What to Proxy: Stoneblade
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Posted on Jan. 28, 2014, 12:30 a.m. by Jay
This Friday, my school Magic club is having a Vintage tournament. The usual rules, except each player can have 10 proxies included in their deck. No restrictions on the proxies except they must still be legal cards, and can not be Power 9.
Now, judging by what I currently own in real life, I'm planning on building a Stoneblade variant. I'm here to ask you what you guys think I should proxy, and what I should include in general. Here is a collection of what I have to include in paper:
Working with Stoneblade Playtest
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SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 1 VIEWSSome clear switches must be made: I don't have Brainstorm , but I have Ponder , etc. Basically, I want to maximize efficiency out of my proxies.
I'm expecting to see:
A very glass-cannon combo deck
A W/r Weenie variant
A bunch of kids proxying random powerful cards
Obviously, I want to be very tactical in my approach and be able to shut down or generally deny my opponent's strategies.
Thank you all for your help!
-Jay
Well fancy that. I have Preordain as backup haha.
(I'm more familiar with Legacy if you couldn't tell lol)
January 28, 2014 12:46 a.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #4
I'm assuming its 10 cards, as in 1/6th of the deck, and not ten different named cards. Is that correct?
January 28, 2014 1:07 a.m.
Correct indeed. In the list up their you can see what I'm thinking about proxying currently.
January 28, 2014 1:07 a.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #7
So are Ponder and Brainstorm restricted in Vintage simply because the power level of cards you can dig to is higher, or is there some deeper reasoning? I assume it's to limit the power of combo, but did these two cards facilitate some sort of ubercombo?
January 28, 2014 1:17 a.m.
NotSoLuckyLydia says... #9
Ponder and Brainstorm are restricted because they make combo decks oppressively good. As is, vintage is a healthy and shockingly diverse format, with some of the best decks attacking from different angles. If ponder and brainstorm were legal, everybody would either be playing restricted storm or losing to restricted storm.
January 28, 2014 3:18 a.m.
@Jp3ngu1nb0y: Thirst for Knowledge is stupid-powerful in Tezz ( who win with Tezzeret the Seeker and Time Vault ) decks because of Mana Crypt and moxen. I'll leave a comment and check out your deck and get back to you about proxies. My suggestion right off of the bat, however, is proxy your power cards (Black Lotus , Time Walk , Ancestral Recall , Mox Sapphire , etc.) and your pillar (probably Mana Drain , judging by what I see in front of me).
January 28, 2014 4:02 a.m.
No power proxies allowed I'm afraid :(
I replied to your comment
NotSoLuckyLydia says... #2
Just to let you know, Ponder is restricted in vintage.
January 28, 2014 12:40 a.m.