It has been a few weeks since the banning of Expressive Iteration and White Plume Adventurer. In that time, the Legacy Showcase Qualifier happened. With our own Bryant Cook qualified for the tournament, locking in a list became important. Bryant played the list below to a ninth-place finish on ...
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Cephalid Breakfast is an Esper combo deck that is based around Cephalid Illusionist. When Cephalid Illusionist is targeted by either a Shuko or Nomads en-Kor then three cards will be milled into the graveyard. This will be repeated until the entire deck has been milled into the graveyard. In ...
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On Monday, March 5th, Wizards of the Coast finally posted a ban update for Legacy. Expressive Iteration and White Plume Adventurer were banned in an attempt to bring URx Delver and Initiative decks more in line with the format. These are good changes and will change the Legacy metagame and how ...
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The EPIC Storm is a Storm variant that has had a constant evolving decklist. The current form leans into Galvanic Relay while also being focused on artifacts and Wishclaw Talisman. Being a Galvanic Relay deck gives The EPIC Storm the ability to play through counterspells and have more payoff ...
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Doomsday is a rather simple deck in concept. Cast a Doomsday to make your library five cards and then win with a Thassa’s Oracle. The actual execution can vary by scenario. For example, how much mana do you have? How many cards can you draw? Can you afford to pass the turn? Questions like ...
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Initiative is a new Legacy deck built around the Dungeons and Initiative mechanic. A mono-white Stompy deck was born when two new white creatures – White Plume Adventurer, Seasoned Dungeoneer – both of which have the Initiative mechanic were printed. These creatures with the ...
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The EPIC Gamble is virtually a mono-red Storm deck. The only non-red card in the main deck is Echo of Eons and some sideboard cards that they can Burning Wish for. The deck is comprised of rituals, card generation, and tutors. The recipe of a typical storm deck, but the main difference is being ...
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4C Minsc Control is a deck with an accurate name. It is a four-control control deck without black cards that is centered around Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes. In typical control fashion, it plays lots of removal spells with Swords to Plowshares and Prismatic Ending, counterspells, card draw, ...
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Merfolk has been around for a long time and a classic to the Legacy format, ever since the first Merfolk lords were printed. Over time more Merfolk cards were printed, and that continued to improve the deck to keep up with the format. With the additions of Aether Vial, Force of Will, and ...
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Death’s Shadow plays similar to a Delver of Secrets style deck, but with Death’s Shadow in that role. It is a blue-black deck that plays creature removal, discard spells, counterspells, and creatures,such as Death’s Shadow, that can win the game quickly. In order to play ...
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Jeskai Control plays all of the typical control cards in counterspells, card draw, planeswalkers, and removal spells. The deck, which ultimately wins the game with Monastery Mentor, has become the main control deck of the format since the printing of Expressive Iteration and Prismatic Ending. ...
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Moon Stompy is named after playing Magus of the Moon and Blood Moon with aggressive creatures like Legion Warboss and Goblin Rabblemaster. In addition to turning off the opponent’s lands, Moon Stompy also uses Chalice of the Void and Trinisphere to prevent the opponent from casting ...
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