Season 9 of the Vintage Super League continues today at 9 PM Eastern (GMT -5). We’re running a series of articles to celebrate, like our intro to VSL Season 9 and our rundowns of the Top 5 Decks in Vintage and the Top 10 Cards in Vintage. Plus, we’re running a few VSL fantasy leagues on Thousand Leagues!
Welcome to Week 8 of the ninth season of Vintage Super League! This is the final week of the regular season and, depending on how things go, all four of this week’s players could be eliminated from playoff contention.
As a reminder, 4-2 record qualifies for the playoffs, 5-1 gets a player into the semifinals, while going undefeated all season with a 6-0 record advances that player directly to the final. Both Steve Menendian and Rich Shay are well-positioned to make the playoffs at 2-1, while both Saffron Olive and Matt Sperling will have to win out to convert their 1-2 record into playoff berths.
Without further ado, here are the decks for Week 8 and the players that will be piloting them. Don’t forget that you can use this information to build your team in our Pick 6 Cards, Pick 6 Players, and weekly Pick ‘Em fantasy leagues!
Season 9, Week 8 Schedule
(All matches can be seen on the main Magic Twitch channel.)
Match 1
Rich Shay vs Matt Sperling
Match 2
Steve Menendian vs Saffron Olive
Match 3
Steve Menendian vs Matt Sperling
Match 4
Saffron Olive vs Rich Shay
Match 5
Saffron Olive vs Matt Sperling
Match 6
Steve Menendian vs Rich Shay
Season 9, Week 8 Decklists
Stephen Menendian (Jeskai Mentor)
Jeskai Mentor
Saffron Olive (Free Win Red)
Free Win Red
Rich Shay (RUG Xerox)
RUG Xerox
Matt Sperling (Oath)
Oath
Standings
Locked for the Playoffs
Randy Buehler 5-1
Rachel Agnes 5-1
Andy Probasco 4-2
Andy Markiton 4-2
Andreas Petersen 4-2
Cyrus Corman-Gill 4-2
In the Playoff Hunt
Steve Menendian 2-1
Rich Shay 2-1
Saffron Olive 1-2
Matt Sperling 1-2
Eliminated from the Playoffs
Kevin Cron 3-3
Seth Manfield 3-3
Brian Kelly 2-4
Bob Maher 1-5
Brian Coval 1-5
Erin Campbell 0-6