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    • Ain't No Rest for the Paradoxical - 11th Place Tournament Report - Vintage Champs 2018

      VINTAGE FRIENDS!

      I didn't proofread it. Its fast, its dirty, its a rambling stream of my incoherent thoughts on a great first Eternal Weekend. Here is my 11th place Vintage Champs Tournament report!

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M3KPwk8KWQNyVhsOmGzfYIukcEeqFypTUfGl9sGgQfM/edit?usp=sharing

      I am always down to dicuss Vintage, Paradoxical Outcome or Magic in general. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments.

      Cheers!

      Justin 'IamActuallyLvL1' Gennari

      posted in Tournament Reports
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • Captain of the Ship - 1st Place Tournament Report - TMD Open 19

      Hello Vintage Community! On Saturday, I won TMD 19 in Oakville, CT! I had an great time with all my friends and the rest of the community this weekend. I wrote up this Tournament Report in an effort to share my some of amazing time with you.

      If you're interested feel free to skim, browse or binge a little bit of what I like to call 'light reading'. The links in the table on the first page can take you to whatever interests you.

      I am always down to dicuss Vintage, Paradoxical Outcome or Magic in general. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments.

      Cheers!

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hStph0WJP8yr3f1mktjUxuc8fWk6H-JqDFnaqgWyQz4/edit?usp=sharing

      posted in Tournament Reports
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • Complete Analysis of Urza's Saga in Vintage

      I talk about Saga for about an hour.

      • How Saga is used in Vintage
      • How decks attack Saga
      • Spell Land Deckbuilding Tensions
      • Metagame influences

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVFoxN631Nw

      posted in Vintage Strategy
      IamActuallyLvL1
      IamActuallyLvL1
    • Everything about Vintage before Eternal Weekend 2021

      2 hour comprehensive overview of the current Vintage metagame going deck by deck through what is seeing play on MTGO

      Happy to answer any questions in the comments!

      https://youtu.be/lUuyTphEmSc

      posted in Vintage News
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • IamActuallyLvL1 Youtube - Vintage Challenge Recordings

      Hey ManaDrain!

      I wanted to let everyone know that all my Vintage Challenge Streams will be hosted on youtube directly following the streams.

      Here are the links:

      https://www.twitch.tv/iamactuallylvl1

      https://www.youtube.com/user/IamActuallyLvL1/playlists

      Current Playoff VODS:
      Vintage Playoffs 2019 Q1: Esper PO (3-3 27th)

      Current Challenge VODS:

      See Comment # 1

      Current League VODS:

      See Comment # 2

      Thanks,
      Justin

      posted in Vintage News
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • Vintage Challenge 2nd Place Recording and Decklist

      Vintage Challenge 2nd Place with Jeskai Lavinia Paradoxical Outcome

      R1: No Show 💙
      R2: Storm PO 💙💔 💙
      R3: Karn Shops 💔💔
      R4: Dredge 💔💙💙
      R5: Oath 💙💔💙
      R6: Dredge 💔💙💙
      Top8: Jeskai 💙💙
      Top4: RUG Wrenn 💙💔💙
      Finals: Karn Shops 💔💙💔

      Videos Link

      Decklist Link

      posted in Vintage News
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • RE: 2019 MOCS Championship Update Announcement

      I've posted about this just about everywhere but I can not stress how much I love this announcement. I know that I am in the minority as a Vintage player striving for the Pro Tour but this change perfectly fits my goals for Magic. I cant wait sink more time into Vintage and not feel like I am sacrificing to much time on my goal of making the PT. HYPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

      posted in Vintage News
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • RE: Playgroups for MTGO

      @moorebrother1 new MTGO user: texrolyat has been looking for a practice partner in the discord and practice lobby.

      posted in Vintage Community
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • RE: Ain't No Rest for the Paradoxical - 11th Place Tournament Report - Vintage Champs 2018

      @countdabubba Good question! It is my belief that you can only support 2 "delve spells" in PO. So for this you have to choose between Dig/Cruise/Will and Snapcaster. Dig is the best one as you are a combo deck. Cruise IMO is more underwhelming then Will and Will plays a bit better with the one snapcaster mage. It is perfectly acceptable to run 1 dig 1 cruise or 1 dig 1 will 1 snap. Any other configuration doesn't make sense.

      posted in Tournament Reports
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • Everyday Eternal - Episode 88 Vintage Vibes with Justin Gennari

      http://itsjulian.com/88-vintage-vibes-with-justin-gennari/

      I guested on this awesome Eternal podcast yesterday! We talked about Vintage the entire time! Hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I did.

      posted in Vintage News
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    Latest posts made by IamActuallyLvL1

    • Vintage Metagame before Eternal Weekend 2022

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFRqlWfmjEs

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • Paper Eternal Weekend Asia 2022 Results

      Vintage Paper Eternal Weekend Asia 2022 11/26/22 -- 103 Players

      Most Played:

      Breach, Grixis Saga, Dredge, Hogaak, 4c Walkers, Prison Shops, Doomsday, Oath

      Best WinRates among high play %:

      Breach, 4c Walkers, Prison Shops

      ew2022asia.PNG ew2022asias.PNG ew2022asiag.PNG

      Source: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/12410

      posted in Official Tournament Results
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • [BRO] Review for Vintage

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ1vI6PywNw

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • RE: Pitch Dredge - Proposed List

      Coming in here to drop off

      "Hollow One should not be cut from your main"

      Of the 584 placing dredge lists in the last two years. 574 of them included Hollow Ones.

      posted in Dredge
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • RE: Eternal Weekend Returns for 2022 - Online & Paper Announcement

      My Thoughts and Article Breakdown

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNy5aPajM_g

      posted in Vintage News
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • RE: Vintage Format Health Update from WOTC

      @iamactuallylvl1 How do I mute my own post

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • RE: Vintage Format Health Update from WOTC

      @botvinik

      https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck_searches/create?utf8=✓&deck_search[name]=&deck_search[format]=vintage&deck_search[types][]=&deck_search[types][]=tournament&deck_search[player]=&deck_search[date_range]=09%2F26%2F2021+-+10%2F10%2F2022&deck_search[deck_search_card_filters_attributes][0][card]=Displacer+Kitten&deck_search[deck_search_card_filters_attributes][0][quantity]=1&deck_search[deck_search_card_filters_attributes][0][type]=maindeck&deck_search[deck_search_card_filters_attributes][1][card]=&deck_search[deck_search_card_filters_attributes][1][quantity]=1&deck_search[deck_search_card_filters_attributes][1][type]=maindeck&counter=2&commit=Search

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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    • Vintage Format Health Update from WOTC

      VINTAGE

      "Likewise, we think Vintage is in a relatively good spot. Magic Online data shows greater archetype diversity recently than we've had in some past cycles, in part because of new card additions to the format. Displacer Kitten and Vodalian Hexcatcher are examples that feature prominently in their respective decks. Other new cards like Boseiju, Who Endures are finding a home in a variety of decks.

      We're aware that many of the current top decks make powerful use of Tinker and are often categorized together. But within that category, there's a good amount of diversity in terms of how those decks can be built and the play patterns they follow. We're also seeing healthy amounts of "good stuff" decks, Vengevine variants, and Workshop variants in the metagame. Overall, we think Vintage is in a good place right now and don't anticipate the need for changes soon."


      I am not sure Kitten and Hexcatcher are the choices I would use but I do agree and like the point of "new cards enter the format and slot into niches"


      https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/october-10-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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      IamActuallyLvL1
    • Complete Analysis of Urza's Saga in Vintage

      I talk about Saga for about an hour.

      • How Saga is used in Vintage
      • How decks attack Saga
      • Spell Land Deckbuilding Tensions
      • Metagame influences

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVFoxN631Nw

      posted in Vintage Strategy
      IamActuallyLvL1
      IamActuallyLvL1
    • RE: Vintage Omnath

      @faithloverful

      Are the only ones I remember

      https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4342827#online
      https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3453326#online

      posted in Vintage Strategy
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