@desolutionist That's one of the reasons I play Legacy nowadays and have almost no interest in Vintage, except for daily skimming TMD. Legacy actually has a variety of decks and player interaction.
If I'm not mistaken, don't those vintage cards disappear after said Ashiok vs Elspeth event has concluded?
I haven't liked BSC for a long time now, though I don't get much of a chance to play Vintage nowadays, so what do I know. The thing is, he's vulnerable to Dack Fayden, JTMS, and now Oko, three big planeswalkers that other blue decks could reasonably be playing. Not to mention STP.
I've always had good success eschewing Tinker entirely; my playstyle tends more towards hard control. Conversely, I can remember several times my opponent had Vault or Key in play, which I was able to ignore entirely because it did absolutely nothing on its own. But maybe this is just me.
Anyways, a suggestion you could try.
Has anyone thought about Horn of Greed? Seems like a natural inclusion, although I wouldn't know what to cut.
@aeonsovarius What do you think about Blightsteel over Sphinx for a Tinker target? If memory serves (last time I actually played with Tinker) the choice here is pretty metagame dependent, but just wondering if you'd considered it.
For the record, I play exclusively Legacy at the moment, because nobody plays Vintage in my area and MTGO leaves me cold.
But I like to watch old coots argue about cardboard rectangles, so I come here.
Everything that facilitates the things I don't like, and inhibits the things I do, is unfun, broken and format-warping.
Conversely, everything which facilitates the things I do like, and inhibits the things I don't, is fair, fun, interesting, and helps maintain Vintage MtG as a vibrant and strategically deep format.
@fsecco Yes, although not everyone wants to buy into digital cards.
@fsecco What else are we gonna do? It's not like there are actually any Vintage tournaments to play in. (Not where I live, at least.)