Quick note here.

I am playing in a Vintage League in Sydney (more details here http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=45266.0).

I ran with this list for my round 5 match-up and was paired against Pokey's build of Bomberman. Close games, experienced pilots on both sides, but I got up 2-0.

I think this revision is very strong against Bomberman.

MVP of our match, timely Dismember on Salvagers, Barbarian Ring under Standstill cleanup, Library of Alexandria, and Jace's Ultimate FTW in both games.

Many leaguers organise their games to fit personal schedules. But the most common gathering of multiple leaguers is Monday nights from 6pm onwards at http://www.goodgames.com.au/stores/nsw/sydney-town-hall.html

Necroseverance 

Enchantment

When Necroseverance comes into play exile all cards in your library.

If you would draw a card, instead draw it from the top of your graveyard.

If a card or token would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Exile a card from the bottom of your graveyard: draw a card.

Enlightened tutor or another Enlightened tutor is probably a more versatile in a list with white.

On an unrelated (yet actually more related) topic.

What were your thoughts on Spell Pierce in the list? Ever wish it was something else?

I would be very keen to hear your opinions both for and against your build from the nats.

I quite enjoy this list, but often struggle to understand why to play this over TPS or Long.

LOL, i already have a pretty good stifle playing reputation in my area Daze is another card very much like this


I have found that spell snare trades nicely with daze. I found that every game it came in game two. I mean when your opponent see daze game 1 they will play around it in game two, then you have the hard counter for their two drops

Against shop i think snare is better than daze, i mean you want to keep your lands on the table to assist through lock pieces. Snare also takes card of the lock pieces themselves

But also it fights their hate very well, with them bringing in Powder kegs, and pyroclasms it helps save your team

Not to mention snares ability against Drain decks

I definitly think that 3 in the board is a good choice

Despite what you have said earlier about stifle, i see you have reverted to using them. I removed them as a late change from my list, as i initially felt they were the weakest card in the list. But in hindsight i wish i had of had them in there. (i.e. stifle jar activation would have been nice)

How have you found them?


Do you ever find yourself wishing you had 4?

I found that having 5 strip effects really gave me control to complement the null rods. I also found that i could keep hands with less counter magic, as strip effects were just as effective.

e.g. Wasteland, Wasteland, Plains, Mishra's Factory, Force of Will, Standstill, Swords to Plowshares

Its game two (1 to me) against MUD w/ Staff.

After much consideration i kept, and this hand won the game 5 turns later, testament to the power of Wastelands


Aside from Kataki (many stax opponents) I found Spell snares to be on of the MVP's out of the board, hitting so many valuable targets. Would you ever consider them maindeck? (dont ask what for, but if i had to suggest something i would say stifle)

I think Figure of Destiny is a terrible card in this deck.

I played UW Fish in the Australian National Championships a week ago, and came third (http://www.deckcheck.net/deck.php?id=18357)

All day I faced shop, and i spent my whole day searching out basic lands. There was not a point all day in which i had access to 4 White mana.

I think it is very unrealistic to think that you will regularly have access to 4 white mana, and as mentioned before, when you do not have it you simply have a creature which is worse that Isamaru.

IMO this is not the right list for Figure of Destiny

(Dont get my wrong i think it is a good card, but this is not his home in vintage, maybe TMWA..?)

I think innovation is good, and hopefully we can innovate out of this situation, but the one thing that i cant get past, is the fact that both workshop and ichorid are top tier deck from the old B&R list. Both these decks have been competing against the decks we can no longer play.

If other decks out there had to capacity to beat both these strategies, wouldnt we have innovated them into the meta game?

Clearly a deck that could beat both workshop and ichorid would have been a viable option before.

So with that in mind are we going to be able to beat those decks, or are we stuck with playing a deck that doesnt let its opponent interact, and a deck that choosed not to interact on it path to victory.

Hey guys,

We have recently kicked off some semi-regular vintage tournaments in Sydney Australia. We had our first decent tournament last weekend, in which i played GAT, and well unsure whether it was my bad play or just the meta, i didnt do as well as planned.

Anyway, after seeing the meta, which is still in its infancy, i consider UWb Fish as probably a good meta choice. I wonder if you would concur, and if so what list configuration.

Here are the deck which came last week.

1st - Stax
2nd - Uba Stax
3rd - Platinum Angel Oath
4th - Food Chain Goblins
5th - Hulk Flash
6th - Mono Blue Fish
7th - GAT
8th - Super Long
9th - Mono Red Aggro Shop

I thought the article was amazing as always.

I think it really highlighted GAT's flaw in the Shop match-up. Which in my opionion is something that has been understated over the past months.

I think my biggest two questions to come from this article, and the match-up itself is;

1. What is your opinion of Empty the Warrens in this list?

2. What is your opinion of the main deck inclusion of Berserk from Richard Shay's list, could this be the additional boost of 'gas' needed in the Shop match-up?

Cheers

Ben