Hi all, you may remember my username from that time I put powerless mono-Red into the top 8 of a Vintage Challenge online. Well, I'm back to chat, because I think this may be an unexplored archetype in Vintage.
After losing my first two matches in Day 2 of the Legacy GP yesterday, I dropped at 7-4 to play in the 1:30 Vintage event. Because when else am I going to get to play Paper Vintage?!
So I sleeved up the following list (which is different from the one I top 8'd the Challenge with):
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Chrome Mox
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Null Rod
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
1 Trinisphere
1 Chalice of the Void
4 Sulfur Elemental
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Fiery Confluence
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
3 Ricochet Trap
Sb
4 Sin Prodder
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Sudden Shock
Of note: 2 Chrome Mox should undoubtedly be 1 Mox Ruby and 1 Black Lotus, but I don't own any paper power.
Biggest changes: threats are now Sulfur Elementals and Rabblemasters - Sin Prodder has moved to the board (and maybe out of the deck entirely) and Hazoret doesn't do much in a format full of StP. So we play these threats that generate actual advantage (Chandra, Rabblemaster) and virtual advantage (uncounterable Elemental that kills Monk tokens).
How did I do playing in my first paper event?
I 4-0'd.
I played Landstill, Landstill, Ravager Shops, and Jeskai Mentor.
The combination of Blood Moon, Null Rod, and Ensnaring Bridge seems amazing in Vintage. This deck attacks on an axis that other taxing decks, like Eldrazi and Shops, don't. Additionally, those matchups are SO GOOD, as they struggle to deal with a Blood Moon (just like their Legacy counterparts.)
Now, I don't claim to be any sort of expert. This could easily be beginner's luck or a hot streak, but I would love to hear some opinions. Thanks!