Seems like the discussion about this deck has died down...
@ Steve:
Although it's been a few weeks since I read your article (which I really enjoyed btw), I only recently have sleeved up Grim Long once again and am hoping to play with it at tournaments in the future. This deck brings back fond memories for me as well: constantly goldfishing in my college dorm room (while procrastinating) and playing it in a few tourneys when back home on break
It seems to me from the tone in your article that you're not really sure how viable the deck would be in current tournament vintage, and perhaps may be more of a relic of the past to sleeve up and play for fun ...? I'd personally like your take on whether or not this is what you've concluded, or if you think there's actually a place for Grim Long in this meta. Also when you wrote your Grim Long article in '08 you did it in more of a primer style with matchup analysis, etc. That would be interesting to read.
I personally love playing Long b/c of the myriad lines of play and intricate decision trees that must be navigated when playing. I continue to be confounded by the complexity of the deck at times
I'm not sure though of the advantages of playing this deck as opposed to, say, Ad Nauseam, which seems to have more redundancy in its threats / bombs and is actually a much more consistent deck than people may think.
Sorry if this is a bit of an unfocused post. But would love to here yours (and other peoples') thoughts.
