// 60 Maindeck
// 10 Artifact
1 Black Lotus
3 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Zuran Orb

// 5 Enchantment
4 Exploration
1 Fastbond

// 7 Instant
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Crop Rotation
4 Mental Misstep

// 32 Land
1 Barbarian Ring
3 Bayou
3 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Bojuka Bog
4 Dark Depths
1 Glacial Chasm
1 Karakas
1 Riftstone Portal
1 Strip Mine
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
4 Thespian's Stage
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
1 Buried Ruin
1 Horizon Canopy

// 6 Sorcery
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Life from the Loam
1 Imperial Seal

// 15 Sideboard
// 7 Artifact
SB: 1 Zuran Orb
SB: 3 Sphere of Resistance
SB: 3 Null Rod

// 1 Enchantment
SB: 1 Chains of Mephistopheles

// 3 Instant
SB: 3 Abrupt Decay

// 4 Land
SB: 1 Bojuka Bog
SB: 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
SB: 1 Ghost Quarter
SB: 1 Forest

Here is my current list after some thoughts and some possible changes.

1. I opted to run 4 Mental Misstep. I'm not sure if this is correct, but I found having our Exploration/Fastbond misstepped is a huge loss. If they opt to FoW our opener, I can be more ok with it because at least it's a 2-for-1.

2. I tested Punishing Fire engine. It's simply too slow.

3. I really want to think of a good plan B. Graveyard hate is everywhere. I was thinking of either Knight of the Reliquary to make this more of a loam type deck or Dark Confidants for the beat down.

4. Anyways, this is a fun deck, but I don't think it's broken enough for vintage. It almost feels like a turn too slow when people are turboing out mentor or something.

@BandsWithOthers I usually try to run something else out before going for Welder. If I don't reveal red, most people would pitch the mental misstep to FoW.

However, with STP, MM, and FoW everywhere, Welder isn't in a hot place. That's partly why I altered my list to be less reliant on Welder as a whole, and more so having it as something fun. I've won more games with recurring Barbarian Rings, Smokestack locks, etc than welder shenanigans.

Here is an updated list on my Uba Stax. Or should I say, a different approach. When I played my Uba list, I realized Uba Mask + Titan was REALLY good against the light mana cantrip blue decks.....until they had Dack. Then it was a HUGE liability. I decided to change the approach of my deck.

Mask + Bazaar effectively let me draw 3 cards per turn. However, with Welder and Crucibles, I figured my graveyard was already wide open. I decided to cut mask to add room for more Thorns and Tangle Wire. Now Tangle Wire is nuts. So now, I have 2 main decks I play. An Uba version when I feel like trolling, and this version that feels more consistent and closer to "real" shops. Any opinions or changes you'd make?

// Vintage Red Shops

// 60 Maindeck
// 30 Artifact
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Trinisphere
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Sphere of Resistance
2 Null Rod
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Smokestack
1 Mana Crypt
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Tangle Wire

// 8 Creature
3 Goblin Welder
1 Sundering Titan
1 Lodestone Golem
3 Phyrexian Revoker

// 22 Land
4 Mishra's Workshop
3 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Barbarian Ring
3 Mountain
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Ancient Tomb

// 15 Sideboard
// 11 Artifact
SB: 3 Ensnaring Bridge
SB: 2 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 3 Grafdigger's Cage
SB: 1 Null Rod
SB: 1 Pithing Needle

// 2 Land
SB: 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

// 2 Sorcery
SB: 3 Shattering Spree

@cutlex that's a fair assessment. However i play barbarian ring as a way to deal with revoker and depending on the meta, can play ingot chewer or shattering spree.

I don't disagree that mono brown may be more fluid, but I think red shops is very underrated.

At the end of the day, I still like welder, and being tier 2ish with welder is more fun than tier 1 without, especially if the potential drop in power isn't as high. For example, against blue decks, I feel like sundering titan is such a house.

@BandsWithOthers

1. Welder is one of my favorite cards
2. I think it has the edge in the brown mirror. Also with the advent of more lands, sundering titan is devastating
3. I think uba mask is really good against all the blue decks that want to draw cards, especially now that they have mana to pay for thorn taxes. Mask is great against the EOT TFKs.

But mostly because I like welder.

I run uba stax. Allows me to play Null Rod without being affected as much. My main matchup issue was tokens, but the new meta should favor stax. My list:

Deck: Vintage Welder Shops.dec

Counts : 60 main / 15 sideboard

Creatures:10
4 Goblin Welder
2 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Lodestone Golem
3 Sundering Titan

Spells:28
1 Black Lotus
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
3 Null Rod
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Crucible of Worlds
1 Trinisphere
3 Smokestack
4 Uba Mask

Lands:22
4 Barbarian Ring
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Mishra's Factory
4 Mishra's Workshop
3 Mountain
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland

Sideboard:15
3 Tormod's Crypt
4 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Shattering Spree
1 Null Rod
3 Ensnaring Bridge
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Current list. Opinions?

@nedleeds I would play mentor. Have a spell bomb or mentor as the win con with salvagers. Maybe even a tasigur.

As a shops player, I'm sad because shops was good against gush. However, I'm happy because I LOVE traditional bomberman and this may open up a up the door for paradoxical or TFK bomberman decks.

@AmbivalentDuck I can definitely see it working without Lackey. Not sure how I feel about no Matron though, as the tutoring has been pretty relevant. If we do get rid of the lackey, I can see us making a case for something like Sundering titan to give more of a stax feel.