Orchard still functions correctly, the tokens just have the wrong image. This leads to several minutes of people trying to declare blockers before giving up.

It's the same as loaning out paper cards. Make sure it's someone you trust, because they could run off with them and never be seen again.

So they've somehow managed to break the code that prevents creatures from entering the battlefield without being cast? I can only imagine the mess if the Power 9 Challenge happens with this bug still in place.

Well, if they were good at their job they'd be working somewhere better than WotC.

I knew about the flying tokens, this is just a whole new level of ridiculous.

Black's slice gets targeted removal and stat reduction removal. Unconditional sweepers are firmly in the white slice of the pie.

Yeah, it's unfortunate that we'll have to chose which day to play Legacy and which day to play Vintage, but I suppose that's better than only having one event to choose from. The Sunday event will likely have more people I would guess?

We have the schedule now, Vintage events at 5:30 on both Saturday and Sunday.

Edit: Possibly Friday at 5:30, but there's a typo of some kind there. It says Vintage, format Standard at the moment.

I very much doubt MTGO is able to switch rule sets on the fly.

I would be interested in the format if it were possible to play it properly online. Since Chaos Orb doesn't even exist online, much less would be possible to use, I don't see a way to play without just pretending the card doesn't exist.

I can field a proxy free deck, Bant Mentor, but not the ones I've been testing lately. I'm still missing an Oath for that deck, and some odds and ends for Storm. This is what happens when you try to acquire a deck through Pucatrade.

Myrfors confirmed he will be attending on the Vintage Magic Players facebook page.

Edit: Screengrab of Myrfors' post:

I will be planning to attend. Heading down just play in this event and get my duals signed by Myrfors seems worth it. Do we at least know which day it is yet? I haven't been able to find even the confirmation that it's happening.

You could count me down for a Vacaville tournament. I'm looking to play as much Vintage as I can before I move out of the state in July.

Minor correction, I (#4) was on UWR Mentor, not Shops.

Here are the few photos I took at the event:



This was my board at the end of Game 2 in the Quarterfinals vs. Shops. Not too bad.



The final turn of a game in the semifinal match with Menendian vs Stone Blade.

"Here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to put three spells on the stack without passing priority. Preordain, Misstep, Pyroblast my Preordain." - Menendian



Game 3 of the finals, in which Menendian came back from a dangerous situation facing down a Chalice on 2 with Young Pyromancer + Wear//Tear in hand by managing to hard cast 3 Ingot Chewers in one game.

The only matchup I can confidently make a prediction about is Dr. Shay vs. Steve Menendian.

I met Steve at a local Vintage event on Sunday, and we talked a bit about deck choice since I showed up with his deck from Trimester two (The first thing he said to me was "It's pretty ballsy to show up with the deck I 0-3'd with.)

I won't talk about his deck so as not to give anything away, but he's very well prepared for what he expects Dr. Shay to play, and I think he has a very good chance of winning.


EDIT: Now that there's no risk of giving away information:

Steve 90% expected Rich to run back Delver, in which case his build of more token generators (It was a 3/3 split on Sunday, but it looks like he went with a 4/2 Mentor bias after testing on Monday with Diophan) would have been advantaged.

Good to see he learned the danger of leaving artifacts in play after that blowout against LSV  

#4 would be Tom Andrews. It was super exciting to play my first paper Vintage tournament, and I had a great time discussing my deck throughout with Steve Menendian. (A 74 card copy of Steve's deck from VSL with one sideboard change.)

I can't see LSV playing his Mentor list either. A video series of it just went up on CFB where he gets trounced 0-2 by Delver decks.

Good point. If only there was a way to separate the Game Actions log from the chat.

I'm sure you're right, as the barrier to entry for the paper format means that players are likely to be older and thus, more mature. Meanwhile, MTGO Vintage costs about as much as Legacy, which far more players have the budget for.

Edit: And I'm not sure how many opponents would be willing, but it could be possible to poll all of your opponents after your rounds to try to get some date on average player ages for online Vintage.

People tend to voice frustration more readily online because there's no human element. You're sitting by yourself at home looking at a screen. There's no social pressure to maintain your composure, and some people let themselves go quite a bit.

The problem with Mana Drain against the Belcher deck is that if Belcher is operating optimally, you won't get a chance to cast it. Having tested the deck online a bit, it casts Belcher T1 fairly consistently, if not activates it that same turn. For Mana Drain to actually trade with a Belcher, the Belcher player has to both stumble, and be on the draw.

Cage can't really be called a Shops toy in my opinion, since every deck in the format plays it almost. The last set that really generated new cards for the deck was New Phyrexia, with Phyrexian Metamorph and Slash Panther. Fourish years seems like plenty of time since Shops got a new tool.

An excellent point was made earlier up that the main purpose of the VSL is to increase interest in Vintage. I can attest to the effectiveness of this strategy as the reason I got into the format was due to interest from watching Season 1 of VSL, so the league has created at least one new paper Vintage player.

I'll be there! I'm excited to play in my first paper Vintage event.

Hello everyone,

I've been playing Magic since shortly before Mirrodin Besieged was released, Legacy since 2012, and I've played Vintage online for several months now. I've almost acquired my set of power, just looking for an Emerald and a Pearl. I got into the format primarily watching LSV play Delver on his stream and by watching the VSL.

I'm from Dallas, but currently live in the Bay Area.