No.

The lock pieces are not strong enough to consistently contain any of the blue decks and you will be at a severe disadvantage against the aggro-MUD decks, eldrazi, and Dredge.

This is amazing! I echo the sentiment of a monthly thread being better. I am curious if a 'unique players' field would be a significant investment? It would be interesting as a sort of 'normalizer'.

@joshuabrooks said in [XLN] Sorcerous Spyglass:

I haven't gotten a chance to test it yet, but the fact that everyone seems to be so quiet about it, and few people are testing it on MTGO, makes me mighty suspicious it will be a champs breakout.

Or it's a dud. It's definitely no Thorn of Amethyst.

City of Traitors isn't a land. It's a colorless dark ritual that costs a land drop and sometimes sticks around.

@dunnydee said in Dredge Sideboarding Tactics:

One thing I've noticed about trimming dredgers game 2&3 is that I generally like to keep in my golgari thugs. If you happen to cast one you can attack while threatening his deathtrigger to recur your ingot chewers or wispmare. Surprisingly just a 1/1 creature can be very a relevant threat in a game where your opponent keeps a hand of all graveyard hate, that's why Hollow ones and anglers are so popular now.

I have lost a shameful amount of games to hardcast Narcomeobas. I think the hard part is for the Dredge player to know when to shift gears.

@themonadnomad This is my experience as well. It's an interesting non-permanent mana source, but most shops decks are looking for more consistent ways of ramping mana instead of a quick way of going over the top.

It's a great card if you're building a shops-combo deck, though.

That 7th place shops list is insane. No wastelands? Walking Ballista in the sideboard? Maindeck Snare Thopter?!

I would like to preface this post with the clarification that I believe that no one is entitled to information gathered, created, or otherwise earned by another party.

That being said, I think there is a utilitarian argument to be made about the openness of ideas in our archetype. If I take the time to explain to a newer player how to play around Vintage prison effects, that undeniably hurts my EV at some level for some number of games, matches, and tournaments. However, that good will is almost necessary for our format to grow (or even maintain itself, at this point) and is the spirit of this thread.

I can understand the frustration @Prospero must feel at facing down a lucky player with an identical 75 he developed, just as I can understand how @Will is reluctant to share specific info that he may not have sole responsibility for developing. Especially now that we're about a month away from Champs, I can see the perspective of avoiding offering ANY kind of help to any player that could threaten your title run. However, at some point, collectively, we should throw people a bone.

"How does Ratchet Bomb work for people against Paradoxical Outcome?"
"Should I play Foundry Inspector over bigger robots?"
"How do I beat Tinker?"
"What the hell is Mortarpod doing in this sideboard?"

At some point, these have to be safe questions to answer. Should we work to refine this thread? Are the questions being posed too broad?

@will Do you have any interest in posting a specific example or anecdote or two per your points? That seems like it would be particularly valuable for newer shops pilots, whereas now the advice is fairly generic.