Fascinating list just won Catalan Vintage - much more prisony, with MD Stonies and Spheres. I’d love to try this out - seems great if you’re trying to crush PO.

@moorebrother1 100% agreed - I stick to a strict snack and caffeine regimen at bigger events and have found that to make as big difference. Coffee hasn't been bad for me as long as I don't stop drinking it later in the day. Plus, it gives you the coffee-breath-tilt advantage.

I’m a new dad and don’t play MTGO, which puts me at a big time/volume disadvantage. However, my plan is similar to SCGCon:

• At least once a week, jam some Gchat testing with my Houston playtesting partner Ben.
• My Austin buddy Patrick is also a new dad and playing in Champs, so we’re gonna try to jam games whenever we relieve our wives of mom-duty (this’ll be easier when our kids start bottle feeding).
• Extensively goldfish my deck both pre- and post-board to make sure everything runs smoothly.
• Live and breath Vintage content between now and then so I can keep my finger on the pulse. I.e. read all the active threads here, listen to podcasts, watch streams, and constantly check Mtgtop8 results. I’m gonna be playing a deck (and particularly a sideboard) that wants to be tuned to the meta, so I need to understand current trends.
• On that last point, my plan is to not think about Legacy Champs, so my limited time and brainpower can focus on doing Vintage Champs correctly.

As a quick reference, there are currently 2 CE Underground Seas on TCGPlayer, both at roughly $450. As discussed above, making these legal probably won't do any good except for the people who already own them - not that that's a problem, but I just wouldn't expect it to save Vintage.

Mr. Blackblade wanted to let y'all know you'll be taking his handsome face home if you win RtS7!

The summer is ending, our tournament season is nearing its close, and we're back with more Vintage!

Location: Growler USA (609 W 29th St)
Entry Fee: $10
Registration: 12:30 registration, with an 1:00 start time
Payout: 100% of entry fees go to the top Top 4; high-end playmat and invite to year-end championship for 1st Place
Proxy limit: Unlimited proxy
Proxy rules: While we love real cards and beautifully-rendered proxies, it’s more important to us that you’re just here and playing. As such, we’re not instituting any proxy rules or guidelines.
Decklists: We will be collecting decklists to post online after the event.

Wanna know what the competition looks like? Check out the lists from our past events here.

Orcish Lumberjack!

@ten-ten it's mostly just cause Ian didn't bother printing his proxies in color.

Cheers everyone - this has all been really helpful.

We met last night and decided we're gonna take this in the Old School direction. The prize demands for Vintage are so high that we're not really comfortable taking on that risk/commitment.

As someone who prefers Vintage to Old School, I'm of course a little bummed that we won't be throwing a big Vintage event. That said, I do think we have something special in the works for Old School, and as I'm sure some number of you play that format, I'll post the details here soon!

Thanks @Prospero - more great advice!

Re. turnouts and financial losses: we are planning on doing some sort of pre-reg, so we can get a feel for the headcount. We might also cap it at X players.