After five weeks of grinding it out to get enough points to qualify for this tournament, these eight participants were able to acquire enough points to make it into the top 8 and battle it out to see who would reign supreme as the Caster Society Season 2 Champion.
This top 8 was set to be very interesting with multiple players making a repeat showing from the Season 1 championship as well as a few new faces. With top 8 set-up as a double-elimination bracket, it proved to be anyone’s game.
1st Place
Easton (PrimeTimeIndy) Evans’ Loveland Midrange
We once again seen the dominance of the Water archetype once the dust settled. Team Caster Society’s two players in the tournament had pulled a repeat finals performance from Season One, but this time in the finals Easton showed Tuffy who the baddest duck in the water is and once again took down yet another top 8.
Maindeck (41)
Beasties (15)
3 Water Baby Of Massacre Rock
2 Loveland Frogman
3 Loveland Mailman
3 Wallowa Lake Crustacean
2 Chessie
1 Flying Manta Ray
1 Oklahoma Octopus
Artifacts (2)
2 Mermaid Scales
Spells (5)
2 Bookmark
1 Index
1 New Years New Beginnings
1 Flood The Earth
Potions (9)
5 Lightning In A Bottle
4 Smokey Spirits
Aura (10)
10 Water Aura
Side Deck (15)
Beasties (2)
1 Wallowa Lake Crustacean
1 Chessie
Spells (9)
2 Land Tax
2 First Anniversary Celebration
3 Dampen
1 Flood The Earth
1 River Of Time
Potions (4)
1 Copy Cup
3 Toxic Water
2nd Place
Tuffy (Tuffy) Maggio’s Loveland Midrange
Maindeck (42)
Beasties (14)
2 Water Baby Of Massacre Rock
2 Loveland Frogman
3 Loveland Mailman
3 Wallowa Lake Crustacean
2 Chessie
1 Flying Manta Ray
1 Oklahoma Octopus
Spells (10)
2 Bookmark
2 Land Tax
1 Index
1 Feign Death
3 Tidal Pull
1 Flood The Earth
Potions (7)
4 Lightning In A Bottle
3 Smokey Spirits
Aura (11)
11 Water Aura
Side Deck (15)
Beasties (1)
1 Wallowa Lake Crustacean
Artifacts (1)
1 Potion Seller
Spells (5)
2 First Anniversary Celebration
2 Dampen
1 Flood The Earth
Potions (8)
1 Lightning In A Bottle
2 Copy Cup
3 Bubbling Brew
2 Toxic Water
3rd Place
Lawrence (Collect-The-Mindset) Bardelli’s Lightly Shmoos’n
One of the big surprises of the tournament is Lawrence (Collect-the-Mindset) Bardelli, who came into season 2 as a new player and ended up having a fantastic third place showing with a Light deck that splashes for Medford Shmoos. Lawrence definitely showed that his team (The Moose Knuckles) definitely put in some hard work and it payed off.
Maindeck (41)
Beasties (17)
2 Belled Buzzard
2 Headless Nun
5 Light Elemental
3 Dragon of Oconto Falls
2 Guardian Angel
3 Medford Shmoos
Artifacts (1)
1 Fountain Of Youth
Spells (11)
2 Bookmark
1 New Years New Beginnings
1 Powerup Red
1 Void Spell
1 Righteous Reckoning
1 Prism Beam
2 Banish
2 Water To Wine
Potions (2)
2 Anti-Potion Potion
Aura (10)
2 Prism Aura
1 Cosmic Aura
7 Light Aura
Side Deck (15)
Beasties (3)
1 Sam Sinclair
1 Weeping Black Angel
1 Adam Ackler
Artifacts (3)
1 Caster Center, MD
1 Trinity Amulet
1 Starlight Bloom
Spells (5)
1 New Beginnings.
1 Land Tax
1 Absorb Aura
1 Spectrum Shift
1 Dampen
Potions (4)
1 Anti-Potion Potion
3 Health Potion
4th Place
Andy (Laaaaaaaaandy) Oshiba’s Loveland Lockdown
Our fourth place caster is a Caster Society regular and can be seen at the top of the standings in every weekly tournament. His name is Andy (Laaaaaaaaandy) Oshiba and he finished the season in first place in the points standings with 1020 points. Andy showed how he definitely earned his spot in the top 8 by being absolutely dominant this season with multiple 4-0 weekly finishes. Andy played a classic version of Loveland Lockdown and proved that old Frogs don’t need to learn new tricks. Andy is a fantastic player and we’ll most certainly be seeing him at the top of the standings again!
Maindeck (40)
Beasties (8)
2 Loveland Frogman
2 Wallowa Lake Crustacean
2 Chessie
1 Flying Manta Ray
1 Oklahoma Octopus
Spells (11)
2 Bookmark
1 Powerup Red
2 Index
1 New Years New Beginnings
2 Flood The Earth
3 Dampen
Potions (10)
5 Lightning In A Bottle
5 Smokey Spirits
Aura (11)
11 Water Aura
Side Deck (15)
Beasties (8)
3 Loveland Mailman
3 Water Baby Of Massacre Rock
2 Wallowa Lake Crustacean
Spells (3)
3 Tidal Pull
Potions (4)
4 Toxic Water
5th-8th Place
Justin (Twisted) Dire’s Lightning Quetz
Team Southern Heat Collectibles showed up with one of Water’s least favorite matchups, and that’s Lightning! Knowing that a majority of the top 8 would be Water decks, bringing Quetz to the table is never a bad choice. They may have not taken the tournament by storm (yeah, we have puns here), but they showed exactly what metagaming is all about and one of the reasons why they deserved to be in this top 8.
Maindeck (40)
Beasties (12)
2 Metal Man of Alabama
2 Phantom Car
3 Dingbelle
1 Thunderbird
3 Quetzalcoatlus
1 Snipe
Artifacts (4)
2 Lightning Glass
2 Shock Aura
Spells (9)
2 Bookmark
2 Land Tax
1 New Beginnings.
1 Powerup Red
1 Feign Death
2 Tidal Pull
Potions (4)
4 Lightning In A Bottle
Terra (2)
2 Lightning Storm
Aura (9)
2 Prism Aura
7 Lightning Aura
Side Deck (15)
Beasties (4)
2 Wampus Cat
2 The Columbia River Sand Squink
Spells (9)
1 Feign Death
2 Dampen
2 Witchs Lightning
2 Lightning Split
2 E.M.P
Potions (2)
2 Toxic Water
5th-8th Place
Eric (Croast) Melin’s Lightning Quetz
Maindeck (40)
Beasties (12)
2 Metal Man of Alabama
2 Phantom Car
3 Dingbelle
1 Thunderbird
3 Quetzalcoatlus
1 Snipe
Artifacts (4)
2 Lightning Glass
2 Shock Aura
Spells (9)
2 Bookmark
2 Land Tax
1 New Beginnings.
1 Powerup Red
1 Feign Death
2 Tidal Pull
Potions (4)
4 Lightning In A Bottle
Terra (2)
2 Lightning Storm
Aura (9)
2 Prism Aura
7 Lightning Aura
Side Deck (15)
Beasties (4)
2 Wampus Cat
2 The Columbia River Sand Squink
Spells (9)
1 Feign Death
2 Dampen
2 Witchs Lightning
2 Lightning Split
2 E.M.P
Potions (2)
2 Toxic Water
5th-8th Place
Edward (pbmagnet4) Chalupa’s Torrential Loveland
One of the most interesting decks for this tournament is Edward (pbmagnet4) Chalupa’s Torrential River Loveland hybrid deck. Torrential River is an extremely powerful card and mixing that with Loveland Frogman is a recipe for some painful end-games and more value than a discount at a Family Dollar store.
Maindeck (43)
Beasties (13)
4 Water Baby Of Massacre Rock
2 Loveland Frogman
4 Wallowa Lake Crustacean
2 Chessie
1 Oklahoma Octopus
Artifacts (4)
2 Mermaid Scales
2 Megalodon Tooth
Spells (9)
1 New Beginnings.
1 Powerup Red
1 Flood The Earth
3 Torrential River
2 Dampen
1 River of Time
Potions (5)
2 Lightning In A Bottle
3 Toxic Water
Terra (2)
1 River.
1 Tiny Island
Aura (10)
10 Water Aura
Side Deck (15)
Beasties (3)
1 Chessie
2 Water Baby Of Massacre Rock
Artifacts (1)
1 1st Place Caster
Spells (5)
2 First Anniversary Celebration
1 Land Tax
1 Dampen
1 Flood The Earth
Potions (6)
4 Anti-Potion Potion
1 Lightning In A Bottle
1 Toxic Water
5th-8th Place
Evan (Evan) Melendez’s Snowy Snakes
Next up is a man that is known for his frosty appetite, and that’s Evan (Evan) Melendez. Evan showed up to the top 8 with the deck that he knows the best, Frost! Even is known to play the coldest deck in the format. Snow Snake is a fantastic Beastie in the Caster Society Season 2 format and Evan took full advantage of the Invisible snake’s type advantage against Water. Unfortunately he felt the bitter cold at the end, but Evan proved you don’t have to play Water to get to the top 8!
Maindeck (40)
Beasties (14)
6 Snow Snake
2 Waheela
6 A-Mi-Kuk
Spells (12)
1 New Years New Beginnings
1 Powerup Red
2 Bookmark
2 Land Tax
4 Icy Path
2 Winters Wrath
Potions (2)
2 Anti-Potion Potion
Aura (12)
12 Frost Aura
Side Deck (15)
Artifacts (2)
2 Eternal Snowflake
Spells (2)
2 Absorb Aura
Potions (11)
2 Anti-Potion Potion
4 Toxic Water
5 Bubbling Brew