When the MTG Old Frame League was launched in mid 2020, the idea to have live tournaments of any of the formats played in our community was little more than a dream. But the celebration of the I Open Old Frame in Valencia, Spain on December 2021 made that dream come true and now we […]
Author: Víctor Manuel Martínez Valero
Stiflenought
There are very few things more horrendous than seeing a Stifle played by your enemy. One of them is to see only spells played by that very opponent in the stack. Stiflenought is about controlling the tempo until you can play a Phyrexian Dreadnought and counter it’s “Enter the game” effect by either playing Stifle […]
Landstill
Imagine a world in which you can beat your opponent without casting spells by using lands. A world in which the player facing you will give you a free Ancestral Recall if he plays a spell. That’s the world of Landstill, one of the greatest control archetypes in the Old Frame Vintage format. ARTIFACTS (5) […]
Doomsday
Doomsday is such a great and fun deck to play, you will probably wonder why are you not playing it instead of all the other possible lists in the Old Frame Vintage format. Thin your library down to just five cards and let the fun begin! Doomsday Decklist ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 1 Lion’s Eye […]
Decks & Archetypes in Old Frame Vintage
The Old Frame Vintage format started from a need in collectors of Magic the Gathering cards printed with the old frame design and colours. We wanted to give actual play to our valued possessions. After all, we were not hooked by the beauty of the art and the classy design of old frame. The powerful […]
Sligh
ARTIFACTS 1 Mox Ruby 2 Null Rod CREATURES 4 Grim Lavamancer 4 Jackal Pup 4 Kird Ape INSTANTS 4 Fireblast 2 Fork 4 Incinerate 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Price of Progress SORCERIES 4 Chain Lightning ENCHANTMENTS 3 Pyrostatic Pillar LANDS 4 Bloodstained Mire 7 Mountain 1 Strip Mine 4 Taiga 4 Wooded Foothills SIDEBOARD 4 […]
4-Color Dreadnought
The deck may be called 4-Color Dreadnought, but we all know that deep down it’s still the colourless 12/12 artifact that seals the deal. We just need to make sure that the opponent is not going to disturb us when we pair Phyrexian Dreadnought with either Stifle or Vision Charm. ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 1 […]
Ghoulnought
ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 1 Lotus Petal 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire CREATURES 4 Hermit Druid 4 Phyrexian Dreadnought 1 Sutured Ghoul INSTANTS 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Brainstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Krosan Reclamation 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Shallow Grave 4 Stifle 1 Vampiric […]
Fish
ARTIFACTS 1 Mox Sapphire 3 Null Rod CREATURES 4 Cloud of Faeries 4 Lord of Atlantis 4 Manta Riders 4 Rootwater Thief INSTANTS 4 Force of Will 4 Misdirection 1 Psionic Blast SORCERIES 1 Time Walk ENCHANTMENTS 4 Curiosity 4 Standstill LANDS 4 Faerie Conclave 9 Island 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Maze of Ith […]
Reap
ARTIFACTS 4 Distorting Lens 1 Mox Emerald 1 Sol Ring CREATURES 1 Gorilla Shaman INSTANTS 4 Accumulated Knowledge 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Blue Elemental Blast 4 Brainstorm 3 Cunning Wish 1 Disrupt 1 Fire/Ice 4 Force of Will 1 Misdirection 1 Mystical Tutor 4 Pyroblast 2 Reap 4 Red Elemental Blast SORCERIES 1 Merchant Scroll […]
High Tide
What’s bluer than blue? High Tide! Let all those Islands surge with power and cast all the expensive spells you want until you have a win condition like Brain Freeze. ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 3 Candelabra of Tawnos 1 Mox Sapphire INSTANTS 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brain Freeze 4 Brainstorm 1 Chain of Vapor 1 […]
Keeper
ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring CREATURES 2 Gorilla Shaman INSTANTS 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Brainstorm 3 Cunning Wish 1 Fact or Fiction 1 Fire/Ice 4 Mana Drain 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Skeletal Scrying 2 Swords to Plowshares 1 Vampiric Tutor SORCERIES […]
Stax
ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 4 Grafted Skullcap 2 Karn, Silver Golem 1 Mana Crypt 1 Mana Vault 1 Memory Jar 4 Metalworker 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 3 Powder Keg 4 Smokestack 1 Sol Ring 4 Sphere of Resistance 4 Tangle Wire 2 Nether Void […]
The Perfect Storm (TPS)/Tendrils
Best of the combo decks? So good that makes Old Frame Vintage an unplayable format? TPS (short for The Perfect Storm) has been a nightmare for many players since the moment the Storm ability was introduced in Scourge, the last of the Old Frame sets. The Perfect Storm Decklist ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 1 Grim […]
Reanimate
The Reanimate archetype in the Vintage Old Frame format is a strategy that seeks to put powerful creatures into play as quickly as possible, reanimating them from the graveyard to take advantage of their abilities and power. This archetype is built around the use of spells like Reanimate, Animate Dead or Exhume, which allow a […]
Animate Dragon
ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 1 Mana Crypt 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring CREATURES 1 Ambassador Laquatus 4 Squee, Goblin Nabob 4 Worldgorger Dragon INSTANTS 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Force of Will 4 Intuition 1 Rushing River 1 Vampiric Tutor SORCERIES 1 Demonic […]
Stompy
ARTIFACTS 1 Mox Emerald CREATURES 4 Basking Rootwalla 3 Pouncing Jaguar 4 River Boa 4 Scryb Sprites 4 Skyshroud Elite 4 Xantid Swarm INSTANTS 4 Berserk 4 Giant Growth 4 Invigorate ENCHANTMENTS 3 Briar Shield 4 Rancor 3 Seal of Strength LANDS 8 Forest 1 Pendelhaven 2 Windswept Heath 3 Wooded Foothills SIDEBOARD 4 Compost […]
TnT
ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 1 Grim Monolith 4 Juggernaut 1 Karn, Silver Golem 1 Masticore 1 Memory Jar 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 4 Sphere of Resistance 4 Su-Chi 2 Triskelion CREATURES 1 Anger 1 Elvish Lyrist 4 Goblin Welder 1 Quirion […]
Rector Trix
ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 1 Lotus Petal 1 Mana Crypt 1 Mana Vault 1 Mox Diamond 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring CREATURES 4 Academy Rector INSTANTS 1 Ancestral Recall 3 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 4 Force of Will 1 Rushing River 1 […]
Grow
ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire CREATURES 4 Quirion Dryad 3 Psychatog INSTANTS 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Brainstorm 3 Counterspell 2 Cunning Wish 3 Daze 4 Force of Will 1 Gush 3 Misdirection 1 Stifle SORCERIES 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Yawgmoth’s Will 2 Merchant Scroll […]
Hulk Smash
ARTIFACTS 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring CREATURES 3 Psychatog INSTANTS 4 Accumulated Knowledge 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Brainstorm 3 Cunning Wish 4 Force of Will 2 Intuition 4 Mana Drain 1 Mystical Tutor SORCERIES 1 Demonic Tutor 3 Duress […]