Bazaar of Moxen 2012 Vintage & Legacy Coverage Now Up on Eternal Central

[JACO]

Gentlemen, I have aggregated all coverage I have found into English (no I haven't dubbed the videos).

Bazaar of Moxen 2012 Legacy Decklists, Reports, and Video Roundup
http://www.eternal-central.com/?p=2755

Bazaar of Moxen 2012 Vintage Decklists, Reports, and Video Roundup
http://www.eternal-central.com/?p=2740

BOOM. This was many hours of work the past couple of days, so I hope you all enjoy it. If you find more nuggets I can add to the coverage (more reports/lists on other international forums, for example) please let me know and I will immediately add them to the coverage.

[Prospero]

Great work, Jaco.  Certainly a valuable resource for the English speaking Vintage community.

That being said, the second place deck isn't MUD, but a 61 card version of Espresso Stax.  

[chrispikula]

Nothing too exciting deck-list wise here except the Stoneforge deck, which I'm just not a believer in. 

[PeAcH]

Ferran Relat has just top8ed with the UW Stoneblade decklist @LCV tournament today (attendance was 47).

He could draw into top8 after 4 wins. He lost the top8 match versus a BUG Fish Rogue deck with Death´s Shadow, Confidants, Thoughtseizes, Mental Missteps and Sylvan Libraries.

He has told me the deck is pretty solid and it´s really good at what it does: Pure control.

[Tobi]

Gentlemen, I have aggregated all coverage I have found into English (no I haven't dubbed the videos).
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BOOM. This was many hours of work the past couple of days, so I hope you all enjoy it. If you find more nuggets I can add to the coverage (more reports/lists on other international forums, for example) please let me know and I will immediately add them to the coverage.

Top 8 lists in correct order and player count (thanks Carl!) plus Erik Hegemann's report (also on this forum) on Morphling:
--> http://morphling.de/top8decks.php?id=1602

[Metman]

I haven't watched all the videos but so far the coverage looks great. Thank you for puttin this together.

I don't know the European metagame well but I found it interesting that there weren't any Gush or Standstill in the top eight. I'm not one to criticize those that top eight in a 300 plus vintage tournament; this is just an observation. I'm seeing blue decks running fewer mana sources and not upping the cantrip (Preordain/Ponder) to compensate. The UBR list plays Mana Drains and only 23 mana sources. I understand that Dark Confidant is an excellent engine to help make up the difference. It just seems week to Wastelands at a time when Workshops are so powerfull and abundant. I always feel like I'm short when I play 24. I suppose each list is different and plays accordingly. Like I said it is just an observation.

[v4ino]

I don't know the European metagame well but I found it interesting that there weren't any Gush or Standstill in the top eight.

Obviously Steve hasn’t translated his book into enough languages yet  

[bisamratte]

There are many guys playing Gush in Europe, but they mostly get asskicked by the controlheavy Confidant-decks...

@23 mana sources: 2 Basic Islands main and the Mountain in the SB help a lot and a fast Confidant or Top also provide enoth mana in the MUD matchup. Besides that, those lists always play 4 Ingot Chewer and 2-3 Lightning Bolts to have reliable access to early solutions against Lodestone/Panther/Worker or Precursor.

[Odd mutation]

This is great work! Thanks a lot!!