Needed more "whoever eats this Smokestack wins a t-shirt" events! 

Another solid event Ray.  Thank you for hosting it.  Also my actuarial friend was kind of pissed that he got the Dopeness Factor wrong, lol. 

I'll be there and working on bringing a full car!

Were you able to go to a Magic dealer for the appraisal?  If not what service did you use?

Sorry to hear about your collections being stolen David and Rich.

I actually work in auto claims so I have some knowledge of the homeowners side of claims.  I strongly recommend anyone that has sizable Magic collection, or any collection for that matter, to take pictures of it.  Most homeowners policies, and even some renter's insurance polices, have personal property clauses in them that allow for a limit of around $2,500 to be claimed in the event of theft.  Unfortunately, I'm almost certain no homeowner's polices will allow you to add a rider for a collection of cards onto the policy due to the nature of risk involved.  If you do have pictures as evidence of your collection you may be able to claim up to the $2,500 personal property limit though. I'll check this week with the property department head just to clarify.  $2,500 going towards a collection that looks to be around $15k-$20k definitely doesn't accomplish much, but it's something....

That being said this is a great event and I'll try and be there with a full car!

zomg it's in 1 day!!!   I now have 5 EDH/commander decks if anyone is down for some mid-round games...

So after the sad demise of Fables Comics in Southington I decided to venture out to a new store.  The closest one to me is Connecticon in Newington, CT.  It's a pretty small shop in an awkward building but the staff is really friendly and welcoming.  It's $30 to join and the prize support is split up between the highest ranking members of the league at the end of the season.  There is a point structure which awards non-cheap combo strategies (for instance winning with a Felidar Sovereign doesn't count nearly as much as being the last man standing).

The season is run over the course of 3-4 months and the person who has accumulated the most points gets the bulk of the prize support, split up between the top 4.  Come out and play some EDH/Commander!!! The league generally meets on Wednesday nights from 7:00pm onwards and on Sundays sometimes at night. You can register up to three generals each season.

This season I'm going to smash face with Karn, Ghost Council, and Omnath, which I just dumped a ton of money into!

Hope to see you there!


-Sean

Awesome Ray, can't wait! 

Just a quick question: will the store be there this time once the event is over or will they leave early again?  Not that too many people care about vendor credit, but there probably are some out there who would prefer credit over cash.

Jesse's list stomped all over me post-board.  Tendrils' answer to Dredge: I'm too fucking fast for you and laugh in the face of your Leyline of Sanctities! Although I did almost stabilize game 3 after mulling to 1 because tinker-> Myr Battlesphere is WEAKSAUCE. haha, hey I had to amuse myself somehow in that slaughter of a third game!

Also

Bill Copes isn't a man who likes to see his name second.  In fact Bill Copes is going to "get there" in team car and run your ass over Ray for disrespecting his name and putting it after anything.

This is the revised list of the standings after 6 rounds of Swiss:

1. Bill Copes
2. God

In the Beginning there was Bill Copes.

I'm dtf. 

Fables Comics (formerly Kevin's Comics) is hosting their first ever sanctioned Legacy tournament!  If the turnout is decent, they will be hosting more Legacy and possibly Vintage tournaments, which would be awesome!

Details: 11/15/10 - starts at 4:00PM Sanctioned Legacy (no proxies)
$10 entry, prize support dependent on # of participants

Location: 5 N Main Street Southington, CT 06489-2518 US
the parking lot is located in the back.

I can attest that this shop is awesome.  The staff is extremely friendly and courteous.  They also host weekly FNM Magic with drafting of the most recent set and $5 Standard tournaments on alternating Fridays.  Wednesday night is freeplay night and there's usually a decent turnout for multi-player and EDH games.

Here is their website:
http://fablescomicsonline.com/

Not until you run into my Winter Orb tech.  



My Polar Bear with an awkward orb shaped tumor will thwart your attempts to untap lands and feast on the flesh of your sled dogs.

In that case, I will Icequake the shit out of your lands and run Zombie Musher sui-black.  My snow-tech will fuck yo penguins up. 

sorry, didn't see meatbert's post

Haha, that's great. 

What were your thoughts about running Leyline of Sanctity maindeck? 

This seems like a really cool card to break, however, it's more conditional than Hypergenisis, and that doesn't even see too much play in legacy. 

They're back in mediocere Type II decks where they belong.  I'd run the Sharuum combo or Flamekin over Sun Titan any day.  And there's no way in hell I'd even run those.  Dredge is fragile enough to graveyard hate already without relying on a janky 3-4 card combo.  DR a Primus or Angel of Despair, blow something up and be satisfied.  Dreade Returning is a very overvalued strategy in Dredge.

This deck seems to be a monstrosity right now.  What is the one deck that Oath players fear the most?  On paper, it seems like storm combo or ANT would be pretty tough.

I can't wait for my Rofellos deck to poop gigantor Elderazi out on turn 4.  Good fucking game. It's also nice that they are colorless but aren't artifacts.  There's a lot less spot removal for them than there would be if they were artifacts.

This guy will beat bitches up in my EDH Rofellos deck.

But seriously, anything that costs 6 mana or more in Vintage needs to say "win target game" or get reallllly close.

Examples:

Yagmoth's Bargain: win game
Mind's Desire: win game unless you have garbage luck

Just about every other card that costs 6+ mana can either be cheated into play somehow in Vintage.

Does this mean you'll run tournaments again? 

Word on the street is golems shit all over monkeys in cages.

Adan, I like your mainboard list a lot.  If you're running the Flamekin win, Sphinx of Lost Truths is a strict upgrade from Cephalid Sage.  Cutting the Sharuum engine is mainly a personal preference.  I've been running the Flamekin engine lately because it frees up slots for Ichorids and Unmasks in the mainboard, which are both very strong in games 2+3 (Unmask is obviously better g3 than g2 because you're almost always on the play in g3 if you win g1 and lose g2). 

Your sideboarding strategy is slightly off.  Side out G2:
-4 Unmask is correct
-1 Dakmor is correct
-3 Fate is correct
-1 Flame kin
-1 Sage
-2 Dread Return = you should be taking out the DR package because your opponent’s disruption package is going to render it useless anyway.  If you decide on keeping Terastadon in then that would be okay.  I always keep 1 DR in because returning a Grave Troll is usually enough in games 2+3.
-2 Thug = leave one in for added dredges + Ichorid fodder, you'll need it
-1 Bloodghast = worse in games 2+3 than Ichorid

Side in g2:

Whole board

Changes for game 3 (assuming you're on the play)

Keep in the Unmasks
-3 Darkblast
-1 Chain if you know they're not running Leyline or just  -4 Darkblast if they're not running Jailer

Those suggestions are for your current sideboard.  Obviously some situations will change up your decisions, but that is a good template to go by.  My board looks very different from yours:

4x Nature's Claim
3x Ingot Chewer
2x Chain of Vapor
2x Wispmare
3x Darkblast
1x Contagion

Mainboard I've been running a 3/3 Bloodghast/Ichorid split and I’m really liking it.  I think I'm going to cut the Flamekin kill and try out 2x Terastodon.  He's just fucking nutty.  He can blow up 3 permanents, blow up your own critters if you need more zombies with Bridges your graveyard, and any combination in between.  Correct me if I’m wrong but the tokens your opponents get don't even remove your own bridges if they die.  If Rich Shay backs it in Oath, it has to be testable at least.  The way I see it, if you nuke 3 permanents and you still lose a game of Magic, you're either retarded or have god-awful luck.

How do you like the manabase in the deck?  You run 7 red spells, 3 black spells (not including Leylines), and 2 blue spells main.  The sideboard is a little bit more diversified in terms of colors.  Would you consider adding fetches/duals to streamline the manabase?

I can't believe you won a wolf shirt.  That's freaking awesome.  It makes me want to buy power again.

Nature's Claim (the new 1cc artifact/enchantment destruction instant) is a 4x auto inlude for that deck.

This is an instant 4x in any Ichorid sideboard.  I would replace Chain with this in a heartbeat.  I can't tell you how many times I've chained a Leyline and my opponent has had hardcasted it before I could go off.

This card made me drool for EDH with Rofellos.  Seriously, it's soooo freaking good in that deck.  Nuke half your field on turn 3-4 - gg.

If you're looking for a substitution for Tops + SOFI the you should consider Serum Powders.  They provide virtual card draw.  The most critical part of any stax game is almost always the opening hand.  You need to put constant pressure on your opponent in order to lock him/her out of the game.  Serum Powder prevents you from mulliganing to oblivion.  If stax has a strong enough starting hand, it's usually enough to lock your opponent out of the game.  In every stax game I've ever played, as long as I have at least 2 threats + supporting mana in my opening hand, I'm completely fine without having a draw engine in the deck and playing draw->go.  Serum Powder definitely enables you to do this.

I've been tempted to run fish decks before.  It seems like a pretty poor metagame call right now.  The reemergence of Oath as a tier one deck has a direct correlation to fish dropping off the East Coast map.

My real fundamental problem with fish, and any other 'hate' deck, is that the power/broken level is sooooo low.  By that I mean pounding someone's face in with a 2/2 over 10 turns is just lame.  Winning on turn 2-3, or locking someone out of a game is way more fun for me.  Realistically, Fish, and most other metagame hate decks, get stomped on by nearly every type 2 deck.  That just feels so wrong. 

The better question is: are you really worried about goblins showing up in mass numbers at any tournament on the East coast?  Oath has been pretty prevalent on the East coast lately.  Oath slaps goblins around like a little bastard red-headed stepchild.  Goblins can win against Tezz but they are still a sizable underdog.  Once Oath subsides, budget players may start bringing goblin decks out again in greater numbers.  Until then, it will be very difficult for a goblins deck to make the top 8.

Hallmark just offered you a job as their lead shitty Valentine's Day card creator.