http://www.gatheringmagic.com/natmoes-040616-you-were-too-good-lodestone-golem/
Here's my brief overview of the Lodestone Golem restriction. I tried to keep a level head about things despite being frustrated with how the process appears to have gone.
Vintage landed hard on Cleveland, Ohio, last weekend. I'm sure some were dredging Christmas decorations up from the basement or doing their holiday shopping, while, paradoxically, some angry rogues were swearing mild oaths at the weather, recently turned cold and colorless. (Did that get everyone? Doesn't matter. I Mar-do what I want.)
Anyway, 14 hale and hardy gamers braved the early winter rain to come to Cleveland on December 1 and throw down in an exclusive Team Serious invite-only event. We had several bow out due to illness, and two (Jake Hilty and Steve Sasala) had alternating schedules and so shared the same Mardu Hatebears list, for a total of 13 decks in the metagame. There were mana cookies and burrito delivery, and the Jaeger and (ugh) Malort flowed like wine.
Commentary on the Twitch stream was provided by Andy "Brass Man" Probasco and Jimmy "The Allcat" McCarthy, an there was plenty of Middle School and Old School between rounds. We got the videos on YouTube so viewers can enjoy!
After five rounds of Swiss, a tie-breaker round to finish the top four, and the two elimination rounds, one player stood above the rest: Frank Singel, playing Lands.
Frank is now the second two-time winner of a Team Serious Invitational!
1. Frank Singel - Lands
2 Bayou
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Bojuka Bog
3 Dark Depths
1 Forest
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Glacial Chasm
1 Karakas
1 Maze of Ith
4 Riftstone Portal
1 Savannah
1 Strip Mine
1 Taiga
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
4 Thespian's Stage
1 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
2 Wooded Foothills
3 Ancient Grudge
1 Chalice of the Void
2 Crop Rotation
4 Exploration
2 Manabond
1 Fastbond
4 Life from the Loam
2 Mental Misstep
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
3 Null Rod
Sideboard
1 Abrupt Decay
2 Assassin's Trophy
1 Chains of Mephistopheles
1 Crop Rotation
4 Dark Confidant
2 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Nature's Claim
2 Stony Silence
2. Steve McGrew - Paradoxical Outcome
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Monstary Mentor
1 Snapcaster Mage
4 Paradoxical Outcome
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Repeal
4 Force of Will
3 Preordain
2 Night's Whisper
1 Brainstorm
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Dig Through Time
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
3 Mox Opal
2 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
2 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Underground Sea
1 Tundra
2 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Library of Alexandria
Sideboard
3 Tormod's Crypt
1 Karakas
2 Containment Priest
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Fragmentize
2 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
2 Flusterstorm
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
3. Adam Yurchick - Paradoxical Outcome
4 Paradoxical Outcome
1 Dig Through Time
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Mind's Desire
1 Timetwister
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Snapcaster Mage
4 Force of Will
1 Flusterstorm
2 Repeal
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Preordain
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Night's Whisper
1 Time Walk
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
4 Mox Opal
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
Sideboard
2 Island
1 Karakas
2 Mystic Remora
2 Flusterstorm
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Defense Grid
3 Tormod's Crypt
4. Justin Waller - BUG
3 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Strip Mine
3 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
3 Wasteland
1 Island
3 Deathrite Shaman
1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Assassin's Trophy
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
1 Mana Drain
4 Mental Misstep
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Night's Whisper
1 Ponder
3 Preordain
1 Thoughtseize
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Black Lotus
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Null Rod
Sideboard
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Assassin's Trophy
2 Energy Flux
1 Flusterstorm
2 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Nature's Claim
1 Null Rod
1 Wasteland
13 players
5 Blue
1 BUG Control
2 Paradoxical Outcome
2 Oath (1 Archon, 1 Tyrant)
2 Shops
1 Ravager MUD
1 Two-Card Monte
2 Aggro
1 Mardu Hatebears
1 Colorless Eldrazi
2 Dredge
1 Creeping Chill and Lotleth Giant
1 Dredge & Dragons
1 Lands
1 Ravnica Rogue Combo (Oops All Spells)
Thanks to everyone who came out and participated! We'll have more Invitationals in the future, and look out for Team Serious Open announcements here on The Mana Drain starting in the new year!
After a long hiatus due to staffing issues, for episode 32, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) talk about Guilds of Ravnica.
Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:
02:24 – How Cards Are Made
09:03 – Listener Questions on GRN
32:10 – Lunch and Dinner in Seattle
38:38 – Invert // Invent and Being an Editor
Total runtime: 46:44
For episode 36, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) are joined by Erin Campbell (@OriginalOestrus) to talk about a bunch of fun Vintage topics including the importance of the community, the Vintage Super League, Dredge, and Two-Card Monte. She also helps us depart a little from our usual “discerning” food-and-drink discussion to a more “picky” angle.
Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:
00:27 – Erin and the Vintage Community
33:20 – Preparing to Crush the VSL
40:28 – Nat Hate Drafts Onions
Full runtime – 1:03:53
We're also selling shirts, with multiple colors and styles to choose from. Last time (three years ago) we used the profits to upgrade mics and some of our live Magic streaming equipment!
@tittliewinks22 said in [Article] Information Cascades in Magic:
If the game is so bad why play it?
There have been a number of people through the years where I've wondered why they play Vintage instead of another format, or even Magic instead of another game. I think some people actually enjoy complaining.
For episode 35, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) talk about Lands (the deck, not the card type) with Frank Singel, winner of the recent Team Serious Invitational.
http://www.eternalcentral.com/serious-vintage-episode-35-frank-tsi-steveland-and-lands-in-vintage/
Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:
00:28 – Frank Singel: Landing Hard on Vintage
33:20 – A Time Vault Tangent
40:28 – Holiday Foods
Full runtime – 0:54:37
Greetings from the virtual realm! Since no one's allowed to interact in person, we decided to host a Team Serious Invitational online with (hopefully) similar amounts of fun, camaraderie, and drinking.
On Friday, to kick things off, I hosted MTG Pub Quiz covering Magic: The Gathering trivia of all kinds, including movies with Magic card titles, remembering 1993, and drinking with Team Serious. A fun time was had by all, and congratulations to jonhammack (Jon Hammack), gloriouswolfman (Kaleb Woodward), and angui_82 (Fernando Anguiano) for a commanding 62 to 50 to 49 to 47 victory. They started hot in the Magic category and even identified a random drink I pulled from Jaco's Twitter feed by name!
On Saturday, we opened the tournament. We had 24 players representing at least six countries, five rounds of Swiss, and a cut to top eight. Plenty of companions throughout the event, including seven in the knockout rounds, one deck alternating between two of them. It looked hairy as we had thought playing the entire tournament via webcam in Discord would work, but five minutes into the event Discord had other ideas. Players were quick to react and we soon had games proceeding in Discord DMs, over Zoom, and even through Cockatrice.
In the end, Zias won using Shops Vines and no companion. Thanks to everyone who played, especially those in different time zones, and congratulations to the finalists. Thanks especially to Brass Man for the inspiration, as well as for hosting and commenting from his stream. Thanks also to Jimmy McCarthy, Jerry Yang, Tyler Etters, and others for helping players figure out their webcam setups and other options.
If you want to watch the coverage, it's available on Twitch from Brass Man!
1. Zias (Greg Hughes) - Shops Vines
2 Wasteland
4 Serum Powder
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Hollow One
4 Stonecoil Serpent
4 Ancient Tomb
1 Black Lotus
4 Walking Ballista
4 Vengevine
2 Petrified Field
4 Null Rod
4 Bridge from Below
1 Strip Mine
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Sphere of Resistance
2 Once Upon a Time
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
Sideboard
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Wasteland
3 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Sphere of Resistance
1 Ghost Quarter
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Petrified Field
2. gloriouswolfman (Kaleb Woodward) - Lurrus BUG Delver
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Flusterstorm
1 Brainstorm
1 Unearth
1 Ponder
1 Dead Weight
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Assassin's Trophy
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Spell Pierce
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Mental Misstep
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Force of Negation
2 Daze
2 Mishra's Bauble
2 Preordain
4 Force of Will
1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
2 Collector Ouphe
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Tarmogoyf
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Strip Mine
1 Bayou
2 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Wasteland
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
Sideboard
2 Veil of Summer
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Fatal Push
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Yixlid Jailer
2 Force of Vigor
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Assassin's Trophy
3. sillysam71 (Sam Krohlow) - Lurrus Doomsday
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Lotus Petal
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
3 Doomsday
1 Timetwister
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Ponder
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Brainstorm
1 Gush
4 Preordain
1 Night's Whisper
1 Cabal Ritual
4 Dark Ritual
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mental Misstep
1 Flusterstorm
3 Force of Will
1 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Dark Petition
3 Duress
1 Collective Brutality
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Island
1 Swamp
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Badlands
Sideboard
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Echoing Truth
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
2 Fatal Push
3 By Force
1 Mountain
3 Pyroblast
2 Ravenous Trap
4. cha1n5 (Kevin Cron) Lurrus Oracle Breach
2 Thassa's Oracle
1 Snapcaster Mage
2 Underworld Breach
2 Seal of Fire
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Reanimate
4 Preordain
1 Ponder
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Brainstorm
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Gush
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Sudden Shock
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep
3 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
2 Pyroblast
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Lotus Petal
3 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Misty Rainforest
3 Underground Sea
4 Volcanic Island
2 Mystic Sanctuary
Sideboard
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
3 Tabernacle
2 Pithing Needle
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Karakas
2 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Shattering Spree
1 Flusterstorm
5. hothands (Steve McGrew) - Lurrus Paradoxical Sprite
1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
1 Snapcaster Mage
2 Sprite Dragon
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep
4 Paradoxical Outcome
3 Pyroblast
2 Repeal
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
2 Mishra's Bauble
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Sol Ring
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
3 Mystic Remora
1 Seal of Fire
1 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Karakas
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tundra
3 Volcanic Island
Sideboard
1 Lurrus of the Dream Den
3 Hurkyl's Recall
1 By Force
1 Flusterstorm
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Seal of Cleansing
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Tormod's Crypt
6. lhc (Jimmy McCarthy) - Lutri & Lurrus Hanging Out
1 Fiery Islet
2 Flooded Strand
1 Mana Confluence
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mystic Sanctuary
2 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Strip Mine
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Wasteland
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Assassin's Trophy
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Collector Ouphe
1 Dack Fayden
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dig Through Time
1 Fatal Push
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Kess, Dissident Mage
1 Kolaghan's Command
1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Misdirection
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Wrenn and Six
Sideboard
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
1 Ancient Grudge
1 By Force
1 Dead Weight
1 Execute
3 Force of Will
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Mishra's Bauble
1 Nature's Claim
1 Null Rod
2 Pyroblast
7. Lord Etters (Tyler Etters) - Lurrus Paradoxical Sprite
1 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Karakas
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tundra
3 Volcanic Island
1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
1 Snapcaster Mage
2 Sprite Dragon
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mental Misstep
1 Merchant Scroll
4 Paradoxical Outcome
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
3 Pyroblast
2 Repeal
1 Time Walk
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
2 Mishra's Bauble
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Mystic Remora
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Seal of Fire
1 Sol Ring
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
Sideboard
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 By Force
1 Flusterstorm
3 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Seal of Cleansing
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Tormod's Crypt
8. osDan (Dan Ersch) - Oath of Everything
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Echo of Eons
1 Gitaxian Probe
2 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Oath of Druids
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Griselbrand
1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
2 Dack Fayden
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
Sideboard
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Bane of Progress
1 Blazing Archon
3 Nature's Claim
4 Ravenous Trap
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
2 Tormod's Crypt
We're looking at having other, more open, events in the future and will share them here and with friends.
For episode 38, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) talk with Matt Hazard (@winedope) about the most recent invitational Vintage tournament he held at his house, and how you can host similar local events.
http://www.eternalcentral.com/serious-vintage-episode-38/
00:30 – Matt Hazard, Magic Man
01:00 – Just Because We Haven’t Adequately Tested London Mulligan Doesn’t Mean We Can’t Share Extremely Uninformed Opinions About It
08:20 – The Return of the Hazardvitational and How to Host Your Own
Total runtime: 40:43
For episode 41, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) talk about Modern Horizons with Allison Medwin (@trulyaliem), who worked on the exploratory and vision design teams for that set. Nat was also on exploratory design and was the set’s lead editor. Then we also talk about…cats!
Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:
0:00:31 – Peering Over Modern Horizons
1:03:47 – Cats? Necessary. Rails? Optional.
Total Runtime – 1:14:38
I once traded a Mox Sapphire for Nintendo Wii!
For episode 49, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter) and Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher) talk with Erin Campbell (@OriginalOestrus) about this year’s online Vintage Championships and learning to cook for yourself (and others!) during a pandemic.
https://www.eternalcentral.com/serious-vintage-episode-49-whats-cooking-erin-campbell/
(Alternate host) https://www.mtgcast.com/podcasts/serious-vintage/posts/serious-vintage-49-what-s-cooking-erin-campbell-16d4617a75
Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:
00:41 – Eternal Weekend 2020 Online
32:47 – Food and People
1:12:48 – Outro
Total runtime – 1:07:18
Thanks! This was a fun one to record. I'm excited that it looks like we'll get to Ep. 50 this year!
In episode 48, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter) and Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher) talk with Joe Dyer (@volrathxp ) about the effect of modal double-face cards in combo decks. Joe is THE Vintage and Legacy correspondent to follow, with great weekly strategy and format articles at MTGGoldfish.
https://www.eternalcentral.com/serious-vintage-episode-48-mdfcs-more-devices-for-combo/
Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:
00:37 – MDFC Lands in Eternal Combo
46:29 – Food & Drink: Myracles, Lobster, and Oyster Crisp
1:12:48 – Outro
Total runtime – 1:12:59
https://www.eternalcentral.com/delving-into-vintage-unleashed/
Wrote up my notes and a brief tournament report for the first Vintage Unleashed event. It was small but powerful. Players have had a lot of fun exploring the format and I'm looking forward to working on more decks!
The first ever Vintage Unleashed event is being held online in the Team Serious Virtual realm. This is an open event, free to play, playtest cards allowed (or play on Cockatrice or MWS or whatever). Connections and player pairings are made through Discord.
Date: July 11, 2020
Time: Noon ET
Location: Team Serious Virtual Realm (Discord)
Entry: Free
Vintage Unleashed is a player-created Vintage format that opens the restricted list greatly, so there are more exciting cards and interactions. Complete rules and restricted list are available, and you can learn more about the format from Joe Dyer, Vintage 101 and Serious Vintage. Very fun format, still very open. I guarantee if you look at the restricted list and come up with the "best deck" you probably haven't.
Google signup form is here: https://forms.gle/F47cQiwfo9718fV26
For episode 47, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) talk with Jerry Yang. Jerry is a longtime Team Serious member and a big influence on many teammates’ love of fun Magic and incredible food. If you want credible, he also has multiple StarCityGames Power 9 Top 8 appearances to his name. But who are we kidding, you don’t listen to this podcast for credibility.
https://www.eternalcentral.com/serious-vintage-episode-47-introducing-ux-vintage-unleashed/
Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:
00:42 – More Like ComBANion
11:42 – Now THIS Is Podracing: Vintage Unleashed
44:01 – Food & Drink: Staying Inside
1:08:21 – Outro
Total runtime – 1:09:06
If you want to skip right to the inaugural UX tournament information without listening, Vintage Unleashed is the format for the third tournament in the Team Serious Virtual Realm, July 11 at noon ET. I would love to have a great turnout for this inaugural event!
The signup sheet is here, including a link to the Discord and more complete rules for the format. As with our previous Virtual Realm events, we’ll have a Friday evening Pub Quiz leading up to the tournament on Saturday.
Honestly, if you think you have the killer deck for this format, please try it out against other decks from this format. There's more counterplay here than you might expect.
@babau said in Vintage 101: Vintage UNLEASHED!:
Flash + 4 g probe+ 4 street w.+ new mullingan= gg turn 1 ......80% covered (force w...misdirection..pact...veil)
It's funny because so many people respond to this idea with some deck they can't conceive of being beatable: Flash, Trini MUD, BDEV Delver, Tinker Combo, Channel Mirror etc. People have already been playing these decks, none of them is unbeatable.
This is a fun format where all the spells matter. It's exciting and engaging and there are plenty of decks to invent or reinvent. Don't knock it till you've tried it.
DM'd. The Discord and tournament are open. We're just not publishing the invite widely. All people have to do is ask.
