I have been writing Vintage articles on and off for years, and have written a few primers & tournament reports for this very site. I wanted to share some Vintage articles that I have authored with the MTG Salvation community. I'm not doing this to get any click-bait. I'm doing this because I love the site and have poured a lot of work and love with MTG here and have gotten good feedback and engaging discussion from our members here. The article series started as Vintage 101, but after seeing another article series, the name was changes to Shop Class, which is appropriate because the purpose of it was to give the Vintage community a perspective on the format form the point of view of a shops player. Most content on Vintage is produced by people who are primarily blue pilots, so I wanted to give Shops a voice with regards to content.
Feel free to read these articles and discuss them.
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In the first part of an ongoing series, Jostin dives into the history and evolution of the Vintage format, along with how recent changes have affected play.
Published 12/2/2015
In part two of this article, Jostin explains Wizards of the Coast banning/restricting process, how it affects the game's meta, and workshop decks.
Published on 12/10/2015
In this week's article, Jostin takes us through the Vintage tournament experience with a play-by-play report, piloting a Storm build he's been testing to a top 4 split at The Comic Book Depot, in Long Island, New York.
Published on 1/4/2016
In this week's article, Jostin takes us through the metagame decks exist in the current Vintage metagame, delves into why these decks are popular, and explains how they look to gain an edge while the format is in flux.
Published 1/12/2016
In this week's article, Jostin explores how Shops decks have adapted to the metagame since the Chalice restriction. He explores the different Shops lists that have emerged, and how the Vintage environment has responded.
Published on 2/24/2016
In his latest Vintage article, Jostin discusses the effects of the April 3rd restriction, the DCI's record as it pertains to taking action against different archetypes, and the tournament data regarding Workshop's place in a Gush driven metagame.
Published on 6/14/2016
In this month's Vintage article, Jostin illustrates the evolution of Gush decks though 2016 and discusses the differences between decklists as they try their best to balance gaining an edge in the mirror and the metagame.
Published on 2/28/2017
In our last article, we discussed how Gush deck had adapted to gain edges in the format, and especially the Gush mirror. I'd like to discuss how these changes created format issues, how these adaptations manifested themselves in deck design, and how the metagame changed after the release of Kaladesh.
Published on 5/22/2017
This article is about the Gush re-restriction my predictions of what we should expect to see, and my concerns with the format movibg forward. It took a while to get up due to site issues, but was published on 6/5/2017
I have been writing Vintage articles on and off for years, and have written a few primers & tournament reports for this very site. I wanted to share some Vintage articles that I have authored with the MTG Salvation community. I'm not doing this to get any click-bait. I'm doing this because I love the site and have poured a lot of work and love with MTG here and have gotten good feedback and engaging discussion from our members here. The article series started as Vintage 101, but after seeing another article series, the name was changes to Shop Class, which is appropriate because the purpose of it was to give the Vintage community a perspective on the format form the point of view of a shops player. Most content on Vintage is produced by people who are primarily blue pilots, so I wanted to give Shops a voice with regards to content.
Feel free to read these articles and discuss them.
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009
Published 12/2/2015
V-101: Understanding Vintage and the Recent Restrictions (Part I)
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009
Published on 12/10/2015
V-101: Understanding Vintage and the Recent Restrictions (Part II)
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009
Published on 1/4/2016
V-101: Storming To Proficiency - A Tournament Report
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009
Published 1/12/2016
V-101: Filling the Space Between the Pillars
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009
Published on 2/24/2016
V-101: Shop Class
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009
Published on 6/14/2016
V-101: Repercussiosn of the April 3rd Announcement and a View of the New Vintage Landscape
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009
Published on 2/28/2017
Shop Class: Pressure Breaks Pipes - Gushing in 2016
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009
Published on 5/22/2017
Shop Class: Pressure Breaks Pipes - Stemming the Gush Deluge
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009
http://www.mtgassist.com/article/Shop-Class-Plugging-the-Leaks-to-Opening-the-Floodgates
Blue: teaching Magic players manners since 1995Shops: Teaching blue players manners since 2009