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  [Free Article] The Little Juggernaut That Couldn't
  • ajfirecracker

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  @socialite said:

  @ChubbyRain It was huge for a while, after Bomberman faded out - not so much, that was my point.

  I played you at champs in round 8 - you were on Dragon.

  I also wouldn't call their dismissal foolish, there's just far superior options regardless of meta (opinion, but their lack of wide spread adoption speaks volumes).

  In 2016 though, there are at least 6 hits for Salvagers on TCDecks. That's not including the Asian Championships or a 32-person event in PA in which I came in second with Kelly Oath. The lack of widespread play has much more to do IMO with other factors (difficulty of play, inability to play on MTGO, player preference, metagame considerations) than 'far superior options regardless of meta'. Obviously Nakamura and Brian Kelly, felt so...

  Also, I remember you. And I don't recommend playing Dragon for 17 rounds during Eternal Weekend

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  Vintage Start out.
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  @Eternally_Blue Wonderful! Always great to get more players.

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  Vintage 101: Time to Golem
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  I wrote a similar comment in the restriction thread and I agree with you 100%. This restriction had more to do with the type of deck they want to be powerful rather than actual % of the field. Similarly, I think they were actually being honest when they wanted Chalice restricted because "we want people to be able to play their moxen" - just like LSG is now on the restricted list for creating too many non-interactive games.

  Where this leaves the metagame post-LSG restriction remains to be seen. I suspect that, without a fair number of shops decks to keep explosive combo decks and gush decks in check, we are likely to see another restriction necessary from the emerging decks...

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  TMD Twitch, streaming live!
  • Brass Man

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  For the record I am not great with computers and I figured out how to stream with obs very quickly.
  If you have issues just ask someone!

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  [Free Article] You Were Too Good, Lodestone Golem
  article • • GrandpaBelcher

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  I liked this one, as usual. But you and batterman beat me to publication!!!

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  Streaming
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  Live sanctioned Vintage FNM (once a month) this Friday 8pm at

  http://www.twitch.tv/tuskvision

  past broadcasts archived to YouTube

  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVRxCfafLshubkZrdaxxIw
  

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  [Premium Article] The 2016 Vintage Checklist
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  Talking Vintage on MNM tonight!
  podcast • • darkr3x

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  @DeaTh-ShiNoBi Do want to point out that WoTC doesn't directly profit from the VSL anymore (nor any other SL if I recall correctly). It's supported by a Patreon that goes directly to Randy.

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  [Free Article] Shadows Over Vintage
  article • • GrandpaBelcher

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  @themonadnomad said:

  I initially thought your "Shadows Over Vintage" was speaking to the dark conspiracy whereby certain, shadowy individuals are manipulating the Vintage format via VSL bitching and shops-oppressive restrictions ...

  Not what I expected -- but it was great as set review!

  That's tomorrow's article!

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  Why Mishra’s Workshop, Lodestone Golem, and the Status Quo in Vintage are Necessary
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  @Protoaddct The deck would survive Lodestone restriction, but might not be top tier. I highly doubt it would be playable with only 1 Mishra's Woorkshop. I've been wrong before

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  Vintage 101: With Great Power...
  • Islandswamp

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  @Islandswamp Thanks for the input. Looking forward i think adding 1-2 Mentors is the way to go. Not only diversifying threats but also just adding them is important. As i'm often controlling the opponent but have no threats to end the game.

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  [Free Article] Fair and Broken
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  @wappla Great article, as always. I'm not sure if you haven't written for a while or if I just kept missing your articles but either way, I'm happy to read them again.

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  [Free Podcast] So Many Insane Plays 51 - Q1 2016 Metagame Update
  podcast • • CHA1N5

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  Excellent job!

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  VSL: Vintage Super League Discussion
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  I would enjoy a season of VSL where the participants can play any day for any of their matches. Locking people in to a deck for a portion of the season leads to weird inbred metagaming which doesn't necessarily represent real Vintage.

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  In Defense of Mishra's Workshop
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  @Aaron-Patten It's not that Blue is any more a threat than anything else. It's just that, given the enormous power level of the core Blue cards that you run in Vintage, anything you print on that level just gets run along side them. Let's say they printed a black spell that did something horribly broken like, I dunno, regrow your entire graveyard. That would just get slotted in right next to the existing blue shells, don't you think? (P.S. Yes, this is a joke. )

  Dredge and Shops are awesome because they are fundamentally incompatible with the Blue spells. I mean, sure, sometimes you see someone jam blue in a shops or dredge list, but not often and (usually) not successfully. They represent a way to play Vintage on a whole different axis.

  Bottom line: they lead to a more fundamental form of format diversity than we would see if every deck started with half of its cards determined by the Reserve List. I'm sure a lot of people would enjoy the Oath v. Storm v. Tezz v. Mentor metagame. But, it feels elitist for people to say that there should be no other options.

  @fsecco said:

  I just want to point out that, right before Chalice of the Void's restriction, everybody was also saying that the Vintage metagame was the most healthy they've ever seen. So what is it? Now or before CotV?

  Why can't it be both? I think the meta was great before and after precisely because hitting Chalice didn't cripple shops. It just shifted it around a bit.

  Now, it DID cripple hatebear.dec, but that's another grumbly story...

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  My Vintage Adventures: GP Melbourne Report
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  Really enjoy reading these, and I like the small touch of adding pictures for decklists and sideboarding etc. Looking forward to more!

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  Vintage 101: Strategic Complexity
  article • • Islandswamp

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  @igooazoo No problem. Any time. Each week to be exact.

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  PK Fire - a Report/Primer
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  Please consider breaking out the "Business" sections of your decklists. Years of reading decklists has trained me that at least separating creatures makes for greatly improved readability.

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  [Free Podcast] Serious Vintage 25 - How Bad Are We?
  podcast • • GrandpaBelcher

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  Just started listening to this podcast, this was my second episode and I thought it was terrific. Very insightful and helpful.