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Is Prelate on 1 vs Burn actually correct? It turns off our Swords for gaining life, and only hits 12 of their spells since their creatures aren't stopped by Prelate. Post-board they'll have at...

Note that of those, only Demise for 1 is faster than our mono-white options, e.g. Holy Light is a sweeper of sorts at cmc 3. Many of those splash cards are better than what we get in white, but...

Hey Phil, great article. Been away for a bit and it looks like some things have swung. If we're having more trouble with removal, how about an anthem effect in one of the flex slots in the side? I...

@Water, what's your Flagstones manabase look like?

Ok, I see now that you meant win-more with the question of whether to run Flagstones. I think we still disagree on the overall potential of Cataclysm but that's another matter.

I'd love to see some math to back up that statement.



What I quoted above would apply to most cards. If you're already ahead, pretty much any additional spell will make your position even...

Doesn't From the Ashes overlap a little too much with Magus? I think I'd want an actual reset button that leaves them with 0-1 land.

Yeah I think the source of contention/confusion is that, "Activate this ability only once," appears at the end of the rules text. Despite that placement, it's not part of the resolution of the...

I'd guess no, cause then why not activate multiple additional times in response to itself?

I must be old and jaded, 'cause I don't see it. Let's apply my sig:

Alms Collector: I don't run Spirit, but I'd run Spirit before this guy. Collector does nothing against an opponent casting...

Everyone loves Spirit in response to Brainstorm, but plenty don't play it precisely because it only happens once in a blue moon. I guess another question is what's the conventional wisdom on that...

I've heard Delver of Secrets is pretty good.

Seriously though, if you're looking for tutorable beats (i.e. you have Recruiter in play or in hand), why NOT get Flickerwisp? Yes 1 toughness is...

This is exactly what I was talking about on the last page. I agree that metagame is a consideration, but so is playstyle. Do you prefer a deck with big swingy plays like Magus, or a deck that has...

I definitely think Flickerwisp is one of the better cards in the deck. Flexibility is key for a control deck that can't just say "no" to any spell, and Flickerwisp gives a ton of flexibility.

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Honest question: against what decks are Avenger, Revoker, and Crusader as strong as the best case scenario for Magus? I agree that Pontiff's power level is more reasonable, but Magus has the ability...

Along these lines, any further thoughts about mono-white versus splashes in a post-Vegas paper meta? Or to be blunt, a skilled mono-white pilot can do very well when over 50% of matches are Show and...

Always great to see more evidence that not all Legacy threads/communities/players are toxic.

staticgripped and I mentioned this last page, but it didn't get much attention. It's pretty clear that UW(r) control isn't going anywhere. What's the key here? Canonists and Spirits main would...

I will say you weren't the first. We played SoFI+SoLS+Jitte before Batterskull was printed.

I agree that -1 Avenger +1 Crusader might make sense in that list, but I think I've been annoyed by multiple Thalias (1 in play, more in hand) more often than any number of Avengers in hand. If I...

+1 to static. Over on the topless Miracles thread a guy called his GP Vegas D&T matchups virtual byes, but I've heard from D&T pilots that they consider Miracles just business as usual. Obviously...

Re: the last two posts: my sig applies to sideboarding too. :tongue: Deciding what to take out is often the harder part.

This guide might still be of some tiny use, but is increasingly getting out...

On a page like http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/legacy-challenge-2017-06-05#standings are the standings before the top8 cut? So Thomas went 6-1 and the other D&T in the...

Nice work! I haven't dug through the source to try to make sense of it yet, but are you using multivariate hypergeometric distributions? If not, I think you should. It's what I had to do for some...

Mind posting or linking to your list?