen M – BR Dreams Combo

29th: Ben R – The Tomb: Grixis Control

30th: Michael S – BR Dreams Combo

31st: Yannick B – Poisonous Lands MOST CREATIVE

32nd: Lucas A – NO DECKLIST

33rd: Kevin V – BG Fallen Elves

Capital Chaos Online Championship

Until Dazed and Fused-Con 2020 is rescheduled, we will be running an online tournament.

It will be a one-day event held over webcam. As with the previous event, the entry fees will go to the Ottawa Food Bank.

February 2020 Monthly – Event

We had a smaller contingent this week of 11 people as colds and flu ravaged players and even our original venue.

We played at a different Royal Oak location commonly used by Commander players so we were in good company of other Magic brothers and sisters.

Local rookie Matt G secured his first ever win with Dreams combo versus local legend, Dazed and Fused-Con winner, and Winter Blast 2020 winner, Jimmy D.

We had a sole mono-colored player, with most players going at least 3 colors.

That meant we got to see a lot of Control Magic…

…including this board state, topped off with Lorenzo F using their sweater as a playmat. Apparently, a later game included a Serendib Efreet passed around 6 times.

Going into the 3rd round, there were 3 2-0s.

But alas, only one was 3-0 going into the 4th round.

Patrick won vs. the pair down (Mono U) with a Turn 1 Juzam Djinn and wins the February Monthly with a 4-0 record. Congratulations!

Final standings

There will be no Challonge link this time because of drops in the last round. (Challonge doesn’t handle drops at all.)

1st: Patrick — 5c Good Stuff

2nd: Lorenzo — Grixis Troll Disco

3rd: Drew — 5c Good Stuff

4th: Michael — RB Dreams

5th: Kevin V — Erhnamgeddon

6th: Jason K — Mono U

7th: Ernest C — Grixis Rack

8th: Matt G — Grixis Dreams Combo

9th: Dylan K — Jeskai Skies

10th: Jimmy D — The Deck

11th: Jim W — Twiddlevault

January 2020 Monthly – Event

We had a small, but mighty showing of 12 people with one newbie joining us.

Some players went from brews to their faithful decks, while others did the opposite.

Louis’s BUG Trans-beast continued to make for interesting action pictures.

Dreams vs. Dreams (Mono B Midrange vs. BRu Dreams combo)

There were only 2 mono-color decks, which meant there were plenty of colorful Moxes around.

We saw some new faces at the top tables as top tier decks struggled against not-so-well-known archetypes.

In the final round, Drew’s 5c Good cards faced off against Andy’s Mono B Midrange.

In the end, Drew beat Andy in 3 games and wins the January Monthly with a 4-0 record. Congratulations Drew!

Final standings

Detailed standings on Challonge.

1st: Drew — 5c Good Cards

2nd: Patrick – 5c Good Cards

3rd: Dylan – UWR Skies

4th: Andy – Mono B Midrange

5th: Ricardo – BRu Dreams combo

6th: Louis – BUG Trans-Beast

7th: Lorenzo – Troll Disco

8th: Jimmy – The Deck
9th: Mike – UG Midrange

10th: Matt 2 – WR Aggro
11th: Jason – Mono B Weenie

12th: Matt 1 – UR Midrange

Dazed and Fused-Con 2020 – Announcement

Dazed and Fused-Con is postponed until further notice. For now, we will be running an online tournament.

Last year’s Dazed and Fused-Con helped bring new players to the community. We want to do it all over again, but better.

We will be playing in the basement of The Clocktower Brew Pub Glebe, 575 Bank Street, Ottawa. The area will only be used by the event and we will have a dedicated server.

There will be two organized events this year: Old School and Premodern. Proceeds will go to the Ottawa Food Bank.

Old school – Main event

Rounds: 6
Entry fee: $20 (all to charity)
Start time: 1pm (Registration at noon)
Banlist and rules: Eternal central
Prizes: Best Swiss finish (TBD), Spiciest deck (TBD)
Deck pictures are required. Send them to capitalchaosottawa@gmail.com
Bring a card worth ~$5 to be signed by all participants. Cards will be drafted in reverse Swiss order (ie.: last place picks first)

We expect there to be a 1 hour break between both events to have dinner.

Premodern – Bonus event

Rounds: 4
Entry fee: $10 (all to charity)
Start time: 8pm (Registration at 7:30pm)
Banlist and rules: Premodernmagic.com
Prizes: TBD
Deck pictures are required. Send them to capitalchaosottawa@gmail.com

If Premodern isn’t your bag, there will be plenty of space to continue playing whatever format you want.

Raffle

This year, we’ll be hosting a raffle where all proceeds go to charity. It will include Magic oddities, prints, gift cards and more. Tickets are expected to cost $2 each or 3 for $5.

Raffle time: Before Premodern event

Chaos Orb flip-off

We will running this event again this year. Pay $5 and flip a Chaos Orb successfully as many times in a row as you can. Whoever does it longest gets the prize (TBD).

Flip-off time: Before Premodern event

Registration

To help give us an idea of numbers, please say that you’re attending on the Facebook event.