Nam just posted a tourney report in the appropriate forum. I'm trying to do a tournament at Kidforce (Cleveland area) next month and then Pop Shop again in September.

Dress code: bathing suits preferred.

Nice job. I was also in the boat of making day 2 but missing prizes.

Didn't introduce myself to Montolio, was a bit intimidated, but that was a cool interaction you had with him.

Team Serious Open - July 14th at the NEW POP! Shop location - Sandusky, Ohio
3104 Milan Rd Sandusky, OH 44870

Entry Fee: $20.00
Registration Opens: 11 AM
Start Time: 12:00 PM

Format: Unsanctioned Vintage - Unlimited Proxy

Cash Prizes equal 100% of Entry Fees.

We will play Swiss+1 rounds based on attendance so everyone gets to play plenty of Vintage.

Notes: Team Serious is hosting this Vintage tournament in conjunction with The Pop Shop. If you need to car pool to Sandusky, please post in this thread for help. Decklists will be collected from the top 4 or 8. If you feel confident you'll make it in, write one up beforehand to save time!

Enjoy casual Old School games between rounds. Some folks might even bring decks from a new "old border" format we're working on (4th-Scourge).

Playtest cards will be permitted. There are several ways of making playtest cards:

Using Basic Land: The first and most basic is taking a basic land card and writing the details of the card on it.
Altering an existing card: PREFERRED! The second method is to use a card that shares some of the characteristics with the card that you want to make as a Playtest Card and remove any characteristics that do not match, replacing them with the correct characteristics. Methods for doing this can be found on Youtube.com.
Printed Slips: the third is to print out all 75 cards, and slip the cuts sheets of paper into each sleeve. If you do this, every card must be printed on the same type of paper and have a basic land backing.
Collector's Edition cards: CE/ICE versions of cards are allowed.
World Championship cards: blank WC cards can be used to make great proxies with your own writing or art.

See you there! BAOM!

asking your opponent what you did wrong is great when you're testing with a testing partner. after a match for stakes, you're unlikely to get good feedback unless you ask a question related to their deck (what do I do against card X from your deck).

@moorebrother1 said in When do you blame your deck and when do you blame yourself?:

I have been putting a lot of pressure on myself to play better and do better as a Magic player

well, that's part of it. you might be too focused on results and playing better to accurately diagnose losses.

first of all, stop entering tournaments with the expectation of winning or top 8ing. that expectation is probably driving you nuts.

once your emotions are less in play, you can start breaking down games and figuring out why you won or lost a particular game.

one mini-game I play with myself inside of a game of magic is to think about which cards would be the best possible topdecks at that given moment. this also helps me with card selection when playing cantrips. if you find yourself frequently in situations where you're digging for a 4-outer or worse in a losing board state, then consider playing a different deck.

one last thing, you're playing stoneblade which is one of the most "fair" decks out there. your card quality is pretty flat and your cards tend to be more reactive. that means you have to play very solid to maximize each card since you can't rely as much on a broken card to bail you out.

When you hijack a tournament results thread to talk about B&R not only do you take credit away from the winners but you also attempt to make the thread about you and your opinions. Not cool.

Grats to Zarzoso and the rest of the top 8!

Even if Aaron saying that workshop is a "pillar" led to a price increase, that's not Aaron's fault either. That's all on the secondary market. You could argue that his action indirectly led to the price increase, but it's his job to maintain the format, not to keep prices within a certain range.

you are not your dci number
embrace the proxy

@chubbyrain said in Workshop is a pillar of vintage -Aaron Forsythe:

Thanks, Aaron...

The death of paper Vintage won't be from a restriction or an unrestriction, but from the secondary market.

paper vintage can and should be free