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« on: November 13, 2013, 01:50:06 pm »

http://legitmtg.com/competitive/the-vintage-advantage-deep-analysis/

Nat hoots and hollers about Vintage's two biggest tournaments of the 2013! Peep it and show Grand' Pappy Belcher some love for his article series. 
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2013, 02:04:46 pm »

Good article Nat!

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Anthony Michaels accidentally sleeved up a 61-card Workshop deck that included two Strip Mines

Yeah, that was a rough one for me. I think it was round 4 or 5 when I had to institute a game one turn two judge call on myself.
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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2013, 03:00:33 pm »

Nice summary article, thanks!

I'm excited to see whether the diversity brings some of the Legacy crowd over to our format, especially when a powered-up version of Sneak and Show does so well.  Maybe next time it'll be Stoneforge Mystic being cast on turn one with the help of a Mox!
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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2013, 03:24:44 pm »

Great job!

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I made the assertion in last week’s article that “creatures are often too slow to impact the format,” but disruption plus a clock is very playable right now.

Perhaps Chapin can take a page out of your book!
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« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2013, 03:38:36 pm »

Great job!

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I made the assertion in last week’s article that “creatures are often too slow to impact the format,” but disruption plus a clock is very playable right now.

Perhaps Chapin can take a page out of your book!

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« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2013, 08:55:28 pm »

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I made the assertion in last week’s article that “creatures are often too slow to impact the format,” but disruption plus a clock is very playable right now.

Nat,
Isn't that kind of a puzzling statement, since creatures have always been playable in this format?  Lodestone Golem has been amazing since its printing.   Very few archretypes have never used creatures.  Even dedicated combo decks have used cards like Laboratory Maniac, Worldgorger Dragon, or Xantid Swarm.  Control decks have used cards like Goblin Welder and Ophidian for years.  
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« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2013, 09:18:48 pm »

And here we go again, referencing things without context...

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I’m generally cool on new creatures entering the Vintage arena since, by themselves, they’re often too slow to impact the format (with apologies to Vintage Champ Joel Lim and his merfolk). Even now, opening with Nemesis’s seven-turn clock and no disruption won’t usually cut it. However, working Nemesis into aggro-control decks like BUG (with Dark Confidant, Abrupt Decay, and Counters) or RUG (with Gushes, Lightning Bolts, and Counters), perhaps in place of one or more Vendilion Cliques or Tarmogoyfs, could be a recipe for success.

This is the statement he made in his last article in regards to true-name nemesis.

Let us not repeat past mistakes, and instead congratulate Nat on another excellent article fit both for new and veteran players of the format.
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« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2013, 06:01:03 am »

I like a lot all these articles Nat, very enjoyable to read!

BTW, I though the article would be about using Deep Analysis (the card) to get card advantage, looking at the title of the post  Embarassed
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« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2013, 11:13:22 am »

"Anthony Michaels accidentally sleeved up a 61-card Workshop deck that included two Strip Mines" lol Twaun ;p  Great article Nat!
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