Well I must say all of my questions have been replied to. It is good to hear some Vintage experts say that the DCI is treating Vintage players with more respect and at least getting more attention they deserve. I'm highly considering quiting the Type 2 format and play mostly Vintage, and the worlds you all have spoken has made my Vintage future something worth looking into. I appreciate all of your responses.

Thanks for the reply, I reread the article and that line made more sense. I guess I didn't put it into that kind of context. It's just that you don't hear a lot of people sound like they worry about it since the Guru's already own their cards. After rereading the article it made my rather happy that even though it wasn't as clear as it could have been to the non-Vintage savy, but they are still thinking about it. Again thanks for the reply.

Has anyone thought about what this will do to newcomers to the Vintage format? Think about it, cards like Mana Drain are almost quintessential to any control deck. People like myself that are still developing their Vintage card pools might think twice before purchasing such cards because of possible bannings. I understand that a game such as Magic with a format such as Vintage require much dedication, but for some it is a bleak decision they have to make whether to buy or do without so many cards the format deems necessary to survive. Decks like Fish and Stephen's new Doomsday deck make a cheaper alternative to getting started in Vintage, but playing Doomsday requires more skill then meets the eye, and how many of you would want to play Fish all the way through a Vintage season? Yes restrictions might make cards cheaper on ebay, but finally getting your hands on 4 Workshops just find they are getting restricted will put any man to tears. No 1 deck needs to totally dominate any format, but I don't believe that is happening right now in Vintage. As in Forsythe's article, keeping an eye out is a good idea, and I believe slowly unrestricting cards is an outstanding concept, but I fear that they will not do the same and restrict cards one at a time. Forsythe mentioned 12 cards, lets just hope multiple cards don't get the axe during banning and restrictions, because I'm afriad it will run off many potential newcomers.

There is a discussion amoungst the forums at starcitygames.com about restricting Dark Ritual. This makes me very unhappy    jpmeyer made a good comment about Mishra's Workshop. I'm curious about the opinions of everyone here concerning the possible restriction of Dark Ritual. I personally feel it should remain unrestriced, but I wanna hear what you all have to say.

Here is the SCG link if you wanna check out some comments already made. http://www.starcitygames.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=270536

Thanks for your response, I guess I never really paid attention to the card, or the ruling. Your help is appreciated.

Edit: Fixed BBCode - Jebus

So lets say I have out 1 Disciple 2 Frogmites, and 4 Artifact Lands. If my opponent Deathclouds for 4 total. I obviously lose my entire side of the board, but does my opponent lose 2 life because of Frogmites, or does he lose 6 for Frogmites and Land? I would think tha the loses 6 because I thought the spell resolved on 1 stack. Not creatures, land, then hand or anything like that.

If I had to make a choice I would deffinately go with, Gilded Drake. Waterfront Bouncer works against you. Let's say I oath out an Akroma, if you activate the bouncer, and she returns to my hand you are only providing me fuel my keeping the bouncer on the table. Gilded Drake keeps the same amount of creatures on the table not allowing me to oath unless I have a Forbidden Orchard. Let's take Meandeck Oath for example. If you happen to be lucky enough to Gilded Drake both Akroma and Spirit of the Night, then that is game. Also Oath has a pretty good chance of getting out a second turn Oath. Casting Bouncer and waiting next turn to use his ability could be deadly.

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I thought the version of Fish that took 8th at Chicago was an impressive idea, but what kind of odds do you have running two StP main deck to actually stop Akroma when necessary without any tutors?