Good day to you all! Last week we watched Oath battle it out in some 2-mans, this week we go for broke and run two of the Alpha boon cycle. 

The perfect storm is one of, if not the best pure combo decks in the format. TPS is also the biggest contributor to the ill-conceived notion that Vintage is all just turn one kills. It may be because it is built to achieve that goal on a semi-decent draw. The reason I feel like it is the best of the bunch though is that it is also remarkably consistent. With TPS it is usually not correct to try to win on turn one, not when you pack a bunch of discard and counterspells. The fact that it cannot only clear a path, but protect its end game puts it in a tier above the other Dark Ritual builds. 

That being said, the list in today’s article is not what I would suggest running. Don't get me wrong, it is very, very close. Unfortunately there are budget restrictions on what I can play. The changes are cosmetic, but Vintage is a game of percentage points. The defects, as small as they seem to be, are really game altering changes.   

As you may know from the last article I bought into Vintage with an Oath deck in the Mana Drain pillar. That purchase cost 1,700 tickets. I chose that build because it would allow me to branch out to the most arch-types, for the cheapest amount of continued investment. For instance I was able to build a vastly different base deck for a mere 60 tickets.  Speaking of, I present The Imperfect Storm. Enjoy

Deck Tech

T.(i)P.S.

So close to optimal.

Win Cons  1 Blightsteel Colossus 1 Tinker  1 Voltaic Key  1 Time Vault  1 Yawgmoth's Will  1 Tendrils of Agony  1 Mind's Desire  Engines 1 Necropotence  1 Yawgmoth's Bargain 1 Memory Jar  1 Timetwister 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor  Deck Manipulation 1 Preordain  1 Brainstorm  1 Ponder  1 Ancestral Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor  Disruption 4 Duress 1 Mental Misstep  4 Force of Will  1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Chain of Vapor

Mana 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Emerald 1 Black Lotus 1 Mana Crypt  1 Lotus Petal  1 Sol Ring  1 Mana Vault  4 Dark Ritual  1 Cabal Ritual  2 Swamp 1 Tolarian Academy 2 Island 3 Underground Sea 1 Bloodstained Mire 4 Misty Rainforest   Sideboard 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Steel Sabotage 1 Steel Sabotage 1 Island 2 Thoughtseize 3 Tormod's Crypt 1 Yixlid Jailer 2 Rebuild

 DECK TECH

ROUND 1

ROUND 2

ROUND 3

ROUND 4

That's it for this week. 

I'll see you guys next time with a big theory.

whiff out!