I'd love to see videos, especially match coverage. Something similar to how they do it with Pro Tour coverage

When I sent him an email he said that the pieces I wanted have already been sold but he has alot more in his ebay store. I've sent cards and stuff out to him before to get signed and he was really cool about it.

And as for the money, I would probably be willing to pay up to 900 for any of those pieces, it's worth it to have an original.

Does anyone out there have any pieces of original artwork done by the greatest Magic artist of all time Ron Spencer?

I am particularly looking for Sliver Queen, Might of Oaks, and Yawgmoth's Will.

If anyone can help or point me in the right direction it'd be awesome.

Bob

p.s.- I've already checked his homepage and his online Ebay store and even talked to him about it personally.

NiceTrinisphere, I think that may be the most original one I've seen yet ( next to Chang's ET Trini )

I like it because it makes being on the draw GOOD 

If cards like Kataki dont have enough to get fish out of the "hole" then nothing does. This guy is sweet, but I doubt he'll see play also because of his 2cc conflicting with other better turn 2 drops (already pointed out by MoxLotus). But he could be good if the game goes long enough to make good use of his expensive abilities

Brian's SB is amazing! It's a plethora of diversity and quality one ofs, the sideboard alone makes me want to play BS because there are so many ways to approach game 2.

Look at it as Stifle on a stick that does 2 damamge a turn, pretty sweet.

Sucks when you realize this about your new deck ideas huh?

4 FOF BBS was bustedness beyond anything any Gifts deck has ever seen.

I think it's this reason you dont really see many varied Gifts decks, at least not when it comes to kill conditions. Yawgmoth's Will is always going to be the best win condition in Gifts.

An early game Gifts for TFK, Merchant Scroll, BS, and Gifts #2 can be an amazing set up for a more powerful Gifts a turn or two later. This is something that FOF can only hope to do out of 5 cards.

Amen to that!  Video coverage would be amazing for those of us that can't make it halfway aacrossthe country (or world, for some of you) to those high profile vintage events.

Congrats on building a savage deck considering most of the cards have been around forever. I think the overwhelming success of the deck is going to skyrocket it's popularity and now that there is a list available, EVERYONE is going to be playing it.

BTW, the Confidants in the SB for the control match...Genius!

I've heard that leaving your Needles in against CS games 2-3 is not the best play. Obviously you came across this decision a few times throughout the weekend, what are your thoughts on whether Needle or other SB cards are better?

Great report ! It sounds like the event was a blast, I wanted to go sooooooo bad.

Also, way to continue to boast Michigan magic as the best around 

Congrats' Brian, it's well deserved

any results from today?

If that Intuition-Tendrils list is similar to the U/B Tendrils list in the forums, I would expect it to do well.
Especially with a good pilot 

The deck looks like a competitor. A strong mix of combo and some subtile control elements, combined with your good results, it should warrent some playtesting

Everytime you write an article, it makes me regret selling my workshops for $1000 even more

It would seem like since Leyline is a pretty important part of the deck, the threshold side of Cabal Rit might not be so good.

What is the best road to type 1 stardom?

What is the best way to come up with that hot new type 1 deck that will get your name all over TMD for being the one that created this awesome new deck? Is it as simple as strategic metagaming of single cards into already established builds of your favorite Gifts or CS list?  Is it digging up decks from 2000 that did well 5 to 6 years ago that  people  have forgotten about and  will never see coming? Is it searching through  spoilers from Ravnica block looking for that card that will break the format that hopefully no one else has seen yet? Or maybe it’s just having a team of dedicated Type 1 players that all have their minds wrapped tightly enough around the format that once they come up with something, it’s just going to be dynamite.

Or should you try and go the opposite route and dominate an archetype to the point where people will know what you’re playing as soon as you step foot in the venue. Being the top Stax or Control Slaver in the format is an achievable title, but it’s something that needs to come with results I.E. Vroman and Ugo Rivard taking multiple first place finishes at high profile Star City events. I’m sure there are plenty of people out there that do not get the recognition that they deserve and are amazing players as well, but to be at the top of the game you need to be winning some mad jewelry, have one of those “fashionable� Mean deck hoodies, or have an altered Brassman in Andy Probasco’s book, IMO.

As much as I hate to say it, I myself do not put myself in any of these so called categories. I would not consider myself an innovator nor would I call myself a net-decker, not so much an amateur, but not quite a pro either. I try to blur that line between innovation and skill of a single deck but I wanted to know what you  think.  

Are you more of an Innovator, a Rogue Connoisseur, someone that is going to be climbing to the top with Zombies or Memnarch? Or are you sticking with Gifts Ungiven or Akroma til’ you’re the feature match at the top table, weekend after weekend?

Great report, it's good to see that a rogue aggro deck can get through a field of top level mana drainers. Good job!

Also, the whole zombies eating brains thing was sweet 

I fail to see how this is going to be better than Threshold already is. The only advantage I can see is the red for Lavamancers and Shamans, but red is a trick Threshold can do to.

It would seem to me like you would also need something other than Daze, Force, and Wasteland to interact with your opponent. Chalice, Null Rod, and Pithing Needle all seem to be the disruptive aggro cards of choice (for the maindeck that is).

And also, Root Maze is nuts against every deck in the format right now 

Unless there are missing pyroblasts in your sideboard, how does this work?

I completely agree with this strategy and promote that anyone that has never used this style of sideboarding should try it. I like this style of sideboarding because you may find although there are specific cards that you may want to board in for particular matches, some cards in your sideboard might be more efficient in game 2 than some maindeck cards.


I will second this with full force. Pulling out random or unorthodox plays from the sideboard can single-handedly win every game passed the first. And not only that, when you wreck someone with something out of totally left field, it makes some good shock and awe value.

I'd have to agree with MoxLotus on this one, it seems like there are way too many cards that you would not want to see in your opening hand in the deck.

It also seems to me that you would have a tough time against other blue based control decks due to the lack of draw. Granted you rely more on your tutors and gifts to get you to where you need to go, but every other mana drain deck out there at least plays some other draw engine other than Brainstorm/Shuffle that would be able to easily outdraw you. It would seem like ForceFieldYou would agree (assuming he, as your teammate, helped with input on the deck) :

" Card advantage is found via resolving blue cards.  So most likely, the person who resolves the most blue cards the fastest will usually get to resolve the one black card first."

I would like to add that I have also come to the same conclusion about the mana base, it really only needs two colors. The only reason I think a third color might belong would be to further utilize your Wishes, they seem kinda dulled down if you are only playing two colors and not a splah of either red or green for sideboard cards.

Something I'd like to add to this would be susceptablilty to Jester's Cap in particular ( you know this as well as I do  ) Having 2 of your 3 kill conditions removed and having Yawgmoth's Will removed can be quite crippling most of the time. This is especially true since most decks that are going to board in Jester's Cap are going to be running Goblin Welders, and therefore Duress does not always help and it can be alot harder to deal with.
I found Pithing Needles were quite good going into that fight.