My semicasual/semicompetitive budget Legacy decks

[Terminator2018]

Is budget being defined as commons only? Or is it a rough dollar limit?

I think budget varies extremely much depending on person.I have some duallands and their price go up and up.

I dont own a single Tarmogoyf and I can forsee its price going down and down. You will see my semibudget decks when I post well at least some of them perhaps.

[Terminator2018]

It is much work to write decks but when I have time during Weekend will try to write at least some deck and it would be fun to test in Cockatrice software against some decks here.

[Strawberry Dwarf]

Playing in Forge vs BUG_Delver and Miracles, I tuned the black deck. DRS is no longer a threat, so 4x Phyrexian Revoker maindeck is not necessary.

23 Swamp

1 Death Cultist
3 Fume Spitter
1 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Grimclaw Bats
4 Augur of Skulls
1 Lurking Informant
3 Fleshbag Marauder
4 Faerie Macabre
4 Dross Golem

1 Flowstone Armor

4 Duress
4 Funeral Charm
2 Grim Harvest
2 Sorin's Thirst

Sideboard:
3 Death Cultist
1 Fume Spitter
3 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Yotian Soldier
1 Fleshbag Marauder
2 Leonin Bola
4 Befoul

[Strawberry Dwarf]

An older idea:

Mono-White Midrange Aggro-Control

23 Plains

4 Beckon Apparition
4 Knight of Sursi
4 Ivory Giant
4 Knight of the Holy Nimbus
4 Duskrider Peregrine

1 Roar of the Kha
2 Abolish
3 Sunscour
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Suppression Field
3 Oblivion Ring

Sideboard:
4 Augur il-Vec
2 Serra Angel
1 Pearled Unicorn
2 Abolish
1 Sunscour
2 Spawning Pit
2 Wheel of Sun and Moon
1 Oblivion Ring

Maybe you have already noticed my passion for suspend, and this deck indeed explores that. Suspend is great: mocking Terminus, killing Planeswalkers, not interferring with own Sunscour, out of range from any really possible Chalice settings. The second feature is Suppression Field: slowing down opponent's features and making Knight of the Holy Nimbus even better.

[Strawberry Dwarf]

Mono-Blue Delver

8 Island
4 Ash Barrens
4 Esper Panorama
4 Wasteland

4 Delver of Secrets
2 Nimble Obstructionist
2 Dominating Licid
4 Infiltrator il-Kor

4 Preordain
4 Brainstorm
4 Piracy Charm
2 Spell Pierce
2 Stifle
3 Daze
1 Miscalculation
3 Counterspell
1 Forbid
4 Force of Will

Sideboard:
4 Heap Doll
2 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Man-o'-War
2 Kraken's Eye
1 Ratchet Bomb
4 Propaganda

For fun in Forge, not from real paper cards.

[Strawberry Dwarf]

13 DWARVES SUICIDE (the horror fairy tale about 1st - 3rd turn kill)

Mana:
21 Mountain
4 Simian Spirit Guide

Dwarven Shell:
4 Spark Mage
4 Dwarven Blastminer
1 Dwarven Warriors
4 Dwarven Bloodboiler

Immediate Kill:
4 Immolating Souleater
3 Inner-Flame Acolyte
4 Temur Battle Rage
4 Assault Strobe

Other Support:
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Darksteel Pendant
2 Gorgon Flail

...
Vintage version:
- 1 Darksteel Pendant
+ 1 Skullclamp

[Strawberry Dwarf]

I think people don't understand what true original Sligh deck has been supposed to be. The true Sligh deck doesn't sacrifice resources for speed and prefers utility stuff over one-shot aggression cards. It doesn't use Ball Lightning, Fireblast or drawback creatures like Jackal Pup. Manacurve, evasion, versatility - these are the signs of true Sligh deck. Some people think such decks have become obsolete long time ago, well I don't think so. Especially when Deathtouch has been introduced. So, here is my last attempt:

2021 Legacy Sligh

Mana (23):
19 Mountain
4 Ghitu Encampment

Cc1 creatures (12):
4 Brass Gnat
4 Heap Doll
4 Mogg Fanatic

Cc2 creatures (8):
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Blood Knight

Cc3 creatures (4):
4 Vithian Stinger

Cc1 stuff (7):
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Pyrite Spellbomb

Cc2 stuff (4):
1 Darksteel Pendant
3 Gorgon Flail

Cc3 stuff (1):
1 Puppet Strings

Other (cc4) stuff (1):
1 Icefall

Sideboard:
4 Bottle Gnomes
4 Duergar Hedge-Mage
4 Red Elemental Blast
3 Leonin Bola

[Strawberry Dwarf]

Building blue deck on budget is little harder than in other colors, because:
1. Blue is naturally reactive color - requirements for card economy are higher
2. The most effective blue cards are Legacy staples - they aren't cheap and/or easily available.

However, there are many "forgotten gems" along the way in MtG history...

4 Faerie Conclave
18 Island

4 Judge's Familiar
1 Quickling
3 Nimble Obstructionist
3 Pestermite
1 Dominating Licid

4 Preordain
4 Telling Time
1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

4 Spell Pierce
4 Counterspell
4 Frightful Delusion

4 Piracy Charm
1 Thran Foundry

Sideboard:
4 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Weatherseed Faeries
3 Sea's Claim
2 Thran Foundry
2 Ratchet Bomb

Somehow, it works. Flash, flying, library manimulation, prohibition. And - quite surprisingly - also discard. Like all blue-based decks, it requires some experience and full concentration for player's good decisions.

[Strawberry Dwarf]

The MonoWhite Suspend Aggro-Control
(Taxes Variant)

Mana:
20 Plains
4 Zhalfirin Void

Creatures & Tokens:
4 Beckon Apparition
4 Knight of Sursi
4 Knight of the Holy Nimbus
4 Riftmarked Knight
4 Stonecloaker

Removal:
4 Abolish
4 Sunscour

Taxes:
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Suppression Field

Sideboard:
4 Angel's Grace
4 Children of Korlis
4 Defender of Law
3 Mangara of Corondor