@protoaddct The art for the entire Battlebond set is terrible.

See the link below for all pairings and standings for the swiss portion of the 2017 Vintage Championship, by round.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S3Lj8wkSZeXGJs6q2OTvw6RlXR6PF1PvwxWqbCdY3Ak/edit#gid=733358055

I took this screenshot during the last day of the first MTGO Vintage league as I was finishing my matches. Posted here for archival purposes.

@ChubbyRain

I'm sure you are aware but the VODs are about 40-50% muted due to music copyright issues. One way to make your videos more accessible (and therefore growing viewership) is to eliminate the music or use a provider that has a 100% approved for Twitch use channel. Spotify has a few I believe.

Thank you for putting yourself out there. I have thought very much about streaming matches in the evening but always talk myself out of it.

@joshuabrooks

The WOTC page for 5-0 decklists is:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/content/deck-lists-magic-online-products-game-info

Also, MTGGoldfish scrapes the site and puts them onto their Vintage Results page:
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournaments/vintage#online

The MTGGoldfish site is much easier to use (the filtering/sorting on the WOTC site is broken) and they also include the Weekly Challenge lists. This could save @joshuabrooks the trouble.

I have been playing MTG on and off since revised and have been a casual Vintage enthusiast for about two years. I have decided I would like to become better at the format I have come to enjoy immensely. I only play Vintage on MTGO and therefore miss out on any instant feedback more experienced players and opponents may give IRL. I find myself not improving overtime due to the lack of this feedback loop.

I have been interested in the topic of Deliberate Practice for sometime now, since hearing it discussed on a Freakanomics Radio podcast. The abbreviated definition of Deliberate Practice is breaking down the skill you want to become better at into smaller sections and repeating those while incorporating a feedback loop. The goal is that when putting back together all of the smaller sections into the whole, you will better at the skill.

I have been thinking about what the smaller sections of Vintage Magic would be. Deck and sideboard construction, mulligan decisions, in-game sequencing and sideboarding have made my initial list. Can more experienced players possibly suggest other sections and/or how to develop a feedback loop (attempt, evaluate, adjust) for these sections?

@13nova I agreed with most of your points. I use Polluted Delta as I do not own Scalding Tarns. This is why I swapped Abrade for Fragmentize.

I will consider changing out the Strip Mine for another basic once I buy some Scalding Tarns.

As a new player myself (< 1 year, MTGO only) I'd like to give some advice I wish I had when I joined the format:

Study. Review results (paper and online), read forums such as this, listen to the format specific podcasts, read the articles and join the discussions on social media. This will orient yourself with the format and you will see the trends on deck performance and will help position yourself when you do decide to join Vintage.

@CHA1N5 I have a stop on my end step.

@smmenen

Thank you Steve! I will certainly try to fit in replays of my previous MTGO matches and break them down.

RIP companions.

@notmi

I've been trying your Breach Oath build out on MTGO practice rooms and wanted to ask you a few questions.

How you combat other combo decks that are faster than you?

Your previous build used Vault/Key as a wincon. How is this version winning through zombie/pyromancer tokens or a few shops creatures?

Would you consider Saheeli (this was suggested to me on Twitter) to win the turn Titan enters play? Would this just make it the old Saheeli Titan Oath? Does Breach make that build stronger?

@jimtosetti Is Preordain #3 better than a Ponder? Where are you on Mission Briefing after a few leagues? Thoughts on Spell Piece to combat PWs and adding more grudges main?

What I find when I play Oath is the lack of consistency. While trying to assemble your two card combo, the deck is smashed by faster and more consistent decks (Shop, Xerox and PO). Is the solution running the full cantrip suite as well as Sylvan Librarys or Sensei's Divining Top?

In my opinion, Oath is in a terrible place. The top decks (PO, Xerox, Shops) all out perform the deck in almost every facet. PO is faster, Xerox is more consistent in executing its game plan, Shops is to Aggro for the deck, in its current manifestation, to handle. As you are new to the format, I would suggest picking another archetype to start on.

@smmenen said in London Mulligan Coming to MTGO:

Dredgeapolooza.

I am and am not looking forward to this.

@thecravenone I don't play Legacy so this didn't register. Yuck.

Excerpt:

LONDON MULLIGAN TESTING
From April 10 to May 1, the London Mulligan will be the mulligan used on Magic Online. This mulligan is part of an experiment run by Magic R&D in their never-ending efforts to improve the game we all know and love. This will apply to all formats, in all events and casual games.

As MTGO is the best and largest way to play classic formats like Legacy and Vintage, this test will provide a critical mass of data to help R&D make a final determination whether to adopt this mulligan for Magic as a whole. And importantly, it will allow Mythic Championship competitors to practice their Modern game under the same conditions that they'll face in London.

Source

I believe the thought behind Remora is that they are fine with is being missetepped, one less MM for their Ancestral. If it hits the table, great also. The only things they could be casting off Drain is Cruise or Dig which would not be in hand frequent enough to justify running the "easier" counter (leak, negate). What is weird is not running all 5 Moxen in a 3 Remora build and a fourth in the board.

Remora is skewing the deck to more controlling, reactive. The Negate and Mana Leak are a trump for the MM wars.