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      nartman99 TMD Supporter last edited by nartman99

      We had 16 players show up to battle some Vintage. After 5 rounds of Swiss (Swiss +1), prizes were awarded to the top 6 finishing players.

      Results:

      Rajah James – Brass City Vault (5-0)
      
      4 Arcbound Ravager
      4 Walking Ballista
      4 Phyrexian Revoker
      4 Foundry Inspector
      3 Voltaic Servant
      3 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
      1 Lodestone Golem
      3 Steel Overseer
      2 Kuldotha Forgemaster
      4 Sphere of Resistance
      1 Thorn of Amethyst
      1 Chalice of the Void
      1 Trinisphere
      4 Mishra's Workshop
      4 Ancient Tomb
      4 Wasteland
      1 Black Lotus 
      1 Sol Ring
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Emerald 
      1 Mox Pearl 
      1 Mana Crypt 
      1 Strip Mine
      2 Inventor's Fair
      1 Tolarian Academy
      1 City of Traitors
      
      Sideboard: 
      
      1 Memory Jar
      1 Time Vault
      2 Karn, Scion of Urza
      4 Grafdigger's Cage
      2 Tormod's Crypt
      1 Powder Keg
      2 Witchbane Orb
      1 Ensnaring Bridge
      1 Crucible of Worlds
      
      Frank Singel – Vintage Lands (4-1)
      
      1 Bayou
      4 Bazaar of Baghdad
      1 Bojuka Bog
      3 Dark Depths
      1 Forest
      2 Ghost Quarter
      1 Glacial Chasm
      3 Grove of the Burnwillows
      1 Karakas
      1 Misty Rainforest
      3 Riftstone Portal
      1 Strip Mine
      1 Taiga
      2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
      4 Thespian's Stage
      1 Verdant Catacombs
      4 Wasteland
      1 Wooded Foothills
      3 Ancient Grudge
      1 Chalice of the Void
      2 Crop Rotation
      1 Demonic Tutor
      4 Exploration
      1 Fastbond
      4 Life from the Loam
      2 Manabond
      3 Mental Misstep
      1 Mox Diamond
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Ruby
      2 Null Rod
      
      Sideboard:
      
      2 Abrupt Decay
      1 Bojuka Bog
      1 Crop Rotation
      2 Grafdigger's Cage
      1 Maze of Ith
      1 Mindbreak Trap
      2 Nature's Claim
      1 Null Rod
      2 Punishing Fire
      1 Song of the Dryads
      1 Sphere of Resistance
      
      Brian Grinnell – U/W Enlightened Tutor Control (4-1)
      
      4 Enlightened Tutor
      1 Greater Auramancy
      1 Phyrexian Unlife
      1 Rest in Peace
      1 Solemnity
      1 Ancestral Recall
      1 Arcane Laboratory
      1 Brainstorm
      1 Energy Flux
      4 Force of Will
      1 Inkwell Leviathan
      2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
      4 Mana Drain
      3 Mental Misstep
      1 Time Walk
      1 Tinker
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Mana Crypt
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Sensei’s Divining Top
      1 Sol Ring
      1 Time Vault
      1 Voltaic Key
      4 Damping Sphere
      1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
      4 Flooded Strand
      5 Island
      1 Library of Alexandria
      1 Plains
      1 Strip Mine
      4 Tundra
      
      Sideboard: 
      
      3 Arcane Laboratory 
      3 Energy Flux
      3 Grafdigger’s Cage
      1 Mystical Tutor
      3 Rest in Peace
      2 Swords to Plowshares 
      
      Nam Tran – Brass City Vault (3-2)
      
      4 Sphere of Resistance
      4 Phyrexian Revoker
      4 Arcbound Ravager
      4 Walking Ballista
      2 Kuldotha Forgemaster
      2 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
      3 Foundry Inspector
      4 Voltaic Servant
      4 Steel Overseer
      1 Hangarback Walker
      1 Time Vault
      1 Chalice of the Void
      1 Memory Jar
      1 Thorn of Amethyst
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Sol Ring
      1 Mana Crypt
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Pearl
      4 Ancient Tomb
      4 Wasteland
      4 Mishra’s Workshop
      1 Strip Mine
      1 Mishra’s Factory 
      2 Inventor’s Fair
      1 Tolarian Academy 
      
      Sideboard: 
      4 Ratchet Bomb
      4 Grafdigger’s Cage
      2 Karn, Scion of Urza
      1 Trinisphere
      1 Blightsteel Colossus
      1 Hangarback Walker
      1 Crucible of Worlds
      1 Foundry Inspector 
      
      Steven Sasala – Merfolk (3-2)
      
      10 Islands
      4 Cavern of Souls
      4 Wastelands
      1 Strip Mine
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Mox Sapphire
      4 Lord of Atlantis
      4 Master of the Pearl Trident
      4 Silvergill Adept
      4 Cursecatcher
      4 True-Name Nemesis
      2 Merfolk Trickster
      2 Phantasmal Image
      4 Force of Will
      3 Mental Misstep
      1 Daze
      1 Misdirection
      1 Time Walk
      1 Ancestral Recall
      3 Null Rod
      1 Chalice of the Void
      
      Sideboard: 
      
      2 Damping Sphere
      1 Mental Misstep
      4 Grafdigger’s Cage
      3 Energy Flux
      2 Steel Sabotage
      1 Null Rod
      2 Hurkyl's Recall
      
      Marland Moore – Mono-Blue Paradoxical Outcome (3-2) 
      
      4 Paradoxical Outcome
      3 Karn, Scion of Urza
      1 Blightsteel Colossus
      1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
      1 Erayo, Soratami Ascendant 
      1 Snapcaster Mage
      1 Tinker
      1 Ponder
      1 Echoing Truth
      1 Dig Through Time
      1 Brainstorm
      1 Brain Freeze
      1 Treasure Cruise
      1 Merchant Scroll
      1 Gush
      1 Ancestral Recall
      1 Time Walk
      1 Timetwister
      2 Voltaic Key
      2 Sensei's Divining Top
      1 Mana Crypt
      1 Sol Ring
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Time Vault
      2 Mox Opal
      1 Chrome Mox
      1 Mana Crypt
      2 Flusterstorm
      4 Force of Will
      6 Island
      2 Misty Rainforest
      2 Scalding Tarn
      2 Flooded Strand
      1 Library of Alexandria
      1 Tolarian Academy
      
      Sideboard:
      
      3 Hurkyl's Recall
      2 Reality Shift
      2 Mental Misstep
      4 Tormod's Crypt
      4 Grafdigger's Cage
      

      Metagame Breakdown:

      Blue:

      • U/W Enlightened Tutor Control
      • (2) Esper Paradoxical Outcome
      • Mono Blue Paradoxical Outcome
      • Merfolk
      • U/R Pyromancer
      • (2) Oath

      Shops:

      • (2) Brass City Vault
      • Car Shops
      • 2 Card Monte

      Misc:

      • U/G Enchantress
      • Lands
      • Dragon
      • Dredge

      Thanks to everyone that came out! Hope to see you at the next TSO!

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      • cutlex
        cutlex TMD Supporter last edited by

        Look at all these jerks, playing jerk lists.

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        • garbageaggro
          garbageaggro TMD Supporter last edited by

          I would like to point out that my UG enchantress list also went 3-2, and I think there might be something there. Then again, "these Ohio guys are idiots" so who knows.

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          • ssasala
            ssasala last edited by

            Thanks for putting the lists together @nartman99 .

            Merfolk Trickster didn't really have a time to shine any time during the day. My opponents weren't playing Pyro or DRS. (Maybe it won't ever shine...)

            That brings me to a neat interaction/tech from the card: Ratchet Bomb. Nam had servant in play and cast ratchet bomb. Neat way to get counters on ratchet bomb at end of turn. Definitely helps when wanting to get rid of my Energy Flux.

            These kinds of TSOs lead one to either play broken stuff or play Null Rod. I play Null Rod. Fun day.

            Steven

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            • yayjinaz
              yayjinaz @garbageaggro last edited by

              @garbageaggro Do you have a list?

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              • garbageaggro
                garbageaggro TMD Supporter @yayjinaz last edited by

                @yayjinaz It was pretty close to this:

                # UG Enchantress
                Creatures (9)
                4 Argothian Enchantress
                3 Cloud of Faeries
                2 Eternal Witness
                
                Mana (21)
                4 Elvish Spirit Guide
                5 Forest
                1 Island
                4 Misty Rainforest
                2 Tropical Island
                1 Dryad Arbor
                1 Black Lotus
                1 Mox Emerald
                1 Mox Sapphire
                1 Lotus Petal
                
                Spells (30)
                1 Time Walk
                4 Enchantress's Presence
                3 Energy Flux
                4 Seal of Primordium
                3 Seal of Removal
                4 Utopia Sprawl
                4 Wild Growth
                2 Words of Wind
                4 Green Sun's Zenith
                3 Elephant Grass
                
                Sideboard (15)
                3 Null Rod
                1 Elephant Grass
                3 Grafdigger's Cage
                4  Mystic Remora
                4 Mindbreak Trap
                
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                • yayjinaz
                  yayjinaz @garbageaggro last edited by

                  @garbageaggro Any reason for adding COF and EW in place of normal win cons?

                  This feels more natural:

                  Land (15)
                  1x Bayou
                  1x Dryad Arbor
                  1x Forest
                  1x Misty Rainforest
                  1x Polluted Delta
                  2x Savannah
                  1x Scrubland
                  2x Serra's Sanctum
                  1x Tropical Island
                  1x Tundra
                  1x Underground Sea
                  1x Verdant Catacombs
                  1x Windswept Heath

                  Instant (1)
                  1x Ancestral Recall

                  Enchantment (25)
                  2x Elephant Grass
                  4x Enchantress's Presence
                  2x Energy Flux
                  1x Fastbond
                  2x Leyline of the Void
                  1x Mystic Remora
                  1x Phyrexian Unlife
                  2x Seal of Primordium
                  1x Solemnity
                  2x Solitary Confinement
                  3x Sterling Grove
                  4x Wild Growth

                  Sorcery (6)
                  1x Demonic Tutor
                  4x Green Sun's Zenith
                  1x Time Walk

                  Artifact (7)
                  1x Black Lotus
                  2x Helm of Obedience
                  1x Mox Emerald
                  1x Mox Jet
                  1x Mox Pearl
                  1x Mox Sapphire

                  Creature (6)
                  4x Argothian Enchantress
                  1x Eidolon of Blossoms
                  1x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

                  Sideboard (15)
                  4x Leyline of Sanctity
                  2x Leyline of the Void
                  4x Mental Misstep
                  2x Seal of Cleansing
                  2x Seal of Primordium
                  1x Solitary Confinement

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                  • garbageaggro
                    garbageaggro TMD Supporter last edited by

                    Having a mana base that doesn't get wrecked by shops for one. Also, words of wind is a fine card, anyway, bounces your enchantments for first draw when you don't already have more, resets remoras and elephant grass, only requires two colors?

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                      Serracollector last edited by

                      I like the UG list. I like the earthcraft/squirrel nest combo myself. Also the Herald that makes enchantments cheaper and gain you life is a nice card.

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                      • yayjinaz
                        yayjinaz @garbageaggro last edited by

                        @garbageaggro Mana base aside (which is a valid point), that list lacks a win turn. Perhaps cutting the black from mine and running RIP instead like the legacy list makes sense. Solemnity is the answer for Remora and Grass which also plays well with Phyrexian Unlife. White adds Sterling Grove which really sets the lock. Perhaps cutting Emerakul from the list and going all in on the Helm makes more sense but given Null Rod that doesn't seem right.

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                        • garbageaggro
                          garbageaggro TMD Supporter @yayjinaz last edited by

                          @yayjinaz The UG list goes infinite with words of wind (either with just e wit and time walk) or if you don't have both those cloud of faeries 1 mana enchantments and lands that tap for multiple mana when enchantresses are in play. With infinite mana, then being able to draw you deck, and bounce all your opponents permanents, you still get a deterministic win. I do think RiP + Helm is a cool kill, and if you are not as reliant on the wild growths and stuff for your kill 3 colors might be plausible.

                          You really need to think about beating shops at that point. I would honestly look at the UW control list from this tournament for ideas. I think energy field + rip is a pretty good out to shops (unbeatable unless they have ratchet bomb?), there are other options but if you are already in on playing Rest in Peace main (yay extra percentage against shops) that seems pretty neat. I don't mind the tutors, but i will say, that i found just drawing lots of cards to be pretty good in UG, and not missing them much. Let me put together a list and think about what it would look like sans Cloud/words of wind/e wit + white cards.

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                            A Former User last edited by

                            @garbageaggro Enchantress was my pet deck in Legacy for a number of years, but I had never considered playing it in Vintage. Sweet list, and props for running it! Nice job on the 3-2 finish as well.

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                            • yayjinaz
                              yayjinaz @Guest last edited by

                              @feldon808 I've been playing it in Legacy for 5 years. The biggest issue with playing it in vintage is that your mana rocks actually hurt your deck's engine even if they speed your actual plays up. It might make more sense to run slim on Power kind of like the vintage Lands deck running just on-color moxen.

                              Sacred Ground feels like a decent sideboard card with W for land-hate and allows you to be a bit more aggressive, perhaps a singleton Terra Eternal as well if we're running tutors. Land Tax also an option. For creature decks, outside of Elephant Grass, we could try Soul Snare.

                              Perhaps dropping Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, Black Lotus, Mox Jet, Demonic Tutor, and Leyline of the Void for Mirri's Guile x2, Rest in Peace x3, and Abundant Growth x2 might streamline things.

                              Other interesting cards might be Field of Dreams, Mark of Eviction (infinite), Seal of Removal, Vanashing, Mana Bloom (infinite), Root Maze.

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                              • yayjinaz
                                yayjinaz last edited by

                                I think this might even be better than going with WUG...It's basically my legacy build tuned for artifact destruction. I think Tornado is the spiciest thing since sliced bread. With Solemnity it's Vindicate on a stick...every turn...for free...that's hawt...but it does cost 5...

                                Enchantment (29)
                                3x Elephant Grass
                                4x Enchantress's Presence
                                1x Fastbond
                                1x Phyrexian Unlife
                                2x Rest in Peace
                                1x Seal of Cleansing
                                3x Seal of Primordium
                                2x Solemnity
                                2x Solitary Confinement
                                3x Sterling Grove
                                1x Tornado
                                3x Utopia Sprawl
                                3x Wild Growth

                                Land (16)
                                1x Dryad Arbor
                                3x Forest
                                2x Misty Rainforest
                                2x Plains
                                3x Savannah
                                2x Serra's Sanctum
                                3x Windswept Heath

                                Creature (6)
                                4x Argothian Enchantress
                                1x Eidolon of Blossoms
                                1x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

                                Sorcery (4)
                                4x Green Sun's Zenith

                                Artifact (5)
                                1x Black Lotus
                                2x Helm of Obedience
                                1x Mox Emerald
                                1x Mox Pearl

                                Sideboard (15)
                                2x Land Tax
                                3x Leyline of Sanctity
                                3x Mental Misstep
                                2x Mindbreak Trap
                                2x Replenish
                                3x Root Maze

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                                  A Former User @yayjinaz last edited by

                                  @yayjinaz That looks like fun! Do you have it built on mtgo by chance?

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                                  • yayjinaz
                                    yayjinaz @Guest last edited by

                                    @feldon808 No. I've only got Legacy Elves and Aluren built on MTGO right now, buying a house in a few weeks so money's a bit too tight to sink the $200 in TIX to build this out. This might be a hair too slow as it sits right now it's a turn 4-5 deck to combo off, but playing control elements earlier may smooth that out. This is a list in a vacuum too, I haven't played this build anywhere but solitaire so far. But having played the Legacy deck for years it feels correct solitairing.

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