From opening two thirds of my box last night it has become apparent that the rares I'm most likely to open this set are Temple of Silence and Agent of the Fates. Which isn't that bad in the grand scheme of things. Also not a Magma Jet to be seen.
you'd probably need a few discard outlets that aren't mind rot.
Even in a mono-colored deck I'd only run two Nykthos max. The only time I'd ever want to see two of them would be to ramp into something nasty.
Yeah, I'm definitely weak on creatures but I don't know what the best option is. A regenerator or Tenacious Dead?seems like you'd want that could play defense in bloodghast's slot. your deck isn't overly aggressive
Went 3-1 in Legacy tonight with Punishing Jund. In order I played against UG 12 Post, UWr RIP/Helm Miracles (my loss), UWR Young Delver, and Elves. R1 I Hymn'ed him out of both games. R2 game 1 was a grind but I lost, game 2 was a quick win for me, and game 3 was long and drawn out, losing in turn 4 of turns to an Entreat. Great game though. Round 3 I burned everything in game 1 and locked him out of white and played Engineered Plague on Humans in game 2. Round 4 went to 3 games, first I won easily, second was close but didn't get there. Game 3 I was on the play and dropped lands first two turns. On his second turn he dropped 6 elves, and I end of turn Fired the Deathrite, and then on my turn I Golgari Charmed his board away and went on to win.
I ended up getting 4th since my breakers weren't great, but it was great just playing there. I really need to add in another 1-2 Abrupt Decays though, since I mostly can't deal with things unless I burn it. I'm only running 1 since the rest of mine are still loaned out so I need to pick up a few more.
Yeah, that's how I usually win against Delver decks, cut them off from a color and they're often just done. That's how I won against a Young Delver list tonight, I Wastelanded their Tundras (keeping him off of Geist/STP/SFM), and landed an Engineered Plague on Humans so their Delver/Pyromancer was useless. It wasn't even fair.
So Punishing Fire is a thing now in legacy. Interesting. I wonder how blue based control can deal with it. Vendillion Clique, Coffin Purge, Purify the Grave are narrow answers given they can respond with enough mana and burnwillows.
From opening two thirds of my box last night it has become apparent that the rares I'm most likely to open this set are Temple of Silence and Agent of the Fates. Which isn't that bad in the grand scheme of things. Also not a Magma Jet to be seen.
Good to know. Is Misdirection that much better than Divert?
Good to know. Is Misdirection that much better than Divert?
Thanks for the explanation. I like Spell Snare as a two-of, as a cheap, hard counter against goyf, snapcaster, stoneforge etc. especially on the draw. I played Spell Pierce in the board, but frankly I already have a good combo matchup post board. Stifle is mainly used in Wasteland decks, I concur.
Stupid, haymaking Jund has to ruin everything.
Does legacy jund play abrupt decay or maelstrom pulse? I'm contemplating whether I should play Liliana. It's already not good if they have punishing fire...
Does legacy jund play abrupt decay or maelstrom pulse? I'm contemplating whether I should play Liliana. It's already not good if they have punishing fire...
Because Legacy can't grow. They need to push it harder on MTGO, where PTQs would be amazing.Yes, please. Legacy is a much more interesting and diverse format than modern. Too bad Wizards supports the latter more.
A typical T2 in legacy:
Untap.
Draw.
Think about it for 3 minutes.
"Go."
There are a lot of players who don't know what they're looking for when they tutor, can't quickly resolve brainstorm/ponderr, etc. Makes you want a Chess Clock.lol
what deck is that?
There are a lot of players who don't know what they're looking for when they tutor, can't quickly resolve brainstorm/ponderr, etc. Makes you want a Chess Clock.
lol
what deck is that?
It comes up most with Landstill, but that's probably because I'm a bad player.
3 minutes is a bit of an exaggeration, obviously, but Legacy is mentally exhausting.
So Punishing Fire is a thing now in legacy. Interesting. I wonder how blue based control can deal with it. Vendillion Clique, Coffin Purge, Purify the Grave are narrow answers given they can respond with enough mana and burnwillows.
Very helpful. Thanks. Jund can board in discard and leylines and liliana takes care of emrakul. Though I imagine griselbrand is very difficult to stop.
Which is why I like decks that use fow. Some Maverick openings are hard to beat though. Same with RUG and to a lesser extent Zoo.
Yes, please. Legacy is a much more interesting and diverse format than modern. Too bad Wizards supports the latter more.
4 Dark Confidant
4 Deathrite Shaman
3 Bloodbraid Elf
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Scavenging Ooze
4 Liliana of the Veil
3 Lightning Bolt
3 Punishing Fire
3 Hymn to Tourach
4 Thoughtseize
1 Sylvan Library
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Abrupt Decay
3 Wooded Foothills
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Bloodstained Mire
1 Swamp
1 Mountain
1 Forest
1 Taiga
2 Bayou
2 Badlands
3 Grove of the Burnwillows
4 Wasteland
Sideboard:
2 Duress
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Engineered Plague
1 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Life from the Loam
1 Scavenging Ooze
2 Krosan Grip
1 Golgari Charm
2 Slaughter Games
Are you guys noticing Theros prices dropping? I read on at least one card selling site that they had dropped their prices on Theros.
Anger of the Gods is $5 and Fleecemane Lion is priced at $8. Still seems kind of expensive for something that has just come out... but maybe not. Scry lands are $4.50 each. Underworld Cerberus - $5, Xenagos - $18
I don't know if it's time to buy or to still wait a bit longer. My new decks are currently RtR block so I don't exactly NEED anything right now.
Not trying to crap on you or be mean- but this line of thought is so amazingly prevalent and ignorant and it's amazing how many people don't understand that the format doesn't have ways of policing those things you want unbanned. Modern can't be Legacy because it can't make a deck like RUG Delver work.I really like Modern, I just wish Wizards would let it breathe a little. Unban the chaff from the banned list, dont be so strict on the Turn 4 rule, and let the format balance itself out like Legacy does; cull something if it's needed or format warping, not because it doesn't fit their ideal magical format. Having so few actual events hurts though, since each seems so major and dont provide a consistent data to gauge the format's health.
Are you guys noticing Theros prices dropping? I read on at least one card selling site that they had dropped their prices on Theros.
Anger of the Gods is $5 and Fleecemane Lion is priced at $8. Still seems kind of expensive for something that has just come out... but maybe not. Scry lands are $4.50 each. Underworld Cerberus - $5, Xenagos - $18
I don't know if it's time to buy or to still wait a bit longer. My new decks are currently RtR block so I don't exactly NEED anything right now.
a) Llanowar is a reference to Dominaria, a plane that's kinda not being actively referenced/used right now because of the Time Spiral mess.Random question: Why did they get rid of Llanowar Elves and replace it with a functionally identical card? So you can run full decks of Llanowar Elves in modern or something?