Vintage MtG — Mirror Shops vs. Drakes
Channel: T1GlistenerElf
Date: 2019-08-03

As for Mirror Shops, the idea is to get out Dark Depths and either Thespian's Stage or Mirage Mirror, either of which can create a Marit Lage token before the opponent can beat you fairly. By contrast, lock pieces keep the opponent from beating you in the meantime.
Here's the list that I made for Mirror Shops:
Artifacts (25)
1 Black Lotus
2 Chromatic Lantern
2 Expedition Map
1 Mana Crypt
4 Mirage Mirror
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
3 Sorcerous Spyglass
4 Sphere of Resistance
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Time Vault
1 Trinisphere
Creatures (2)
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Lodestone Golem
Instants (7)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Demonic Consultation
3 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sorceries (2)
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
Lands (24)
4 Dark Depths
1 Inventors' Fair
4 Mana Confluence
4 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine
4 Thespian's Stage
1 Tolarian Academy
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Wasteland
Sideboard (15)
3 Ancient Grudge
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Mindbreak Trap
The inspiration came from the following list from MtGTop8, with minor edits having been made.
https://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=20418&d=333761&f=VI

Do you like playing completely fair Magic?
Do you also like swinging with a 20+/4 flying creature that can't be hit with Abrupt Decay, laughs at graveyard hate, and draws you a card?
Then Drakes might be the deck for you!
In that case, here's the decklist for you to pore over:
Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
Creatures (6)
4 Crackling Drake
2 Young Pyromancer
Instants (19)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
1 Fire // Ice
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
2 Lightning Bolt
4 Mental Misstep
1 Pyroblast
1 Spell Pierce
Planeswalkers (3)
3 Dack Fayden
Sorceries (11)
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Windfall
Lands (18)
1 Flooded Strand
3 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
1 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Tropical Island
4 Volcanic Island
Sideboard (15)
1 Ancient Grudge
1 By Force
2 Blood Moon
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Null Rod
2 Pyroblast
4 Ravenous Trap
3 Surgical Extraction
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