{"id":1571,"date":"2019-11-14T14:54:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T12:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2019-11-14T15:43:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T13:43:52","slug":"report-from-the-2019-northern-swedish-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/report-from-the-2019-northern-swedish-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Report from the 2019 Northern Swedish Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anton Glans is back on the blog, this time with a report from “Norrlandsm\u00e4sterskapen i Premodern” (the Northern Swedish Championships), which he organized in October. Cheers! \/ Martin<\/em><\/p>\n

The Northern Swedish Championships, first edition<\/h2>\n

In \u00d6rnsk\u00f6ldsvik\u2014the small town in northern Sweden where I’m from\u2014Legacy is perhaps the most played Eternal format. However, we do also have an awesome play group of Vintage, 93\/94 Old School and Premodern players. \u00d6rnsk\u00f6ldsvik has thrown the Norrland (the northernmost region in Sweden) Championship in Legacy the last 5\u20136 years. Historically we\u2019ve gathered 35\u201345 players for that tournament, and lately, people from the southern parts of Sweden have traveled to fight for a chance of the eternal glory of the North, too. This year, we thought we\u2019d make a weekend out of it with Legacy on Saturday and Premodern on Sunday. Since we planned three months ahead, we had time to gather a really cool prize pool. I got a hold of various Premodern boosters and Joel Grenehed grabbed a super sweet signed Recurring Nightmare<\/a> playmat at the Magic Fest in Ghent. Last but not least, Tobias Hedlund, who is a woodshop teacher, crafted an epic trophy for the occasion. The winner would also get a Powder Keg<\/a> signed by all players.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The prizes (click to enlarge)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

We ended up with 12 players. Even though not grand in numbers, the players in this community are really awesome, and the fun and friendly atmosphere really exceeded anything we could expect. We went for four rounds of Swiss followed by a top 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Game on!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The tournament<\/h2>\n

What follows is more of a tournament report from the perspective of me as a player rather than an organizer.<\/span><\/p>\n

I hadn\u2019t decided what to play but I had a few decks to choose from. I let two friends borrow one each, and of course they\u2019d get to choose first. They decided to go for Suicide Black and UW Standstill respectively. I thought there would be a lot of combo and control, and thus I wanted aggro more represented, so once more this year I chose to play Biorhythm Elves<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The meta breakdown for the day was as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n