I really like double matte sleeves (both front and back matte), and KMC makes a line of such sleeves called the Premium Mattes (not the same as Hyper Matte). For what it's worth, I haven't...
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I really like double matte sleeves (both front and back matte), and KMC makes a line of such sleeves called the Premium Mattes (not the same as Hyper Matte). For what it's worth, I haven't...
This archetype did well in a recent Legacy Challenge by leaning harder on Souls and completely dropping the SFM package:
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/737209#paper
Looks pretty interesting!
I myself have been wondering why the red splash isn't more popular, although to be fair I am a novice to this archetype. Pyroblast is big game!
This and Clique occupy totally different roles. I don't think this competes with Clique at all. Otherwise, 2U is really expensive for a Stifle, seems too slow for Legacy.
OK, so the counts are, modulo the two remaining unknowns:
Delver variants (19):
Grixis Delver 11
BUG Delver 4
UR Delver 2
RUG Delver 2
Control decks (21):
Deathblade 5
I've never fully understood this. Big Thalia doesn't stop Show and Tell, and they can activate Sneak Attack during our endstep to attack the following turn. I have definitely lost games to...
Thanks for the notes, metronome! The list is interesting, but I have one concern: is Orzhov Pontiff castable with Petals instead of Diamonds?
I also 3-3'd that tournament, but I have nothing...
I think the correct response to a matchup with that much potent hate against us is probably to concede. There's no way one extra Forsake the Worldly is going to turn that matchup around. Legacy is...
I think Faerie is fine. It's not as good against things like Loam or Punishing Fire as Surgical is, but I think it's close enough since we close out the game reasonably quickly fast. I've tried...
I know for a fact that Ballista is a high-impact card against Grixis from playtesting, and I'm hopeful that Ballista should do quite a lot against Elves. The Elves that matter the most are Wirewood...
Thanks! I actually managed to win my t8 match against Storm and then lost in t4 to a novel UWR Blood Moon control deck. I made some misplays in game 3, chief among which was cycling both of my...
One typically only sides in StP when Chalice comes out - for instance, versus fair creature decks like D+T or various BGx midrange strategies.
I agree it's great versus TNN and Marit Lage, but this does nothing versus Griselbrand or Emrakul. If Griselbrand is in play, you've already lost. Even if they don't get a hit in, the 7-14 cards...
Brought my proposed list with some sideboard tweaks to a small 10-person tournament today. I went 4-0-1 and we split the top 4. I beat Bant Deathblade, RUG Delver, 4c Loam, and Mono-R Sneak Attack....
To comment on Ballista, this is something I've been testing myself, but I haven't gone to any big tournaments yet, so I've been reluctant to say too much. But since we're all talking about it...
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Having more basics doesn't help as much versus Wasteland as you might think. Our "fair game", where we don't cast TKS until turn 4 or whatever, is not even remotely powerful enough for Legacy. That...
Midrange BUG decks in Legacy have the typical property that makes people attracted to midrange decks; they don't have a ton of unwinnable matchups. It's very hard to build a deck that just beats the...
For those who play basics: how are you enjoying them? It seems unnecessary to me, especially if you're running Hierarchs, since the mana dorks make Wasteland a little worse against you, and since...
I really don't know what the correct creature suite is. I realized that if I'm moving 4 Hymn into 2 Thoughtseize + 2 Strix like I suggested in the previous post, Goyf probably gets a little worse,...
I played a list similar to wcm8's list last weekend at an EE Satellite:
9 fetches (4 Delta, 3 Verdant, 2 Misty)
7 targets (4 Underground Sea, 2 Bayou, 1 Tropical Island)
4 Wasteland
4...
One note about graveyard hate choices is that they should obviously be tailored against the metagame. If you look at recent D+T lists (e.g. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/529528#online), the rise...
You leave Chalice in against D+T? Vial is kind of the only 1-cmc card that really matters. On the draw, this seems especially bad.
As for the rest of the post, it is interesting, and I will have...
Seems like many people seem to be shaving or cutting Revoker or Pithing Needle altogether. For those who are light on Revoker/Needle effects: do you miss them? I'm especially interested in how not...
I dunno, Displacer seems like one of the best cards in the deck. If I could, I might run more than 4...
The point is that Jailer keeps drawing you cards even if they remove it. You stay the monarch.