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    Re: Adept Q&A Requests

    I really wonder how the adepts look toward a fictional reprint-set for the legacy staples.

    1 point of view is from the collectors among us, who's collections could lose a lot of value if certain cards are being reprinted.

    The other point of view is that certain people are afraid cards will continue to rise in value until the point where potential Legacy players will back away from the format because of it's entry cost. This also allows certain cards to come of the banned list because of their cost (Illusionary Mask anyone?)

    Think of cards like the original duallands, Force of Will, Tabernacle, Moat, etc.

    What are the feelings of the adents toward such reprints? Both in the short and the long term of the format.
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    Tarmogoyf is by all accounts one of if not the best creature ever printed. How does it change the metagame? What deck and/or deck archetype do you think abuses this card best? Is the card too overpowered?
    I've never seen him so upset....or ever before.

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    do you think the grave yard is broken?

    it's supposed to be a place where spells can easly end up, and are unusable, and or dead.

    Yet almost ALL decks in Legacy are abusing this, and use the grave yard as small library, to hold spells, and tutor cars from.

    In almost every deck, side, if not main, deck grave hate is being run. Is the ability to abuse the grave yard, what is really making many deck too fast, and consistant?

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    I'm not sure how to phrase it, but basically;

    How do new innovations and new decks come along? Are new cards the only thing that spawns new successful decks?

    (For example, Empty the Warrens led to better Belcher, Bridge from Below led to Breakfast and "Kid" Ichorid)

    EDIT: I have another one, although separate;

    What is the value and purpose of a team? Why do so many people have teams? Who should a team consist of? Should "I" (any competitive Legacy player) join or found a team?

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    Is there a good reason not to play combo right now?

    Many of the more popular combo decks work with different engines and need a specific hate card aimed to stop them. This makes a solid anti combo sb almost impossible to build. For example..

    TES (storm combo): Warrens/Tendrils kill.
    Belcher (fast mana combo): Warrens/Belcher kill.
    Breakfast (two card graveyard kill): Sutured Ghoul, 9 million Sky Hussar kill.
    Ichorid (multi card combo graveyard kill): Zombie tokens, Ichorid kill.

    If you go into the less popular combo decks we get to:

    Salvagers (graveyard combo): Pyrite Spellbomb or Orzhov Guildmage kill.
    Solidarity (storm combo): Brainfreeze (milling) kill.
    SI (storm combo): Warrens and Tendrils kill.

    There are more but these are the ones to worry about I think. Look at the diversity in kill methods. They all have amazing matchups aside from random aggro control. They're powerfull and demand other decks play by "they're rules". Interact with me or lose.

    Is the combo rise still healthy right now?

    When could we determine there's a problem?
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    What's up with Prison? It has to be the least played but most talked about archetype. Is it any good? Can a prison deck be built that takes advantage of the current metagame?
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    How do you beat aggro-control, arguably the most successful archetype in Legacy?

    What kind of deck has the best chance at supplanting Threshold as the format's top dog?

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    If an adept could make an Invitational card, what would it look like?

    Further explanation on the design and its suppossed impact in the formats, but especially Legacy, are appreciated.

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    Re: Adept Q&A Requests

    What is the best deck in the format? Why is it the best?

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    Re: Adept Q&A Requests

    (@Anwar: I can't believe the first one is actually a question :P)

    Extended is looking eerily similar to Legacy these days. Tarmogoyf and CounterTop are everywhere, manabases have become greedy thanks to fetches+duals, and graveyard combo is a huge threat.

    What do the adepts who play both formats think about this? Could a Legacy player's experience for once be useful in a PTQ format?
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    Threshold is pretty much the clear DTB right now. As such, the mirror match is one of the most important matchups in the format. What do you think is the most effective way to win it? (For example, Counterbalance/Sensei's Divining Top, Wasteland/Stifle, or Spell Snare.)

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    What is the best deck in the format?
    I think the answer to this is farily obvios. But how about the 10 best decks?
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    This is a question I would love to see multiple responses to because it is very opinionated:

    Why do you think people have prompted for red splash threshold over white splash. Assuming you move meddling mage to the board due to the lack of combo?

    I am still pro-white because with alll the goyfs floating around there is really nothing better to do than to turn him into a farmer...(Swords). Not to mention mystic enforcer kind of trumps fledgling. I mean, there are a lot of arguements to be made but I wanted to hear what the adepts thought of it. So....GO!

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    What's your favorite deck to play? Why?

    I hate to sound like some crappy version of a Magic work sheet from fifth grade. I'd like to hear from some of the more obscure Adepts and Admins. For instance, I could guess that Nightmare might answer something longwinded about White thresh, gardens, breakfast, and then allude to some newer, secret-er Herbig Project. I might also guess that Di would talk about Gardens, Breakfast, Turboland, and... Thunderbluff? I saw his signed playset of Anaba Grunts once.

    Sound off, maybe?

    Edit: Also, what's the name of that pink bunny blue monster 6/6 guy? I can't remember what sets he's in, and gatherer isn't too forgiving as far as mispelling goes.
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    Re: Adept Q&A Requests

    Vizzerdrix?

    I second that question: What deck is the most fun to play?

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    Vizzerdrix?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bane of the Format View Post
    Is there a good reason not to play combo right now?

    Many of the more popular combo decks work with different engines and need a specific hate card aimed to stop them. This makes a solid anti combo sb almost impossible to build. For example..

    TES (storm combo): Warrens/Tendrils kill.
    Belcher (fast mana combo): Warrens/Belcher kill.
    Breakfast (two card graveyard kill): Sutured Ghoul, 9 million Sky Hussar kill.
    Ichorid (multi card combo graveyard kill): Zombie tokens, Ichorid kill.

    If you go into the less popular combo decks we get to:

    Salvagers (graveyard combo): Pyrite Spellbomb or Orzhov Guildmage kill.
    Solidarity (storm combo): Brainfreeze (milling) kill.
    SI (storm combo): Warrens and Tendrils kill.

    There are more but these are the ones to worry about I think. Look at the diversity in kill methods. They all have amazing matchups aside from random aggro control. They're powerfull and demand other decks play by "they're rules". Interact with me or lose.

    Is the combo rise still healthy right now?

    When could we determine there's a problem?

    I think that these are important questions that we need to ask ourselves sooner rather than later. Seconded!

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    Metagame predictions for Legacy at Worlds 2007:


    1. Most played deck?

    2. Most successful deck?

    3. Darkhorse?

    4. Top8 predictions?

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    Metagame foils: what are the best options right now? I know Landstill is an obvious one, but I was wondering if there were some other sleeper options versus the Threshold Machine.

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    I have been told that being able to split a Fact or Fiction correctly is the mark of a good player.

    How do you split and choose piles from Fact or Fiction? There are a lot of factors based on the game-state that can go into this decision but how do you typically split the piles? How do you choose the piles based on the decisions of your opponent?

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