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    Naixin

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    • RE: April 4, 2016 B&R Announcement

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    • RE: Vintage Challenge - 6/17/2017

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      posted in Official Tournament Results
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    • Workshop is a pillar of vintage -Aaron Forsythe

      https://mobile.twitter.com/mtgaaron/status/985674571188588544

      I guess shops is here for good. Interesting how he admits it now.

      posted in Off-Topic
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    • RE: MTGO Outside Assistance

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    • RE: Vintage Challenge - 6/10/2017

      The entire B&R argument can be summed up as:

      "Paper's too OP we should restrict it; but Scissors are fine" ~ Rock.

      A B&R should not be used to cater to pet decks. I think the format is adapting fairly well, as we tend to see different decks on the weekly challenge top 8s. Who knows, maybe more blue decks top 8 because people like playing blue. May dredge doesn't top as much because people think it's boring.

      posted in Official Tournament Results
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    • RE: Are you playing something other than Aggro Shops or Jeskai? If so, why?

      I’m playing red shops. I like it because I think it’s fun and welder is one of my favorite cards. Also I think Ensnaring Bridge + Null Rod is fairly well positioned right now.

      posted in Vintage Community
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    • RE: Awesome Pics of Awesome Cards

      Here’s an album of my legacy elf deck.

      https://m.imgur.com/a/lTyNr

      posted in Art and Collecting
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    • RE: [5/8] [Bazaar of Moxen - Annecy - 65 players]

      Wow@this merfolks list. I remember months ago when people laughed at me and said vial was trash in vintage. I guess this top 8 means it's still bad, but less trash 😛

      posted in Official Tournament Results
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    • [DOM] Jhoira's Familiar

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      The most obvious comparison is Foundry Inspector. This card costs 1 more, but has flying to fly over ground creatures to attack planeswalkers. Can also trade with Delver.

      Con is that it can't be cast off of turn 1 workshop and has 1 less power.

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
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    • RE: [Free Article] Menendian's Suggested Banned and Restricted Lists (2018)

      I like your B&R list so much more than the official list.

      posted in Vintage News
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    Latest posts made by Naixin

    • RE: Merfolk

      @notmi this is a great list. I’m inclined to try moxen as well since there’s no more UU.

      Any thought on null rod in SB?

      posted in Hate Bears
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    • RE: [CMR] Hullbreacher

      So this needs a restriction, and I say this as a die-hard Merfolk player. This card is absolutely nuts.

      posted in Single-Card Discussion
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    • RE: Merfolk

      @notmi thank you for taking the time to answer. I will try your challenge list with the hullbreachers and see how it runs.

      posted in Hate Bears
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    • RE: Merfolk

      @notmi looks like someone else did well on the challenge with vials. Seems like you’re doing something right. I have a few questions.

      1. Do you ever get screwed by phyrexian revoker? It seems like us wastelanding and them naming vial will set us back quite a bit

      2. Do you think our PO matchup is good enough to not need Null Rod? I know thieving skydiver is really good against serpent and ballista and lone moxen, but PO always is on the back of my mind. I guess the MD flusterstorms and mindbreak traps help, but Null Rod is such a clean answer

      3. Any thoughts of splashing white for kataki, deafening silence, or Thalia?

      4. Any thoughts on paradigm shift combo with oracle?

      posted in Hate Bears
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    • RE: Merfolk

      @notmi Awesome thanks. I will take your list and try it out with Hullbreacher over Lord of Atlantis.

      posted in Hate Bears
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    • RE: Merfolk

      @notmi Awesome! What is your opinion on Cursecatcher? And why Vial > Null Rod?

      posted in Hate Bears
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    • RE: Merfolk

      @protoaddict

      Thanks for the critique! I think your points are valid. I’m having internal struggles of playing Aether Vial or Null Rod. In terms of 1 drops, I think Cursecatcher is a good choice. Mistcaller doesn’t seem terrible either.

      I hate to do it but I might cut some lords. UU is hard to cast in this deck. I think there’s a lot of room for improvement but I can see this being a solid deck to play.

      With Thieving Skydiver to steal moxen and/or serpents and Hullbreacher to stop draw spells, I wonder how needed Null Rod is? Maybe vial does seem like a better choice.

      posted in Hate Bears
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    • RE: Merfolk

      Updated list. Hullbreacher is NASTY

      Deck: Vintage Merfolk.dec

      Counts : 60 main / 15 sideboard

      Creatures:22
      4 Lord of Atlantis
      4 Master of the Pearl Trident
      4 Silvergill Adept
      3 Thieving Skydiver
      4 Hullbreacher
      3 True-Name Nemesis

      Artifacts:6
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Lotus Petal
      1 Mox Sapphire
      3 Null Rod

      Sorceries:1
      1 Time Walk

      Instants:12
      1 Ancestral Recall
      1 Flusterstorm
      1 Mental Misstep
      1 Daze
      2 Force of Negation
      2 Mindbreak Trap
      4 Force of Will

      Lands:19
      4 Cavern of Souls
      10 Island
      1 Strip Mine
      4 Wasteland

      Sideboard:15
      3 Grafdigger's Cage
      1 Null Rod
      1 Flusterstorm
      2 Steel Sabotage
      1 Hurkyl's Recall
      4 Ravenous Trap
      3 Energy Flux

      posted in Hate Bears
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    • RE: Welder in the New World

      I think Hollow One is a better 4 CMC game ender than Smoke Stack. However, staxxing someone out is much more satisfying.

      posted in Decks
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    • RE: Welder in the New World

      I really like your list; it's a lot more aggressive. That might be the right call now as Force of Vigor really screws over slower MUD decks. Here is my current list. It's a lot more Stax based but i'll definitely try Hollow One.

      // Vintage Welder Stax

      // 60 Maindeck
      // 30 Artifact
      1 Black Lotus
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Jet
      1 Mox Pearl
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Sol Ring
      1 Trinisphere
      1 Chalice of the Void
      2 Crucible of Worlds
      3 Smokestack
      1 Mana Crypt
      2 Ensnaring Bridge
      2 Uba Mask
      4 Tangle Wire
      1 Mana Vault
      3 Sphere of Resistance
      3 Null Rod

      // 8 Creature
      4 Goblin Welder
      1 Lodestone Golem
      3 Phyrexian Revoker

      // 22 Land
      4 Mishra's Workshop
      3 Bazaar of Baghdad
      1 Barbarian Ring
      3 Mountain
      4 Wasteland
      1 Strip Mine
      1 Tolarian Academy
      3 Ancient Tomb
      2 Cavern of Souls

      // 15 Sideboard
      // 10 Artifact
      SB: 4 Grafdigger's Cage
      SB: 1 Null Rod
      SB: 1 Ensnaring Bridge
      SB: 1 Crucible of Worlds
      SB: 3 Tormod's Crypt

      // 2 Land
      SB: 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

      // 3 Sorcery
      SB: 3 By Force

      posted in Decks
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