Looks like Saito is now sporting a channelfireball.com shirt at the GP this weekend. 

http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gpmad10/welcome


(Round 7 Feature Match)

the article was interesting, but it in no way proves that the reason Europe has a higher attendance is due to the lack of proxies.  It suggests that it would not be for infrastructure reasons, but it could just be that we aren't as interested in vintage over here. The article displays a correlation only, and offers no way to prove any type of a cause and effect relationship. (infrastructure and proxies are not the only two variables, so he cannot say proxies are the cause by default if we conclude infrastructure is not the reason)

Reread the entire post.  In the paragraph, he says that the yard was Mana Drain, Brainstorm, and Flooded strand, like you thought.  Then in the summary, it says 2x Brainstorm and the Strand.  Clearly the difference is significant. Personally with the 1 BS I'd do the Ancestral line, but with 2 I'd be playing the time walk line. 

Name's Mitch.
I play all formats, prefer type 1 and standard (bizarre combination, I know).  I've started to enjoy limited more than I used to.
I'm from Saskatchewan, and fully powered since october . 
I've also recently started playing guitar, and i've been involved in track for about 7 years now.