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1  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: How about the European Constitution ? on: May 29, 2005, 03:25:31 pm
France has said NO to European constitution !

(Personally, I'm happy Smile ) .

Now , we are waiting the dutch vote Wednesday.

+1 Smile Smile

But ALL the politician are so bad Sad Sad

[edit]I replace "who voted NO" by "ALL" because during the post-election debate they all speak about the presidential election and no about the Europe Sad Sad[/edit]
2  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / [France - Paris] Clichy #11 - 26/06/2005 : Double Mox Tournament on: May 24, 2005, 08:54:37 am
Vintage French Cup 2005 Qualifier

Address :
22-28 rue Henri Barbusse - 92110 CLICHY-SUR-SEINE (92)

Subway : Mairie de Clichy (at 7 minutes with foot)
SNCF : Clichy-Levallois (at 7 minutes with foot)

The planning :
Registrations : 9h30
Tournament's Start : 10h30
Entry Fee : 10€

Sandwiches available on the tournament's place.

An amazing dotation
  • 1st price : Mox Ruby (Unlimited)
  • 2nd price : Mox Emerald (Unlimited)
  • 3rd price : Mana Crypt

+ Boosters

1st Unpowered : 1 Mana Drain (Italian)[/b]

Important :
  • The list must be written on an A4 paper sheet
  • The sleeves must be opaque, matt and plain


Pre-registrations and Informations : preinscriptions@clichyisland.com
3  Vintage Community Discussion / Rules Q&A / Re: Consulting Oracle on: May 19, 2005, 07:43:40 am
So he can ask the judge: what is the name of the 5/3 trampler with the ability "Whenever this is put into a graveyard from play, return this to owner´s hand" that costs 2 {G} {G} {G}?? And the judge will have to respond?

I said the judge shouldn´t answer this. It´s your own bloody fault.

If the card's description is sufficiently explicit then the judge must respond to your question, and even if the we (or the judge) can't give the card's name the description is sufficiently explicit to consider that we gave the name of this card (here : Weatherseed Treefolk)
4  Eternal Formats / Global Vintage Tournament Reports and Results / Re: [UPDATE] Vintage Championship in France Top33 on: May 18, 2005, 08:49:52 am
The Unpowered Top8 is on-line here : http://solomoxen.com/?page=7&id=43
5  Eternal Formats / Global Vintage Tournament Reports and Results / Re: Vintage Championship in France Top8 on: May 17, 2005, 02:57:44 am
Yes it was sanctioned. If I am correct, only 50 out of 350 people were unpowered, so I don't think that is a valid argument.
145 players were unpowered in this tournament
246 players were powered

I'll wait until I see the breakdown before commenting further, but I believe this was a sanctioned tournament? thus no proxies, which means that many players were (probably) playing less-powered or unpowered decks because they had no choice... which totally changes the metagame from a 5 or 10-proxy tournament like SCG or Waterbury...

but we'll see when he posts the breakdown...

I post the breakdown next sunday, because I must read all the 391 lists Sad
6  Eternal Formats / Global Vintage Tournament Reports and Results / Re: Vintage Championship in France Top8 on: May 16, 2005, 12:23:41 pm
Any chance we could get an archetype breakdown for the t32?

I will post the Top33 (All players who have more than 19 point) and the Top8 Unpowered tomorrow.

Quote from: moses2k
I think the coverage will be up soon.

I post the coverage of your match this week (Yes I have written on my PC and paper all the action of this game).
7  Eternal Formats / Global Vintage Tournament Reports and Results / [UPDATE] Vintage Championship in France Top33 and Top8 Unpo on: May 16, 2005, 05:47:01 am
The Top33 lists are here : http://solomoxen.com/?page=7&id=33 (with a button to export the lists to MWS or Apprentice)
The Top8 Unpowered is on-line here : http://solomoxen.com/?page=7&id=43

The Top8 lists :

1.1°) Stéphane Tichadou (France)
Creatures
4 Worldgorger Dragon
1 Caller of the Claw
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Ambassador Laquatus
Spells
3 Duress
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Dance of the Dead
1 Entomb
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Mana Crypt
2 Animate Dead
2 Stifle
3 Intuition
2 Compulsion
1 Deep Analysis
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
3 Necromancy
1 Vampiric Tutor
Lands
2 Underground River
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Underground Sea
2 Island
2 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta

SB: 1 Duress
SB: 2 Sundering Titan
SB: 2 Engineered Explosives
SB: 1 Misdirection
SB: 2 Chalice of the Void
SB: 2 Coffin Purge
SB: 1 Chain of Vapor
SB: 1 Necromancy
SB: 3 Null Rod

1.2°) Alejandro Escribano (Spain)
Creatures
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
2 Psychatog
Spells
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Duress
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Death Spark
4 Force of Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
3 Brainstorm
3 Zombie Infestation
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Mana Crypt
3 Intuition
4 Circular Logic
1 Mind Twist
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Firestorm
Lands
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
1 Strip Mine
3 Underground Sea
1 Island
1 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
3 Volcanic Island
2 Wasteland

SB: 1 Pyroblast
SB: 3 Arcane Laboratory
SB: 2 Gorilla Shaman
SB: 1 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Shattering Pulse
SB: 2 Engineered Plague
SB: 2 Energy Flux
SB: 1 Rack and Ruin

3°) Jose Antonio Alascio Lopez (Spain)
Creatures
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Pentavus
1 Triskelion
4 Goblin Welder
Spells
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
2 Gifts Ungiven
1 Crucible of Worlds
4 Brainstorm
1 Cunning Wish
4 Mana Drain
1 Mindslaver
4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Recoup
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Mana Crypt
1 Intuition
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Lands
1 Strip Mine
2 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Seat of the Synod
4 Polluted Delta
4 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy

SB: 1 Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 1 Jester's Cap
SB: 2 Chill
SB: 2 Arcane Laboratory
SB: 3 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Lava Dart
SB: 1 Duplicant
SB: 1 Platinum Angel
SB: 1 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Stifle
SB: 1 Rack and Ruin

4°) Andrea Garella (Italy)
Creatures
1 Sundering Titan
1 Pentavus
1 Triskelion
3 Goblin Welder
Spells
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
3 Cunning Wish
4 Mana Drain
3 Chalice of the Void
1 Mindslaver
3 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Accumulated Knowledge
1 Read the Runes
1 Mana Crypt
2 Intuition
2 Deep Analysis
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Tinker
Lands
1 Library of Alexandria
5 Island
2 Flooded Strand
2 Polluted Delta
4 Volcanic Island
1 Tolarian Academy

SB: 1 Jester's Cap
SB: 1 Fire/Ice
SB: 2 Blood Moon
SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Echoing Truth
SB: 1 Shattering Pulse
SB: 1 Gush
SB: 1 Misdirection
SB: 1 Duplicant
SB: 1 Read the Runes
SB: 1 Starstorm
SB: 1 Rushing River
SB: 2 Rack and Ruin

5°) Daniel Eufinger (Germany)
Creatures
1 Darksteel Colossus
Spells
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
3 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Echoing Truth
1 Fact or Fiction
3 Mana Drain
4 Accumulated Knowledge
3 Future Sight
1 Mana Crypt
1 Tendrils of Agony
4 Intuition
3 Deep Analysis
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Frantic Search
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Helm of Awakening
1 Vampiric Tutor
Lands
2 Underground Sea
5 Island
2 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
1 Tolarian Academy

SB: 2 Duress
SB: 2 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Mana Maze
SB: 2 Energy Flux
SB: 3 Annul
SB: 2 Back to Basics
SB: 2 Gilded Drake

6°) Paul I (France)
Creatures
 2 Psychatog
Spells
 2 Duress
 1 Ancestral Recall
 1 Demonic Tutor
 1 Time Walk
 4 Force of Will
 1 Black Lotus
 1 Sol Ring
 2 Swords to Plowshares
 4 Brainstorm
 2 Cunning Wish
 4 Mana Drain
 4 Accumulated Knowledge
 3 Intuition
 2 Deep Analysis
 1 Balance
 1 Mox Jet
 1 Mox Pearl
 1 Mox Ruby
 1 Mox Sapphire
 1 Yawgmoth's Will
Lands
 1 Strip Mine
 2 Tundra
 4 Underground Sea
 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
 2 Island
 2 Flooded Strand
 4 Polluted Delta
 2 Volcanic Island
 3 Wasteland

SB: 1 Pyroblast
SB: 1 Swords to Plowshares
SB: 3 Chalice of the Void
SB: 2 Coffin Purge
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Fling
SB: 1 Diabolic Edict
SB: 1 Disenchant
SB: 1 Mind Twist
SB: 1 Rack and Ruin
SB: 1 Vampiric Tutor

7°) Tim Bergman (Germany)
Creatures
 1 Darksteel Colossus
 4 Ophidian
Spells
 1 Pyroblast
 4 Mana Leak
 1 Ancestral Recall
 1 Time Walk
 4 Force of Will
 4 Fire/Ice
 1 Black Lotus
 1 Mox Emerald
 1 Sol Ring
 1 Vedalken Shackles
 4 Brainstorm
 1 Fact or Fiction
 4 Mana Drain
 2 Isochron Scepter
 1 Red Elemental Blast
 1 Mox Jet
 1 Mox Pearl
 1 Mox Ruby
 1 Mox Sapphire
 1 Tinker
 3 Impulse
Lands
 1 Library of Alexandria
 1 Strip Mine
 5 Island
 4 Flooded Strand
 1 Polluted Delta
 4 Volcanic Island

SB: 1 Hydroblast
SB: 1 Jester's Cap
SB: 1 Pyroblast
SB: 2 Arcane Laboratory
SB: 1 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2 Energy Flux
SB: 2 Chalice of the Void
SB: 1 Damping Matrix
SB: 1 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Rack and Ruin

8°) Marco Ardoino (Italy)
Creatures
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Psychatog
Spells
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Duress
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
4 Force of Will
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Sol Ring
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Brainstorm
4 Cunning Wish
4 Mana Drain
4 Accumulated Knowledge
1 Mana Crypt
3 Intuition
2 Deep Analysis
1 Mind Twist
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Lands
4 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
4 Volcanic Island

SB: 1 Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 1 Shattering Pulse
SB: 1 Fact or Fiction
SB: 1 Lava Dart
SB: 2 Misdirection
SB: 1 Snuff Out
SB: 1 Skeletal Scrying
SB: 1 Rushing River
SB: 1 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 1 Stifle
SB: 1 Fling
SB: 2 Rack and Ruin
SB: 1 Firestorm

[Edit : Bugs fixed]
8  Eternal Formats / Global Vintage Tournament Reports and Results / Re: A short coverage of Vintage Championship in France on: May 16, 2005, 04:04:08 am
Quote from: Jaapmans
On a whole different note. This is by far the largest T1 event in the last couple of years (if I remember correctly). The T32 decklists define the current meta game imho. Posting these here seems the least the organizers can do for the community (except for organizing that beautifull thingy).
Fisrt, I post the Top8. I will post the Top32 later (today or tomorrow).

Quote from: Jaapmans
<bitch mode on> and I really hate it that my pre-registration wasn't confirmed<bitch mode off>

Jaap
I send you a mail from  my gmail box the 17th April 2005 to redirect you towards a web site (http://wizards-registration.com).
9  Eternal Formats / Global Vintage Tournament Reports and Results / Re: A short coverage of Vintage Championship in France on: May 16, 2005, 03:44:09 am
Sorry to aswer only now but I was judge on the London PTQ yesterday. Surprised

No update on r7?
No because we had some problems with the network Sad Sad Sad Sad

The standings before the Top8 are here : http://solomoxen.com/CdF/S09.html
I will post the Top8 list today.
10  Eternal Formats / Global Vintage Tournament Reports and Results / Re: A short coverage of Vintage Championship in France on: May 14, 2005, 02:06:35 pm
Some pictures are available here : http://photos.solomoxen.com ("Vintage Championship in France")
11  Eternal Formats / Global Vintage Tournament Reports and Results / A short coverage of Vintage Championship in France on: May 14, 2005, 01:03:12 pm
It's avaible here : http://solomoxen.com/CdF/

Sorry for the delay but we had problems with the network of the room where we are Sad Sad Sad
I will give you some pictures and other informations later (in an hour, after the 8th rounds).
12  Eternal Formats / Creative / Re: Phyrexian Furnace in Salvagers on: April 28, 2005, 04:39:17 pm
The question is this:

If you get an early Furnace out, should you eat a card a turn to keep their graveyard in check or should you leave the yard so when you go off, you can draw out your deck?

When I play an early Furnace, I eat a card per turn.
This action can make you win the game against decks like Slaver, Dragon (by eating Squee and Dragon), ...

When you go off, you eating your graveyard to draw.
13  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / Re: 05/14 - French Vintage Championships - Beta P9 - OPEN TO ALL on: April 19, 2005, 03:03:43 am
Somebody wondered about this on a dutch magic forum: How can the T8 win a box of Saviors when the pre-release is a week later?

Toad made an error, the players in the Top8 don't win a box of Savior, just a box of Champions and a box of Betrayers.
14  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / Re: 05/14 - French Vintage Championships - Beta P9 - OPEN TO ALL on: April 12, 2005, 04:38:11 am
We have 268 pre-registered players  Cool
I will make the coutry breakdown later.
15  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / 05/14 - French Vintage Championships - Beta P9 - OPEN TO ALL on: April 07, 2005, 10:48:49 am
This tournament is organized with the DCI France Smile
16  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / 05/14 - French Vintage Championships - Beta P9 - OPEN TO ALL on: April 06, 2005, 04:12:17 pm
The byes offer are for the GenCon Indy then for the Vintage World Championship.
17  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / [France - Paris] 24/04/2005 Clichy 10 : Black Lotus on: April 05, 2005, 08:08:33 am
Adress:
22-28 Street Henri Barbusse
92110 CLICHY-SUR-SEINE (92)

Subway: Mairie de Clichy (at 7 minutes with foot)
SNCF: Clichy-Levallois (at 7 minutes with foot)

Beginning of registrations 9h00
Beginning of tournament : 10h00
PAF: 10 €


Refreshment bar, sandwiches on the spot

Dotation:
Arrow 1st: Black Lotus (unlim.) !!!
Arrow 2nd: Mana Drain (Italian)
Arrow 3nd: Cranial Extraction + Booster
Arrow 4th - 8th : Booster

1st Unpowered: 4 Underground Sea

Points useful to note:
Arrow The lists will have to be made on a A4 sheet
Arrow The only Sleeves authorized are the matt and plain opaque Sleeves



For pre-registration or for informations you can write to the official tournament's mailbox (it is consulted at least once every 2 days): preinscriptions@clichyisland.com

The Poster of this tournament

Official Site : http://www.clichyisland.com
18  Eternal Formats / Global Vintage Tournament Reports and Results / [event] Latest France T8 / breack down Result [event] on: February 09, 2005, 05:21:38 am
Last event in France : Annecy #4
Sunday 6th February 2005

You can find the Top8 and the Breakdown here : http://solomoxen.com/?page=7&id=25
The list are in english.

The site is still in french. The english translation will be on-line next Sunday Smile
19  Eternal Formats / Creative / Abbreviations and Acronyms on: May 21, 2004, 04:14:53 pm
Quote from: Username?
thanks this is helpful
but u gotta forgot
slavery
zoo
bus
keeper
chains
hulk


it's easy

Slavery : it's a deck created by Toad (The primer of the deck)
Zoo : it's an URG aggro deck
Bus : Germbus the new version of Keeper
Keeper : the best control deck in T1
Chains : Chains of Menphistopheles
Hulk : Hulk Smash, the vintage version of Tog.dec
20  Eternal Formats / Creative / Landstill, taking a 2nd look. on: April 10, 2004, 02:49:04 pm
Quote from: BreathWeapon
IMO, Landstill depends on Standstill soo much to assert board control that the Brainstorms simply seem like a necessity.

If you need a standstill Imlpulse is better to find the Standstill because you search deeper in your deck and you doesn't "lose" two draw with Impulse (you lose 2 draw with brainstorm because 2 cards from your hands go on the top of your library)
I say it another time Impusle is better in Landstill than Brainstorm (I have said that 10 time minimum Sad and I have test Landstill with Brainstorm -without Impulse- and with Impulse -without Brainstorm-)
21  Eternal Formats / Creative / Re: Landstill, taking a 2nd look. on: April 09, 2004, 06:52:45 am
Quote from: BreathWeapon
Draw Engine
4xStandstill
4xBrainstorm
1xTime Walk
1xAncestral Recall

Brainstorm is with out a doubt one of the most pertinant additions to Landstill lists. The deck is at a massive deficit for first turn drops in comparison to every other control deck in the format. Far too often you are left completely inactive on your first turn of play, and this is simply not exceptable in a T1 control deck. Brainstorm accomplishes a number of things in the deck. Like Slavery, Landstill requires its draw engine to establish itself on the board, otherwise the deck will run out of steam. With out the Standstill, your left at the mercy of HULKS brokenness in the Control mirror. Unlike Tog, your deck is required to function around maximum synergy instead of "going broken." With Brainstorm, you increases your chances of establishing an early Standstill significantly and can now circumvent Duress with greater ease. Why play 5 Ancestrals when you can play 9?

[...]

SB options seem to be changing quite a bit. Annul and Null Rod have become increasingly popular and most U/w builds run Meddling Mages and Serenity in the SB. For me, DoJs and Balance are best left in the board.

Well, in a nut shell those are my thoughts on the deck. I think Brainstorm goes a very long way in improving the decks synergy and consistancey, and I am all ears for your opinions of the card in Landstill.


I think Impulse is better in Landstill because you can see deeper in your deck with it , it's just my opinion on this point. In my opinion,it's better for the Control match-up because you can find faster your Strips or drawer (often Standstill)

For the sideboard you can take :
Disenchant  or Serenity (depends of the meta-game)
CotV
Balance
maybe Maze of Ith (Tog, Aggro Shop)

I don't think Meddling Mage is a good option for this deck because the opponent can often deal with it
22  Eternal Formats / Creative / U/W U/R or U/W/R Landstill on: April 03, 2004, 12:33:21 pm
Quote from: firebird365
Subaru: I like the idea of extra card drawing or filtering (Impulse) but very often I've felt like I need more "real" card drawing; have the 3 Impulse been working well? I only ran 2 when I tested, but I had to cut them for more space.


The Impulse is fine in this deck because you can search more deeper in your deck with it. The you can find a problem's solution faster.

My draw engine (1 Tral, 1 Walk, 3 Decree, 4 Standstill, 1 Tef Resp, 3 Impulse, 1 LoA, sometimes Fire/Ice)  work very well, I never have a problem with it.

PS : Sorry for my english if this isn't good.
23  Eternal Formats / Creative / U/W U/R or U/W/R Landstill on: April 03, 2004, 02:49:13 am
Quote from: Lucentspirit
Has anyone using U/W landstill tried wrath of god? It's casting cost might be to much at 2WW, but it could clear the board of creatures a whole turn faster than Nev. Disk.


Wrath of Good costs too much in the current metagame. Besides UW Landstill has Swords, Balance and Nevyn vs Aggro. With test I saw we don't need other cards vs Aggro (I play UWr Landstill, my list is the 3rd of this TOP8)
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