Just finished up a league, wen't 3-2. Here's what I ran into:
L Jeskai (saw a single mentor and tinker)
L PO Storm
W Unpowered Hatebears
W Big Blue
W Staxx
I was running Ravager Shops with Wires replacing thorns. Already jumped into my next one. This is pretty great!
I can say that as a new user and newer vintage player the site has had both its fair share of pluses and minuses.
It excels as a forum for current discussion and topics but it's been very difficult (outside of a few notable exceptions) to find and digest the resources a newer player (like me) would be looking for (e.g., archetype discussions and match-ups, card interactions, deck philosophy and design). I know a lot of this material is likely here somewhere but it can be very difficult to locate, especially when you don't know exactly what you should be looking for.
I'd like to mention that as a newer vintage player @Islandswamp articles on goldfish have been incredibly helpful in providing some of that missing (or hard to find) content. The Mana Drain is filled with an incredible wealth of knowledgeable individuals but the dissemination of that knowledge does feel limited by the current medium.
@l0cke17 No need to worry, the SS Tusk found a good home with the Goyf's.
I'll throw in a Plateau for the auction! Looking forward to this and thanks for @Stuart and @thecravenone for putting this together.
Proxies and Beer! - If you want to include a playmat it would be cool to get something that rotates with the reigning champ. Have it signed and then pass it along to whoever takes first at the next event (if it's someone from out of town just get their signature and/or doodle).
This can't come again soon enough!
Date: February 26th 2017
Location: Brash Brewing Company 3302 S Shepherd, Houston TX, 77098 [[MAP]](508 W Crosstimbers Rd, Houston, TX 77018)
Registration Time: 12:50 PM
Event Begins: 1:00 PM
Entry Fee: $10 - EXACT CHANGE ONLY
Payout: 100% - Breakdown depends on turnout
Proxy limit: Unlimited proxy
Proxy rules: Don't make us need to make a proxy rule!
Be warned - Brash exclusively makes strong beers. If you're going to have more than a couple, you should definitely have a DD or use Uber!
If anyone is planning on coming from out of town, please contact one of the Houston crew if you'd like us to arrange something post-Magic. After most big Legacy events, we generally go out as a group to avail ourselves of the city's excellent food and drink options, and we'd love to show them off to you, too!
If you or someone you know needs a deck and is too lazy to use a printer or doesn't know what they want, we have a few available to borrow. You're welcome to take them home. We only ask that you buy us a new pack of sleeves so we can replace the deck.
We now require deck lists. We do not perform deck checks but we want lists so we can post them.
@Stuart Yeah, I figured straight-up ravager shops was too obvious. Time to spread some null rod love myself. And also Staxxx. Yeah, disappointed you can't make it.
This is fantastic - as a new player I can't thank you enough. The list alone is great but the additional comments are the true icing here.
This is awesome, as someone who is looking to step into vintage due to the very reasons you mentioned (VSL, prices on MTGO, etc...) it's great to see a deck option that is not only budget but may also be relatively intuitive to play. So thank you so much for the time and effort you've put into the primer, you're helping add a new member to the community!
@l0cke17 No need to worry, the SS Tusk found a good home with the Goyf's.
This will of course depend on how one defines "health" of the format, but assuming that this is somehow related to diversity of deck archetypes here's my thoughts.
The new method of reporting a limited number of collated decks with a minimum of 10 cards different between decks for leagues make this data unusable for assessing the health of the format. It will show an arbitrary diversity of decks that is in no way associated with the meta percentages represented by those given decks.
This leaves us with the excellent break down of the weekly challenges that we have for some idea of the meta breakdown for mtgo. Though I feel this may be skewed due to the popularity and convenience of leagues.
With so few reporting's of significant statistical value for the paper meta it will be difficult to assess whether it will be heavily varied from the online meta. Of course you'll always have more budgetary issues, etc. with paper so that will additionally need to be accounted for.
I'll throw in a Plateau for the auction! Looking forward to this and thanks for @Stuart and @thecravenone for putting this together.
Just finished up a league, wen't 3-2. Here's what I ran into:
L Jeskai (saw a single mentor and tinker)
L PO Storm
W Unpowered Hatebears
W Big Blue
W Staxx
I was running Ravager Shops with Wires replacing thorns. Already jumped into my next one. This is pretty great!
This is great news, I've playing in the practice rooms for months now because I can never dedicate the time to the daily tournaments. Looking forward to this!
Looking forward to chatting with you guys. Should be fun!
@Stuart Yeah, I figured straight-up ravager shops was too obvious. Time to spread some null rod love myself. And also Staxxx. Yeah, disappointed you can't make it.
I've missed to many of these. Time to reclaim the playmat!
Glad I could reignite the spark! I hope we get to a chance to play again soon, and hopefully we'll have a Goyf invitational that you can make sometime the trip to TX for.