"The event coverage team of the MKM Series was kind enough to give me all the decklists of their 437-player Legacy Main Event that took place in Frankfurt this Sunday (since this apparently was a question a lot of people had asked me: I only got them after the event was over.) Because this was the first giant tournament following the ban of Senseis Divining Top I thought it would be really important to post more than just the Top8 decklists MKM usually provides, so lets do this! It took me something like forever to type (let alone read some players writing..) these out but its totally worth it. I decided to go with all 8-2 lists instead of the arbitrary Top32 cut we often see; the latter doesnt really make sense since it also has a lot of 7-3 players, which basically extend all the way down to 63rd place. Another thing I also want to look into is the conversion rate into an 8-2 finish or better."
Check out the article on: http://itsjulian.com/mkm-frankfurt-a...version-rates/
Thanks,
Julian
The seven cardinal sins of Legacy:
1. Discuss the unbanning ofLand TaxEarthcraft.
2. Argue that banning Force of Will would make the format healthier.
3. Play Brainstorm without Fetchlands.
4. Stifle Standstill.
5. Think that Gaea's Blessing will make you Solidarity-proof.
6. Pass priority after playing Infernal Tutor.
7. Fail to playtest against Nourishing Lich (coZ iT wIlL gEt U!).
Good breakdown Julian. I really wish more bigger events did this. Would be nice to see conversation rates over a long period rather than just a single event which could be an outlier. DNT probably suffers some splash damage from elves perceived being the best deck as well as having an absolutely horrid elves match up. It also should prey on the shitty grixis and 4 color mana bases, but I'm not sure how well they can fare when those decks can run so much efficient cheap removal combined with therapy to ravage stone forge
You can play some shitblade in the meantime tho.Something else I want to point out is that Stoneblade decks (most of them of the Bant Deathblade variety; one of them Griselbrand-Blade) not only had a ton of players, but also the second-best conversion rate of all the decks in the format, greatly outperforming Death & Taxes and Elves which had a similar number of players.
1 Vendilion Clique
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 True-Name Nemesis
4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Batterskull
1 Umezawas Jitte
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Supreme Verdict
1 Counterspell
2 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Moorland Haunt
1 Karakas
2 Plains
2 Arid Mesa
3 Polluted Delta
4 Island
3 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
SB
1 Humility
2 Disenchant
2 Rest in Peace
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Sanctum Prelate
1 Path to Exile
1 Vendilion Clique
2 Flusterstorm
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Council's Judgement
1 Pithing Needle
Esper's playstyle is a bit too proactive for my tastes, but I definitely read what he said. And yeah...shitblade :(.
In my experience Death&Taxes has suffered a lot over the last ~6 months, eventually arriving with its current version at being borderline unplayable. People were somewhat blinded by all the new and shiny toys it got, and the deck itself has a very high skill-ceiling, allowing great players to still prosper, but in general it's much worse positioned now that it used to be ~1 year ago. Even Marius Hausmann stopped playing the deck ~2 months ago because he couldn't take it anymore.
The seven cardinal sins of Legacy:
1. Discuss the unbanning ofLand TaxEarthcraft.
2. Argue that banning Force of Will would make the format healthier.
3. Play Brainstorm without Fetchlands.
4. Stifle Standstill.
5. Think that Gaea's Blessing will make you Solidarity-proof.
6. Pass priority after playing Infernal Tutor.
7. Fail to playtest against Nourishing Lich (coZ iT wIlL gEt U!).
Can't this be said about most decks in Legacy though?
I think in general most non[blue, chalice, combo] playing decks have gotten hurt by some of the printings in the last 5 or so years of Legacy. It really feels like if you aren't playing brainstorm you absolutely either need to be playing chalice or a combo deck.
That list isn't esper btw, I think straight UW has the tools to deal with everything in the format and that B doesn't really offer anything worthwhile minus perish/deluge and souls. It's probably quite an experience to play control decks that has weaknesses.
edit: I think that Bant is probably the most competitive stoneblade variant right now.
D&T suffers because it still lacks proper card filtering. Yes, Recruiter is nice and all, but you can't afford to run more than two copies due to its high price and the decks lack of acceleration. The 3cc spot is simply too crowded. The consistency issues are the main reason I'm not planning to pick up the deck again anytime soon.
It certainly doesn't help the deck either that most hate can't come online before T2 (which means you're boned against most combo decks on the play, especially the new, faster Storm variants) and that its worst match-up (Elves) just got a major boost due to Miracles been gone.
Wow, thank you.
I think D&T was doing very well before the ban of miracles. The ban resulted in a bunch of bad match-ups becoming more prominent again, such as fast combo, true-name aggro and elves. It's wait and see how the meta will adapt to this change and whether D&T lists can adapt in turn. The deck has gotten a lot of good tools the last few years, but none of them have seen a meta not dominated by miracles.
Time to try the black splash again? Gives you T1 combo protection, a draw engine, and tools to fight Elves and TNN like Perish and Zealous Persecution.
I think the biggest thing is the deep seeded emotional understanding that the right play is the right play regardless of outcomes. The ability to make a decision 5 straight times, lose 5 times because of it, and still make it the 6th time if it's the right play. - Jon Finkel
"Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupation of men engaged in rash undertakings."
I think Lingering Souls is really good right now. No 4x sweeper decks to make your spirits disappear. Lots of spot removal that it laughs at. Flies over TNN carrying equipment. Yes, deathrite shaman, but if that hasn't eaten an STP by the time you're casting souls you're in bad shape anyway.
Don't forget Kambal! One day...
It's kind of surprising that so few people (some number less than 9) piloted Eldrazi. Makes sense on a level, but still interesting.
Hey Julian congrats on the top 8 bro! Great job as usual.
Also does anyone know what the final card in the Deathblade player's SB was? http://series.magiccardmarket.eu/201...lm-stoneblade/
I think its missing a card.
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Damn that Red Eldrazi Deck looks spicy lol.
Really great to have this analysis Julian, thanks for the effort!
And congrats on the overall WE performances, impressive!
I don't think card filtering is the issue. D&T has been good in the past without filters. Jund and Maverick had their day as kings with only GSZ and maybe a singleton Library to fix their draws. Consistency is not always better than raw power/value.
D&T is struggling because the meta is currently flooded with combo; and combo has gotten faster (or Elfier). Things should settle down soon. Also D&T is one the more control-leaning decks in the format now. As the article suggests, a wide open format undergoing a major shift is hard for control to prepare for.
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I actually think actual "Control" is not viable in a format as powerful as Legacy. That's more of a pipe dream. Even when we had Landstill, one of the most controlish decks in history, it had an abyssmal combo matchup, and that was long before Griselbrand boosted combo like nothing before it.
The seven cardinal sins of Legacy:
1. Discuss the unbanning ofLand TaxEarthcraft.
2. Argue that banning Force of Will would make the format healthier.
3. Play Brainstorm without Fetchlands.
4. Stifle Standstill.
5. Think that Gaea's Blessing will make you Solidarity-proof.
6. Pass priority after playing Infernal Tutor.
7. Fail to playtest against Nourishing Lich (coZ iT wIlL gEt U!).
Sadly I think it's gone the way of aggro.
I don't think it's an issue of the format's overall power level. More a question of where the power is concentrated. Legacy has been pumped up with midrange value for so many years, while control gets shit because MaRo thinks even Desert is "harsh and unforgiving"
Supremacy 2020 is the modern era game of nuclear brinksmanship! My blog:
https://fieldmarshalshandbook.wordpress.com
You can play Lands.dec in EDH too! My primer:
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/t...lara-lands-dec
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