Quote Originally Posted by Rock Lee View Post
Back to the Legacy scene from an extended Hospitalization and convalensence. Went undeafeated yesterday with this list:

// Lands
4 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
4 [FNM] Cloudpost
1 [TSP] Vesuva
1 [WWK] Eye of Ugin
1 [LG] Karakas
1 [WWK] Bojuka Bog
4 [SOM] Glimmerpost
4 [R] Tropical Island
1 [AVR] Cavern of Souls
1 [BFZ] Forest (3)
1 [IA] Glacial Chasm
1 [ALA] Island (2)

// Creatures
4 [M12] Primeval Titan
1 [ROE] Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
3 [SOM] Trinket Mage
1 [BFZ] Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
3 [AER] Walking Ballista

// Spells
1 [AQ] Candelabra of Tawnos
3 [UL] Crop Rotation
1 [ZEN] Expedition Map
2 [GP] Repeal
1 [FRF] Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
2 [HOP] Relic of Progenitus
3 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
2 [10E] Pithing Needle
2 [MR] Thirst for Knowledge
2 [US] Show and Tell
1 [FD] Engineered Explosives
4 [IA] Brainstorm

// Sideboard
SB: 4 [C13] Krosan Grip
SB: 3 [NPH] Surgical Extraction
SB: 2 [THS] Swan Song
SB: 2 [OD] Moment's Peace
SB: 3 [JGC] Flusterstorm
SB: 1 [WWK] Basilisk Collar


Enjoying Walking Ballista immensely. Relic was a beast every matchup. Might go to 3. Sideboard is pretty open-ended still.
I appreciate you posting this list Rock Lee. I took your list and did some slight modifications through some extensive testing. I have always enjoyed 12 post and Walking Ballista repeeked my interest in a deck like this. To get the best and most competitive testing for me, I tested online against mostly tier 1 decks. I wish I had run into some more Death and Taxes to test against. But Alas, my list and results (25-3) are below:

// Lands
4 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
4 [FNM] Cloudpost
1 [TSP] Vesuva
1 [WWK] Eye of Ugin
1 [LG] Karakas
1 [WWK] Bojuka Bog
4 [SOM] Glimmerpost
4 [R] Tropical Island
1 [AVR] Cavern of Souls
1 [BFZ] Forest
1 [IA] Glacial Chasm
1 [ALA] Island
1 Academy Ruins

// Creatures
3 [M12] Primeval Titan
1 [ROE] Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
3 [SOM] Trinket Mage
1 [BFZ] Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
2 [AER] Walking Ballista

// Spells
1 [AQ] Candelabra of Tawnos
4 [UL] Crop Rotation
1 [ZEN] Expedition Map
2 [GP] Repeal
1 [FRF] Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
2 [HOP] Relic of Progenitus
3 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
3 [10E] Pithing Needle
2 [US] Show and Tell
1 [FD] Engineered Explosives
4 [IA] Brainstorm
1 Ponder

// Sideboard
SB: 3 [C13] Krosan Grip
SB: 2 [NPH] Surgical Extraction
SB: 2 [THS] Swan Song
SB: 2 [OD] Moment's Peace
SB: 3 [JGC] Flusterstorm
SB: 3 Trickbind



MATCHUPS: (The matches where its only 1-0 are one's that the opponent left after the first game.....probably rage quit).

Miracles 2-0
TNN BUG 2-1
Stoneblade TNN 2-1
TNN Sultai 2-1
Miracles 2-0
BUG Leovold 1-0
Dredge 1-0
ANT 0-2
Grixis (w/ TNN) 0-2
Lands 1-0
BR Reanimator 2-1
TNN BUG 1-0
Manaless Dredge2-1
STAX 1-0
UB Reanimator 2-1
Dredge 2-0
Burn 2-1
Miracles 2-0
BUG delver 1-0
Sneak and Show 1-0
Miracles (mentor version) 1-2
Infect 1-0
Land Destruction 2-0
Nic Fit 1-0
BR Reanimator 2-1
Leovold control 2-1
Dragon Stompy 2-1
BR Reanimator 2-0


Overall, pretty good results. Only 3 losses in 28 matches is pretty decent. I agree with some of the recent posts about Mentor. Its a problem. Walking ballista helps sometimes with Mentor, but sometimes mentor comes down pretty early. I still think its a favorable matchup, but not like it used to be. The best matchup (from my somewhat limited testing) seems to be BR reanimator. Especially post board the matchup for them is just brutal. The hardest matchup, again from my limited testing, seems to be the delver matchups, especially Grixis Delver. Turn 1 delver is rough especially backed up by counter magic. I know one of my losses was to ANT, but its seems easier to manage than Grixis Delver. Grixis Delver is definitely winnable, but tough. Quick notes:

*Academy Ruins is beast in this deck
*Don't expect to get my results day 1 (I have lots of 12 post experience)
*I agree with Rock Lee, I really like Relic in this deck (good synergies with Academy Ruins also)
*Often I will take out needles and bring in Trickbind for g2 when opponent brings in artifact removal.