Deck

Round 1: Elves

Round 2: Oops, All Spells!

Round 3: Dredge

Round 4: Cloudpost MUD

Delver Reanimator

Drew Levin

Test deck on 11-10-2013

Legacy

Creatures (10)

• 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 4 Delver of Secrets
• 1 Griselbrand
• 4 Young Pyromancer

Lands (17)

• 3 Volcanic Island
• 3 Underground Sea
• 1 Badlands
• 4 Polluted Delta
• 2 Bloodstained Mire
• 4 Scalding Tarn

Spells (33)

• 4 Brainstorm
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Force of Will
• 4 Reanimate
• 4 Daze
• 4 Entomb
• 1 Cabal Therapy
• 4 Ponder
• 4 Gitaxian Probe

Sideboard

• 2 Animate Dead
• 3 Cabal Therapy
• 1 Crippling Fatigue
• 4 Dark Confidant
• 1 Bloodghast
• 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 3 Flusterstorm

As you can see, the cantrips allow the deck to be incredibly versatile, shifting from a Young Pyromancer beatdown plan into a Reanimate targeting Griselbrand plan on a moment’s notice. As both plans are objectively powerful, opponents have to build their decks to react to either. Since they can’t be sure which plan we’re more committed to, they run the classic risk of having the wrong answers.

You can see this play out perfectly in the video against UWR Delver—we Griselbrand him in game 1, and his Meddling Mage and Rest in Peace are no match for our Young Pyromancer plus entourage in game 2.

I’ll be here all week next week, providing insight into the state of the Legacy metagame in the days leading up to Grand Prix Washington DC. If you’re still unsure of what to play or how to build your deck of choice, I’ll have plenty of lists for you.

See you Monday!

Drew Levin
@drewlevin on Twitter