If you want a transformational sideboard, you need to side in something that has a different game plan and is not hit by the hate they are bringing in.  If it has a different game plan, it means they will be taking out cards they need to fight against the one you switch to.  If it is not hit by the splash hate, this means that the cards they bring in will not be helpful to them. 


QFT.  Start with oath and switch to something else.

If you're trying to beat fish specifically, I think that switching to Gro or Dragon would not be the best way to go.  Gro is still a creature based strategy, so they will probably keep their STPs and possibly bring in even more creature hate.  Dragon, although a different strategy, is very much hurt by both creature removal and enchantment removal, so their sideboard cards will still work very well.

I would suggest playing an oath list similar to GWSOath (linl)(not the most current list, but a decent starting point), then switching to something like storm combo where you SB something like:
-4 Oath
-4 Waste
-2 Angels
-1 Blessing
-?? Leak

+4 Dark Rit
+?? Cabal Rit
+1 YagWin
+1 Necro
+1 Tendrils
+?? other stuff

This way, they would sideboard creature/enchantment hate, be naming the wrong thing with meddling mage, and have a grip of dead cards against you.  With fish's slow clock you should be able to sculpt a hand to win through some Force/Stifle with your own forces and duress. 

I think there might be an article/thread about this somewhere on starcity or here on TMD. 

Anyway, hope that helps.  Goodluck.  Transformational sideboards kick ass.

-Joe

I'd say TFK.  Since it's the only way to pitch fat, naming TFK not only cuts their draw and clogs their hand, it pretty much shuts off welders as well.

Mana Drain definitely gets Mage #2 though.

-Boondock Saints  (I heard somewhere that they were making a sequal for 2005.  Anybody else heard anything about that?)
-The Usual Suspects
-Office Space
-Bulletproof
-The Big Lebowski
-Heat
-anything by Tarantino
-anything by Guy Richie
-HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE!!!

I've been playing Vintage for about a year and a half now, but over that time, my playgroup has been dwindling.  We'd routinely have 4-5 people to play cards every night, but school/work has gotten way busy for some of the guys, a couple got girlfriends who suck up way too much time, and one guy sold his cards to buy a TV.  Anyway..... now my once healthy playgroup consists of me and whatever scrub opponents I can find to play on Apprentice.

Needless to say this leaves me playing a lot less that I would like.   I live in Davis, CA and was wondering if any of ya'll TMD readers from the region (Sacramento, Woodland, Vacaville, Davis) would want to get together to play some cards once or twice a week?

If anyone's interested, reply, PM me, or IM me.  My screenname is JesusServedDaily.

Cheers!
Joe



if this is the wrong place to post this, please let me know.

Props on the win man.  

I was planning on bringing a very similar deck to that tourney, but because I suck.... I couldn't make it.  I thought the tourney was on Saturday, so I asked for it off.  Then comes friday, I go look up the directions to Eudemonia and glance at the tourney announcement.  Oh shat..... it's on Sunday and I have to work.  Ruined my whole goddam weekend.

Glad someone with Oath/Salvagers put up the numbers for me.  Nice work.

-Joe

Congrats man.  I sat next to you first round and saw the savage beating that your opponent recieved.  I'm glad it was him rather than me since we played almost identical decks.  

Overall, the tournament was a blast.  I met a lot of cool people and had a lot of fun (despite playing terrrrrrrribly)

Thanks to Jeff and everybody who put it on.  Thanks to Christopher Rush for coming out, signing cards, etc.  And, congratulations to the winners.

-Joe

I'm currently trying to buy a set of power, and had a few questions about why a couple cards are so expensive.

How many Mox Jets, Timetwisters, Black Lotus' were printed?

When I'm looking on eBay or online stores and stuff, how many Moxes and such are usually on the market at a time?  Looking around online it seems like there are usually only 14 or 15 of each power piece up at one time.

Anyway.... just wondering about the economics behind the game.  Thanks.

-Joe