12/24/2023 0 Comments Karn and mycosynth lattice![]() The current pillars of the format are greatly contested, but traditionally they were considered to be Dark Ritual, Null Rod, Mana Drain, Bazaar of Baghdad, and Mishra’s Workshop. There are certain “pillars” of the Vintage format, and is important to keep these in mind. The same can be done with removal, counter spells, threats, tutors, engine cards, etc.Īnother important thing to consider with Vintage decklists, is the nature of the format. Rather than being 4 Wasteland, 1 Strip Mine. So rather than being 1 Black Lotus, 1 Mox Pearl, 1 Mox Sapphire, 1 Mox Jet, 1 Mox Ruby, 1 Mox Emerald, 1 Mana Crypt, 1 Sol Ring, 1 Mana Vault etc. How I like to look at and build Vintage decklists, is in terms of ratios. Because of the nature of the restricted list, lists are made up of a lot of 1 ofs and can feel impossible to parse. Vintage is a complicated and intimidating format to evaluate. In this article I’ll be covering how to evaluate Vintage decklists before evaluating said lists, and then talking about changes I made to the deck and the future of both Karn Shops and Vintage. I put down the idea at first, and let people much smarter than me build some lists. The second being that I was often locking myself out of getting close to casting him because of my Sphere of Resistance effects. The first being that Mishra’s Workshop, the most powerful unrestricted card in Vintage, could not cast him. Karn was difficult to cast for a few reasons. My first shell was in a traditional Smokestack deck, using Karn to find situational lock pieces out of the sideboard, and it did not prove to be very successful. The -2 is obviously the reason to play this card though. Karn, Silver Golem has seen Vintage play in past eras because of its ability to destroy moxen, so the +1 ability is relevant, although less so because the static ability already turns off moxen. Null Rod is already a pillar of Vintage, to the point where decks entirely consisting of artifacts with activated abilities will have a playset in the sideboard. All of its abilities are incredibly powerful. When I first saw this card, I was sure it would see Vintage play. On April 9th, Karn, the Great Creator was spoiled. ![]()
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