ChaosCon Event Report

$2,553.46 was raised for the Ottawa Food Bank

We had 40 players joined us for the first ever ChaosCon. 39 players played 5 rounds of Old School (Boreal banlist) and 22 played 4 rounds of Premodern.

We had participants join us from Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa Valley, and had the chance to meet several Ottawans who’d never played Old School before.

The event sent $2,553.46 for the Ottawa Food Bank. With their purchasing power, this means feeding almost 15 families of 4 for a month.

Organizers’ musings

Our 40 mages at Clocktower Brew Pub

The morning-of, we learned that the Santa Claus Parade was shutting down the Bank Street from 11am to 1pm, and our tournament venue was smack dab in the middle of all of it. Thankfully, this was the only element of chaos and the rest of the event ran smoothly.

We hadn’t set a cap on the number of registrants. Luckily, the venue was perfect size for 40 people with enough room for prizes and getting around.

Prize table – Raffle

We are truly humbled by the Old School and Premodern communities’ interest, enthusiasm, and good vibes during the event. We appreciate everyone who came, who told their friends, and who will share their stories with others who will dig up their old Magic collections. Big thank you to those who helped on the day-of and those who donated prizes for the raffle and silent auction:

  • Drew Tucker (High Tide repaint)
  • Anson and Brenda Maddocks (signed prints)
  • Ken Meyer Jr. (signed prints)
  • Mario Murr (stamped and altered cards)
  • Eric Fletcher (proxies)
  • Philippe Arcand (premodern staples)
  • Michael Sean Morgan (mounted Hymn to Tourach)
  • Clocktower Brew Pub (gift card)
  • Matt Garcia (oversized Guardian Beast)
Prize table – Silent auction (Credit: Jason Keays)

Top spice (Old School)

Fork on Drain Life (Credit: Jason Keays)

ChaosCon was not the tournament where you’d find North America’s spiciest Old School decks. Perhaps Ottawa is more of a “hold on the ground black pepper, please” kind of place.

  1. Louis Emond – Rainbow Diamond
  2. Brian Bogdon – Troll Reanimator
  3. Laura Wilkinson – Forkin’ Goblins
  4. Raymond Mitchell – Soul Singing Control

Top 4 (Old School)

Montreal’s “Moulin à farine” (flour mill) is online (Credit: Jason Keays)
  1. Drew Lennon – 5-color Good stuff
  2. Brian Bogdon – Troll Reanimator
  3. Richard Hoaen – Shops
  4. Paul Goertz – Erhnam Burn ’em

Top 4 (Premodern)

Wellwisher and Priest of Titania putting in work (Credit: Jason Keays)
  1. Brian Bogdon – Reanimator
  2. Raymond Mitchell – Survival Elves
  3. Joel Bowers – Threshgeddon (He must have read the primer.)
  4. Josh Rider – Parfait Oath

Old School decks

Mono-black decks were the most popular deck in the tournament (6 players). Even with allowing players proxies, there were few players who played top decks thanks to them.

Because we limited the tournament to 5 rounds, it was possible there would be more than one 5-0. In both tournaments, the paired down X-0 going into the last round lost. This meant Drew Lennon from Ottawa was the sole 5-0 at the end of the tournament. Well deserved, Drew!

Drew Lennon (5-0)
Brian Bogdon (4-1)
Richard Hoaen (4-1)
Paul Goertz (4-1)
Joe Skrepnek (4-1)
Josh Rider (4-1)
Alexandre Dumas (4-1)
Jason Keays (4-1)
Benjamin Burke (3-2)
Chris McGuire (3-2)
Simon Gaudreault (3-2)
Mason Wong (3-2)
Brian Wilkinson (3-2)
Alistair Ingram (3-2)
Brendan Yeats (3-2)
Benoit Seveno (3-2)
Lorenzo Foroni (3-2)
Eric Do Couto (3-2)
Benjamin Gadoua (3-2)
Bruno Globensky (3-2)
Matt Parker (2-3)
Raymond Mitchell (2-3)
Peter Soltesz (2-3)
Pascal Piché (2-3)
Andy Dolan (2-3)
Zachary Hammond (2-3)
Laurence Boulanger (2-3)
Joel Bowers (2-3)
Mike Lorette (2-3)
Chelsea Mack (2-3)
Louis Emond (2-3)
Eddie Riche (1-4)
John Pinck (1-4)
Laura Wilkinson (1-4)
Samuel Beaudry (1-4)
Philippe Arcand (1-4)
Dylan Kibbee (1-4)
Kevin Vanier (1-2 drop)
Taylor Graf (0-5)

Premodern decks

UG Madness and Stiflenought decks were the most represented, each piloted by 3 players each. Four rounds with 22 people meant it was possible there would be two 4-0s. Fortunately for prizing purposes, but unfortunately for the player, the 3rd 3-0 lost their pair-down in the last round.

Brian Bogdon, a seasoned reanimator from Toronto, wins it. Congratulations!

Brian Bogdon (4-0)
Raymond Mitchell (3-1)
Joel Bowers (3-1)
Josh Rider (3-1)
John Pinck (3-1)
Laurence Boulanger (3-1)
Kevin Vanier (3-1)
Brendan Yeats (2-2)
Joe Skrepnek (2-2)
Patrick Burt (2-2)
Philippe Arcand (2-2)
Brian Wilkinson (2-2)
Jason Keays (2-2)
Taylor Graf (2-2)
Eric Do Couto (1-3)
Matt Parker (1-3)
Chris McGuire (1-3)
Eddie Riche (1-3)
Laura Wilkinson (1-3)
Richard Hoaen (1-1 drop)
Chelsea Mack (0-4)
Zachary Hammond (0-2 drop)

One thought on “ChaosCon Event Report

  1. I just noticed 3 monoblack deck run 4 copies of Initiates of the Ebon Hand

    This is the new hot tool for monoblack in old school. It’s really good. I credit it with my good score.

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