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    • moorebrother1
      moorebrother1 last edited by

      I have been brewing a Paradigm shift deck for a little while. I have not played much MTGO, so I'm not sure how it would do there but I am testing it in paper in my play group.

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      • moorebrother1
        moorebrother1 last edited by

        This is the best list that I have seen for a Thassa's Oracle strategy.

        1 Ancestral Recall
        1 Black Lotus
        1 Brainstorm
        1 Chain of Vapor
        1 Daze
        1 Demonic Consultation
        1 Demonic Tutor
        1 Dig Through Time
        1 Flooded Strand
        2 Flusterstorm
        4 Force of Will
        1 Gitaxian Probe
        1 Gush
        1 Library of Alexandria
        1 Lotus Petal
        1 Mental Misstep
        1 Merchant Scroll
        2 Mindbreak Trap
        2 Misdirection
        1 Mox Jet
        1 Mox Sapphire
        1 Mystic Sanctuary
        1 Mystical Tutor
        4 Paradigm Shift
        4 Polluted Delta
        1 Ponder
        4 Preordain
        3 Relic of Progenitus
        4 Snow-Covered Island
        4 Thassa's Oracle
        1 Time Walk
        1 Treasure Cruise
        4 Underground Sea
        1 Vampiric Tutor

        1 Eliminate
        1 Fatal Push
        1 Hurkyl's Recall
        2 Leyline of the Void
        1 Mystical Dispute
        1 Opposition Agent
        2 Ravenous Trap
        4 Steel Sabotage
        1 Swamp
        1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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          Botvinik @moorebrother1 last edited by

          @moorebrother1

          Have you considered doomsdays? They usually do a pretty good job with the oracle.

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            chubbyrain1 last edited by

            To pull from different threads:

            • You can brew with anything you want, but let us know how successful you are.
            • Oh, there are multiple league trophies with a card, but it was only a singleton in a deck that can only run singletons. Heck, it might as well have been Sedge Troll.
            • Ah, well the card trophied a league and top 8'd a challenge a 4-of. Mocking comment with a Pig emoji. Have you considered playing the tier 1 option?

            For a forum that occasionally has more posts from spambots than from actual people, this hostility to brews and the shifting of goalposts are unfortunate and detrimental, IMO.

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              Thewhitedragon69 @chubbyrain1 last edited by

              @chubbyrain1 LOL, love this guy.

              I actually have no issue (or opinion) with the brew or Paradigm Shift. Was just a dig at your comment, not the OP - and I honestly don't know why I like picking with you. My troll side comes out 99% of the time with your posts.

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              • moorebrother1
                moorebrother1 last edited by moorebrother1

                The reason for a thread like this one is to stir up interest and some discussion in alternative deck strategies. The meta-game is solved and it is fairly straightforward at this time, just go to mtggoldfish and look at the top Vintage decks.

                There is room in Vintage for innovation. Strixhaven offers little to no new cards for Vintage. I look at Vintage almost the same way that I view Old School. The top tier decks do not really change much and those decks can be attacked from different angles but the format as a whole is open to some "new" strategies.

                I have built this deck on paper and in MTGO. I just do not get a lot of time to play so I have not updated this thread with results.

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                • moorebrother1
                  moorebrother1 last edited by

                  I played this in the MTG Melee, went 1-3 but won a game every match. I am probably too rusty to give a good analysis but the deck was competitive in every round but needs something. I'll add some Night's Whisper and Chain for Vapor. The deck needs more defense off the board and I may try Dispel. I went with Tinker/Bolas' Citadel over Treasure Cruise/Dig Through Time because of the Relic of Progenitus. I'm open to thoughts and suggestions.

                  1 Black Lotus
                  3 Relic of Progenitus
                  1 Mox Emerald
                  1 Mox Jet
                  1 Mox Pearl
                  1 Mox Ruby
                  1 Mox Sapphire
                  1 Bolas's Citadel
                  2 Preordain
                  1 Demonic Consultation
                  3 Polluted Delta
                  4 Island
                  3 Flooded Strand
                  1 Ancestral Recall
                  1 Brainstorm
                  1 Ponder
                  1 Merchant Scroll
                  4 Force of Will
                  1 Time Walk
                  1 Sol Ring
                  1 Gitaxian Probe
                  1 Force of Negation
                  2 Preordain
                  1 Mental Misstep
                  1 Scalding Tarn
                  3 Flusterstorm
                  4 Thassa's Oracle
                  1 Mana Crypt
                  1 Gush
                  1 Mana Vault
                  2 Paradigm Shift
                  2 Daze
                  2 Underground Sea
                  1 Vampiric Tutor
                  1 Demonic Tutor
                  1 Sensei's Divining Top
                  1 Narset, Parter of Veils
                  1 Tinker

                  Sideboard
                  3 Tormod's Crypt
                  4 Sedgemoor Witch
                  2 Fatal Push
                  2 Duress
                  4 Steel Sabotage

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                    Botvinik last edited by Botvinik

                    Is there any merit to, if this is the win condition you want, just going full momo blue and making it a 4 BTB deck? that would allow for some more shifts and the last relic so you would become a full hybrid control combo deck.

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                    • moorebrother1
                      moorebrother1 @Botvinik last edited by

                      @botvinik Maybe, I built it that way in paper and tested it but Pyroblast is rampant and without some tutor the deck is not able to recover after counters or find answers when pinched.

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                        Botvinik last edited by

                        Makes sense.

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