REPORT of RESULTS
The 4th annual Old School Magic Summer Derby is in the books! This year’s event saw a record-shattering 258 participants, representing 20 countries (Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States) and at least 55 regional Old School clubs spread across 15 different time zones around the world. Over the span of six weeks, we played roughly 981 matches of Old School Magic via webcam.
While entry fees were not collected and the Derby series will always remain free to play, we did encourage donations at registration to support Partners in Health, a global nonprofit dedicated to providing a preferential option to the poor in health care. Thanks to contributions from many of the players and $1,200 in matching funds from an anonymous member of the Old School community, I am humbled to report that we raised a total of $3,505.19 in support of Partners in Health’s COVID-19 response efforts around the world.
The Derby series rotates between different 93/94 format variants every six months. Past Derby events have used the Swedish, Eternal Central, Atlantic, and Pacific B&R lists. This instance of the Summer Derby was played using the Atlantic 93/94 B&R list, allowing the full range of original art/old card frame re-prints (Revised, 4th/Chronicles, CE/IE, FBB/FWB, etc.).
Pairings were released in two batches in late June and early July, with all participants asked to schedule and play eight individual matches in about four weeks. After the batches were completed, we cut to Top 16 and played out a single-elimination bracket. The Summer Derby Finals were played on Sunday, August 9th, and featured returning Summer Derby finalist Pez Unholy (USA) on 5C Lion/Dib Burn versus David Third of the Sisters of the Flame (USA, representing the United Kingdom) on The Deck.
After all was said and done, David Third took the match 3-2, and was named the Summer Derby Champion for 2020! Congratulations to David and the Sisters of the Flame, to all of the Top 16 finalists, and thank you, again, to all of the players who participated. Thanks very much to our “official” streaming partners for the Top 16 — Rich Bourque, Andy Baquero, Thomas Meddens/Timmy Talks, Simon Rokkjær, Jed Locsin, and Muckystar! And special thanks must also go out once again to the inimitable Antonio Rodríguez for designing the Derby series logo and Summer Derby banner, and Mattias “Slanfan” Berggren for developing a bespoke “batch pairings” tool for use in tournaments of this format, making it much, much easier to process the results of literally one thousand matches behind the curtain. The Derby series has become a fun semi-annual celebration for the international Old School Magic scene, and these contributions and the cooperation of all of the players goes a long way toward making it possible.
For anyone interested in future events, or just trying out webcam Old School Magic for the first time, please consider joining our online community of players! People are always looking for pick-up games in our Facebook group and in the #down-to-play channel on the Old School Discord.
PLAYER REPORTS and COVERAGE
The Spice Files: 2020 Summer Derby — Beasts of the Bay
Summer Derby 2020 — A Tournament Report by Sister David Third
Summer Derby 2020 – Wet Dreams — Jeff White, Quest for the Shark
Summer Derby 2020 — Åland, A bitter perspective on Old School Mtg
Testing Common Advice — Jon Dittert, Pups McGee
All Tings Considered Episode 123: Jeff White and Adam Lemke
All Tings Considered Episode 125: Jeff Liu
Simon Says: DOS 5.0 and Summer Derby — Simon and Henrik (from 20:00)
Top 8 Match: (4) Russo vs VanDyke (12) — cast by Rich Bourque
Batch II Match: David Third vs John Sexton — cast by Andy Baquero
STANDINGS AFTER BATCH PAIRINGS
TOP 16 DECK PHOTOS
9-16th Place: John Sexton (16)
9-16th Place: Ole Rustad (15)
9-16th Place: Peter Fryland (13)
9-16th Place: Jed Locsin (9)
9-16th Place: Richard Stebbing (7)
9-16th Place: Ron Dijkstra (6)
9-16th Place: Jason Pare (5)
9-16th Place: Michael Scheffenacker (3)
5-8th Place: Thomas Hamilton (14)
5-8th Place: Michael Angelo Russo (4)
5-8th Place: Nicolas Imwinkelried (2)
5-8th Place: Jeff Anand (1)
3-4th Place: Mike VanDyke (12)
3-4th Place: Shawn Sullivan (10)
2nd Place: Pez Unholy (8)
1st Place: David Third (11)
ALL DECK PHOTOS
(alphabetical order by first name)
A. Wade
Aaron Palaian
Aaron Steele
Adam Jourdan
Adam Lemke
Adam Merkado
Agus Arbol
Akos Czibere
Albert Berg
Alessandro Ferraris
Alex Smyk
Alistair Ingram
Andres Hojman
Andrew Lyons
Andrew Walker
Andy Blaufarb
Anne Joldersma
Arnaud Avenel
Audun Døssland
Aurelien Thery
Ben Katz – “Power Initiates” 
Ben Revell
Ben Steiger
Ben Twitchen
Benjamin Van Leerberghe
Brett Attmore
Brian Bogdon
Brian Durkin
Brian Espinoza
Brian Limbacher – “Serving Honey and Eggs for the Legends”
Brian Vegso
Bryan Manolakos
Byron Seabolt
Cam Roberts
Charles Klein
Charles McFadden
Chris Adcock
Chris DiRico
Chris George
Chris Taylor
Christian Reinhard
Christopher Mason
Clifford Mathieson
Constantine Prishvitsin
Cory Hanson
Craig Winzer
D. Scott Brauner
Dakota Martinez
Daniel Anschutz
Daniel Braun
Darin Howard
Dave Firth Bard
Dennis Bendixen
Didier Clain
Dominic Beaudry
Don Perrien
Douglas McMahon
Duncan Devlin
Duncan Purves
Edwin Tracy
Eric Do Couto – BW Martyrs
Eric Martin
Erik Johnson
Erik Olstad
Erik Östman
Florian von Bredow
Frederique Lafoux
Gabe Farkas – “NovaWisp Pillow Fort v2.0”
Gaetan Zell
Galen Lemei
Geoff Matteson
Geoffrey Walker
Gerard Siatkowski
Gijsbert Haaksman
Gordon Fjeldsted
Greg Titcomb
Gregor Sammsa
Guillaume Ettori
Henk Willemse
Henning Østergaard
Henrik Storm
Hugo Borges
Ian Braun
Jacob Braun
Jakob Lager
James Lebak
James Onions
James Rosenblum
Jared Doucette
Jared Kohler
Jason Beaupre
Jason Dorman
Jason Keays
Jason Schwartz
Jason Seaman
Jason Smart
JC Saavedra
Jeff Dehnhardt
Jeff Grasso
Jeff Liu – “Dancing Lords / Footloose”
Jeff Watkins
Jeff White
Jeffrey Kolowith
Jeremiah Mohr
Jeremy Fraile
Jesse Laidlaw
Jimmy Locatelli
João Moreira
Joe Becica
Joel Bowers
John Grudzina
John McNulty
Jon Dittert
Jon Revell
Jon Tschida
Jonas Twitchen
Jordan Berg
Jordan Boyle
Joseph Taylor
Julien Raeis
Justin Flynn
Justin Iskra
Kaider Sheen
Karl Akbari
Karl Hagan
Karl Rivest Harnois
Karl Wood
Kenneth Fritz
Kevin Vanier
Kyle Larson – “Enchantress #2”
Laurence Boulanger
Laurent Rippert
Levi Baumgardner
Lucas Glavin
Lucas Kunce
Malte Wanner
Manuel Martinic
Marc Flore
Marc Lunde
Mark Evaldi
Mark Jonovitch
Martin Erne
Matt Guido
Matt Harper
Matt Mucci
Matthew Messa
Matthew Simon
Michael Austerlitz
Michael Simpson
Mikael Johansson
Mike Frantz
Mike Keith
Mike Kukovec
Mike McLaughlin
Mitch Carson
Nate Gates
Nick Fox
Nicolai Herring Rasmussen
Nicolas Goles
Noah Keating
Olga Dushina – BR Khabál Valley
Øyvind Skattum Vesteng
Parker Schaffel
Pascal Martin
Patrick Burt
Patrick Quinn
Paul DeSilva
Paul Fiero
Paul Kovalov
Paul Marshall
Pete Lankering
Peter Dentith
Peter Simpson
Philip Böhm
Phillip Collier
Quinn Maurmann
Rad Hazard
Rajah James – “The Trap ’94”
Rémi Ouellette
Rich Bourque
Richard Veenman
Rob Hackney
Robert Bowles
Robert Wilson
Robert Wyatt
Robin Hoholm
Robin Lundh
Robin Van der Sluijs
Rodrigo Garcia da Silva
Rubens Campana
Ryan Gresco
Ryan Keach
Ryan O’Burke
Ryan Rudolph
Sadie Wade
Sammy Haghour
Saul Clayman
Scathezombie Stu
Scott Bradley
Seth Roncoroni
Shane Mccandlish
Shaun Augeri
Shawn Pake
Simon Gauti Rokkjær
Stan Sterkendries
Taylor Quail
Thilo Herzog
Thomas Ashby
Thomas Ribet
Thomas Sutherland Borja
Tim Moran
Tino Galizio
Tobias Mieth
Tom Swindell
Tomas Bjørkhaug
Tyler Carden
Tyson Taylor
Valerio Gregori
Viacheslav Ivanov
Vicente Romero
Vincent DeVito
Will Magrann
Will Reddy
William Berry
William Parshall
Wouter Jansen
Yanick Blanchet
Zach Mabe
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