Unlocking the Vault #2: Getting Started

Posted on July 4, 2011 by enderfall

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whiffy on July 4, 2011 at 2:36 AM said:

hum…. great minds think alike i guess, as i just submitted a similar video article about the pillars of the format. I missed hex depths, ignored hivemind, but i feel like you missed Tropical island+ noble hiearch. not a combo persay, but deffinatly a large part of the metagame in fish centric decks.

keep them coming
whiffy on July 4, 2011 at 2:37 AM said:

oh and you deff missed oath of druids + forbiddan orchard.
enderfall on July 4, 2011 at 2:46 AM said:

Wow, how could I miss Oath? Guess I need to work on an emergency edit! Thanks for pointing that out for me Whiffy.
PlanetWalls on July 4, 2011 at 10:57 AM said:

Emergency edit now in place!
420gabriel on July 5, 2011 at 1:07 AM said:

Great article.
Nicely done.
milegyenanevem on July 5, 2011 at 5:13 AM said:

Very nice article.
Hammer on July 5, 2011 at 9:37 AM said:

I like the article on the whole – good clean presentation.

Minor Nitpick
However, some of the comments suggest you cribbed from vintage rather than from the classic-up which I find disappointing for an artilce that is meant to be classic centric. Case in point:

“This combo was only recently revived since Gush was restricted until late 2010″.

— Gush has never been restricted in Classic and Fastbond being released in Master’s Edition IV allowed players to abuse the gushbond engine. I have no problem with you making comparisions to vintage but you need to be clear which of the formats you are referring to for clarity sake.

Very clear informative article for players on the fringe of classic.
Plejades on July 5, 2011 at 5:10 PM said:

Great overview of the important combo pieces in the format. I would also like to encourage everyone to check the “You may also like…” box at the bottom of our articles. There are a few Classic gems to be found that contain interesting information written in the past.
enderfall on July 6, 2011 at 1:25 AM said:

Hammer, thanks for your comment: I’m glad you see the article as informative for people on the fringe of Classic since that was exactly what I set out to do. You are correct, Gush was never restricted in Classic. I suppose I made the leap of faith to presume that had Gush not been unrestricted in Vintage in late 2010, it would have been restricted in Classic upon the release of Fastbond in MED4. In retrospect, that’s probably a mighty large leap, but nonetheless, the Gushbond engine was not available until early 2011.