Originally Posted by
ElricTheWhiteWolf
I think buying Blue power is the best "investment" from the standpoint of playing. With it, you can make a great deal of completely different decks.
Bazaars and Shops only lend themselves to a very limited variety of decks, really.
If i went to make a "buy order" of money cards to get into Vintage, I think it would be something like this:
1.) Duals
2.) Black Lotus
3.) Mox Sapphire
4.) Mox Jet
5.) Mox Ruby
6.) Ancestral Recall
7.) Time Walk
8.) Mox Emerald
9.) Mox Pearl
10.) Time Vault
11.) Bazaar of Baghdad
12.) Mishra's Workshop
Maybe Recall should be higher than Ruby, maybe Time Walk too. If it was me though, I would get full jewelry first, then Recall, but it is up to you, depending on what decks you really want to play.
Indeed, we here in the NE are lucky to have a good, vibrant Vintage scene. I went 1-3 at that event and it was still a pretty good time really.
I happened to get "lucky" and pick up most of my power all at one time, I played something like 3 grand for everything but a Jet, with 2 Bazaars and and Shop as well (all in good shape too). Saved a bit of money that way, but granted not everyone is going to get an offer like that.