it looks like they are trying to slow down vintage in general now. I can now see the slower contenders like Fish and Control now really rise to the top of the game.

I'm also interested to see how this round of restrictions will affect the price high value cards that got put on the list.

I've been holding off commenting on these changes for several reasons, i think it's time to speak up.

I've come off a 3 year sebaticle from this game for several reasons, mostly personal and work life interfered with getting a good game in. I dusted off my cards 2 weeks ago and found that much has changed and more has stayed the same in the vintage format.

My knowledge of the format is imperfect, I understand how painters servant works and i'm still trying to understand how ichroid works. Flash to me is new, so it's banning means very little to me, Gush, well, it was restricted before i left the game, so it's no surprise to find it on the list again, Merchant scroll? what blue tutor is un-restricted? Brainstorm/ponder? a little surprise.

I need to relearn the game already, so these changes i'll take in stride and move on with life. What worries me the most about this recent change is the lack of transparency regarding the needs for the change. When i saw that DCI would explain on Friday, I was hopefull; to say i was disappointed with the explanation is an understatement in the extreme. I will remain hopefull that this comming Friday will see a better article justifying the needs of this restriction list and let the people at DCI redeem themselves somehow. If they don't, I'll go find formats that are not controlled by the DCI.

Pardon my noobness, but would a card like Frantic search fit well with this type of deck? I would think that untaping some lands like The Academy and the Library for a double tap during the same turn and getting 2 cards out of the deal (and two more in the graveyard for yagmoth's) would help build up the storm count for when the deck goes off. I would probably look at it replacing FoF; with the number of one of's this deck boasts, any FoF split would be a heartache to pick out.

Comming out of my second retierment.. Started with revised, played untill 4th edition and sold my cards (to which i still regret now.. I had a timetwister in there!), started back up during the mirridon/kamagawa block and retired yet again, so i dusted off my card boxes a few weeks ago and decided to get back into the action.

With the amount of "old school" cards i run, i'm by necessity and choice a vintage player and look forward to seeing what's going on in the current format ( Brainstorm restricted? ) . I'm also getting involved in Draft games that run in the area as i don't want to spend the money on playing constructed (cards de-value too much when they rotate out).

No power here, but i have almost all the classic sub $150 cards in play sets (my dual-lands need to be fleshed out a little more though)

I'm a classic blue control player and my choice of decks and card collection reflects this, for example, i just got a play set of mint drains last week.