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Authors Note: I was in the final stages of polishing this article when the DCI announced the new B&R list changes. There wasn't enough time to give the new changes the discussion they are due, so I'll save that for next week. The subject of this article remains unaffected by the changes, so enjoy!Vintage right now is incredibly exciting. The metagame is in a tremendous state of flux and no one can predict where the format will find equilibrium, if it even will. The large-scale tournament scene has slowed a bit, to allow for the Legacy Grand Prix. But the local tournament scene is bustling with energy and enthusiasm. Consequently, the format is defined by tremendous information gaps, perhaps better described as information chaos.
Any given local metagame has its own idea of what's good – with Ichorid performing very well in certain locales and Flash doing well in others, and other decks doing well in other places. But none of this information is shared or experienced by the Vintage metagame as a whole. It's true of Magic generally that players only agree when they have the same experience. It's the large scale, major events that tend to provide the same experience to most of the players. What's more, it's only when we see a convergence in most of the major Vintage tournaments – similar results coming out of the Wateburys, the SCG P9s, and the Vintage Championship that you have anything resembling a consensus. It is my opinion, however, that Flash and Ichorid are upper tier decks. These are some of the best decks in the format.
In spite of all the uncertainty one thing is clear: Leyline of the Void has joined Force of Will as the epoxy that holds this format together.
....In today's fight, we'll put rookie Hulk Flash, fresh out the Legacy development farm, against the new and improved Vintage Ichorid, now faster than ever thanks to Future Sight.
