3/3 Means he cannot be found with imperial recruiter. So sad =)

Consider filling it up with Gitaxian Probes?

There is also a cost barrier for more oath being played with Griselbrand costing more than paper compared to what one would need for any other blue decks

Montolio has been playing shops since 'Classic' MTGO format =)

I think the consideration when the answer is a reactive one versus being a proactive one

More common plays below

Thalia and spheres are pro-active
Stony Silence is pro-active
Chalice is pro-active
Spirit of the Labyrinth is pro-active
Containment is somewhere in between

Relic Warder is reactive
Revoker is mostly reactive

Without the proactive plays, you cant really fight back a big blue fast mana turn where they hit 2 land drops play a planeswalker and draw 4 cards etc.
U can however stop that with the proactive plays.

I favor having as many pro-active plays as possible and the choice will be dependent on the meta expected

Before there was Vintage, we had a Classic League run based on Gatherling which ran for quite a few seasons.

I prefer 1 game a week leagues too

Yawgmoth's bargain should be in there too for what you want to do

Channel and Lich's mirror too has an interesting interaction

You can just go to mtgtop8 or mtggoldfish for the mtgo vintage lists

Would running some number of mental missteps count as increasing the turn 1 play count?

Do we get Gameday promos? =)

You need a theme to the event.
Otherwise its too vanilla.

Since vintage variance is highly dependent on the appearance of restricted cards in the first 3 turns or so

Has anyone considered testing permutations of restricted card appearances?

U can do this with testing forced hands of 1 to 2 restricted cards and draw 5 - 6

i.e. Deck A with recall & walk  vs Deck B without on both play and draw
      Deck A with Lotus vs Deck B with Lotus openings on both play and draw

How about mana crypt?

It lets you go turn 1 bear and
turn 2 4 mana for 2 bears or some play

If you go stoneforge, the deck becomes abit mana intensive

Nice to have met you =)

Been experimenting but its becoming more viable now with the meta shifting towards the 'fair decks'

With some builds White thrash can have good matchups against Stax and dredge both md and sb

with Swords / SFM Batter/Sword/Jitte, it can hold its own against the 'fair decks'.

It holds okay against the blue decks but so far it seems draw dependent.

at least the foils and regulars can be differentiated now

the previous V4 ones were too close

New foil visuals on Modo

So far the closest in white to a finisher draw engine is Stoneforge Mystic

I will test some on mtgo by moving to an ancient tomb mix and using jittes and swords

Did I miss any possible turn one interactions

Proactive interaction
Mental misstep
Chalice of the void
Mox,lotus,petal etc into a 2 drop
dryad militant
Judge's familiar
Other 1cc creature
Mother of Runes
Gideon?

Reactive interaction
Swords to plowshares

Yes but Vryn is an improvement apart from creature type and wont be maxxed out as it is 3cc unless we head towards an ancient tomb mana base

With the introduction of Wingmare to top off the curve, is it possible for a re-evaluation of this deck's viability

edit : Wingmare was underwhelming in testing at this time

Main


2 Stony Silence
3 Swords to Plowshares

2 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Leonin Arbiter
2 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Containment Priest
3 Spirit of the Labyrinth

4 Leonin Relic-Warder
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Mental Misstep

4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Batterskull
1 Umezawa's Jitte

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
9 Plains
1 Strip Mine
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Karakas
1 Mox Pearl
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Wasteland

Sideboard
2 Kataki, War's Wage
2 Mother of Runes
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Swords to Plowshares
3 Mental Misstep
1 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Magus of the Tabernacle
1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
1 Stony Silence

List slightly edited for 4 Stoneforge engine and sideboard


Turn by turn pro-active interaction lines

Pro Active Openings
Thalia - Prevents busted openings and sets you up for the next piece
Leonin Arbiter - Fetchland tie-up, the main distinction between the White vs the WG,WR versions
Spirit of the Labyrinth - Stops preordain openings ( Most common blue opening ) from being good
Stoneforge - Will likely draw out a Force of Will
Stony Silence - Disable all artifacts
Containment Priest - only good against dredge as an opening
Ethersworn Canonist - Prevents busted openings
Grand Abolisher - with Cavern effectively disables FOW and Gush in your turn against wasteland activation

Reactive openings
Relic-warder, Revoker - Disabling first Mox
Swords to plowshares - First creature
Mental Misstep - Usually first spell
Wasteland

Judge's familiar better than mental missteps?