I actually have a very different take on this format than I thought I would. And if it doesn't belong here, then I apologize. I did have this same list up in my blog for ease of discussion among non-MTGS friends and for easy porting into OCTGN between computers. If anything minor is tweaked, I'll make it there to avoid reposting an entire decklist for the same of a 2-card difference.
Now, I'm very, very new to Vintage. But, both my Legacy and Modern deck of choice is Ravager Affinity. So naturally, I've been trying to find ways to revamp and redefine it. Maybe Vintage is the way to go? Anyways, let's take a look:
This is DEFINITELY a work in progress, and I'm trying to work out all the kinks at the moment. I'm not very attached to anything in the deck other than the Children/Ad Nauseam combo. The real idea here is to try and resolve an Ad Nauseam as early as possible, and draw into a Ravager and as many 0-cost artifacts and Disciples as possible. Then, Sac Children, and use Yawgmoth's Bargain and/or Necropotence to draw some more, Sac more Children, then use Will to try and cast Ad Nauseam again. And we can use things like Timetwister and Time Walk to buy time if mana runs low and the combo busts on the first try. Of course, once you get enough things like Phyrexian Walker and Mox Opal out with a triple or quadruple Disciple, the 4dps (damage per sac, get it?!) totals up pretty quick.
A quick disclaimer: This hasn't gone through very rigorous play testing yet! It's a new idea that I've been working on and that I fully intend to completely assemble sans-proxy in due time. But before I'm confident enough to do so, I need some feedback from true Vintage players. So let me know what you guys think before I sink copious amounts of money into it!
Is Angel's Grace just better than Children? The only thing it does worse is it bombos with Necro, but the fact that it lets you go below zero life when Ad Nausing seems good. Maybe it isn't relevant all that often, but it still seems better to me.
4 Color Ad Nauseum is intriguing but you also need to look at your mana base, Darksteel Citadel is probably suboptimal here. If you stay 4 color I would advise considering something like City of Brass, admittedly you lose a few artifacts in your count, but if counting artifacts is the purpose then consider Mana Crypt and Mana Vault.
Thanks guys! I have made some changes, I've removed 3 of the Workshops and replaced them with Glimmervoid, Channel is gone, and is Lim-Dul's Vault. I now run 4 Pacts, 2 Forces, and 2 Flusterstorms. I find Pact works really well if you know you can go off that turn. Timetwister and Wheel have worked great in goldfishing.
Walker is more of a Ad Nauseam and Tolarian Academy enabler.
I think I'm going to make the sideboard include the Key/Vault combo and a larger control and tutor package. More on this later after testing.
Again, thanks much, guys!
Edit: Here's the revamped decklist:
Now, I'm very, very new to Vintage. But, both my Legacy and Modern deck of choice is Ravager Affinity. So naturally, I've been trying to find ways to revamp and redefine it. Maybe Vintage is the way to go? Anyways, let's take a look:
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
3 Mox Opal
1 Sol Ring
4 Mox Diamond
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
2 Darksteel Citadel
2 Tolaria West
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
//Creatures: 14
4 Disciple of the Vault
2 Arcbound Ravager
4 Phyrexian Walker
4 Children of Korlis
1 Ad Nauseam
1 Brainstorm
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
2 Pact of Negation
3 Mana Drain
2 Flusterstorm
1 Lim-Dul's Vault
1 Channel
2 Dark Ritual
1 Platinum Emperion
1 Tinker
1 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Serum Powder
1 Ad Nauseam
2 Cunning Wish
1 Necropotence
2 Dark Ritual
2 Cabal Ritual
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Chalice of the Void
This is DEFINITELY a work in progress, and I'm trying to work out all the kinks at the moment. I'm not very attached to anything in the deck other than the Children/Ad Nauseam combo. The real idea here is to try and resolve an Ad Nauseam as early as possible, and draw into a Ravager and as many 0-cost artifacts and Disciples as possible. Then, Sac Children, and use Yawgmoth's Bargain and/or Necropotence to draw some more, Sac more Children, then use Will to try and cast Ad Nauseam again. And we can use things like Timetwister and Time Walk to buy time if mana runs low and the combo busts on the first try. Of course, once you get enough things like Phyrexian Walker and Mox Opal out with a triple or quadruple Disciple, the 4dps (damage per sac, get it?!) totals up pretty quick.
A quick disclaimer: This hasn't gone through very rigorous play testing yet! It's a new idea that I've been working on and that I fully intend to completely assemble sans-proxy in due time. But before I'm confident enough to do so, I need some feedback from true Vintage players. So let me know what you guys think before I sink copious amounts of money into it!
My Attempt at Vintage
WUBRGAd Nausuem AffinityGRBUW
Walker is more of a Ad Nauseam and Tolarian Academy enabler.
I think I'm going to make the sideboard include the Key/Vault combo and a larger control and tutor package. More on this later after testing.
Again, thanks much, guys!
Edit: Here's the revamped decklist:
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
3 Mox Opal
1 Sol Ring
4 Mox Diamond
1 Mishra's Workshop
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
2 Darksteel Citadel
2 Tolaria West
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
3 Glimmervoid
//Creatures: 14
4 Disciple of the Vault
2 Arcbound Ravager
4 Phyrexian Walker
4 Children of Korlis
1 Ad Nauseam
1 Brainstorm
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
4 Pact of Negation
3 Flusterstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Dark Ritual
1 Platinum Emperion
1 Tinker
1 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
2 Mana Drain
1 Flusterstorm
1 Fastbond
1 Pithing Needle
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Dark Ritual
2 Tormod's Crypt
1 Chalice of the Void
My Attempt at Vintage
WUBRGAd Nausuem AffinityGRBUW