This seems to only apply to leagues, and since WotC won't give us those, then this doesn't really change anything for Vintage.

I don't know, the guy is still just a 4/4. That doesn't seem too impressive on its own. Remember that Myr guy that cost 2 if you played a spell? That never saw play and that was a 5/6. I think we need to be doing a lot more than putting 4/4's on the battlefield to make it viable in this format. Casual all star for sure though.

This is better than Keranos, right? Even for 1 more mana, this seems better, though indestructible is pretty nice. Keranos does have the benefit of not requiring anything to gain value. This god requires draw spells in hand or a crap ton of mana. I agree that this guy goes well with Jace and Dack, but at that point you've probably won the game anyway.

It will compete with all the other colorless lands, but the effect is certainly playable. Perhaps better than Tormod's in Workshop decks?

Unrestrict everything! Let's see what happens! Exciting!!

@diophan thanks for the data and write up.

I can't believe I have to do this:

(Hypothetical scenario for a future Vintage Challenge metagame report)*

Wow, Shops really showed up this week. 4 decks in the top 8, best showing in a while. Looks like 3 of them have now adopted [insert name of artifact now being played] and it worked to fight all the Combo decks going around as they had a 70% win rate compared to previous decks not running that card when they had a 48% win rate. I wonder what Combo will do now to fight back? Will they play more of [insert artifact hate card]?

Gee, that was really difficult!!

Pretty cool card. A 2/3 body for 3 isn't great, but in corner cases a Crucible that attacks is pretty good. I'd say that this is easier to remove, but these days there is the same, if not more, artifact removal instead of creature removal. Being a Naga Cleric doesn't help Cavern decks, so I hesitate to see a good fit right away. Noble Fish probably just would prefer jamming True-Name at the 3 drop spot instead of this.

What implies a "broad consensus"? How does anyone formulate a "broad consensus"? These are challenges that are likely more difficult for WotC to obtain than their current method to determine when/if a restriction is necessary.

@tribet that about 65 cards within what I thought up when making my original post. Did you consider Ballista over spellbomb? How often did you win through Mentor beats instead of Salvagers combo? Was Salvagers worth it over just playing another Mentor and tuning it towards pushing Mentor?