Quote Originally Posted by Meyer View Post
Greetings Friends,
I have been playing MonoB Rack Pox unregularly for about 2 years, then stopped playing Legacy at all for another 2 years. But now, back into Legacy with Nic Fit, I'm planning on expanding my card pool for junk colors including Loam Pox, and I really like this list. I have also seen the Sundberg (?) list, and I guess a fine mixture of both would be a perfect starting point. Nonetheless I have some questions/suggestions:

1) Bloodghasts never impressed me, they always feel underwhelming unless the board is cleared and you have 3-4 of them 'online'. They can't block too which often led to problems protecting Liliana or the life total. I prefer the more defensive strategy here regarding Nether Spirit. That also opens 2-3 slots as Bloodghasts require to be played as a 4of to be most effective..but if wish

2) With those free slots I would add some additional removal. I know Abrupt Decay is the top choice here, but 4x Smallpox and 3-4x Innocent Blood always felt important. Maybe also the 3rd Liliana or Pernicious Deed main?

3) Has someone ever added more Crop Rotation for a more focused combo win? Don't want to push the deck into the wrong direction, but maybe there could be a successful hybrid Loam-Pox-(Turbo)-Dephts build in the future.

4) Do we necessary need Mox Diamonds? Yes, there is synergy with Loam, but i was never a fan of this in Pox.. but tell me I'm wrong if i should overthink this.

5) I'm very interested in your results considering Collective Brutality. I has its ups and downs, yes, but if it has its place in Legacy it is in this deck.

6) Going to try a singleton Worm Harvest (main or sb?) because vs. control different angles of attack are good.

7) Additional Massacre in the board because there is so much D&T in my meta?

1. i understand that ghasts' inability to block sucks, but being a relentless attacker, is not the only reason why its ran; it also creates incremental card advantage when you discard it to lili, dredge it in the yard, etc because you don't actually lose any resources when you pitch them...its also more interesting now with cards like collective brutality..i also wouldn't be worried too much about playing them together with a lone nether spirit, they hardly interact with each other..but if you don't wish to run a purely offensive card you might add some more removal or utility..you might wanna try top, deed, another lili,

2. there's no reason not to run abrupt decay when you're splashing green, it improves the miracles matchup..i like a copy of deed in the main if i'm running green..you may experiment with nev's disk if you're looking for a quasi-effect in mono black..

3. here's a list running rotations: http://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=13558&d=279780&f=LE i'm not sure about running a full-4 though..

4. if you wish to run deeds in the main, you may want to skip on the diamonds..

5. reanimator decks are probably the ones utilizing it the most lately, i've been seeing a lot of lists run it as a 1 or 2-of..but in pox, i think it has more synergy with the green splash..

6. i also like a singleton worm harvest in loam pox, another card i've being seeing in some lists lately is Vraska the Unseen..

7. 1 or 2 is good in a meta full o' DnT..dread of night is also good against them albeit a little more narrow..