In BOM this weekend there were two different variations of shops in the top 8.

2nd place : Maarten Knaepen - Car Shops

4 ancient tomb
1 inventors fair
4 mishra s factory
4 mishra's workshop
1 strip mine
1 tolarian academy
4 wasteland
4 arcbound ravage
1 hangarback walker
1 lodestone golem
4 phyrexian revoker
3 thought knot seer
2 triskelion
1 blacklotus
1 chalice of the void
3 fleetwheel cruiser
1 mana crypt
1 mox emerald
1 mox jet
1 mox pearl
1 mox ruby
1 mox sapphire
1 skysovereign consul flagship
1 solring
4 sphere of resistance
4 tangle wire
4 thorn of amethyst
1 trinisphere

Sideboard
3 crucible of worlds
2 Dismember
4 Graftdigger cage
1 Jester's cap
2 Relic of progenitus
1 Tormod's crypt
2 Wurmcoil engine

4th place : Antonio Musarra - Phyrexian MUD

4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
2 Dismember
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Tanglewire
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Trinisphere
4 Mental Misstep
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Thought-Knot Seer
1 Lodestone Golem
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Batterskull
2 Staff of Nin
2 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
3 Foundry Inspector

Sideboard
3 Null Rod
3 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Pithing Needle
1 Dismember
1 Batterskull
2 Witchbane Orb
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Duplicant

I really like the addition of fleetwheel crushers, but was surprised that no one played the copter.
The second list looks more powerful and i like the way that both decks has turned out. I thought the decks would go more towards the traditional stax-route.

Copter is actually bad in vintage. Unlike Skysovereign and cruiser, it does nothing by itself.

All these cards require a pilot, and crew 1 is almost as hard as crew 3 for the shops deck.

Smokestack is very bad in vintage where the format is faster than it's ever been, and more decks have Token armies.

@gkraigher @the atog lord has gone 3-1 or 4-0 in his last 4 attempts at Stax the past couple of weeks, most of the games not even being close.

@BazaarOfBaghdad said:

@gkraigher @the atog lord has gone 3-1 or 4-0 in his last 4 attempts at Stax the past couple of weeks, most of the games not even being close.

Make that 5 today. I think that deck ought to have its own thread. Ensnaring Bridge seems like a sweet one right now.

Anyway, Workshop casts Cruiser, which is good since that was always an issue with Reality Smasher, but 3 toughness is a little awkward. Being horrible against Bolt and Thalia 2.0 seems suboptimal. It is a strong tool, but not really a huge game-changer for Workshops IMO.