Pillars of Legacy

[goblinsplayer]

I didn't realize Aether Vial could turn side ways in a Goblin deck and hit me for 20 damage. Are they running some secret tech that I missed?

+1

[Plague Sliver]

Wouldn't you just define pillars as format-defining cards?

We could list all these super effective, bang-for-the-buck cards like Brainstorm or Deathrite Shaman, but for my money it comes down to 3:

- Force of Will
- Lion's Eye Diamond
- Show and Tell

These cards either enable the degenerate, or stop it.

Think about it this way: I could pack my deck w/ 4 Brainstorms, 4 Vials, 4 DRS, etc. But I'd still get stomped by the 3 pillars if I ran goodstuff.dec and didn't consider the effects of these 3 cards.

/my 2 cents

Edit: 200 posts! woo-hoo!

[Zombie]

Please stop already, this is useless ffs : /

[Quasim0ff]

The reason why this is impossible to do, compared to Vintage Pillars, is that the card pool in legacy is very linear.
There's no Workshop, There's no Bazaar etc. Bazaar and Workshops were 2 of the 4 pillars, with the three other being Rituals, Mana Drains and Null Rods.

Also: A pillar is not just good cards, that go in multiple decks.

One could argue that the pillars of legacy could be:

Aether Vial
Show and Tell
Jace
Tarmogoyf(/Delver of Secrets)
Cabal Therapy

Obviously these cards don't relate to ONE particular archetype, as that isn't what pillars are supposed to do. Pillars highlight the broader trends of the legacy metagame. Not just good stuff cards. Brainstorm can NEVER be a pillar, as it is multifunctional. It works in both Jace decks, Show and Tell, Delver/Goyf decks and even in most of the Cabal Therapy decks. (ANT/TES).

[Higgs]

The way I view pillars in Legacy is through a loose combination of archetypes and centerpiece money cards which the decks revolve around. So my list would be

UWx Jace-Tundra control decks
Show&Tell combo
LED Storm combo
BUG Midrange-Control
Tarmogoyf Tempo (probably has a cross section with BUG)
BGx Dark Confidant Midrange
Vial Tribal Decks
and... Burn! :)