I couldn't come up with anything fewer than four slots that killed on the same turn.

Rootwater Thief {1U}
Creature -- Merfolk Rogue
U: Rootwater Thief gains flying until end of turn. / Whenever Rootwater Thief deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 2. If you do, search that player's library for a card and exile it, then the player shuffles his or her library.
1/2

Just saying. Certainly not the exact same, but this guy has a very similar effect and sure hasn't resurrected Fish.

Hi Smmenen,

First thanks for the article, I love when you get out of known archetypes to write about others options. I think this is the kind of things that are needed to get new ideas to bloom, without them only restriction/unrestriction/new set seeing printing would give vintage changes.     

As for the use of bitterblosssom in suicide black I can't help it but to go back at what Edward was saying about the Zombies:

   Let’s imagine that I cast a Carnophage on turn one.  By the end of the fifth turn, the Carnophage will have done eight damage.  A different scenario: Let’s say that I was busy disrupting my opponent, and I couldn’t cast my Flesh Reaver or Nantuko Shade until turn three.  By the end of the fifth turn, I will have done the same amount of damage with a Flesh Reaver as I did with the Carnophage that had a two turn head start!  Similarly, Nantuko Shade will almost certainly deal at least eight damage in such a scenario - and in both of these examples I gave the Carnophage a head start just to demonstrate how much slower it is than the optimal creatures!  So as you can see, the illusion of dealing more damage faster with Zombies is merely that - an illusion!


Since bitterblossom, even if cast on turn one, would have only done 6 damage by the end of the fifth turn, this is even less than Carnophage witch is the example used by Edward in his primer. I would like to know why you think this is fast enough for vintage and  help you put you opponent on a clock? Even an Ashenmoor Gouger casted on turn 3 would have done more damage by that time. I see the added value against Staxx and the combo with Gate to Phyrexia. If you would have had a splash for green with Tarmogoyf I would also have seen the fact that this is a +2 as counting as a Tribal and an Enchantment cards but even with that I don't see the need for it. Could you elaborate on this choice.

Regards