On October 29, 2017, the German Spellfire league held a TAV tournament. Eight top contenders battled it out for German Spellfire supremacy in Frankfurt!
The tournament was double-elimination format, with some unique house rules. Firstly, only cards from Third Edition and earlier are allowed. Secondly, realms could only be defended by champions of the same world. Besides these tweaks, the tourney followed official TAV rules.
Here are the results:
8th place - Thomas
7th place - Lukas
6th place - Red
5th place - Alex M.
4th place - Heribert
3rd place - Andi B.
2nd place - Alex P.
and the winner of the tournament...
1st place - Gib Ogni
The champion and second place participant each received fan-created promo cards as prizes. Some of these German promo cards are depicted below.
All participants had a ball and I have it on good authority that they plan to run a TAV tournament again next year. In 2018 they are planning to allow the Ruins & Runes booster set to be used in deck construction for the first time.
Here is the winning deck, constructed by Gib Ogni:
Ally (1):
RL/079 Loup-Garou, (+2)
Artifacts (5):
1st/218 Johydee's Mask, (GH)
3rd/157 Orb of Dragonkind, (GH/+4)
3rd/199 Ren's Crystal Ball, (GH)
AR/001 Wand of Orcus, (AD&D/+9)
FR/061 The Ring of Winter, (FR)
Cleric Spells (2):
3rd/358 Dispel Magic
FRc/01 Thrice Hearty Cup of Balder the Red
Events (10):
3rd/099 Cataclysm!
3rd/202 Slave Revolt!
3rd/312 Treasure
3rd/400 Calm
AR/054 Deflection
DLc/14 Takhisis's Mirror of Life Trapping
FR/004 Curse of Azure Bonds
FRc/02 Cold Cup of Calamity
GEP/007 The Great Transformation, (AD&D)
UD/022 Memory Moss
Magical Items (6):
1st/412 Scroll of 7 Leagues, (+7)
AR/020 Winged Boots, (+2)
AR/025 Rod of 7 Parts, Part 5, (+5)
FR/056 Vorpal Blade, (+3)
GEP/011 Potion of Grender Toughness, (AD&D)
UD/033 Helmet of Selnor
Realms (14):
1st/136 Irongate, (GH)
3rd/002 Menzoberranzan, (FR)
3rd/003 Ruins of Zhentil Keep, (FR/5)
3rd/117 The Horned Society, (GH)
3rd/122 Furyondy, (GH)
3rd/124 Temple of Elemental Evil, (GH)
3rd/135 The Scarlet Brotherhood, (GH)
3rd/136 Iron Hills, (GH)
3rd/139 Duchy of Tenh, (GH)
AR/092 Ancient Kalidnay, (DS)
AR/095 The Forest Ridge, (DS)
FR/017 Raurin, (FR)
GEP/001 Berlin, (AD&D)
UD/006 The Tripolar Triumvirate, (AD&D)
Wizard Spells (2):
FR/043 Limited Wish, (+1)
FR/046 Wish
Champions (15):
1stc/10 Delsenora, (AD&D/7)
1stc/13 Gib Htimsen, (AD&D/9)
1stc/17 Stryck, (AD&D/7)
1stc/22 Lovely Colleen, (AD&D/7)
3rd/167 Iuz the Evil, (GH/8)
3rd/172 Hettman Tsurin, (GH/2)
3rd/187 Nenioc, (GH/5)
3rd/196 Rangers of the Hornwood, (GH/4)
3rd/258 Rikus, (DS/6)
AR/081 Erital Kaan-Ipzirel, (GH/7)
FR/089 Helm, (FR/6)
PO/009 Davron Parscall, (DS/9)
PO/023 Lyr of the Mists, (GH/5)
PO/042 Lady of Fate, Avatar of Istus, (GH/16)
RL/088 Headless Horseman, (RL/4)
Congratulations to all the Spellfire players in Germany who organized and participated in this hugely successful TAV tournament!
Next time: Pour me some wine!
