1) Beating your opponent quickly.
2) Collecting dust.

Nobody seems to play vintage anymore. Everybody around here plays standard and EDH, and don't get me wrong - those are both fun formats. I'll even admit that they're probably more fun than vintage - lets be honest, either I'm dead within the first few turns or my opponent is - but it kills me that these decks, by far the best I've ever made, they're worth thousands, they're packed with cards that were agonizingly difficult to attain, and they never see the light of day. I'm like Gollum, stroking the cards and muttering "my precioussssss."

I try to rationalize keeping them - I pretend to keep them as an investment plan for when P9, workshops, etc inevitably rise in value. But part of me worries that workshops might get restricted one day and drop in value.

What do we do with vintage decks? Keep them locked away? Sell them? Trade them for newer cards?

Its alot of fun to take it to FNM once in awhile to show the younger kids what a real deck can do. Last time they thought the moxen were just cards I made up.

Vintage was dead in the area and I just didn't have the time to travel to the limited number of events in the region. I loved having the cards and enjoyed the chance to play with them, but I really could not justify keeping them after the value had more than tripled what I paid for them.

It also didn't hurt that this was around the time we were house hunting and the extra cash helped provide a buffer for those "new home" expenses. Instead of power, I now have nicely refinished hardwood floors. I guess that's better.

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Originally posted by Scared of Nature:
I used my power for highlander when it wasn't being used in vintage.

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Originally posted by rockondon:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Scared of Nature:
I used my power for highlander when it wasn't being used in vintage.

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I would be happy to do this but power is not allowed in EDH, except for timetwister - which should hardly even be considered power. I had a workshop in my arcum dagsson deck but took it out since it didn't really do much. What I'd really like to put in arcum is time vault but that's banned too.

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Ahh I didn't know. We just play highlander around here.

Sad thing is, I've got several cards worth more then power that I don't even consider parting with. Seal, beta seas, etc all can be used in EDH.

(It probably needs tuning)

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Originally posted by jshields:
I am yet another person with the blues that has tried to cheer others and myself up with trying to run weekend legacy // vintage tournaments at our small town store for prizes like old dual lands or booster boxes. While there has been little turn out, I figured that someone had to get these started around the area after SCG stopped doing Roanoke Power 9 and Duel for Duals tournaments. The idea that made me think about the blues was from the whole "if you build it, they will come" scene from field of dreams. Well.... starting small with only a few people and advertising on open, public forums for free is better than doing nothing at all to boost the local vintage // legacy scene.

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Originally posted by Mr. Ruboonia:
I play vintage and I'm actively trying to buy/trade for more vintage cards, especially alpha and beta playables. The vintage scene around here is pretty much non-existent, but I don't play enough MTG to really notice. My enjoyment is mostly driven by nostalgia, but I do find the occasional pick-up game at a local store (I provide the decks). It's funny how many new players have never seen a mox.

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