Great article - I found your BR stax list in the Stax draw engine thread yesterday and have been very pleased with it so far.  Having a primer available will be very helpful.

As well, it's always mentioned that finding Crucible is the one of most important parts of the stax mirror, and my limited testing confirms this.  Is there a reason a 4th crucible in the board is not used in this or any other list I've seen?  Is that 1 SB slot not worth it for a single matchup?

EDIT: Another question that came up in testing: How do you handle a resolved tinker -> Inkwell / Sphinx?  My only options seems to be to race it (since I can't weld it and BR lacks the blocking from Titan on Inkwell) or try to ramp a stack quickly.  These were both usually too slow.  Is there a place for something such as Diabolic Edict in the deck?

Hello everyone, I'm from BC, Canada.

I've recently come back to the game, and have always found Vintage a fascinating and fun format to play (I've been lurking here for awhile, never had anything worthwhile to contribute yet.), and having finished school in my latest break I can finally afford some of the staples of the format.  I'm hoping to start showing up at some of the tournaments held in my area.

I've played in 2 vintage events (Around when Grim long was 'brand new') - I top 8'd one with Probasco gifts (the one with Severance/Belcher) and played 6 rounds against null rod with a 4 colour belcher deck.