Yes, I agree it has been safe for some time. But this card should be the final nail in any argument for its unrestriction. Hopefully a conversation about it will que the DCI to take action.

So is Flash safe to unrestrict now?

Dont forget about Yawqmoth's Will.

Had it been DSC, you would have chump blocked with your 15/15. The Infect ability put him in a position to win by giving -1/-1 counters to your 15/15.

Feels like watching soccer in another language. Need to toss in a "GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" somewhere in the commentary.

Psychosis Crawler 5
Artifact Creature - Horror
Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.
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These seems promising. Maybe in some type of Stax list with Bazaar, or in a new blue shop list with the new Ichor Wellspring combos people are thinking of http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=41799.0

I would think there are enough draw spells in vintage to make this card playable (but not that good to build a deck around it).

I think this can go into slaver, there are plenty of things to discard stuff in the format. This makes a great tutor for slaver and other Welder targets.


The vintage format is going to be completely unintuitive and non interactive now. Hopefully the DCI will ban Lamp.

SCG has it for $11.11

Get your Leeches ready....

Cant wait for this. Less then 2 months to go.

How is parking? I need some room for my dog sled.

Any TO report in the works? How many people came out for this?

Ive tried tunnel ignus out, its even good for just fetchlands. Let alone Gushbond.

Yea, I've though of that. The pacts could probably go all together, i dont think they are that important. But in a build with Elvish Spirit Guide, they become more meaningful.

I only need 4 out of the 5 to be in the library. The most important card (Carrion Feeder) is easily hard casted. While the others can be rescued from my hand with Body Snatcher.


No I haven't tried more Gush. Yes it does feel difficult to cast Jace at times. I added Mox Ruby, but maybe I should add more. Also, Hulk beats has won me a few games.

This deck actually combos out rather well despite what some might think. The real problem I have is 12-Sphere.dec and Noble Fish. It is my understanding that Gush decks are particularly weak vs Sphere. With Fish, its the level of beats, plus cheap counters that hurt. If there was a way to remedy this problem I think the deck would be just fine.

I dont want to play a 3cmc tutor when I have better options in Demonic tutor, vampiric tutor, merchant scroll, mystical tutor.

So I got the idea after seeing how crazy the draw can be in GAT and other newly emerging decks. With the brainstorm ability of Jace, the Mind Sculptor, you can tuck your creatures back into your library so you can Flash + Protean Hulk them back up.

The sideboard is kinda shakey. Its all basically anti-hate, with Leyline for Ichorid. Should I consider [card]Yawgmoth's Will[/card]? [card]Time Walk[/card]? any stuff that might be less obvious?

Some cards that I dont know about yet. At first I had Spell Pierce as Pact of Negation, I am considering something like Daze instead, or just going back to Pact. Regrowth is there to get Flash back if I lose it somehow. Should Yawgmoth's Will replace Regrowth? Also Mana Drain is good, but I feel when I really want it I am already to tight on mana to cast it.

Lands:
4x Misty Rainforest
3x Polluted Delta
3x Underground Sea
2x Tropical Island
2x Island
1x Volcanic Island

Creatures:
2x Protean Hulk
1x Mogg Fanatic
1x Reveillark
1x Body Snatcher
1x Body Double
1x Carrion Feeder

Spells:
1x Flash
2x Summoner's Pact
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Brainstorm
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Demonic Tutor
3x Thoughtseize
3x Gush
1x Vampiric Tutor
3x Mana Drain
4x Force of Will
1x Ponder
3x Preordain
1x Regrowth
1x Merchant Scroll
4x Spell Pierce

Artifacts:
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Black Lotus

Walkers:
3x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Sideboard:
4x Hurkyl's Recall
3x Maze of Ith
4x Leyline of the Void
3x Nature's Claim
1x Reverent Silence

After some play testing I added Fastbond, Mox Ruby, and Time Walk. Removing Regrowth and I think 2x Thoughtsieze.

Fastbond can produce some explosive turns to find Flash.

I have played a bunch of games with this deck. It seems that the Noble Fish match up is almost unwinable maindeck as is the Shop/Stax match up.

With Noble, they have so many small counters that hurt your exsplosive draws, land destruction that effects your mana base, and counters + other effects to hurt your tutors. Even a correctly used Swords to Plowshares can hurt your combo.

As for Shop/Stax match up, the thing that effects you the most, are the Sphere effects like Sphere or Resistance. It makes your little draw spells unplayable. Land destruction huts just like in the Fish match up, and the big creatures it can drop are a huge threat.

With this, I have gone with a transformational Oath sidebaord.

Board: 
4x Leyline of the Void
4x Oath of Druids
1x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1x Forbidden Orchard
3x Energy Flux
2x Reverent Silence   

I havent got a chance to really test the board out for the two trouble match ups. But it seems good in other situations. Usally people come in full bore with graveyard hate from their side. The oath plain gives you a huge advantage and eliminates any advantage they might have had out of the side.

I still wonder however if this will work with Noble Fish, they have a lot of things maindeck to deal with oath to begin with, like Qasali Pridemage.

With shops, the spheres might make Energy Flux unplayable. But the Oath idea still seems strong, its just being able to swing your big guy while they have Tangle Wire out.

Leyline of the Void is for dredge (this matchup is whoever can combo out first, and usally its you. With your tutors and draw I think its a good match up, with leyline in play its almost lights out for them), and the Reverent Silence are for other leylines, but might not really be the best choice.

Anyways, if anyone has suggestions let me hear them.

Missed out on this, wish I knew about it. I hope they have another one, I have plenty of casual decks to bring. If your looking for a similar meta, New Dimensions in Century 3 mall does vintage on Saturdays. It was sanctioned at one point, from what I understand now it is still sanctioned but allows 10 card proxy so I dont know how they swing that. Although they had a house rule of no sideboards the last time I was there. If your interested I would just call them and find out what the story is.

But it was a meta with sliver decks, MBC, Elvish Piper.dec and other casual type stuff.

I love Root Maze. I play it in my R/G Beats deck, but I only run 2x Fetchs. Do you have trouble with your fetchs + Maze out? It would seem that it hurts your deck just as much as you want it to effect your opponent. I would up the dual land count and drop some fetchs.

Cute toys.

Whats everyones take on Tunnel Ignus in the up and comming Gushbond meta?

Does dredge get 3+ artifacts into play regularly?

This guy seems good in some type of deck with Bazaar and artifacts....

Its an interesting card. But for 2 you just ignore the effect till EOT. It would be FAR better if it was each search effect you had to pay 2 (which I am getting the feeling that some people are mistaking this for).

Some mono white build with this guy, Kataki, Suppression Field, The new white leyline, and a bunch of other white spells might make for a good deck. Karakas too maybe?

Seems like Dawn of the Dead, or a interpretation of it could play that. With both Bazaar of Baghdad and Riftstone Portal in there, this seems like a perfect fit.

http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=40555.0

I think the real gem here is lightning bolts to fuel a big Warrens

Yea, Vault Key isnt really that important to this deck. But I think a tinker package might be more valuble to the deck then the blue flyers. I wouldnt cut counters.

I like the idea, i can see bolt, spell, spell, spell into empty which is cool. Did you consider Tinker + Inkwell instead of the Vendilion Clique?

Is there going to be a streaming video of the T8 like last year?

Ive been wondering if the new Phylactery Lich in M11 is better then Negator. With the artifacts in your deck it might not be a long shoot to get it out.

I am not worried so much about the changes in the meta over the years since i have abandoned this deck. But rather a Tinkered up Sphinx of the Steel Wind is enough to send this deck packing. Is there anything that can be done to stop this? Or done once it hits play?