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      Smmenen TMD Supporter last edited by Smmenen

      Since the current TMD archive is down, I found the cache so folks can read all of the metagame reports that have ever been generated.

      http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:FZMgUWrGZfYJ:www.archive.themanadrain.com/index.php%3Ftopic%3D37514.0+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

      For ease of use, I've compiled them all here:

      2017:
      May: http://themanadrain.com/topic/1245/mtgo-vintage-metagame-report-may/

      2016:
      Q1:
      http://www.themanadrain.com/topic/476/vintage-metagame-report-april-to-june

      https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cj99OKyaTn7zLvyh3ONDmlBHkSNh0MIf0ZpEI22fsSM/edit#gid=383122250

      2011

      Q2: http://www.eternalcentral.com/so-many-insane-plays-2011-q2-vintage-metagame-report-downloadable-product/

      Q1: http://www.starcitygames.com/article/21723_The-Long-And-Winding-Road---The-Q1-Vintage-Metagame-Report.html

      2010
      Q4 Report: http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/vintage/20884_The_Long_and_Winding_Road_The_Q4_Vintage_Metagame_Report.html

      2010-05-03 So Many Insane Plays – The Q1 2010 Vintage Earnings and Market Report
      2010-02-22 So Many Insane Plays – The Vintage Market Report

      2009

      2009-09-21 So Many Insane Plays – Vintage/Legacy Split Article
      2009-08-04 May/June 2009 LARGE-scale Metagame Report
      2009-07-28 May/June Small-scale Metagame Report
      2009-05-11 So Many Insane Plays – The Most Dominant Engine in Vintage History: The March/April Vintage Metagame Report
      2009-03-16 So Many Insane Plays – Reflections on Chicago / The Jan-Feb Vintage Metagame Report
      2009-01-19 So Many Insane Plays - Restrict Mana Drain? The November-December Metagame Report

      2008

      2008-11-10 So Many Insane Plays – What’s Winning in Vintage? The September/October Vintage Metagame Report
      2008-09-22 So Many Insane Plays – Walking Through the Ruins of the Vintage Apocalypse
      2008-07-21 So Many Insane Plays –The May/June Vintage Metagame Report
      2008-06-16 So Many Insane Plays – The March/April Vintage Metagame Report
      2008-03-17 So Many Insane Plays - The Jan-Feb Vintage Metagame Report
      2008-01-02 So Many Insane Plays – Rounding Out The Vintage Year

      2007

      2007-11-07 So Many Insane Plays - Vintage By The Numbers
      2007-08-15 So Many Insane Plays - Figures Don’t Lie, But Liars Figure: A Vintage Metagame Report

      2005

      2005-06-30 May-June Type One Metagame Breakdown
      2005-06-01 April Type One Metagame Breakdown
      2005-05-02 Vintage Metagame Breakdown: March
      2005-03-14 As Much Info As You Can Handle - The Jan-Feb Vintage Metagame Report
      2005-03-04 Functional Breakdown of Vintage Cards From Dec-Jan
      2005-02-14 The December and January Vintage Metagame Report

      2004

      2004-12-10 Oct-Nov Vintage Metagame Summary
      2004-12-02 Examining the Vintage Metagame - Analysis of The Ultimate Table, Part Deux
      2004-11-08 Examining the Vintage Metagame - Analysis of The Ultimate Table
      2004-10-12 The September Vintage Metagame Breakdown
      2004-09-13 The August Vintage Metagame Breakdown
      2004-08-20 The July Metagame Update and The Crucible Effect
      2004-07-26 The June Vintage Metagame Breakdown
      2004-07-02 April-May Type 1 Potpourri
      2004-06-23 May Metagame Breakdown
      2004-06-15 September to April, Part 2
      2004-05-28 September to April: There and Back Again for Type One
      2004-05-06 The April Type One Metagame Breakdown
      2004-04-14 March Type One Potpourri
      2004-04-06 March Metagame Breakdown for Type I
      2004-03-25 All Request Live For Type One
      2004-03-15 February Type One Potpourri
      2004-03-08 February Type One Metagame Breakdown
      2004-03-03 All The Little People - Metagames for Small Vintage Tournaments
      2004-01-21 Designing Cards For Vintage, Part 2: And Most Popular Cards In Type I Are...
      2004-01-13 Number Crunching Type I: Designing Cards For Vintage
      2004-01-02 Number-Crunching Type 1 for 2003

      The data is quite rich, and I have even more data I've accumulated over time in my personal files.

      If you can't find any of those articles, they are all hyperlinked on the cache.

      SCG archive
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      History of Vintage
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        DeaTh-ShiNoBi last edited by

        Thanks for this, Steve. This is incredibly useful.

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          A Former User last edited by

          What's interesting here specifically Q1-2016:
          Decks with Workshops: 30%
          Decks with gush (mentor/delver/doomsday): 21%
          Note that the Mentor decks don't necessarily play GUSH (IE Bob MEntor, Counterbalance Mentor) so there's actually probably 5 less decks calculating toward the percentage

          But sure... Workshops was fine, and Gush is the problem.

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            Smmenen TMD Supporter last edited by

            Soly is correct.

            We added a new tab last night on premier events that is highly insightful, and may go a long way to explain the DCI's decision.

            Take a look at it. We color coded Gush and Shop decks and provided grids that show Top 16, 8, 4, finals, and winners - as well as for all 5 MTGO p9 challenges and just Q1.

            https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cj99OKyaTn7zLvyh3ONDmlBHkSNh0MIf0ZpEI22fsSM/edit#gid=1650014417

            SCG archive
            EC
            History of Vintage
            Twitter

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              PeAcH TMD Supporter last edited by

              Thanks for the link Stephen, and thank you for the time and effort invested in this task.

              The date in this document is just amazing.

              Keep it up!

              @peachmtg

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                Smmenen TMD Supporter last edited by Smmenen

                I've updated the OP, and will try to continue to update it, and format is for better presentation over time.

                And, for reference, the bulk of them at the bottom are readable on the archived Vintage Encylclopedia, available here:

                http://www.archive.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=37514.msg522174#msg522174

                You may want to bookmark the OP and that post.

                SCG archive
                EC
                History of Vintage
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