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    • RE: Eternal Weekend / Vintage Champs thread

      I will be there was well, driving down from the snowy wilds of Canada on the 31st and leaving on the 5th. I am playing in both main events (Some flavour of Paradoxical Outcome in Vintage and RG Lands in Legacy)

      posted in Vintage Community
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    • Dredge going into Summer 2017

      Later this summer I am finishing my playset of Bazaars and planning on playing Dredge in cardboard (and likely MTGO). I found a store planning on running Vintage every other week (100% proxies allowed)

      I wanted to get some thoughts here on where Dredge sits in the metagame. I will have the ability to play "traditional" Dredge or Pitch Dredge (with or without the Dark Depths transformational sideboard)

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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    • RE: Best Lab Maniac deck?

      sadly nods his head and slides Laboratory Maniac back into his binder

      posted in Decks
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    • Vintage Lands - Winter 2018

      Spurred on by my friends, I bought into MTGO and are going to concentrate on playing Vintage Lands since I own pretty much all the pieces in paper from having played RG Lands in legacy (and owning a set of Unlimited Power and Bazaars)

      Here are the first two videos of me playing it really badly using Frank Siegal's winning list from TSI Steveland.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snSWAmB0pPg
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOB9B_WIAHg

      I'll keep posting videos as I record myself playing through a bunch of leagues.

      I am happy to accept advice and criticism since the goal is always to get better.

      posted in Decks
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    Latest posts made by grumpytopdecker

    • Ravager Shops Primer?

      I have been given an opportunity to trade away my Bazaars (and other things) to get a playset of Workshops so I am going to go for it and start playing the deck (both in paper and on MTGO)

      I’ve never played the archetype before so where would you folks recommend I start?

      posted in Workshops
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    • Vintage Lands - Winter 2018

      Spurred on by my friends, I bought into MTGO and are going to concentrate on playing Vintage Lands since I own pretty much all the pieces in paper from having played RG Lands in legacy (and owning a set of Unlimited Power and Bazaars)

      Here are the first two videos of me playing it really badly using Frank Siegal's winning list from TSI Steveland.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snSWAmB0pPg
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOB9B_WIAHg

      I'll keep posting videos as I record myself playing through a bunch of leagues.

      I am happy to accept advice and criticism since the goal is always to get better.

      posted in Decks
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    • RE: Best Lab Maniac deck?

      sadly nods his head and slides Laboratory Maniac back into his binder

      posted in Decks
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    • Best Lab Maniac deck?

      I am a big fan of Laboratory Maniac. I have a signed copy of the card and a signed print hanging on the wall in my office.

      If you had to play the card, what deck is the best home for it in your opinion?

      posted in Decks
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    • Paradoxical Outcome Sideboarding Help

      Hello friends. As I get set for Eternal Weekend, I was looking with some guidance on sideboarding for Paradoxical Outcome. My list is at https://www.topdecked.me/decks/ffb4b0e8-b02e-43fe-ba0d-2603777bc08f

      The issue I am struggling with is that I think I have a firm grip on what to bring in for specific match-ups but are unsure as to what I should take out. I am also unsure of what is a good strategy for facing other Outcome decks.

      I have played different versions of Outcome in a small number of paper events so I am familiar with how the deck should be played.

      Here are my initial thoughts:

      Dredge and Survival

      +4 Tormod’s Crypt
      +2 Grafdigger’s Cage

      Shops
      +3 Hurkyl’s Recall
      +2 Island

      Oath and Thieves
      +4 Flusterstorm
      +2 Grafdigger’s Cage

      Outcome mirrors
      ?

      Xerox
      +4 Flusterstorm

      Eldrazi
      +2 Islands
      +4 Flusterstorm

      Non-Outcome Storm
      +4 Flusterstorm

      Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

      posted in Combo
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    • RE: Eternal Weekend / Vintage Champs thread

      I will be there was well, driving down from the snowy wilds of Canada on the 31st and leaving on the 5th. I am playing in both main events (Some flavour of Paradoxical Outcome in Vintage and RG Lands in Legacy)

      posted in Vintage Community
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    • RE: [Primer] Oath

      Following up to our conversation on Twitter, would definitely like some sideboarding strategy advice. I've been trying out both Librarian Oath (shoutout to Ben Perry) and a Burning Paradoxical Oath list that Jason Jaco played.

      posted in Oath
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    • RE: Dredge going into Summer 2017

      @ajfirecracker Thanks for the info. After reading @vaughnbros articles elsewhere on the archetype, I am getting that feeling that there is a core and then plenty of space to try out things depending on what decks you think you will face.

      Great to see people on here talking about Dredge.

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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    • RE: Dredge going into Summer 2017

      Thanks to everyone for some advice. I'm on Dredge for Eternal Weekend and also know I need real-world games to understand what to do against various decks.

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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    • Dredge going into Summer 2017

      Later this summer I am finishing my playset of Bazaars and planning on playing Dredge in cardboard (and likely MTGO). I found a store planning on running Vintage every other week (100% proxies allowed)

      I wanted to get some thoughts here on where Dredge sits in the metagame. I will have the ability to play "traditional" Dredge or Pitch Dredge (with or without the Dark Depths transformational sideboard)

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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      grumpytopdecker